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In NetHack, the letter H serves the following purposes:

• h represents a humanoid:
  • h hobbit
  • h dwarf
  • h bugbear
  • h dwarf lord
  • h dwarf king
  • h mind flayer
  • h master mind flayer

• H represents a giant humanoid:
  • H giant
  • H stone giant
  • H hill giant
  • H fire giant
  • H frost giant
  • H storm giant
  • H ettin
  • H titan
  • H minotaur
  • H Cyclops

• It is also used as a directional key if number pad movement is off:
  • Press h to move west.
  • Press shift + h to move far west.

• If number pad movement is on:
  • Pressing h opens the help menu.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21, which is based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, hurkles use the h glyph, while hydras use the H glyph. In Hack for PDP-11, the h glyph is given to the homunculus, while the H glyph is given to the hobgoblin. Both monsters retain the glyph for their appearance in Hack 1.0, and continue to use those glyphs as late as NetHack 2.3e.

NetHack 3.0.0 establishes monster classes: the humanoid and giant humanoid classes are each given the h and H glyphs respectively; the homunculus is moved to the imp or minor demon monster class; and the hobgoblin is moved to the orc monster class. From NetHack 3.0.0 to NetHack 3.0.10, the owlbear is part of the giant humanoid monsterclass, and NetHack 3.1.0 groups it with the apelike creatures.

Variants

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h dwarf thief
  • h duergar
  • h deep one
  • h deeper one
  • h deepest one
• H giant humanoid:
  • H The Largest Giant
• Deferred monsters:
  • h Thorin
  • h Bilbo Baggins
  • h Gollum
  • h dwarf warrior
  • h proudfoot
  • h Farmer Maggot
  • H Father Dagon
  • H Mother Hydra

GruntHack

In GruntHack, dwarven racial monsters use the h glyph, and giant and ettin racial monsters use the H glyph.

GruntHack adds one new monster that uses the H glyph:

• H elder minotaur

SporkHack

SporkHack adds one new monster that uses the H glyph:

• H hill giant shaman

UnNetHack

UnNetHack introduces one new monster that uses the h glyph:

• h Cthulhu

dNetHack

dNetHack adds many new monsters that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:

• h gith
• h githyanki
• h githzerai
• h dwarf cleric
• h small goat spawn
• h changed
• h dwarf queen
• h deep one
• h edderkop
• h gnoll
• h deeper one
• h anubite
• h elocator
• h star spawn
• h githyanki pirate
• h githyanki knight
• h dwarf smith
• h Shuushar the Enlightened
• h Thorin II Oakenshield
• h Dain II Ironfoot
• h clairvoyant changed
• h Mad Grazi
• h kuo toa
• h kuo toa whip
• h duergar
• h duergar stoneguard
• h duergar debilitator
• h duergar deepking
• h dwarf warrior

• H giant humanoid:

• H gnoll matriarch
• H warrior changed
• H giant goat spawn
• H minotaur priestess
• H deepest one
• H lurking one
• H blasphemous lurker
• H lurking hand
• H blasphemous hand
• H twitching four-armed changed
• H Lugribossk
• H Father Dagon
• H Mother Hydra
• H giant duergar
• H giant stoneguard
• H duergar annihilator
• H giant deepking

NetHack Fourk

Fourk moves the quantum mechanic to the humanoid monster class and moves the ettin to the large deep-rock dweller monster class. Fourk also adds the valkyrie, h, as a monster representing the playable race.

SpliceHack

SpliceHack adds several monsters that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h deep one
  • h mind flayer telepath
  • h vampiric mind flayer
  • h planar pirate
  • h deeper one
  • h deepest one
  • h bugbear caretaker
• H giant humanoid:
  • H goristro
  • H hecatoncheire

notdNetHack

notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack retain the monsters added in dNetHack and adds several others that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h adversary
  • h Iris
  • h Malphas
  • h Ulitharid
  • h Archipelago Ancient
• H giant humanoid:
  • H Ymir

EvilHack

EvilHack moves the bugbear from the humanoid monster class to the orc monster class at o, and moves the Dark One to this monster class from the human or elf monster class at h.

EvilHack also adds several monsters that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h illithid
  • h hobbit pickpocket
  • h gnoll
  • h Gollum
  • h gnoll hunter
  • h gnoll cleric
  • h flind
  • h alhoon
• H giant humanoid:
  • H hill giant shaman
  • H elder minotaur
  • H Annam

SlashTHEM

SlashTHEM retains the monsters added in SLASH'EM and adds several others that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h hobbit thief
  • h huge bugbear
  • h bugbear chieftain
  • h illithid
  • h githyanki pirate

Hack'EM

Hack'EM adds several monsters that use the h and H glyphs:

• h humanoid:
  • h hobbit pickpocket
  • h dwarf thief
  • h duergar
  • h illithid
  • h deep one
  • h planar pirate
  • h deeper one
  • h alhoon
  • h deepest one
  • h Cthulhu
• H giant humanoid:
  • H hill giant shaman
  • H The Largest Giant
  • H elder minotaur
  • H hecatoncheire
  • H Father Dagon
  • H Mother Hydra
  • H Annam