UnNetHack

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Screenshot of UnNetHack

UnNetHack 4.0.0 is a variant of NetHack 3.4.3, maintained by Patric Mueller and others.

The main intent of this fork is to put more randomness, challenges, and fun into NetHack.

It features more levels, several UI changes like automatically opened doors, the pickup thrown patch, and many gameplay-related changes. Since 3.6.1 it also bundles a graphical tiles UI for Windows.

There is a European public server at un.nethack.nu.

For discussion, join the IRC channel #unnethack on irc.freenode.net or post to rec.games.roguelike.nethack.

Significant changes

UnNetHack incorporates several previously issued patches, among them the Heck² patch, menucolors, statuscolors, the dump patch with additional HTML output, the color alchemy patch, and portions of the Lethe patch. It also has a few features of SLASH'EM, and fixes the Astral call bug among others. The Castle level has also been changed. It has several different variations that are randomly generated. One example can be seen here http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg12/scaled.php?server=12&filename=unnethackcastle.png&res=landing

The Adventurer

UnNetHack introduces no new roles but adds the vampire race from SLASH'EM as a playable race. Cavemen and Rangers, who in vanilla always start with a dog, can also start with a cat in UnNetHack.

Dungeon features

UnNetHack adds to NetHack 3.4.3 several dungeon features, among them the Aphrodite level, the Black Market from SLASH'EM, and various levels introduced by the Heck² patch. It also randomizes the order of the Elemental Planes. It adds the mall level from SLASH'EM as well however unlike SLASH'EM it is a special level that one has to travel upwards to reach to and the special staircase up is found at a much deeper level than in SLASH'EM.

Bestiary

New monsters are mainly from SLASH'EM:

Name	Symbol	Origin	Notes
Snow ant	a	SLASH'EM	Freezing bite attack
Aphrodite	n	SLASH'EM	Steals, as a nymph
Anti-matter vortex	v	NetHack brass	Engulfs and disintegrates
Gold dragon	D	Nephi	Breath weapon is fire, armor is a light source
Baby gold dragon	D	Nephi
Vorpal jabberwock	J	L	Beheads
Disintegrator	R	Biodiversity patch	Disintegrates
Mugger	@	SLASH'EM	Steals
Black marketeer	@	SLASH'EM	One-eyed Sam
Cthulhu	h / &	Lethe patch	casts spells, sucks brains, and confuses
Giant turtle	:	SporkHack	blocks line-of-sight like a boulder
Wyvern	D	SLASH'EM

Moreover, Dragons have been substantially modified. All have been given new names and with the exception of gold dragons, in UnNetHack they are randomized. Their breaths, resistances and colors are different in every game. The following are the names given to dragons in Unnethack.

• leviathan
• tatzelworm
• chromatic
• lindworm
• guivre
• sarkany
• amphitere
• wyvern
• draken

Objects

Artifacts

• UnNetHack, in support of the Black Market, adds Thiefbane to the roster of artifacts.
• The Banes (not including Thiefbane) warn of their targeted monsters. Vorpal Blade also warns of jabberwocks.
• The Banes, including Thiefbane this time, can cancel their targeted monsters.
• The Heart of Ahriman grants displacement and energy regeneration instead of stealth.
• Wielding Trollsbane grants hungerless regeneration.

Other objects

UnNetHack includes a few new objects:

• An iron safe as a container.
• A tinfoil hat that blocks clairvoyance and impedes spellcasting.
• Rings of gain intelligence, wisdom, and dexterity from SLASH'EM.
• Gold dragon scales and scale mail, acting as a permanent light source.
• Potions of blood which have nutritional value for vampires.
• Potions of vampire blood which polymorph the player into a vampire.
• Scroll of flood

External links

• Project page
• Screenshots
• Development blog
• (Let's Play!) UnNetHack by KoboldLord (Conclusion)