U
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In NetHack, the letter U serves the following purposes:
- u represents a unicorn or horse:
- u white unicorn
- u gray unicorn
- u black unicorn
- u pony
- u horse
- u warhorse
- U represents an umber hulk, which is the only member of the umber hulk monster class.
- In the source code, the global variable named u, of type struct you, contains player-specific data.[1][2]
Contents
Historical uses
In Hack 1.21, a variant of Jay Fenlason's Hack, the unox used the u glyph, while the ugod used the U glyph; in the variant Hack for PDP-11, the U glyph is instead given to the umber hulk, while the ugod replaced the unox as u. In Hack 1.0, the u glyph is given to the unicorn.
Variants
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM introduces new monsters that use the u and U glyphs:
- u unicorn:
- U umber hulk:
GruntHack
GruntHack introduces one new monster that uses the u glyph:
SporkHack
SporkHack introduces new monsters that use the u and U glyphs:
- u unicorn or horse:
- U umber hulk:
UnNetHack
UnNetHack introduces one new monster that uses the U glyph:
dNetHack
dNetHack adds several new monsters that use the u and U glyphs - the U glyph is used for unknown abominations, a new monster class that replaces the umber hulk monster class; the umber hulk is still present as U.
The new monsters include:
- u unicorn or horse:
- U unknown abomination:
xNetHack
In xNetHack, the U glyph represents aberrations instead of umber hulks - the umber hulk is still present as U. The following monsters are changed to use U as a glyph:
- U mind flayer (formerly h)
- U master mind flayer (formerly h)
- U quantum mechanic (formerly Q)
- U genetic engineer (formerly Q)
SpliceHack
SpliceHack adds new monsters that use the u and U glyphs:
- u unicorn or horse:
- u selkie
- u nightmare
- u pale horse
- u white horse
- u black horse
- U umber hulk:
notdNetHack
notdNetHack retains the monsters added in dNetHack and adds another monster that uses the u glyph:
EvilHack
EvilHack also includes the shambling horror, as well as several other monsters that use the u glyph:
- u unicorn or horse:
- u lesser nightmare
- u nightmare
- u cauchemar
- u pegasus
- u greater pegasus
- u Pale Horse
- u White Horse
- u Black Horse
- u Red Horse
- U umber hulk:
SlashTHEM
SlashTHEM retains the new monsters that use the u and U glyphs in SLASH'EM and adds other new monsters:
- u unicorn or horse:
- U umber hulk:
Hack'EM
Hack'EM adds several monsters that use the u and U glyphs:
- u unicorn or horse:
- u lesser nightmare
- u greater nightmare
- u cauchemar
- u selkie
- u pegasus
- u greater pegasus
- u Nightmare
- U umber hulk:
