Dr. Kildeer's Guide to NetHack

I'm not the world's best NetHacker — far from it — but by persevering and taking a few liberties, I've managed to achieve Apotheosis of a sort. So can you! But if you're just starting out it can be overwhelming. If you've reached an impasse, it can be frustrating. And toward the end of the game, it's easy to start wondering whether there is any end to the Dungeons.

This website is an attempt to help other NetHackers by putting online what information I've gathered through far too many hours of adventuring. It began as my personal reference, an expanded version of the NetHack documentation, packed with personal notes, tips, and secrets. But (as you can see) it got out of hand.

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Introduction Your Character The Display Map Features Objects Weapons	Armor Magic Monsters Commands Program Options About this Site

Like most websites, this site is perpetually under construction. (see diagram, left)

Sorry about the half-formatted content, broken links, and so on. Turning a Windows Help file into HTML isn't as easy as you'd guess. I'm spending lunchtimes and evenings trying to get it in shape!

Want to see the Official NetHack Site?
Here's the link, provided by good Polydorases the satyr:
http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/nethack/index.html

Make your presence here known! Since you can't Engrave any messages on the floor here, you'll have to resort to one or more of the following options:

Take up quill and ink to		sign the Guestbook,
Put on your spectacles and		read the Guestbook, or
Annoy a Mail daemon;		send a Scroll of E-mail.

The Nethack Blues

Chorus:

Oh, my armor's rusted solid, and my god has turned His back
While a zillion screaming monsters charge in for the attack
But I've found a Wand of Wishing, and I know what wish I'll choose:
I wish someone would rid me of these awful Nethack Blues!

I have no useful intrinsics and all my stuff is cursed
My pet just died from lack of food, my bag of holding burst
A nymph just stole my weapon, and a leprechaun my cash
I prayed for just a little help and was told to kiss his—

Chorus

I was turned into a wererat, I'm hallucinating too
I've got a case of teleportitis — and I'm just on level two!
I've got boots of levitation and I cannot take them off
I tried once more to pray for help and was answered with a scoff.

Chorus

This game just drives me crazy; I know I cannot win
But although it may seem stupid I won't let myself give in
So I'll just keep on Hacking, and just wait and see, my friend:
Some day I'll find the Amulet, and some day I'll ascend!

Chorus x2

Used by permission of the author. Thank you, Sydney!

An adventurer's inventory

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