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UnNetHack

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UnNetHack 3.5.2 is a variant of NetHack 3.4.3, maintained by Patric Mueller and others.

The main intent of this fork is to put more randomness, challenges and fun into NetHack.

It features more levels, several UI changes like automatically opened doors and the pickup thrown patch and a lot of game play related changes.[1]

There is a public server at un.nethack.nu.

For discussion, join the IRC channel #unnethack on irc.freenode.net or post to rec.games.roguelike.nethack.

This is the start of a writeup similar to those for vanilla NetHack. It is a preliminary report and currently incomplete.

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[edit] Significant changes

UnNetHack incorporates a number of previously issued patches, among them the Heck² patch, menucolors, statuscolors, the dump patch, the color alchemy patch and portions of the Lethe patch. It also has a few features of SLASH'EM, and fixes the Astral call bug among others.

[edit] The Adventurer

UnNetHack introduces no new roles. Cavemen and Rangers, who in vanilla always start with a dog, can also start with a cat in UnNetHack.

[edit] Dungeon features

UnNetHack adds to NetHack 3.4.3 several dungeon features, among them the Aphrodite level and the Black Market from SLASH'EM and various levels introduced by the Heck² patch. It also randomizes the order of the Elemental Planes.

[edit] Bestiary

New monsters are mainly from SLASH'EM:

NameSymbolOriginNotes
Snow antaImage:Snow_ant.pngSLASH'EMFreezing bite attack
AphroditenImage:Aphrodite.pngSLASH'EMSteals, as a nymph
Anti-matter vortexvImage:Antimatter_vortex.pngNetHack brassEngulfs and disintegrates
Gold dragonDImage:Yellow_dragon.pngNephiBreath weapon is fire
Baby gold dragonDImage:Baby_yellow_dragon.pngNephi 
Vorpal jabberwockJImage:Jabberwock.pngLBeheads
DisintegratorRImage:Disintegrator.pngBiodiversity patchDisintegrates
Mugger@Image:Mugger.pngSLASH'EMSteals
Black marketeer@Image:Black_marketeer.pngSLASH'EMOne-eyed Sam
Cthulhu@Image:Cthulhu.pngLethe patchcasts spells, sucks brains, and confuses

[edit] Objects

[edit] Artifacts

[edit] Other objects

UnNetHack includes a few new objects:

  • An iron safe as a container.
  • A tinfoil hat that blocks clairvoyance and impedes spellcasting.
  • Rings of gain intelligence, wisdom, and dexterity from SLASH'EM.
  • Gold dragon scales and scale mail, acting as a permanent light source.
  • Potions of blood which have nutritional value for vampires.
  • Potions of vampire blood which polymorph the player into a vampire.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/5ee5599d1e6b7378