Door - Revision history

Phol ende wodan: /* Messages about monsters and doors */ 3.7: vampire shapechanging smashing door

2026-01-23T21:12:21Z

‎Messages about monsters and doors: 3.7: vampire shapechanging smashing door

Phol ende wodan: /* Door traps */ 3.7: exp for disarming door trap

2024-12-27T19:11:58Z

‎Door traps: 3.7: exp for disarming door trap

Phol ende wodan: /* Secret doors */ 3.7: no secret doors on levels 1-2

2024-12-21T15:14:42Z

‎Secret doors: 3.7: no secret doors on levels 1-2

Furey: /* Messages about movement and doors */ typo

2024-06-06T18:39:19Z

‎Messages about movement and doors: typo

Furey: /* Messages about opening, closing, locking and unlocking doors */ Punctuation

2024-06-06T18:37:08Z

‎Messages about opening, closing, locking and unlocking doors: Punctuation

Furey: /* Messages about digging and doors */ Punctuation

2024-06-06T18:31:28Z

‎Messages about digging and doors: Punctuation

Furey: /* Messages about door traps and other traps */ copy edit

2024-06-06T18:29:53Z

‎Messages about door traps and other traps: copy edit

Furey: /* Messages about door traps and other traps */ copy edit

2024-06-06T18:29:04Z

‎Messages about door traps and other traps: copy edit

Furey: /* Opening */ breaking != destroying

2024-06-06T18:25:05Z

‎Opening: breaking != destroying

Furey: Add broken doors.

2024-06-06T18:23:03Z

Add broken doors.

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 {{message|You see a door crash open.}}
 {{message|You hear a door crash open.|A monster has destroyed a door.}}
 === Messages about door traps and other [[trap]]s ===

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 == Door traps ==
-At level 5 and below, about 3% of non-shop doors are booby-trapped.{{refsrc|src/mklev.c|394|nethack=3.6.7}} A door trap does 1d(2+{{sfrac|level|2}}) damage, in addition to [[stun]]ning you, [[abuse|abusing]] [[strength]] and abusing [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/trap.c|5171|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} You can check a door for traps with the [[untrap|#untrap]] command. {{refsrc|src/trap.c|4581|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+At level 5 and below, about 3% of non-shop doors are booby-trapped.{{refsrc|src/mklev.c|394|nethack=3.6.7}} A door trap does 1d(2+{{sfrac|level|2}}) damage, in addition to [[stun]]ning you, [[abuse|abusing]] [[strength]] and abusing [[constitution]].{{refsrc|src/trap.c|5171|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} You can check a door for traps and attempt to disarm any you find with the [[untrap|#untrap]] command. {{refsrc|src/trap.c|4581|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 == Strategy ==

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	The magical method involves using a [[wand of secret door detection]], the spell of {{spell of\|detect unseen}}, or the [[Bell of Opening]]; these will immediately reveal any nearby secret doors. A blessed [[scroll of magic mapping]] reveals secret doors on the entire level.		The magical method involves using a [[wand of secret door detection]], the spell of {{spell of\|detect unseen}}, or the [[Bell of Opening]]; these will immediately reveal any nearby secret doors. A blessed [[scroll of magic mapping]] reveals secret doors on the entire level.
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		+	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|Secret doors never generate on dungeon levels 1 or 2.}}

	== Door traps ==		== Door traps ==

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 <!-- src/hack.c -->
-{{message|You start chewing a hole the door.}}
+{{message|You start chewing a hole in the door.}}
 {{message|You (begin/continue) chewing on the door.}}
 {{message|You chew through the door.}}

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 {{message|You cannot lock an open door.|You attemped to lock an open door.}}
 {{message|You can't lock a door with a credit card.|With a credit card, you can unlock, but not lock.}}
-{{message|You give up your attempt at (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock.)|You spent 50 turns and did not succeed. Or you have no hands, so you failed before you started.}}
+{{message|You give up your attempt at (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock).|You spent 50 turns and did not succeed. Or you have no hands, so you failed before you started.}}
-{{message|You stop (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock.)|While you were working on the door, something interrupted you.}}
+{{message|You stop (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock).|While you were working on the door, something interrupted you.}}
-{{message|You resume your attempt at (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock.)|You got back to work on the door.}}
+{{message|You resume your attempt at (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock).|You got back to work on the door.}}
-{{message|You succeed in (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock.)|You succeeded!}}
+{{message|You succeed in (locking the door/unlocking the door/picking the lock).|You succeeded!}}
-{{message|You find a trap!  Do you want to try to disarm it?|You are unlocking a door with the [[Master Key of Thievery]]}}
+{{message|You find a trap!  Do you want to try to disarm it?|You are unlocking a door with the [[Master Key of Thievery]].}}
-{{message|You succeed in disarming the trap.  The door is still (unlocked/locked).|You disarmed a door trap with the [[Master Key of Thievery]]}}
+{{message|You succeed in disarming the trap.  The door is still (unlocked/locked).|You disarmed a door trap with the [[Master Key of Thievery]].}}
 {{message|The door actually was a mimic!|You attempted to lock or unlock a door, but it is really a mimic hiding as a door.}}
 {{message|You're too small to pull the door open.|The [[physical size]] of your current form is tiny.}}

