Zruty (monster class)
- For the monster, see zruty.
The zruty is a monster class that appears in NetHack, and is represented by a lowercase z glyph (z). Zruties are designated internally by the macro S_ZRUTY.[1]
The zruty is the only member of the monster class.[2]
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History
The zruty first appears in Hack 1.0.
Variants
Variants of NetHack often move the zruty to the Y apelike creature monster class to accommodate the repurposed z glyph—this is common for variants that include zouthern animals, such as SLASH'EM and SpliceHack.
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the zruty is moved to the apelike creature monster class to make room for zouthern animals; this also applies to SlashTHEM.
dNetHack
dNetHack, notdnethack and ntodNetHack add one new monster to the zruty monster class:
- z ammit
SpliceHack
In SpliceHack, zruties are moved to the apelike creature monster class to make room for zouthern animals.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, zruties are moved to the apelike creature class at Y to make room for skeletons as of version 0.9.0.
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, zruties are moved to the apelike creature monster class to make room for zouthern animals.
