From c8e97527f11c7e75c91783c39c253635b60713d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PatR <rankin@nethack.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:48:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Schroedinger's live cat

Give a little experience when releasing live housecat from Schroedinger's
Box, similar to recent change giving experience when opening the Box
produces a dead cat.
---
 src/pickup.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pickup.c b/src/pickup.c
index 73c513135..331933137 100644
--- a/src/pickup.c
+++ b/src/pickup.c
@@ -2857,6 +2857,13 @@ observe_quantum_cat(struct obj *box, boolean makecat, boolean givemsg)
             }
             box->owt = weight(box);
             box->spe = 0;
+
+            if (!svc.context.mon_moving) {
+                /* give experience points for releasing live cat; slightly
+                   different amount from what is given for "killing" it */
+                more_experienced(10, 20); /* 10:current exp; 20:score bonus */
+                newexplevel();
+            }
         }
     } else {
         box->spe = 0; /* now an ordinary box (with a cat corpse inside) */