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'''Golems''' are represented by the ' character and come in several varieties. As they are inanimate objects given life, their corpses are sometimes useful (or valuable) objects, especially in the case of paper of gold golems.
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{{monclasssym|'}} '''Golems''' are a [[monster class|class]] of [[monsters]] in [[NetHack]]. As they are inanimate objects given life, their corpses are sometimes useful or valuable objects, especially in the case of paper and gold golems. Because they are artificial constructs, golems cannot be [[genocide]]d.
  
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==List of golems==
 
{|class="prettytable"
 
{|class="prettytable"
 
!Symbol
 
!Symbol
 
!Monster
 
!Monster
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!Corpse
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!Corpse{{refsrc|src/mon.c|309|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
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!Hit points{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|906|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|1816|version=NetHack 3.6.0}}
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!Material(s){{reffunc|zap.c|create_polymon}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{brown|'}}
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|{{monsym|clay_golem}}
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|clay golem
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|[[clay golem]]
 
|[[rock]]s
 
|[[rock]]s
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|50
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|[[copper]], [[silver]], [[platinum]], [[gemstone]], [[mineral]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{cyan|'}}
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|{{monsym|glass_golem}}
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|glass golem
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|[[glass golem]]
 
|[[glass|pieces of worthless glass]]
 
|[[glass|pieces of worthless glass]]
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|60
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|[[glass]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{cyan|'}}
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|{{monsym|iron_golem}}
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|iron golem
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|[[iron golem]]
 
|[[iron chain]]s
 
|[[iron chain]]s
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|80
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|[[iron]], [[metal]], [[mithril]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{brown|'}}
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|{{monsym|leather_golem}}
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|leather golem
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|[[leather golem]]
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|[[leather armour]]s
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|[[leather armor]]s
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|40
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|[[leather]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{white|'}}
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|{{monsym|paper_golem}}
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|paper golem
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|[[paper golem]]
 
|[[scroll of blank paper|scrolls of blank paper]]
 
|[[scroll of blank paper|scrolls of blank paper]]
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|20
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|[[paper]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{brown|'}}
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|{{monsym|rope_golem}}
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|rope golem
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|[[rope golem]]
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|
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|''(none)''
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|30
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|[[cloth]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{lightgray|'}}
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|{{monsym|stone_golem}}
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|stone golem
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|[[stone golem]]
 
|statue of a stone golem
 
|statue of a stone golem
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|60
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|[[copper]], [[silver]], [[platinum]], [[gemstone]], [[mineral]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{yellow|'}}  
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|{{monsym|straw_golem}}
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|straw golem
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|[[straw golem]]
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|
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|''(none)''
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|20
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|[[liquid]], [[wax]], [[veggy]], [[dragon hide]], [[plastic]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{brown|'}}
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|{{monsym|wood_golem}}
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|wood golem
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|[[wood golem]]
 
|[[quarterstaff]]s
 
|[[quarterstaff]]s
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|50
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|[[wood]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{yellow|'}}
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|{{monsym|gold_golem}}
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|gold golem
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|[[gold golem]]
 
|[[gold]]
 
|[[gold]]
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|40
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|[[gold (material)|gold]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|{{red|'}}
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|{{monsym|flesh_golem}}
 
|[[flesh golem]]
 
|[[flesh golem]]
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|flesh golem corpse
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|flesh golem corpse (edible)
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|40
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|[[flesh]], undefined
 
|}
 
|}
  
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Golems are randomly generated, and an appropriate golem can also arise when trying to polymorph large piles of objects at once. For example, a pile containing many scrolls may become a paper golem, and a pile of rocks may become a clay golem.
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== Generation ==
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Golems are randomly generated, and an appropriate golem can also arise when trying to polymorph large piles of objects at once, depending on the object material -- see the table above.  (Clay and stone golems can be produced by the same objects; one is chosen at random. [[Polypiling]] many [[bone]] objects, such as [[unicorn horn]]s, can produce a [[skeleton]], which is not a golem.)
  
