Juiblex
& Juiblex 
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| Difficulty | 26 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 22 |
| Base experience | 899 |
| Speed | 3 |
| Base AC | -7 |
| Base MR | 65 |
| Alignment | -15 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1500 |
| Nutritional value | 0 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | Fire, Poison, Acid, Stoning |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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Juiblex:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2663 |
Juiblex, &, often mistakenly referred to as Jubilex, is a demon lord that appears in NetHack. Juiblex is an amorphous and amphibious demon with an acidic and poisonous body that is capable of flight, can see invisible, has infravision, and can follow you to other levels if he is adjacent. Juiblex is covetous and desires the Amulet of Yendor.
Juiblex has a sickness-inducing engulfing attack and the ability to spit acidic venom. He possesses fire resistance, poison resistance, acid resistance, and stoning resistance.
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Generation
Juiblex is always generated hostile under normal circumstances, and is not a valid form for polymorph.
Juiblex is generated meditating within his swampy lair at level creation if he has not appeared elsewhere in a game, e.g. via bones. He can also be gated in by other demons.
Sacrificing a monster of your own race at a chaotic altar has a 1⁄2 chance of summoning Juiblex if no demon lords have been generated this way: he will be peaceful if you are chaotic, and hostile otherwise.
Juiblex does not leave a corpse upon death.
Strategy
Dealing with Juiblex in a straight fight is tedious: despite his incredibly low speed of 3, he possesses a solid AC of -7 and poses the usual problems with covetous monsters, and his illness-inducing engulfing can and will kill you shortly unless you can apply an appropriate cure. Comparatively, his acidic venom is almost never employed, since he will almost always warp within melee range of you.
The most commonly used cure is a blessed unicorn horn, though this can be unreliable; most characters will also have access to potions of extra healing or full healing in case. Though you can deal damage much more easily while engulfed, the attack will continually induce sickness (or worsen it if you are already ill), but the engulfing will render you ill repeatedly - escaping his grasp may also give him time to teleport away or else re-engulf you. Fighting him in his level-wide swamp lair also introduces the danger of him expelling you straight into a pool of water, possibly drowning you in a worst case scenario.
The most common strategy for dealing with Juiblex requires a somewhat reliable sickness cure (usually a blessed unicorn horn or better), a wand of digging, and a decent weapon of any kind: Juiblex is solid enough that zapping the wand while inside him will drop his HP to 1 and force him to expel you, as with other non-whirly engulfers. Be sure to cure the illness immediately after you are freed, and then kill him with any single hit: if his AC gives you trouble in this regard, you can allow him to re-engulf you for a guaranteed hit. If you do so, do not forget to cure your illness again.
Juiblex will be peaceful if generated by same-race sacrifice on a chaotic altar - this can be used to ensure a slightly smoother exploration of Gehennom, or else to reap a significant experience point reward for comparatively minimal risk, since defeating him only requires the three aforementioned items.
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.
Juiblex now only loses half of his HP when hit with digging magic from inside.Juiblex Express
If you allow Juiblex to engulf you, then damage him a bit, he will warp to the up staircase with you inside - this allows easy traversal of his no-teleport swamp lair, especially when coming up from the Sanctum with the Amulet of Yendor. With regular curing of the illness and attention to your HP, it may be possible to continue the Juiblex Express up to dungeon level one.
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.
Coevtous monsters now pick a particular stair to teleport to. As of commit 2402e6ad, Juiblex will expel you before teleporting to the stairs.Extinctionism
Juiblex presents a difficult problem for extinctionists: repeated stoning and animating via stone to flesh is the standard approach for most unique monsters - Juiblex is both immune to stoning and will never leave a corpse, also preventing standard revival methods. Life-saved re-kills do not count toward the kill counter, and even those take some effort.
Extinctionists looking to add Juiblex to their list will have to drop an amulet of life saving into his belly while engulfed, then zap him with a wand of slow monster or speed monster or the slow monster spell to make him put it on, as he will not pick up an amulet by normal means (though he can be generated with one).
History
Juiblex first appears in NetHack 3.0.0. His lair is introduced in NetHack 3.1.0.
Origin
Juiblex firs appears in Dungeons & Dragons.
Variants
Some variants address his weakness to the wand or spell of digging, while others grant him traits similar to the slimy monsters that inhabit his lair.
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, zapping a wand of digging to escape Juiblex's engulfing will only reduce his HP to half its current value, instead of bringing it down to one.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, Juiblex is one of the four first-tier demon lords that can appear in Gehennom.
He has been buffed significantly; he gains a 4d6 acidic touch, a 2d6 clerical casting attack, an acidic passive attack identical to that of the spotted jelly, and explodes upon death for 4d6 acid damage. His speed is increased to 12 and his difficulty increased to 27.
Encyclopedia entry
Little is known about the Faceless Lord, even the correct spelling of his name. He does not have a physical form as we know it, and those who have peered into his realm claim he is a slime-like creature who swallows other creatures alive, spits acidic secretions, and causes disease in his victims which can be almost instantly fatal.
