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{{level|Minetown|
 |branch=Gnomish Mines
 |from=5|to=8
 |bones=yes
 |mapping=yes
 |teleport=yes
 |digfloor=yes
 |digwalls=yes
 |variants=
* {{sa|Town Square}}
* {{sa|Alley Town}}
* {{sa|College Town}}
* {{sa|Grotto Town}}
* {{sa|Bustling Town}}
* {{sa|Bazaar Town}}
* {{sa|Orcish Town}}
}}
'''Minetown''' is one of eight different maps, located on the 3rd or 4th level of the [[Gnomish Mines]]. This gives Minetown a 1/6 chance of being on levels 5 or 8 in the mines, and a 1/3 chance of being on levels 6 or 7 in the mines. As in the rest of the Mines, monster creation on this level is biased towards lawful monsters.

In most games, Minetown is also the largest collection of [[shop]]s, but there is a 1/7 chance of the shopless [[Minetown#Orcish Town|Orcish Town]]; failing that, there is a chance that any given shop other than [[Izchak]]'s may not appear, which produces a 0.5% chance of having only Izchak's shop.

==Maps==
There are seven different Minetown variants, each with their own maps and guaranteed monsters. Note that Minetown is eligible to leave [[bones]], so the monsters (and the map) may be in a different state than is shown below.

Also bear in mind that, as elsewhere in the Gnomish Mines, if you are playing a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarf]] or [[Gnome (starting race)|gnome]], two-thirds of the dwarves or gnomes that are listed in these descriptions will be made random monsters instead.

{{upcoming|3.7.0|Any of the following maps may be mirrored and/or flipped.}}

===Town Square===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
G=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnome|{{brown|G}}]]
Ĝ=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnomish_Wizard|{{brightblue|G}}]]
H=[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
%=[[door|{{red|+}}]]

 ---------------------------------
 |.%..|..|..%....%..|..|..|G.%...|
 |.%..|..|..%....%..|..|..|..%...|
 |.----%%----....----%%-%%----...|
 |...............................|
 |.-%%----%%-.......-%%%%-%%%-...|
 |.|..|..|..|......{|.ĜĜ.|...|...|
 |.|..|..|.G|.......|....|...|...|
 |.----%%----.......|.@_.|foo|...|
 |.............{....|....|...|...|
 |.------%%%------.----------|...|
 |.%....|...|....%.%....|....%...|
 |.%.gen|.G.|lght%.%.H..|tool%...|
 |.%....|...|....%.%....|....%...|
 |.---------------.-----------...|
 |...............................|
 ---------------------------------
</replacecharsblock></div>

Izchak's light shop (marked "lght") is guaranteed, but the general store
("gen"), food shop ("foo") and tool shop ("tool") have only a 90% chance of
existing.

Only one [[door|{{red|+}}]] on each wall is randomly made a door. This level contains two random traps.

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomish Wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GG}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGG}}]]
|In rooms marked with G
|-
|Gnome lord
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
|In room opposite light shop
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGG}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|-
|Dwarf
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|h}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|}

===Alley Town===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
G=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnome|{{brown|G}}]]
Ĝ=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnomish_Wizard|{{brightblue|G}}]]
@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
%=[[door|{{red|+}}]]

 ---------------------------------
 |...............................|
 |.----....-----.----+--..-----..|
 |.|..|---.|.@.%.%..|..|..|...|..|
 |.|..|..|.|._.%.%..|..|..|lgt|..|
 |.-%%|tl|.|.ĜĜ%.--------.|...|..|
 |....|..|.|...%....%...|.-%%%-..|
 |.{..-%%-.----|....%wan|........|
 |..........%..|%%-.-----..-----.|
 |....-%%-..%..|..|........%...|.|
 |.-%%|..|.----|G.|%%%-....%foo|.|
 |.|..|..|.%...|--|...|---.-----.|
 |.|..|---.%gen|..|too|..%.......|
 |.|.G|....%...|..|...|G.%.......|
 |.----....-----+---------.....{.|
 |...............................|
 ---------------------------------
</replacecharsblock></div>

Izchak's light shop (marked "lgt" here) and the general store ("gen") are guaranteed to exist, but Alley Town has only a 30% chance of being generated with the tool shop marked "tl" and a 
40% chance of having the one marked "too". The food shop ("foo") has a 90% chance of existing, and the quality apparel and accessories shop ("wan") a 30% chance.

