NetHack

NetHack is a roguelike game often played using ASCII graphics. The goal of the adventurer is to descend through the dungeon while searching for the Amulet of Yendor. The dungeon contains many monsters and other causes of death.

NetHack is a very difficult game, especially for players who lack knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons and avoid reading the spoilers.

Contents

Guide completion stages

• Initial (5,313)
• Sparse (1,526)
• Maturing (844)
• Thorough (512)
• Comprehensive (811)
• Featured (16)

• Introduction and General Advice Template:Stage
• Building from NetHack source code Template:Stage short

Tutorial

• Beginning (warning: high on images) Template:Stage short
• TODO: write a second module for using ranged weapons, et cetera

Spoilers

Spoilers refer to information not provided in the NetHack Guidebook or the NetHack game itself, which some players consider secret and might not want to see.

• Choosing Role and Race
• Staying Alive avoid Yet Another Stupid Death (YASD)
• Tactics with Items food, genocide, ascension kit

Authors

1. Kernigh, split book into chapters, started Building and Beginning
2. Other and anonymous contributors

History

Some text in NetHack/Beginning was adapted from the chapter Learning vi:Basic tasks of the book Learning the vi editor at Wikibooks. Text was adapted 6 November 2005 and is used under GNU Free Documentation License.