# Zruty

z zruty 

Difficulty

11

Attacks

Claw 3d4, Claw 3d4, Bite 3d6

z zruty 

Difficulty

11

Attacks

Claw 3d4, Claw 3d4, Bite 3d6

Base level

9

Base experience

186

Speed

8

Base AC

3

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

2 (Quite rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

1200

Nutritional value

600

Size

Large

Resistances

None

Resistances conveyed

None

A zruty:

 has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso.
 is an animal.

 is carnivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

 is strong.

 can be seen through infravision.

Reference

monst.c#line974

Zruties are the only member of the z zruty monster class.
Zruties get two hit attacks and a bite attack. They have no other special abilities.

Mythology
The origin of the zruty in NetHack is uncertain.
A book called The Mythology of All Races lists the zruty with this quote: "The Slovaks have their Zruty, or Ozruti, who are wild and gigantic beings, living in the wildernesses of the Tatra Mountains." The similar phrasing suggests that this book is the origin of the monster and of the in-game Encyclopaedia entry. The Tatra Mountains lie on the border between Poland and Slovakia, so the origins of the zruty could indeed be in Polish or Slovakian mythology.
The word zrut (or, more correctly, žrút, pronounced /ʒrut/) means someone or something that eats fast and much. The plural form is žrúti or žrúty.
The word ozruta would be probably best translated as 'giant' (although a Slovak-English dictionary suggests also 'ogre' or 'whopper'). Today it is used to describe anything too big (often something that is bigger than needed, but also large mountains can be called ozruty).

Variants
In variants that include zouthern animals, zruties are moved to the ​Y apelike creature monster class as Y.

Encyclopedia entry

The zruty are wild and gigantic beings, living in the wildernesses of the Tatra mountains.

 

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