protection. Armor class (AC) is measured as in AD&D, with 10 be-
ing the equivalent of no armor, and lower numbers meaning better
armor. Each suit of armor which exists in AD&D gives the same
- protection in NetHack. Here is an (incomplete) list of the armor
- classes provided by various suits of armor:
- dragon scale mail 1
- plate mail 3
- crystal plate mail 3
- bronze plate mail 4
- splint mail 4
- banded mail 4
- dwarvish mithril-coat 4
- elven mithril-coat 5
- chain mail 5
- orcish chain mail 6
- scale mail 6
- dragon scales 7
- studded leather armor 7
- ring mail 7
- orcish ring mail 8
- leather armor 8
- leather jacket 9
- no armor 10
-
- You can also wear other pieces of armor (for example hel-
- mets, boots, shields, cloaks) to lower your armor class even fur-
- ther, but you can only wear one item of each category (one suit
- of armor, one cloak, one helmet, one shield, and so on) at a
- time.
-
- If a piece of armor is enchanted, its armor protection will
- be better (or worse) than normal, and its "plus" (or minus) will
- subtract from your armor class. For example, a +1 chain mail
+ protection in NetHack.
+
+ Here is a list of the armor class values provided by suits
+ of armor:
+ Dragon scale mail 1
+ Plate mail, Crystal plate mail 3
+ Bronze plate mail, Splint mail,
+ Banded mail, Dwarvish mithril-coat 4
+ Chain mail, Elven mithril-coat 5
+ Scale mail, Orcish chain mail 6
+ Ring mail, Studded leather armor, Dragon scales 7
+ Leather armor, Orcish ring mail 8
+ Leather jacket 9
+ none 10
+
+ You can also wear other pieces of armor (cloak over suit,
+ shirt under suit, helmet, gloves, boots, shield) to lower your
+ armor class even further. You can wear at most one item of each
+ category (one suit of armor, one cloak, one helmet, one shield,
+ and so on) at a time. Most of these provide a one or two point
+ improvement to AC but can be enchanted. Shirts are an exception;
+ they don't provide any protection unless enchanted. Some cloaks
+ also don't improve AC when unenchanted but all cloaks offer some
+ protection against rust or corrosion to suits worn under them and
+ against some monster touch attacks.
+
+ If a piece of armor is enchanted, its armor protection will
+ be better (or worse) than normal, and its "plus" (or minus) will
+ subtract from your armor class. For example, a +1 chain mail
would give you better protection than normal chain mail, lowering
- your armor class one unit further to 4. When you put on a piece
- of armor, you immediately find out the armor class and any
+ your armor class one unit further to 4. When you put on a piece
+ of armor, you immediately find out the armor class and any
+ "plusses" it provides. Cursed pieces of armor usually have
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- "plusses" it provides. Cursed pieces of armor usually have nega-
- tive enchantments (minuses) in addition to being unremovable.
+ negative enchantments (minuses) in addition to being unremovable.
- Many types of armor are subject to some kind of damage like
- rust. Such damage can be repaired. Some types of armor may in-
+ Many types of armor are subject to some kind of damage like
+ rust. Such damage can be repaired. Some types of armor may in-
hibit spell casting.
+ The nudist option can be set (prior to game start) to at-
+ tempt to play the entire game without wearing any armor (a self-
+ imposed challenge which is extremely difficult to accomplish).
+
The commands to use armor are `W' (wear) and `T' (take off).
- The `A' command can also be used to take off armor as well as
- other worn items.
+ The `A' command can be used to take off armor as well as other
+ worn items. Also, `P' (put on) and `R' (remove) which are nor-
+ mally for accessories can be used for armor, but pieces of armor
+ won't be shown as likely candidates in a prompt for choosing what
+ to put on or remove.
7.4. Food (`%')
jects of subtle enchantment are difficult to identify without
these.
- A mail daemon may run up and deliver mail to you as a scroll
- of mail (on versions compiled with this feature). To use this
- feature on versions where NetHack mail delivery is triggered by
- electronic mail appearing in your system mailbox, you must let
- NetHack know where to look for new mail by setting the "MAIL" en-
- vironment variable to the file name of your mailbox. You may
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- also want to set the "MAILREADER" environment variable to the
- file name of your favorite reader, so NetHack can shell to it
- when you read the scroll. On versions of NetHack where mail is
- randomly generated internal to the game, these environment vari-
- ables are ignored. You can disable the mail daemon by turning
- off the mail option.
+ A mail daemon may run up and deliver mail to you as a scroll
+ of mail (on versions compiled with this feature). To use this
+ feature on versions where NetHack mail delivery is triggered by
+ electronic mail appearing in your system mailbox, you must let
+ NetHack know where to look for new mail by setting the "MAIL" en-
+ vironment variable to the file name of your mailbox. You may al-
+ so want to set the "MAILREADER" environment variable to the file
+ name of your favorite reader, so NetHack can shell to it when you
+ read the scroll. On versions of NetHack where mail is randomly
+ generated internal to the game, these environment variables are
+ ignored. You can disable the mail daemon by turning off the mail
+ option.
The command to read a scroll is `r'.
