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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], the wumpus [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hits as a +1 weapon]] and cannot be seen via infravision. It will not be randomly generated in [[Gehennom]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], the wumpus [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hits as a +1 weapon]], cannot be seen via [[infravision]] and will not be randomly generated in [[Gehennom]].
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Hunt the Wumpus}}
-The wumpus is derived from the early turn-based [[text adventure]] game ''Hunt the Wumpus'', where the player moves through a series of connected caves (arranged as the vertices of a dodecahedron) in order to hunt and kill the titular monster inhabiting one of the caves&mdash;the Ranger quest locate level is a homage to the game. As indicated by the game's description of the wumpus that serves as the [[encyclopedia]] entry, it is a large creature with sucker feet that is normally sedentary, hence its low speed and tendency to generate sleeping in ''NetHack''.
+The wumpus is derived from the early turn-based [[text adventure]] game ''Hunt the Wumpus'', where the player moves through a series of connected caves (arranged as the vertices of a dodecahedron) in order to hunt and kill the titular monster inhabiting one of the caves&mdash;the Ranger quest locate level is a homage to the game. As indicated by the game's description that serves as the [[encyclopedia]] entry, the Wumpus (capitalized as shown) is a large creature with sucker feet that is normally sedentary, hence its low speed and tendency to generate sleeping in ''NetHack''.
 There are twenty numbered caves, and two of these caves contain fatal bottomless pits that the player will fall into upon entering, while two others contain "super bats" which will pick up the player and move them to a random cave. The Wumpus is placed in one of the caves at random, and is not affected by either of these hazards. The caves are in complete darkness, so the player cannot see into adjacent caves; instead, upon moving to a new empty cave, the game describes if they can smell a Wumpus, hear a bat, or feel a draft from a pit in one of the connected caves. Entering the cave with the Wumpus will startle it, after which it will either kill the player or move to another cave, and the Wumpus will also kill the player if it moves to their location.
-The player is equipped with five "crooked arrows" that can change direction in mid-air, which they must use to shoot and safely kill the wumpus from a distance: if the player chooses to fire an arrow, they first select up to five caves that the arrow will travel through, and then enters each cave that the arrow moves through; if the player enters a cave number that is not connected to where the arrow is, the game picks a valid option at random. If an arrow hits the player while it is travelling, the player loses; if the arrow does not hit anything, then the Wumpus is startled and may move to a new cave; and if it hits the Wumpus, the player wins.
+The player is equipped with five "crooked arrows" that can change direction in mid-air, which they must use to shoot and safely kill the Wumpus from a distance: if the player chooses to fire an arrow, they first select up to five caves that the arrow will travel through, and then enters each cave that the arrow moves through; if the player enters a cave number that is not connected to where the arrow is, the game picks a valid option at random. If an arrow hits the player while it is traveling, the player loses; if the arrow does not hit anything, then the Wumpus is startled and may move to a new cave; and if it hits the Wumpus, the player wins.
 ==Variants==

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Hunt the Wumpus}}
-The wumpus is derived from the early turn-based [[text adventure]] game ''Hunt the Wumpus'', where the player moves through a series of connected caves (arranged as the vertices of a dodecahedron) in order to hunt and kill the titular monster inhabiting one of the caves&mdash;the Ranger quest locate level is a homage to the game.
+The wumpus is derived from the early turn-based [[text adventure]] game ''Hunt the Wumpus'', where the player moves through a series of connected caves (arranged as the vertices of a dodecahedron) in order to hunt and kill the titular monster inhabiting one of the caves&mdash;the Ranger quest locate level is a homage to the game. As indicated by the game's description of the wumpus that serves as the [[encyclopedia]] entry, it is a large creature with sucker feet that is normally sedentary, hence its low speed and tendency to generate sleeping in ''NetHack''.
 There are twenty numbered caves, and two of these caves contain fatal bottomless pits that the player will fall into upon entering, while two others contain "super bats" which will pick up the player and move them to a random cave. The Wumpus is placed in one of the caves at random, and is not affected by either of these hazards. The caves are in complete darkness, so the player cannot see into adjacent caves; instead, upon moving to a new empty cave, the game describes if they can smell a Wumpus, hear a bat, or feel a draft from a pit in one of the connected caves. Entering the cave with the Wumpus will startle it, after which it will either kill the player or move to another cave, and the Wumpus will also kill the player if it moves to their location.

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 ==History==
-The wumpus first appears in Hack 1.21, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]]: in this version, it uses the {{white|W}} glyph. From [[Hack 1.0]] to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the wumpus is only generated if the <tt>NOWORM</tt> [[compile-time option]] is defined, and is otherwise replaced by the [[long worm]]&mdash;[[NetHack 3.0.0]] adds both monsters to the default bestiary and moves the wumpus to the quadruped monster class with the [[leocrotta]] and several other monsters.
+The wumpus first appears in Hack 1.21, which is based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]]: in this version, it uses the {{white|W}} glyph. From [[Hack 1.0]] to [[NetHack 2.3e]], the wumpus is only generated if the <tt>NOWORM</tt> [[compile-time option]] is defined, and is otherwise replaced by the [[long worm]]&mdash;both use the {{white|w}} glyph. [[NetHack 3.0.0]] adds both monsters to the default bestiary and moves the wumpus to the quadruped monster class with the [[leocrotta]] and several other monsters.
 ==Origin==

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 ==Origin==
-The wumpus is derived from the early turn-based [[text adventure]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]]'', where the player moves through a series of connected caves (arranged as the vertices of a dodecahedron) in order to hunt and kill the titular monster inhabiting one of the caves&mdash;the Ranger quest locate level is a homage to the game.
+{{wikipedia|Hunt the Wumpus}}
 There are twenty numbered caves, and two of these caves contain fatal bottomless pits that the player will fall into upon entering, while two others contain "super bats" which will pick up the player and move them to a random cave. The Wumpus is placed in one of the caves at random, and is not affected by either of these hazards. The caves are in complete darkness, so the player cannot see into adjacent caves; instead, upon moving to a new empty cave, the game describes if they can smell a Wumpus, hear a bat, or feel a draft from a pit in one of the connected caves. Entering the cave with the Wumpus will startle it, after which it will either kill the player or move to another cave, and the Wumpus will also kill the player if it moves to their location.

