1-turn ascension - Revision history

Phol ende wodan: update for 5.0.0, neither method works anymore; leave noversion since it's not expected to change

2026-05-29T16:14:44Z

update for 5.0.0, neither method works anymore; leave noversion since it's not expected to change

Darth l33t: bug version no longer possible in 3.7

2021-05-17T18:25:36Z

bug version no longer possible in 3.7

Luxidream: doesn't fit with other strategy articles

2018-01-02T17:02:23Z

doesn't fit with other strategy articles

220.255.1.95 at 13:58, 13 October 2013

2013-10-13T13:58:34Z

220.255.1.44 at 17:10, 12 October 2013

2013-10-12T17:10:14Z

220.255.1.44: Oops. (Removing part accidentally left behind)

2013-10-12T17:09:47Z

Oops. (Removing part accidentally left behind)

220.255.1.40 at 16:30, 12 October 2013

2013-10-12T16:30:04Z

Bcode: /* Bug exploit */ rm final paragraph break

2013-05-25T08:41:57Z

‎Bug exploit: rm final paragraph break

Tjr: undo, please explain on talk why brown molds would be better.

2011-09-26T20:34:55Z

undo, please explain on talk why brown molds would be better.

220.255.1.43: /* Bug exploit */

2011-09-26T16:32:03Z

‎Bug exploit

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 ===Wizard mode===
-A '''1-turn ascension''' is possible in [[wizard mode]]:
+A 1-turn ascension was trivially possible by performing the following steps in [[wizard mode]]:
 # Level teleport ({{kbd|Ctrl|v}}) to the [[Plane of Earth]] – use {{kbd|?}} to see the menu and select the Plane of Earth ("-1" will not work), this will also automagically give you the Amulet of Yendor
-# Level teleport to the [[Astral Plane]]
+# Level teleport to the [[Astral Plane]] (you can also skip step 1 and level teleport to the Astral Plane directly)
 # Wish for a (lawful/neutral/chaotic) altar
 # #offer the Amulet
-Although this is four steps, none of them consume [[turn]]s in wizard mode. Players hoping to save themselves tremendous amounts of embarrassment should refrain from claiming this as a real ascension.
+Although this is four steps, none of them consume turns in wizard mode. Players hoping to save themselves tremendous amounts of embarrassment should refrain from claiming this as a real ascension.
 ===Bug exploit===
-If you don't consider exploiting bugs to be cheating, it is possible to achieve ascension on turn 1 in non-wizard mode.
+If you don't consider exploiting bugs to be cheating, it was possible to achieve ascension on turn 1 in non-wizard mode.
 The bug is [[integer overflow]] of the turn counter.
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 If NetHack is compiled for a 64-bit platform, the "long" type will not wrap around until it gets to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. The above trick still works in principle, but will take a few hundred million years to complete.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|For games running over 100000 turns, prayer timeout increases by 1 every 100 turns, so prayer will eventually fail and you will starve to death. This was implemented to prevent denial-of-service attacks against [[public server]]s.
+Starting in [[NetHack 5.0.0]], it is no longer possible to overflow the turn counter, in order to avoid players on [[public server]]s wasting server resources and eventually creating a denial-of-service attack. Prayer timeout increases by 1 every 100 turns after turn 100,000, so prayer will eventually fail and you will starve to death. There is additionally a hard cap on turns; if a game runs over one billion turns, it ends immediately in an escape: {{message|The dungeon capitulates.}}
 {{noversion}}
 [[Category:Cheating]]

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 If NetHack is compiled for a 64-bit platform, the "long" type will not wrap around until it gets to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. The above trick still works in principle, but will take a few hundred million years to complete.
 {{noversion}}
 [[Category:Cheating]]

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 If NetHack is compiled for a 64-bit platform, the "long" type will not wrap around until it gets to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. The above trick still works in principle, but will take a few hundred million years to complete.
 {{noversion}}
-[[Category:Strategy]]
 [[Category:Cheating]]

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 * [[Sounds]] could cause "--MORE--"; go to a dungeon level without anything that could cause them.
-* Attribute gains from [[exercise]] or [[abuse]] could interfere by causing "--MORE--". Wear a [[ring of sustain ability]] to prevent this.
+* Attribute gains or losses from [[exercise]] or [[abuse]] could interfere by causing "--MORE--". Wear a [[ring of sustain ability]] to prevent this.
 * [[Monster]]s could interfere in many ways. They can be removed, but normally, new ones will spontaneously appear.
 ** One way to stop this is by occupying all spaces with [[sessile]] monsters.
-*** Create a [[blue jelly]] or [[brown mold]], or use a pre-existing one, and attack it without [[cold resistance]] using sonething weak, causing it to divide. Continue until all spaces are occupied. You should move and choose the one to attack to avoid having them surround you.
+*** Create a [[blue jelly]] or [[brown mold]], or use a pre-existing one, and attack it without [[cold resistance]] using something weak, causing it to divide. Continue until all spaces are occupied. You should move and choose the one to attack to avoid having them surround you.
 *** Choosing a level with little space and having ways to recover from the damage the monsters do will make this faster.
 *** [[Phasing]] monsters could appear in positions others cannot. The sum of your experience level and the dungeon level must be less than 20 so that they do not appear.
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 *** Minimise your experience level and dungeon level to restrict the monsters that can appear.
 * Consumption of [[nutrition]] over time could also interfere.
-** Wear a [[ring of slow digestion]] to reduce it. Remove all other jewelry other than the aforementioned ring of sustain ability, because they increase it.
+** Wear a [[ring of slow digestion]] to reduce it. Remove all other jewelry other than the ring of sustain ability, because they increase it.
 ** [[Prayer]] can be used to regain nutrition. For it to be completely reliable, you must not be [[crowned]], and your god must not be [[anger|angry]].

