Yeenoghu - Revision history

Noisytoot: His confusion attack is not a gaze attack, it is a weapon attack

2025-11-06T18:48:30Z

His confusion attack is not a gaze attack, it is a weapon attack

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit pass

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Umbire the Phantom: /* "A ludicrous bug" */ word choice again

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Umbire the Phantom: /* History */ finally do this up

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‎History: finally do this up

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Tomsod: /* Strategy */ all & are death resistant

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‎Strategy: all & are death resistant

Umbire the Phantom: bit of cleanup before a more formal pass

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bit of cleanup before a more formal pass

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 Like other demon princes, Yeenoghu is covetous and will teleport next to you to deliver melee attacks and fire magic missiles. When at low health, he will teleport to the upstair tile to regenerate, and will escape up them if approached too closely; the usual strategies for covetous monsters apply, including obstructing the upstair or else luring him to a floor with a blocked upstair. As he is able to summon [[Demogorgon]] directly, dispatching him quickly is advised.
-Yeenoghu respects [[Elbereth]], but Elbereth does not work in [[Gehennom]], where Yeenoghu is most likely to be encountered&mdash;even if you encounter him outside Gehennom (e.g. via water demon or a non-Gehennom [[bones]]), you may be better off escaping and avoiding the floor entirely if somehow possible unless your character is sufficiently prepared. If you can take the fight to him, then remember that you cannot attack him while on an Elbereth, as doing so will cause it to fade; on top of this, Yeenoghu's confusing gaze can complicate your attempts to engrave, and his tendency to teleport after you at the first opportunity usually means you will have to lure him to a pre-engraved Elbereth elsewhere.
+Yeenoghu respects [[Elbereth]], but Elbereth does not work in [[Gehennom]], where Yeenoghu is most likely to be encountered&mdash;even if you encounter him outside Gehennom (e.g. via water demon or a non-Gehennom [[bones]]), you may be better off escaping and avoiding the floor entirely if somehow possible unless your character is sufficiently prepared. If you can take the fight to him, then remember that you cannot attack him while on an Elbereth, as doing so will cause it to fade; on top of this, Yeenoghu's confusing weapon attack can complicate your attempts to engrave, and his tendency to teleport after you at the first opportunity usually means you will have to lure him to a pre-engraved Elbereth elsewhere.
 ==History==

