Giant bat - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ word choice

2025-10-11T23:51:42Z

‎dNetHack: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ future bats

2025-10-11T23:51:20Z

‎dNetHack: future bats

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ chiros

2025-10-11T23:37:58Z

‎dNetHack: chiros

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ typo

2025-10-11T23:07:36Z

‎EvilHack: typo

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ evil

2025-10-11T22:05:17Z

‎Variants: evil

Umbire the Phantom: expansion pass

2025-10-11T11:35:39Z

expansion pass

Umbire the Phantom: some copyedit

2024-12-15T12:56:57Z

some copyedit

Josinalvo: added stun to table

2024-12-10T18:46:09Z

added stun to table

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ wrong bat

2024-01-09T02:22:04Z

‎dNetHack: wrong bat

Umbire the Phantom: pothole + necro quest

2024-01-09T01:53:33Z

pothole + necro quest

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 Giant bats are much heavier in weight at 500 [[aum]], and their corpses grant 200 nutrition, though they are still small in size. Giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.
-Giant bats generated in the future (i.e. the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]]) are [[Zombie (dNetHack)|zombified]], and will always be [[generated with]] [[plasteel armor]].
+Giant bats generated in the future (i.e. the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]]) are [[Zombie (dNetHack)|zombified]], and are [[always generated with]] [[plasteel armor]].
 ===EvilHack===

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	Giant bats are much heavier in weight at 500 [[aum]], and their corpses grant 200 nutrition, though they are still small in size. Giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.		Giant bats are much heavier in weight at 500 [[aum]], and their corpses grant 200 nutrition, though they are still small in size. Giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.
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		+	Giant bats generated in the future (i.e. the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]]) are [[Zombie (dNetHack)\|zombified]], and will always be [[generated with]] [[plasteel armor]].

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], giant bats are much heavier in weight at 500 [[aum]], and their corpses grant 200 nutrition, though they are still small in size. Giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], [[Chiropteran (starting race)|chiropteran]] heroes that are not [[Convict/dNetHack|Convicts]] are given a tame giant bat as their default starting [[pet]].
 ===EvilHack===

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], giant bats will [[grudge]] and attach flying [[insect]]s and [[xan]]s. [[Gollum (EvilHack)|Gollum]] will attack giant bats and some other monsters in order to eat their corpses.
+In [[EvilHack]], giant bats will [[grudge]] and attack flying [[insect]]s and [[xan]]s. [[Gollum (EvilHack)|Gollum]] will attack giant bats and some other monsters in order to eat their corpses.
 Two giant bats are generated within Gollum's Cave in [[Goblin Town]] at level creation.

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], two giant bats are generated within Gollum's Cave in [[Goblin Town]] at level creation.
+In [[EvilHack]], giant bats will [[grudge]] and attach flying [[insect]]s and [[xan]]s. [[Gollum (EvilHack)|Gollum]] will attack giant bats and some other monsters in order to eat their corpses.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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   |frequency=2
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 1d6
+  |attacks=[[Bite attack|Bite]] 1d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
   |weight=30
   |nutr=30
   |size=Small
   |resistances=None
-  |resistances conveyed=[[stun]]s you when eaten
+  |resistances conveyed=[[stun]]s the [[hero]]
   |attributes={{attributes|A giant bat|fly=1|animal=1|nohands=1|carnivore=1|wander=1|hostile=1|infravisible=1}}
   |reference=[[monst.c#line1127]]
 }}
-A '''giant bat''', {{monsym|giant bat}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is slightly stronger than a standard [[bat]], and like other [[bat or bird|bats and birds]] it is capable of [[flight]]. Giant bats have a tendency to wander, with a {{frac|3}} chance of the monster moving in a random direction during each of its turns.{{refsrc|src/monmove.c|915|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+A giant bat has a single bite [[attack]].
-A giant bat has a single bite attack.
+[[Eating]] a giant bat [[corpse]] or [[tin]] will [[stun]] the [[hero]] for up to 30 (more) turns.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1013|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} A hero [[polymorph]]ed into a giant bat is stunned indefinitely while they are in that form.{{refsrc|include/youprop.h|79|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==
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 Giant bats appear among the random {{white|B}} that are part of the first quest [[monster class]] for [[Wizard]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Wizard quest]].
-Giant bats generated in [[Gehennom]] have slightly higher speed than normal, possibly a play on the phrase "like a bat [on its way] out of hell".{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1275|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name=batoutofhell}}
+Giant bats generated in [[Gehennom]] are given 2 extra points of movement [[speed]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1275|version=NetHack 3.6.7|name="batoutofhell"}}
 ==Strategy==
-The giant bat has the same high [[speed]] as a regular bat with a slightly stronger bite, making it more dangerous for starting heroes to deal with - an inopportune run-in with a giant bat can be lethal for heroes that are especially weak or else lack a weapon with reliable accuracy.
+The giant bat has the same high speed as a regular bat with a stronger bite, making it more dangerous for starting heroes to deal with if they are weak or not yet proficient enough in combat to be accurate. Their movement style makes their trajectory somewhat random and hard to predict, including whether or not they will attack, and unlike regular bats they will always be hostile as well.
 ==History==
 The giant bat first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
 ==Variants==
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], giant bats are much heavier in weight at 500 [[aum]], and their corpses grant 200 nutrition, though they are still small in size. Giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.
 ===EvilHack===

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], giant bats can grow up into [[warbat]]s.
+In [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], giant bats can grow up into [[battle-bat]]s.
 ===EvilHack===