👉 A Cockatrice Nest is a lethal special room filled entirely with cockatrices and their relatives.
ℹ️ Description
A Cockatrice Nest is one of the most dangerous special rooms in the game. The extreme danger comes from the fact that touching a cockatrice with bare skin, or being hit by one, can turn the player character to stone. The room is populated with standard cockatrices, and a single giant cockatrice or gargantuan cockatrice generates at the center of the room. It also contains numerous statues that function as item containers.
🗺️ Generation
Cockatrice nests have a 1 in 8 chance of generating on eligible levels starting from dungeon level 15, provided that cockatrices have not been genocided or made extinct. The room is typically small and densely packed.
🪨 Contents
Roughly 1 in 3 squares in a Cockatrice Nest contains a statue of a random monster. These statues function as item containers and can contain a variety of random objects.