When you have fully identified a particular wand, inventory
display will include additional information in parentheses: the
number of times it has been recharged followed by a colon and
- then by its current number of charges. A current charge count of
- -1 is a special case indicating that the wand has been cancelled.
-
- The command to use a wand is `z' (zap). To break one, use
- the `a' (apply) command.
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+ then by its current number of charges. A current charge count of
+ -1 is a special case indicating that the wand has been cancelled.
+
+ The command to use a wand is `z' (zap). To break one, use
+ the `a' (apply) command.
+
7.8. Rings (`=')
Rings are very useful items, since they are relatively per-
manent magic, unlike the usually fleeting effects of potions,
scrolls, and wands.
- Putting on a ring activates its magic. You can wear only
- two rings, one on each ring finger.
+ Putting on a ring activates its magic. You can wear at most
+ two rings at any time, one on the ring finger of each hand.
Most rings also cause you to grow hungry more rapidly, the
rate varying with the type of ring.
+ When wearing gloves, rings are worn underneath. If the
+ gloves are cursed, rings cannot be put on and any already being
+ worn cannot be removed. When worn gloves aren't cursed, you
+ don't have to manually take them off before putting on or remov-
+ ing a ring and then re-wear them after. That's done implicitly
+ to avoid unnecessary tedium.
+
The commands to use rings are `P' (put on) and `R' (remove).
+ `A', `W', and `T' can also be used; see Amulets.
7.9. Spellbooks (`+')
Some spells require a direction in which to cast them, simi-
lar to wands. To cast one at yourself, just give a `.' or `s'
+
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for the direction. A few spells require you to pick a target lo-
cation rather than just specify a particular direction. Other
spells don't require any direction or target.
slots are shared with weapons skills. (See also the section on
"Weapon proficiency".)
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Casting a spell also requires flexible movement, and wearing
various types of armor may interfere with that.
example, lamps burn out after a while. Other tools are contain-
ers, which objects can be placed into or taken out of.
+ Some tools (such as a blindfold) can be worn and can be put
+ on and removed like other accessories (rings, amulets); see
+ Amulets. Other tools (such as pick-axe) can be wielded as
+ weapons in addition to being applied for their usual purpose, and
+ in some cases (again, pick-axe) become wielded as a weapon even
+ when applied.
+
The command to use a tool is `a' (apply).
7.10.1. Containers
- You may encounter bags, boxes, and chests in your travels.
- A tool of this sort can be opened with the "#loot" extended com-
- mand when you are standing on top of it (that is, on the same
- floor spot), or with the `a' (apply) command when you are carry-
- ing it. However, chests are often locked, and are in any case
- unwieldy objects. You must set one down before unlocking it by
+ You may encounter bags, boxes, and chests in your travels.
+ A tool of this sort can be opened with the "#loot" extended com-
+ mand when you are standing on top of it (that is, on the same
+ floor spot), or with the `a' (apply) command when you are carry-
+ ing it. However, chests are often locked, and are in any case
+ unwieldy objects. You must set one down before unlocking it by
using a key or lock-picking tool with the `a' (apply) command, by
- kicking it with the `^D' command, or by using a weapon to force
+ kicking it with the `^D' command, or by using a weapon to force
the lock with the "#force" extended command.
Some chests are trapped, causing nasty things to happen when
you unlock or open them. You can check for and try to deactivate
+
+
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traps with the "#untrap" extended command.
7.11. Amulets (`"')
- Amulets are very similar to rings, and often more powerful.
+ Amulets are very similar to rings, and often more powerful.
Like rings, amulets have various magical properties, some benefi-
cial, some harmful, which are activated by putting them on.
Only one amulet may be worn at a time, around your neck.
- The commands to use amulets are the same as for rings, `P'
- (put on) and `R' (remove).
+ The commands to use amulets are the same as for rings, `P'
+ (put on) and `R' (remove). `A' can be used to remove various
+ worn items including amulets. Also, `W' (wear) and `T' (take
+ off) which are normally for armor can be used for amulets and
+ other accessories (rings and eyewear), but accessories won't be
+ shown as likely candidates in a prompt for choosing what to wear
+ or take off.
7.12. Gems (`*')
you exit.
Other small rocks are also categorized as gems, but they are
- much less valuable. All rocks, however, can be used as
+ much less valuable. All rocks, however, can be used as projec-
+ tile weapons (if you have a sling). In the most desperate of
+ cases, you can still throw them by hand.
+ 7.13. Large rocks (``')
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+ Statues and boulders are not particularly useful, and are
+ generally heavy. It is rumored that some statues are not what
+ they seem.
+ Boulders occasionally block your path. You can push one
+ forward (by attempting to walk onto its spot) when nothing blocks
+ its path, or you can smash it into a pile of small rocks with
+ breaking magic or a pick-axe. Very large humanoids (giants and
+ their ilk) have been known to pick up boulders and use them as
+ missile weapons.
+ Unlike boulders, statues can't be pushed, but don't need to
+ be because they don't block movement. They can be smashed into
+ rocks though.
+ For some configurations of the program, statues are no
+ longer shown as ``' but by the letter representing the monster
+ they depict instead.
- NetHack Guidebook 45
- projectile weapons (if you have a sling). In the most desperate
- of cases, you can still throw them by hand.