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 A wumpus has a single bite attack.
 ==Generation==
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 The wumpus is very slow, but has a strong bite attack and can cling to ceilings, allowing it to generate over and move past [[moat]]s without [[drowning]] or being relocated. Even so, its lacks resistances of any kind and has a low [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]] of 10, so its sluggish movement makes it an easy target for any [[hero]] with good kiting skill or [[ranged attack]]s at their disposal.
-While not particularly desirable as a [[pet]] due to its extremely low speed, the wumpus's clinging ability allows you to [[ride]] a [[saddled]] pet wumpus over water.
+Of note is that while the wumpus is not very desirable as a [[pet]] due to its extremely low speed, it is the only eligible [[steed]] for [[riding]] that can also cling to ceilings.
 ==Origin==
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 The player is equipped with five "crooked arrows" that can change direction in mid-air, which they must use to shoot and safely kill the wumpus from a distance: if the player chooses to fire an arrow, they first select up to five caves that the arrow will travel through, and then enters each cave that the arrow moves through; if the player enters a cave number that is not connected to where the arrow is, the game picks a valid option at random. If an arrow hits the player while it is travelling, the player loses; if the arrow does not hit anything, then the Wumpus is startled and may move to a new cave; and if it hits the Wumpus, the player wins.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 3d6 [[Phsyic
+  |attacks=Bite 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
   |weight=2500
   |nutr=500

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Bite 3d6
+  |attacks=Bite 3d6 [[Phsyic
   |weight=2500
   |nutr=500
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 }}
-The '''wumpus''', {{monsym|wumpus}}, is a monster that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+A '''wumpus''', {{monsym|wumpus}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The wumpus is a type of [[omnivorous]] [[quadruped]] that is [[strong]], can cling to [[ceiling]]s, and can be seen via [[infravision]].
 ==Generation==
-The wumpus is randomly generated at a relatively rare rate, though not nearly as rare as other monsters.
+Randomly generated wumpuses are always created hostile. A wumpus generated at level creation has a {{frac|4|5}} chance of being created [[asleep]] unless the [[hero]] has the [[Amulet of Yendor]].{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1318|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Wumpuses generated at level creation have a {{frac|4|5}} chance of being [[asleep]]; any wumpuses generated after level creation after you have picked up the [[Amulet of Yendor]] will always generate awake.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1035}}
+A wumpus is always generated on the [[Ranger quest]] locate level at level creation.
 ==Strategy==
-The wumpus is very slow, but has a strong bite attack and can cling to ceilings, allowing it to generate over and move past [[moat]]s without [[drowning]] or being relocated. Even so, its sluggish movement makes it an easy target for any player with good kiting or ranged attacks at their disposal, and it has no resistances whatsoever to boot.
+The wumpus is very slow, but has a strong bite attack and can cling to ceilings, allowing it to generate over and move past [[moat]]s without [[drowning]] or being relocated. Even so, its lacks resistances of any kind and has a low [[Magic resistance (monster)|monster MR]] of 10, so its sluggish movement makes it an easy target for any [[hero]] with good kiting skill or [[ranged attack]]s at their disposal.
-While not particularly desirable as a [[pet]] due to its extremely low speed, the wumpus's clinging ability allows you to [[ride]] a pet wumpus over water.
+While not particularly desirable as a [[pet]] due to its extremely low speed, the wumpus's clinging ability allows you to [[ride]] a [[saddled]] pet wumpus over water.
 ==Origin==
-This monster is derived from the early [[text adventure]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]]''; the Ranger quest locate level that it appears in is an homage to the game.
+The wumpus is derived from the early turn-based [[text adventure]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Hunt the Wumpus|Hunt the Wumpus]]'', where the player moves through a series of connected caves (arranged as the vertices of a dodecahedron) in order to hunt and kill the titular monster inhabiting one of the caves&mdash;the Ranger quest locate level is a homage to the game.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]

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 The wumpus is randomly generated at a relatively rare rate, though not nearly as rare as other monsters.
-Wumpuses generated at level creation have an 80% chance to start off [[asleep]]; any wumpuses generated after level creation after you have picked up the [[Amulet of Yendor]] will always generate awake.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1035}}
+Wumpuses generated at level creation have a {{frac|4|5}} chance of being [[asleep]]; any wumpuses generated after level creation after you have picked up the [[Amulet of Yendor]] will always generate awake.{{refsrc|makemon.c|1035}}
 The [[Ranger quest]] locate level will always generate a wumpus on the downstairs.

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
-The Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since
+The Wumpus, by the way, is not bothered by the hazards since he has sucker feet and is too big for a bat to lift. If you try to shoot him and miss, there's also a chance that he'll up and move himself into another cave, though by nature the Wumpus is a sedentary creature.
 |[ wump (6) -- "Hunt the Wumpus" ]
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