Mumak - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: potholes, etc.

2026-07-20T19:22:51Z

potholes, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: thanks ion

2025-06-06T23:53:12Z

thanks ion

ScienceBall: Typo. Clarify dnh mumak calves.

2025-06-06T23:44:45Z

Typo. Clarify dnh mumak calves.

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ dropped word

2025-05-11T05:43:44Z

‎dNetHack: dropped word

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ word choice

2025-04-14T01:15:42Z

‎EvilHack: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* SlashTHEM */ typo

2025-04-14T00:59:07Z

‎SlashTHEM: typo

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ details

2025-04-13T20:53:19Z

‎dNetHack: details

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ size + doors

2025-04-13T13:59:08Z

‎dNetHack: size + doors

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ finish out variants

2025-04-13T13:16:17Z

‎Variants: finish out variants

Umbire the Phantom: expand strategy and below to variants section

2025-04-13T12:42:27Z

expand strategy and below to variants section

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=[[Butt]] 4d12 [[Physical damage|physical]], [[Bite]] 2d6 physical
+  |attacks=[[Butt]] 4d12 [[Physical damage|physical]], [[Bite attack|bite]] 2d6 physical
   |weight=2500
   |nutr=500
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   |reference=[[monst.c#line753]]
 }}
 A '''mumak''' (plural '''mumakil'''), {{monsym|mumak}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The mumak is an [[herbivorous]], elephant-like [[quadruped]] that is [[strong]] and [[thick-skinned]], and is the only quadruped to be [[chaotic]].
-Mumakil have a powerful [[headbutt]] attack and a bite attack.
+Mumakil have a powerful [[headbutt]] attack and a [[bite attack]].
 ==Generation==
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 While they are technically not the ''most'' dangerous of the quadruped class, mumakil are still a powerful threat that can deal large amounts of damage: The mumak possesses the most powerful single melee attack in the game other than those of the [[Riders]]; their headbutt attacks can produce high-rolls that smash through all but the sturdiest armor; their [[AC]] of 0 also lets them withstand or dodge significant punishment from most early game heroes before succumbing; and they are likely to mulch fully-grown domestic pets and even some other pet types that attack them as well. While stronger roles like [[Valkyrie]]s or [[Barbarian]]s may be sufficiently prepared for the encounter, mumakil tend to be a frequent cause of [[Death (character)|death]] for them just as often as they are for weaker or under-prepared heroes trying to fight them in melee.
-When fighting a mumak, take advantage of its low [[speed]] of 9: use ranged weapons, [[polearm]]s, [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s, or [[hit and run]]; remember that mumakil take no damage from [[kick]]s or [[bullwhip]]s, among other things. As they have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] whatsoever, [[slow monster]], [[sleep]] and [[poison]] are stellar aids against the beasts and can potentially render them into pushovers, though do not take these vulnerabilities for granted, and pay attention to your health regardless.
+When fighting a mumak, take advantage of its low [[speed]] of 9: use ranged weapons, [[polearm]]s, [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s, or [[hit and run]], and remember that mumakil take no damage from [[Kick (command)|kicking]] or [[bullwhip]]s, among other things. As they have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] whatsoever, [[slow monster]], [[sleep]] and [[poison]] are stellar aids against the beasts and can potentially render them into pushovers, though do not take these vulnerabilities for granted, and pay attention to your health regardless.
 ==History==

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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the mumak is a [[huge]] monster, and its [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] are raised to 15 and 17 respectively. Mumakil can also smash down [[door]]s.
-The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty (7) as the mumak has in NetHack, and shares many of its stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT|giants]].
+The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty (7) as the mumak has in ''NetHack'', and shares many of its stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT|giants]].
 Mumakil are randomly generated on several floors of the [[Mordor Ruins Quest]]:

