Monkey
Y monkey 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 4 |
| Attacks |
Claw steals a random item, Bite 1d3 |
| Base level | 2 |
| Base experience | 17 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 6 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 100 |
| Nutritional value | 50 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A monkey:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1918 |
The monkey, Y, is a monster that appears in NetHack. It is an omnivorous humanoid animal with a claw attack that can steal your items, and a bite.
Monkeys can be tamed with bananas, and additionally consider them a treat.
Strategy
Monkeys are not particularly fast and cannot teleport like nymphs do, so chasing them down is far from difficult unless you are significantly burdened. Their theft attacks can also fail, potentially giving you enough time to kill them in melee before they get a chance to steal your items. Unlike nymphs, they cannot steal cursed items.
Knights may want to take care in dealing with monkeys, as attacking a fleeing monster in melee incurs a small alignment penalty; using a pet to do the dirty work for you or attacking from range are both effective as an alternative.
Encyclopedia entry
"Listen, man-cub," said the Bear, and his voice rumbled like
thunder on a hot night. "I have taught thee all the Law of
the Jungle for all the peoples of the jungle--except the
Monkey-Folk who live in the trees. They have no law. They
are outcasts. They have no speech of their own, but use the
stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep,
and wait up above in the branches. Their way is not our way.
They are without leaders. They have no remembrance. They
boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people
about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the falling of
a nut turns their minds to laughter and all is forgotten.
We of the jungle have no dealings with them. We do not drink
where the monkeys drink; we do not go where the monkeys go;
we do not hunt where they hunt; we do not die where they die...."
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