- 7.13. Large rocks (``')
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- Statues and boulders are not particularly useful, and are
- generally heavy. It is rumored that some statues are not what
- they seem.
- Very large humanoids (giants and their ilk) have been known
- to use boulders as weapons.
- For some configurations of the program, statues are no
- longer shown as ``' but by the letter representing the monster
- they depict instead.
+
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+
+
7.14. Gold (`$')
be influenced by the amount of gold you are carrying (shopkeepers
aside).
+ Gold pieces are the only type of object where bless/curse
+ state does not apply. They're always uncursed but never de-
+ scribed as uncursed even if you turn off the implicit_uncursed
+ option. You can set the goldX option if you prefer to have gold
+ pieces be treated as bless/curse state unknown rather than as
+ known to be uncursed. Only matters when you're using an object
+ selection prompt that can filter by "BUCX" state.
+
7.15. Persistence of Objects
Normally, if you have seen an object at a particular map lo-
action which breaks a challenge, it will no longer be listed.
This gives players extra "bragging rights" for winning the game
with these challenges. Note that it is perfectly acceptable to
+ win the game without resorting to these restrictions and that it
+ is unusual for players to adhere to challenges the first time
+ they win the game.
+
+ Several of the challenges are related to eating behavior.
+ The most difficult of these is the foodless challenge. Although
+ creatures can survive long periods of time without food, there is
+ a physiological need for water; thus there is no restriction on
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-
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- win the game without resorting to these restrictions and that it
- is unusual for players to adhere to challenges the first time
- they win the game.
- Several of the challenges are related to eating behavior.
- The most difficult of these is the foodless challenge. Although
- creatures can survive long periods of time without food, there is
- a physiological need for water; thus there is no restriction on
drinking beverages, even if they provide some minor food bene-
fits. Calling upon your god for help with starvation does not
violate any food challenges either.
"fruits", although they could be anything from "cherries" to
"pork chops", are also assumed to be vegan.
+ An atheist is one who rejects religion. This means that you
+ cannot #pray, #offer sacrifices to any god, #turn undead, or
+ #chat with a priest. Particularly selective readers may argue
+ that playing Monk or Priest characters should violate this con-
+ duct; that is a choice left to the player. Offering the Amulet
+ of Yendor to your god is necessary to win the game and is not
+ counted against this conduct. You are also not penalized for be-
+ ing spoken to by an angry god, priest(ess), or other religious
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- An atheist is one who rejects religion. This means that you
- cannot #pray, #offer sacrifices to any god, #turn undead, or
- #chat with a priest. Particularly selective readers may argue
- that playing Monk or Priest characters should violate this con-
- duct; that is a choice left to the player. Offering the Amulet
- of Yendor to your god is necessary to win the game and is not
- counted against this conduct. You are also not penalized for be-
- ing spoken to by an angry god, priest(ess), or other religious
figure; a true atheist would hear the words but attach no special
meaning to them.
End of game disclosure will also display various achieve-
ments representing progress toward ultimate ascension, if any
have been attained. They aren't directly related to conduct but
-
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-
+ are grouped with it because they fall into the same category of
+ "bragging rights" and to limit the number of questions during
+ disclosure. Listed roughly in order of difficulty and not neces-
+ sarily in the order in which you might accomplish them.
- NetHack Guidebook 48
- are grouped with it because they fall into the same category of
- "bragging rights" and to limit the number of questions during
- disclosure.
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- The first two are also conducts, the rest are listed roughly
- in order of difficulty and not necessarily in the order in which
- you might accomplish them.
- Blind
- Blind from birth.
- Nudist
- Never wore any armor.
- Mines' End
- Explored to the bottom of the Gnomish Mines and found a special
- item there.
- Sokoban
- Explored to the top of Sokoban and found a special item there.
+ NetHack Guidebook 49
- Medusa
- Defeated Medusa.
- Bell
- Acquired the Bell of Opening.
- Gehennom
- Entered Gehennom.
- Candle
- Acquired the Candelabrum of Invocation.
+ Shop - Entered a shop.
+ Temple - Entered a temple.
+ Mines - Entered the Gnomish Mines.
+ Town - Entered Mine Town.
+ Oracle - Consulted the Oracle of Delphi.
+ Novel - Read a passage from a Discworld Novel.
+ Sokoban - Entered Sokoban.
+ Big Room - Entered the Big Room.
+ Soko-Prize - Explored to the top of Sokoban
+ and found a special item there.
+ Mines' End - Explored to the bottom of the Gnomish Mines
+ and found a special item there.
+ Medusa - Defeated Medusa.
+ Bell - Acquired the Bell of Opening.
+ Gehennom - Entered Gehennom.
+ Candle - Acquired the Candelabrum of Invocation.
+ Book - Acquired the Book of the Dead.
+ Invocation - Gained access to the bottommost level of Gehennom.
+ Amulet - Acquired the fabled Amulet of Yendor.
+ Endgame - Reached the Elemental Planes.
+ Astral - Reached the Astral Plane level.
+ Blind - Blind from birth.
+ Nudist - Never wore any armor.
+ Ascended - Delivered the Amulet to its final destination.
- Book
- Acquired the Book of the Dead.
- Invocation
- Gained access to the bottommost level of Gehennom.
+ Notes:
- Amulet
- Acquired the fabled Amulet of Yendor.
