Welcome message

Hello message

When you start a new game of NetHack, or restore a saved game, or receive mail, or enter a shop, you are greeted:

"Hello <player>, welcome to NetHack!  You are a <alignment> <gender> <race> <Class>."
"Hello, <player>!  Welcome to <Shopkeeper>'s <shop type>!"

For some roles "Hello" is replaced by a translated greeting:

Role	Origin	Message	Situation
Knight	Olde English	Salutations
Samurai	Japanese	Konnichi wa
		Irasshaimase	shopkeeper
Tourist	Hawaiian	Aloha
Valkyrie	Norse	Velkommen
		Hallo	mail daemon

Goodbye message

When ending the game or being drained of a level, you get the message

Goodbye, <player> the <role>...
Goodbye level <level>.

There are also translated versions of "Goodbye":

Role	Origin	Message
Knight	Olde English	Fare thee well
Samurai	Japanese	Sayonara
Tourist	Hawaiian	Aloha
Valkyrie	Norse	Farvel

See also

• NetHack in other languages