Staircase - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom at 00:35, 22 February 2022

2022-02-22T00:35:23Z

Glinden: Missing #terrain, which is probably the most useful way to find staircases when you can't seem to find them

2022-02-22T00:30:17Z

Missing #terrain, which is probably the most useful way to find staircases when you can't seem to find them

Wingedcatgirl: /* Occurrence */

2021-11-20T18:39:42Z

‎Occurrence

Darth l33t: /* Monsters following */

2020-04-18T16:22:21Z

‎Monsters following

Pinkbeast: Make this a subheading so I can link to it

2019-09-23T15:51:00Z

Make this a subheading so I can link to it

Aran418: /* Mechanics */ reworded paragraphs about items falling down staircases

2016-01-30T17:56:35Z

‎Mechanics: reworded paragraphs about items falling down staircases

ChasonBot at 16:40, 21 December 2015

2015-12-21T16:40:50Z

195.2.244.193: /* Trap doors */ english is hard

2015-06-08T12:10:52Z

‎Trap doors: english is hard

Quantum Immortal: /* History */ excessive ]

2015-06-07T18:22:05Z

‎History: excessive ]

108.213.218.145 at 17:31, 7 June 2015

2015-06-07T17:31:19Z

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 === If you cannot find a staircase to the next level ===
-* Use [[Terrain|#terrain]] to see the map without objects. You may have discovered the staircase already but it may be covered by something.
+* Use [[Terrain|#terrain]] to see the map without objects. You may have discovered the staircase already, but it may be covered by an object.
 * Try moving (or destroying) a [[boulder]]. It may cover a staircase.
 * Try [[Search|searching]]. Staircases themselves are never hidden, but the rooms containing them may be behind a [[secret door]] or hidden [[corridor]] square. The screen is more or less full of rooms on every floor of the dungeon, so if you notice that you haven't uncovered rooms on one side of the screen, try looking for a door that might lead that way.

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 === If you cannot find a staircase to the next level ===
 * Try moving (or destroying) a [[boulder]]. It may cover a staircase.
 * Try [[Search|searching]]. Staircases themselves are never hidden, but the rooms containing them may be behind a [[secret door]] or hidden [[corridor]] square. The screen is more or less full of rooms on every floor of the dungeon, so if you notice that you haven't uncovered rooms on one side of the screen, try looking for a door that might lead that way.

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 The bottom levels of the [[Gnomish Mines]], [[Gehennom]] and the [[Quest]] as well as the top level of [[Sokoban]] only contain one staircase, obviously.
-One other staircase is very important, and that's the upstairs from level 1. If you don't possess the [[Amulet of Yendor]] and climb up these stairs, you escape from the dungeon and lose the game. If you carry the Amulet, you reach the [[Elemental Planes]] and start the [[Endgame]]. In both cases, you can't return, and you are warned with the message "Beware, there will be no return!"
+One other staircase is very important, and that's the upstairs from level 1. If you don't possess the [[Amulet of Yendor]] and climb up these stairs, you [[Escaping the dungeon|escape from the dungeon]] and lose the game. If you carry the Amulet, you reach the [[Elemental Planes]] and start the [[Endgame]]. In both cases, you can't return, and you are warned with the message "Beware, there will be no return!"
 == Mechanics ==

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 ===Monsters following===
-Note that some monsters can follow you up and down stairs: demons, including demon lords and princes will do so. Even low-level demons like imps and homunculi will do so, and because they are also fast, they can be tricky to escape early on if you are not strong enough to fight them. Ghosts will also do so (although they are rarely very dangerous), as well as some other undead creatures. If you engrave Elbereth on the stairs, they cannot follow you.
+Note that some monsters can follow you up and down stairs; see the [[follower]] article for more information.
 === If you cannot find a staircase to the next level ===

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	Staircases are commonly [[engrave\|engraved]] upon, with either a note to the player reminding them of something of importance on the level, or with [[Elbereth]], which the player can stand upon to safely fight an enemy that teleports to the upstairs during combat.		Staircases are commonly [[engrave\|engraved]] upon, with either a note to the player reminding them of something of importance on the level, or with [[Elbereth]], which the player can stand upon to safely fight an enemy that teleports to the upstairs during combat.

		+	===Monsters following===
	Note that some monsters can follow you up and down stairs: demons, including demon lords and princes will do so. Even low-level demons like imps and homunculi will do so, and because they are also fast, they can be tricky to escape early on if you are not strong enough to fight them. Ghosts will also do so (although they are rarely very dangerous), as well as some other undead creatures. If you engrave Elbereth on the stairs, they cannot follow you.		Note that some monsters can follow you up and down stairs: demons, including demon lords and princes will do so. Even low-level demons like imps and homunculi will do so, and because they are also fast, they can be tricky to escape early on if you are not strong enough to fight them. Ghosts will also do so (although they are rarely very dangerous), as well as some other undead creatures. If you engrave Elbereth on the stairs, they cannot follow you.

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 You go down on a downstairs using the {{kbd|>}} or go up on an upstairs using the {{kbd|<}} command to arrive at another dungeon level.  You cannot go down while [[levitating]].  If you descend a downstairs while [[burdened]], [[punished]], or [[fumbling]], you always fall down the stairs unless you are also [[flying]].  If you fall down, you get a small amount of damage, you are removed from your [[steed]], and will petrify you if you are wielding a [[trice corpse]] (as either primary or secondary weapon), but does not otherwise harm your inventory.
-Items dropped on the down staircase have a chance of falling down the staircase, potentially "disturbing" (and causing them to fall down as well) items already lying there.
+Items dropped on the down staircase have a chance of falling down the staircase, as well as potentially "disturbing" items already lying there (and causing them to fall down as well).
 == Strategy ==

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 ===Trap doors===
-When you find the downstairs, have a peek immediately. This way, if you fall down a [[trap door]], you can find your way up faster. This can be very helpful in the early game, especially in the cavernous and possibly dark [[Mines]], when you don't want to travel down to fast.
+When you find the downstairs, have a peek immediately. This way, if you fall down a [[trap door]], you can find your way up faster. This can be very helpful in the early game, especially in the cavernous and possibly dark [[Mines]], when you don't want to travel down too fast.
 ===Engraving===

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 ==History==
-In ''[[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]'' (the predecessor to NetHack) stairs were represented as {{white|%}} (percent sign). ''[[Hack]]]'' started using {{white|<}} (left angle bracket) and {{white|>}} (right angle bracket), like ''NetHack'' normally does. In Rogue, there was always one stairway: down if you had not found the [[Amulet of Yendor]], or up if you had found it. Hack and ''NetHack'' introduced an innovation where old levels were saved to disk, allowing you to freely travel up and down. Thus, the [[Rogue level]] of NetHack in homage to [[Rogue (game)|Rogue]] contains two percent signs.
+In ''[[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]'' (the predecessor to NetHack) stairs were represented as {{white|%}} (percent sign). ''[[Hack]]'' started using {{white|<}} (left angle bracket) and {{white|>}} (right angle bracket), like ''NetHack'' normally does. In Rogue, there was always one stairway: down if you had not found the [[Amulet of Yendor]], or up if you had found it. Hack and ''NetHack'' introduced an innovation where old levels were saved to disk, allowing you to freely travel up and down. Thus, the [[Rogue level]] of NetHack in homage to [[Rogue (game)|Rogue]] contains two percent signs.
 ==Dudley's dungeon==