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: In a non-conduct game, keep the pet until you are sure you can survive without, then abandon it. As a pacifist, your life depends on your pets. Keep 3-4 of them, and shove them on a polytrap to improve them before you go much farther down than say dungeon level 10. It pays off to learn the art of luring pets, and [[credit cloning]].[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 18:04, September 14, 2010 (UTC) | : In a non-conduct game, keep the pet until you are sure you can survive without, then abandon it. As a pacifist, your life depends on your pets. Keep 3-4 of them, and shove them on a polytrap to improve them before you go much farther down than say dungeon level 10. It pays off to learn the art of luring pets, and [[credit cloning]].[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 18:04, September 14, 2010 (UTC) | ||
: Also, a [[magic whistle]] massively cuts down on the problem of having to go back to get pets, and is useful for keeping them away from peacefuls you want alive (although other than the minetown priest and (sometimes) shopkeepers, it doesn't really matter if they wipe out peaceful monsters). As for which pet is best, by far warhorses: they're fast, have a higher level than dogs/cats, and don't eat desirable corpses other than lichens. The downside is that you have to keep them fed on vegan food, but there's usually enough of that in the dungeon. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 22:00, September 14, 2010 (UTC) | : Also, a [[magic whistle]] massively cuts down on the problem of having to go back to get pets, and is useful for keeping them away from peacefuls you want alive (although other than the minetown priest and (sometimes) shopkeepers, it doesn't really matter if they wipe out peaceful monsters). As for which pet is best, by far warhorses: they're fast, have a higher level than dogs/cats, and don't eat desirable corpses other than lichens. The downside is that you have to keep them fed on vegan food, but there's usually enough of that in the dungeon. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 22:00, September 14, 2010 (UTC) | ||
| + | ::Each stage of the game its pet choice. Warhorses are good before you find a polytrap, but they die very quickly in Gehennom. [[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 04:48, September 15, 2010 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 04:48, 15 September 2010
NetHack can be a monstrously complicated game, so it's not unnatural to seek help from time to time. Conventional sources of wisdom are:
- The Oracle - the intended source of information for unspoiled players.
- rec.games.roguelike.nethack
- #nethack on irc.freenode.net
Additionally, a number of knowledgeable players are active on this wiki, so feel free to ask a question below and somebody is sure to answer it eventually. If you want to discuss a topic that is not about NetHack, please discuss it at the community portal.
Archives of this page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Start a new section on the bottom of this page for each question.
The path to ascension
I haven't gotten THAT far yet, been playing for about a month now, and the furthest I've gotten to is Dlevel 22 with a lvl14 Babarian. (I just found out yesterday how to use the #enhance command. No I am not joking, I actually played about 50 hours without knowing how to raise my skills).
Alright, basically, could someone give me a slight guide to the Dungeons? Like, you start in the DoD and around level 3-5 you can go to the GM, there is the big room in between... etc.
Just a general guide as to where you go through ever since you begin the game, until ascension.
- As always, the answer's "it depends". I tend to go to Minetown as early as possible to buy protection before leveling up too much, but many others do Sokoban first and so on. The article about Standard strategy might be a start. Also some roles' quests are easy and gain you much so should be done early, whereas others are mostly useless and best delayed, so best read the article dealing with your role. Also helpful: a map in ASCII, and a hand-drawn one: http://modcult.org/image/150 --62.80.22.186 10:54, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
- I learned with Maniac's Ascension Guide.Tjr 15:51, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
Keeping a pet
What would you say is best? Having a tame Large dog/Cat/Warhorse, no pet, or pet monster?
I find keeping a Dog/Cat to be more trouble than it's worth. First, they attack peacefuls and creatures you'd rather keep alive. They also eat bodies you'd possibly like to eat (floating eyes, normal bodies when you're hungry, etc).
They also kill shopkeepers, priests and guards in Minetown.
They get lost constantly, and you have to keep going back to get them before you go down a level.
A leash is annoying as it keeps the pet too close to you and can interfere in several situations.
They can trigger some awful traps which can hurt even you.
And they can even turn feral if you're not careful.
Now, the only upside of keeping a standard pet, is the BUC identification, and some help when fighting (usually they don't, the end up chasing a grid bug when 5 trolls are rushing you). Oh, and stealing from shops, though that's limited (they can't get big stuff), and there are other ways to steal anyway.
So the question is, is it worth it keeping a pet? Especially at low level?
Or should you dump the pet and tame a decent monster?
- In a non-conduct game, keep the pet until you are sure you can survive without, then abandon it. As a pacifist, your life depends on your pets. Keep 3-4 of them, and shove them on a polytrap to improve them before you go much farther down than say dungeon level 10. It pays off to learn the art of luring pets, and credit cloning.Tjr 18:04, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
- Also, a magic whistle massively cuts down on the problem of having to go back to get pets, and is useful for keeping them away from peacefuls you want alive (although other than the minetown priest and (sometimes) shopkeepers, it doesn't really matter if they wipe out peaceful monsters). As for which pet is best, by far warhorses: they're fast, have a higher level than dogs/cats, and don't eat desirable corpses other than lichens. The downside is that you have to keep them fed on vegan food, but there's usually enough of that in the dungeon. -Ion frigate 22:00, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
- Each stage of the game its pet choice. Warhorses are good before you find a polytrap, but they die very quickly in Gehennom. Tjr 04:48, September 15, 2010 (UTC)
