Monsters with non-unique appearance
This is a list of monsters whose appearance (i.e., combination of glyph and color) is non-unique. Variants may use different monster colors or allow you to change them (for example, using the MONSTERCOLOR option in UnNetHack and on nethack.alt.org).
It was originally stored in a pastebin, but it might be more useful on the wiki.
Many of the @ and @ are quest leaders/nemeses; as there will only be one of each per game, the list will be somewhat shorter when considering just one individual game. Monsters in italics are unlikely to appear in a given game: quest leaders, quest guardians, non-guaranteed unique monsters, or monsters which are otherwise very rarely seen.
(Sorted by glyph, then color, then base level, then monster name.)
- &: incubus, succubus, bone devil, sandestin
- &: Death, Famine, Pestilence, Yeenoghu, Orcus, Baalzebub, Asmodeus, Demogorgon, Geryon, Dispater
- &: erinys, marilith, barbed devil, vrock, hezrou, nalfeshnee, pit fiend, balrog, Minion of Huhetotl, Nalzok
- ': rope golem, leather golem, wood golem, clay golem
- ': glass golem, iron golem
- ': straw golem, gold golem
- :: iguana, baby crocodile, chameleon, crocodile
- :: gecko, lizard
- ;: piranha, kraken
- @: Dark One, Grand Master
- @: captain, guard
- @: elf-lord, Oracle
- @: Green-elf, Medusa
- @: Grey-elf, soldier, watchman
- @: Woodland-elf, lieutenant, watch captain, Neferet the Green
- @: Elvenking, Wizard of Yendor, Croesus, Ashikaga Takauji, Master Assassin, Thoth Amon, Hippocrates, King Arthur, Lord Carnarvon, Lord Sato, Master of Thieves, Norn, Orion, Pelias, Shaman Karnov, Master Kaen
- @: werejackal (human), sergeant
- @: nurse, aligned priest, high priest, shopkeeper, doppelganger, human, abbot, acolyte, apprentice, attendant, chieftain, guide, hunter, neanderthal, ninja, page, roshi, student, thug, warrior, archeologist, barbarian, caveman, cavewoman, elf, healer, knight, monk, priest, priestess, ranger, rogue, samurai, tourist, valkyrie, wizard, prisoner, Twoflower, Arch Priest
- A: Aleax, ki-rin
- B: raven, vampire bat
- D: baby black dragon, black dragon
- D: baby blue dragon, blue dragon
- D: baby gray dragon, gray dragon
- D: baby green dragon, green dragon
- D: baby orange dragon, orange dragon
- D: baby red dragon, red dragon, Ixoth
- D: baby white dragon, white dragon
- D: baby yellow dragon, yellow dragon
- D: baby silver dragon, silver dragon
- F: shrieker, violet fungus
- H: ettin, minotaur
- H: stone giant, Cyclops
- H: titan, Lord Surtur
- K: Keystone Kop, Kop Sergeant
- L: master lich, arch-lich
- M: orc mummy, human mummy
- M: gnome mummy, dwarf mummy
- N: black naga hatchling, black naga
- N: guardian naga hatchling, guardian naga
- N: red naga hatchling, red naga
- N: golden naga hatchling, golden naga
- S: cobra, pit viper
- Y: ape, owlbear
- Y: monkey, sasquatch
- Z: kobold zombie, gnome zombie
- Z: human zombie, skeleton
- d: jackal, coyote, werejackal (animal), werewolf (animal), wolf, warg
- d: winter wolf cub, winter wolf
- d: fox, hell hound pup, hell hound
- d: little dog, dog, large dog
- f: kitten, housecat, large cat
- h: dwarf king, mind flayer, master mind flayer
- i: manes, imp
- q: mumak, titanothere, baluchitherium
- r: sewer rat, giant rat, rabid rat, wererat (animal), woodchuck
- s: giant spider, Scorpius
- u: pony, horse, warhorse
- w: baby long worm, long worm
- w: baby purple worm, purple worm
See also
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