Giant beetle - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: reflink

2026-05-14T17:51:32Z

reflink

Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ word choice

2026-05-14T17:48:07Z

‎History: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: another fairly easy one - just the queen bee lef

2026-05-14T17:47:25Z

another fairly easy one - just the queen bee lef

Ray Chason: Update weight and nutrition

2026-05-14T02:50:14Z

Update weight and nutrition

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ whoops, just not true actually

2026-01-04T09:52:02Z

‎dNetHack: whoops, just not true actually

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ fix up more

2026-01-04T00:20:39Z

‎dNetHack: fix up more

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ word choice

2026-01-03T23:36:40Z

‎dNetHack: word choice

Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */ line breaks

2025-11-07T10:00:57Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: line breaks

Umbire the Phantom: chef

2025-05-29T13:18:54Z

chef

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ convict quest

2025-05-29T13:11:27Z

‎Variants: convict quest

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
   |resistances conveyed=[[Poison resistance]] (33%)
   |attributes={{attributes|A giant beetle|animal=1|nohands=1|pois=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1}}
-  |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-3.6.7_Released/src/monst.c#L132 NetHack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 132]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-5.0.0_Released/include/monsters.h#L116 NetHack 5.0.0 - include/monsters.h, line 119]
 }}
 A '''giant beetle''', {{monsym|giant_beetle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The giant beetle is a [[carnivorous]] [[insect]] that has the highest [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of all monsters in its [[monster class]] that can be randomly generated.

@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 ==History==
-The giant beetle first appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. From these early versions to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the giant beetle uses the {{white|b}} glyph. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] introduces the ant or other insect monster class, moving the giant beetle to their glyph at {{white|a}}.
+The giant beetle first appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. From these early versions to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the giant beetle uses the {{white|b}} glyph. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] introduces the ant or other insect monster class, moving the giant beetle to their current glyph at {{white|a}}.
 In [[NetHack 3.6.7]] and previous versions, including some variants based on those versions, giant beetles weigh 10 [[aum]] and their corpses grant 10 [[nutrition]]{{refsrc|src/monst.c|135|nethack=3.6.7}}&mdash;this can be increased by [[applying]] a [[tinning kit]] and creating a homemade [[tin]] of giant beetle meat (which grants 40 nutrition). The giant beetle's weight and nutrition are increased to their current values in [[NetHack 5.0.0]] via {{commit|c9bc2f5a2a9fc231e3a34a5845e3e480f9c9c8e2}}, while tin nutrition is changed in NetHack 5.0.0 via {{commit|39bd259bd3ce35662dfc6b9996aa268a28289056}} so that tinning corpses does not "increase" the nutrition they grant.