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In addition, [[polypiling]] many [[bone]] objects (such as [[unicorn horn]]s) can produce a [[skeleton]].
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Stone golems can be created by [[stoning]] any of the other golems (e.g. with a [[cockatrice|cockatrice corpse]]). Stone golems themselves are stoning resistant, since it would be rather odd if stoning could kill them.
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Casting {{spell of|stone to flesh}} at a stone golem or a statue of any golem will turn it into a flesh golem. Flesh golems are weaker in combat than stone golems, and their corpses can give almost any resistance in the game.
  
 
== Mythology ==
 
== Mythology ==
  
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Golems are creatures from ancient Jewish folklore. See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem Wikipedia article] for more information. They are ''not'' connected with Gollum in ''The Lord of the Rings''.
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[[wikipedia:Golem|Golems]] are creatures from ancient Jewish folklore. They are ''not'' derived from Gollum in ''The Lord of the Rings''. The legendary golem was made of clay, but the word has also been used to describe similar creatures made from other materials.
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Although the encyclopedia entry for ''gold golem'' describes their mythological counterparts as female, the NetHack monster is neuter.
  
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{{Wikipedia|Golem}}
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==Variants==
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===SLASH'EM===
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{{main|Golem (SLASH'EM)}}
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SLASH'EM features the following new golems:
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{|class="prettytable"
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!Symbol
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!Monster
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!Corpse
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!Hit points
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|-
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|{{gray|'}}
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|[[wax golem]]
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|[[wax candle]]s
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|40
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|-
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|{{darkgray|'}}
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|[[plastic golem]]
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|[[credit card]]s; [[cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor|cheap plastic imitations of the Amulet of Yendor]] in older versions
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|60
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|-
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|{{red|'}}
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|[[ruby golem]]
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|[[ruby|rubies]]
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|250
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|-
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|{{white|'}}
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|[[diamond golem]]
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|[[diamond]]s
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|270
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|-
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|{{brightcyan|'}}
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|[[sapphire golem]]
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|[[sapphire]]s
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|280
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|-
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|{{brightblue|'}}
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|[[steel golem]]
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|[[iron chain]]s
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|290
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|-
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|{{brightblue|'}}
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|[[crystal golem]]
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|random [[gem]]s
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|300
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|}
  
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Although the encyclopaedia entry for ''gold golem'' describes their mythological counterparts as female, the NetHack monster is neuter.
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===UnNetHack===
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[[UnNetHack]] includes wax golems, as described above.
  
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== Encyclopedia entries ==
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In addition, the [[Sheol]] branch contains two new golem types, the [[ice golem]] and the [[crystal ice golem]].
  
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Golem:
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===dNetHack===
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{{main|Golem (dNetHack)}}
  
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              "The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
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[[dNetHack]] adds many new golems. Some drop rare and magical items, and some are [[unique monsters]].
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              century. Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
 
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              said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
 
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              help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
 
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              menial work.
 
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              "But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
 
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              of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story
 
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              runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
 
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              teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
 
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              `free sidereal strength of the universe.'
 
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              "One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
 
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              the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
 
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              It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
 
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              path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
 
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              destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was
 
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              left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in
 
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              the Old Synagogue." ...
 
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                  [ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
 
  
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Gold golem:
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== Encyclopedia entry ==
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Several types of golem have their own specific entries in the encyclopedia. This entry is not shown for those.
  
