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The '''#quit''' [[extended command]] lets you quit and ''abandon'' the current game. NetHack will ask you to confirm with '''[y/n]'''. Use this when you want to abandon your current game and start a new one with a new [[player|character]].
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The '''#quit''' [[extended command]] abandons the current game. ''[[NetHack]]'' will ask you to confirm with '''[y/n]'''. Use this when you want to give up on your current game and start a new one with a new [[character]].
  
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Once you quit, there is no way to return to that game! (That is unless you are [[save scumming]].)
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Once you quit, there is no way to return to that game unless you are [[save scumming]]; if you only want to close your game and resume later, use the [[save]] command, {{kbd|Shift|S}}.
  
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In old versions of ''[[NetHack]]'', as in ''[[Hack]]'', the '''[Q]''' command would quit. However, such command is rarely used, so newer versions changed '''[Q]''' to [[quiver]] and introduced the extended command "#quit". This is why, on [[you]]r first use of the quiver command, the game will remind you to use "#quit" to quit.
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==History==
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In old versions of ''NetHack'', as in ''[[Hack]]'', the {{kbd|Shift|Q}} command would quit. However, this command was rarely used, so newer versions changed {{kbd|Shift|Q}} to [[quiver]] and introduced the extended command "#quit". This is why, on your first use of the quiver command, the game will remind you to use "#quit" to quit.<!--Specify the versions if possible-->
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==Encyclopedia entry==
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{{encyclopedia|
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Maltar:  [...]  I remembered a little saying I learned my
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          first day at the academy.
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Natalie:  Yeah, yeah, I know.  Winners never quit and quitters
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          never win.
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Maltar:  What?  No!  Winners never quit and quitters should
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          be cast into the Flaming Pit of Death.
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|[ Snow Day, directed by Chris Koch,
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  written by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi ]
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}}
  
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If you only want to [[save]] your game, you would press '''[S]'''. This exits NetHack; but it leaves a save file so you will return to your current game. Using "#quit" never leaves a save file.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 18 January 2021

The #quit extended command abandons the current game. NetHack will ask you to confirm with [y/n]. Use this when you want to give up on your current game and start a new one with a new character.

Once you quit, there is no way to return to that game unless you are save scumming; if you only want to close your game and resume later, use the save command, Shift + S.

History

In old versions of NetHack, as in Hack, the Shift + Q command would quit. However, this command was rarely used, so newer versions changed Shift + Q to quiver and introduced the extended command "#quit". This is why, on your first use of the quiver command, the game will remind you to use "#quit" to quit.

Encyclopedia entry

Maltar: [...] I remembered a little saying I learned my
          first day at the academy.
Natalie: Yeah, yeah, I know. Winners never quit and quitters
          never win.
 Maltar: What? No! Winners never quit and quitters should
          be cast into the Flaming Pit of Death.

[ Snow Day, directed by Chris Koch,
  written by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi ]
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