Mail mrq@nethack.net with any new suggestions (must be able to be recognised by looking at the record file).
| Death type | Dumb points |
|---|---|
| Killed by a lichen, while not helpless (I don't think this is possible *) | 500,000 |
| Eating the corpse of Death | 400 |
| Eating the corpse of Famine or Pestilence | 300 |
| Hitting yourself with a pick-axe | 180 |
| Kicking a wall | 177 |
| Teleporting to nowhere | 175 |
| Teleporting out of the dungeon and falling to your death | 170 |
| Killed by elementary physics | 150 |
| Choking to death on the corpse of your pet | 150 |
| Getting the Amulet of Yendor but not making it to the Elemental Planes | 140 |
| Escaping with a fake Amulet of Yendor | 130 |
| Being pulled out of a bear trap by a thrown iron ball | 120 |
| Killed by the wrath of a god | 117 |
| Bumping into a wall | 115 |
| Kicking a sink | 110 |
| Falling down stairs | 100 |
| Genociding yourself | 90 |
| Eating a cockatrice corpse | 85 |
| Killed by a unicorn | 83 |
| Choking to death on a fortune cookie | 82 |
| Choking to death | 81 |
| Killed by a grid bug, while not helpless | 80 |
| Killed by a newt, while not helpless | 70 |
| Killed by a rock falling on your head | 65 |
| Poisoned by eating a rotted corpse | 60 |
| Hit by your own death ray | 35 |
| Petrified by touching a cockatrice/chickatrice corpse | 30 |
| Falling off while mounting a steed | 25 |
| Killed by a gas spore explosion | 23 |
| Starvation | 20 |
| Killed by a burning scroll | 10 |
| Killed by a contaminated potion | 5 |