%

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 percent symbol (%) serves the following purposes:

• % represents comestibles, including corpses.
• On the Rogue level, % represents a staircase.
• In menus, pressing % is used to select comestibles in open inventory.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM adds the evil food monster class, which is represented by the % glyph:

• % killer food:
  • % bad egg
  • % killer tripe ration
  • % killer food ration