# Murderhobo

- Term: Tabletop term
- Canonical: https://www.lanternhall.org/lexicon/murderhobo/

> Joking description of adventurers as rootless wanderers who kill everything they meet and loot the bodies. It captures, and mocks, the default morality of the classic [Dungeon crawl](https://www.lanternhall.org/lexicon/dungeon-crawl/).

Joking description of adventurers as rootless wanderers who kill everything they meet and loot the bodies. It captures, and mocks, the default morality of the classic [Dungeon crawl](https://www.lanternhall.org/lexicon/dungeon-crawl/).

**Origin:** Online gamer slang, widespread by the 2010s.

## Quick answers

**What does "Murderhobo" mean?**
Joking description of adventurers as rootless wanderers who kill everything they meet and loot the bodies. It captures, and mocks, the default morality of the classic Dungeon crawl.

**Where does the term "Murderhobo" come from?**
Online gamer slang, widespread by the 2010s.

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