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==Useful Info==
 
==Useful Info==
'''Hornets''' are a dangerous flying insect. Their [[poison]]ous stings can also [[slow]] and [[paralyze]] you. Poison resistance has a 66% to negate the slow/paralysis effect, but you need poison immunity to be completely safe. They are most common in [[the Dungeon]] and [[the Swamp]]. They can also be created when a [[shambling mangrove]] or [[spriggan rider]] is damaged sufficiently.
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'''Hornets''' are a dangerous flying insect. Their [[poison]]ous stings can [[slow]] and [[paralyze]] you for 1-3 turns. Poison resistance has a 66% to resist the slow/paralysis effect, but you need poison immunity to be completely safe. They are most common in [[the Dungeon]] and [[the Swamp]]. They can also be created when a [[shambling mangrove]] or [[spriggan rider]] is damaged sufficiently.
  
 
==Tips & Tricks==
 
==Tips & Tricks==
* Paralysis is always an ''extremely'' dangerous effect. If you are paralysed for 3 turns, hornets can attack you 5 times in a row, which can easily kill you (5 * 18 = 80, not including poison). If you aren't poison immune, hornets you should take extreme caution with hornets. This isn't even mentioning the slow, which is a dangerous effect on its own.
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* Paralysis is always an ''extremely'' dangerous effect. If you are paralysed for 3 turns, hornets can attack you up to 5 times in a row, which can easily kill you (5 * 18 = 80, not including poison itself). If you aren't immune to poison, you should take extreme caution with hornets. This isn't even mentioning the slow, which is a dangerous effect on its own.
  
 
* Hornets are poison vulnerable, so most poison effects work well. [[Curare]] darts deal significant damage and slows the hornet to average speed. [[Poisonous Vapours]] or [[Mephitic Cloud]] are reliable ways to kill/disable a hornet, respectively. A [[scroll of poison]] will prevent a hornet from charging at you, allowing you to hit it with ranged attacks.
 
* Hornets are poison vulnerable, so most poison effects work well. [[Curare]] darts deal significant damage and slows the hornet to average speed. [[Poisonous Vapours]] or [[Mephitic Cloud]] are reliable ways to kill/disable a hornet, respectively. A [[scroll of poison]] will prevent a hornet from charging at you, allowing you to hit it with ranged attacks.

Revision as of 08:45, 12 July 2023

Version 0.30: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

For a list of all arthropods, see list of arthropods.

hornet yHornet.png
HP 21-44
HD 6
XP 281
Speed 15
AC 6
EV 14
Will 30
Attack1 18 (sting: paralyse)


Resistances None
Vulnerabilities Poison
Habitat Land
Intelligence Animal
Uses Uses nothing
Holiness Natural
Size Tiny
Type hornet, hornet
Flags Flying
No skeleton
A buzzing hornet with a vicious stinger dripping with paralytic poison.

Useful Info

Hornets are a dangerous flying insect. Their poisonous stings can slow and paralyze you for 1-3 turns. Poison resistance has a 66% to resist the slow/paralysis effect, but you need poison immunity to be completely safe. They are most common in the Dungeon and the Swamp. They can also be created when a shambling mangrove or spriggan rider is damaged sufficiently.

Tips & Tricks

  • Paralysis is always an extremely dangerous effect. If you are paralysed for 3 turns, hornets can attack you up to 5 times in a row, which can easily kill you (5 * 18 = 80, not including poison itself). If you aren't immune to poison, you should take extreme caution with hornets. This isn't even mentioning the slow, which is a dangerous effect on its own.
  • Hornets are poison vulnerable, so most poison effects work well. Curare darts deal significant damage and slows the hornet to average speed. Poisonous Vapours or Mephitic Cloud are reliable ways to kill/disable a hornet, respectively. A scroll of poison will prevent a hornet from charging at you, allowing you to hit it with ranged attacks.
  • A potion of lignification will give you poison resistance and high AC. It'll make death to a lone hornet extremely unlikely. Just watch out for any other monster in the vicinity.
  • Never fight them in an area that allows you to be surrounded. Paralysis is bad enough when you only have to worry about one hornet.

History

  • In 0.19, hornets replaced wasps and became more common. Also, they were slightly nerfed.
  • Prior to 0.16, this monster was known as red wasp.
  • Prior to 0.8, their paralysis effect could stack. They were near-certain death to anyone stung without the proper defenses.