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 Stone golems share the following [[encyclopedia]] entry with other golems that lack their own entry:
 {{encyclopedia|
-"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
+"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other menial work.
-century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
+"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the `free sidereal strength of the universe.'
-said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
+"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy. It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in the Old Synagogue." ...
 |[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
 }}

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	Sixteen statues of stone golems are placed around the locate level of the [[Archeologist quest]].		Sixteen statues of stone golems are placed around the locate level of the [[Archeologist quest]].
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		+	In [[xNetHack]], stone golems always generate with 100 HP.

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other menial work.
+"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
-"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the `free sidereal strength of the universe.'
+century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
-"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy. It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in the Old Synagogue." ...
+said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
 |[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
 }}

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 Stone golems leave behind a [[statue]] of themselves containing their inventory upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|395|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|a1b765936f807729e1c2cf3c7a9b928e34a277f5}}, stone golems generate with 100 HP.
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Per {{commit|a1b765936f807729e1c2cf3c7a9b928e34a277f5}}, stone golems generate with 100 HP.}}
 ==Strategy==
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 Additionally, casting stone to flesh at a statue or [[figurine]] of a stone golem produces a single [[meatball]], since any golem other than the flesh or [[leather golem]] is considered "[[vegetarian]]" due to not being composed of normally-edible material - this is fixed in NetHack 3.6.0 via {{commit|30d81e909793081790b0aa1d127c4b438628e938}} so that animating a statue this way produces a live flesh golem, and via {{commit|d8a0f734815d6d0d81151c7222e63efbfe3f7cd4}} so that the same occurs for figurines.
 ==Messages==

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 Stone golems leave behind a [[statue]] of themselves containing their inventory upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|395|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
 ==Strategy==
 Stone golems have a fairly powerful attack and slightly more AC than most golems, but they move half as fast as an unburdened player and lack most resistances outside of the usual ones for golems, so they should not be too difficult to defeat.
-Casting [[stone to flesh]] on a stone golem will turn it into a [[flesh golem]]: while this makes it faster and more resistant, as well as giving it more damaging attacks, the flesh golem also has worse AC and base HP. Players meeting stone golems through normal generation are usually well-equipped to handle flesh golems, and can use the spell to try and gain certain [[intrinsic]]s from the corpses - remember that casting stone to flesh at stone golem statues will leave behind a single [[meatball]], rather than turning the statue into a flesh golem.
+Casting [[stone to flesh]] on a stone golem will turn it into a [[flesh golem]]: while this makes it faster and more resistant, as well as giving it more damaging attacks, the flesh golem also has worse AC and base HP. Heroes that encounter stone golems through normal generation are usually well-equipped to handle flesh golems, and can use the spell to try and gain certain [[intrinsic]]s from the corpses - this also applies to the statues that stone golems leave behind upon being 'destroyed'.
-Statues left over from killing stone golems will not contain any items like randomly generated statues, minus whatever inventory the stone golem already possessed (which only occurs if they were polymorphed from another monster); randomly-generated statues of stone golems in the dungeon may still contain [[spellbook]]s as normal.
+Remember that statues left over from killing stone golems will not contain any items like randomly generated statues, minus whatever inventory the stone golem already possessed (which only occurs if they were polymorphed from another monster); randomly-generated statues of stone golems in the dungeon may still contain [[spellbook]]s as normal.
 ==History==
 The stone golem first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
 ==Variants==