Only one [[door|{{red|+}}]] on each wall is randomly made a door. This level contains two random traps.

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomish Wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GG}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|3 random [[Gnome (monster class)|{{white|G}}]]
|In rooms marked with G
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGG}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|-
|Dwarf
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|h}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|}

===College Town===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
G=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnome|{{brown|G}}]]
Ĝ=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnomish_Wizard|{{brightblue|G}}]]
@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
k=[[Kobold shaman|{{brightblue|k}}]]
h=[[Kitten|{{white|f}}]]
%=[[door|{{red|+}}]]

 --------------------------------
 |..............................|
 |...--------.......-----------.|
 |...|...|..|------.|.G|...|G.%.|
 |...|boo|..|.....|.|..|lgt|..%.|
 |...|...|%%|.._@.|.-%%|...|---.|
 |...-%%%-..|..ĜĜ.|....-%%%-....|
 |..........|.....|.............|
 |........{.-%%%%%-.{...........|
 |..............................|
 |...-%%%-...........-%%-%%%-...|
 |...|...|-------.---|..|...|...|
 |...|too|kk|foo%.%..|.G|gen|...|
 |...|...|hh|...%.%..|--|...|...|
 |...-----%%-----.----..-----...|
 |..............................|
 --------------------------------
</replacecharsblock></div>

Izchak's light shop (marked "lgt") and the book shop ("boo") are
guaranteed, but the general store
("gen"), food shop ("foo") and tool shop ("tool") have only a 90% chance of
existing.

Only one [[door|{{red|+}}]] on each wall is randomly made a door. This level contains two random traps.

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomish wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GG}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|3 random [[Gnome (monster class)|{{white|G}}]]
|In rooms marked with G
|-
|Kobold shamans
|[[Kobold shaman|{{brightblue|kk}}]]
|In southwest room
|-
|Kitten
|[[Kitten|{{white|f}}]]
|In southwest room
|-
|Feline
|A random [[Feline|{{white|f}}]]
|In southwest room
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGG}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|-
|Dwarf
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|h}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|}

===Grotto Town===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
general={{gray|g}}{{gray|e}}{{gray|n}}{{gray|e}}{{gray|r}}{{gray|a}}{{gray|l}}
food={{gray|f}}{{gray|o}}{{gray|o}}{{gray|d}}
G=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnome|{{brown|G}}]]
Ĝ=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnomish_Wizard|{{brightblue|G}}]]
@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
H=[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
I=[[Gnome (monster class)|{{gray|G}}]]
J={{white|G}}
A={{brightcyan|A}}
a={{brightcyan|a}}
B={{yellow|B}}
b={{yellow|b}}
C={{brightmagenta|C}}
c={{brightmagenta|c}}
D={{brightred|D}}
d={{brightred|d}}
E={{brightgreen|E}}
Z=[[Chest|{{brown|(}}]]
(={{white|(}}
R={{white|&#61;}}

 -----         ---------                                                    
 |<..---  ------.......--    -------                       ---------------  
 |.....---|.........--..|    |.....|          -------      |.............|  
 --..|....|.---------|..|    |.._..|          |>...(|     --+---+--.----+|  
  --.|-.....----     -CC-    |.....|  ------  --....----  |..|...|-.|.+..|  
   --|.........|---  -CC--   ---+---  |..+.|--D---..-..---|..|--+-..--|..|  
     ----.|....|..----...--    |.|    |..|.DDDDDD--+-.....-+--........--+|  
        -----..|....|.....---- |.|    |I.|.------......--................|  
     ------ |..|..........A..---.--   ---|.+..||.......-|..--------+--..--  
     |food| --.c....---...A.......-----  |.|..||...{....|--|.........|..--  
     |....|  |.c......|...|..........B---|.|..|--.......|  |.general.|...|  
     ---+--------....-------...---...B..-|.|------....--|  -----------EEE|  
  ------.---...-|...-|..|..|-...|..---...|.--..|...|....------- |.......--  
  |..|-.........|aa--|..|..|--.....|-....|.....d..---...-|....| |.-------   
  |..+...............-+---+-----..-|..........--....|-...+tool| |.|.Ĝ.SR    
 -----.....{....----.............bb|...J.......|-...|...-|....| |.|...|     
 |..............-- |-+--.---------.........--..|........|------ |.--+-------
 |+-----.........| |...|.|....|  --.......-----|...|....|--------.....|....|
 |.Ĝ.| --..------- |.I.|.+lght|   ---...---    --..|...--......|...{..+..-+|
 |...|  ----       ------|....|     -----       -----.....----........|.H|Z|
 -----                   ------                     -------  ---------------
</replacecharsblock></div>

