Anthole
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An anthole is a special room that appears in NetHack. It is filled with food items, and is entirely populated by one of the three ant monsters: soldier ants, giant ants, or fire ants.[1] The ants will be generated sleeping.
Generation
There is a 1⁄8 chance of an anthole being generated in ordinary rooms-and-corridors levels on or below dungeon level 13, if they do not have a shop, throne room, leprechaun hall, zoo, temple, beehive or graveyard.[2]
Antholes will not be generated if ants are genocided or extinct.
Messages
- You enter an anthole!
Strategy
By the time you encounter an anthole, the ants will probably be easy to deal with.
Variants
EvilHack
In EvilHack, antholes will also contain a queen ant.
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, antholes will also contain a queen ant as in EvilHack.
