What is this large room with an assortment of monsters, a swarm of bees, and some items?
So, I fell down a trapdoor and then:
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...yeah, I've kind of just been staring at my screen and ;-identifying things for a few minutes.
Some notable things I've found:
- a HUGE swarm of killer bees
- a peaceful gremlin (the green thing in the center) - I've never seen this before
- random scrolls, potions, wands, and other items
- seemingly arbitrary monsters like a jackal and a giant spider
What is this room? It's on Dlvl 11, if that helps, and I'm playing vanilla Nethack. I didn't get any message when I fell into it. I've checked the wiki page for special rooms, and there's a few suspects:
- Treasure Zoo: there's no treasure, though
- Beehive: "Roughly 1/3 of the squares will contain royal jelly" and "All residents are asleep when the room is generated." None of these are true.
- Throne Room: none of these monsters are mentioned as throne room monsters (and no throne)
What is this madness? What do I do? Try to kill stuff or grab items? Make a run for the door? I would not like to die, so it would really be helpful if I knew what this was.
Best Answer
This is not a room, but a special level (all of the rooms you mentioned are much smaller and make up just a part of a level (like a normal dungeon room).
The one you have found is the Big Room. Since there aren't any walls, all the monsters will spot you as soon as you appear, and start rushing towards you. I would stay the number one strategy is to stay near the stairs so that you can easily escape if it gets too much.
Other than that, you'll get a lot of use out of wands (since you'll probably hit multiple monsters), directional spells (same reason), Elbereth and rings of conflict.
Teleporting can also be quite handy if the monsters have all gathered in one spot (around you), even without teleport control.
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