In [[Nethack 3.6.0]] and later, the map is partially randomized. For each pair of {{brightcyan|Aa}}, {{yellow|Bb}}, {{brightmagenta|Cc}}, {{brightred|Dd}} one character is replaced with walls with equal probability (for {{brightcyan|Aa}} and {{yellow|Bb}}, this only happens 75% of the time), while there is a 50% chance that {{brightgreen|E}} is replaced with a wall. In previous versions, {{brightcyan|Aa}}, {{yellow|Bb}}, {{brightmagenta|c}}, {{brightred|d}} and {{brightgreen|E}} are always floor, while {{brightmagenta|C}} and {{brightred|D}} are always walls.

The map is mostly dark.

Izchak's light shop (marked "lght"), the general store
("general"), the food shop ("food") and the tool shop ("tool") are all
guaranteed. 

The G in the bottom center of the map is a [[historic]] statue of a gnome king.

The closet in the bottom right corner contains a [[chest]] with normal contents, and the room above it has a secret closet containing a random [[ring]]. The room containing the downstairs always contains a random tool.

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGGGGG}}]]
|Random
|-
|Gnome lords
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|GG}}]]
|Random
|-
|Dwarves
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|hhh}}]]
|Random
|-
|Gnomish Wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GG}}]]
|In far southwest room/In front of secret door
|-
|Gnome lord
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
|Larger southeast room
|-
|Gnomes
|2 random [[Gnome (monster class)|{{gray|G}}]]
|Opposite light shop/In room at top of central corridor 
|}

===Bustling Town===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
G=[[Gnome_(monster)#Gnome|{{brown|G}}]]
@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
H=[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
T=[[Tree|{{green|#}}]]

 -----................----------------.-
 |...|................|...|..|...|...|..
 |...+..--+--.........|gen|..|...|...|..
 |...|..|...|..-----..|...|..|-+---+--..
 -----..|...|--|...|..--+---+-.........-
 .......|...|.H|too+.............-----..
 .......|---|.G|...|......--+-...|...|..
 ----...|...|+------..{...|..|...+...|..
 |..+...|lgt|.............|G.|...|...|..
 |..|...|...|-+-.....---+-------------.-
 ----...--+-|..|..-+-|..................
 ..|........|..|..|..|----....---------.
 ..|..T.....----..|..|...+....|......||.
 ..|-....{........|..|foo|....+...@_.||.
 ..--..|....T.....--------....|......||.
 ......|-.....................----------
</replacecharsblock></div>

The mapped town area is surrounded by empty cavern level, which is lit and
contains the upstair (to the left of the town) and the downstair (to the right).

Two trees are marked ("#").

Izchak's light shop (marked "lgt"), the general store
("gen"), the food shop ("foo") and the tool shop ("too") are all
guaranteed.

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGGGGG}}]]
|Random
|-
|Gnome lords
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|GG}}]]
|Random
|-
|Dwarf
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|hhh}}]]
|Random
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GG}}]]
|In room between light and tool shops/In room east of fountain
|-
|Gnome lords
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
|In room between light and tool shops
|}

===Bazaar Town===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
G=[[gnome_(monster)#Gnome|{{brown|G}}]]
X=[[gnome_(monster)|{{white|G}}]]
Y={{monsym|Monkey}}
Ĝ=[[gnome_(monster)#Gnomish_Wizard|{{brightblue|G}}]]
@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
H=[[gnome king|{{magenta|G}}]]
T=[[tree|{{green|#}}]]
p=[[nymph|{{white|n}}]]
#=[[sink|{{gray|#}}]]
%=[[door|{{red|+}}]]
?={{yellow|.}}
$={{yellow||}}