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   |frequency=Unique
   |genocidable=No
-  |attacks=Weapon 3d6, weapon 2d8 [[confusion]], claw 1d6 [[paralyze]], [[Monster spell|spellcasting]] 2d6 [[magic missile]]
+  |attacks=[[Weapon]] 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], weapon 2d8 [[confusion]], [[Claw attack|claw]] 1d6 [[paralyze]], [[Monster spell|spellcasting]] 2d6 [[Magic missile (monster spell)|magic missile]]
   |weight=900
   |nutr=500
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 '''Yeenoghu''', {{monsym|yeenoghu}}, is a [[unique]] [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. He is a [[demon lord]] that is [[covetous]] and capable of warping, and desires the [[Amulet of Yendor]]. Yeenoghu has [[infravision]] and can be seen via infravision, and can also [[fly]], [[see invisible]], and pick up items that he comes across.
-Yeenoghu has a weapon attack, a second weapon attack that inflicts confusion, a claw attack that can [[paralyze]] the target, and the ability to fire [[magic missile]]s. Yeenoghu possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[fire resistance]], [[magic resistance]] from his magic missile attack, and [[drain resistance]] and [[death resistance]] like all [[M2_DEMON|demons]].
+Yeenoghu has a weapon attack, a second weapon attack that inflicts [[confusion]], a [[claw attack]] that can [[paralyze]] the target, and the ability to cast the [[Magic missile (monster spell)|magic missile]] [[monster spell]]. Yeenoghu possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[fire resistance]], [[magic resistance]] from his magic missile attack, and [[drain resistance]] and [[death resistance]] like all [[major demon]]s.
 Yeenoghu is [[poisonous]] to eat, which primarily comes up if he is [[digested]] by another monster.
 ==Generation==
-Yeenoghu is not a valid form for [[polymorph]].
+Yeenoghu is not a valid polymorph form or genocide target.
-Yeenoghu is one of two demon lords alongside [[Juiblex]] that can be summoned by performing same-race [[sacrifice]], and will be peaceful for a chaotic [[hero]] and hostile otherwise. Yeenoghu also has a chance of being summoned by [[demon gating]], or via the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]] being cast either in Gehennom or by the [[Wizard of Yendor]].
+Yeenoghu is one of two demon lords alongside [[Juiblex]] that can be summoned by performing same-race [[sacrifice]], and will be peaceful for a chaotic [[hero]] and hostile otherwise. Yeenoghu also has a chance of being summoned by [[demon gating]], or via the [[summon nasties]] monster spell being cast either in Gehennom or by the [[Wizard of Yendor]].
-Yeenoghu is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] a [[flail]].
+Yeenoghu is [[always generated with]] a [[flail]].
 ==Strategy==
-Yeenoghu can deal out tremendous physical damage if you lack [[free action]] and [[MC3]]; his melee attacks can also gate in other [[major demon]]s, and he can zap you with [[magic missile]]s as well, meaning he is himself immune to them on top of his high [[monster magic resistance]]. However, Yeenoghu is not generally a problem if you are prepared for him.
+Yeenoghu can deal out tremendous physical damage if you lack [[free action]] and [[MC3]]; his melee attacks can also gate in other major demons, and he can zap you with magic missiles as well. Defensively, he has magic resistance top of his high [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] of 80. However, Yeenoghu is not generally a problem if you are prepared for him.
-Like other demon princes, Yeenoghu is [[covetous]] and will teleport next to you to deliver melee attacks and fire magic missiles. When at low health, he will teleport to the upstair tile to regenerate, and will escape up them if approached too closely; the usual strategies for covetous monsters apply, including obstructing the upstair or else luring him to a floor with a blocked upstair. As he is able to summon [[Demogorgon]] directly, dispatching him quickly is advised.
+Like other demon princes, Yeenoghu is covetous and will teleport next to you to deliver melee attacks and fire magic missiles. When at low health, he will teleport to the upstair tile to regenerate, and will escape up them if approached too closely; the usual strategies for covetous monsters apply, including obstructing the upstair or else luring him to a floor with a blocked upstair. As he is able to summon [[Demogorgon]] directly, dispatching him quickly is advised.
-Yeenoghu respects [[Elbereth]]; however, Elbereth does not work in [[Gehennom]], where Yeenoghu is most likely to be encountered. Even if you encounter him outside Gehennom (e.g. via water demon or a non-Gehennom [[bones]]), you may be better off escaping and avoiding the floor entirely if somehow possible unless your character is sufficiently prepared. If you can take the fight to him, then remember that you cannot attack him while on an Elbereth, either; on top of this, Yeenoghu's confusing gaze will complicate your attempts to engrave, and his tendency to teleport after you at the first opportunity usually means you will have to lure him to a pre-engraved Elbereth elsewhere.
+Yeenoghu respects [[Elbereth]], but Elbereth does not work in [[Gehennom]], where Yeenoghu is most likely to be encountered&mdash;even if you encounter him outside Gehennom (e.g. via water demon or a non-Gehennom [[bones]]), you may be better off escaping and avoiding the floor entirely if somehow possible unless your character is sufficiently prepared. If you can take the fight to him, then remember that you cannot attack him while on an Elbereth, as doing so will cause it to fade; on top of this, Yeenoghu's confusing gaze can complicate your attempts to engrave, and his tendency to teleport after you at the first opportunity usually means you will have to lure him to a pre-engraved Elbereth elsewhere.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], Yeenoghu no longer respects Elbereth.
+In [[UnNetHack]], Yeenoghu does not respect Elbereth.
 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], Yeenoghu now generates with an [[artifact]] [[triple-headed flail]] called [[Butcher]], and his magic missile attack is buffed from 2d6 to 6d6.
+In [[EvilHack]], Yeenoghu generates with an [[artifact]] [[triple-headed flail]] called [[Butcher]], and his magic missile attack is buffed from 2d6 to 6d6.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==="A ludicrous bug"===
-Yeenoghu is the subject of one of the longer-running [[software bug]]s in the history of ''NetHack''.
+Yeenoghu is a subject of one of the longer-running [[software bug]]s in the history of ''NetHack''.
 The [[Riders]] are introduced in [[NetHack 3.1.0]], with the code that handles their special attacks placed right after the code for Yeenoghu's confusion-inducing weapon attack - this code was inserted carelessly without a break in the code to separate its [[damage type]] case from [[Death (monster)|Death]]'s deadly touch, resulting in Yeenoghu using his weapon attack and then:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1214|nethack=3.1.0|comment=<tt>AD_CONF</tt> case|name="confusion"}}

