One word messages
This page is a list of one-word messages.
Sound effects
"Boing!" – A creature with magic resistance was hit by a wand of striking or spell of force bolt.[1][2][3][4]
"Splat!" – An egg or melon broke. Could be due to throwing it, or it being destroyed by a force bolt or wand of striking while in inventory.[5]
"Splash!" – Venom was thrown.[6]
"Crash!" – A potion hit a monster that you can't see.[7]
"Whang!" – A boulder or iron ball hit iron bars.[8]
"Clink!" – Gold hit iron bars.[9]
"Clonk!" – Some other kind of thrown object hit iron bars.[10]
Player actions
Kicking
"Thwwpingg! – You kicked a pile of gold and sent some of them flying.[11]
"Thump!" – You kicked a pile of gold larger than 300 zorkmids and none of them went flying.[12]
"THUD!" – You kicked a large box or a chest and it did not move because it is either too heavy or against a wall.[13]
"Thump!" – You kicked some other object, but the object did not move because it is either too heavy or against a wall.[14] If a gray stone is not against the wall, then "Thump!" identifies it as a loadstone.
"Klunk!" – You kicked a sink and you are deaf.[15]
"WHAMMM!!!" – You kicked a door, but it didn't break.[16]
Dropping
"Splash!" – You dropped a heavy object (weight 10 or more) into a pool.[17]
"Plop!" – You dropped a light object (weight 9 or less) into a pool while levitating or flying over it.[18]
Locking
"Klunk!" – A spell of wizard lock or a wand of locking locked a box or a chest.[19]
"Klick!" – A spell of knock or a wand of opening unlocked a box or a chest.[20]
Digging
"Clash!" – You tried to dig outside the map area with a pick-axe.[21] (This is possible only if the diggable area of the level extends all the way to the edge of the map.)
"Clang!" – You tried to dig through iron bars with a pick-axe.[22]
Teleporting
"Sorry..." – You attempted a controlled teleport into an invalid or unsafe location,[23] or you attempted to level teleport into (or below) the Sanctum before performing the invocation.[24]
"Oops..." – You attempted a controlled level teleport while confused and ended up on a random level instead.[25][26]
Combat
"Splash!" – You hit an eyeless monster with blinding venom, or you hit a monster with blinding venom while you were blind.[27][28]
"Splat!" – You hit a monster with an ordinary egg,[29] or same as above, but you hit the monster with a cream pie.[30][31]
"Snap!" – You applied a bullwhip but hit nothing.[32]
Other
"Whoops..." – You failed to untrap a trap and just made things worse.[33]
Monster noises
"Surrender!" – A possible message from an angry soldier.[34]
"Gleep!" – A tame baby dragon hatched from an egg.[35] This is a reference to the MythAdventures series of books by Robert Asprin.
"Burrrrp!" – A monster with a digestion attack swallowed another monster.[36]
"Gasp!" / "What?" / "Why?" – A peaceful monster saw you attack another peaceful monster.[37]
Chatting
"Nevermore!" – Chat with a non-peaceful raven.[38] This is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven".
"Huh?" / "What?" / "Eh?" – Chat with a stunned or confused peaceful humanoid.[39]
"Aloha." – Chat with a peaceful tourist.[40]
Mail daemon
"Gangway!" – A message the mail daemon says when pushing monsters out of its way.[41]
"Catch!" – The mail daemon can't reach you, so it throws the scroll of mail at you.[42]
"Oops!" – You failed to pick up the scroll of mail for some reason, e.g. because you fumbled or because your inventory was full.[43]
Miscellaneous
"Ouch!" – You hurtled into a wall, a door, or a tree.[44]
"Yuck!" – A green slime touched you and slimed you when you were already slimed; this has no effect.[45]
"Cheapskate." – You offered too little gold to an aligned priest.[46]
"Interesting..." – You dipped something to no effect.[47]
References
- ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 166
- ↑ src/zap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2284
- ↑ src/muse.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1253
- ↑ src/muse.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1266
- ↑ src/dothrow.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2105
- ↑ src/dothrow.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2113
- ↑ src/potion.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1345
- ↑ src/mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1146
- ↑ src/mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1150
- ↑ src/mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1152
- ↑ src/dokick.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 663
- ↑ src/dokick.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 671
- ↑ src/dokick.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 615
- ↑ src/dokick.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 649
- ↑ src/dokick.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1175
- ↑ src/dokick.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1315
- ↑ src/do.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 239
- ↑ src/do.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 241
- ↑ src/lock.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 884
- ↑ src/lock.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 897
- ↑ src/dig.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1062
- ↑ src/dig.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1084
- ↑ src/teleport.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 533
- ↑ src/teleport.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1009
- ↑ src/teleport.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 822
- ↑ src/teleport.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 829
- ↑ src/uhitm.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1034
- ↑ src/uhitm.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1008
- ↑ src/uhitm.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 984
- ↑ src/uhitm.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1034
- ↑ src/uhitm.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1007
- ↑ src/apply.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2646
- ↑ src/trap.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 4093
- ↑ src/sounds.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 915
- ↑ src/timeout.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 907
- ↑ src/mhitm.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 921
- ↑ src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2988
- ↑ src/sounds.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 680
- ↑ src/sounds.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 785
- ↑ src/sounds.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 833
- ↑ src/mail.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 274
- ↑ src/mail.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 417
- ↑ src/mail.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 419
- ↑ src/dothrow.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 603
- ↑ src/mhitu.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 1652
- ↑ src/priest.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 603
- ↑ src/potion.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 2287
