Wikihack Editing (section) Conduct 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Official conducts</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The "official" conducts are the conducts that the game tracks. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">When you start the game, the list of conducts looks as follows: </p> <pre data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Voluntary challenges: You have gone without food. You have been an atheist. You have never hit with a wielded weapon. You have been a pacifist. You have been illiterate. You have never genocided any monsters. You have never polymorphed an object. You have never changed form. You have used no wishes. </pre> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Foodless</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CFoodless%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Foodless" title="Foodless">Foodless</a></i></div> </dd></dl> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Foodless%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFoodless%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Foodless" title="Foodless">Foodless</a> means not eating anything at all. This includes sucking brains when polymorphed into a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22mind%20flayer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22mind%20flayer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmind%20flayer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Mind_flayer" title="Mind flayer">mind flayer</a>, or digesting monsters when polymorphed into a monster with a digest attack. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegan</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegans refrain from eating anything which comes from an animal. Vegans may eat: </p> <ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">food rations, cram rations, K-rations, C-rations and lembas wafers </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">melons, oranges, carrots, pears, apples, bananas, kelp, eucalyptus, garlic, wolfsbane, and user-defined fruit </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">the corpse of any monster (or a tin of its 'meat') represented by <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cb%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">b</span>​</span>, <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cj%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">j</span>​</span>, or <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7CF%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">F</span>​</span>. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">tins of spinach. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">There are other monsters which are classified as vegan food, but which don't leave corpses: all <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cv%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">v</span>​</span> and <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7Cy%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">y</span>​</span>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22elemental%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22elemental%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Belemental%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Elemental" title="Elemental">elementals</a>, all <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bwhite%7C%27%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22white%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<span data-rte-washtml="1" class="nhsym clr-white" data-rte-attribs=" class=nhsym clr-white">'</span>​</span> except <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22flesh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Flesh%20golem%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFlesh%20golem%7Cflesh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Flesh_golem" title="Flesh golem">flesh</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22leather%20golem%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22leather%20golem%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bleather%20golem%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Leather_golem" title="Leather golem">leather golems</a> (which are obviously also not vegetarian), and ghosts. You can eat such monsters when polymorphed into something with a digest attack. The same goes for monsters that leave vegetarian corpses. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegetarian</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Vegetarians may, on top of vegan foods, eat: </p> <ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22brown%20pudding%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22brown%20pudding%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bbrown%20pudding%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Brown_pudding" title="Brown pudding">brown puddings</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22gray%20ooze%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22gray%20ooze%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgray%20ooze%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Gray_ooze" title="Gray ooze">gray oozes</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22green%20slime%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22green%20slime%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgreen%20slime%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Green_slime" title="Green slime">green slimes</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22egg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22egg%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Begg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Egg" title="Egg">eggs</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22pancake%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22pancake%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpancake%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pancake" title="Pancake">pancakes</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfortune%20cookie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Fortune_cookie" title="Fortune cookie">fortune cookies</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22candy%20bar%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22candy%20bar%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcandy%20bar%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Candy_bar" title="Candy bar">candy bars</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22royal%20jelly%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22royal%20jelly%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Broyal%20jelly%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Royal_jelly" title="Royal jelly" class="mw-redirect">royal jelly</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cream%20pie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22cream%20pie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcream%20pie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Cream_pie" title="Cream pie">cream pies</a> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">wax <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22candle%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22candle%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcandle%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Candle" title="Candle" class="mw-redirect">candles</a> (but not tallow candles) </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">All other comestibles break the conduct. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">All of the food restriction conducts make it much harder to gain <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22intrinsic%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22intrinsic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bintrinsic%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Intrinsic" title="Intrinsic" class="mw-redirect">intrinsics</a>, as the main source of intrinsics is eating <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22corpses%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22corpses%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcorpses%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Corpses" title="Corpses" class="mw-redirect">corpses</a>. When paired with other conducts such as polyselfless and/or atheist, it can make gaining some intrinsics impossible. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Atheist</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Being an atheist means that you are not involved with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22religion%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22religion%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Breligion%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> in any way. You must not drop any objects on an altar while nonblind, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22pray%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22pray%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpray%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pray" title="Pray" class="mw-redirect">pray</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22turn%20undead%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22turn%20undead%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bturn%20undead%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Turn_undead" title="Turn undead">turn undead</a> as a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22priest%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22priest%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpriest%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a> or <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22knight%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22knight%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bknight%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knight</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22offer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22offer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Boffer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Offer" title="Offer" class="mw-redirect">offer</a> to gods (with the exception of offering the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Amulet%20of%20Yendor%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Amulet%20of%20Yendor%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmulet%20of%20Yendor%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Amulet_of_Yendor" title="Amulet of Yendor">Amulet of Yendor</a> to complete the game), or even <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22chat%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22chat%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bchat%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Chat" title="Chat">chat</a> with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22priests%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22aligned%20priest%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Baligned%20priest%7Cpriests%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Aligned_priest" title="Aligned priest">priests</a>. Atheists may, however, make use of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22holy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22holy%20water%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bholy%20water%7Choly%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Holy_water" title="Holy water" class="mw-redirect">holy</a> or <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unholy%20water%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unholy%20water%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunholy%20water%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Unholy_water" title="Unholy water" class="mw-redirect">unholy water</a> if they obtain some without praying. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The worst problem for a late-game atheist character is likely to be the lack of divine <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22protection%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22protection%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bprotection%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Protection" title="Protection">protection</a>. Holy water and an artifact weapon can be wished for or obtained in other ways, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Luck%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Luck%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLuck%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Luck" title="Luck">Luck</a> can be maximised by throwing valuable gems to a coaligned <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unicorn%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unicorn%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunicorn%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">unicorn</a> in lieu of sacrificing. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Christian%20Cooper%27s%20NetHack%20page%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fglass.tvu.ac.uk%5C%2F~chi%5C%2Fnethack%5C%2Fnethack.html%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fglass.tvu.ac.uk%5C%2F~chi%5C%2Fnethack%5C%2Fnethack.html%20Christian%20Cooper%27s%20NetHack%20page%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://glass.tvu.ac.uk/~chi/nethack/nethack.html">Christian Cooper's NetHack page</a> includes a patch enabling atheist characters to win the game without sacrificing the Amulet of Yendor. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">4.0% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> have an atheist ascension. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Pacifist</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CPacifist%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pacifist%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pacifist%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pacifist" title="Pacifist">Pacifist</a></i></div> </dd></dl> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">A pacifist is a player who does not directly kill any monster. A pacifist may, however, use a wielded weapon if they take care not to kill the victim. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Never hit with a wielded weapon</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CNever%20hit%20with%20a%20wielded%20weapon%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Never%20hit%20with%20a%20wielded%20weapon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Never%20hit%20with%20a%20wielded%20weapon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Never_hit_with_a_wielded_weapon" title="Never hit with a wielded weapon">Never hit with a wielded weapon</a></i></div> </dd></dl> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This is mostly self-explanatory. Throwing weapons, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22firing%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22firing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfiring%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Firing" title="Firing">firing</a> missiles and using wands is allowed. Hitting with other objects than weapons does not break this conduct. Thus you may very well use a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cockatrice%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22cockatrice%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcockatrice%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">cockatrice</a> corpse as a weapon should you acquire one. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pick-axe%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pick-axe%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPick-axe%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Pick-axe" title="Pick-axe">Pick-axes</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unicorn%20horn%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unicorn%20horn%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunicorn%20horn%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Unicorn_horn" title="Unicorn horn">unicorn horns</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22grappling%20hook%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22grappling%20hook%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgrappling%20hook%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Grappling_hook" title="Grappling hook">grappling hooks</a>, however, do count as weapons, even though they are shown in the tool-category. Applying a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22bullwhip%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22bullwhip%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bbullwhip%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Bullwhip" title="Bullwhip">bullwhip</a> only breaks conduct if the target is not wielding a weapon. When trying to maintain a weaponless conduct, one should be very careful when wielding a pick-axe for digging. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Illiterate</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CIlliterate%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Illiterate%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Illiterate%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Illiterate" title="Illiterate">Illiterate</a></i></div> </dd></dl> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Being illiterate means that you do not read or write anything. This includes <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22scroll%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22scroll%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bscroll%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Scroll" title="Scroll">scrolls</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22spellbook%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22spellbook%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bspellbook%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Spellbook" title="Spellbook">spellbooks</a> and even <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22fortune%20cookie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfortune%20cookie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Fortune_cookie" title="Fortune cookie">fortune cookie</a> messages and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22t-shirt%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22t-shirt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bt-shirt%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/T-shirt" title="T-shirt" class="mw-redirect">t-shirts</a>. Scrolls of mail (e.g. from users viewing your game on NAO) also break the conduct, so it is advisable to turn off this option when attempting to be illiterate. Using a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22magic%20marker%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22magic%20marker%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmagic%20marker%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Magic_marker" title="Magic marker">magic marker</a> is also banned. Reading random engravings you may encounter does not break this conduct. Engraving anything but an <i>x</i>, such as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Elbereth%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Elbereth%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BElbereth%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Elbereth" title="Elbereth">Elbereth</a>, also breaks this conduct. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Never polymorph an object</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"Polyless" conduct means never causing an object to be polymorphed via spell, wand, or potion of polymorph. Polymorphing monsters does not break this conduct. However, if a monster drops carried objects as a result of polymorphing, they will also get polymorphed<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bfact%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22fact%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1">[<i>citation needed</i>]</sup>​</span>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This conduct is comparatively easy: 42.3% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> have a polpiles-less ascension. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Never change form</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"Polyselfless" conduct means never changing into another monster, including from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22lycanthropy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22lycanthropy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blycanthropy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Lycanthropy" title="Lycanthropy">lycanthropy</a>. Becoming a new man/woman/orc/etc does not count as changing. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This conduct is relatively easy: 73.5% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> achieve it. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Genocideless</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Genocideless conduct is pretty obvious; refrain from causing <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22genocide%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22genocide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bgenocide%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a>. Reverse genocide does not break this conduct. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Fully 33.1% of all winning accounts on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NAO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNAO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/NAO" title="NAO" class="mw-redirect">NAO</a> achieve this conduct at least once. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Wishless</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CWishless%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <dl><dd><div data-rte-washtml="1" class="noprint relarticle mainarticle" data-rte-attribs=" class=noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Wishless%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Wishless%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Wishless" title="Wishless">Wishless</a></i></div> </dd></dl> ​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Two <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22wish%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22wish%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bwish%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Wish" title="Wish">wishing</a>-related conducts are tracked: wishing for anything and wishing for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22artifact%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22artifact%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bartifact%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Artifact" title="Artifact">artifacts</a>. If you wish for, say, a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22silver%20dragon%20scale%20mail%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22silver%20dragon%20scale%20mail%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsilver%20dragon%20scale%20mail%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="702-5603075915df4997a973c6" href="/wiki/Silver_dragon_scale_mail" title="Silver dragon scale mail">silver dragon scale mail</a>, you still have the artifact-wishless conduct. However, if you wish for any artifact, you lose both conducts, regardless if the wish was granted. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key nethack:rte-parser-cache:1847 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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