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 The mûmak (plural: mûmakil) is the Gondorian name for the [[lotr:Oliphaunts|oliphaunt]], a giant elephant-like beast that appears in the Middle-Earth setting of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Tolkien borrowed the term oliphaunt from Middle English, which in turn was a borrowing of the Old French ''olifaunt''; both terms refer to an ordinary elephant. Tolkien stated in his guide for translators that the word was "used as a 'rusticism', on the supposition that rumour of the Southern beast would have reached the Shire long ago in the form of legend." Tolkien wrote two "Oliphaunt" poems: one is a playfully childlike rhyme recited by Sam in ''The Lord of the Rings'', and the other is a humorous poem in the medieval bestiary tradition mocking the excessive use of allegory in Middle English verse.
-Oliphaunts are first mentioned by Sam as he recites a playfully childlike rhyme (with Tolkienusing the first of the two aforementioned poems) to explain what an oliphaunt is to Gollum and express his hopes of seeing one. His wish is fulfilled as he witnesses Faramir's ambush of a contingent from Harad in Ithilien, where Sam and Frodo Baggins see an oliphaunt in full charge: the maddened animal had smashed its war-tower in its rush through the woods, and trampled soldiers of both sides until it disappeared from view. The Haradrim armies use oliphaunts as war elephants, as shown in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields&mdash;the Peter Jackson film adaptations of both the ambush and the later battle portray the mumak as more resembling a species of ''[[wikipedia:Gomphotherium|Gomphotherium]]''.
+Oliphaunts are first mentioned by Sam as he recites a playfully childlike rhyme (with Tolkien using the first of the two aforementioned poems) to explain what an oliphaunt is to Gollum and express his hopes of seeing one. His wish is fulfilled as he witnesses Faramir's ambush of a contingent from Harad in Ithilien, where Sam and Frodo Baggins see an oliphaunt in full charge: the maddened animal had smashed its war-tower in its rush through the woods, and trampled soldiers of both sides until it disappeared from view. The Haradrim armies use oliphaunts as war elephants, as shown in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields&mdash;the Peter Jackson film adaptations of both the ambush and the later battle portray the mumak as more resembling a species of ''[[wikipedia:Gomphotherium|Gomphotherium]]''.
 Oliphaunts are described as massive, often ferocious beasts with legs like trees, bodies larger than a house, enormous sail-like ears, and a long prehensile snout. The Haradrim strapped towers on the backs of these beasts and rode on them into battle, where the mûmak itself would charge through the enemy and trample archer, swordsman and horse alike beneath its feat, enraged and goaded by its masters. Killing a mûmak was almost impossible since its rough, leathery hide made arrows relatively harmless, and horses had such a great natural fear of them that even the most skilled riders could not close enough to strike at its legs. The only known way to defeat an oliphaunt was to shoot it in the eye, which was a very difficult task to perform since that typically meant standing in front of it as it charged.
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 In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the mumak is a [[huge]] monster, and its [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] are raised to 15 and 17 respectively. Mumakil can also smash down [[door]]s.
-The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty and shares many of the mumak's stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT|giants]].
+The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty (7) as the mumak has in NetHack, and shares many of its stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT|giants]].
 Mumakil are randomly generated on several floors of the [[Mordor Ruins Quest]]:

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], the mumak is a [[huge]] monster, and its [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] are raised to 15 and 17 respectively. Mumakil can also smash down [[door]]s.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], the mumak is a [[huge]] monster, and its [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] are raised to 15 and 17 respectively. Mumakil can also smash down [[door]]s.
 The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty and shares many of the mumak's stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT|giants]].

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], the mumak's monster level and difficulty are raised to 8 and 10 respectively, and they are also given the ability to inflict [[knockback]] with their melee attacks, as well as a [[holding attack]] that crushes the target with their trunk. This also applies to [[Hack'EM]].
+In [[EvilHack]], the mumak's monster level and difficulty are raised to 8 and 10 respectively, and they are also given the ability to inflict [[knockback]] with their melee attacks, as well as an additional [[holding attack]] that crushes the target with their trunk. This also applies to [[Hack'EM]].
 ===SlashTHEM===

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 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, a hero polymorphed into a mumak or [[mastodon]] gainsintrinsic immunity to [[amnesia]] and improved [[spell]] retention as granted by wearing an [[amulet of data storage]] (since "an elephant never forgets"). This feature is incorporated from the Ring of Memory patch, which the amulet's function is based on.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, a hero polymorphed into a mumak or [[mastodon]] gains intrinsic immunity to [[amnesia]] and improved [[spell]] retention as granted by wearing an [[amulet of data storage]] (since "an elephant never forgets"). This feature is incorporated from the Ring of Memory patch, which the amulet's function is based on.
 SlashTHEM also adds Mumakbane from NetHack: The Next Generation, which has +5 to-hit and a flat +60 fire damage against mumakil.

