Woodland-elf

@ Woodland-elf
Difficulty	6
Attacks	Weapon 2d4

@ Woodland-elf
Difficulty	6
Attacks	Weapon 2d4
Base level	4
Base experience	46
Speed	12
Base AC	10
Base MR	10
Alignment	-5 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	800
Nutritional value	350
Size	Medium
Resistances	Sleep
Resistances conveyed	Sleep (27%)
A Woodland-elf: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can see invisible creatures. is omnivorous. is an elf. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. normally appears in small groups.
Reference	monst.c#line2317

A Woodland-elf, @, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is the weakest of the randomly generated elves. Woodland-elves have a single weapon attack and possess sleep resistance.

Eating a Woodland-elf corpse or tin has a 27% chance of conferring sleep resistance.

Generation

Woodland-elves can generate in small groups. Like many elves, randomly-generated Woodland-elves are sometimes peaceful towards chaotic characters and always peaceful towards player elves.

Woodland-elves are generated with elven equipment using the following odds:

• They have a ¹⁄₂ chance of generating with either an elven mithril-coat or an elven cloak, and a ¹⁄₂ chance of generating with an elven leather helm; if they do not generate with the helm, they have a ¹⁄₄ chance of generating with elven boots.
• They have a ¹⁄₂ chance of generating with an elven dagger.
• They will also generate with one of the following sets of items, with an equal chance of each set:
  • An elven bow and set of elven arrows, a ¹⁄₄ chance of an elven shield and a ²⁄₃ chance of an elven short sword.
  • An elven broadsword and a ¹⁄₂ chance of an elven shield.
  • A ¹⁄₂ chance of an elven spear and accompanying elven shield.

Strategy

Woodland-elves can be surprisingly difficult for early characters that are caught by surprise, but also offer a safe source of sleep resistance.

History

The Woodland-elf first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.

Variants

dNetHack

In dNetHack, Woodland-elves may appear among the court of an elven monarch-ruled throne room.

xNetHack

In xNetHack, Woodland-elves are moved to the Quendi monster class like all other elves.