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 A stone golem has a single claw attack, and possesses [[stoning resistance]] along with the [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] of all golems.
-A [[hero]] that is subjected to [[stoning]] while [[polymorph]]ed into any other golem will become a stone golem.
+A [[hero]] that is subjected to [[stoning]] while [[polymorph]]ed into any other golem will become a stone golem.{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|2212|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/mhitu.c|2841|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Generation==
 Randomly-generated stone golems are always created hostile. Stone golems are always generated with 60 [[HP]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1987|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Stone golems can generate as a result of [[polypiling]] if there are enough [[copper]], [[silver]], [[platinum]], [[gemstone]], or [[mineral]] objects in a pile of items.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1306|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Stoning any other type of golem will turn them into a stone golem.
+Stone golems can generate as a result of [[polypiling]] if there are enough [[copper]], [[silver]], [[platinum]], [[gemstone]], or [[mineral]] objects in a pile of items.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1306|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Stoning any other type of golem will turn them into a stone golem.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2525|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 The second map for [[Medusa's Island]] generates four stone golems just outside of [[Medusa]]'s room at level creation.{{refsrc|dat/medusa.des|197|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Four stone golems are generated on the [[Plane of Earth]] at level creation, and two are generated on the [[Plane of Fire]] at level creation.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], one of the special levels in [[Gehennom]] included from the [[Heck² patch]] generates three stone golems at level creation. A fifth stone golem is added to the monsters generated on that [[Plane of Earth]] at level creation, and another is added to the monsters generated on the [[Plane of Fire]] at level creation.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], one of the special levels in [[Gehennom]] included from the [[Heck² patch]] generates three stone golems at level creation. A fifth stone golem is added to the monsters generated on that Plane of Earth at level creation, and another is added to the monsters generated on the Plane of Fire at level creation.
 Sixteen statues of stone golems are placed around the locate level of the [[Archeologist quest]].

