Newt - Revision history

Watchdog: fix source code reference

2026-06-02T18:31:39Z

fix source code reference

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ word choice

2023-07-13T17:30:06Z

‎Strategy: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: update pass

2023-07-13T17:26:10Z

update pass

Tomsod: actually eye of newt check is rn2(3), not !rn2(3), so 2/3

2023-07-13T06:56:25Z

actually eye of newt check is rn2(3), not !rn2(3), so 2/3

Umbire the Phantom: refsrc

2023-04-24T15:58:12Z

refsrc

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon /

2023-04-24T15:57:46Z

‎Dudley's dungeon: *

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon /

2022-08-20T09:14:23Z

‎Dudley's dungeon: *

Umbire the Phantom: rfs + o + ver

2022-08-20T09:00:23Z

rfs + o + ver

Umbire the Phantom: rw

2022-08-20T02:34:14Z

Actual-nh: Actually only 1/3 chance of increasing maximum power, in both 3.4.3 and 3.6.1

2021-05-31T19:40:22Z

Actually only 1/3 chance of increasing maximum power, in both 3.4.3 and 3.6.1

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   |attributes={{attributes|A newt|=
   |swim=1|amphibious=1|animal=1|nohands=1|carnivore=1}}
-  |reference=[[monst.c#line2849]]
+  |reference=[[monst.c#line2657]]
 }}

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 ==Strategy==
-Newts are primarily a minor nuisance for starting characters, and become a non-issue once you are decently armed and/or armored. Their corpses provide a means of boosting maximum energy, though care must be taken so that any [[pet]]s do not snap up the corpse; [[Archeologist]]s in particular may consider using their [[tinning kit]] to obtain more nutrition from the corpses as well.
+Newts are primarily a minor nuisance for a starting character unless you are especially weak, and become a non-issue once you are decently armed and/or armored. Newt corpses and tins provide a means of boosting your maximum energy early, though care must be taken so that a [[pet]] does not immediately snap up any freshly-made corpses; [[Archeologist]]s in particular may consider using their [[tinning kit]] to obtain more nutrition from the corpses as well.
 Non-[[neutral]] players that wish to raise their [[alignment record]] early on for the [[protection racket]] (which relies on gaining alignment while avoiding killing co-aligned monsters and keeping experience low) and/or conducts that require frequent prayer (like [[foodless]]) should make sure to kill newts themselves.

