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First ascensions vary greatly in turn-count, with most falling between 50,000 and 100,000 turns. A careful well-spoiled player can ascend in under 50,000 turns with most classes, and ascensions below 30,000 are not uncommon. Anything below 20,000 probably counts as a speed ascension. | First ascensions vary greatly in turn-count, with most falling between 50,000 and 100,000 turns. A careful well-spoiled player can ascend in under 50,000 turns with most classes, and ascensions below 30,000 are not uncommon. Anything below 20,000 probably counts as a speed ascension. | ||
| − | Real-time speed records are very hard to determine, since [[vanilla]] [[NetHack]] does not track real time elapsed. | + | Real-time speed records are very hard to determine, since [[vanilla]] [[NetHack]] does not track real time elapsed. The usual method is to time the [[ttyrec]] of the game with a utility such as [http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/games/ timettyrec]. |
==General speed strategy== | ==General speed strategy== | ||
* Don't fully map every level | * Don't fully map every level | ||
| − | * | + | * Become [[very fast]] as soon as possible |
* Avoid monsters rather than fighting them | * Avoid monsters rather than fighting them | ||
| + | * Avoid being burdened to any degree | ||
==Specific speed tactics== | ==Specific speed tactics== | ||
Revision as of 03:34, 23 December 2006
A speed ascension is a type of informal conduct, taking one of two forms: lowest turn-count, or shortest real time elapsed. Short ascensions tend to be low turn-count ascensions too.
How fast is fast?
First ascensions vary greatly in turn-count, with most falling between 50,000 and 100,000 turns. A careful well-spoiled player can ascend in under 50,000 turns with most classes, and ascensions below 30,000 are not uncommon. Anything below 20,000 probably counts as a speed ascension.
Real-time speed records are very hard to determine, since vanilla NetHack does not track real time elapsed. The usual method is to time the ttyrec of the game with a utility such as timettyrec.
General speed strategy
- Don't fully map every level
- Become very fast as soon as possible
- Avoid monsters rather than fighting them
- Avoid being burdened to any degree
Specific speed tactics
- Move diagonally
- Kick down doors
- Wear a ring of conflict
- Wish for The Eye of the Aethiopica
- Teleport into the Sanctum
- Use jumping and a helm of opposite alignment to reduce time spent on the Astral Plane
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