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Spoilers

If you would like to play the game without being spoiled, you should not read any of the files below. See the section on tips for beginners first.

This page details the spoilers for older versions of NetHack. For spoilers for the latest version of NetHack, click here.

Spoilers for version 3.0

• The WCST NetHack 7.00 spoilers. The spoilers consist of many parts, the largest of which is 110 kByte. These are spoilers for NetHack 3.0 (the current version is 3.3.0)! They are also available in plain ASCII format (297 kByte), but see below.
• Commonly asked questions about the game itself.

Spoilers for version 3.1

A lot of spoilers are available in plain ASCII format. These are all spoilers for NetHack 3.1.3 (again, not for version 3.3.0)! They are normally more accurate than the WCST 7.00 spoilers, but they have not yet been checked for version 3.3.0. Generally, they are correct for that version as well, though. If you want all files mentioned below, you should get the files ALLSPOIL.ZIP (199 kByte, an archive that contains all the 3.1.3 spoiler files mentioned below), and spoilers.700 (304 kByte, it contains the WCST 7.00 spoilers for version 3.0). If you don't want all spoilers, pick the ones you do want from the list below.

Next to these files with topical information, there are some files which contain the drafts of the 8.00 version of the infamous WCST spoilers. There are five such spoiler files ( file 1, file 2, file 3, file 4, and file 5), as well as some informational letters ( letter 2, letter 3, letter 4, and letter 5). These files were written for version 3.1, but have never been finished.

Here are the spoilers:

• Praying and sacrificing at altars.
• The adventurer's guide to standard armour.
• Artifacts (both named weapons and quest artifacts).
• Cancelling monsters.
• How are the ability scores of the various classes determined?
• Which classes should(n't) I play?
• Monsters (not) leaving corpses (including wraiths).
• Avantages and disadvantages of being crowned by your god.
• Non-monster-specific artifact damages for NetHack 3.1.3.
• A description of the Dungeons of Doom.
• A map of the Dungeons of Doom, including most special levels (46 kByte).
• What enchantment limits are there for weapons?
• I finally arrived in Gehennom. Now what?
• A NetHack workout regimen (how to exercise your stats).
• How much experience do I need to advance a level?
• Food nutrition values.
• Gems, and how to identify them most easily.
• Gremlins, or: how to get rid of an intrinsic.
• How to gain and lose most intrinsics.
• The ultimate list of items!
• Magic markers and information on how many charges writing takes.
• A list of monsters and their starting equipment.
• A long list of the monsters, with information on their abilities.
• Objects, their weights and costs.
• Training your pets.
• Chatting with priests.
• Magic cancellation versus magic resistance.
• A map and description of the various quests (80 kByte).
• How do I raise my ...
• Eating rings.
• Speed: an explanation.
• Starting statistics for the various classes.
• Statues and spellbooks.
• Time and date: NetHack versus the real world.
• What affects your prayer-timeout?
• To die: 50 ways to leave your game.
• Getting out of trouble.
• Water, holy water, and unholy water.
• The adventurer's guide to standard weapons.
• A sorted list of all weapons (sorted by damage done).
• What should I wish for?
• An explanation of the calculation of the experience value of monsters.

Next to these ASCII files, I can also offer you some files in PostScript or WordPerfect format. The following subjects are currently available (all are compressed with gzip and were originally written for NetHack version 3.1.3):

• A file with information on artifacts (only in PostScript format, for US letter paper sizes).
• A dungeon information sheet, which you can use to remember things about your character (gained resistances and the like) and the dungeon (what level does Medusa live on, where is the entrance to the Mines, etc.). I offer this file in four formats:
  • A4 paper size, PostScript;
  • A4 paper size, WordPerfect;
  • US letter paper size, PostScript; and
  • US letter paper size, WordPerfect.
• Three files with information about monsters (the three together contain all information about monsters that can viably be tabularised). Again, I offer these files in four formats:
  • File 1: A4, PS; A4, WP; US, PS; US, WP.
  • File 2: A4, PS; A4, WP; US, PS; US, WP.
  • File 3: A4, PS; A4, WP; US, PS; US, WP.

