Food ration - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2026-01-10T18:43:01Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ upcoming tweak

2025-12-09T05:53:39Z

‎Generation: upcoming tweak

Umbire the Phantom: touch-ups

2025-10-22T11:14:49Z

touch-ups

Umbire the Phantom: ...I may be stupid

2025-10-08T08:49:10Z

...I may be stupid

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ detailing

2025-10-08T08:48:07Z

‎dNetHack: detailing

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ copyedit

2025-10-08T08:46:05Z

‎Generation: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ word choice

2025-05-14T06:17:31Z

‎Generation: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ copyedit

2025-05-14T04:20:09Z

‎Generation: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ adjust killer food info

2024-12-24T04:14:20Z

‎SLASH'EM: adjust killer food info

Umbire the Phantom: variants

2024-12-15T09:24:36Z

variants

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 Food rations are the most common type of comestible item, making up {{frac|19|50}} (38%) of all comestibles randomly generated on the floor, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Delicatessens and health food stores can also stock food rations.
-[[Applying]] a [[charged]] [[horn of plenty]] has a {{frac|301|1000}} chance (30.1%) of generating a food ration or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=most comestibles including royal jelly are eligible}}
+[[Applying]] a charged [[horn of plenty]] has a {{frac|301|1000}} chance (30.1%) of generating a food ration or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=most comestibles including royal jelly are eligible}}
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|39a7dc1c522d95b54e3238328dacef91c6ce8c47}}, monsters that do not pick up food items will not leave behind any comestibles besides their [[corpse]] as possible [[death drop]]s&mdash;this is done to discourage grinding by reducing the frequency of food rations and other similar items.
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 ==Description==
-When [[eaten]], food rations grant 800 [[nutrition]], and take roughly five moves for the [[hero]] to eat. Food rations have a {{frac|7}} chance of being [[rotten]] when eaten if they are uncursed and older than 30 [[turn]]s, or else are blessed and older than 50 turns, while cursed food rations are always rotten.
+When [[eaten]], food rations grant 800 [[nutrition]], and take roughly five actions for the [[hero]] to eat. Food rations have a {{frac|7}} chance of being [[rotten]] when eaten if they are uncursed and older than 30 [[turn]]s, or else are blessed and older than 50 turns, while cursed food rations are always rotten.
 Food rations can be [[thrown]] to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[canine]]s and [[feline]]s and pacify domestic [[equine]]s.

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 [[Applying]] a [[charged]] [[horn of plenty]] has a {{frac|301|1000}} chance (30.1%) of generating a food ration or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=most comestibles including royal jelly are eligible}}
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|39a7dc1c522d95b54e3238328dacef91c6ce8c47}}, monsters that do not pick up food items will not leave behind any comestibles besides their [[corpse]] as possible [[death drop]]s&mdash;this is done to discourage grinding by reducing the frequency of food rations and other similar items.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|39a7dc1c522d95b54e3238328dacef91c6ce8c47}}, monsters that do not pick up food items will not leave behind any comestibles besides their [[corpse]] as possible [[death drop]]s&mdash;this is done to discourage grinding by reducing the frequency of food rations and other similar items.
 Per {{commit|87f3b4809f7b60b57efb4a63f503d00aa1af0050}}, extra food rations are added to the home level of the [[Monk quest]] in order to reduce the difficulty of maintaining vegetarian conduct induced from the aforementioned commit. Per {{commit|ae3e5d281f333f4d2f7f22dda14adb6665babc8c}}, the room containing the [[stairway]] to the [[Gnomish Mines]] is likely to contain a food ration, for similar reasons as the Monk quest food and to provide more food in general.}}

