Voracious hunger - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: hatnote

2025-04-11T10:01:57Z

hatnote

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ starting intrinsics

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‎Variants: starting intrinsics

Umbire the Phantom: Umbire the Phantom moved page Hunger (property) to Voracious hunger over redirect: disambig

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Umbire the Phantom moved page Hunger (property) to Voracious hunger over redirect: disambig

Umbire the Phantom: give a shot at detailing and rewriting this to better distinguish from normal hungering

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give a shot at detailing and rewriting this to better distinguish from normal hungering

Umbire the Phantom: /* FIQHack */ chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability

2024-02-19T11:12:36Z

‎FIQHack: chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ pothole

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‎Description: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: FIQ

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FIQ

Umbire the Phantom: messages and variants

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messages and variants

Umbire the Phantom: formatting pass

2023-09-23T07:55:48Z

formatting pass

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upcoming

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		+	{{otheruses\|the informal "hunger" property\|other uses of the term\|hunger}}
	'''Voracious hunger''', also known simply as '''hunger''', is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that increases the rate at which a [[hero]] burns [[nutrition]].		'''Voracious hunger''', also known simply as '''hunger''', is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that increases the rate at which a [[hero]] burns [[nutrition]].

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], hunger is an object property that can occur on armor and weapons, and those items will grant the voracious hunger property while worn or [[wielded]].
+In [[EvilHack]], [[Hobbit (starting race)|hobbit]] and [[Giant (starting race)|giant]] heroes start each game with voracious hunger.
 ==References==

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-'''Hunger''' is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that increases the rate at which you burn [[nutrition]].
+'''Voracious hunger''', also known simply as '''hunger''', is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that increases the rate at which a [[hero]] burns [[nutrition]].
-The only source of the hunger property is wearing or [[Eating jewelry|eating]] a [[ring of hunger]].
+The only source of the voracious hunger property is [[putting on]] or [[Eating jewelry|eating]] a [[ring of hunger]].
 ==Description==
-While you have the hunger property, the rate at which your nutrition normally decreases is accelerated by 50%.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2814|nethack=3.6.7}} This effect stacks with the accelerated [[hunger rate]] from other properties, such as [[conflict]] and [[regeneration]] conferred by the [[ring of regeneration]]. [[Slow digestion]] does not cancel out this effect.
+While a hero has the voracious hunger property, the rate at which their nutrition normally decreases is accelerated by 50%.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2814|nethack=3.6.7}} This effect stacks with the accelerated hunger rate from other properties, such as [[conflict]] granted by the [[ring of conflict]] and [[regeneration]] granted by the [[ring of regeneration]]. [[Slow digestion]] does not cancel out this effect.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|50084750c426c465e976b23c9a7f871a8950fae3}}, hunger prevents you from choking on food when [[oversatiated]] by making you vomit, similar to the [[breathless]] property, except that instead of draining 1000 nutrition, you are left with 60 nutrition.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|50084750c426c465e976b23c9a7f871a8950fae3}}, hunger prevents a hero from choking on food when [[oversatiated]] by making them vomit, similar to the [[breathless]] property, but this will always leave them with 60 nutrition.}}
 ==Strategy==
-Extrinsic hunger is occasionally useful when you want to stop being [[satiated]], in order to avoid [[dexterity]] penalties or eat more corpses. However, it is usually considered bad to have as an intrinsic, and a [[tinning kit]] is preferable for managing corpse consumption and nutrition.
+An extrinsic source of voracious hunger is occasionally useful when you want to stop being [[satiated]], in order to avoid [[dexterity]] penalties or eat more corpses. The property is usually considered bad to have as an intrinsic, and a [[tinning kit]] is preferable for managing corpse consumption and nutrition.
 ==Messages==
-{{message|You hunger rapidly.|You have hunger as viewed via [[enlightenment]].}}
+{{message|You hunger rapidly.|You have voracious hunger as viewed via [[enlightenment]].}}
 ==Variants==
 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], hunger is an [[object property]] that can occur on some non-weapon items, and confers the hunger property when worn.
+In [[GruntHack]], hunger is an [[object property]] that can occur on some pieces of armor, and those items will grant the voracious hunger property while [[worn]].
 ===FIQHack===
-In [[FIQHack]], hunger is one of the intrinsic properties a non-cursed [[potion of wonder]] can confer when quaffed; dipping an appropriate item in a non-cursed potion also has a chance of randomly bestowing hunger as an object property.
+In [[FIQHack]], hunger is one of the intrinsic properties a non-cursed [[potion of wonder]] can grant the hero when quaffed, and dipping an appropriate item in a non-cursed potion also has a chance of randomly bestowing hunger as an object property.
 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], hunger is an object property that can occur on armor and weapons, and confers the hunger property while the item worn or wielded.
+In [[EvilHack]], hunger is an object property that can occur on armor and weapons, and those items will grant the voracious hunger property while worn or [[wielded]].
 ==References==

