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A '''tower''' is a type of vertical column, often a building structured in such a manner. In ''[[NetHack]]'', a tower can refer to many things:
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In ''[[NetHack]]'', a '''tower''' can refer to any of the following:
  
* One of several physical locations:
 
** [[Vlad's Tower]] – 3 levels high, accessed via an upstair in [[Gehennom]], with [[Vlad the Impaler]] carrying the [[Candelabrum of Invocation]].
 
** [[Fake Wizard's Tower]] – One of two small one-level towers surrounded by moats; one contains a random amulet, while the other contains the portal to the real Wizard's Tower.
 
** [[Wizard's Tower]] – A 3-level tower accessed from lowest level to highest in Gehennom; this tower contains the [[Wizard of Yendor]] and the [[Book of the Dead]].
 
** The corner structures in the [[Castle]], one of which contains a guaranteed [[wand of wishing]], are sometimes referred to as towers.
 
** The [[Wizard Quest]]:
 
*** The Lonely Tower – the [[Quest#Quest structure|home level]] of the quest
 
*** The Tower of Darkness – the [[Quest#Quest structure|locate level]] of the quest
 
 
* The "tower of flame" produced by a [[fire trap]], [[magic trap]], [[chest trap]], or [[scroll of fire]].
 
* The "tower of flame" produced by a [[fire trap]], [[magic trap]], [[chest trap]], or [[scroll of fire]].
 
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* The Lonely Tower and/or the Tower of Darkness, the home and locate levels of the [[Wizard quest]].
==Variants==
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* [[Vlad's Tower]], a dungeon branch accessed via an upstair leading out of [[Gehennom]]
===SLASH'EM===
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* [[Fake Wizard's Tower]], a small one-level "tower" in Gehennom surrounded by moats
In [[SLASH'EM]], the [[Yeoman quest]] consists of a tower based on the real-life [[Wikipedia:Tower of London|Tower of London]], and The Tower of the Dark Lord acts as the home level of the [[Necromancer quest]]
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* [[Wizard's Tower]], the dwelling of the [[Wizard of Yendor]] reached from one of the Fake Wizard's Towers.
 
 
One of the possible results of having a [[gypsy]] read your fortune is the Tower card, which will reveal the location of Vlad's Tower.
 
 
 
In the [[SLethe]] patch, additional towers are added to the [[Castle]].
 
  
 
==Encyclopaedia entry==
 
==Encyclopaedia entry==
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 9 March 2024

In NetHack, a tower can refer to any of the following:

Encyclopaedia entry

Towers (_brooding_, _dark_) stand alone in Waste Areas and
almost always belong to Wizards. All are several stories high,
round, doorless, virtually windowless, and composed of smooth
blocks of masonry that make them very hard to climb. [...]
You will have to go to a Tower and then break into it at some
point towards the end of your Tour.

[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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