+ There's no guaranteed Novel so the achievement to read one
+ might not always be attainable (except perhaps by wishing). Sim-
+ ilarly, the Big Room level is not always present. Unlike with
+ the Novel, there's no way to wish for this opportunity.
- Endgame
- Reached the Elemental Planes.
+ The "special items" hidden in Mines' End and Sokoban are not
+ unique but are considered to be prizes or rewards for exploring
+ those levels since doing so is not necessary to complete the
+ game. Finding other instances of the same objects doesn't record
+ the corresponding achievement.
- Astral
- Reached the Astral Plane level.
+ The Medusa achievement is recorded if she dies for any rea-
+ son, even if you are not directly responsible, and only if she
+ dies.
- Ascended
- Delivered the Amulet to its final destination.
+ Blind and Nudist are also conducts, and they can only be en-
+ abled by setting the correspondingly named option in NETHACKOP-
+ TIONS or run-time configuration file prior to game start. In the
+ case of Blind, the option also enforces the conduct. They aren't
+ really significant accomplishments unless/until you make substan-
+ tial progress into the dungeon.
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-
-
-
- Notes:
-
- Blind and Nudist are also conducts, and they can only be en-
- abled by setting the correspondingly named option in NETHACKOP-
- TIONS or run-time configuration file prior to game start. In the
- case of Blind, the option also enforces the conduct. They aren't
- really significant accomplishments unless/until you make substan-
- tial progress into the dungeon but they are treated as Achieve-
- ments as long as the conduct is enabled and hasn't been broken.
+ NetHack Guidebook 50
- The "special items" hidden in Mines End and Sokoban are not
- unique but are considered to be prizes or rewards for exploring
- those levels since doing so is not necessary to complete the
- game. Finding other instances of the same objects doesn't record
- the corresponding achievement.
- The Medusa achievement is recorded if she dies for any rea-
- son, even if you are not directly responsible, and only if she
- dies.
9. Options
figuration file, NetHack will create the configuration file for
you using the default template file.
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On MS-DOS, it is "defaults.nh" in the same folder as
nethack.exe.
Here is a list of allowed statements:
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OPTIONS
There are two types of options, boolean and compound options.
Boolean options toggle a setting on or off, while compound op-
The location that bones files are kept. Defaults to HACKDIR,
must be writable.
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LOCKDIR
The location that file synchronization locks are stored.
Defaults to HACKDIR, must be writable.
AUTOCOMPLETE=zap,!annotate
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AUTOPICKUP_EXCEPTION
Set exceptions to the pickup_types option. See the "Configur-
ing Autopickup Exceptions" section.
Change the way messages are shown in the top status line. See
the "Configuring Message Types" section.
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-
-
ROGUESYMBOLS
Custom symbols for for the rogue level's symbol set. See SYM-
BOLS below.
Example:
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# replace small punctuation (tick marks) with digits
SYMBOLS=S_boulder:0,S_golem:7
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9.3. Using the NETHACKOPTIONS environment variable
The NETHACKOPTIONS variable is a comma-separated list of
in csh (note the need to escape the `!' since it's special to
that shell), or the pair of commands
+
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$ NETHACKOPTIONS="color,!leg,name:Blue Meanie,fruit:lime"
$ export NETHACKOPTIONS
Note that this has nothing to do with your computer's audio ca-
pabilities. Persistent.
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align
Your starting alignment (align:lawful, align:neutral, or
align:chaotic). You may specify just the first letter. The
Walking into a closed door attempts to open it (default true).
Persistent.
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autopickup
Automatically pick up things onto which you move (default on).
Persistent. See pickup_types to refine the behavior.
Set the character used to display boulders (default is the
"large rock" class symbol, ``').
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catname
Name your starting cat (for example "catname:Morris"). Cannot
be set with the `O' command.
up looking like insufficient space). Only applies when MFLOPPY
was defined during compilation.
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clicklook
Allows looking at things on the screen by navigating the mouse
over them and clicking the right mouse button (default off).
prefix which lets you refine how it behaves. Here are the
valid prefixes:
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y - prompt you and default to yes on the prompt;
n - prompt you and default to no on the prompt;
+ - disclose it without prompting;
Order of the disclosure categories does not matter, program
display for end-of-game disclosure follows a set sequence.
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(for example "disclose:yi na +v -g o") The example sets inven-
tory to prompt and default to yes, attributes to prompt and de-
fault to no, vanquished to disclose without prompting, genocid-
fixinv
An object's inventory letter sticks to it when it's dropped
(default on). If this is off, dropping an object shifts all
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the remaining inventory letters. Persistent.
force_invmenu
option will take precedence. The default is to randomly pick
an appropriate gender. If you prefix the value with `!' or
"no", you will exclude that gender from being picked randomly.
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Cannot be set with the `O' command. Persistent.
goldX
With the curses interface, the petattr option controls how to
highlight pets and setting it will turn the hilite_pet option
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on or off as warranted.
hilite_pile
Ignore interrupt signals, including breaks (default off). Per-
sistent.
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+
+
implicit_uncursed
Omit "uncursed" from object descriptions when it can be deduced
from other aspects of the description (default on). Persis-
scribed when covered by one or more objects (default off).