 --------------------------------
 |..............................|
 |.------%%-------------..-----.|
 |.|????|??|???|????|??%..%...|.|
 |.|????|??|YYY|?p??|H?%..%too|.|
 |.-%%%%---|?G?|+------|..%...|.|
 |......|??|???|.|??|??|.-----|.|
 |.----.|??|%%%-.|??|fd|.%....|.|
 |.|??%.-%%-..{..-%%|??|.%.@_.|.|
 |.|??%.............-%%-.%ĜĜ..|.|
 |.|---%%%-.----%%-......%....|.|
 |.|..|...|.%X?|..|%%%%-------|.|
 |.|tl|lgt|.%??|gn|????|#?|fd.%.|
 |.|..|...|.---|..|????|??|...%.|
 |.-%%-----..{.---------%%-----.|
 |..............................|
 --------------------------------
</replacecharsblock></div>

Izchak's light shop (marked "lgt") is guaranteed, while there is a
50% chance each of two food shops ('fd'), a 50% chance of one tool shop ('tl')
and 30% chance of a second ('too'), and a 60% chance of a general store ('gn'). There is also a [[sink]] ('#')

Each of the rooms marked in yellow has a 75% chance of existing. If a room is not created, neither will the monsters that normally spawn there. The "+" characters on the wall represent valid locations for the room's door.

Only one [[door|{{red|+}}]] on each wall is randomly made a door. There is a random trap in the room with the downstair, and another in one of the other rooms not containing the upstair.

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomish Wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GG}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGGGGG}}]]
|Random, some outside mapped area
|-
|Gnome lord
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
|Random
|-
|Monkeys
|[[Monkey|{{lightgray|YY}}]]
|Random
|-
|Gnomes
|{{monsym|Gnome}}
|In marked rooms
|-
|Monkeys
|[[Monkey|{{lightgray|YYY}}]]
|In room north of central fountain
|-
|Nymph
|Random [[nymph|{{white|n}}]]
|In marked room
|-
|Gnome king
|[[Gnome king|{{magenta|G}}]]
|In marked room
|-
|Gnome
|Random [[Gnome (monster class)|{{white|G}}]]
|In room north of lower fountain
|-
|Dwarf
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|h}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|}

===Orcish Town===
<div class='ttymap'><replacecharsblock rules="ttymap">
F=[[iron bars|{{cyan|#}}]]
W=[[wall|{{red|&#x7c;}}]]
%=[[corpse|{{white|%}}]]

.....................................
.----------------F------------------.
.|.................................|.
.|.-------------......------------.|.
.|.|.%.W...W.%.|......|..W%..W...|.|.
.F.|...W.%.W...|......+..W...W.%.|.|.
.|.|...W...W...|......|..W...W...|.F.
.|.|...|...|-+--......-----+---+--.|.
.|.--+---+--.......................|.
.|..............{.......{..........|.
.|.--+---+--.....--...--...........|.
.|.|...|...|----.|.....|.------+--.|.
.|.|...W...W...|.|..%..|.|..W....|.|.
.|.|...W..%W...+.|.._..|.+.%W....|.|.
.|.|.%.W...W...|.|.....|.|%.W.%..|.|.
.|.-------------.-------.---------.|.
.|.................................F.
.-----------F------------F----------.
.....................................
</replacecharsblock></div>

Orcish Town, or Orctown, is a replacement of [[Minetown#NetHack_3.4.3|Frontier Town]] that has been ransacked and looted by orcs. All of the normal inhabitants have  been killed, there are no functioning shops or temple, the entrances are barricaded with [[iron bars]], and the whole area is swarming with orcs. It originated in [[SporkHack]], then was added to [[NetHack 3.6.0|3.6.0]] and [[UnNetHack]].

The marked walls between shops have a chance of being knocked down, and 11-19 boulders or rock piles will be randomly placed throughout the level.

The altar is [[unaligned]] and may be converted by sacrificing (but not same-race sacrifice). Thus, you will always have an available coaligned altar in this level after you convert it.

Since Izchak's shop does not exist in this variant, several of the shopkeepers' corpses will be generated with candles. At least 7 are guaranteed. In addition, an oil lamp and several spent wands of striking and magic missile will be generated with them. 

