K

Printable ASCII characters
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In NetHack, the letter K serves the following purposes:

• k represents a kobold:
  • k kobold
  • k large kobold
  • k kobold lord
  • k kobold shaman

• K represents a Keystone Kop:
  • K Keystone Kop
  • K Kop Sergeant
  • K Kop Lieutenant
  • K Kop Kaptain

• It is also used as a direction key if numpad movement is off:
  • Press k to move north.
  • Press shift + k to move far north.

• If numpad is on:
  • Press k to kick.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, and from Hack 1.0 to NetHack 2.3e, killer bees used the k glyph, while kobolds used the K glyph. In NetHack 3.0.0, new types of kobold were introduced, and all kobolds were moved to the k glyph, while killer bees were moved to the a glyph.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the k glyph:

• k kobold:
  • k swamp kobold
  • k rock kobold
  • k kobold warrior
  • k Kroo the Kobold King

dNetHack

dNetHack replaces Keystone Kops with Keter Sephiroth.