NetHack is probably the most played and famous roguelike currently played, featuring an extremely complex item system: "the dev team thinks of everything." Version 3.4.3 dates back to 2003 and runs on pretty much any OS.
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How can I tell if a corpse is safe to eat?
I am playing a human wizard, and I just killed a monster, leaving a corpse on the ground. How do I tell whether it is safe to eat this corpse?
I leave the monster unspecified because I am interested ...
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How to identify items without getting killed
In NetHack/Roguelikes you run across wands/rings/potions/etc. that you need to identify before you can know what they do.
Is there a safe or recommended way of handling these items without turning ...
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How do you safely pray to your god?
Can somebody please give me a good overview of the prayer system in NetHack? From what I understand, you can pray once and your god is more than happy to help you out, but if you pray again, you get ...
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How can I progress further when there are no stairs down?
I'm very new to Nethack, and essentially have read nothing but the list of commands I can use in game. I've had the game randomly generate my characters for me so far as I just try to get a hang of ...
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Avoiding hunger in Nethack
A bit of a followup from How can I tell if a corpse is safe to eat?, what is the best manner of avoiding death by hunger?
Previously, I had eaten corpses and whatnot whenever I could find them, and ...
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My character keeps jumping around in NetHack. Why?
I've spent quite a while on my NetHack game (for me), and I've managed to get up a few levels. However, my character has (annoyingly) started to randomly jump around to different parts of the level - ...
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How do I hoard items effectively?
When it comes to RPGs, I am a hoarder. Specifically, I want to be able to pick up all items, identify them, sell all the useless stuff, and keep everything that might be useful.
NetHack makes this ...
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Mazes of Menace - a good map?
I have tried to make sense of the map at the following URL, but can not read it effectively:
http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Mazes_of_Menace
Is there an good map of the Mazes of Menace (Nethack) ?
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Is there a distribution of Nethack with saving?
In nethack, you can't save and reload if you die. I want to do this.
Is there a distribution of nethack that will let me?
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Advice on dealing with pets
Two part question, though both related -
What is the best method of keeping my pet "happy"
For this, I mean, how do I keep my pet from wandering off and either becoming feral or getting killed ...
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Overburdened Knight early in the game, how to carry more?
I'm having some serious trouble with being overburdened on my Knight all the time. If I find a better armor than my starting ring mail and put it on and drop my ring mail, I'm overburdened! What's the ...