{|class="prettytable"
!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|%%%%}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|%}}]]
|Random
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|%}}]]
|In temple above altar
|-
|Shopkeepers
|[[shopkeeper|{{white|%%%%%}}]]
|On marked squares not in the temple
|-
|Orcs
|6-15 random [[orc-captain|{{monsym|orc-captain}}]], [[Mordor orc|{{monsym|Mordor orc}}]], and [[Uruk-hai|{{monsym|Uruk-hai}}]]
|Inside the town walls
|-
|Orc shamans
|2-6 [[orc shaman|{{monsym|orc shaman}}]]
|Near or inside the temple
|-
|Weak orcs
|10-19 [[hill orc|{{monsym|hill orc}}]] and [[goblin|{{monsym|goblin}}]]
|Random
|}

All of the orcs in Orcish Town are generated with randomly generated names: an individual name which is different for each orc and a clan name which is the same for all of the orcs in the town.

In games that contain Orcish Town, several more named orcs (including [[orc zombie]]s) can appear on other levels in the Mines and the main branch, and an orc-captain with just the clan name appears on one of the very bottom levels of the Mines.

The orcs both in the town and on the other levels carry extra loot they would not normally have, from a pool of resources. This loot consists of [[candle]]s, [[key]]s, random [[comestible]]s, one random pair of [[gloves]], and either one [[long sword]] or [[silver saber]], equally likely. Some orcs may be carrying additional loot consisting of gold, gems, and possibly a shiny [[ring]]. The named captain will always have a shiny ring.

==Comparison of Towns==

This table lists the various [[shop]]s, [[dungeon feature]]s, and extra [[monster]]s and [[item]]s than can appear in each variant of Minetown. Each variant besides Orcish Town also has a stock of [[monster]]s and a guaranteed [[light]] [[shop]]. The [[light]] [[shop|stores]] all have 6 [[item]] stacks, except the ones in the [[Minetown#Town Square|Town Square]] and [[Minetown#Grotto Town|Grotto Town]] variants, which have 9.

Also listed are, for each variant and for each shop, the number of [[item]] stacks that will appear in that shop, if it exists.

The "Expected Item Stacks" column lists the number of [[item]] stacks you can expect to find by [[shop]] type. (E.g., you should expect to find either 6 or 9 [[light]] [[shop|store]] [[item]] stacks, depending on which variant you get.) There is a (dungeon level - 1)% chance of any given square containing a [[mimic]] instead of an [[item]] stack, the chance therefore depends on how deep Minetown is, but on average will be 5.5%.<ref>Weighted mean probability: (1/6)(5 - 1) + (1/3)(6 - 1) + (1/3)(7 - 1) + (1/6)(8 - 1) = 5.5%</ref>. The "Expected Item Stacks" column does not account for this, because it does not impact inter-variant comparisons.

{|class="prettytable"
!Variant!!General!!1st Food!!2nd Food!!1st Tool!!2nd Tool!!Extra!!Expected Item Stacks
|-
|[[Minetown#Frontier Town|Frontier Town]]
|90% 9
|90% 4
|
|90% 9
|
|
|6 Light, 8.1 General, 3.6 Food, 8.1 Tool
|-
|[[Minetown#Town Square|Town Square]]
|90% 9
|90% 9
|
|90% 9
|
|
|6 Light, 8.1 General, 8.1 Food, 8.1 Tool
|-
|[[Minetown#Alley Town|Alley Town]]
|100% 6
|90% 4
|
|30% 4
|40% 6
|30% chance of a [[shop|quality apparel and accessories shop]] with 4 items
|9 Light, 6 General, 3.6 Food, 3.6 Tool, 1.2 Quality apparel and accessories
|-
|[[Minetown#College Town|College Town]]
|90% 6
|90% 4
|
|90% 6
|
|guaranteed [[shop|book shop]] with 6 [[item]]s,
|6 Light, 5.4 General, 3.6 Food, 5.4 Tool, 6 Book
|-
|[[Minetown#Grotto Town|Grotto Town]]
|100% 9
|100% 4
|
|100% 9
|
|3 [[fountain]]s, Almost entirely [[light|dark]], 1 random [[tool]], 1 random [[ring]], 1 [[chest]]
|9 Light, 9 General, 4 Food, 9 Tool
|-
|[[Minetown#Bustling Town|Bustling Town]]
|100% 6
|100% 4
|
|100% 6
|
|2 [[tree]]s, 2 [[watch captain]]s
|6 Light, 6 General, 4 Food, 6 Tool
|-
|[[Minetown#Bazaar Town|Bazaar Town]]
|60% 4
|50% 4
|50% 4
|50% 4
|30% 6
|[[sink]], [[monkey]]s, random [[nymph]]
|6 Light, 2.4 General, 4 Food, 3.8 Tool
|-
|[[Minetown#Orcish Town|Orcish Town]]
|
|
|
|
|
|No shops, desecrated temple, many [[Orc (monster class)|orcs]]
|7 Candle, 1 oil lamp, 5 empty wands of [[striking]] and [[magic missile]], 11 human corpses
|}