Persistent.
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-
-
mention_walls
Give feedback when walking against a wall (default off). Per-
sistent.
class(es) of interest, but then displays a menu of matching ob-
jects rather than prompting one-by-one. Full displays a menu
of object classes rather than a character prompt, and then a
- menu of matching objects for selection. Partial skips the ob-
- ject class filtering and immediately displays a menu of all ob-
- jects. Persistent.
+ menu of matching objects for selection. Partial skips the
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+ object class filtering and immediately displays a menu of all
+ objects. Persistent.
menu_deselect_all
Menu character accelerator to deselect all items in a menu.
Menu character accelerator to jump to the last page in a menu.
Implemented by the Amiga, Gem and tty ports. Default `|'.
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menu_next_page
Menu character accelerator to goto the next menu page. Imple-
mented by the Amiga, Gem and tty ports. Default `>'.
Menu character accelerator to search for a menu item. Imple-
mented by the Amiga, Gem, X11 and tty ports. Default `:'.
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menu_select_all
Menu character accelerator to select all items in a menu. Im-
plemented by the Amiga, Gem, X11 and tty ports. Default `.'.
for curses (`f' and `r' choices, default `r'). The possible
values are:
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s - single message (default; only choice prior to 3.4.0);
c - combination, two messages as "single", then as "full";
f - full window, oldest message first;
news
Read the NetHack news file, if present (default on). Since the
news is shown at the beginning of the game, there's no point in
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setting this with the `O' command.
nudist
packorder
Specify the order to list object types in (default
"")[%?+!=/(*`0_"). The value of this option should be a string
- containing the symbols for the various object types. Any
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- omitted types are filled in at the end from the previous order.
+ containing the symbols for the various object types. Any omit-
+ ted types are filled in at the end from the previous order.
paranoid_confirmation
A space separated list of specific situations where alternate
bones data when dying in debug mode;
attack - require "yes" rather than `y' to confirm attack-
ing a peaceful monster;
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wand-break - require "yes" rather than `y' to confirm breaking
a wand;
eating - require "yes" rather than `y' to confirm whether
hilite_pet boolean option. Curses interface only; value is one
or more of the following letters.
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n - Normal text (no highlighting)
i - Inverse video (default)
b - Bold text
pettype
Specify the type of your initial pet, if you are playing a
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character class that uses multiple types of pets; or choose to
have no initial pet at all. Possible values are "cat", "dog",
"horse", and "none". If the choice is not allowed for the role
value of 0 means "no limit" (always list the objects); a value
of 1 effectively means "never show the objects" since the pile
size will always be at least that big; default value is 5.
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Persistent.
playmode
message where play pauses to allow you to browse the map when-
ever clairvoyance randomly activates. Some situations, such as
being underwater or engulfed, ignore this option. It does not
- affect the clairvoyance spell where pausing to examine revealed
- objects or monsters is less intrusive. Default is off. Per-
- sistent.
- race
- Selects your race (for example, "race:human"). Default is ran-
- dom. If you prefix the value with `!' or "no", you will ex-
- clude that race from being picked randomly. Cannot be set with
- the `O' command. Persistent.
- rest_on_space
- Make the space bar a synonym for the `.' (#wait) command (de-
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+ affect the clairvoyance spell where pausing to examine revealed
+ objects or monsters is less intrusive. Default is off. Per-
+ sistent.
+
+ race
+ Selects your race (for example, "race:human"). Default is ran-
+ dom. If you prefix the value with `!' or "no", you will ex-
+ clude that race from being picked randomly. Cannot be set with
+ the `O' command. Persistent.
+
+ rest_on_space
+ Make the space bar a synonym for the `.' (#wait) command (de-
fault off). Persistent.
role
rlecomp
When writing out a save file, perform run length compression of
the map. Not all ports support run length compression. It has
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no effect on reading an existing save file.
runmode
Prevent you from (knowingly) attacking your pets (default on).
Persistent.
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sanity_check
Evaluate monsters, objects, and map prior to each turn (default
off). Debug mode only.
and #loot commands and some others. Persistent. The possible
values are:
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full - always sort the lists;
loot - only sort the lists that don't use inventory letters,
like with the #loot and pickup commands;
field. If negated or set to zero, disables status hiliting.
See "Configuring Status Hilites" for further information.
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status_updates
Allow updates to the status lines at the bottom of the screen
(default true).
toptenwin
Put the ending display in a NetHack window instead of on stdout
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(default off). Setting this option makes the score list visi-
ble when a windowing version of NetHack is started without a
parent window, but it no longer leaves the score list around
tion. Also works in other situations where you are asked to
pick a location.
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The possible settings are:
c - compass ("east" or "3s" or "2n,4w");
through next and previous targets, use a menu instead to pick a
target. (default off)
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whatis_moveskip
When getting a location on the map, and using shifted movement
keys or meta-digit keys to fast-move, instead of moving 8 units
Augment object descriptions with their objects' weight (default
off). Debug mode only.
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zerocomp
When writing out a save file, perform zero-comp compression of
the contents. Not all ports support zero-comp compression. It
If NetHack can, it should display an ascii character map if it
can.
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color
If NetHack can, it should display color if it can for different
monsters, objects, and dungeon features.