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 }}
-A '''newt''', {{monsym|newt}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+A '''newt''', {{monsym|newt}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is an [[amphibious]] [[Lizard (monster class)|lizard]] that is among one of the first monsters [[you]] will encounter in the dungeon.
-Eating a newt [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a a {{frac|2|3}} chance of raising your current [[power]] by [[d notation|1d3]] points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power - if this increase would raise you above your total maximum power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|958|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Eating a newt's [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a {{frac|2|3}} chance of raising your current [[power]] by [[d notation|1d3]] points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power - if this increase would raise you above your total maximum power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|958|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-==Generation==
+==Strategy==
-Newts are among the first monsters encountered in the dungeon, and are fairly common early on for low-level characters.
+Newts are primarily a minor nuisance for starting characters, and become a non-issue once you are decently armed and/or armored. Their corpses provide a means of boosting maximum energy, though care must be taken so that any [[pet]]s do not snap up the corpse; [[Archeologist]]s in particular may consider using their [[tinning kit]] to obtain more nutrition from the corpses as well.
-==Strategy==
+Non-[[neutral]] players that wish to raise their [[alignment record]] early on for the [[protection racket]] (which relies on gaining alignment while avoiding killing co-aligned monsters and keeping experience low) and/or conducts that require frequent prayer (like [[foodless]]) should make sure to kill newts themselves.
 ==History==
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 {{wikipedia|Newt}}
 {{wikipedia|Macbeth}}
-The newt is a type of salamander, with over 100 species in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. Like other salamanders, newts are lizard-like amphibians, but unlike most of them are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats - not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts. More than 100 known species of newts are found in North America, Europe, North Africa, and Asia. Newts metamorphose through three distinct developmental life stages: aquatic larva, terrestrial juvenile (eft), and adult. They return to the water every year to breed, otherwise living in humid, cover-rich land habitats.
+The newt is a type of salamander, with over 100 species in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. Newts are lizard-like amphibians like other salamanders, but unlike most of them they also alternate between aquatic and terrestrial habitats - not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts. More than 100 known species of newts are found in North America, Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
-Adult newts have bodies similar to other salamanders, but lacking the grooved sides typical of others. Their skin secretions contain toxins employed as a defense mechanism against predators - the toxins are only dangerous if they are ingested or absorbed through mucous membranes or breaks in the skin. Newts can safely live alongside frogs and other amphibians, and may even be kept as pets.
+Newts metamorphose through three distinct developmental life stages: aquatic larva, terrestrial juvenile (eft), and adult. They return to the water every year to breed, otherwise living in humid, cover-rich land habitats. Adult newts have bodies that are similar to other salamanders but lack the typical grooved sides. Their skin secretions contain toxins employed as a defense mechanism against predators - the toxins are only dangerous if they are ingested or absorbed through mucous membranes or breaks in the skin. Newts can safely live alongside frogs and other amphibians, and may even be kept as pets.
-Newts have an association with witchcraft, due partly to their nature as salamanders and also due to the [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] tragedy ''[[wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]'', where "eye of newt" is named as a spell component in the incantation of the three witches (as quoted by the encyclopedia entry). It is commonly thought to be a cryptic name given to mustard plant seed in order to obscure their uses in herbology.
+Newts have an association with witchcraft, due partly to their nature as salamanders; it is also commonly thought to be a cryptic name given to the mustard plant seed in order to obscure their uses in herbology. In the [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] tragedy ''[[wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]'', where "eye of newt" is named as a spell component in the incantation of the three witches, as quoted by the [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]].
 ==Messages==
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 ==Dudley's dungeon==
-Newts are featured prominently in [[Dudley's dungeon]], where early strips often featured Dudley dying at the hands of these typically-weak monsters, which is typically improbable in normal play ([[Floating eye|but not impossible by any means]]). This has become a common enough gag to the point that Dudley has a profound fear of them - however, most newer strips whose punchline consists solely of newts killing Dudley are usually rated poorly and referred to as "newt jokes" or [[YANC]] ("Yet Another Newt Comic").
+Newts are featured prominently in [[Dudley's dungeon]], where early strips often featured Dudley dying at the hands of these typically-weak monsters, which is typically improbable in normal play ([[Floating eye|but not impossible by any means]]). This has become a common enough gag to the point that Dudley is frequently portrayed with a profound fear of them - however, most newer strips whose punchline consists solely of newts killing Dudley are usually rated poorly and referred to as "newt jokes" or [[YANC]] ("Yet Another Newt Comic").
 One of the highest scores on [[NAO]] (eighth as of August 19, 2022) belongs to Adeon, who [https://s3.amazonaws.com/altorg/dumplog/Adeon/1234260131.nh343.txt intentionally died to a newt] for comedic value similar to the Dudley's dungeon joke.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]

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 A '''newt''', {{monsym|newt}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
-Eating a newt [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a a {{frac|3}} to raise your current [[power]] by 1 to 3 points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power - if this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|958|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Eating a newt [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a a {{frac|2|3}} chance of raising your current [[power]] by [[d notation|1d3]] points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power - if this increase would raise you above your total maximum power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|958|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==

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 A '''newt''', {{monsym|newt}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
-Eating a newt [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a a {{frac|3}} to raise your current [[power]] by 1 to 3 points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power - if this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|958|version=NetHack 3.6.6}}
+Eating a newt [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a a {{frac|3}} to raise your current [[power]] by 1 to 3 points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power - if this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|958|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==

