Themed room - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: snip comment and adjust todo

2026-06-20T04:48:47Z

snip comment and adjust todo

Phol ende wodan: remove upcoming template and document the one change in behavior since January, which is altar positioning in irregular themed rooms

2026-06-18T23:25:26Z

remove upcoming template and document the one change in behavior since January, which is altar positioning in irregular themed rooms

Phol ende wodan: Large overhaul and update: draw clear distinction between templates and fills, restructure and update tables with current state of both.

2026-01-21T02:09:34Z

Large overhaul and update: draw clear distinction between templates and fills, restructure and update tables with current state of both.

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Umbire the Phantom: commits for ghost room

2025-11-13T16:47:31Z

commits for ghost room

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit

2025-05-26T11:02:46Z

copyedit

Aximili: /* List of themed rooms */ partially implement buried zombies TODO

2025-04-20T03:53:04Z

‎List of themed rooms: partially implement buried zombies TODO

Umbire the Phantom: upcoming

2025-04-19T23:06:10Z

upcoming

YourAdHereCZ: /* List of themed rooms */ TODO: Buried zombies themeroom

2025-02-22T14:33:07Z

‎List of themed rooms: TODO: Buried zombies themeroom

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-01-16T18:09:30Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: correction

2024-12-16T06:35:31Z

correction

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 ===xNetHack===
 [[xNetHack]] uses a similar lineup of themed rooms to the one listed above, along with some rooms adapted from UnNetHack and new rooms that are original to the variant.
-{{todo|List the rooms it has that 3.7 doesn't. Currently there is a list at [[xNetHack#Themed rooms]].}}<!--{{nethack-370}}-->
+{{todo|List the rooms it has that ''NetHack'' doesn't. Currently there is a list at [[xNetHack#Themed rooms]].}}
 {{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Special rooms]]

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 {{languages}}
 '''Themed rooms''' are a type of rare room that appear in ''[[NetHack]]'', based on the '[[Random vault (UnNetHack)|random vaults]]' of [[UnNetHack]]. Some themed rooms are simply unusual shapes, while others have contents unlike those that appear anywhere else.
-Themed rooms are not the same as [[special room]]s, though the distinction is not obvious at first. Special rooms are implemented in C, don't have special terrain (apart from throne rooms), and fill most spaces of the room with monster and object contents, whereas themed rooms are implemented in Lua and may have more sophisticated terrain and contents. There are fewer types of special room than themed room, and most special room types are more common than any particular themed room. Occasionally, a room will generate that is both themed and special, appearing as a special room with a non-rectangular shape.
+Themed rooms are not the same as [[special room]]s, though the distinction is not obvious at first. Special rooms are implemented in C, don't have special terrain (apart from throne rooms), and fill most spaces of the room with monster and object contents, whereas themed rooms are implemented in Lua and may have more sophisticated terrain and contents. There are fewer types of special room than themed room, and most special room types are more common than any particular themed room. Occasionally, a room will generate that is both themed and special, appearing as a special room with a non-rectangular shape; if it is a [[temple]], the altar's position will be randomized if the room's shape means its exact center is obstructed by non-floor terrain.
 There are two separate tables in the source code: one of themed room ''templates'', and the other of themed room ''fills''. Templates define the shape of the themed room, whether it is eligible to be a special room, whether it will get filled with contents like an ordinary room, and whether or not it will get a themed room fill. A template may also define a fixed set of room terrain and contents. Meanwhile, fills define the contents of a themed room, but in a way that must be agnostic to the shape of the room, so they can be applied to a wide variety of "blank" room shapes.
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-|A rectangular room with a 3×3 subroom in the center. There is a 50% chance that there will be a [[lich]], [[demilich]], [[mummy]], [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] or [[zombie]] sealed and [[Meditating|waiting]] for you in the center of the room; otherwise there will be a {{mcsl|@}} corpse. There is a 20% chance that the center will have a secret door; beware.
+|A rectangular room with a 1x1 subroom in the center. There is a 50% chance that there will be a [[lich]], [[demilich]], [[mummy]], [[Vampire (monster class)|vampire]] or [[zombie]] sealed and [[Meditating|waiting]] for you in the center of the room; otherwise there will be a {{mcsl|@}} corpse. There is a 20% chance that the center will have a secret door; beware.
 |-
 |Random dungeon feature in the middle of an odd-sized room
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 [[xNetHack]] uses a similar lineup of themed rooms to the one listed above, along with some rooms adapted from UnNetHack and new rooms that are original to the variant.
 {{todo|List the rooms it has that 3.7 doesn't. Currently there is a list at [[xNetHack#Themed rooms]].}}<!--{{nethack-370}}-->
 [[Category:Special rooms]]