If NetHack can, it should use a font by the chosen name for the
message window.
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font_status
If NetHack can, it should use a font by the chosen name for the
status window.
guicolor
Use color text and/or highlighting attributes when displaying
- some non-map data (such as menu selector letters). Curses
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- interface only; default is on.
+ some non-map data (such as menu selector letters). Curses in-
+ terface only; default is on.
large_font
If NetHack can, it should use a large font.
ple, in the protected mode MS-DOS version, control whether
tiles get pre-loaded into RAM at the start of the game. Doing
so enhances performance of the tile graphics, but uses more
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memory. (default on). Cannot be set with the `O' command.
scroll_amount
term_rows
Curses interface only. Number of columns and rows to use for
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the display. Curses will attempt to resize to the values spec-
ified but will settle for smaller sizes if they are too big.
Default is the current window size.
use_darkgray
Use bold black instead of blue for black glyphs (TTY only).
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use_inverse
If NetHack can, it should display inverse when the game speci-
fies it.
brown, blue, magenta, cyan, orange, brightgreen, yellow, bright-
blue, brightmagenta, brightcyan, white, trueblack, gray, purple,
silver, maroon, fuchsia, lime, olive, navy, teal, aqua), or one
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of Windows UI colors (activeborder, activecaption, appworkspace,
background, btnface, btnshadow, btntext, captiontext, graytext,
greytext, highlight, highlighttext, inactiveborder, inactivecap-
the .dll extension and without any path information. Cannot be
set with the `O' command.
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altmeta
On Amiga, this option controls whether typing "Alt" plus anoth-
er key functions as a meta-shift for that key (default on).
page_wait
(default on, Mac NetHack only).
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rawio
Force raw (non-cbreak) mode for faster output and more bullet-
proof input (MS-DOS sometimes treats `^P' as a printer toggle
Set the video mode used (PC NetHack only). Values are "autode-
tect", "default", "vga", or "vesa". Setting "vesa" will cause
the game to display tiles, using the full capability of the VGA
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hardware. Setting "vga" will cause the game to display tiles,
fixed at 640x480 in 16 colors, a mode that is compatible with
all VGA hardware. Third party tilesets will probably not work.
9.7. Regular Expressions
Regular expressions are normally POSIX extended regular ex-
- pressions. It is possible to compile NetHack without regular
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- expression support on a platform where there is no regular ex-
- pression library. While this is not true of any modern platform,
- if your NetHack was built this way, patterns are instead glob
- patterns. This applies to Autopickup exceptions, Message types,
- Menu colors, and User sounds.
+ pressions. It is possible to compile NetHack without regular ex-
+ pression support on a platform where there is no regular expres-
+ sion library. While this is not true of any modern platform, if
+ your NetHack was built this way, patterns are instead glob pat-
+ terns. This applies to Autopickup exceptions, Message types, Menu
+ colors, and User sounds.
9.8. Configuring Autopickup Exceptions
to be used as a pattern to match against the singular form of
the description of an object at your location.
- In addition, some characters are treated specially if they oc-
- cur as the first character in the pattern, specifically:
- < - always pickup an object that matches rest of pattern;
- > - never pickup an object that matches rest of pattern.
+ NetHack 3.7 February 10, 2020
- The autopickup_exception rules are processed in the order in
- which they appear in your configuration file, thus allowing a
- later rule to override an earlier rule.
- Exceptions can be set with the `O' command, but because they
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+
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+ In addition, some characters are treated specially if they oc-
+ cur as the first character in the pattern, specifically:
+
+ < - always pickup an object that matches rest of pattern;
+ > - never pickup an object that matches rest of pattern.
+
+ The autopickup_exception rules are processed in the order in
+ which they appear in your configuration file, thus allowing a
+ later rule to override an earlier rule.
+
+ Exceptions can be set with the `O' command, but because they
are not included in your configuration file, they won't be in
effect if you save and then restore your game. autopickup_ex-
ception rules and not saved with the game.
by using BIND stanzas in the configuration file. Format is key,
followed by the command to bind to, separated by a colon. The
key can be a single character ("x"), a control key ("^X", "C-x"),
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a meta key ("M-x"), or a three-digit decimal ASCII code.
For example:
Special command keys
Below are the special commands you can rebind. Some of them
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can be bound to same keys with no problems, others are in the
same "context", and if bound to same keys, only one of those
commands will be available. Special command can only be bound
fault is `s'.
getpos.autodescribe
- When asked for a location, the key to toggle autodescribe.
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- Default is `#'.
+ When asked for a location, the key to toggle autodescribe. De-
+ fault is `#'.
getpos.all.next
When asked for a location, the key to go to next closest inter-
When asked for a location, the key to show help. Default is
`?'.
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getpos.mon.next
When asked for a location, the key to go to next closest mon-
ster. Default is `m'.
Toggles between no filtering, in view only, and in the same
area only. Default is `"'.
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getpos.pick
When asked for a location, the key to choose the location, and
possibly ask for more info. Default is `.'.
When asked for a location, the key to go to your location. De-
fault is `@'.
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getpos.unexplored.next
When asked for a location, the key to go to next closest unex-
plored location. Default is `x'.
repeat
Key to repeat previous command. Default is `^A'.
