Solid rock
Solid rock is a terrain type that appears in NetHack, and makes up the majority of the terrain in the layout for most of the dungeon levels.
The hero and monsters cannot cross solid rock through normal movement unless they have phasing, but are capable of digging through solid rock by various means: the use of a pick-axe or dwarvish mattock, the wand of digging or the dig spell, or the natural abilities of a tunneling monster that does not need a pick. The solid rock that borders the edge of the map is typically impossible to dig into.[1] Solid rock cannot be seen through normally, unless a hero is wearing The Eyes of the Overworld—this technically enables monsters that the hero can see this way to see the hero in turn.
Additional solid rock can only be created under specific circumstances:
- A passageway from a vault opened by a guard is closed after the guard disappears or is killed.
- A non-blessed digging tool was used to dig in the Plane of Earth, causing a cave-in around the hero.[2]
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