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
   |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-3.6.7_Released/src/monst.c#L132 NetHack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 132]
 }}
-A '''giant beetle''', {{monsym|giant_beetle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The giant beetle is a [[carnivorous]] [[insect]] that has the highest [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of all randomly generated monsters in its [[monster class]].
+A giant beetle has a single [[bite attack]], and possesses [[poison resistance]].
 A giant beetle [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]], and eating a giant beetle corpse or [[tin]] has a {{frac|3}} chance of granting poison resistance.
 ==Generation==
 Randomly generated giant beetles are always created hostile.
-Hostile giant beetles can be generated by the [[summon insects]] [[monster spell]].{{refsrc|src/mcastu.c|589|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Hostile giant beetles can be generated by the [[summon insects]] [[monster spell]].{{refsrc|src/mcastu.c|649-L651|nethack=5.0.0}}
 Giant beetles can appear among the {{white|a}} that are part of the first [[quest]] monster class for [[Valkyrie]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Valkyrie quest]].
@@ Line 41: / Line 38: @@
 ==History==
 The giant beetle first appears in Hack for PDP-11, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. From these early versions to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the giant beetle uses the {{white|b}} glyph. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] introduces the ant or other insect monster class, moving the giant beetle to their glyph at {{white|a}}.
 ==Origin==
@@ Line 50: / Line 49: @@
 The [[Wikipedia:Titan beetle|titan beetle]] (''Titanus giganteus'') is one of the largest known species, with the largest reliable measured specimen having a body length of 16.7 cm (6.6 in). This is comparable to the [[Wikipedia:Hercules beetle|Hercules beetle]] (''Dynastes hercules''), a type of [[Wikipedia:Dynastinae|rhinoceros beetle]] (subfamily ''Dynastinae'', family ''Scarabaeidae'') whose males can occasionally grow up to a length of 17.5 cm (6.9 in), but have a smaller body than the titan beetle, with the enormous horn found on the pronotum or thorax making up around half of its total length. Another notably large beetle is the endangered giant Fijian long-horned beetle (''Xixuthrus heros''), which can reach a length of 15 cm (5.9 in). Beetles are prominent in human culture, from the sacred scarabs of ancient Egypt to beetlewing art, to their use as pets or as fighting insects for entertainment and gambling; giant versions of existing or fantastic insects are also a common form of creature in fantasy and science fiction media.
-''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' features several types of giant beetle, with the qualities of the ''NetHack'' giant beetle based on the giant rhinoceros beetle of the 1st edition. Giant rhinoceros beetles are uncommon monsters and have a horn that extends about six feet; they appear in groups of up to 6, and reside in tropical and subtropical jungles where they roam in search of fruits and vegetation (unlike the carnivorous giant beetle of ''NetHack'') and try to crush anything in their paths. Their movement speed is half that of humans, making them quite slow, but they have an armor class of 2 compared to the giant beetle's 4 AC.
+''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' features several types of giant beetle, with the qualities of the ''NetHack'' giant beetle based primarily on the giant rhinoceros beetle of the 1st edition. Giant rhinoceros beetles are uncommon monsters and have a horn that extends about six feet; they appear in groups of up to 6, and reside in tropical and subtropical jungles where they roam in search of fruits and vegetation (unlike the carnivorous giant beetle of ''NetHack'') and try to crush anything in their paths. Their movement speed is half that of humans, making them quite slow, and they have an armor class of 2 (compared to the giant beetle's 4 AC).
 ==Variants==
 In the original [[Convict Role]] patch, the giant beetle is the first [[quest]] monster for Convicts, and makes up {{frac|96|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Convict quest]].
@@ Line 85: / Line 86: @@
 {{right-align|[ attributed to biologist J.B.S. Haldane ]}}
-The common name for the insects with wings shaped like shields (_Coleoptera_), one of the ten sub-species into which the insects are divided.  They are characterized by the shields (the front pair of wings) under which the back wings are folded.|[ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]}}
+The common name for the insects with wings shaped like shields (_Coleoptera_), one of the ten sub-species into which the insects are divided.  They are characterized by the shields (the front pair of wings) under which the back wings are folded.
 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367}}
+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
   |genocidable=Yes
   |attacks=[[Bite]] 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
-  |weight=10
+  |weight=200
-  |nutr=10
+  |nutr=50
   |size=Large
   |resistances=[[Poison resistance]]

@@ Line 62: / Line 62: @@
 ===dNetHack===
-[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] implement [[Convict/dNetHack|the Convict role]], but unlike the original patch and other variants, the soldier ant replaces the giant beetle as the first quest monster for Convicts. Giant beetles still appear among the {{white|a}} that make up {{frac|24|175}} of monsters randomly generated on [[Convict quest/dNetHack|the Convict quest]].
+[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] implement [[Convict/dNetHack|the Convict role]], but unlike the original patch and other variants, the soldier ant replaces the giant beetle as the first quest monster for Convicts.
 Encountering a giant beetle while wearing [[the Scorpion Carapace]] unlocks the shields upgrade.

