Dot

Printable ASCII characters
~	!	@	#	$	%	^	&	*	(	)	_	+	space
`	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	-	=	{	}	|
	Qq	Ww	Ee	Rr	Tt	Yy	Uu	Ii	Oo	Pp	:	"	[	]	\
	Aa	Ss	Dd	Ff	Gg	Hh	Jj	Kk	Ll	?	;	'	Ctrl
	Zz	Xx	Cc	Vv	Bb	Nn	Mm	,	.	/	<	>	Alt

In NetHack, the dot (or .), also known as a period or full stop, serves the following purposes:

• Press . to rest and pass turns.
• When an action prompts you for a direction, e.g. zapping a wand, press . to direct that action at yourself.
• In menu, press . to select all items.
• . can represent the following dungeon features:
  • . floor
  • . ice
• . is used to represent venom objects, which in practice is usually produced by a monster's venom-spitting attack.

Variants

dNetHack

In dNetHack, the ghost monster class uses . as its glyph. dNetHack also moves the shade to its own monster class and adds other monsters to the ghost monster class:

• . garo
• . being of Ib
• . priest of Ib
• . garo master
• . Maanzecorian
• . Blackbeard's Ghost