Gray ooze
P gray ooze 
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| Difficulty | 4 |
| Attacks |
Bite 2d8 erosion |
| Base level | 3 |
| Base experience | 28 |
| Speed | 1 |
| Base AC | 8 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 500 |
| Nutritional value | 250 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | fire, cold, poison, acid, petrification |
| Resistances conveyed |
poison (7%), cold (7%), fire (7%) |
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A gray ooze:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1817 |
The gray ooze, P, is a weak amoeboid NetHack monster. It is extremely slow, but its bite causes rusting and can damage armor if it manages to land an attack. Its corpse is acidic to eat, but is vegetarian and can give resistance to fire, cold, or poison. It is capable of dissolving a spider web. Unlike the Brown or Black pudding, it will not divide when you hit it without killing it.
Strategy
By the time a player encounters a Gray ooze they should be more than capable of defeating it unless you are a Tourist. Its rusting attack and ability to pass under doors makes this monster more annoying than anything else. It's best to take them out with ranged attacks as they are very slow if not persistent. If you lack the means to kill it from afar and don't want to expend a wand's charge on it, let your pet deal with it. Carnivorous nor herbivorous pets will eat it, and the acidic damage from eating its corpse yourself is minor. If all else fails, you could punch it to death with no iron items on. Only do this if it is safe to do so, i.e. there aren't any other monsters nearby.
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