The TunnelHack Guide: Insta-Deaths, 1-Turn-Kills, and Other Nasty Suprises

Insta-Deaths, 1-Turn-Kills, and Other Nasty Suprises

This section describes various unpleasantnesses that can befall unsuspecting
characters.

Insta-Deaths, 1-Turn-Kills, and Other Nasty Suprises: Nasty Suprises

You game can be rendered unwinnable if your artifact is destroyed.
Don't drop your artifact, and don't let your nemesis be killed by a
gelatinous cube, which can destroy items. The artifact is fairly resiliant
but it is possible to destroy it in several ways.

Insta-Deaths, 1-Turn-Kills, and Other Nasty Suprises: 1-Turn Kill

The best defense against one turn kills, is, obviously, to have high HP.
Also, pay attention to the link descriptions so that you don't blunder into
things such as locker rooms and labs before you are ready.

Insta-Deaths, 1-Turn-Kills, and Other Nasty Suprises: Insta-Death

Death of Automatic Memory Management

Garbage Collectors and The Computer Programmer have outright insta-kill
attacks.
Insta-death can also occur from eating rotten corpses (1/12 chance), eating
a tainted Chromatic Cookie (1/5 chance), drinking acid (1/2 chance), or
drinking poison (1/4 chance), teleporting with a tainted magic cookie
(1/2 chance), using a Conical Hat or reading a Textbook with low IN, or
having your brain eaten by a Mind Flayer or Greater Mind Flayer.