J

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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 letter J serves the following purposes:

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

Variants

UnNetHack, GruntHack, SLASH'EM, EvilHack and SpliceHack implement the vorpal jabberwock, J, based on the unused monster in NetHack.

SLASH'EM

In addition to the vorpal jabberwock, SLASH'EM also introduces several new creatures that use the j glyph: