# Quit
The #quit extended command abandons the current game. NetHack will ask you to confirm with [y/n]. Use this when you want to give up on your current game and start a new one with a new character.
Once you quit, there is no way to return to that game unless you are save scumming; if you only want to close your game and resume later, use the save command, Shift&nbsp;+ S.

History
In old versions of NetHack, as in Hack, the Shift&nbsp;+ Q command would quit. However, this command was rarely used, so newer versions changed Shift&nbsp;+ Q to quiver and introduced the extended command "#quit". This is why, on your first use of the quiver command, the game will remind you to use "#quit" to quit.

Encyclopedia entry

Maltar:  [...]  I remembered a little saying I learned my
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;first day at the academy.
Natalie:  Yeah, yeah, I know.  Winners never quit and quitters
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;never win.
&nbsp;Maltar:  What?  No!  Winners never quit and quitters should
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be cast into the Flaming Pit of Death.

[ Snow Day, directed by Chris Koch,
&nbsp;&nbsp;written by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi ] 