{{todo|Some of these probabilities should be recalculated to take Orcish Town and its lack of items into account}}

You can therefore expect to find, on average, 6.857 stacks of [[light source|lighting]] [[shop|store]] [[item]]s, 6.429 of general [[shop|store]] [[item]]s, 4.414 [[food]], 6.286 [[tool]], .857 [[book]], and 0.171 stacks of quality apparel and accessory [[shop]] [[item]]s in the shops of the average Minetown variant. Accounting for [[mimic]]s, these figures become 6.480 [[light source|lighting]], 6.075 general, 4.171 [[food]], 5.940 [[tool]], .810 [[book]], and 0.162 quality apparel and accessories.<ref>Expected without mimics, times .945, the proportion of squares without mimics on average.</ref>

You can expect to find 0.18 [[magic lamp]]s in the average 6 stack [[Izchak]]'s lighting store, and 0.27 in the 9 stack [[Izchak]]'s lighting store. This gives 0.206 expected<ref>Weighted mean: 0.18 * 5/7 + .27 * (2/7)</ref> [[magic lamp]]s in the average [[Izchak]]'s lighting store, and 0.194 accounting for [[mimic]]s.

In addition, you can expect to find 0.000729 [[wand of wishing|wands of wishing]] on average in the Minetown quality apparel and accessories shop; as well as 0.00122 [[wand of wishing|wands of wishing]] and 0.00729 [[magic lamp]]s on average in the Minetown general store; and 0.0891 [[magic lamp]]s on average in the Minetown [[tool]] stores; all accounting for [[mimic]]s.<ref>3% of items in a light store are magic lamps; 8% of items in general store are tools, 0.015 tools are magic lamps; 90% of items in "wand" shop are wands, 4% of items in general store are wands, 0.5% of wands are wishing; see http://www.steelypips.org/nethack/343/tool-343.html and http://www.steelypips.org/nethack/343/wan1-343.html as well as [[Shop|the wiki's shop page]].</ref>

In total, there will be on average, 0.25375 [[magic lamp]]s and 0.001706 [[wand of wishing|wands of wishing]] in Minetown [[shop]]s, again, accounting for [[mimic]]s.

==The Watch==
{{main|Watchman}}

The watchmen patrol randomly to protect the merchandise and walls of Minetown. While in sight of a watchman, a player should not:

* Apply a [[lock pick]], [[credit card]] or [[skeleton key]] on a locked [[door]]
* Attack any peaceful monster{{refsrc|src/mon.c|2725|nethack=3.6.1}}.
* Dig through with a [[Spellbook of dig|spell]] or [[wand of digging]], or use a [[pick-axe]] or [[dwarvish mattock]] on a [[door]].
* Dig through walls.
* Cut down a tree.
* Dig down on a [[fountain]] (or overuse it — you will be warned first, unless successfully creating [[Excalibur]] in which case it ''will'' dry up the fountain and anger the Watch).
* Steal from a shop (even accidentally, i.e., unexpected teleportation).
* Improvise with a bugle (this angers all soldiers).

You will receive one warning before angering the watch for kicking down or unlocking doors. Digging through walls or doors with a pickaxe will receive a warning, but using a spell or wand to dig them will cause the watch to become hostile immediately (as it cannot be interrupted).

You will usually receive a warning before a fountain dries up, either from a watchman or from the fountain's flow "reducing to a trickle." However, if you dip for Excalibur and successfully receive it, the fountain will disappear without warning. No matter how you dried up the fountain, the watch will be angered whether or not they are in sight.

