Wraith (monster class)
- For the monster, see Wraith.
The wraith is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by an uppercase W glyph (W). Wraiths are designated internally by the macro S_WRAITH.[1]
The monster class contains the following monsters:[2]
- W barrow wight
- W wraith
- W Nazgul
Contents
Common traits
All wraiths are chaotic-aligned humanoid undead monsters of human size, and move at the same base speed as an unhasted, unburdened player. They possess a drain life attack and have resistance to cold, sleep and poison. Wraiths can follow a character they are adjacent to between levels.
Players killed by a member of the wraith class rise as a wraith if a bones file is created.[3]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.
As of commit 3c421da7, a wraith left behind in bones will have the same intrinsics as the former character.Generation
Randomly generated wraiths are always generated hostile.
The wraith monster class is the second quest monster class for Priests, and makes up 6⁄175 of the monsters randomly generated on the Priest quest.[4] One random wraith monster is generated on the goal level of the branch. The wraith monster class is also the second quest monster class for Wizards, and makes up 6⁄175 of the monsters randomly generated on the Wizard quest, with a random wraith monster generated on the home level of the branch.[5]
Variants
Some variants of NetHack merge the ghost monster class into this monster class for better visibility.
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM adds a new monster to the monster class:
- W wight
Six random wraiths are generated on the Chaotic Quest at level creation.
AceHack
In AceHack, the ghost monster class is merged into this monster class to make them more visible to players. This is also applicable to Nethack 4 and FIQhack.
dNetHack
dNetHack adds several new monsters to the monster class:
- W phantasm
- W zarielite zealot
- W zarielite heretic
- W Necromancer
- W Vechernyaya the Sun's Grave-keeper
- W bright walker
- W flaxen starshadow
- W flaxen star-phantom
NetHack Fourk
In NetHack Fourk, the ghost monster class is merged into the wraith monster class as in NetHack 4, and the manes is also moved to the monster class as W.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, the ghost monster class is folded into this monster class to reduce the number of punctuation-based glyphs and make ghosts more visible.
SpliceHack
SpliceHack adds two monsters to the monster class:
EvilHack
In EvilHack, The One Ring warns of monsters from the wraith monster class while worn.
Hack'EM
Hack'EM adds a few monsters to the monster class, including two from SpliceHack:
- W bodak
- W banshee
- W slaughter wight
References
- ↑ include/monsym.h in NetHack 3.6.7, line 63
- ↑ src/monst.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1884
- ↑ src/end.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 513: players killed by a W rise as a wraith
- ↑ src/role.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 301: Priest quest monster classes
- ↑ src/role.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 565: Wizard quest monster classes