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	The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty and shares many of the mumak's stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT\|giants]].		The [[mumak calf]] is a younger form of mumak that has the same difficulty and shares many of the mumak's stats, though it is smaller and the size of its damage dice are halved. Mumak calves can [[grow up]] into mumakil, and both are considered [[MA_GIANT\|giants]].
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		+	Mumakil are randomly generated on several floors of the [[Mordor Ruins Quest]]:
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		+	* {{frac\|8}} of randomly-generated monsters on the Forest Edge floor will be mumakil.
		+	* {{frac\|20}} of randomly-generated monsters on the Mordor Wall, Mordor Fortress, and the first Mordor Cracks floors will be mumakil.
		+	* {{frac\|30}} of randomly-generated monsters on the second floor of the Mordor Cracks will be mumakil.
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		+	A mumak has a {{frac\|11\|100}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory\|being generated with]] armor designed to fit their size and body shape:
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		+	* For the [[suit]] of armor, a mumak has a {{frac\|100}} chance of being given [[archaic plate mail]], a {{frac\|4\|99}} chance of being given [[orcish chain mail]] if the plate mail is not generated, and otherwise has a {{frac\|6\|95}} chance of being given [[orcish ring mail]].
		+	* For the [[helm]], a mumak has a {{frac\|100}} chance of being given an [[archaic helm]], and otherwise has a {{frac\|10\|99}} of being given an [[orcish helm]].
		+	* The mumak also has a {{frac\|3\|50}} chance of being generated with a [[saddle]].

	===EvilHack===		===EvilHack===

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
 In [[SLASH'EM]], the mumak cannot be seen via infravision, and will not randomly generate in Gehennom.
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 ===dNetHack===
-[[dNetHack]] adds a younger form in [[mumak calves]], which can grow up into mumakil; they have the same difficulty and share many of the mumakil's stats, with the exception of damage, weight and nutrition value. Mumakil themselves are now higher difficulty and appear deeper into the dungeon.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], [[notnotdNetHack]], the mumak's [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] are raised to 15 and 17 respectively.
 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], players polymorphed into mumakil or [[mastodon]]s get intrinsic immunity to [[amnesia]] and improved [[spell]] retention ("an elephant never forgets"), the same as wearing an [[amulet of data storage]]. This feature originated in the Ring of Memory patch, which the amulet's function is based on.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, a hero polymorphed into a mumak or [[mastodon]] gainsintrinsic immunity to [[amnesia]] and improved [[spell]] retention as granted by wearing an [[amulet of data storage]] (since "an elephant never forgets"). This feature is incorporated from the Ring of Memory patch, which the amulet's function is based on.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Strategy==
-While they are technically not the ''most'' dangerous of the quadruped class, mumakil are still a powerful threat that can deal large amounts of damage: They possess the most powerful single melee attack in the game other than those of the [[Riders]]', with their headbutt making a mockery of all but the sturdiest armor; their [[AC]] of 0 also lets them withstand or dodge significant punishment before succumbing.
+While they are technically not the ''most'' dangerous of the quadruped class, mumakil are still a powerful threat that can deal large amounts of damage: The mumak possesses the most powerful single melee attack in the game other than those of the [[Riders]]; their headbutt attacks can produce high-rolls that smash through all but the sturdiest armor; their [[AC]] of 0 also lets them withstand or dodge significant punishment from most early game heroes before succumbing; and they are likely to mulch fully-grown domestic pets and even some other pet types that attack them as well. While stronger roles like [[Valkyrie]]s or [[Barbarian]]s may be sufficiently prepared for the encounter, mumakil tend to be a frequent cause of [[Death (character)|death]] for them just as often as they are for weaker or under-prepared heroes trying to fight them in melee.
-When fighting a mumak, take advantage of its low [[speed]] of 9: use ranged weapons, [[polearm]]s, [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s, or [[hit and run]]; remember that mumakil take no damage from [[kick]]s or [[bullwhip]]s, among other things. While stronger roles like [[Valkyrie]]s or [[Barbarian]]s may be sufficiently prepared for the encounter, mumakil tend to be a frequent cause of [[Death (character)|death]] for them just as often as they are for weaker or under-prepared heroes trying to fight them in melee.
+When fighting a mumak, take advantage of its low [[speed]] of 9: use ranged weapons, [[polearm]]s, [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s, or [[hit and run]]; remember that mumakil take no damage from [[kick]]s or [[bullwhip]]s, among other things. As they have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] whatsoever, [[slow monster]], [[sleep]] and [[poison]] are stellar aids against the beasts and can potentially render them into pushovers, though do not take these vulnerabilities for granted, and pay attention to your health regardless.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
 ===dNetHack===
 [[dNetHack]] adds a younger form in [[mumak calves]], which can grow up into mumakil; they have the same difficulty and share many of the mumakil's stats, with the exception of damage, weight and nutrition value. Mumakil themselves are now higher difficulty and appear deeper into the dungeon.
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