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A '''huge chunk of meat''' is a massive [[comestible]].
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A '''huge chunk of meat''' is a type of [[comestible]] in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is as massive as its name suggests, and provides the highest [[nutrition]] value of any comestible in the game at 2000 nutrition, but also weighs the most of any non-[[corpse]] comestible at 400 [[aum]].
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{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The huge chunk of meat is renamed to '''enormous meatball''' in {{commit|85099512915a46dde1c813a3fbf56b151dd37fe1}}}}
  
 
==Generation==
 
==Generation==
The huge chunk of meat can only be created by zapping a [[boulder]] with a spell of [[stone to flesh]].
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The huge chunk of meat is only created by zapping a [[boulder]] with a spell of [[stone to flesh]].
  
== Effects ==
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==Strategy==
When eaten, it provides 2000 nutrition, the highest of any comestible in the game.  
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Eating a huge chunk of meat will likely make you [[oversatiated]] unless you were fainting beforehand - beware eating '''''anything''''' if you are oversatiated, as you are very likely to choke over your food and die unless you are [[breathless]] or wearing an [[amulet of life saving]].
  
== Strategy ==
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The huge gain in nutrition will keep you satiated for at least a few hundred turns, which abuses [[dexterity]] - be prepared to exercise enough to potentially offset the stat abuse, or else have a way to fix lowered stats. Said nutrition should also last long enough for you to find some lighter sources of permafood and provide a "buffer" for nutrition drain from any [[spellcasting]]. [[Healer]]s in particular always start with the spell of stone to flesh, which can be cast more reliably once they gain some [[experience level]]s and allows them to keep well-fed so long as they can find boulders.  
Eating a huge chunk of meat will likely make you [[oversatiated]] unless you were fainting beforehand; beware eating '''anything''' if you are oversatiated (which is not displayed in the [[status line]] prior to the [[3.6.0]] series), as you are very likely to choke over your food and die unless you are wearing an [[amulet of life saving]] or are [[breathless]]. Eating a huge chunk of meat will keep you satiated for a long while, which abuses [[dexterity]]; be prepared to exercise enough to potentially offset the stat abuse, or else have a unicorn horn to fix lowered stats.
 
  
Healers in particular always start with a spellbook of stone to flesh, which allows them to easily make and live off huge chunks of meat as long as they are able to find boulders; at the least, it will last them long enough to find some permanent sources of food, and provides a "buffer" for nutrition drain from [[spell-casting]].
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==Variants==
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===SlashTHEM===
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In [[SlashTHEM]], huge chunks of meat can appear among the food sold in delicatessen [[shop]]s. [[Hunger hulk]]s also leave behind huge chunks of meat rather than boulders while [[tunneling]].
  
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
Huge chunks of meat share the same encyclopedia entry as [[meatball]]s.
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{{encyclopedia-redirect|meatball}}
 
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{{nethack-366}}
{{encyclopedia|
 
Some hae meat and canna eat,
 
And some would eat that want it;
 
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
 
Sae let the Lord be thankit.
 
|[ Grace Before Meat, by Robert Burns ]
 
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[[Category:Comestibles]]
 
[[Category:Comestibles]]
{{nethack-366}}
 

Latest revision as of 21:45, 29 September 2022

% Huge chunk of meat.png
Name huge chunk of meat
Base price 105 zm
Nutrition 2000
Turns to eat 20
Weight 400
Conduct meat

A huge chunk of meat is a type of comestible in NetHack. It is as massive as its name suggests, and provides the highest nutrition value of any comestible in the game at 2000 nutrition, but also weighs the most of any non-corpse comestible at 400 aum.

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.

The huge chunk of meat is renamed to enormous meatball in commit 85099512

Generation

The huge chunk of meat is only created by zapping a boulder with a spell of stone to flesh.

Strategy

Eating a huge chunk of meat will likely make you oversatiated unless you were fainting beforehand - beware eating anything if you are oversatiated, as you are very likely to choke over your food and die unless you are breathless or wearing an amulet of life saving.

The huge gain in nutrition will keep you satiated for at least a few hundred turns, which abuses dexterity - be prepared to exercise enough to potentially offset the stat abuse, or else have a way to fix lowered stats. Said nutrition should also last long enough for you to find some lighter sources of permafood and provide a "buffer" for nutrition drain from any spellcasting. Healers in particular always start with the spell of stone to flesh, which can be cast more reliably once they gain some experience levels and allows them to keep well-fed so long as they can find boulders.

Variants

SlashTHEM

In SlashTHEM, huge chunks of meat can appear among the food sold in delicatessen shops. Hunger hulks also leave behind huge chunks of meat rather than boulders while tunneling.

Encyclopedia entry

See the encyclopedia entry for meatball.