# Frost giant

H frost giant 

Difficulty

13

Attacks

Weapon 2d12

H frost giant 

Difficulty

13

Attacks

Weapon 2d12

Base level

10

Base experience

296

Speed

12

Base AC

3

Base MR

10

Alignment

-3 (chaotic)

Frequency (by normal means)

1 (Very rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

2250

Nutritional value

750

Size

Huge

Resistances

Cold

Resistances conveyed

Cold (33%), Increase strength (50%)

A frost giant:

 has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso.

 is carnivorous.

 is a giant.

 is nasty.
 is strong.
 can throw boulders.

 likes gems.
 can pick up weapons and food.

 has infravision.
 can be seen through infravision.
 does not appear in Gehennom.

 normally appears in small groups.

Reference

monst.c#line1416

The frost giant, H, is a giant in NetHack.  As with all giants, they can throw boulders (and can start with one).

Strategy
Main article: Giant#strategy
Eating a frost giant corpse is a source of cold resistance, but they are usually ignored in this respect in preference of cold-resistant monsters that appear earlier in the game (such as blue jellies and winter wolf cubs).  You can also increase your strength when you eat a frost giant corpse (by the same amount as for a non-cursed tin of spinach).

Encyclopedia entry

Giants have always walked the earth, though they are rare in these times.  They range in size from little over nine feet to a towering twenty feet or more.  The larger ones use huge boulders as weapons, hurling them over large distances.  All types of giants share a love for men - roasted, boiled, or fried.  Their table manners are legendary.

 

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