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| Printable ASCII characters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ~ | ! | @ | # | $ | % | ^ | & | * | ( | ) | _ | + | space | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ` | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | - | = | { | } | | | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 backtick symbol (`) serves the following purposes:
- ` represents boulders by default. This can be changed with the boulder option.
- Pressing ` opens up the discoveries menu, which lets you view what items you have identified in each object class, whether formally or by type-name.
Historical uses
In NetHack 3.4.3 and earlier versions, including some variants based on these versions, ` also represented statues. Starting in NetHack 3.6.0, statues of monsters instead use that monster's glyph.
Variants
Some variants based on NetHack 3.4.3 continue to use ` to represent statues.
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM uses the same glyphs for statues as NetHack 3.4.3.
UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, ` is also used for statue monsters, a new monster class. The glyph is used by the following monsters:
- ` Punisher
