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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 apostrophe (') serves the following purposes:

• ' represents a golem:
  • ' straw golem
  • ' paper golem
  • ' rope golem
  • ' gold golem
  • ' leather golem
  • ' wood golem
  • ' flesh golem
  • ' clay golem
  • ' stone golem
  • ' glass golem
  • ' iron golem

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, the ghost uses the ' glyph; in Hack for PDP-11, the glyph is instead used by the lurker above. The lurker above was then moved to the tilde glyph, ~, for Hack 1.0, then moved back to ' in Hack 1.0.1 - it would retain this glyph until NetHack 3.0.0, when the golems were introduced and the lurker above was moved to t with the trapper.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the ' glyph:

• ' wax golem
• ' plastic golem
• ' Frankenstein's Monster
• ' ruby golem
• ' diamond golem
• ' sapphire golem
• ' steel golem
• ' crystal golem

UnNetHack

UnNetHack introduces new monsters that use the ' glyph:

• ' wax golem
• ' ice golem
• ' crystal ice golem