Convict

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Convict Role
Author Karl Garrison
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NetHack PatchDB 421

The Convict is a role added in the Convict Role patch and also in UnNetHack.

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Starting inventory

A Convict also starts chained to an iron ball and with a sewer rat as a pet.

Intrinsics

Skills

Convict skills
Max Skills
Basic
Skilled
Expert

Convict rank titles

The status line shows you to be one of the following ranks when you reach the specified experience level:

  • XL 1-2: Detainee
  • XL 3-5: Inmate
  • XL 6-9: Jail-bird
  • XL 10-13: Prisoner
  • XL 14-17: Outlaw
  • XL 18-21: Crook
  • XL 22-25: Desperado
  • XL 26-29: Felon
  • XL 30: Fugitive

Strategy

Convicts start the game on the verge of becoming hungry, with no food in their inventory and no ability to pray for food. Their ability to descend through the dungeon looking for food is also limited by the iron ball chained to them, as they face death from falling down the stairs. Therefore, the early game is dominated by a desperate search for food. It is therefore critical to get the most out of any food they do find. Convicts burn nutrition at half the normal rate while hungry or worse, meaning that you should wait to eat food rations and the like until you are at least weak with hunger.