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-A '''stone golem''', {{monsym|stone golem}} is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is one of the stronger types of [[golem]], and possesses  [[sleep resistance|sleep]] and [[poison resistance]] like other golems along with [[stoning resistance]].
+A '''stone golem''', {{monsym|stone golem}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The stone golem is [[thick-skinned]], and is one of the stronger types of [[golem]].
-While you are [[polymorph]]ed into any other type of golem, any attack or action that would [[petrify]] [[you]] will instead turn you into a stone golem - see that article for details.
+A stone golem has a single claw attack, and possesses [[stoning resistance]] along with the [[sleep resistance]] and [[poison resistance]] of all golems.
 ==Generation==
-In addition to random generation, stone golems are created if you [[polypile]] a square full of enough [[mineral]] items; this also occurs sometimes if there are enough [[platinum]] objects in a pile. Stone golems are always generated with 60 hit points.{{refsrc|makemon.c|918}}{{refsrc|makemon.c|1534}}
+Randomly-generated stone golems are always created hostile. Stone golems are always generated with 60 [[HP]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1987|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Four stone golems are placed just outside of [[Medusa]]'s room on the second variant of [[Medusa's Island|her island]] at level creation, and four more will be generated upon reaching the [[Plane of Earth]].
+Stone golems can generate as a result of [[polypiling]] if there are enough [[copper]], [[silver]], [[platinum]], [[gemstone]], or [[mineral]] objects in a pile of items.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1306|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Stoning any other type of golem will turn them into a stone golem.
-[[Stoning]] any other type of golem - e.g. hitting them with a [[cockatrice]] [[egg]] or [[corpse]], or else attacking or being attacked by a live footrice (typically via [[conflict]]) - turns them into a stone golem.{{refsrc|dothrow.c|763}}{{refsrc|mthrowu.c|414}}{{refsrc|uhitm.c|2193}}
+The second map for [[Medusa's Island]] generates four stone golems just outside of [[Medusa]]'s room at level creation.{{refsrc|dat/medusa.des|197|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Four stone golems are generated on the [[Plane of Earth]] at level creation, and two are generated on the [[Plane of Fire]] at level creation.
-Stone golems leave a [[statue]] of themselves behind as a special [[death drop]] instead of a [[corpse]] - any inventory it was carrying becomes the contents of that statue.{{refsrc|mon.c|259}}{{refsrc|mkobj.c|929|comment=mkcorpstat() calls mksobj_at() which may add spellbooks to the statue. But then mkcorpstat() calls save_mtraits() which will override the contents of the statue and transfer previous killed monster's inventory to the statue.}} Casting stone to flesh on a statue of a stone golem will not animate the statue, as the golem is not a [[fleshy]] monster, and instead creates a single [[meatball]].
+Stone golems leave behind a [[statue]] of themselves containing their inventory upon death [[Corpseless|instead of a corpse]].{{refsrc|src/mon.c|395|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} They are not a valid target for [[genocide]].
 ==Strategy==
 Stone golems have a fairly powerful attack and slightly more AC than most golems, but they move half as fast as an unburdened player and lack most resistances outside of the usual ones for golems, so they should not be too difficult to defeat.
-Casting [[stone to flesh]] on a stone golem will turn it into a [[flesh golem]]: while this makes it faster and more resistant, as well as giving it more damaging attacks, the flesh golem also has worse AC and base HP. Players meeting stone golems through normal generation are usually well-equipped to handle flesh golems, and can use the spell if available to try and gain certain [[intrinsic]]s from the corpse.
+Casting [[stone to flesh]] on a stone golem will turn it into a [[flesh golem]]: while this makes it faster and more resistant, as well as giving it more damaging attacks, the flesh golem also has worse AC and base HP. Players meeting stone golems through normal generation are usually well-equipped to handle flesh golems, and can use the spell to try and gain certain [[intrinsic]]s from the corpses - remember that casting stone to flesh at stone golem statues will leave behind a single [[meatball]], rather than turning the statue into a flesh golem.
-Breaking the statues of stone golems for loot after killing them is usually not worth it, as they are [[mindless]] and do not pick up items&mdash;finding any items in a stone golem's possession is usually an indicator that it was created via polymorph. Randomly-generated statues of stone golem in the dungeon [[Statue#Statue contents|may still contain]] one [[spellbook]].
+Statues left over from killing stone golems will not contain any items like randomly generated statues, minus whatever inventory the stone golem already possessed (which only occurs if they were polymorphed from another monster); randomly-generated statues of stone golems in the dungeon may still contain [[spellbook]]s as normal.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], stone golems have their based HP raised to 180.  Additionally, they are vulnerable to rays from a [[wand of digging]], which halves their HP.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], stone golems are always generated with 180 HP and are made vulnerable to [[ray]]s from the {{+ of|dig}} spell and [[wand of digging]], which halves their HP (reducing it to a minimum of 1).{{refsrc|makemon.c|2253|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|mondata.h|206|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|dig.c|1293|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-Turning a golem to stone can be used to weaken the far more dangerous [[Golem (SLASH'EM)#Ruby golem|gemstone and steel golems]] introduced in SLASH'EM if you happen to have a petrifying corpse or egg handy.
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+Sixteen statues of stone golems are placed around the locate level of the [[Archeologist quest]].
 ===SlashTHEM===
-In addition to SLASH'EM changes, a stone golem is generated asleep in one variant of [[Mines' End]], and two stone golems appear in the [[throne room]] closets on [[Ruggo the Gnome King]]'s [[Special level (SlashTHEM)|special level]]. SlashTHEM also uses the same special level from the [[Heck² patch]] as dNetHack.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], in addition to SLASH'EM details, a stone golem is generated asleep in the Boulder Bonanza map of [[Mines' End]], and two stone golems are generated in the [[throne room]] closets within [[Ruggo the Gnome King]]'s [[Special level (SlashTHEM)|special level]] at level creation. As in dNetHack and its variants, one of the special levels in Gehennom included from the Heck² patch generates three stone golems at level creation.
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-== References ==
+==References==
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-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
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 In [[SLASH'EM]], stone golems have their based HP raised to 180.  Additionally, they are vulnerable to rays from a [[wand of digging]], which halves their HP.
-As in vanilla, stoning any golem will turn it into a stone golem.  This includes the far more dangerous gemstone golems and steel golems: if you happen to have a petrifying corpse or egg handy, stoning these will turn them into a far less threatening stone golem.
+As in vanilla, stoning any golem will turn it into a stone golem.  This includes the far more dangerous [[Golem (SLASH'EM)#Ruby golem|gemstone and steel golems]]: if you happen to have a petrifying corpse or egg handy, stoning these will turn them into a far less threatening stone golem.
 ===dNetHack===