In nethack there is a wizard mode for debugging. In debugging mode you can do anything you want. It is fun and useful to play in wizard mode because you can easily test what items do without fear of dying. It is pretty fun to play whit boosted character and kill everything on sight. To enter wizard mode you must start the game whit “-d” parameter and type wizard as your name. (or use “-u wizard” parameter) In unix system you need to be root.

I make video that shows what you can do in wizard mode.

Here is the commands to get wizard mode:

Windows (in nethacks directory)

nethack -d -u wizard

unix/linux (as root)

/usr/bin/nethack -d -u wizard

ubuntu

sudo /usr/bin/nethack -d -u wizard

Now you are in debug mode! Now it is good time to raise your experience level. Type #levelchange and give level you want to have. If you want good armor, wish for ”blessed +50 silver dragon scale mail”. It is pretty good. For good weapon try +20 Grayswandir. There is some commands you will like to know. Here is list of them:

^E

detect secret doors and traps

^F

do magic mapping

^G

create monster

^I

identify items in pack

^O

tell locations of special levels

^T

do intra-level teleport

^V

do trans-level teleport

^W

make a wish

Extended commands:

#levelchange

change experience level

#lightsource

show mobile light sources

#monpolycontrol

control monster polymorphs

#panic

panic test

#polyself

polymorph self

#seenv

show seen vectors

#stats

show memory statistics

#timeout

look at timeout queue

#vision

show vision array

#wmode

show wall modes

~Happy hacking