User interface

Dungeon features
Air	_ Altar
# Corridor	# Cloud
#. Drawbridge	+-| Door
. Doorway	{ Fountain
| Headstone	.  Floor
>< Ladder	. Ice
# Iron bars	} Lava
} Moat	# Sink
Solid rock	>< Staircase
\ Throne	^" Trap
# Tree	- | Wall
~ Vibrating square

NetHack's user interface is primarily ASCII. Graphical interfaces based on tiles are available for nearly all platforms, and some platforms have exotic interfaces such as Falcon's Eye, Vulture's Eye and glHack.

A screenshot of the ASCII interface is below. Click on some parts to find out what they mean.

Velkommen Player, the dwarven Valkyrie, welcome back to NetHack!                
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Player the Skirmisher       St:18/02 Dx:13 Co:19 In:7 Wi:8 Ch:9  Lawful         
Dlvl:2  $:212 HP:45(45) Pw:5(5) AC:6  Xp:4/105 T:1359