Shark - Revision history

Ray Chason: Drop the slithy flag

2026-05-14T04:57:13Z

Drop the slithy flag

Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */ line breaks

2025-04-02T12:24:27Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: line breaks

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ random gen

2025-03-20T22:36:31Z

‎dNetHack: random gen

Umbire the Phantom: variants , etc.

2025-02-12T05:39:26Z

variants , etc.

Umbire the Phantom: origin

2025-02-12T05:05:04Z

origin

Umbire the Phantom: formatting, copyedit, updating, detailing

2025-02-12T04:21:16Z

formatting, copyedit, updating, detailing

Phol ende wodan: expand slightly to note which levels it appears on (still a stub IMO)

2024-12-04T01:46:49Z

expand slightly to note which levels it appears on (still a stub IMO)

Fyr at 16:06, 30 April 2018

2018-04-30T16:06:58Z

Netzhack: Comment -- repressing urge to cut a paragraph

2017-11-15T22:41:26Z

Comment -- repressing urge to cut a paragraph

ChasonBot at 08:39, 21 December 2015

2015-12-21T08:39:55Z

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   |resistances=None
   |resistances conveyed=None
-  |attributes={{attributes|A shark|swim=1|amphibious=1|animal=1|slithy=1|nolimbs=1|carnivore=1|oviparous=1|thick=1|notake=1|hostile=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|A shark|swim=1|amphibious=1|animal=1|nolimbs=1|carnivore=1|oviparous=1|thick=1|notake=1|hostile=1}}
   |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-3.6.7_Released/src/monst.c#L2627 NetHack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 2627]
 }}

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-As the shark moved, its dark top reflected virtually no
+As the shark moved, its dark top reflected virtually no light.  The denticles on its skin muted the whoosh of its movements as the shark rose, driven by the power of the great tail sweeping from side to side, like a scythe.
 The fish exploded upward.
-Charles Bruder felt a slight vacuum tug in the motion of
+Charles Bruder felt a slight vacuum tug in the motion of the sea, noted it as a passing current, the pull of a wave, the tickle of undertow.  He could not have heard the faint sucking rush of water not far beneath him.  He couldn't have seen or heard what was hurtling from the murk at astonishing speed, jaws unhinging, widening, for the enormous first bite.  It was the classic attack that no other creature in nature could make -- a bomb from the depths.
 |[ Close to Shore, by Michael Capuzzo ]}}

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], sharks can be randomly generated by normal monster creation, though only in watery areas.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], sharks and other sea monsters can be randomly generated if a level has water and a water square is selected as a spot for random monster generation, and will be generated on such floors at level creation.
 Several sharks are generated on the Sunless Sea map of [[The Sea (dNetHack)|The Sea]] at level creation.

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 ==Strategy==
-While they lack the notoriety posed by the other sea monsters, particularly the [[drowning]] threat of the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], sharks are still worth being cautious around, as they can take surprising bites out of a [[hero]]'s [[HP]] if you aren't attentive towards them. [[Wands of cold]] can force them out of the water, and they are very easily scared by any means due to their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]].
+While they lack the notoriety posed by the other sea monsters, particularly the [[drowning]] threat of the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], sharks are still worth being cautious around, as they can take surprising bites out of a [[hero]]'s [[HP]] if you aren't attentive towards them. Most heroes that encounter one can usually clear them out with some care: [[wands of cold]] can force them out of the water, and they are very easily scared by any means due to their lack of [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]].
 ==History==
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 Though several species of shark are apex predators and have reputations as human-hunting beasts, very few sharks are actually dangerous to humans: of more than 470 species, only four have been involved in a significant number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans&mdash;the great white, oceanic whitetip, tiger, and bull sharks. The perception of sharks as dangerous animals has been popularized by publicity given to a few isolated unprovoked attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and through popular fictional works such as the ''Jaws'' film series. ''Jaws'' author Peter Benchley, as well as ''Jaws'' director Steven Spielberg, later attempted to dispel the image of sharks as man-eating monsters.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==History==
 The shark first appears in [[NetHack-- 3.0.10]], and makes its vanilla debut in [[NetHack 3.3.0]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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   |frequency=0
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 5d6
+  |attacks=Bite 5d6 physical
   |weight=500
   |nutr=350
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   |resistances conveyed=None
   |attributes={{attributes|A shark|swim=1|amphibious=1|animal=1|slithy=1|nolimbs=1|carnivore=1|oviparous=1|thick=1|notake=1|hostile=1}}
-  |reference=[[monst.c#line2814]]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-3.6.7_Released/src/monst.c#L2627 NetHack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 2627]
 }}
-The '''shark''', {{monsym|shark}}, is a [[sea monster]] in [[NetHack]].  Unlike its more powerful [[eel]] brethren, it does not possess a [[drowning]] attack; it does however possess a fairly powerful biting attack.
+A '''shark''', {{monsym|shark}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[carnivorous]] [[sea monster]] that is [[oviparous]], [[slithy]] and [[thick-skinned]]. Sharks are capable of [[swimming]], and like other sea monsters they are considered [[amphibious]], but they will become [[scared]] and lose HP while on land.
-== Generation ==
+A shark has a strong [[bite]] attack.
-{{stub}}
+Multiple sharks are randomly placed on non-filler levels of the [[Healer quest]] at level creation: one of the home level, and two each on the locate and goal levels.
 [[Category:Monsters]]

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 }}
-The '''shark''', {{monsym|shark}}, is a [[sea monster]] in [[NetHack]].  Unlike its more powerful [[eel]] brethren, it does not possess a [[drowning]] attack; it does however possess a fairly powerful biting attack.  There are always several sharks and [[giant eel]]s generated in the [[castle]] [[moat]].
+The '''shark''', {{monsym|shark}}, is a [[sea monster]] in [[NetHack]].  Unlike its more powerful [[eel]] brethren, it does not possess a [[drowning]] attack; it does however possess a fairly powerful biting attack.
 {{stub}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]
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+{{nethack-367}}

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