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| − | In ''[[NetHack]]'', '''exercise''' refers to | + | In ''[[NetHack]]'', '''exercise''' refers to gradually increasing your [[attribute]]s over time by repeating certain actions while avoiding performing others. |
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| − | + | Exercising an attribute has a chance of (18 − current attribute value) in 19 of incrementing the attribute's ''exercise counter'', whose maximum value is 50.{{refsrc|src/attrib.c|426|nethack=3.6.6}}{{refsrc|src/attrib.c|410|nethack=3.6.6}} The "current attribute value" also includes modifiers from items - one relevant example is that wearing [[gauntlets of power]] has a side-effect of completely preventing strength from being exercised. | |
| − | + | You can only exercise four of the six attributes: [[strength]], [[dexterity]], [[constitution]], and [[wisdom]] - there is no way to exercise [[intelligence]] or [[charisma]], though they can be increased by other means, e.g. a [[potion of gain ability]]. | |
===How to exercise=== | ===How to exercise=== | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 26 September 2022
- "Abuse" redirects here. For pet abuse, see Tameness § Abuse.
In NetHack, exercise refers to gradually increasing your attributes over time by repeating certain actions while avoiding performing others.
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Description
Exercising an attribute has a chance of (18 − current attribute value) in 19 of incrementing the attribute's exercise counter, whose maximum value is 50.[1][2] The "current attribute value" also includes modifiers from items - one relevant example is that wearing gauntlets of power has a side-effect of completely preventing strength from being exercised.
You can only exercise four of the six attributes: strength, dexterity, constitution, and wisdom - there is no way to exercise intelligence or charisma, though they can be increased by other means, e.g. a potion of gain ability.
How to exercise
Here are examples of how to exercise strength, dexterity, constitution, and wisdom:
- Push boulders around for strength.
- Wield a bladed weapon and #force open locked chests for dexterity.
- Eat and avoid becoming hungry or satiated for constitution.
- Engrave Elbereth with uppercase "E" and lowercase "lbereth" for wisdom.
For a more complete list of exercise methods, see the attribute page.
Attribute checks
NetHack does exercise checks at certain times: The first check happens on turn 600, and subsequent checks occur at random intervals of 800–999 turns from the last one.[3][4] Upon a check, each counter is examined. If the corresponding attribute is already 18 or greater, nothing is done. Otherwise a random number between 0 and 49 inclusive is chosen. If it is greater than 
for a non-wisdom attribute or 
for wisdom, nothing is done. Otherwise, the attribute is changed by adding 1 if the counter was positive and subtracting 1 if it was negative, and the counter is set to zero. Afterwards, no matter what happened, the counter is halved, rounding toward 0.[5]
Abuse
Abuse is the opposite of exercise - acts of abuse can undo exercise, or even cause your strength, dexterity, constitution, or wisdom to drop.
Each act of abuse has an exactly 50% chance of reducing the attribute's exercise counter by 1.[6] For a comprehensive list of abuse methods, see the attributes page. If your stats get lowered, use a unicorn horn, potion or spell of restore ability to heal any such loss.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
Unicorn horns can no longer restore reduced attributes. Alternatives include potions of restore ability, the restore ability spell, prayer, or finding a way to exercise or increase that attribute again.History
In NetHack 3.4.3, upon loading a saved game, if the first check has happened, the next check was set to happen from 800 (inclusive) to 850 (exclusive) turns afterwards. This meant that saving and reloading the game could have an in-game effect on the player's attributes. As of NetHack 3.6.0, this timer is saved to disk; the effect may persist in some variants based on previous versions.
Variants
UnNetHack
UnNetHack removes the unicorn horn's ability to restore lost stats.
SporkHack
SporkHack also removes the ability of unicorn horns to restore lost stats.
