Canine
Canines refers to a type of monster in Nethack. Represented by d, they have a wide variety of characteristics. Only dogs can be tamed, but it is possible to acquire other canines as pets. See pets for more information.
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Jackal
| d canine File:Canine.png | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 1 |
| Attacks |
Bite 1d2 |
| Base level | 0 |
| Base experience | 1 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Uncommon |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 300 |
| Nutritional value | 250 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
|
A jackal:
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| Reference | monst.c#line198 |
Jackals appear early in the game and in packs, making them one of the more dangerous level zero monsters. They have a relatively low HP and should not be too greatly feared. Position yourself in a hallway so that you can engage in melee combat without being surrounded. Once in this position, it may be beneficial to use a long-range weapon, such as a dagger or attack wand which can hit more than one monster per turn.
A werejackal can summon more jackals to assist in the attack and will be inclined to do so when close to death. In these situations, it is smart to kill the werejackal as soon as possible so that it cannot summon more. When polymorphed into a werejackal, it is possible to summon your own jackal pets which will remain tame after you have returned to your original form and once lyconthrapy has been healed.
Encyclopedia entry
In Asiatic folktale, jackal provides for the lion; he scares
up game, which the lion kills and eats, and receives what is
left as reward. In stories from northern India he is
sometimes termed "minister to the king," i.e. to the lion.
From the legend that he does not kill his own food has arisen
the legend of his cowardice. Jackal's heart must never be
eaten, for instance, in the belief of peoples indigenous to
the regions where the jackal abounds. ... In Hausa Negro
folktale Jackal plays the role of sagacious judge and is
called "O Learned One of the Forest." The Bushmen say that
Jackal goes around behaving the way he does "because he is
Jackal".
[ Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore ]
Coyote
d Coyote 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 2 |
| Attacks |
1d4 |
| Base level | 1 |
| Base experience | 11 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 300 |
| Nutritional value | 250 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None
|
A coyote is an easy creature to defeat, most likely found in the early levels of the dungeon. Coyotes appear in packs, each with a humurous species name, playing off the Road Runner cartoon skits.
List of coyote names
Reference: do_name.c#coyotename
- Carnivorous Vulgaris
- Road-Runnerus Digestus
- Eatibus Anythingus
- Famishus-Famishus
- Eatibus Almost Anythingus
- Eatius Birdius
- Famishius Fantasticus
- Eternalii Famishiis
- Famishus Vulgarus
- Famishius Vulgaris Ingeniusi
- Eatius-Slobbius
- Hardheadipus Oedipus
- Carnivorous Slobbius
- Hard-Headipus Ravenus
- Evereadii Eatibus
- Apetitius Giganticus
- Hungrii Flea-Bagius
- Overconfidentii Vulgaris
- Caninus Nervous Rex
- Grotesques Appetitus
- Nemesis Riduclii
- Canis latrans
Fox
d fox 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 1 |
| Attacks |
Bite 1d3 |
| Base level | 0 |
| Base experience | 4 |
| Speed | 15 |
| Base AC | 7 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 300 |
| Nutritional value | 250 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
|
A fox:
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| Reference | monst.c#line205 |
A fox is one of the earliest monsters your NetHack character will encounter. Out of the early monsters, it is one of the more difficult ones and can be dangerous for weak level 1 characters. However, more experienced characters and fighter types will have few problems with the fox.
Encyclopedia entry
One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard
till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine
which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing
to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he
took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning
round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with
no greater success. Again and again he tried after the
tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked
away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are
sour."
[ Aesop's Fables ]
Dingo
d Dingo 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 5 |
| Attacks |
Bite: 1d6 |
| Base level | 4 |
| Base experience | 44 |
| Speed | 16 |
| Base AC | 5 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 400 |
| Nutritional value | 200 |
| Size | medium |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None
|
A dingo is a relatively easy to defeat monster that can be found anywhere from early in the game to the player's last level spent in the dungeons. A couple dingos will provide a decent meal, as each has a nutritional value of 200.
Encyclopedia entry
A wolflike wild dog, Canis dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat, believed to have been introduced by the aborigines. [Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language]
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