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− | * It | + | * It is also used as a [[direction]] key if [[numpad]] movement is off: |
− | ** Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest | + | ** Press {{kbd|y}} to move northwest. |
− | ** Press {{kbd|shift|y}} to move far northwest | + | ** Press {{kbd|shift|y}} to move far northwest. |
− | * Pressing {{kbd|y}} answers yes to questions with "yes/no" prompts. As such, be wary of moving by holding down the key or else pressing it repeatedly: you may risk attacking a powerful [[peaceful]] monster to your northwest, especially in areas like [[Minetown]]. See [[paranoid_hit]] for a way to avoid this. | + | |
+ | * If numpad movement is on: | ||
+ | ** Pressing {{kbd|y}} answers yes to questions with "yes/no" prompts. As such, be wary of moving by holding down the key or else pressing it repeatedly: you may risk attacking a powerful [[peaceful]] monster to your northwest, especially in areas like [[Minetown]]. See [[paranoid_hit]] for a way to avoid this. | ||
==Historical uses== | ==Historical uses== |
Revision as of 15:18, 29 October 2023
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In NetHack, the letter Y serves the following purposes:
- y represents a light:
- Y represents an apelike creature:
- If numpad movement is on:
- Pressing y answers yes to questions with "yes/no" prompts. As such, be wary of moving by holding down the key or else pressing it repeatedly: you may risk attacking a powerful peaceful monster to your northwest, especially in areas like Minetown. See paranoid_hit for a way to avoid this.
Historical uses
In PDP-11 Hack, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, yeti used the Y glyph as normal; this was also the case from Hack 1.0 to NetHack 3.0.10. The apelike creature monster class was introduced in NetHack 3.0.0, and its members - the ape and carnivorous ape - instead used A as their glyph. In NetHack 3.1.0, the apelike creatures were moved to Y with the yeti to make room for angelic beings, and the owlbear was changed from a giant humanoid, H, to an apelike creature.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM does not introduce any new monsters using y or Y as their glyph - however, the z zruty is moved to the apelike creature monster class and has its glyph changed to Y.