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*** [[Sacrifice]]: How to #[[offer]] |
*** [[Sacrifice]]: How to #[[offer]] |
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*** [[curse]] avoidance, typically via [[pet]] accumulation or membership in the [[priest]]hood. |
*** [[curse]] avoidance, typically via [[pet]] accumulation or membership in the [[priest]]hood. |
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* Managing items: |
* Managing items: |
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** [[Ascension kit]] |
** [[Ascension kit]] |
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** [[Potion strategy]]: Which to keep, which to dilute? |
** [[Potion strategy]]: Which to keep, which to dilute? |
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| + | ** [[Scroll strategy]]; which to keep, which to blank |
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| + | ** [[Wand strategy]]; which are worth lugging around |
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** [[Repertoire]] and [[Illiterate|literacy]] strategy, perhaps also practicing [[amnesia]]-avoidance. |
** [[Repertoire]] and [[Illiterate|literacy]] strategy, perhaps also practicing [[amnesia]]-avoidance. |
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** [[Ring strategy]] |
** [[Ring strategy]] |
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** [[Protection racket]] |
** [[Protection racket]] |
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Revision as of 06:58, 5 July 2010
One of the uses of Wikihack is to document the strategy that adventurers are using to survive NetHack.
- Category:Strategy contains a list of Wikihack articles classified as strategy.
- Stumped? You can also ask an expert.
The list of strategies on this page can include "red links" to missing wiki pages. Feel free to remove any red links if you can replace them with links to suitable pages.
List of strategies
- Beginning the game
- Class difficulty: Which class is easiest? Hardest?
- The standard strategy (ie. How to beat the game)
- General tactics
- Movement tactics
- Boulder as corridor plug.
- Boulder fort
- Hunger and not dying of starvation (see Nutrition)
- Disease and curing oneself
- Weapon skill: How to #enhance
- Sectarian tactics
- Sacrifice: How to #offer
- curse avoidance, typically via pet accumulation or membership in the priesthood.
- Fountains and sinks: Ignore them? Curse avoidance, above, a strong incentive for doing so.
- Movement tactics
- Managing items:
- Ascension kit
- Potion strategy: Which to keep, which to dilute?
- Scroll strategy; which to keep, which to blank
- Wand strategy; which are worth lugging around
- Repertoire and literacy strategy, perhaps also practicing amnesia-avoidance.
- Ring strategy
- Making a stash
- Wishing, what to wish for
- Using shops:
- Advanced strategies