N

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In NetHack, the letter N serves the following purposes:

• n represents a nymph:
  • n wood nymph
  • n water nymph
  • n mountain nymph

• N represents a naga:
  • N red naga
  • N black naga
  • N golden naga
  • N guardian naga
  • N red naga hatchling
  • N black naga hatchling
  • N golden naga hatchling
  • N guardian naga hatchling

• It is also used as a direction key:
  • Press n to move south-east if numpad movement is off
  • Press shift + n to move far south-east if numpad movement is off

• If numpad is on, pressing n lets you specify a numeric prefix for a command. For example, n10s would search 10 times.
• If numpad is on, pressing shift + n works as an alias for the extended command #name.

Historical uses

From Hack 1.0 to NetHack 2.3e, nymphs used the N glyph. In NetHack 3.0.0, nagas were introduced and represented by the N glyph, while the nymph was split into its three subtypes and moved to the n glyph.

Variants

UnNetHack

UnNetHack introduces Aphrodite, a new unique monster that use the n glyph, as well as two monsters that use the N glyph:

• N white naga
  • N white naga hatchling

SLASH'EM

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

• n pixie
• n brownie
• n quickling
• n Aphrodite