Websites

This is a list of notable NetHack websites. If adding a website, be sure to include a short description and place it in the proper section below.

All sites listed here are archived via the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive unless otherwise stated.

Official resources

• The official site of the NetHack DevTeam where the game can be downloaded. There are also lists of known bugs for each version - below are the buglists for the latest stable releases:
  • A list of known bugs in NetHack 3.6.7
  • A list of known bugs in NetHack 3.6.6
• The official Guidebook can be read here. NetHackWiki's article on the Guidebook goes further in-depth.

Playing NetHack

• The public server article lists where you can play NetHack without installing it locally.
• The graphical user interface article has a list of GUI ports if you want to play using one instead of a terminal.
• NetHack is also available in the Windows Store for download.

Introductions to NetHack

• The Greatest Game You Will Ever Play
• NetHack @ Everything2.com
• NetHack @ h2g2.com

Utilities

• NetHack Scoreboard, a multi-variant public server statistics aggregator, can be visited here.
• NAOdash @ a.ieval.ro - A service for analyzing alt.org player data and outputting statistics (example output here), including JSON capability.
• A set of NetHack helper tools at gridbug.de, including price identification, Mastermind, and more. Javascript required.
• Nethackathon Annotator for intrinsic abilities, personal notes, price identification and Sokoban practice solvers.
• HiSPeed's Nethack Helper, an interactive spoiler for NetHack 3.4.3. Javascript required.
• Hearse, a service allows you to share bones files with others for local play, though it is limited to certain versions (thankfully including NetHack 3.6.6).

Patches

• Bilious Patch Database, maintained by paxed
• NetHack patches by L

Variants

Variants have their own articles on this wiki, which typically include external links to their hosting sites where applicable. What Fools These Mortals is notable among them for allowing you to play as one of NetHack's gods, rather than their servants.

Fun and community

IRC

• Most of the active channels for NetHack and its variants are listed on the Libera page. IRCnet also has a #nethack channel.
• The #nethack Quote database @ alt.org captures the best chatter on IRC.

Social media

• r/NetHack on Reddit
• NetHack group on Facebook
• Google Groups interface for rec.games.roguelike.nethack
  • Bilious read-only interface for RGRN
• The Dungeons of Doom, a NetHack Community on LiveJournal. Last active in 2014.

Other creative endeavours

• Dudley's dungeon, a NetHack webcomic
  • Dudley's (new improved) dungeon, forked by paxed
  • Dudley's dungeon webcomic fork by Sadowl, not currently active (last updated in 2013)
• NetHack Blog by Calima Elen, last updated in 2008
• The Minetown Digger, last updated 2000 and last archived in August 2016
• NetHack tag @ fanfiction.net
• Nethack (Video Game) category on AO3
• NetHack fan fiction at Novelas via antifandom.com
• The Saga of Ellora the Elven Archer archived July 2022
• Complete versions of the NetHack Code, which has an article on this wiki

NetHack on Other Wikis

• Wikipedia:NetHack
• RogueBasin:NetHack
• StrategyWiki:NetHack
• Uncyclopedia:NetHack - plot summary
• Tvtropes:NetHack
• All the Tropes:NetHack

Websites about older versions

Before the NetHackWiki existed, people collected information about the game mechanics on "spoiler" pages. Some of these are still online, while others are archived:

Spoilers

• - "Absolute Beginner's Guide" to NetHack 3.4.1 @ melankolia.net, which also links back to this wiki
• "Yet Another NetHack Site" @ steelypips.org, which includes several resources for 3.4.3, including detailed information on game functions in .txt and .html formats
• - Monster Manual for 3.4.3 @ juiblex.co
• Eva's Roguelike Games Site @ Google Sites, which contains information on NetHack and SLASH'EM
  • Myths and Facts about NetHack 3.4.3 @ Google Sites, by Lady Eva Myers and various contributors
  • Eva's List of NetHack Spoilers @ Google Sites, containing more 3.4.3 spoilers than most players would ever care about
  • Eva's old site at the University of Cambridge Statistical Laboratory page, including her Myths and Facts and Spoiler List pages
• The NetHack Home Page by Boudewijn Waijers, which contains a wealth of information (including spoilers) for NetHack 3.3.1 and earlier
  • Another version of The NetHack Home Page last updated for NetHack 3.4.1, archived as part of Waijers's personal site
• Ye Olde NetHack Bestiary for 3.4.3, generated using nhtohtml 1.8 and put together by Robert Sim
  • An index containing both nhtohtml 1.9 and its html output for NetHack 3.4.3
• Eating Corpses for Food and Intrinsics for NetHack 3.4.3 at Geocities, compiled by David Corbett and based on Catherine Darrow's old table

Information

• NetHack page belonging to Codehappy
• juiblex.co NetHack Page by Ali Harlow
  • juiblex.co NetHack Source Page, including old versions
• Erebus, a 3.4.3-era user-maintained index of NetHack websites hosted on the same site as the original Dudley's Dungeon
• Sascha's and Ralph's NetHack Site via archive of nethack.de

Old community sites

• Massively Multiplayer Democracy Nethack, an archive of a free browser-based Nethack game that was run as a direct democracy, with an accompanying Twitter page last active in March 2016.
• The NetHack Site, a long-defunct site that once hosted NetHack play.

Help in other languages

See also NetHack in Other Languages.

• Russian translation of NetHack spoilers for 3.4.3
• Articles, spoilers, etc. about NetHack in Russian, including a Russian translation of the NetHack 3.4.3 Guidebook and links to various Russian NetHack communities (site via Google Translate)
• French translation of the NetHack 3.4.3 Guidebook @ porneia.free.fr
• German translation of the NetHack Guidebook @ netzhack.de
• Massimiliano Vessi Homepage with an intro to NetHack and detailed help in Italian.