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{{ monster
 |name=quivering blob
 |difficulty=6
 |level=5
 |experience=59
 |speed=1
 |AC=8
 |MR=0
 |align=0
 |frequency=2
 |genocidable=Yes
 |attacks=Touch 1d8
 |resistances conveyed=poison (33%)
 |resistances=sleep, poison
 |attributes={{attributes|A quivering blob|noeyes=1|nolimbs=1|nohead=1|mindless=1|wander=1|hostile=1|neuter=1}}
 |size=Small
 |nutr=100
 |weight=200
 |reference=[[monst.c#line151]]
}}

A '''quivering blob''', {{monsym|quivering blob}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is one of the few [[blob]] monsters without a harmful passive attack, and has a tendency to wander when moving.

A quivering blob has a single touch attack, and possesses [[poison resistance]] and [[sleep resistance]].

Eating a quivering blob [[corpse]] or [[tin]] is [[vegan]]-compatible as with all blobs, and has a {{frac|3}} chance of conveying poison resistance.

==Generation==
Randomly generated quivering blobs are always created hostile.

==Strategy==
Quivering blobs are extremely slow-moving at 1 [[speed]], cause only minor damage with their infrequent touch attacks, and lack any form of passive attack - they are generally not threatening and easily dispatched, and their corpses serve as a low-risk source of poison resistance.

{{upcoming|3.7.0|Pets can obtain resistance properties from corpses, making quivering blobs a good source of poison resistance for herbivorous pets.}}

==History==
The quivering blob first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, both based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial bestiary for [[Hack 1.0]]. In Hack 1.21, the quivering blob uses the {{white|Q}} glyph; in Hack for PDP-11, and from Hack 1.0 to [[NetHack 2.3e]], it uses the {{white|q}} glyph. In [[NetHack 3.0.0]], the quivering blob and other blob monsters are moved to their current glyph at {{white|b}}.

==Variants==
===NetHack brass===
In [[NetHack brass]], the quivering blob's speed is increased to 8.

===dNetHack===
In [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], the quivering blob is given a passive attack like other blobs, which uses the same dice as their touch attack.

==Encyclopedia entry==
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