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            The bellows he set away from the fire, and gathered all the tools
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{{encyclopedia|
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            wherewith he wrought into a silver chest; and with a sponge wiped
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"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
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            he his face and his two hands withal, and his mighty neck and
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century.  Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
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            shaggy breast, and put upon him a tunic, and grasped a stout staff,
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said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
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            and went forth halting; but there moved swiftly to support their
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help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
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            lord handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids.
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menial work.
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            In them is understanding in their hearts, and in them speech and
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"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
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            strength, and they know cunning handiwork by gift of the immortal
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of vegetable half-life.  What life it had, too, so the story
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            gods.
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runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
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                    [ The Iliad, by Homer ]
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teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
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`free sidereal strength of the universe.'
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"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
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the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
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It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
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path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
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destroyed it.  Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless.  All that was
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left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in
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the Old Synagogue." ...
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|[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]
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}}
  
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[[Category:Monsters]]
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== References ==
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<references/>
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{{nethack-343}}
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[[Category:Monster classes]]

Latest revision as of 19:12, 20 January 2024

Wikipedia
Wikipedia has an article about:

​' Golems are a class of monsters in NetHack. As they are inanimate objects given life, their corpses are sometimes useful or valuable objects, especially in the case of paper and gold golems. Because they are artificial constructs, golems cannot be genocided.

List of golems

Symbol Monster Corpse[1] Hit points[2][3] Material(s)[4]
' clay golem rocks 50 copper, silver, platinum, gemstone, mineral
' glass golem pieces of worthless glass 60 glass
' iron golem iron chains 80 iron, metal, mithril
' leather golem leather armors 40 leather
' paper golem scrolls of blank paper 20 paper
' rope golem (none) 30 cloth
' stone golem statue of a stone golem 60 copper, silver, platinum, gemstone, mineral
' straw golem (none) 20 liquid, wax, veggy, dragon hide, plastic
' wood golem quarterstaffs 50 wood
' gold golem gold 40 gold
' flesh golem flesh golem corpse (edible) 40 flesh, undefined

Generation

Golems are randomly generated, and an appropriate golem can also arise when trying to polymorph large piles of objects at once, depending on the object material -- see the table above. (Clay and stone golems can be produced by the same objects; one is chosen at random. Polypiling many bone objects, such as unicorn horns, can produce a skeleton, which is not a golem.)

Stone golems can be created by stoning any of the other golems (e.g. with a cockatrice corpse). Stone golems themselves are stoning resistant, since it would be rather odd if stoning could kill them.

Casting stone to flesh at a stone golem or a statue of any golem will turn it into a flesh golem. Flesh golems are weaker in combat than stone golems, and their corpses can give almost any resistance in the game.

Mythology

Golems are creatures from ancient Jewish folklore. They are not derived from Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. The legendary golem was made of clay, but the word has also been used to describe similar creatures made from other materials.

Although the encyclopedia entry for gold golem describes their mythological counterparts as female, the NetHack monster is neuter.

Variants

SLASH'EM

Main article: Golem (SLASH'EM)

SLASH'EM features the following new golems:

Symbol Monster Corpse Hit points
' wax golem wax candles 40
' plastic golem credit cards; cheap plastic imitations of the Amulet of Yendor in older versions 60
' ruby golem rubies 250
' diamond golem diamonds 270
' sapphire golem sapphires 280
' steel golem iron chains 290
' crystal golem random gems 300

UnNetHack

UnNetHack includes wax golems, as described above.

In addition, the Sheol branch contains two new golem types, the ice golem and the crystal ice golem.

dNetHack

Main article: Golem (dNetHack)

dNetHack adds many new golems. Some drop rare and magical items, and some are unique monsters.

Encyclopedia entry

Several types of golem have their own specific entries in the encyclopedia. This entry is not shown for those.

"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth
century. Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is
said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to
help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other
menial work.
"But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort
of vegetable half-life. What life it had, too, so the story
runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its
teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the
`free sidereal strength of the universe.'
"One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take
the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy.
It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its
path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and
destroyed it. Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless. All that was
left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in
the Old Synagogue." ...

[ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ]

References

  1. ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 309
  2. ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 906
  3. ↑ src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.0, line 1816
  4. ↑ create_polymon in zap.c

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