If you have stolen from a shop, you can pacify the watch by paying your debt to the shopkeeper, even if you made the watch angry in some other way.

See [[Watchman#Killing watchmen|the main article]] for information on getting watchmen out of the way and killing them for profit.

==Strategy==

{{todo|This section assumes that Minetown always has an temple and shops, which Orctown doesn't. It should be rewritten to reflect that the temple and shops cannot be relied on.}}

Because Minetown always has an [[altar]] and [[shops]], it is an excellent location for a first [[stash]]. The altar provides [[BUC]] identification while the shops provide [[price identification]], especially if [[you]]r Minetown has a general store. There is also a significant 1/3 chance that the temple is co-aligned, which makes it a [[sanctuary]] (and a useful altar). Many players unload some excess loot in the Minetown temple before going on to [[Mines' End]], and then consolidate upon their return. The disadvantage is that you might not be putting your stash in a [[container]].

Minetown often has a deli and a tool shop. (Remember not to let your pet eat all the [[tripe ration]]s.) Minetown can be a good place to increase your food supply if you are low. Players who are missing a [[skeleton key]] or other cheap tool can buy one. Be aware though that the [[Gnomish Mines]] has several tools for free sitting on its other levels.

The popularity of Minetown means that players spend a long time there, and hence have a greater than average opportunity of dying there. Thus Minetown is often a [[bones level]].

Reaching the Minetown priest is the objective of the [[protection racket]], perhaps also [[Credit cloning|cloning credit]] in the stores.

Izchak's light shop will have .194 [[magic lamp]]s on average. In case there are no other shops and you want [[price identification]]: [[credit cloning|clone credit]], throw items in, and buy them back to get a price quote.

As mentioned above, if you dry up one of the fountains by dipping, the Watchmen will become hostile, regardless of whether the Watchmen can see you.

If you let your pet kill them (and perhaps heal it up afterwards), the minetown guards will be a good source of studded leather armor and leather gloves for a spellcaster and help identify non-magical equipment. If you want to kill them yourself one by one, it is a good idea to lure them to a different level first. You will still be penalized for murder, but the other guards will not be angered with you.

A [[wizard]] should sacrifice for [[Magicbane]] as early as possible. If the minetown temple happens to be cross-aligned, the [[Aligned_priest#Killing_a_temple_priest_safely|tending priest needs to be killed safely]] beforehand (and after buying [[protection racket|protection]]). (Note a [[Helm of opposite alignment]] might allow you to sacrifice without killing the priest, but you will never get [[Magicbane]] this way.)

==History==
In [[NetHack 3.4.3]] and earlier versions, Orcish Town existed in a non-destroyed form as ''Frontier Town'':
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@=[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
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[[Izchak]]'s light shop (marked "lgt") is guaranteed, but the general store
("gen"), food shop ("fd") and tool shop ("too") have only a 90% chance of
existing.

Only one [[door|{{red|+}}]] on each wall is randomly made a door. This level contains two random traps.

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|-
|The Watch
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|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomish Wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GG}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GG}}]]
|In rooms marked with {{brown|G}}
|-
|Gnome lord
|[[Gnome lord|{{blue|G}}]]
|In room marked with {{blue|G}}
|-
|Gnomes
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|GGG}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|-
|Dwarf
|[[Dwarf (monster)|{{red|h}}]]
|Outside mapped area
|}

== Variants ==

=== FIQHack ===

In [[FIQHack]], Minetown is guaranteed to contain a [[magic chest]].

=== SporkHack ===

[[SporkHack]] adds a layout with rooms full of animals. Modified versions of this layout in other variants are called "Zoo Town".

=== EvilHack ===
[[EvilHack]] includes a modified version of SporkHack's Zoo Town.

=== SpliceHack ===
[[SpliceHack]] includes a modified version of SporkHack's Zoo Town.<ref>https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/dat/minetn-8.lua</ref> SpliceHack also adds a new "spooky" Minetown layout called "Lavender Town".

==== Lavender Town ====
{{wikipedia|Lavender Town}}
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The town contains a food store (marked "food"), a tool shop (marked "tl"), a general store (marked "general") and Izchak's lighting store (marked "lgt"). There is also a graveyard and temple. In addition to the regular Minetown inhabitants, many [[undead]] creatures roam the level. Some of the undead are peaceful.