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 ==Dudley's dungeon==
-Newts are featured prominently in [[Dudley's dungeon]], where early strips often featured Dudley dying at the hands of these typically-weak monsters, which is typically improbable in normal play ([[Floating eye|but not impossible by any means]]). This has become a common enough gag to the point that Dudley has a profound fear of them - however, most newer strips featuring newts killing Dudley are usually rated poorly and referred to as "newt jokes" or '''YANC''' ("Yet Another Newt Comic").
+Newts are featured prominently in [[Dudley's dungeon]], where early strips often featured Dudley dying at the hands of these typically-weak monsters, which is typically improbable in normal play ([[Floating eye|but not impossible by any means]]). This has become a common enough gag to the point that Dudley has a profound fear of them - however, most newer strips featuring newts killing Dudley are usually rated poorly and referred to as "newt jokes" or [[YANC]] ("Yet Another Newt Comic").
 One of the highest scores on [[NAO]] (eighth as of August 19, 2022) belongs to Adeon, who [https://s3.amazonaws.com/altorg/dumplog/Adeon/1234260131.nh343.txt intentionally died to a newt] for comedic value similar to the Dudley's dungeon joke.

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 {{wikipedia}}
-A '''newt''' is one of the lower-level [[NetHack]] [[monster]]s, usually appearing on the first few floors.  It can be quite the nuisance for low level characters.
+A '''newt''', {{monsym|newt}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
-Eating a newt [[corpse]] occasionally raises your current [[Power]], with the message ''"You feel a mild buzz"''{{refsrc|eat.c|805}}. If your current Power is less than or equal to 2/3 of your maximum, you will always receive the increase; otherwise the chance of receiving it is 1 in 3.
+Eating a newt [[corpse]] or [[tin]] has a a {{frac|3}} to raise your current [[power]] by 1 to 3 points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to {{frac|2|3}} of your maximum power.{{refsrc|eat.c|799}}{{refsrc|eat.c|805}} If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1. {{refsrc|eat.c|795}}
-If you do get an increase, your current Power will be increased by between 1 to 3 points.{{refsrc|eat.c|799}} If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, there is a 1/3 chance the maximum is increased by 1, and current Power is set to maximum. {{refsrc|eat.c|795}}
+==Generation==
-Newts are featured prominently in [[Dudley's dungeon]], often as creatures which kill Dudley. Strips featuring newts killing Dudley are rated poorly and are called "newt jokes". A reference to this phenomenon can be seen on the high score list of [[NAO]]: Adeon holds fourth rank, but has been killed by a newt.
+==Strategy==
 ==Origin==
-A newt is a species of salamander. The increase of power when eaten is probably a reference to the Shakespeare quote of the encyclopedia entry&mdash;"eye of newt" is named as a spell component in the incantation by the witches in ''Macbeth''.  This is thought to be a cryptic name for the mustard seed rather than a reference to the literal eye of a literal newt.
+==Dudley's dungeon==
-== Encyclopedia entry ==
+One of the highest scores on [[NAO]] (eighth as of August 19, 2022) belongs to Adeon, who [https://s3.amazonaws.com/altorg/dumplog/Adeon/1234260131.nh343.txt intentionally died to a newt] for comedic value similar to the Dudley's dungeon joke.
 {{encyclopedia|<poem>
 (kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
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 {{right-align|[ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]}}
 </poem>}}
+==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Monsters]]

Newt - Revision history

Watchdog: fix source code reference

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ word choice

Umbire the Phantom: update pass

Tomsod: actually eye of newt check is rn2(3), not !rn2(3), so 2/3

Umbire the Phantom: refsrc

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon */*

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon */*

Umbire the Phantom: rfs + o + ver

Umbire the Phantom: rw

Actual-nh: Actually only 1/3 chance of increasing maximum power, in both 3.4.3 and 3.6.1

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon /

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon /