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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 backtick symbol (`) serves the following purposes:

  • ` represents boulders by default. This can be changed with the boulder option, with the 0 glyph (0) being a popular choice.

Historical uses

In NetHack 3.4.3 and earlier versions, including some variants based on these versions, ` also represented statues of monsters. Starting in NetHack 3.6.0, statues instead use the glyph of the depicted monster.

Variants

Some variants based on NetHack 3.4.3 continue to use ` to represent statues.

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM uses the same glyphs for statues as NetHack 3.4.3.

UnNetHack

In UnNetHack, ` is used for statues as well as statue monsters, a new monster class. The glyph is used by the following monsters: