G

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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 G serves the following purposes:

  • If numpad movement is off:
  • Pressing g or shift + g activates go mode, and pressing a direction key afterward will cause you to move in that direction until you encounter the wall, a monster, or something else interesting.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, goblins used the g glyph, while grabbers used the G glyph. In the variant Hack for PDP-11, the g glyph is given to the gelatinous cube, while the G glyph is given to the gnome. Both monsters retain the glyph for their appearance in Hack 1.0.

The gelatinous cube continued to use the g glyph through NetHack 2.3e; in NetHack 3.0.0, it is moved to b with the other blobs. The gnome retains its glyph, and other gnomish monsters are added to the monster class.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces gnolls alongside other new monsters that use the g and G glyphs: