# \[SOLVED\] Hero Dies in Usual Day (Python)
**URL:** https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373
**Category:** Level Help
**Created:** [May 7, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373 "2017-05-07T22:31:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@jasonlava](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/jasonlava)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/1 "2017-05-07T22:31:48Z")
New here. I’m trying to play Usual Day and for some reason, towards the end of the level, a mushroom appears and an enemy appears right in line with the mushroom. The hero goes towards the enemy, getting the mushroom on the way and dies.
# Defeat munchkins, collect coins. Everything as usual.
# Use AND to check existence and type in one statement.
while True:
enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy()
# With AND, the type is only checked if enemy exists.
if enemy and enemy.type == “munchkin”:
hero.attack(enemy);
# Find the nearest item.
item = hero.findNearestItem()
# Collect item if it exists and its type is “coin”.
if item and item.type == “coin”:
hero.moveXY (item.pos.x, item.pos.y);
I can have the hero move to another spot to avoid the mushroom but that’s eight lines of code and won’t complete the level.
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### Author:  [@\_TD\_RodYT](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/_TD_RodYT)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/2 "2017-05-07T22:44:15Z")
```python
while True:
enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy()
# With AND, the type is only checked if enemy exists.
if enemy and enemy.type == "munchkin":
hero.attack(enemy);
# Find the nearest item.
item = hero.findNearestItem()
# Collect item if it exists and its type is "coin".
if item and item.type == "coin":
hero.moveXY (item.pos.x, item.pos.y);
```
No that is only 7 lines, so you should be able to complete the level. Also, make sure you format the code by wrapping it with three ticks. The result is `easier to read`.
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### Author:  [@jasonlava](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/jasonlava)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/3 "2017-05-07T22:49:55Z")
```python
while True:
enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy()
# With AND, the type is only checked if enemy exists.
if enemy and enemy.type == "munchkin":
hero.attack(enemy);
# Find the nearest item.
item = hero.findNearestItem()
# Collect item if it exists and its type is "coin".
if item and item.type == "coin":
hero.moveXY (item.pos.x, item.pos.y);
```
That’s better. It wants you to do it with under eight lines of code and that’s the seven lines. I’ll try with a different hero and see what happens.
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### Author:  [@\_TD\_RodYT](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/_TD_RodYT)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/4 "2017-05-07T22:51:06Z")
Sure, try it with another hero. I tried that exact same code and it worked for me. I counted, only 7 lines, so it should fall into the under 8 category.
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### Author:  [@jasonlava](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/jasonlava)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/5 "2017-05-07T22:57:26Z")
Well. it works now. I logged off, logged back in and played it. I guess it’s just the way the objects were being spawned on that first round. It just so happened a poisonous mushroom was in the way of getting to an enemy. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Fi\_Stach](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Fi_Stach)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/6 "2017-10-21T06:59:54Z")
I think the mushroom is there on purpose. And there is a trick to avoid it!
In the last line, don’t go exactly to the item, you can pick it up even if you go to
hero.moveXY (item.pos.x-1, item.pos.y-1);
This way the distance to mushroom is long enough to avoid it 🙂
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### Author:  [@Hellenar](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Hellenar)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/7 "2017-10-21T23:09:06Z")
Or submit for a different seed. Also, please do not revive dead threads 🙂
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### Author:  [@Karthikeya\_Turimalla](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Karthikeya_Turimalla)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/8 "2020-05-08T18:53:11Z")
but the hero goes to defeat a munchkin getting poisoned on the way
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### Author:  [@Deadpool198](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Deadpool198)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/9 "2020-05-09T09:20:21Z")
Hi, do you need help with this level? If so please post your code formatted, with three ``` at the start and end of your code on a new lines.
Danny
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### Author:  [@floridamanog](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/floridamanog)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/10 "2020-12-16T10:20:26Z")
help me im sort of stuck
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### Author:  [@floridamanog](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/floridamanog)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/11 "2020-12-16T10:21:37Z")
```python
while True:
enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy()
pass
# With AND, the type is only checked if enemy exists.
if enemy and enemy.type == "munchkin":
hero.attack(enemy);
pass
# Find the nearest item.
item = hero.findNearestItem()
# Collect item if it exists and its type is "coin".
if item and item.type == "coin":
hero.moveXY (item.pos.x, item.pos.y);
pass
```
my code isnt working as i would like it is just finding the enemy and not attacking it, nor moving at all
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### Author:  [@PeterPalov](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/PeterPalov)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/12 "2020-12-16T11:08:16Z")
Hello! I think your code isn’t working, because it isn’t in While True.
Everything (item, if’s moveXY) should be in the While True loop. Not only enemy.
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### Author:  [@abc](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/abc)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/13 "2020-12-16T12:50:15Z")
> [@floridamanog](#):
>
> ```python
> # With AND, the type is only checked if enemy exists.
> if enemy and enemy.type == "munchkin":
> hero.attack(enemy);
> pass
> # Find the nearest item.
> item = hero.findNearestItem()
> # Collect item if it exists and its type is "coin".
> if item and item.type == "coin":
> hero.moveXY (item.pos.x, item.pos.y);
> pass
>
> ```
Like @PeterPalov said, you need to put all of this into the while true loop.
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### Author:  [@floridamanog](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/floridamanog)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/14 "2021-03-22T14:19:17Z")
help me i still cant do it, im not sure what to do
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### Author:  [@Deadpool198](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Deadpool198)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/solved-hero-dies-in-usual-day-python/11373/15 "2021-03-22T17:26:04Z")
Please could you post your new code.