Z

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 Z serves the following purposes:

• z represents a zruty, a monster class consisting only of the titular zruty.

• Z represents a zombie:
  • Z kobold zombie
  • Z gnome zombie
  • Z orc zombie
  • Z dwarf zombie
  • Z elf zombie
  • Z human zombie
  • Z ettin zombie
  • Z giant zombie
  • Z ghoul
  • Z skeleton

• Press z to zap a wand.
• Press shift + z to zap a spell that you have learned.
• press ctrl + z to suspend NetHack, if supported - see ^Z for more details.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM replaces the zruty monster class with the zouthern animals for the z glyph, moving the zruty with the apelike creatures, and introduces new monsters that use the Z glyph:

• z "zouthern" animals:
  • z echidna
  • z platypus
  • z koala
  • z wombat
  • z Tasmanian devil
  • z wallaby
  • z wallaroo
  • z kangaroo
• Z undead:
  • Z ghoul mage
  • Z ghast
  • Z ghoul queen
  • Z gug