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A '''huge chunk of meat''' is a [[comestible]] obtained by zapping a [[boulder]] with a spell of [[stone to flesh]]. As an ordinary comestible, a huge chunk of meat can be safely eaten any number of turns after it is created. Contrast this with [[corpse]]s, which only last 50 turns before becoming unsuitable for eating. As such, a huge chunk of meat becomes valuable as a safe source of [[nutrition]].
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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]].
  
As its name implies though, it is huge; its nutrition value, 2000, is the highest in the game. In fact, the value is so high that unless you are fainting, eating a huge chunk of meat will make you [[oversatiated]]. Beware eating '''anything''' after eating a huge chunk of meat - if you are oversatiated, which is not displayed in the status bar, you will choke over your food and die unless you are wearing either an [[amulet of life saving]] or [[amulet of magical breathing|magical breathing]].
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{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The huge chunk of meat is renamed to '''enormous meatball''' in {{commit|85099512915a46dde1c813a3fbf56b151dd37fe1}}}}
  
A huge chunk of meat does not act like a boulder; it is a normal [[item]] that sits on the ground, and not an obstacle that you would push around.
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==Generation==
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The huge chunk of meat is only created by zapping a [[boulder]] with a spell of [[stone to flesh]].
  
You can also break the boulder into [[rock]]s using a [[digging tool]] or a spell of [[force bolt]] or [[wand of striking]] first, yielding a few dozen [[meatball]]s.
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==Strategy==
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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]].
  
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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.
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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]].
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==Encyclopedia entry==
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{{encyclopedia-redirect|meatball}}
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{{nethack-366}}
 
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[[Category:Comestibles]]

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.