The mapped portion of the level is dark, except for the stores and altars.<ref>https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/dat/minetn-9.lua</ref>

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!Monster!!Symbol!!Location
|-
|The Watch
|[[watchman|{{lightgray|@@@}}]][[Watch captain|{{green|@}}]]
|Patrolling randomly
|-
|Priest
|[[aligned priest|{{white|@}}]]
|In temple
|-
|Gnomish Wizards
|[[Gnomish wizard|{{brightblue|GGG}}]]
|
|-
|Gnome
|[[Gnome (monster)|{{brown|G}}]]
|
|-
|Gnome ruler
|[[Gnome ruler|{{magenta|G}}]]
|
|-
|Dwarf
|[[dwarf (monster)|{{red|h}}]]
|
|-
|Dwarf zombies
|[[dwarf zombie|{{red|ZZZ}}]]
|
|-
|Gnome zombies
|[[gnome zombie|{{green|ZZ}}]] 
|
|-
|Ghosts
|[[ghost|{{monsym|ghost}}{{monsym|ghost}}]]
|
|-
|Human zombie
|[[human zombie|{{white|Z}}]]
|In health food store
|-
|Peaceful Ghoul
|[[ghoul|{{black|Z}}]]
|
|-
|Skeleton
|[[skeleton|{{white|Z}}]]
|In graveyard
|-
|Zombies
|[[zombie|{{white|ZZ}}]]
|In graveyard
|}

===Slash'THEM===
[[SlashTHEM]] includes [[#History|Frontier Town]], Zoo Town (like Bustling Town, but with felines and whips), and three other variants:

====Mini-Castle====
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Z={{msl|skeleton}}
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A={{msl|watch captain}}
O={{msl|ogre}}
0=[[boulder|{{gray|0}}]]

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This version is surrounded by a [[moat]] with two lowered [[drawbridge]]s; the enclosed structure is undiggable. It contains a temple and a general, tool, and lighting store; on the far side there is also a food shop and an additional watchman on the fountain. On the near side is a locked half-room with 3 sleeping ogres.
The upstairs are to the right, the downstairs to the left.
{{todo|temple: align[1], priest?}}

There is a (secret) locked door leading from the temple to a room with a [[sink]] and 2 [[gnomish wizard]]s. The room in the lower left is also locked and contains 2 gnomes and a [[gnome lord]]; it leads to a (locked) dark alcove with a [[skeleton]] inside.

Wandering around this level are a gnome, gnome lord, dwarf lord, and dwarf.

The watch captain is asleep.

==== Creek Town ====
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(=[[chest|{{brown|(}}]]
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D=[[large dog|{{white|d}}]]
?=[[gnome (monster class)|{{white|G}}]]
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G=[[gnome king|{{purple|G}}]]

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This variant contains four shops and a temple. It is inhabited by 3 gnome lords, 2 gnomes, 2 [[bugbear]]s, a dwarf lord, a [[gnome thief]], a [[dwarf thief]], a hobbit and a dwarf. The [[watch captain]] is also present with 4 guards<!-- (stationed in the watchhouse, statue, bottom, closet) --> and a sleeping large dog. The river is infested with up to five [[jellyfish]] and up to five [[piranhas]]. <!-- up to 5 each. jellyfish with 75%, piranhas 25%--> On the bottom left is a hostile gnome king, of whom there is also a (historic?) statue.

There are four chests, three random items and a randomly placed [[squeaky board]].

The watch-house walls in the center are undiggable, and its door is open. The watchman closet, shop and temple doors are closed, while the rest are locked. Both staircases are on the right side.
<!-- STAIR:levregion(60,12,75,19),(0,0,15,20),up
STAIR:levregion(60,03,75,11),(0,0,15,20),down
 -->

==== Ruined & Dangerous Town ====
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This variant contains an empty temple, a couple of destroyed shops ("food" and "tool") and plenty of boulders. The candle ("cand") and general ("gen") shops will have active shopkeepers.

The town has a number of gnomes (including a gnome king), a [[bugbear chieftain]], and a 50% chance of a cursed [[bag of holding]].

==References==
<references/>

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[[Category:Special levels]]