Spoilers for version 3.2

I have collected only few spoilers for 3.2. I currently have only one spoiler file available, namely one on the new skill system.

Spoilers for version 3.2.3

The 3.1.3 spoilers have been re-written to suit the 3.2.3 version of the game. This version was released at the same time as 3.3.0, but is just a Y2K-compliant version of 3.2.2.  Click here for a zipped archive of the 3.2.3 spoilers (323 kByte).

Spoilers for version 3.3.0

The spoilers are available in the original text format (ASCII), and were edited by Dylan O'Donell, most of them after a version 3.2 original by Kevin Hugo. They have been converted to web pages by Payne Simpson (most of them, thanks!) or yours truly (Boudewijn Waijers).

Abilities of classes and races	Text version	Web version
Amulets	Text version	Web version
Armor	Text version	Web version
Artifacts	Text version	Web version
Dragons and intrinsics	Text version	Web version
Food	Text version	Web version
Gems	Text version	Web version
Gods	Text version	Web version
Miscellaneous intrinsics	Text version
Miscellany	Text version	Web version
Monsters	Text version	Web version
Potions (part 1)	Text version	Web version
Potions (part 2)	Text version	Web version
Rings	Text version	Web version
Ring intrinsics	Text version
Rooms	Text version	Web version
Scoring system	Text version	Web version
Scrolls	Text version	Web version
Sinks	Text version	Web version
Spells (part 1)	Text version	Web version
Spells (part 2)	Text version	Web version
Tools	Text version	Web version
Wands (part 1)	Text version	Web Version
Wands (part 2)	Text version	Web version
Weapons	Text version	Web version

There have been other people that made some spoilers, and have published them in the newsgroup, rec.games.roguelike.nethack. These spoilers are on the following subects:

• Identifying various types of items, by Peter Snelling
• How to get wishes, and what to wish for, by Peter Snelling
• What's considered magical when polypiling stuff, by Peter Snelling
• Identifying wands by zapping them, by Kieron Dunbar
• A solution to solving the Sokoban puzzles, by Sasha Wostmann
• What to do when you find an altar, by Dion Nicolaas
• Getting out of trouble, by Steve Derby
• A list of all fighting skills, by yours truly
• Some remarks about riding a mount, by Troy Holly

For a zipped archive of all the spoilers for version 3.3.0, please click here. Html files are not included.

For a combination of spoilers and housekeeping, you may want to download the following files, which contain sheets you can use to write down where you find certain levels in your dungeon, and what intrinsics you've gained. Ideal if you are playing several characters at the same time and start confusing them...

• A list of all intrinsics and how to obtain them, and an accompanying dungeon information sheet, both by yours truly. These files were made for Word for Windows 95, version 7.0a. The page format is A4.
• Oscar Kind has been so kind to provide a PostScript version of the above two sheets: intrinsics list and dungeon info.
• An excel sheet to note your discoveries (sorry, but I don't know the author: I have not been able to open this file myself)

Spoilers for version 3.3.1

Look at the latest news page for spoilers for the current version, 3.3.1. They will be added as they appear.

General remarks

If you haven't yet found the spoilers you're looking for, try the NetHack spoilers directory at the tue spoiler site (ftp.win.tue.nl). Also, there are various alternative NetHack Home Pages available.

Hisashi, Akira, and Osamu have translated all spoilers to Japanese. By the way, their site is also a mirror site of this spoiler site.

If nothing else helps, there is a very active newsgroup where NetHack is discussed: rec.games.roguelike.nethack. A warning in advance: if you start reading this group, you will encounter lots of spoilers. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to subscribe and ask the group, but look in the spoilers first, please. Suggestions for improvements or bug reports are also welcome: the newsgroup is read by the NetHack Development Team as well.

Boudewijn Waijers / Reest 30 / 5032 EP Tilburg / the Netherlands / bwaijers at tiscali.nl
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Last changed: 22 February, 2003