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   Do you want your possessions identified? [yn]
-For comparison, here is an excerpt of lines 999-1012 from [[Source:NetHack 3.0.0/mhitu.c|src/mhit.u]] in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], before the [[Riders]] were added:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|999|nethack=3.0.0}}
+The text below is an excerpt of lines 999-1012 from [[Source:NetHack 3.0.0/mhitu.c|src/mhit.u]] in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], before the [[Riders]] were added:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|999|nethack=3.0.0}}
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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                          break;</syntaxhighlight>
-Below is a partial excerpt of lines 1214-1258 from NetHack 3.1.0:<ref name="confusion"/>
+For comparison, here is a partial excerpt of lines 1214-1258 from NetHack 3.1.0:<ref name="confusion"/>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

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 ==="A ludicrous bug"===
-Yeenoghu is the subject of one of the longer-running [[software bug]]s in the history of ''NetHack'': the [[Riders]] were introduced in [[NetHack 3.1.0]], with the code that handles their special attacks placed right after the code for Yeenoghu's confusion-inducing weapon attack{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1474}} - this code was inserted carelessly, resulting in Yeenoghu using his weapon attack and then bringing out [[Death (monster)|Death]]'s deadly touch:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1485}}
+Yeenoghu is the subject of one of the longer-running [[software bug]]s in the history of ''NetHack''.
   Yeenoghu reaches out with its deadly touch.--More--
   Do you want your possessions identified? [yn]
-Contemporary source-divers thought this to be deliberate, due to this comment at the end of Yeenoghu's section:
+For comparison, here is an excerpt of lines 999-1012 from [[Source:NetHack 3.0.0/mhitu.c|src/mhit.u]] in [[NetHack 3.0.0]], before the [[Riders]] were added:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|999|nethack=3.0.0}}
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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                          break;</syntaxhighlight>
-Here is a partial quote of src/mhitu.c lines 1214-1258 from [[NetHack 3.1.0]], the first version to implement the [[Riders]]:
+Below is a partial excerpt of lines 1214-1258 from NetHack 3.1.0:<ref name="confusion"/>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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                          break;</syntaxhighlight>
-The Rider code was carelessly placed between the AD_CONF section, which handles Yeenoghu's confusion attack, and the default section, where it was supposed to finish. Thus execution improperly proceeded into Death's touch attack.
+Contemporary source-divers thought this to be deliberate, due to the comment about the fall through on line 1223 at the end of Yeenoghu's section, and thus the bug was never reported until after the release of [[NetHack 3.3.1]].{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1223|nethack=3.1.0|comment="/* fall through to next case */"}} [[Pat Rankin]] of the [[DevTeam]] was made aware of this property in a [[rec.games.roguelike.nethack]] discussion, and called it "a ludicrous bug"<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/browse_thread/thread/ae8d21ca5c42d00a/128792c7be721eb9?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2#128792c7be721eb9 Pat Rankin, "Re: YASQ: Yeenoghu". rec.games.roguelike.nethack, April 9, 2001.]</ref> - said bug was written up as bug C331-96 and finally fixed in time for the release of [[NetHack 3.4.0]]. <ref>[https://www.nethack.org/v331/bugs.html NetHack 3.3.1 bugs]</ref> The fix itself is conceptually simple, by adding a <tt>dmg = 0;</tt> followed with a <tt>break;</tt> to properly close the damage type case, as illustrated by lines 1474-1486 of [[Source:NetHack 3.4.3/src/mhitu.c|src/mhitu.c]] in [[NetHack 3.4.3]]:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1474|nethack=3.4.3}}
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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                  pline("%s reaches out with its deadly touch.", Monnam(mtmp));
                  [... the rest of the Rider code ...]</syntaxhighlight>
 ==Origin==

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 ==Generation==
-Yeenoghu is not a valid target for [[polymorph]].
+Yeenoghu is not a valid form for [[polymorph]].
-Yeenoghu is one of two demon lords alongside [[Juiblex]] that can be summoned by performing same-race [[sacrifice]], and will be peaceful for a chaotic [[hero]] and hostile otherwise. Yeenoghu also has a very small chance of being summoned by [[demon gating]], or via the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]] being cast either in Gehennom or by the [[Wizard of Yendor]].
+Yeenoghu is one of two demon lords alongside [[Juiblex]] that can be summoned by performing same-race [[sacrifice]], and will be peaceful for a chaotic [[hero]] and hostile otherwise. Yeenoghu also has a chance of being summoned by [[demon gating]], or via the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]] being cast either in Gehennom or by the [[Wizard of Yendor]].
 Yeenoghu is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] a [[flail]].
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 ==History==
-Yeenoghu first appears in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
+Yeenoghu is introduced along with the other named demons in [[NetHack 3.0.0]].
 ==="A ludicrous bug"===
-Yeenoghu is the subject of one of the longeer-running bugs in the history of ''NetHack'': the [[Riders]] were introduced in [[NetHack 3.1.0]], with the code that handles their special attacks placed right after the code for Yeenoghu's confusion-inducing weapon attack{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1474}} - this code was inserted carelessly, resulting in Yeenoghu using his weapon attack and then bringing out [[Death (monster)|Death]]'s deadly touch:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1485}}
+Yeenoghu is the subject of one of the longer-running [[software bug]]s in the history of ''NetHack'': the [[Riders]] were introduced in [[NetHack 3.1.0]], with the code that handles their special attacks placed right after the code for Yeenoghu's confusion-inducing weapon attack{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1474}} - this code was inserted carelessly, resulting in Yeenoghu using his weapon attack and then bringing out [[Death (monster)|Death]]'s deadly touch:{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1485}}
   Yeenoghu reaches out with its deadly touch.--More--
   Do you want your possessions identified? [yn]
-A comment at the end of Yeenoghu's section read:
+Contemporary source-divers thought this to be deliberate, due to this comment at the end of Yeenoghu's section:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">/* fall through to next case */</syntaxhighlight>
-Contemporary source-divers thought from this that the behavior was deliberate; thus, for many years the bug was never reported.
+Thus, for many years the bug was never reported until after the release of [[NetHack 3.3.1]]. [[Pat Rankin]] of the [[DevTeam]] was made aware of this property in a [[rec.games.roguelike.nethack]] discussion, and called it "a ludicrous bug";<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/browse_thread/thread/ae8d21ca5c42d00a/128792c7be721eb9?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2#128792c7be721eb9 Pat Rankin, "Re: YASQ: Yeenoghu". rec.games.roguelike.nethack, April 9, 2001.]</ref> The illicit death touch bug was finally fixed in time for [[NetHack 3.4.0]].
 [[Umber hulk]]s were not affected, because their confusion attack is handled in a different part of the code.{{refsrc|mhitu.c|1948}}

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], Yeenoghu now generates with an [[artifact]] [[triple-headed flail]] called [[Butcher]], and his magic missile attack is buffed from 2d6 to 6d6.<nowiki></nowiki>
+In [[EvilHack]], Yeenoghu now generates with an [[artifact]] [[triple-headed flail]] called [[Butcher]], and his magic missile attack is buffed from 2d6 to 6d6.
 == Encyclopedia entry ==

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 The Rider code was carelessly placed between the AD_CONF section, which handles Yeenoghu's confusion attack, and the default section, where it was supposed to finish. Thus execution improperly proceeded into Death's touch attack.
-The bug was written up as bug C331-96<ref>[http://www.nethack.org/v331/bugs.html NetHack 3.3.1 bugs]</ref> and was fixed in [[NetHack 3.4.0]]. Here is src/mhitu.c lines 1474-1486 from [[NetHack 3.4.3]]:
+The bug was written up as bug C331-96<ref>[https://www.nethack.org/v331/bugs.html NetHack 3.3.1 bugs]</ref> and was fixed in [[NetHack 3.4.0]]. Here is src/mhitu.c lines 1474-1486 from [[NetHack 3.4.3]]:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="c">