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'''Undead''' in NetHack are a class of unliving monsters. They include all [[lich]]es (L), [[mummy|mummies]] (M), [[vampire]]s (V), [[wraith]]s and [[barrow wight]]s (W), [[zombie]]s (Z), [[ghost]]s, and [[shade]]s.
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'''Undead''' in NetHack are a class of unliving monsters. They include all [[lich]]es {{white|L}}, [[mummy|mummies]] {{white|M}}, [[vampire]]s {{white|V}}, [[wraith]]s and [[barrow wight]]s {{white|W}}, [[zombie]]s {{white|Z}}, [[ghost]]s, and [[shade]]s.
  
 
Undead take extra d20 damage from [[silver]] items and d4 from [[blessed]] items. Drinking [[holy water]] also harms them; however, [[unholy water]] actually [[exercise]]s their constitution.
 
Undead take extra d20 damage from [[silver]] items and d4 from [[blessed]] items. Drinking [[holy water]] also harms them; however, [[unholy water]] actually [[exercise]]s their constitution.

Revision as of 08:58, 2 March 2008

Undead in NetHack are a class of unliving monsters. They include all liches L, mummies M, vampires V, wraiths and barrow wights W, zombies Z, ghosts, and shades.

Undead take extra d20 damage from silver items and d4 from blessed items. Drinking holy water also harms them; however, unholy water actually exercises their constitution.

Priests and knights can turn undead, which can make them flee or destroy the low-level ones completely. A wand of undead turning has a similar effect.

Undead are immune to level drain, such as from the Staff of Aesculapius. They're also all immune to Cold, Sleep, and Poison.

Reading the Book of the Dead while cursed will summon (hostile) undead, while a blessed book will calm and even possibly tame them. If nothing else helps, the Sunsword does double damage against undead.