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 A rock mole will generally tunnel to and fro towards any gold and other metal items that it wants to eat, which also makes it prudent for loot-seeking characters to eliminate one as soon as possible. [[Kick]]ing a rock mole can suffice to slowly kill one if you are having trouble hitting with other weapons and/or are trying to conserve resources - do ''not'' use [[projectile]]s made of materials that a rock mole can eat! Like other metallivores, rock moles are especially annoying in [[treasure zoo]]s, where they will usually attempt to eat all the gold present once awakened: [[stealth]] can give you time to work your way towards the offender.
-Rock moles can also be somewhat useful as well: a rock mole can end [[punishment]] by eating the [[heavy iron ball]], and [[polymorph]]ing into a rock mole allows a character to [[Eating jewelry|eat metallic jewewlry]]; the [[xorn]] is generally a better polymorph form for this purpose, though there are some scenarios where it is not available (e.g. a [[Wizard]] [[genociding]] xorns to generate more [[wraith]]s for [[Wraith farming|farming purposes]]). Also of note is that the rock mole is the only other rodent that is capable of [[vomit]]ing alongside the woodchuck.{{refsrc|src/mondata.c|444|nethack=3.6.7|comment=rock moles and woodchucks are excluded in <code>cantvomit</code>}}
+Rock moles can also be somewhat useful as well: a rock mole can end [[punishment]] by eating the [[heavy iron ball]], and [[polymorph]]ing into a rock mole allows a character to [[Eating jewelry|eat metallic jewelry]]; the [[xorn]] is generally a better polymorph form for this purpose, though there are some scenarios where it is not available (e.g. a [[Wizard]] [[genociding]] xorns to generate more [[wraith]]s for [[Wraith farming|farming purposes]]). Also of note is that the rock mole is the only other rodent that is capable of [[vomit]]ing alongside the woodchuck.{{refsrc|src/mondata.c|444|nethack=3.6.7|comment=rock moles and woodchucks are excluded in <code>cantvomit</code>}}
 ==History==

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 A rock mole will generally tunnel to and fro towards any gold and other metal items that it wants to eat, which also makes it prudent for loot-seeking characters to eliminate one as soon as possible. [[Kick]]ing a rock mole can suffice to slowly kill one if you are having trouble hitting with other weapons and/or are trying to conserve resources - do ''not'' use [[projectile]]s made of materials that a rock mole can eat! Like other metallivores, rock moles are especially annoying in [[treasure zoo]]s, where they will usually attempt to eat all the gold present once awakened: [[stealth]] can give you time to work your way towards the offender.
-Rock moles can also be somewhat useful as well: a rock mole can end [[punishment]] by eating the [[heavy iron ball]], and [[polymorph]]ing into a rock mole allows a character to [[Eating jewelry|eat metallic jewewlry]]; the [[xorn]] is generally a better polymorph form for this purpose, though there are some scenarios where it is not available (e.g. a [[Wizard]] [[genociding]] xorns to generate more [[wraith]]s for [[Wraith farming|farming purposes]]).
+Rock moles can also be somewhat useful as well: a rock mole can end [[punishment]] by eating the [[heavy iron ball]], and [[polymorph]]ing into a rock mole allows a character to [[Eating jewelry|eat metallic jewewlry]]; the [[xorn]] is generally a better polymorph form for this purpose, though there are some scenarios where it is not available (e.g. a [[Wizard]] [[genociding]] xorns to generate more [[wraith]]s for [[Wraith farming|farming purposes]]). Also of note is that the rock mole is the only other rodent that is capable of [[vomit]]ing alongside the woodchuck.{{refsrc|src/mondata.c|444|nethack=3.6.7|comment=rock moles and woodchucks are excluded in <code>cantvomit</code>}}
 ==History==
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 A rock mole is a member of the rodent family.  They get their name from their ability to tunnel through rock in the same fashion that a mole tunnels through earth.  They are known to eat anything they come across in their diggings, although it is still unknown how they convert some of these things into something of nutritional value.
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 ==Variants==
 Many variants remove the rock mole's ability to pass between [[iron bar]]s, which is typically made redundant by their ability to eat the bars.
 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], rock moles are [[lithivore]]s and can eat [[Mineral|stone]] and other lithic materials.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM changes, rock moles are [[lithivore]]s and can also eat [[Mineral|stone]] and other lithic materials.
 The [[Geek quest]] home level has an upper enclosure with monsters whose glyphs spell out "May the force be with you" - the {{white|r}} is explicitly made a [[sewer rat]] to avoid generating rock moles, since they can tunnel through the walls.

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-A '''rock mole''', {{monsym|rock mole}} is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[metallivorous]] [[rodent]] that can [[tunnel]] through the dungeon, pick up [[gold]] and [[gem]]s, and can be seen via [[infravision]].
+A '''rock mole''', {{monsym|rock mole}} is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[metallivorous]] [[rodent]] that can [[tunnel]] through the dungeon, pick up [[gold]] and [[gem]]s, and can be seen via [[infravision]]. The [[woodchuck]] is a near-identical monster in the same [[monster class]].
 A rock mole has a single bite attack.
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 ==Strategy==
-Rock moles are generally more of an annoyance than a threat: their bite is not too damaging on its own, and they move at a very slow 3 [[speed]], but their [[AC]] of 0 will make it difficult for early characters to hit them when they first appear. A rock mole will generally tunnel to and fro towards any gold and other metal items that it wants to eat, which also makes it prudent for loot-seeking characters to eliminate one as soon as possible. [[Kick]]ing a rock mole can suffice to slowly kill one if you are having trouble hitting with other weapons and/or are trying to conserve resources - do ''not'' use [[projectile]]s made of materials that a rock mole can eat!
+Rock moles are generally more of an annoyance than a threat: their bite is not too damaging on its own, and they move at a very slow 3 [[speed]], but their [[AC]] of 0 will make it difficult for early characters to hit them, and their meager [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 20 can still interfere with some magical means of eliminating rock moles.
-Like other metallivores, rock moles are especially annoying in [[treasure zoo]]s, where they will usually attempt to eat all the gold present once awakened: [[stealth]] can give you time to work your way towards the offender. Rock moles can also be somewhat useful as well: a rock mole can end [[punishment]] by eating the [[heavy iron ball]], and [[polymorph]]ing into a rock mole allows a character to [[Eating jewelry|eat metallic jewewlry]] - the [[xorn]] is generally a better polymorph form for this purpose, though there are some scenarios where it is not available (e.g. a [[Wizard]] [[genociding]] xorns to generate more [[wraith]]s for [[Wraith farming|farming purposes]].
+A rock mole will generally tunnel to and fro towards any gold and other metal items that it wants to eat, which also makes it prudent for loot-seeking characters to eliminate one as soon as possible. [[Kick]]ing a rock mole can suffice to slowly kill one if you are having trouble hitting with other weapons and/or are trying to conserve resources - do ''not'' use [[projectile]]s made of materials that a rock mole can eat! Like other metallivores, rock moles are especially annoying in [[treasure zoo]]s, where they will usually attempt to eat all the gold present once awakened: [[stealth]] can give you time to work your way towards the offender.
 ==History==
-The rock mole first appears in [[NetHack 1.3d]] - from this version to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the rock mole appears if the ROCKMOLE [[compile-time option]] is defined, and is otherwise replaced by the [[giant rat]]. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] includes both the giant rat and rock mole in its default bestiary.
+The rock mole first appears in [[NetHack 1.3d]], where it does not yet eat gold - from this version to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the rock mole appears if the ROCKMOLE [[compile-time option]] is defined, and is otherwise replaced by the [[giant rat]]. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] includes both the giant rat and rock mole in its default bestiary.
 ==Variants==
 ===SlashTHEM===
 In [[SlashTHEM]], rock moles are [[lithivore]]s and can eat [[Mineral|stone]] and other lithic materials.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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-A '''rock mole''', {{monsym|rock mole}} is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[metalllivorous]] [[rodent]] that can [[tunnel]] through the dungeon, pick up [[gold]] and [[gem]]s, and can be seen via [[infravision]].
+A '''rock mole''', {{monsym|rock mole}} is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[metallivorous]] [[rodent]] that can [[tunnel]] through the dungeon, pick up [[gold]] and [[gem]]s, and can be seen via [[infravision]].
 A rock mole has a single bite attack.

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-  |attributes={{attributes|A rock mole|
+  |attributes={{attributes|A rock mole|tunnel=1|animal=1|nohands=1|metallivore=1|hostile=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|collect=1|infravisible=1}}
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-The '''rock mole''' is a monster that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[rodent]] that can [[tunneling monster|dig tunnels through the dungeon]]. They are able to eat anything metal, including amulets and some rings, as well as zorkmids. Sometimes they will even eat the iron spikes out of [[pits]]! Somewhat surprisingly, they cannot actually eat [[rock]]s or [[stone]]s outside of variants.
+A '''rock mole''', {{monsym|rock mole}} is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[metalllivorous]] [[rodent]] that can [[tunnel]] through the dungeon, pick up [[gold]] and [[gem]]s, and can be seen via [[infravision]].
-== Strategy ==
+A rock mole has a single bite attack.
-You can remove [[punishment]] by getting a rock mole to eat your ball and chain.
+==Generation==
-Players polymorphed into rock moles can try [[eating jewelry]]. However, polymorphing into a [[xorn]] also allows for this, and xorns are generally better polymorph forms.
+Rock moles appear among the random {{white|r}} that are part of the first [[quest]] monster class for [[Healer]]s and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Healer quest]].
-== Variants ==
+==Strategy==
-In [[SlashTHEM]], rock moles are [[lithivore]]s and can eat [[Mineral|stone]] and other lithic materials. Polymorphing into a rock mole allows you to eat a [[loadstone]] and dispose of it.
+Like other metallivores, rock moles are especially annoying in [[treasure zoo]]s, where they will usually attempt to eat all the gold present once awakened: [[stealth]] can give you time to work your way towards the offender. Rock moles can also be somewhat useful as well: a rock mole can end [[punishment]] by eating the [[heavy iron ball]], and [[polymorph]]ing into a rock mole allows a character to [[Eating jewelry|eat metallic jewewlry]] - the [[xorn]] is generally a better polymorph form for this purpose, though there are some scenarios where it is not available (e.g. a [[Wizard]] [[genociding]] xorns to generate more [[wraith]]s for [[Wraith farming|farming purposes]].
-== Encyclopedia entry ==
+==History==
 {{encyclopedia|
 A rock mole is a member of the rodent family.  They get their name from their ability to tunnel through rock in the same fashion that a mole tunnels through earth.  They are known to eat anything they come across in their diggings, although it is still unknown how they convert some of these things into something of nutritional value.
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+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]