Insect - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: redirect instead

2024-01-02T02:42:17Z

redirect instead

Umbire the Phantom: revise a bit

2024-01-02T02:38:51Z

revise a bit

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-01-02T01:58:49Z

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Umbire the Phantom: create disambig

2024-01-02T01:58:27Z

create disambig

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-01-01T23:52:07Z

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Umbire the Phantom at 22:02, 8 April 2021

2021-04-08T22:02:44Z

Actual-nh: Link s and x monster classes

2021-04-08T16:28:50Z

Link s and x monster classes

Ardub23: /* Variants */ Copied information from A; this article is more appropriate for this info than that one is

2021-04-07T15:46:20Z

‎Variants: Copied information from A; this article is more appropriate for this info than that one is

Phol ende wodan: remove list of non-insects and top level sections for insect subclasses, merge in two-sentence Notes section, remove SporkHack ref and redirect variant discussion to a

2019-01-21T20:27:39Z

remove list of non-insects and top level sections for insect subclasses, merge in two-sentence Notes section, remove SporkHack ref and redirect variant discussion to a

ChasonBot at 18:34, 19 December 2015

2015-12-19T18:34:20Z

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−	On [[~~NetHackWiki]], an '''insect''' may refer to any of the following:~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Ant or other insect#Common traits]]
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−	* The [[ant or other insect]] ~~[[monster class]], whose [[monster]]s are based on real-life insects and represented by {{white\|a}}.~~
−	* The [[xan or other mythical/fantastic insect]] monster class, which contains fictional exotic insects and is represented by {{white\|x}}.
−	* The [[arachnid or centipede]] monster class contains arthropods that are generally referred to as bugs but are ''not'' insects, and is represented by {{white\|s}}.
−	~~{{nethack-367}}~~
−	~~{{disambig}}~~

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 * The [[ant or other insect]] [[monster class]], whose [[monster]]s are based on real-life insects and represented by {{white|a}}.
 * The [[xan or other mythical/fantastic insect]] monster class, which contains fictional exotic insects and is represented by {{white|x}}.
 {{nethack-367}}
 {{disambig}}

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 * The [[ant or other insect]] [[monster class]], whose [[monster]]s are based on real-life insects and represented by {{white|a}}.
 * The [[arachnid or centipede]] monster class, which contains arthropods that are not insects and is represented by {{white|s}}.
-* The [[xan or other mystical/fantastic insect]] monster class, which contains fictional exotic insects and is represented by {{white|x}}.
+* The [[xan or other mythical/fantastic insect]] monster class, which contains fictional exotic insects and is represented by {{white|x}}.
 {{nethack-367}}
 {{disambig}}

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-An '''insect''' is any monster represented by the character {{white|a}}.
+On [[NetHackWiki]], an '''insect''' may refer to any of the following:
-* [[Ant]]s:
+* The [[ant or other insect]] [[monster class]], whose [[monster]]s are based on real-life insects and represented by {{white|a}}.
-** {{monsymlink|Soldier ant}}
+* The [[arachnid or centipede]] monster class, which contains arthropods that are not insects and is represented by {{white|s}}.
-** {{monsymlink|Giant ant}}
+* The [[xan or other mystical/fantastic insect]] monster class, which contains fictional exotic insects and is represented by {{white|x}}.
-** {{monsymlink|Fire ant}}
+{{nethack-367}}
+{{disambig}}

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 ==Strategy==
-Hostile [[aligned priest|priests]] can cast [[summon insects]], particularly in [[Moloch's Sanctum]] and the [[Astral Plane]]. If all insects have been [[genocide]]d, they will instead summon [[snake]]s.
+Hostile [[aligned priest|priests]] can cast [[summon insects]], particularly in [[Moloch's Sanctum]] and the [[Astral Plane]]. If all insects have been [[genocide]]d, they will instead summon [[Snake (monster class)|snakes]].
 It is not a good idea to [[genocide]] any species of insect, as they provide a valuable barrier between you and the tougher monsters in the Sanctum and Astral Plane. Some players make an exception to genocide soldier ants, as they pose a particular hazard in the early game.

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 ** {{monsymlink|Giant beetle}}
-Insect-like creatures that are generally not considered to be insects include the [[Spider|{{white|s}} monster class]], containing arachnids and other arthropods that aren't classified as insects in real life. The [[Mythical insect|{{white|x}} monster class]] arguably also constitutes insects, because the class description is "xan or other mystical/fantastic insect", but these are not treated as insects in, for example, the [[summon insects]] monster spell.
+Insect-like creatures that are generally not considered to be insects include the {{mcsl|s}} monster class, containing arachnids and other arthropods that aren't classified as insects in real life. The {{mcsl|x}} monster class arguably also constitutes insects, because the class description is "xan or other mystical/fantastic insect", but these are not treated as insects in, for example, the [[summon insects]] monster spell.
 ==Strategy==

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 == Variants ==
-See the [[a|a (monster class)]] page.
+* UnNetHack and SporkHack add {{monsymlink|snow ant}}s.
 [[Category:Monster classes]]
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	It is not a good idea to [[genocide]] any species of insect, as they provide a valuable barrier between you and far tougher monsters in the Sanctum and Astral Plane. Some players make an exception for Soldier ants, as they pose a particular hazard in the early game.		It is not a good idea to [[genocide]] any species of insect, as they provide a valuable barrier between you and far tougher monsters in the Sanctum and Astral Plane. Some players make an exception for Soldier ants, as they pose a particular hazard in the early game.
	[[Category:Monster classes]]		[[Category:Monster classes]]
		+	{{nethack-343}}