Pacifist

The pacifist conduct involves not gaining experience from a monster. This means that the usual practice of killing monsters is out of the question; players must instead attack without killing, use a pet to do the dirty work, or simply run away.

Pacifist methods

A pacifist player nearly always uses a passive way of killing monsters, such as with a pet, or with a ring of conflict for larger groups. Scrolls and wands of teleportation are used much more often, to move a high-level monster somewhere else instead of killing it.

Many players use a wish for a "blessed figurine of an Archon", giving them a strong enough pet to attack the Wizard of Yendor, as well as being a great help throughout the rest of the game.

Gaining experience

Experience points can still be gained in a manner that doesn't involve killing things:

• Talking with the Oracle
• Eating tripe
• Quaffing from sinks
• Untrapping squeaky boards

For the full list, see Experience.