# Amnesia

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.

'You have a sense of deja vu' redirects here. In NetHack 3.7, this message is now associated with bones and ghosts instead.
Amnesia is an effect that causes you to forget known spells, level maps, and even the identities of items. It can be caused by the following:

A scroll of amnesia.
A mind flayer's brain-sucking attack.

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.

Amnesia now forgets spells and skills; object identities and maps are not forgotten. Also, mind flayers no longer cause amnesia.
SLASH'EM
Additional sources of amnesia in SLASH'EM

From a thrown or quaffed potion of amnesia.
A migo queen's intelligence drain sting attack.

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