X

Printable ASCII characters
~	!	@	#	$	%	^	&	*	(	)	_	+	space
`	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	-	=	{	}	|
	Qq	Ww	Ee	Rr	Tt	Yy	Uu	Ii	Oo	Pp	:	"	[	]	\
	Aa	Ss	Dd	Ff	Gg	Hh	Jj	Kk	Ll	?	;	'	Ctrl
	Zz	Xx	Cc	Vv	Bb	Nn	Mm	,	.	/	<	>	Alt

In NetHack, the letter X serves the following purposes:

• x represents a xan or mythical/fantastic insect:
  • x grid bug
  • x xan

• X represents a xorn, which is the only member of the xorn monster class.

• Press x to swap your primary and secondary weapons.
• Press shift + x to begin two-weapon combat.
• Press ctrl + x to display your base attributes.
• Engrave the character x to engrave without breaking illiterate conduct.
• X may also refer to the X Window System.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, the xyloman used the x glyph, while the xerp used the X glyph. In Hack for PDP-11, the X glyph is instead given to the xorn, while the xerp is moved to the x glyph. In Hack 1.0, the xerp is replaced by the xan as the monster using the x glyph.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces additional monsters that use the x glyph:

• x electric bug:
  • x spark bug
  • x arc bug
  • x lightning bug

dNetHack

dNetHack introduces additional monsters that use the x and X glyphs:

• X xorn:
  • X bestial dervish
  • X ethereal dervish
  • X xorn monk

SlashTHEM

SlashTHEM introduces additional monsters that use the x and X glyphs, including monsters from the biodiversity patch:

• X xorn:
  • X grid xorn
  • X blemmye
  • X otyugh
  • X greater xorn
  • X Marvin