Hungerless casting - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: tocright for style

2026-02-26T18:47:12Z

tocright for style

Umbire the Phantom: forgot these

2026-02-23T08:45:10Z

forgot these

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit and formatting

2026-02-23T06:30:31Z

copyedit and formatting

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ other off-by-one

2026-02-23T02:17:51Z

‎dNetHack: other off-by-one

Umbire the Phantom: colors to match, fix refs for the moment

2026-02-23T02:14:36Z

colors to match, fix refs for the moment

Umbire the Phantom: correct off-by-one

2026-02-23T02:13:17Z

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Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ this was meant to be a null edit but I clipped a space so

2026-02-22T17:34:28Z

‎dNetHack: this was meant to be a null edit but I clipped a space so

EasterlyIrk: add dnh hungerless casting

2025-10-17T03:11:19Z

add dnh hungerless casting

Phol ende wodan: Update references to 3.6.0, no other changes

2017-02-12T17:20:48Z

Update references to 3.6.0, no other changes

ChasonBot at 17:34, 19 December 2015

2015-12-19T17:34:13Z

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	'''Hungerless casting''' and '''reduced-hunger casting''' are abilities that appear in ''[[NetHack]]'' and are applicable exclusively to the [[Wizard]].<ref name="wizonly"/>		'''Hungerless casting''' and '''reduced-hunger casting''' are abilities that appear in ''[[NetHack]]'' and are applicable exclusively to the [[Wizard]].<ref name="wizonly"/>

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-'''Hungerless casting''' and '''reduced-hunger casting''' are abilities that appear in ''[[NetHack]]'' and are applicable exclusively to the [[Wizard]].
+'''Hungerless casting''' and '''reduced-hunger casting''' are abilities that appear in ''[[NetHack]]'' and are applicable exclusively to the [[Wizard]].<ref name="wizonly"/>
 ==Description==
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 The hunger cost after reduction is always floored (or rounded down), e.g. the nutrition cost for a Wizard casting a level 1 spell with 16 intelligence is {{frac|10|4}}, or only 2 nutrition. Reduced-hunger casting follows standard spellcasting rules for nutrition, i.e. the hero's nutrition is set to 3 if casting would leave them at 3 or less nutrition.{{refsrc|src/spell.c|1011-L1013|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Heroes that are not Wizards cannot employ hungerless casting.
+Heroes that are not Wizards cannot employ hungerless casting.{{refsrc|src/spell.c|984|nethack=3.6.7|name="wizonly"|comment=non-Wizard is always treated as 10 Int for specific purposes of hunger reduction when casting}}
 Though mostly unrelated to hungerless casting, the {{+ of|detect food}} spell can be cast without any base nutrition burn.{{refsrc|src/spell.c|932|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/spell.c|967|nethack=3.6.7}}

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-'''Hungerless casting''' or '''reduced-hunger casting''' offer reductions in (or elimination of) the [[nutrition]] penalty incurred by [[spellcasting]]. Both are granted automatically and exclusively to high-[[intelligence]] [[wizard]]s:{{refsrc|src/spell.c|946|nethack=3.6.0}}
+'''Hungerless casting''' and '''reduced-hunger casting''' are abilities that appear in ''[[NetHack]]'' and are applicable exclusively to the [[Wizard]].
 {|class="wikitable"
-!Intelligence
+!Intelligence{{refsrc|src/spell.c|983|nethack=3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/spell.c|986|nethack=3.6.7}}
 !Reduction
 |-
-|17 or more
+|17 or more{{refsrc|src/spell.c|987-995|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |No hunger penalty
 |-
-|16
+|16{{refsrc|src/spell.c|998|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |25% hunger penalty
 |-
-|15
+|15{{refsrc|src/spell.c|1001|nethack=3.6.7}}
 |50% hunger penalty
 |-
-|14 or below or nonwizard
+|14 or below
 |100% hunger penalty
 |}
-Hungerless casting is very useful, especially when attempting the [[foodless]] [[conduct]]. The unreduced [[nutrition]] penalty for each spell level, with and without the [[Amulet of Yendor]], follows:
+The hunger cost after reduction is always floored (or rounded down), e.g. the nutrition cost for a Wizard casting a level 1 spell with 16 intelligence is {{frac|10|4}}, or only 2 nutrition. Reduced-hunger casting follows standard spellcasting rules for nutrition, i.e. the hero's nutrition is set to 3 if casting would leave them at 3 or less nutrition.{{refsrc|src/spell.c|1011-L1013|nethack=3.6.7}}
 {|class="wikitable"
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-Casting the [[detect food]] spell never incurs a hunger penalty. Also, if casting a spell would put you at three or less nutrition, your nutrition is set instead to three. Hunger cost is rounded down: for example, casting a level 1 spell with 16 intelligence costs only 2 nutrition.{{refsrc|src/spell.c|967|nethack=3.6.0}}
+==Variants==
-==SLASH'EM==
+Wizards in ''NetHack'' variants often remain the sole heroes capable of using hungerless or reduced-hunger casting, with some exceptions.
-In SLASH'EM, as in Vanilla, only [[wizard]]s get hungerless casting: the new magic-specializing roles, [[flame mage]]s, [[ice mage]]s, and [[necromancer]]s, do not.{{refsrc|spell.c|872|version=SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2}}
-==dNetHack==
+A non-Wizard hero that is wearing the [[dNetHack artifacts#Apotheosis Veil|Apotheosis Veil]] can employ hungerless casting at a -4 penalty (meaning 19 intelligence is required for a {{frac|2}} reduction in nutrition burn), while a non-Wizard hero that has the [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirit]] [[Paimon]] bound can use hungerless casting at a -6 penalty. The intelligence thresholds required for each level of hunger reduction are outlined in the color-coded table below:
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+!
-! Wizard
+! Wizard/Hedrow Healer
 ! Apotheosis Veil
 ! Paimon
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 |}
-== References ==
+==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Spellcasting]]

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-'''Hungerless casting''' or '''reduced-hunger casting''' offer reductions in (or elimination of) the [[nutrition]] penalty incurred by [[spellcasting]]. Both are granted automatically and exclusively to high-[[intelligence]] [[wizard]]s:{{refsrc|spell.c|946|nethack=3.6.0}}
+'''Hungerless casting''' or '''reduced-hunger casting''' offer reductions in (or elimination of) the [[nutrition]] penalty incurred by [[spellcasting]]. Both are granted automatically and exclusively to high-[[intelligence]] [[wizard]]s:{{refsrc|src/spell.c|946|nethack=3.6.0}}
 {|class="wikitable"
 !Intelligence
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-Casting the [[detect food]] spell never incurs a hunger penalty. Also, if casting a spell would put you at three or less nutrition, your nutrition is set instead to three. Hunger cost is rounded down: for example, casting a level 1 spell with 16 intelligence costs only 2 nutrition.{{refsrc|spell.c|967|nethack=3.6.0}}
+Casting the [[detect food]] spell never incurs a hunger penalty. Also, if casting a spell would put you at three or less nutrition, your nutrition is set instead to three. Hunger cost is rounded down: for example, casting a level 1 spell with 16 intelligence costs only 2 nutrition.{{refsrc|src/spell.c|967|nethack=3.6.0}}
 ==SLASH'EM==
 In SLASH'EM, as in Vanilla, only [[wizard]]s get hungerless casting: the new magic-specializing roles, [[flame mage]]s, [[ice mage]]s, and [[necromancer]]s, do not.{{refsrc|spell.c|872|version=SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2}}
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