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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. They also have high intrinsic speed, so early player has little chance to evade them as they tend to converge on their prey very quickly. 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. If you haven't been able to rustproof your gear yet, take off any metallic equipment (or in the case of body armor, cover it up with a cloak). They do no damage so you can simply punch them to death while naked or wearing [[junk]] as long as there are no other monsters to bug you as well. A wielded [[unicorn horn]] also works well. Note they will eat [[dagger]]s you [[fire]] at them but would like to re-use, so be wary; if they eat a rustproofed item they will spit it out rustprone.  
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'''Rust monsters''' are unable to cause direct damage, but their touch attack [[rust]]s your armor and their passive attack rusts your weapon; in this way, they are similar to [[brown pudding]]s.
  
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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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As rust monsters have a [[speed]] of 18, faster than most players, running away is usually not possible.
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The best way to deal with them is to [[rustproof]] your equipment, effectively rendering their attacks completely harmless. If this is not an option, you can fight them from a distance while avoiding melee combat by using [[Elbereth]] or similar means. Alternatively, unequipping iron armor may help if no other dangerous monsters are around; consider their high speed when doing this to avoid them moving next to you before you are ready to fight them.
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As non-metal weapon, [[unicorn horn]]s can be useful to fight them.
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Rust monsters are [[metallivore]]s; however, unlike most metallivores, they will only eat rustprone metal. They will try to eat [[rustproof]] items, but "spit them out in disgust", removing the rustproofing.
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They will eat a worn ball and chain (from [[punishment]]) and rust other monsters' iron items when attacking them. Because of this, they make semi-useful pets if you don't want any more iron items.
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As player polymorphed into a rust monster, trying to eat a rustproof item will give the message "Ulch - That <item> was rustproofed!", then will [[stun]] you, followed by spitting the dagger onto the floor.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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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 [[disenchanter]]s, save that their attack was still subject to an object's susceptibility to rust.
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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 [[disenchanter]]s, save that their attack was still subject to an object's susceptibility to rust.
  
 
== Encyclopedia entry ==
 
== Encyclopedia entry ==

Revision as of 04:06, 30 December 2012

R rust monster Rust monster.png
Difficulty 8
Attacks

Touch erosion, Touch erosion

Base level 5
Base experience 70
Speed 18
Base AC 2
Base MR 0
Alignment 0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means) 2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable Yes
Weight 1000
Nutritional value 250
Size Medium
Resistances None
Resistances conveyed

None

A rust monster:

Reference monst.c#line1869

Rust monsters are unable to cause direct damage, but their touch attack rusts your armor and their passive attack rusts your weapon; in this way, they are similar to brown puddings.

As rust monsters have a speed of 18, faster than most players, running away is usually not possible.

The best way to deal with them is to rustproof your equipment, effectively rendering their attacks completely harmless. If this is not an option, you can fight them from a distance while avoiding melee combat by using Elbereth or similar means. Alternatively, unequipping iron armor may help if no other dangerous monsters are around; consider their high speed when doing this to avoid them moving next to you before you are ready to fight them.

As non-metal weapon, unicorn horns can be useful to fight them.

Rust monsters are metallivores; however, unlike most metallivores, they will only eat rustprone metal. They will try to eat rustproof items, but "spit them out in disgust", removing the rustproofing.

They will eat a worn ball and chain (from punishment) and rust other monsters' iron items when attacking them. Because of this, they make semi-useful pets if you don't want any more iron items.

As player polymorphed into a rust monster, trying to eat a rustproof item will give the message "Ulch - That <item> was rustproofed!", then will stun you, followed by spitting the dagger onto the floor.

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 armor into so much useless rusted scrap in no
time at all.

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