r/nethack

11K archived posts · Nov 2008 – Sep 2026

NetHack Strategy, Tips, Misc. Help

r/nethack

NetHack strategy, tips, and discussion.

Created Nov 3, 2008

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Subreddit in order to discuss strategies, tips, and other help in order to ascend in the NetHack game - The Greatest Game You Will Ever Play — and its variants.

Please clarify the version/variant you are posting about by tagging your post at the beginning of the title, for example: [3.4.3], [3.6.0], [SLASH'EM], [Fourk], [dNetHack] etc. If you forgot and realize after posting, please add the appropriate link/post flair!

NetHack

nethack.org: Official website and game download.

nethackwiki.com: Detailed game information on nearly any subject. Beware of spoiling yourself! Or don't. Either way, do not use the older, out of date wikia! Contains a lot of variant info.

IRC web interface: Enter a nick and #nethack as channel (or use an IRC client, or IRC browser add-on to connect).

Hardfought: ssh nethack@hardfought.org, hosts 3.4.3, 3.7.0-dev, and many variants.

nethack.alt.org: The most well-known online NetHack server. Please read the available documentation/FAQs on site — NAO 3.4.3 includes many bugfixes and patches.

NetHack Scoreboard: Retrieves logfiles from multiple public NetHack servers and provides consolidated statistics to users. Users with identical nicks on multiple servers can enjoy a summary view. Since there's no search, look under z-scores for your username if you have at least one ascension.

NetHack Utilities: Want to know how your fully ironclad lvl 17 knight with 8 int and 15 wis would be at casting magic missile or learning identify? Find out here. May not apply to 3.6.0+

Mandevil's NetHack Price Identification Tool

NetHack Logfile Reader (download): Detailed game stats, broken down into categories. For offline games only. (screenshot). Program and download courtesy of MEaster.

A Tourist Speedrunning Strategy Guide: thoughts and advice on tourist speedrunning based on experience attempting to ascend a tourist in under ten thousand turns.

Variants

The NetHack Wiki has an overview page here. Check there for variant homepages and more. Existing online servers analog to NAO are included in the description.

IRC channel #slashemextended for Slash'EM Extended. SSH connection at em.slashem.me ssh://slashem@slashem.me.
IRC channels offered by Elronnd

Miscellaneous

The Saga of Ellora the Elven Archer (.pdf link!): A fascinating story of someone both roleplaying and finding out about the mechanics of the game at the same time. Worth reading, try it out at least once!

Hearse: Bones file sharing for offline players.

#NetHack Quote Database: NetHackers say the darndest things!

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