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(I'm removing this; it seems to have no direct relevance to Nethack whether or not spinach is actually good for you.)
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{{wikipedia|Popeye}}
 
{{wikipedia|Popeye}}
'''Spinach''' is a type of food that appears in select [[tin]]s. Eating spinach provides 600 nutrition if blessed or 401–600 nutrition if uncursed{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1403|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} (much more than other tins) and increases your [[strength]]: "This makes you feel like Popeye!" ("like Swee'pea" if [[hallucination|hallucinating]]; otherwise "like Olive Oyl" if you have [[sustain ability]]). Eating a cursed tin of spinach provides 201–600 nutrition but decrease your strength.
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'''Spinach''' is a type of food that appears in select [[tin]]s in [[Nethack]]. Eating spinach provides 600 nutrition if blessed or 401–600 nutrition if uncursed{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1403|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} (much more than other tins) and increases your [[strength]]. Cursed tins of spinach contain a “decaying green substance” (or “decaying substance” if you are blind);{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1377|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} if you decide to eat it, you gain 201–600 nutrition but lose the amount of strength you would otherwise have gained.
  
The amount of strength increase is as follows:{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1399|version=NetHack 3.6.1}}{{reffunc|src/attrib.c|gainstr|version=NetHack 3.6.1}}
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The exact amount of strength increase is as follows:{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1399|version=NetHack 3.6.1}}{{reffunc|src/attrib.c|gainstr|version=NetHack 3.6.1}}
  
 
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Cursed tins of spinach contain a “decaying green substance” (or “decaying substance” if you are blind).{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1377|version=NetHack 3.6.1}} If you decide to eat it, you lose the amount of strength you would otherwise have gained.
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The use of spinach and its effects in NetHack, as well as the messages produced, is a reference to comic strip character [[wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]], who gains incredible strength after eating spinach.
  
The use of spinach and its effects in NetHack is a reference to comic strip character [[wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]], who gains incredible strength after eating spinach.
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==Messages==
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{{message|This makes you feel like Popeye!|You gained strength from eating a tin of spinach.}}
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{{message|This makes you feel like Swee'pea!|As before, but while [[hallucination|hallucinating]].}}
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{{message|This makes you feel like Olive Oyl!|You ate a tin of spinach, but were also wearing a [[ring of sustain ability]].}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 23:59, 8 December 2019

Spinach is a type of food that appears in select tins in Nethack. Eating spinach provides 600 nutrition if blessed or 401–600 nutrition if uncursed[1] (much more than other tins) and increases your strength. Cursed tins of spinach contain a “decaying green substance” (or “decaying substance” if you are blind);[2] if you decide to eat it, you gain 201–600 nutrition but lose the amount of strength you would otherwise have gained.

The exact amount of strength increase is as follows:[3][4]

Current strength Gain
17 or less
  • +1 (75% chance)
  • +1d6 (25% chance)
18–18/84
  • +1d10
18/85 or more
  • +1

The use of spinach and its effects in NetHack, as well as the messages produced, is a reference to comic strip character Popeye, who gains incredible strength after eating spinach.

Messages

This makes you feel like Popeye!
You gained strength from eating a tin of spinach.
This makes you feel like Swee'pea!
As before, but while hallucinating.
This makes you feel like Olive Oyl!
You ate a tin of spinach, but were also wearing a ring of sustain ability.

References

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