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In [[dNetHack]], '''Archons''' are a group of related monsters, the most common type of lawful angel. The vanilla [[Archon]] is known as a '''Throne Archon''' in dNetHack. As with most other angelic monsters, Archons will only be generated in the [[End Game|Planes]].

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== Justice Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Justice Archon
 |symbol={{red|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=9
 |level=7
 |experience=102
 |speed=7
 |AC=7
 |MR=77
 |align=7
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 1d7 physical, Weapon 1d7 physical
 |weight=1450
 |nutr=400
 |size=medium
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Justice Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |female=1
 |stalk=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

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== Sword Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Sword Archon
 |symbol={{orange|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=17
 |level=14
 |experience=456
 |speed=17
 |AC=7
 |MR=77
 |align=7
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Claw 1d7 [[Holy fire]], Claw 1d7 [[Holy fire]], Rend 3d1 [[disintegration]]
 |weight=1450
 |nutr=400
 |size=medium
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Sword Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

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== Shield Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Shield Archon
 |symbol={{cyan|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=16
 |level=14
 |experience=434
 |speed=7
 |AC=7
 |MR=77
 |align=7
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 3d7 physical
 |weight=1450
 |nutr=400
 |size=medium
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Shield Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

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== Trumpet Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Trumpet Archon
 |symbol={{brightgreen|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=19
 |level=17
 |experience=574
 |speed=17
 |AC=7
 |MR=77
 |align=14
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 1d7 physical, Weapon 1d7 physical
 |weight=1450
 |nutr=400
 |size=medium
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Trumpet Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

'''Trumpet Archons''' are summoners, and should therefore be a high-priority target.

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== Warden Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Warden Archon
 |symbol={{blue|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=23
 |level=21
 |experience=768
 |speed=7
 |AC=7
 |MR=77
 |align=14
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Claw 2d7 physical, Claw 2d7 physical, Bearhug 3d7 physical
 |weight=3000
 |nutr=400
 |size=large
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Warden Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |male=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

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== Throne Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Throne Archon
 |symbol={{magenta|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=34
 |level=27
 |experience=1185
 |speed=17
 |AC=&minus;7
 |MR=77
 |align=17
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 2d4 physical, Weapon 2d4 physical, Gaze attack 2d6 [[blind]]ing, Claw 1d8 physical, Cast 0d7 [[mage spell]]
 |weight=3000
 |nutr=400
 |size=large
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]], [[magic]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Throne Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |lord=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

'''Throne Archons''' will cast the [[summon angel]] or [[lightning bolt]] spells 50% of the time.

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== Light Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Light Archon
 |symbol={{brightblue|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=34
 |level=27
 |experience=1183
 |speed=17
 |AC=&minus;7
 |MR=77
 |align=17
 |frequency=1
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 2d4 physical, Claw 1d8 physical, Arrow 3d1 [[silver]], Gaze attack 2d6 [[blind]]ing, Cast 0d7 [[clerical spell]]
 |weight=3000
 |nutr=400
 |size=large
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]], [[magic]]
 |resistances conveyed=None
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Light Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |lord=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |light=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |refline=
}}

The '''Light Archons'''' volleys of silver arrows make them particularly dangerous to [[Vampire]] characters.

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== Iasoian Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Iasoian Archon
 |symbol={{gray|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=14
 |level=11
 |experience=376
 |speed=12
 |AC=4
 |MR=30
 |align=-13
 |frequency=0
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Touch 1d3 [[sleep]], Magic blades (floating) 4d4 [[silver rapier]]
 |weight=3000
 |nutr=400
 |size=large
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]]
 |resistances conveyed=
 |attributes={{attributes
 |An Iasoian Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |death=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |reference=
}}

'''Iasoian Archons''' use their star blades automatically, like [[Coure Eladrin]], with a chance of attacking each adjacent monster every turn. They are skipped in their main attack sequence. Although they are not randomly generated, there is a statue of one on the [[Healer]] quest. It will revive tame and loyal, but will have the plague and be unable to move until cured.

Iasoian Archons will lifesave any allied monsters (monsters of the same tame/peaceful/hostile status) on the level, as well as the player if tame. Lifesaving a monster increases mspec_used by the lifesaved monster's max HP. Lifesaving the player will cancel the Iasoian Archon.

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== Panakeian Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Panakeian Archon
 |symbol={{brightmagenta|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=26
 |level=22
 |experience=957
 |speed=16
 |AC=-8
 |MR=30
 |align=0
 |frequency=0
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 1d8 physical, Cast 0d9 [[clerical spell]]
 |weight=3000
 |nutr=400
 |size=large
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]], [[magic]]
 |resistances conveyed=
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Panakeian Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |lord=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |death=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |reference=
}}

'''Panakeian Archons''' cast recover, mass cure far, paralyze, mass cure close, sleep, destroy armor, destroy weapon, make web, and cure self. Although they are not randomly generated, there is a statue of one on the [[Healer]] quest. It will revive tame and loyal, but will have the plague and be unable to move until cured.

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== Hygieian Archon ==

{{monster
 |name=Hygieian Archon
 |symbol={{brightmagenta|7}}
 |tile=
 |difficulty=37
 |level=27
 |experience=1302
 |speed=17
 |AC=-7
 |MR=77
 |align=17
 |frequency=0
 |genocidable=No
 |attacks=Weapon 2d7 [[Holy fire]], Weapon 2d7 [[Holy fire]], Offhand Weapon 2d7 [[Holy fire]], Secondary bite 2d4 physical, Touch 0d0 physical, Claw 2d4 [[drowning]], Bearhug 4d4 physical, Cast 0d7 [[mage spell]]
 |weight=3000
 |nutr=400
 |size=large
 |resistances=[[fire]], [[cold]], [[sleep]], [[shock]], [[poison]], [[level drain]], [[magic]]
 |resistances conveyed=
 |attributes={{attributes
 |A Hygieian Archon|=
 |fly=1
 |humanoid=1
 |regen=1
 |seeinvis=1
 |nopoly=1
 |lord=1
 |stalk=1
 |nasty=1
 |strong=1
 |collect=1
 |magic=1
 |infravisible=1
 |nocorpse=1
 |death=1
 |drain=1
 }}
 |reference=
}}

'''Hygieian Archons''' cast death touch, lightning, geyser, acid rain, cure self, and fire pillar.  Although they are not randomly generated, there is a statue of one on the [[Healer]] quest. It will revive tame and loyal, but will have the plague and be unable to move until cured.

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