H

Printable ASCII characters
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In NetHack, the letter H serves the following purposes:

• h represents a humanoid:
  • h hobbit
  • h dwarf
  • h bugbear
  • h dwarf lord
  • h dwarf king
  • h mind flayer
  • h master mind flayer

• H represents a giant humanoid:
  • H giant
  • H stone giant
  • H hill giant
  • H fire giant
  • H frost giant
  • H storm giant
  • H ettin
  • H titan
  • H minotaur
  • H Cyclops

• It is also used as a direction key if numpad movement is off:
  • Press h to move west.
  • Press shift + h to move far west.

• If numpad movement is on:
  • Pressing h opens the help menu.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h dwarf thief
  • h duergar
  • h deep one
  • h deeper one
  • h deepest one
• H giant humanoid:
  • H The Largest Giant

UnNetHack

UnNetHack introduces one new creature that use the h glyph:

• h humanoid:
  • h Cthulhu