Tutorial
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 tutorial is a short introduction to NetHack aimed at guiding a new player through basic game mechanics.
When the game is started, you initially appear in dungeon level 1 as normal, but you will be asked if you want to enter the tutorial if you did not have the tutorial option set. Answering yes, or having the tutorial option set to true, will transport you into the tutorial.
To avoid being prompted about the tutorial each game, put OPTIONS=!tutorial in your configuration file.
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"Brief summary of mechanics taught by the tutorial."
Maps
Main level
--.---......k|......|^.S....|.#.....`.|.........`...|.......|.............|
|.-..`.......|......|--|..F.|d#.....|.|S-------.....|`.`.+..`.....^.....!.|
--.---...`...|..#....``|....|.#.....|)|.......|...%.|.......|....`........|
|`|^|.......|*.....|-`|....|.#..`.`|`|.......|.....|--------...c.........|
|`|`|.......|**....||.--`-----------.-.......|-S----.....................|
|-+-S---------`*---.||.................`.(`..`|...|.......................|
|.`....| |.-------------------.......|.=.|....--S----............|
|.....c| ###### |.........| |..S.......|...|....|.....|............|
-----`-- -+- # |.....---`|######+..|.......S...|....|..`..|............|
-----+----`----+---`|.--|.|.|# ------------.`.|....|..>..#............|
|........|.|..^`^.|^|.`?#...|# ........|..`..+...|....|.....|............|
|.}..`...-S|..^^^.|------`---# .........|.....|...|....-------.......`----|
|.........`|......+`|.`.|`|.S# ..--S-----..)..|}}}|..................|..| |
|.}......--|......|[|`|.|.|^|# ..|......|..)..|}}}|..................|..|-|
|....}.}.S`#...`".|`|)|F|.---# |.`....+.....|...|..................|..|^|
|........|-|......|...|.`.`^|####+......|..`..|.`.+..................||```|
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Four of the five squares marked ^ generate as traps, each with an equal probability of being either a sleeping gas trap or a squeaky board.[1]
Squares marked c contain engravings if certain commands must use the Ctrl key, and the square marked k will have an engraving explaining how to jump if the player is a knight.[2][3]
Lower level
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|.<..........|
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Strategy
Item identities that you learn in the tutorial are removed from your discoveries list, but are not actually changed upon reentering the dungeon. If you are willing to go through the tutorial, this allows you to write down the real identities of the scroll of remove curse, ring of levitation, and wand of secret door detection, and any other items with randomized descriptions that appear in the branch.
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