Statue

Facts

Statues are represented on screen by the ` character.

Their weight varies, depending on which monster it is a statue of.

Statue traps are indistinguishable from statues, but instead of being stone objects, they are magical, and will turn into the appropriate type of monster when you try to move into their square.

Statues may contain spellbooks; this is more likely on lower levels. In addition, statues left in bones files of deaths by cockatrice petrification may contain items.

Strategy

Statues can be turned into their monster types by casting Stone to flesh on them. The opposite transformation can be effected with a cockatrice corpse.