# `

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In NetHack, the backtick symbol (`) serves the following purposes:

` represents boulders by default. This can be changed with the boulder option, with the 0 glyph (0) being a popular choice.
Pressing ` opens up the discoveries menu, which lets you view what items you have identified in each object class, whether formally or by type-name.
Contents

1 Historical uses
2 Variants

2.1 SLASH'EM
2.2 UnNetHack

Historical uses
In NetHack 3.4.3 and earlier versions, including some variants based on these versions, ` also represented statues of monsters. Starting in NetHack 3.6.0, statues instead use the glyph of the depicted monster.

Variants
Some variants based on NetHack 3.4.3 continue to use ` to represent statues.

SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM uses the same glyphs for statues as NetHack 3.4.3.

UnNetHack
In UnNetHack, ` is used for statues as well as statue monsters, a new monster class. The glyph is used by the following monsters:

`&nbsp;Punisher