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
   |frequency=3
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 3d6
+  |attacks=[[Bite]] 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
   |weight=10
   |nutr=10
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 }}
-A '''giant beetle''', {{monsym|giant_beetle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The giant beetle is the slowest of the [[insect]]s, but also has the strongest single attack among them.
+A '''giant beetle''', {{monsym|giant_beetle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The giant beetle is a [[carnivorous]] [[insect]] that has the highest [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of all randomly generated monsters in its [[monster class]].
-A giant beetle has a strong bite attack, and possesses [[poison resistance]].
+A giant beetle has a single bite attack, and possesses [[poison resistance]].
 A giant beetle [[corpse]] is [[poisonous]] to [[eat]], and eating a giant beetle corpse or [[tin]] has a {{frac|3}} chance of granting poison resistance.
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 Hostile giant beetles can be generated by the [[summon insects]] [[monster spell]].{{refsrc|src/mcastu.c|589|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Giant beetles appear among the {{white|a}} that are part of the first [[quest]] monster class for [[Valkyrie]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Valkyrie quest]].
+Giant beetles can appear among the {{white|a}} that are part of the first [[quest]] monster class for [[Valkyrie]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Valkyrie quest]].
 ==Strategy==
-Despite moving at only 6 [[speed]] compared to other insects, giant beetles hit fairly hard with their bite attack, making lingering near one dangerous for an early [[hero]] with low [[HP]] or [[AC]]. Their low speed can still be taken advantage of to bring them down, ideally at a distance since a giant beetle's 4 AC may make melee tricky even for an otherwise better-armored early character. Giant beetle corpses are a decent source of poison resistance for heroes who lack the intrinsic, but have an external source on hand and/or a [[tinning kit]] to make them safe to eat.
+Despite moving at a low 6 [[speed]] compared to other insects, giant beetles hit fairly hard with their bite attack, making lingering near one dangerous for an early [[hero]] with low [[HP]] or [[AC]]. Their low speed can still be taken advantage of to bring them down, ideally at a distance since a giant beetle's 4 AC may make melee tricky even for an otherwise better-armored early character. Giant beetle corpses are a decent source of poison resistance for heroes who lack the intrinsic, but have an external source on hand and/or a [[tinning kit]] to make them safe to eat.
-On some systems, dark gray items and creatures will be shown as blue instead. This makes it easy to confuse giant beetles with their much more dangerous cousins, [[soldier ant]]s.
+On some systems, dark gray items and creatures will be shown as blue instead, which makes it easy to confuse giant beetles with the much more dangerous [[soldier ant]]s.
 ==History==
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Beetle}}
-Beetles are insects that form the order ''Coleoptera'' in the superorder ''Holometabola''. They make up the largest of all orders, with about 400,000 described species constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal species - new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates; some are serious agricultural pests, while others eat crop-damaging pests.
+Beetles are insects that form the order ''Coleoptera'' in the superorder ''Holometabola''. They make up the largest of all orders, with about 400,000 described species constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal species&mdash;new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates; some are serious agricultural pests, while others eat crop-damaging pests.
 Beetles are distinguished from most other insects by their front pair of wings, which are hardened into wing-cases: their general anatomy is quite uniform, although there are several examples of adaptations, such as water beetles that trap air bubbles under the wing-cases for use while diving. Some beetles have a marked sexual dimorphism, with males often possessing enormously enlarged mandibles which they use to fight other males. Many beetles have bright colors and patterns that warn of their toxicity, while others are harmless mimics, and most have effective forms of camouflage.
@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
 ===SlashTHEM===
-[[SlashTHEM]] implements [[Convict/SlashTHEM|the Convict role]], and the giant beetle is the first quest monster for Convicts as in the patch, making up {{frac|96|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Convict quest.
+[[SlashTHEM]] implements [[Convict/SlashTHEM|the Convict role]], and the giant beetle is the first quest monster for Convicts as in the patch, making up {{frac|96|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the Convict quest. The giant beetle is also the first quest monster for [[Chef]]s, making up {{frac|96|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Chef quest]].
 ===Hack'EM===

@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
 [[SLASH'EM]] introduces the [[killer beetle]], a stronger variant of the giant beetle.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], encountering a giant beetle while wearing [[the Scorpion Carapace]] unlocks the shields upgrade.
+[[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]] implement [[Convict/dNetHack|the Convict role]], but unlike the original patch and other variants, the soldier ant replaces the giant beetle as the first quest monster for Convicts, and giant beetles can only be encountered on [[Convict quest/dNetHack|the Convict quest]] among the normally-generated monsters that make up {{frac|24|175}} of monsters randomly generated there.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==