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reqmenu
Prefix key to request menu from some commands. Default is `m'.
You can change the way the messages are shown in the message
area, when the message matches a user-defined pattern.
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In general, the configuration file entries to describe the
message types look like this: MSGTYPE=type "pattern"
matching rule is used. Put the general case first, exceptions
below them.
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9.11. Configuring Menu Colors
Some platforms allow you to define colors used in menu lines
The pattern should be a regular expression.
Allowed colors are black, red, green, brown, blue, magenta,
- cyan, gray, orange, light-green, yellow, light-blue, light-ma-
- genta, light-cyan, and white. And no-color, the default fore-
- ground color, which isn't necessarily the same as any of the
- other colors.
+ cyan, gray, orange, light-green, yellow, light-blue, light-
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+ magenta, light-cyan, and white. And no-color, the default
+ foreground color, which isn't necessarily the same as any of
+ the other colors.
Allowed attributes are none, bold, dim, underline, blink, and
inverse. "Normal" is a synonym for "none". Note that the
plicit_uncursed option off so that all items known to be uncursed
are actually displayed with the "uncursed" description.
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9.12. Configuring User Sounds
Some platforms allow you to define sound files to be played
The pattern should be a POSIX extended regular expression.
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9.13. Configuring Status Hilites
Your copy of NetHack may have been compiled with support for
OPTION=hilite_status:wisdom/down/red/up/green
Allowed colors are black, red, green, brown, blue, magenta,
- cyan, gray, orange, light-green, yellow, light-blue, light-
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- magenta, light-cyan, and white. And "no-color", the default
- foreground color on the display, which is not necessarily the
- same as black or white or any of the other colors.
+ cyan, gray, orange, light-green, yellow, light-blue, light-magen-
+ ta, light-cyan, and white. And "no-color", the default fore-
+ ground color on the display, which is not necessarily the same as
+ black or white or any of the other colors.
Allowed attributes are none, bold, dim, underline, blink,
and inverse. "Normal" is a synonym for "none"; they should not
You can adjust the appearance of the following status
fields:
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title dungeon-level experience-level
strength gold experience
dexterity hitpoints HD
* "up", "down" set the field attributes for when the field
value changes upwards or downwards. This attribute times
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out after statushilites turns.
* "changed" sets the field attribute for when the field val-
perience level to the start of the next level. So if lev-
el 2 starts at 20 points and level 3 starts at 40 points,
having 30 points is 50% and 35 points is 75%. 100% is
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unattainable for experience because you'll gain a level
and the calculations will be reset for that new level, but
a rule for =100% is allowed and matches the special case
Example hilites:
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OPTION=hilite_status: gold/up/yellow/down/brown
OPTION=hilite_status: characteristics/up/green/down/red
OPTION=hilite_status: hitpoints/100%/gray&normal
Set the name of the symbol set that you want to load for dis-
play on the rogue level.
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You can also override one or more symbols using the SYMBOLS
and ROGUESYMBOLS configuration file options. Symbols are speci-
fied as name:value pairs. Note that NetHack escape-processes the
- S_blcorn (bottom left corner)
b S_blob (blob)
+ S_book (spellbook)
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) S_boomleft (boomerang open left)
( S_boomright (boomerang open right)
` S_boulder (boulder)
- S_explode2 (explosion top center)
\ S_explode3 (explosion top right)
| S_explode4 (explosion middle left)
- S_explode5 (explosion middle center)
- | S_explode6 (explosion middle right)
- \ S_explode7 (explosion bottom left)
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+ S_explode5 (explosion middle center)
+ | S_explode6 (explosion middle right)
+ \ S_explode7 (explosion bottom left)
- S_explode8 (explosion bottom center)
/ S_explode9 (explosion bottom right)
e S_eye (eye or sphere)
^ S_hole (hole)
@ S_human (human or elf)
h S_humanoid (humanoid)
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- S_hwall (horizontal wall)
. S_ice (ice)
i S_imp (imp or minor demon)
N S_naga (naga)
. S_ndoor (doorway without door)
n S_nymph (nymph)
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O S_ogre (ogre)
o S_orc (orc)
p S_piercer (piercer)
^ S_squeaky_board (squeaky board)
0 S_ss1 (magic shield 1 of 4)
# S_ss2 (magic shield 2 of 4)
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@ S_ss3 (magic shield 3 of 4)
* S_ss4 (magic shield 4 of 4)
^ S_statue_trap (statue trap)
# S_tree (tree)
T S_troll (troll)
| S_trwall (wall)
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- S_tuwall (wall)
U S_umber (umber hulk)
S_unexplored (unexplored terrain)
Y S_yeti (apelike creature)
Z S_zombie (zombie)
z S_zruty (zruty)
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S_pet_override (any pet if ACCESSIBILITY=1 is set)
S_hero_override (hero if ACCESSIBILITY=1 is set)
will have to know how to navigate horizontally and vertically
character by character. They will also find the search capabili-
ties of their screen-readers to be quite valuable. Be certain to
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examine this Guidebook before playing so you have an idea what
the screen layout is like. You'll also need to be able to locate
the PC cursor. It is always where your character is located.
game to run in a manner accessible to the blind. After you have
gained some experience with the game and with editing files, you
may want to alter settings via SYMBOLS= and ROGUESYMBOLS= in your
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configuration file to better suit your preferences. See the pre-
vious section for the special symbols S_pet_override to force a
consistent symbol for all pets and S_hero_override to force a
the screen. If this is the case, disable the number_pad option
and use the traditional Rogue-like commands.