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-A '''food ration''' is the most basic type of [[comestible]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[veggy]] and considered [[vegan]].
+A '''food ration''' is the most basic type of [[comestible]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[veggy]] and considered [[vegan]]. [[Samurai]] know them as '''gunyoki'''.
 ==Generation==
-Several [[role]]s can start out with a number of food rations:
+Several [[role]]s can start the game with a number of food rations:
 * [[Archeologist]]s and [[Monk]]s start with 3-6 food rations.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|34|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|91|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
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 [[Applying]] a [[charged]] [[horn of plenty]] has a {{frac|301|1000}} chance (30.1%) of generating a food ration or two.{{refsrc|src/mkobj.c|2219|version=NetHack 3.6.7|comment=most comestibles including royal jelly are eligible}}
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|39a7dc1c522d95b54e3238328dacef91c6ce8c47}}, monsters that do not pick up food items will not leave behind any comestibles besides their [[corpse]] as [[death drop]]s&mdash;this is done to discourage grinding by reducing the frequency of food rations and other similar items.
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|39a7dc1c522d95b54e3238328dacef91c6ce8c47}}, monsters that do not pick up food items will not leave behind any comestibles besides their [[corpse]] as possible [[death drop]]s&mdash;this is done to discourage grinding by reducing the frequency of food rations and other similar items.
 Per {{commit|87f3b4809f7b60b57efb4a63f503d00aa1af0050}}, extra food rations are added to the home level of the [[Monk quest]] in order to reduce the difficulty of maintaining vegetarian conduct induced from the aforementioned commit. Per {{commit|ae3e5d281f333f4d2f7f22dda14adb6665babc8c}}, the room containing the [[stairway]] to the [[Gnomish Mines]] is likely to contain a food ration, for similar reasons as the Monk quest food and to provide more food in general.}}
 ==Description==
-When [[eaten]], food rations provide 800 [[nutrition]], and take roughly five moves to eat. Food rations have a {{frac|7}} chance of being [[rotten]] when eaten if they are uncursed and older than 30 [[turn]]s, or else are blessed and older than 50 turns, while cursed food rations are always rotten.
+When [[eaten]], food rations grant 800 [[nutrition]], and take roughly five moves for the [[hero]] to eat. Food rations have a {{frac|7}} chance of being [[rotten]] when eaten if they are uncursed and older than 30 [[turn]]s, or else are blessed and older than 50 turns, while cursed food rations are always rotten.
 Food rations can be [[thrown]] to [[tame]] [[domestic]] [[canine]]s and [[feline]]s and pacify domestic [[equine]]s.
 ==Strategy==
-Securing a cache of food rations is often an early game goal for [[hero]]es that start with relatively little to no food themselves. Those that make it to the mid-game may start stashing excess food rations or else passing them up, while eating the [[corpse]]s of monsters they kill as well as any [[C-ration]]s and [[K-ration]]s that they nab from the [[Yendorian army]].
+Securing a cache of food rations is often an early game goal for heroes that start with relatively little to no food themselves. Those that make it to the mid-game may start stashing excess food rations or else passing them up, while eating the [[corpse]]s of monsters they kill as well as any [[C-ration]]s and [[K-ration]]s that they nab from [[Yendorian army]] fighters.
 A [[lembas wafer]] provides similar nutrition while weighing much less (5 [[aum]] compared to 20 for food rations), though it may provide more or less nutrition depending on if you are playing an [[Elf (starting race)|elven]] or [[Orc (starting race)|orcish]] character. Lembas, C-rations and K-rations also take much less time to eat, which can minimize the amount of time spent on nutrition in potential combat or escape situations.
-When preparing for the ascension run, it is common to stock up on lembas or other food items such as [[royal jelly]], usually by [[polypiling]] standard rations and other food - this is done in order to minimize time spent eating, as well to prepare for the attacks of [[Famine]] if they cannot be avoided on the [[Astral Plane]].
+When preparing for the ascension run, it is common to stock up on lembas or other food items such as [[royal jelly]], usually by [[polypiling]] standard rations and other food&mdash;this is done in order to minimize time spent eating, as well as preparation for the attacks of [[Famine]] if they cannot be avoided on the [[Astral Plane]].
 ==History==
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 {{Wikipedia|Rationing}}
 {{Wikipedia|History of Japanese cuisine}}
-Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand - a ration is the allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. There are many forms of rationing, although rationing by price is most prevalent: food rationing is a common type that is often instituted for civilians during war time, and is a commonplace military practice.
+Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand&mdash;a ration is the allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. There are many forms of rationing, although rationing by price is most prevalent: food rationing is a common type that is often instituted for civilians during war time, and is a commonplace military practice.
 Though cooked chestnuts, dried seaweed, and sake are a type of Japanese meal, the term "gunyoki" itself is likely not based on any real-life Japanese term.<ref>[https://rec.games.roguelike.nethack.narkive.com/KM04loFL/etymology-of-the-word-gunyoki Etymology of the word "gunyoki" - rec.games.roguelike.nethack @ narkive]</ref> It is worth noting that the diets of samurai varied with the time period, as it did for many of the various 'castes' and social classes within Japanese society: for example the peasant samurai of the [[Wikipedia:Kamakura period|Kamakura period]] had meals that both emphasized simplicity while being substantial and favored it over refinement, ceremony and luxury; Buddhist vegetarian philosophy also gained strength during this time and spread to the peasantry.
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 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Vampire (starting race in SLASH'EM)|vampire]] heroes cannot eat food rations, and will start with [[Potion of vampire blood (SLASH'EM)|potions of vampire blood]] in place of their role's food rations, though they can still use rations to tame and/or pacify domestic animals.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Vampire (starting race in SLASH'EM)|vampire]] heroes cannot eat food rations, and will start with [[Potion of vampire blood (SLASH'EM)|potions of vampire blood]] in place of their role's food rations, though they can still use any rations they find to tame and/or pacify domestic animals.
 [[Upgrading]] a [[K-ration]], [[C-ration]] or lembas wafer will produce a food ration, and upgrading a food ration will produce a lembas wafer.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[dwarf Knight]]s start the game with 3-6 food rations. Various substitutions are made for food rations in starting inventory:
+In [[dNetHack]], [[dwarf Knight]]s start the game with 3-6 food rations. Various substitutions are also made for food rations in a hero's starting inventory:
-* [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] feed off magic rather than consuming food, and an incantifier hero will have their role's starting food rations replaced with scrolls of {{? of|food detection}}, with the exception of Tourists.
+* [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] feed off magic rather than consuming food, and an incantifier hero will have their role's starting food rations replaced with [[scrolls of food detection]], with the exception of [[Tourist/dNetHack|Tourists]].
-* [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire heroes]] have their roles' starting rations replaced with [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of blood]] similar to SLASH'EM&mdash;the potions will always be [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
+* [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire heroes]] have their roles' starting rations replaced with [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of blood]] similar to SLASH'EM&mdash;the potions will always contain [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
 * Various races of [[Anachrononaut]] start with several [[protein pill]]s in lieu of food rations&mdash;protein pills provide the same nutrition as a ration, but only require one turn to eat and weigh only 1 aum.

