Themed room - Revision history

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.

2025-11-13T16:47:31Z

commits for ghost room

2025-05-26T11:02:46Z

copyedit

2025-04-20T03:53:04Z

‎List of themed rooms: partially implement buried zombies TODO

2025-04-19T23:06:10Z

upcoming

2025-02-22T14:33:07Z

‎List of themed rooms: TODO: Buried zombies themeroom

2025-01-16T18:09:30Z

pothole

2024-12-16T06:35:31Z

correction

2024-10-06T16:13:34Z

‎List of themed rooms: cloud room and teleportation hub got added at some point

2024-10-06T15:33:02Z

‎List of themed rooms: Water-surrounded vault has an escape item in one chest; also clarify that it isn't a vault at all

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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?
+|
-|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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-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Themed rooms are introduced in {{commit|9b74ea0b225a67a3c60f2c775a9f2328f499d9f0}}.}}
 {{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.

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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

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-|The room is not connected to the other rooms, but may appear adjacent to a corridor. It can generate alongside an actual [[vault]]. It contains a [[giant zombie]], [[ettin zombie]], or [[vampire lord]] guarding four chests.
+|The room is not connected to the other rooms, but may appear adjacent to a corridor. It can generate on the same level as an actual [[vault]], but it is not a real vault and cannot contain the portal to [[Fort Ludios]]. It contains a [[giant zombie]], [[ettin zombie]], or [[vampire lord]] guarding four chests. One of the chests is guaranteed to contain exactly one of the following escape items: a scroll, ring, or wand of teleportation, or a wand of digging.
 |-
 |Twin businesses