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 *** Create a [[blue jelly]] or [[brown mold]], or use a pre-existing one, and attack it without [[cold resistance]] using sonething weak, causing it to divide. Continue until all spaces are occupied. You should move and choose the one to attack to avoid having them surround you.
 *** Choosing a level with little space and having ways to recover from the damage the monsters do will make this faster.
-*** [[Phasing]]] monsters could appear in positions others cannot. The sum of your experience level and the dungeon level must be less than 20 so that they do not appear.
+*** [[Phasing]] monsters could appear in positions others cannot. The sum of your experience level and the dungeon level must be less than 20 so that they do not appear.
 ** Another way is to [[genocide]] or make [[extinct]] every monster that can appear.
 *** Minimise your experience level and dungeon level to restrict the monsters that can appear.

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 A '''1-turn ascension''' is possible in [[wizard mode]]:
-# Level teleport ({{kbd|Ctrl|v}}) to the [[Plane of Earth]] - use {{kbd|?}} to see the menu and select the Plane of Earth ("-1" will not work), this will also automagically give you the Amulet of Yendor
+# Level teleport ({{kbd|Ctrl|v}}) to the [[Plane of Earth]] – use {{kbd|?}} to see the menu and select the Plane of Earth ("-1" will not work), this will also automagically give you the Amulet of Yendor
 # Level teleport to the [[Astral Plane]]
 # Wish for a (lawful/neutral/chaotic) altar
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 ===Bug exploit===
-If you don't consider exploiting bugs to be cheating, the following procedure may allow an ascension on turn 1 in non-wizard mode:
+If you don't consider exploiting bugs to be cheating, it is possible to achieve ascension on turn 1 in non-wizard mode.
-# Play until you have the following:
+The bug is [[integer overflow]] of the turn counter.
-Now write the following in a text editor:
+This will take very much effort to do manually, so it should be done with a [[paste]]d sequence instead. Using one does not allow responding to most interferences; they must be prevented or dealt with predictably.
 .<ESC>99999.<ESC>#pray<CR>y<ESC>
 Be sure to replace <ESC> with an actual escape character, and <CR> with an actual carriage return. These can be inserted, for example, with [[vi]]'s Ctrl-V command.
-Duplicate this line about 238,600 times, copy it into your paste buffer, paste it into NetHack's terminal, and wait approximately 19 days. This will overflow the turn counter, wrap around to -2,147,483,648 and slowly creep back up to zero. Each pasted line passes 18000 turns, so you must calculate precisely how many lines must be pasted to bring the counter back up to the right amount. As it approaches a reasonable negative value that should give you enough time, prepare to ascend, then offer the amulet to your deity as the counter ticks over to 1.
+Duplicate this line about 505,200 times, copy it into your paste buffer, paste it into NetHack's terminal, and wait approximately 19 days. This will overflow the turn counter, wrap around to -2,147,483,648 and slowly creep back up to zero. Each pasted line passes 8500 turns, so you must calculate precisely how many lines must be pasted to bring the counter back up to the right amount. As it approaches a reasonable negative value that should give you enough time, prepare to ascend, then offer the amulet to your deity as the counter ticks over to 1.
-A variation is to do this in the [[Astral Plane]] [[sanctuary]]. The Wizard cannot appear on Astral, but scrolls of earth do not work there. You need to [[polymorph]] [[statue]]s to get boulders, and you can [[wand of undead turning|revive]] jelly corpses from under the boulders.
+The hungry and weak status messages will interrupt the waiting command. You really need to wait until you are "weak" but not "fainting" 8499 turns later because "hungry" counts only as a minor problem, which will not always be solved by praying.
 If NetHack is compiled for a 64-bit platform, the "long" type will not wrap around until it gets to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. The above trick still works in principle, but will take a few hundred million years to complete.

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 # Play until you have the following:
-#* any means of creating a (preferably) [[brown mold]] or (otherwise) [[blue jelly]]
+#* any means of creating a [[blue jelly]]
 #* a [[ring of slow digestion]]
 #* [[teleportitis]]

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 # Play until you have the following:
-#* any means of creating a blue jelly
+#* any means of creating a (preferably) [[brown mold]] or (otherwise) [[blue jelly]]
 #* a [[ring of slow digestion]]
 #* [[teleportitis]]
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 # Go to a reasonably safe level. Any will do, but it is faster with a smaller level.
 # Also, your experience level plus the dungeon level must be less than 20, to prevent creation of [[earth elemental]]s.
-# Create a [[blue jelly]].
+# Create the monster using previously prepared method.
-# Wield a weak weapon and divide jellies, carefully watching your HP.
+# Wield a weak weapon and divide the monster, carefully watching your HP.
 # When another unwanted monster appears, teleport to it, kill/destroy it and teleport back.
-# Repeat until the whole level is filled with jellies.
+# Repeat until the whole level is filled with them.
 ## As an alternative method, drain yourself to level 1, go to Dlvl 1, [[extinct]] everything generated there (kill with pets or [[conflict]] to avoid gaining experience levels) or [[genocide]] them, leave pets on another level if you used them, and eliminate anything that remains (make sure you are still experience level 1!).
 # Put on the [[ring of slow digestion]] while well-nourished, remove all other jewelry, and drop the [[Amulet of Yendor]]