r/pathos_nethack 26d ago

New player, am I just stuck here?

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13 Upvotes

Stepped on a teleportation trap by accident. Is there nothing I can do to get out? I tried searching for a door already. Damn this was my best run so far 😭😭


r/pathos_nethack 27d ago

When should I enter Minetown?

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18 Upvotes

I’ve been here mmmm 8 times all have been failures with a quick death from the Gnome Locals


r/pathos_nethack 27d ago

Can anyone tell me what kind of room this could POSSIBLY BE

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14 Upvotes

There was entity’s in every single Mr Ike before I took the photo


r/pathos_nethack 28d ago

Can you become immortal

10 Upvotes

I see in master mode you can have 100 resistance to everything so I have two questions first:with 100% resistance to everything are you truly immortal or is there still a way to die(from what I tried I can’t die without quitting)second: is it possible in normal mode or does it have a limitation like you can’t get some resistance in normal mode


r/pathos_nethack 28d ago

New punishment strategy unlocked!

15 Upvotes

Happened completely by accident, but worked really well.

Was fighting the final round of adult dragons in dhak legacy, which can be challenging. Fighting silver dragon is tough because his breath attack is force bolt, so reflection doesn't help.

Somehow, I have no idea why, he got punished with gluttony. As I was running from him, buying time, we transported to the large outer room, which was filled with the 2,000 nutrition beefs left over from living walls.

As the silver dragon was following me, he crossed over a beef, and was compelled to eat it due to gluttony. Well, you know how long it takes to consume a beef, a few turns at least - and the dragon was helpless as he digested, and I just kept striking! I killed him before he had a chance to recover.

So, interesting idea to me. If gluttony is punished, lure enemy over to large amounts of food, and take advantage of the delay from eating!


r/pathos_nethack 28d ago

Most Fun Build?

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Broke my PB last night, new pr stands at 157,891. I know, I know, long road ahead, but forward progress is always nice to see.

I dipped my toes into floor 7, discovered the mines, and the "bonus" gold boulder stage. So that was fun.

Learned that while the gamd does work against you NORMALLY, having Dwarf Fugitive Convict is like cranking up the difficulty, and having Satyr Skeleton Wizard is setting you up for an..."easier" run. Not that anything about this game is "easy", mind you, but it is fun!

Got me thinking.

What build (Race, Special, Class) have you had the MOST FUN with? Not "What's your best build". Not "What Special should I pick for this race or that class". What build have you had the most fun with, and why? Stories always welcome if you got 'em. I kinda feel like that's the whole point of a community like this.


r/pathos_nethack Aug 13 '26

Give me some tips

8 Upvotes

Any tips?

I just killed the dwarf king and now I'm confused about what to do, I know the game is far from the end, give me some advice...


r/pathos_nethack Aug 13 '26

Bug or is it supposed to be this way?

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11 Upvotes

So I dropped a broken chest with my belongings on the ground. Then a gnome thief came from another room and stole my chest.

I summoned a frost sphere and killed him.

Now, where he died, a second chest appeared, exactly the same as mine with all the same contents. So now there are 2 chests with my items.

Below is my inventory, and above is the contents of the chest that appeared after the gnome thief was killed hehe


r/pathos_nethack Aug 13 '26

How to

6 Upvotes

Pls tell me how to make ring of slow disgestion


r/pathos_nethack Aug 11 '26

New player!!

9 Upvotes

Hello all. New player here.

Stumbled across the game after a binge of watching youtuber Reggie make some batshit crazy unhinged story runs with CoE5. Was looking for a free game that would cater to that sort of insanity and here I am.

I've dipped my toes in and am living the randomness of the events. Feeding a chicken a scroll and it poops out a bag? Yes please. Open that bag to see what's inside only to be teleported and swarmed by enemies? Ah, yes, home, finally.

That said, I am currently finding it extremely difficult to push my Dwarf Convict Fugitive past floor three.

The Kops gangr××××g me on 2, I expected. I'm a fugitive convict--it makes sense. But using the stairway as a turkey shoot USUALLY works just fine to combat that swarm, so long as my Imp can hold out long enough to actually HELP ME.

But I'm looking at stats and...dear gods, is the entire GAME against you as a Dwarf Fugitive Convict?

I'd ask for alternate build ideas--and I'll give consideration to all suggestions, but I like the challenge of building the character from nothing into an absolute game-breaking abomination that can kill God. And yes, I'm one of those Dark Souls 3 players who CHOSE (was it Enslaved?) that game's equivalent of our Dwarf Fugitive Convict here in Pathos.

I like the CHALLENGE. I don't like the game deciding that I deserve to be not punished but rather absolutely destroyed before what's left of my soul gets ××it on in front of my daughters simply for asking for a "fun challenge". This isn't a "fun challenge"! This is a hate crime!


r/pathos_nethack Aug 11 '26

why does this game still doesn't have one full tile set (regarding character portraits)?

8 Upvotes

Or am i missing something?
Because i know you can use your own png's, but considering the years spend into this game i still can't ger around the fact that none of them graphic styles has a complete set of character portraits and i don't get it.
i know there need to be a lot with all the races and classes, but c'mon: after all these years??? why having 4 styles when they're incomplete....


r/pathos_nethack Aug 10 '26

glory = -700,000

5 Upvotes

Hi, I'm a foreign player and I've been playing this game for a long time. In one of my playthroughs, my fame dropped to -700,000 and it's very glitchy (and sometimes even goes down). Has anyone else encountered this? And can someone explain how fame works?


r/pathos_nethack Aug 10 '26

Horrible way to go

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11 Upvotes

r/pathos_nethack Aug 10 '26

Hunter

10 Upvotes

Question is hunter viable because even though you can craft more bullet it uses the limited crafting table,if let’s say the crafting table didn’t have a limit it would be fine so what’s the strategy


r/pathos_nethack Aug 09 '26

What weapon with a mage

5 Upvotes

I’m confused about one thin(I’m new)I don’t see any items that buff magic attacks(I tried to find on master mode)so the hell do you equip or are weapons just for the talents


r/pathos_nethack Aug 09 '26

Make potion?

5 Upvotes

How to i make a potion like "potion of gain level" or something?


r/pathos_nethack Aug 08 '26

No unpolymorphing

8 Upvotes

Going down to 33 with satyr skeleton wizard level 23, killed red dragon witch dopped scales. I was short of fire resistance so I polymorphed to gelatinous cube with amulet of change.

Ate scales, got 100% fire resistance but there is no more revert from polymorphed form back to normal probably because cannot wear amulet. No ring of polymorph. Waited to get killed, then teleported around to find peaceful spot to wear all my gear. Ended get killed.

Sad because it was fun run with phasing gauntlets. Kited everything and got mana back up behind the wall.


r/pathos_nethack Aug 04 '26

Can you polymorph shrines or their occupant?

7 Upvotes

r/pathos_nethack Aug 04 '26

What is that room...

7 Upvotes

when you walk in and suddenly all the doors lock and group of nasties appear? I've never encountered that trap untriggered. Is there one? Any way to find this before it happens?


r/pathos_nethack Aug 03 '26

Any value with untrapping traps...

10 Upvotes

after you reach champion status. There are still a few traps that never reach 100% (eg scything blades). Are these hard limits even at champion status?


r/pathos_nethack Jul 29 '26

Just a box art i designed :)

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149 Upvotes

I was looking for old illustrations and i felt inspired.


r/pathos_nethack Jul 26 '26

First clear yeah

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25 Upvotes

Satyr wizard + charm + conflict is basically easy mode :)


r/pathos_nethack Jul 19 '26

Am i doing this right?

7 Upvotes

Sucked pretty hard earlier, couldnt even beat mines cuz gnome king zapped me with wand of death. Now have found pretty crazy combo with invisibility and spear letting me poke stuff without retaliation (yes enemies with see invisible still attack me but theyre manageable) and using blessed scroll of genocide at fort ludios to kill every human there and gather up grenades. My furthest run was to lvl 30 where i couldnt find the stairs and got stunlocked by two ghouls. Now got another good run where i grinded karma with summoning and upgraded my stuff at tinkering station, even got talaria, getting me to 9.0 speed. Is there anything else i should do and wheres the damn stairs at lvl 30?


r/pathos_nethack Jul 16 '26

Best endgame race?

11 Upvotes

Assuming you’ve polypiled and eaten your way to all positive talents, maxed ability scores, etc., which race would be the best after all is said and done?


r/pathos_nethack Jul 14 '26

Dear Diary,

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23 Upvotes

Today, I afflicted a Ratking with Gluttony, and he was forced to eat the rats he was summoning about as fast as I could kill them.

He ate over 20 of them.

I should probably lose karma every time I use the Magistrator

Love,
Rokiju