Newt
: newt 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 1 |
| Attacks |
Bite 1d2 |
| Base level | 0 |
| Base experience | 1 |
| Speed | 6 |
| Base AC | 8 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 5 (Common) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 10 |
| Nutritional value | 20 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A newt:
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| Reference | monst.c#line2849 |
A newt, :, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack.
Eating a newt corpse or tin has a a 1⁄3 to raise your current power by 1 to 3 points, and will always do so if it is less than or equal to 2⁄3 of your maximum power.[1][2] If this increase would raise you above your total maximum Power, there is a 1⁄3 chance of increasing your maximum and current power by 1. [3]
Contents
Generation
Newts are among the first monsters encountered in the dungeon.
Strategy
Newts are primarily a nuisance for starting characters, and are generally a non-issue once you are decently armed and/or armored.
History
The newt first appears in NetHack 3.0.6.
Origin
A newt is a species of salamander. The increase of power when eaten is probably a reference to the Shakespeare quote of the encyclopedia entry—"eye of newt" is named as a spell component in the incantation by the witches in Macbeth. This is thought to be a cryptic name for the mustard seed rather than a reference to the literal eye of a literal newt.
Messages
- You feel a mild buzz.
- You gained energy from eating newt meat.
Dudley's dungeon
Newts are featured prominently in Dudley's dungeon, where early strips often featured Dudley dying at the hands of these typically-weak monsters, which is typically improbable in normal play (but not impossible by any means). This has become a common enough gag to the point that Dudley has a profound fear of them - however, most newer strips featuring newts killing Dudley are usually rated poorly and referred to as "newt jokes" or YANC ("Yet Another Newt Comic").
One of the highest scores on NAO (eighth as of August 19, 2022) belongs to Adeon, who intentionally died to a newt for comedic value similar to the Dudley's dungeon joke.
Encyclopedia entry
(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
References
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