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autodescribe
Automatically describe the terrain under the cursor when tar-
geting.
screen, if your screen-reader reads those lines. The same in-
formation can be seen via the "#attributes" command.
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9.16. Global Configuration for System Administrators
If NetHack is compiled with the SYSCF option, a system ad-
SAVEFORMAT = A list of up to two save file formats separated by
space. The first format in the list will written as well as
read. The second format will be read only if no save file in
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the first format exists. Valid choices are "historical" for
binary writing of entire structs, "lendian" for binary writing
of each field in little-endian order, "ascii" for writing the
ARDS, and SHELLERS check for the player name instead of the us-
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UID (used identification number) checking for save files (to
verify that the user who is restoring is the same one who
output files in one place rather than at the standard loca-
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saved. Not defining this will prevent dumplog from being cre-
ated. Only available if your game is compiled with DUMPLOG. Al-
proper place under your current name. How many scores are kept
can also be set up when NetHack is compiled.
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Your score is chiefly based upon how much experience you
gained, how much loot you accumulated, how deep you explored, and
how the game ended. If you quit the game, you escape with all of
extended command while already playing the game. Starting a new
game in explore mode provides your character with a wand of wish-
ing in initial inventory; switching during play does not. The
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other benefits of explore mode are left for the trepid reader to
discover.
allowed or not available will result in falling back to explore
mode instead.
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The original hack game was modeled on the Berkeley UNIX
1.4. He then coordinated a cast of thousands in enhancing and
debugging NetHack 1.4 and released NetHack versions 2.2 and 2.3.
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Later, Mike coordinated a major rewrite of the game, heading
a team which included Ken Arromdee, Jean-Christophe Collet, Steve
Creps, Eric Hendrickson, Izchak Miller, John Rupley, Mike Threep-
Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jean-Christophe Collet, Kevin Darcy,
Matt Day, Timo Hakulinen, Steve Linhart, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin,
Eric Raymond, and Eric Smith undertook a radical revision of 3.0.
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They re-structured the game's design, and re-wrote major parts of
the code. They added multiple dungeons, a new display, special
individual character quests, a new endgame and many other new
The 3.2 NetHack Development Team, comprised of Michael Alli-
son, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet, Steve Creps, Kevin
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Darcy, Timo Hakulinen, Steve Linhart, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Er-
ic Smith, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and Paul Winner, released
version 3.2 in April of 1996.
Tom Proudfoot and Yuval Oren created NetHack++, which was
quickly renamed NetHack--. Working independently, Stephen White
wrote NetHack Plus. Tom Proudfoot later merged NetHack Plus and
- his own NetHack-- to produce SLASH. Larry Stewart-Zerba and
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+ his own NetHack-- to produce SLASH. Larry Stewart-Zerba and War-
+ wick Allison improved the spell casting system with the Wizard
Patch. Warwick Allison also ported NetHack to use the Qt inter-
face.
bug list, 3.3 proved stable enough to last for more than a year
and a half.
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The 3.4 NetHack Development Team initially consisted of
Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet, Kevin
Hugo, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Mike Stephenson, Janet
Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Alex Kompel, Dion Nicolaas,
and Yitzhak Sapir maintained and enhanced 3.4 for the Microsoft
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- interface for the Windows port. Alex Kompel also contributed a
- Windows CE port for 3.4.1.
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+ dows CE port for 3.4.1.
Ron Van Iwaarden was the sole maintainer of NetHack for OS/2
the past several releases. Unfortunately Ron's last OS/2 machine
was a work-in-progress and had not gone through the process of
debugging it as a suitable release, it was decided that the ver-
sion numbers present on that code snapshot would be retired and
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never used in an official NetHack release. An announcement was
posted on the NetHack Development Team's official nethack.org
website to that effect, stating that there would never be a
found in the game, author Terry Pratchett, passed away. NetHack
3.6.0 introduced a tribute to him.
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3.6.0 was released in December 2015, and merged work done by
the development team since the release of 3.4.3 with some of the
beloved community patches. Many bugs were fixed and some code was
Patric Mueller, Pat Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex Smith, Mike
Stephenson, Janet Walz, and Paul Winner.
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In early May 2019, another 320 bug fixes along with some en-
hancements and the adopted curses window port, were released as
3.6.2.
The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
https://www.nethack.org/.
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On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once
Bruce Holloway Karl Garrison Richard P. Hughey
Bruce Mewborne Keizo Yamamoto Rob Menke
Carl Schelin Keith Simpson Robin Bandy
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Chris Russo Ken Arnold Robin Johnson
David Cohrs Ken Arromdee Roderick Schertler
David Damerell Ken Lorber Roland McGrath
Frederick Roeber Merlyn LeRoy Tim Lennan
Gil Neiger Michael Allison Timo Hakulinen
Greg Laskin Michael Feir Tom Almy
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Gregg Wonderly Michael Sokolov Warren Cheung
Hao-yang Wang Mike Engber Warwick Allison
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