Dumplog

A dumplog is a text file that records much of the game state at the end of a game. Things generally recorded in a dumplog include:

• The game version, start time, and end time.
• What was shown on the screen when the game ended.
• The last messages.
• The fully identified inventory. (Some dumplog implementations might additionally provide what the player knew about them at the time.)
• The player's ability scores, intrinsics, and other attributes.
• The lists of vanquished creatures, genocides, and extinctions.
• The conducts the player followed.
• The dungeon overview.
• In some implementations, if the player died, their tombstone.
• The computation of the player's score.

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.

The dumplog now also shows the player's spell list and skill enhancements.

The game can now produce HTML dumplogs which have full color support.

History

Dumplog support was introduced natively in NetHack 3.6.1, but needs to be enabled in sysconf.

NetHack 3.6.0 and prior versions do not produce a dumplog, unless the game is patched (which many public servers do). A player using tty can cut and paste off the screen if they really want to.

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