L

For the notable community member, see L (person).

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 L serves the following purposes:

• l represents a leprechaun, which is the only member of the leprechaun monster class.
• L represents a lich:
  • L lich
  • L demilich
  • L master lich
  • L arch-lich

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

• If numpad movement is on:
  • Press l to loot a container.
  • Press ctrl + l to redraw the screen.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, lizards used the l glyph, while rock lobsters used the L glyph; in the variant Hack for PDP-11, the l glyph is instead given to the leocrotta, while the L glyph is given to the leprechaun. Both monsters retain the glyph for their appearance in Hack 1.0, and continued to use those glyphs up to NetHack 2.3e.

In NetHack 3.0.0, the quarduped monster class is introduced and uses the q glyph; leocrottas were moved to that glyph, while the lich monster class is introduced and given the l glyph in its place. In NetHack 3.0.6, the leprechaun and lich monster classes exchanged letters and began using their current glyphs.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces some new monsters that use the l and L glyphs:

• l leprechaun:
  • l leprechaun wizard
• L lich:
  • L Vecna