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 A '''food ration''' is the most basic type of [[comestible]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is [[veggy]] and considered [[vegan]].
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[dwarf Knight]]s start the game with 3-6 tripe rations. Various substitutions are made for food rations in starting inventory:
+In [[dNetHack]], [[dwarf Knight]]s start the game with 3-6 food rations. Various substitutions are made for food rations in starting inventory:
 * [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] feed off magic rather than consuming food, and an incantifier hero will have their role's starting food rations replaced with scrolls of {{? of|food detection}}, with the exception of Tourists.
 * [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire heroes]] have their roles' starting rations replaced with [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of blood]] similar to SLASH'EM&mdash;the potions will always be [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
 * Various races of [[Anachrononaut]] start with several [[protein pill]]s in lieu of food rations&mdash;protein pills provide the same nutrition as a ration, but only require one turn to eat and weigh only 1 aum.
 ===notdNetHack===

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], the following substitutions are made for food rations in starting inventory:
+In [[dNetHack]], [[dwarf Knight]]s start the game with 3-6 tripe rations. Various substitutions are made for food rations in starting inventory:
 * [[Incantifier (starting race)|Incantifiers]] feed off magic rather than consuming food, and an incantifier hero will have their role's starting food rations replaced with scrolls of {{? of|food detection}}, with the exception of Tourists.
 * [[Vampire (starting race in dNetHack)|Vampire heroes]] have their roles' starting rations replaced with [[Potion of blood (dNetHack)|potions of blood]] similar to SLASH'EM&mdash;the potions will always be [[Human (monster)|human blood]].
 * Various races of [[Anachrononaut]] start with several [[protein pill]]s in lieu of food rations&mdash;protein pills provide the same nutrition as a ration, but only require one turn to eat and weigh only 1 aum.
 ===notdNetHack===

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 Several [[role]]s can start out with a number of food rations:
-* [[Archeologist]]s and [[Monk]]s start with 3 to 6 rations.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|34|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|91|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+* [[Archeologist]]s and [[Monk]]s start with 3-6 food rations.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|34|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|91|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-* [[Barbarian]]s and [[Valkyrie]]s start with 1-2.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|47|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|156|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+* [[Barbarian]]s and [[Valkyrie]]s start with 1-2 food rations.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|47|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|156|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-* [[Tourist]]s start with a lot of random food, some of which can be food rations.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|144|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+* [[Tourist]]s start with a lot of random comestibles, which includes food rations.{{refsrc|src/u_init.c|144|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 Food rations are the most common type of comestible item, making up {{frac|19|50}} (38%) of all randomly-generated comestibles. General [[store]]s, delicatessens and health food stores can sell food rations.

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 [[Upgrading]] a [[K-ration]], [[C-ration]] or lembas wafer will produce a food ration, and upgrading a food ration will produce a lembas wafer.
-[[Killer food ration]]s are a type of [[evil food]] monster that can be encountered, and have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping an actual food ration upon death.
+[[Killer food ration]]s have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping an actual food ration upon death.{{refsrc|mon.c|222|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ===UnNetHack===