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 |style="background-color:pink"|No
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-|One space in the room contains a [[ghost]] atop a fake bones pile consisting of the following, all of which are either cursed or uncursed:
+|Per {{commit|76381815f333e1cfe5d2c503a504b1f3e6551945}}, one space in the room places a [[ghost]] (which starts [[asleep]] per {{commit|03b55a6fa04098d0780ad3276cb58148b712b17e}}) atop a fake bones pile consisting of the following, all of which are either cursed or uncursed:
 * 65% chance of a [[dagger]]
 * 55% chance of a random weapon
-* 45% chance of a [[bow]] and [[arrow]]
+* 45% chance of a [[bow]] and [[arrow]]s
 * 65% chance of a random piece of armor
 * 20% chance of a random ring

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 |style="background-color:pink"|No?
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-|This room appears empty but roughly half of the spaces have buried [[zombie]] corpses which will revive and crawl out of the ground in roughly 1000 turns. The room was added in {{commit|ba60bfac25d0dd46b609429f1c5b35cf15fb036d}}. In {{commit|7a18387ff2a18a334c8859f1f0d9d61362a5f0df}} the corpse generation is adjusted based on [[level difficulty]]. {{todo|Confirm if this room is eligible for normal room content or to be turned into a special room.}}
+|Per {{commit|ba60bfac25d0dd46b609429f1c5b35cf15fb036d}}, the room has [[zombie]] corpses [[buried]] in roughly half of its squares, which will revive and crawl out of the ground in roughly 1000 turns&mdash;they can rise earlier if disturbed by monsters or the hero. Per {{commit|7a18387ff2a18a334c8859f1f0d9d61362a5f0df}}, the corpse generation is adjusted based on [[level difficulty]]. {{todo|Confirm if this room is eligible for either normal room contents or being turned into a special room.}}
 |}
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 ===xNetHack===
 [[xNetHack]] uses a similar lineup of themed rooms to the one listed above, along with some rooms adapted from UnNetHack and new rooms that are original to the variant.
+{{todo|List the rooms it has that 3.7 doesn't.}}<!--{{nethack-370}}-->
 [[Category:Special rooms]]

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 |This room contains no special terrain, objects, or monsters, but 2-4 [[teleportation trap]]s will be created elsewhere in the level. Each of these traps is special and will send anyone who triggers it to the same location each time, somewhere inside this room.
 |}
 ==Variants==

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 |style="background-color:pink"|No
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-|Per {{commit|a429eed9840ac30796f831ea9af123241e7f41bf}}, the room contains multiple sleeping [[nymph|wood nymphs]] with a 30% chance of a [[fountain]]. The walls of the room are replaced by [[tree]]s.
+|Per {{commit|a429eed9840ac30796f831ea9af123241e7f41bf}}, the room contains multiple sleeping [[wood nymph]]s with a 30% chance of a [[fountain]]. The walls of the room are replaced by [[tree]]s.
 |-
 |Cloud room

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 |style="background-color:pink"|No
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-|This room is filled with clouds of vapor (technically non-damaging [[poison cloud]]s that do not disappear). One quarter of the spaces contain a sleeping [[fog cloud]].
+|This room is filled with [[cloud]]s of vapor, and one quarter of the spaces contain a sleeping [[fog cloud]].
 |-
 |Teleportation hub