Instadeath stands for instant death. An instadeath causes death in zero time and allows no intervention. Causes of instadeaths are: * Cockatrices * Touching a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse without gloves. * Eating a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse, or eating the corpse of Medusa. * Kicking a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse without shoes. * Trying to sacrifice or tin a cockatrice corpse without gloves, even if it is already lying on the altar. * Falling into a pit while wielding a cockatrice corpse. * Falling down stairs due to being burdened while wielding a cockatrice corpse. * Attacking a cockatrice while polymorphed into a creature with a bite attack. * Being hit by a death ray while not having magic resistance. This can be achieved by: * Zap