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| − | '''Rust monsters''' are an ungodly aggravation. They don't do any physical damage, but they will rust your weapon and equipment pretty darn quick. The best way to deal with them is to either [[cancellation|cancel]] them or to rustproof your equipment. Once you've done that, they're a piece of cake. Before you can do that, take off any metallic equipment (or in the case of body armour, cover it up with a cloak). They do no damage so you can simply punch them to death while naked as long as there are no other monsters to bug you as well. | + | '''Rust monsters''' are an ungodly aggravation. They don't do any physical damage, but they will rust your weapon and equipment pretty darn quick. The best way to deal with them is to either [[cancellation|cancel]] them or to rustproof your equipment. Once you've done that, they're a piece of cake (although note that if they eat a rustproofed item they will spit it out stripped of the property, so be weary throwing daggers around them). Before you can do that, take off any metallic equipment (or in the case of body armour, cover it up with a cloak). They do no damage so you can simply punch them to death while naked as long as there are no other monsters to bug you as well. |
They will eat a ball and chain (from [[punishment]]) off of your foot and rust other monsters metal items. Because of this, they make semi-useful pets if you don't want any more metal items. | They will eat a ball and chain (from [[punishment]]) off of your foot and rust other monsters metal items. Because of this, they make semi-useful pets if you don't want any more metal items. | ||
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These strange creatures live on a diet of metals. They can | These strange creatures live on a diet of metals. They can | ||
turn a suit of armour into so much useless rusted scrap in no | turn a suit of armour into so much useless rusted scrap in no | ||
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Revision as of 02:43, 25 August 2009
R rust monster 
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| Difficulty | 8 |
| Attacks | |
| Base level | 5 |
| Base experience | 68 |
| Speed | 18 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1000 |
| Nutritional value | 250 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A rust monster:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1869 |
Rust monsters are an ungodly aggravation. They don't do any physical damage, but they will rust your weapon and equipment pretty darn quick. The best way to deal with them is to either cancel them or to rustproof your equipment. Once you've done that, they're a piece of cake (although note that if they eat a rustproofed item they will spit it out stripped of the property, so be weary throwing daggers around them). Before you can do that, take off any metallic equipment (or in the case of body armour, cover it up with a cloak). They do no damage so you can simply punch them to death while naked as long as there are no other monsters to bug you as well.
They will eat a ball and chain (from punishment) off of your foot and rust other monsters metal items. Because of this, they make semi-useful pets if you don't want any more metal items.
History
Before NetHack 3.1.0, rust (and other forms of object erosion) did not exist as such. Rust monsters and other things that caused rust instead reduced the enchantment; in the case of rust monsters this could go as low as -2. Thus rust monsters in older versions behaved more as modern disenchanters, save that their attack was still subject to an object's susceptibility to rust.
Encyclopedia entry
These strange creatures live on a diet of metals. They can turn a suit of armour into so much useless rusted scrap in no time at all.
