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In NetHack, the letter N serves the following purposes:

• n represents a nymph:
  • n wood nymph
  • n water nymph
  • n mountain nymph

• N represents a naga:
  • N red naga
  • N black naga
  • N golden naga
  • N guardian naga
  • N red naga hatchling
  • N black naga hatchling
  • N golden naga hatchling
  • N guardian naga hatchling

• It is also used as a direction key if numpad movement is off:
  • Press n to move south-east.
  • Press shift + n to move far south-east.

• If numpad movement is on:
  • Pressing n lets you specify a numeric prefix for a command. For example, n10s would search 10 times.
  • Pressing shift + n works as an alias for the extended command #name.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.21, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, the neevil used the n glyph, while the nepto used the N glyph; in the variant Hack for PDP-11, the n glyph is instead given to the neo-otyugh, while the N glyph was given to the nymph.

From Hack 1.0 to NetHack 2.3e, nymphs used the N glyph, while nurses used the n glyph. In NetHack 3.0.0, nagas were introduced and represented by the N glyph, while the nymph was split into its three subtypes and moved to the n glyph; nurses were moved to the @ glyph with other human and elven monsters.

Variants

Many variants introduce Aphrodite, a new unique monster that use the n glyph.

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the n glyph:

• n nymph:
  • n pixie
  • n brownie
  • n quickling
  • n Aphrodite

UnNetHack

UnNetHack introduces new monsters that use the n and N glyphs:

• n nymph:
  • n Aphrodite
• N naga:
  • N white naga
  • N white naga hatchling

dNetHack

dNetHack renames and changes the three nymphs from vanilla, and adds several other monsters that use the n and N glyphs:

• n nymph:
  • n quickling
  • n dryad
  • n naiad
  • n oread
  • n swamp nymph
  • n yuki-onna
  • n deminymph
  • n neverwas
  • n thriae
  • n selkie
  • n oceanid
  • n intoner
  • n Aglaope
  • n Nimune
  • Unused nymphs:
    • n Echo
• N naga:
  • N ancient naga

EvilHack

EvilHack also contains Aphrodite and her nymph level, and adds a couple of other monsters that use the n glyph:

• n nymph:
  • n ice nymph
  • n nymph

SlashTHEM

SlashTHEM retains the nymphs added in SLASH'EM, and adds several other monsters that use the n and N glyphs, including some from other variants:

• n nymph:
  • n nymph
  • n satyr
  • n nymph queen
• N naga:
  • N blue naga hatchling
  • N white naga hatchling
  • N blue naga
  • N white naga