Archeologist Quest

For information on the Quest branch in general, see the Quest Gazetteer entry.

Quest home level The College of Archeology
Quest locate level The Tomb of the Toltec Kings
Quest goal level The Crypt
Quest LeaderLord Carnarvon
Quest guardiansstudents
Quest NemesisThe Minion of Huhetotl
Quest ArtifactThe Orb of Detection

Random monsters on this Quest are generated with the following frequencies:

24/35(69%)random S
24/175(14%)human mummy
6/175(3%)random M
1/7(14%)normal random monster

Maps

The College of Archeology

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Legend

The two-way magic portal back to the Dungeons of Doom is at the marked point. Lord Carnarvon occupies the throne, where there is also a chest; there are also eight students in the throneroom. A watchman occupies each of the front anterooms (both the one with the downstair and without). There are three giant eels in the moat, and two random M and eight random S just outside the College door; there are three random S and one random M around the level further away from the building. The level contains six random traps. Note that each snake will have a random object generated at its location for it to potentially hide under.

The entire level is no-teleport and has undiggable walls and floor.


Upper filler level

This is an "ordinary" room-and-corridor level, with six rooms, one human mummy, six random S (with hiding-objects), eight random other objects, and four random traps.


The Tomb of the Toltec Kings

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Legend

There is one altar of each alignment, randomly arranged; each room they are in is considered an abandoned temple. Randomly placed around the level are seven human mummies, two random M, and eighteen random S (with hiding-objects); there are fifteen other random objects. The tomb contains two marked rolling boulder traps; the marked traps outside the building are six spiked pits, five non-spiked pits, a magic trap, a statue trap, and an anti-magic trap; there are two further statue traps, two sleeping gas traps, and three dart traps randomly placed on the level. The scattered engravings "X marks the spot" are random and have no particular significance.

The entire level has undiggable walls and floor. Teleportation is permitted.


Lower filler level(s)

These are "ordinary" room-and-corridor levels, with six rooms, one human mummy, three random M, three random S (with hiding-objects), nine random other objects, and four random traps.


The Crypt

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Legend

The Minion of Huhetotl, with the Bell of Opening and the Orb of Detection, is at the marked chaotic altar; the room is considered an abandoned temple, and the marked trap in it is a rolling boulder trap. There are six random other traps placed around the level; additionally, eight human mummies, one random M, and eighteen random S (with hiding-objects); and fourteen random other objects. The walls of the Crypt are undiggable; teleportation is permitted.


Gazetteer
NetHack 3.4 Spoilers
Dylan O'Donnell (psmith@spod-central.org)