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 {{message|You feel like are (1-A/4-F).|As above, and you are hallucinating.}}
 {{message|You feel a draft.|A monster dug through a secret door.}}
-{{message|You feel like (enlisting/marching/protesting/fleeing.|As above, and you are hallucinating.}}
+{{message|You feel like (enlisting/marching/protesting/fleeing).|As above, and you are hallucinating.}}
 {{message|The door is razed!|A [[ray]] of digging destroyed a door.}}

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 {{message|You set it off!|You attempted to disarm a trapped door, but failed.}}
 {{message|You disarm it!|You attempted to disarm a trapped door, and succeeded.}}
-{{message|You find no traps on the door.|You attempted to untrap a closed or locked door, but did not find a trap.}}
+{{message|You find no traps on the door.|You attempted to untrap a closed door, but did not find a trap.}}
 {{message|KABOOM!!  The door was booby-trapped!|You set off a door trap.}}

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 {{message|This door is safely open.|You attempted to untrap an open door.}}
 {{message|This door is broken.|You attempted to untrap a broken door.}}
-{{message|You find a trap on the door!|You attempted to find a trap on a closed or locked door, and succeeded.}}
+{{message|You find a trap on the door!|You attempted to find a trap on a closed door, and succeeded.}}
 {{message|You set it off!|You attempted to disarm a trapped door, but failed.}}
 {{message|You disarm it!|You attempted to disarm a trapped door, and succeeded.}}

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 * [[Zap]]ping a [[wand of opening]] or [[spellcasting|casting]] the {{spell of|knock}} spell at it. This unlocks the door but does not open it.
 * Applying the blessed [[Bell of Opening]].
-* Breaking the door down with force. You should not do this in [[Minetown]] when [[watchman|watchmen]] or their [[watch captain|captains]] are present. Nor should you do this to [[shop]] doors. Note that doors with "[[shop#Closed shops|Closed for inventory]]" written in the dust next to them are locked doors to shops. Forecful methods are:
+* Breaking or destroying the door with force. You should not do this in [[Minetown]] when [[watchman|watchmen]] or their [[watch captain|captains]] are present. Nor should you do this to [[shop]] doors. Note that doors with "[[shop#Closed shops|Closed for inventory]]" written in the dust next to them are locked doors to shops. Forecful methods are:
 ** [[Kick]]ing. This is [[noise|noisy]].
 ** Zapping a [[wand of striking]],{{refsrc|src/zap.c|3436|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/lock.c|1018|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} [[wand of fire]], [[wand of lightning]], [[wand of cold]],{{refsrc|src/zap.c|4622|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} or [[wand of digging]]{{refsrc|src/dig.c|1505|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}, or casting the equivalent spells: {{spell of|force bolt}}, {{spell of|fireball}}, {{spell of|cone of cold}}, or {{spell of|dig}}, destroying the door.  Striking and force bolt are [[noise|noisy]]; the other methods are not.

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 '''Doors''' are ways of moving in and out of rooms. They are distinct from [[trap door]]s and [[drawbridge]]s. Open doors in vertical walls are represented by {{brown|-}}; open doors in horizontal walls are represented by {{brown|{{!}}}}; and closed doors are represented by {{brown|+}}. A doorway without a door is represented by {{white|.}}.
-A doorway may have no door, an open door, or a closed door. A closed door may be locked or unlocked.
+A doorway may have no door, a broken door, an open door, or a closed door. A closed door may be locked or unlocked. A closed door may be untrapped or trapped.
 A closed door may be secret, in which case it looks like a [[wall]] until you discover it somehow.
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 == Generation ==
-The game generates doors as part of dungeon creation. Doors can be generated open, closed and unlocked, or closed and locked.
+The game generates doors as part of dungeon creation.
 You can create a door in an empty doorway by zapping a [[wand of locking]] or casting {{spell of|wizard lock}}. You can also create a door in any destroyed bit of wall that connects a room to a corridor.
-There are numerous ways to destroy a door, leaving an empty doorway.
+There are numerous ways to break a door, leaving a broken door, or destroy a door, leaving an empty doorway.
 == Opening ==