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Many things in [[NetHack]] are a Bad Idea, although that often only becomes apparent after your demise, which may well be [[YASD]].
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:''You feel that [[aggravate monster|eating the little dog was a bad idea]].''
  
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A few bad ideas include:
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Many things in [[NetHack]] are a [[Bad Idea]], although that often only becomes apparent after your demise, which may well be [[YASD]].
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A few Bad Ideas include:
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*Using only the [[movement tactics#Diagonal movement|arrow keys]].
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*[[Numeric prefix|Holding keys down]].
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*Letting monsters hit you for no good reason.
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*[[Genocide|Genociding]] [[@]].
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*Blessed-genociding [[mind flayer]]s as a [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarf]].
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*Attempting to genocide while [[confused]].
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*Casting {{spell of|force bolt}} in potion shops.
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*Casting {{spell of|fireball}} in bookstores.
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*Looting an [[container trap|exploding box]] in a tool shop.
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*Shopping while [[teleportitis#Shopping with uncontrolled teleportitis|feeling jumpy]].
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*Smashing open every [[shop#Generation|locked door]] in your way.
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*[[Paste|Pasting into the NetHack terminal]] without checking the clipboard.
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*[[fountain#fountain quaffing|Quaffing from every fountain]] and risking [[water moccasin]]s and [[water demon]]s while at a low level in the hope of a [[wish]].
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*[[knight#The horse|Getting on your pony]] right at the start of the game.
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*[[Choking|Eating]] "just one more" [[giant]] or [[lump of royal jelly]].
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*Eating [[food poisoning|rotten corpses]].
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*Training [[strength]] by [[encumbrance#Stressed|weight lifting]].
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*[[Pit|Running around]] while [[cockatrice#Wearing gloves while wielding the corpse as a weapon|brandishing a cockatrice corpse]].
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*[[Sink|Levitating around]] while brandishing a cockatrice corpse.
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*[[m|Groping around]] while [[cockatrice#Without wearing gloves, blinded|blind and bare-handed]].
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*Leaving your [[wand of wishing]] in your [[shock|main inventory]], particularly before wishing for [[reflection]].
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*Kicking the box in the Castle that contains the [[glass|wand of wishing]] before removing the wand.
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*Putting [[wand of cancellation|all your wands]] or [[bag of tricks|all your tools]] into your [[bag of holding]].
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*Picking up nondescript [[loadstone|gray stones]].
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*[[autopickup|Automatically picking up]] nondescript gray stones.
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*Retreating to a [[aligned priest|sanctuary]] to test your [[ring of conflict|unidentified rings]].
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*[[Sacrifice#altar_converts_you|Letting an altar convert ''you'']].
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*Treating [[werecreatures]] very [[Sacrifice#Sacrificing creatures of own race|inhumanely]].
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*Dipping for [[Excalibur]] before checking your [[experience level]].
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*[[Elbereth|Engraving]] with the [[engraving#Speed|wrong object]].
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*Teleporting the other [[Riders]] or their corpses.
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*Hanging out next to a [[drawbridge#Destruction|drawbridge]].
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*Looting [[bones]] files without [[pickup_burden]].
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*Killing a [[mirror|nymph]] with a {{spell of|force bolt}}.
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*Throwing your metal [[dagger]]s at a [[metallivore]].
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*Throwing your [[enchantment|enchanted]] daggers at a [[disenchanter]].
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*[[Hangup|Disconnecting from the server]] while you decide what to [[wish]] for.
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*Eating a [[Tin#Eating tins|tin]] while wielding your [[artifact weapon]] in a shop.
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*Editing wishes with the arrow keys in a terminal session. Your wish for an amulet of lifesaving may become a wish for a food ration.
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*Using a weak weapon to train skills for a weapon that you do not yet possess. It's best to use the best weapon you currently have access to; you can go up floors to train a weapon later when you acquire it.
  
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*'''Genociding @'''
 
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*'''Blessed-genociding h, when playing a dwarf'''
 
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*Pasting stuff into Nethack unless you are sure what is in the clipboard.
 
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*Casting [[Spellbook_of_force_bolt|force bolt]] while in a shop.
 
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*Picking up items in shops while afflicted with [[teleportitis|teleportitis.]]
 
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*Teleporting the [[Riders]]' corpses.
 
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*Eating "just one more" [[giant]] corpse/[[lump of royal jelly|royal jelly.]]
 
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*Eating old (rotten) corpses.
 
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*Strength training by overburdening your self.
 
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*Wielding a [[cockatrice]] corpse while burdened and deciding to go down stairs.
 
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*Walking around with a [[cockatrice]] corpse wielded. [[Levitation]] is safe, as long as you don't pass over a [[sink|sink.]]
 
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*Walking around while blind, without gloves. Note that if you press "m" before taking each step, your character will not attempt to feel the objects on the square where he or she is standing, making this a safer way to cross a square with a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse. A source of levitation is a more convenient way to deal with this problem.
 
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*Breaking a drawbridge while standing adjacent to it.
 
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*Reverse genociding [[dragon]]s to make [[Dragon scale mail|DSM]] ''before'' you're able to kill the dragons
 
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*Having your [[wand of wishing]] in your main inventory instead of a [[bag|bag.]]
 
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*Putting a [[wand of cancellation]], a [[bag of tricks]], or another bag of holding into your [[bag of holding|bag of holding.]]
 
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*Sacrificing at a cross-aligned [[altar]] while having bad [[alignment record]] before the [[Quest]] is complete.
 
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*Killing a co-aligned [[unicorn]], breaking a [[mirror]], et cetera...
 
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*Killing a nymph with a [[Spellbook_of_force_bolt|force bolt.]]
 
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*Killing the [[Wizard of Yendor]] before collecting seven [[candle]]s for the [[invocation ritual|invocation ritual.]]
 
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*Picking up non-identified gray stones (identification is done by first kicking and then rubbing the stone on an iron object).
 
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*Reading a [[scroll of genocide]] while confused.
 
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*Throwing your highly enchanted metal daggers at a [[metallivore|metallivore.]]
 
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*Slowly engraving more than 1 letter of [[Elbereth]] at once while under attack.
 
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*Quickly engraving multiple Elbereths at once while under attack.
 
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*Using fountains and sinks before you can handle what they can spawn (moccasins and water demons for the former, incubi/succubi and puddings for the latter.)
 
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*Kicking doors when there is a store somewhere on the floor, even if the doors are locked. Note that a shopkeeper's locked door will always have the phrase "Closed for inventory" written in the square outside of the door. If you can pick the lock or have a key, the shopkeeper will not be angered if you unlock and enter the store.
 
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*Letting that monster hit you just one more time before you heal yourself.
 
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*Saving the game in the middle of a wish or genocide selection.
 
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*Attempting to mount a pony before leveling at least once.
 
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*Offering the corpse of a [[werecreature]] at an [[altar]] as a non-chaotic human character.
 
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*Eating werecreatures, particularly as a human.
 
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*Killing your quest leader.
 
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*Killing your quest guardians (probably).
 
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*Eating kittens (or at least, you feel it was).
 
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*Dropping potions while levitating
 
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Lessons learned the hard way]]
 
*[[Lessons learned the hard way]]
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*[[YASD]]
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*[[DeathOnAStick]]
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 10 March 2024

You feel that eating the little dog was a bad idea.

Many things in NetHack are a Bad Idea, although that often only becomes apparent after your demise, which may well be YASD.

A few Bad Ideas include:

See also

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