Bone devil
& bone devil 
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| Difficulty | 13 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 3d4, sting poisonous 2d4 |
| Base level | 9 |
| Base experience | 285 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | -1 |
| Base MR | 40 |
| Alignment | -9 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | Fire, poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A bone devil:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2620 |
A bone devil, &, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. The bone devil is a poisonous major demon that has infravision and can be seen via infravision, will pick up and collect items, and can follow you to other levels if they are adjacent.
A bone devil has a weapon attack and a poisonous sting, and possesses fire resistance and poison resistance like other major demons.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
As of commit f0698e1d, bone devils summon skeletons instead of summoning demons.Generation
Randomly-generated bone devils are always created hostile, and may appear in small groups. They are only randomly generated in Gehennom, and can be gated in by other chaotic demons.
A bone devil never leaves a corpse upon death.
Strategy
Bone devils are decently fast, with a weapon attack and a sting that can drain strength from characters without poison resistance - they are generally not much of a threat to a character capable of reaching Gehennom, especially since their AC of -1 and MR score of 40 pales in comparison to some other major demons. However, polymorph traps and other sources of polymorph make them a nasty surprise for less prepared characters in earlier stage of the game, though their weakness to silver and cold attacks still provide an important edge against them.
As a potential pet, a bone devil is a decent candidate, although their MR score may interfere with further attempts to change its form if you are aiming for something else.
History
The bone devil first appears in NetHack 3.0.0, which differentiates all demons from each other.
Encyclopedia entry
Bone devils attack with weapons and with a great hooked tail which causes a loss of strength to those they sting.
