High-elf

@ High-elf
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Weapon 2d4 physical, spellcasting 0d0 clerical

@ High-elf
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Weapon 2d4 physical, spellcasting 0d0 clerical
Base level	5
Speed	12
Base AC	10
Base MR	10
Alignment	-7 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	0 (Not randomly generated)
Genocidable	No
Weight	800
Nutritional value	350
Size	Medium
Resistances	sleep resistance
Resistances conveyed	sleep (33%)
A High-elf: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can see invisible creatures. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is an elf. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line3128

A High-elf, @, is a deferred monster in the source code of NetHack. The High-elf is an elven monster that is part of the human or elf monster class: they are strong, can see invisible, have infravision, and can be seen via infravision.

High-elves served as the quest guardians for the Elf quest - they were rendered defunct in NetHack 3.3.0 along with the Elf role, which was replaced by the Ranger role and its associated quest. NetHack currently uses "high-elf" as an alternate name for the Elvenking.

A High-elf has a weapon attack and will cast one clerical monster spell during each of their turns. Like all elves, High-elves possess sleep resistance.

Eating a High-elf corpse or tin has a ¹⁄₃ chance (33%) of granting sleep resistance.

Generation

As a deferred monster, High-elves are not generated at all, but have rules governing their generation like any other monster.

High-elves are not randomly generated, and they are not a valid form for polymorph.

History

The High-elf first appears in NetHack 3.1.0, and last appears in NetHack 3.2.3.

Variants

SLASH'EM

High-elves appear in NetHack-- 3.1.3, an ancestor of SLASH'EM, and are also present in the source code of SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM.

In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, high-elves are not randomly generated, but are a valid form for polymorph. High-elves are grouped with other elves rather than the quest guardians in monst.c, and some of their attributes are changed: they have a base level of 7, they are lawful rather than chaotic as with other elves in SLASH'EM, and their clerical spellcasting attack is 2d17.