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 ===FIQHack===
-In [[FIQHack]], hunger is one of the intrinsic properties a non-cursed [[potion of wonder]] can confer when quaffed; dipping an appropriate item in a non-cursed potion also has a chance to randomly bestow hunger as an object property.
+In [[FIQHack]], hunger is one of the intrinsic properties a non-cursed [[potion of wonder]] can confer when quaffed; dipping an appropriate item in a non-cursed potion also has a chance of randomly bestowing hunger as an object property.
 ===EvilHack===

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 While you have the hunger property, the rate at which your nutrition normally decreases is accelerated by 50%.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2814|nethack=3.6.7}} This effect stacks with the accelerated [[hunger rate]] from other properties, such as [[conflict]] and [[regeneration]] conferred by the [[ring of regeneration]]. [[Slow digestion]] does not cancel out this effect.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|50084750c426c465e976b23c9a7f871a8950fae3}}, hunger prevents you from choking on food when [[oversatiated]] by making you vomit, similar to [[magical breathing]], except that instead of draining 1000 nutrition, you are left with 60 nutrition.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|50084750c426c465e976b23c9a7f871a8950fae3}}, hunger prevents you from choking on food when [[oversatiated]] by making you vomit, similar to the [[breathless]] property, except that instead of draining 1000 nutrition, you are left with 60 nutrition.}}
 ==Strategy==

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-'''Hunger''' is a [[property]] which increases the rate at which you burn [[nutrition]] by 50%.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2814|nethack=3.6.6}} It is conferred exclusively by the [[ring of hunger]] - extrinsically from wearing it, and intrinsically from [[eating jewelry|eating it]].
+'''Hunger''' is a [[property]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' that increases the rate at which you burn [[nutrition]].
-Other properties, such as conflict, also cause an increased [[hunger rate]], but this increase is handled separately from the hunger property, causing their effects to stack.
+The only source of the hunger property is wearing or [[Eating jewelry|eating]] a [[ring of hunger]].
-[[Slow digestion]] is independent from hunger, and they do not cancel each other out; if you have both properties at once, you will burn nutrition at 50% of the normal rate plus jewelry adjustments.
+==Description==
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|50084750c426c465e976b23c9a7f871a8950fae3}}, hunger prevents you from choking on food when [[oversatiated]] by making you vomit, similar to [[magical breathing]], except that instead of draining 1000 nutrition, you are left with 60 nutrition.}}
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 ==References==
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+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Properties]]

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	[[Slow digestion]] is independent from hunger, and they do not cancel each other out; if you have both properties at once, you will burn nutrition at 50% of the normal rate plus jewelry adjustments.		[[Slow digestion]] is independent from hunger, and they do not cancel each other out; if you have both properties at once, you will burn nutrition at 50% of the normal rate plus jewelry adjustments.
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		+	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|As of {{commit\|50084750c426c465e976b23c9a7f871a8950fae3}}, hunger prevents you from choking on food when [[oversatiated]] by making you vomit, similar to [[magical breathing]], except that instead of draining 1000 nutrition, you are left with 60 nutrition.}}

	==Strategy==		==Strategy==