# Welcome message
Contents

1 Hello message
2 Goodbye message
3 See also
4 References

Hello message
When you start a new game of NetHack, or restore a saved game[1], or receive mail[2], or enter a shop[3], you are greeted:

"Hello 

<player>, welcome to NetHack!  You are a <alignment> <gender> <race> <class>."
"Hello, <player>!  Welcome to <shopkeeper>'s <shop type="">!"

For some roles "Hello" is replaced by a translated greeting[4]:

Role

Origin

Message

Situation

Knight

Olde English

Salutations

Samurai

Japanese

Konnichi wa

Irasshaimase

shopkeeper

Tourist

Hawaiian

Aloha

Valkyrie

Norse

Velkommen

Hallo

mail daemon

Goodbye message
When ending the game[5] or being drained of a level[6], you get the message

Goodbye, <player> the <role>...
Goodbye level <level>.

There are also translated versions of "Goodbye"[7]:

Role

Origin

Message

Knight

Olde English

Fare thee well

Samurai

Japanese

Sayonara

Tourist

Hawaiian

Aloha

Valkyrie

Norse

Farvel

See also
NetHack in other languages
References

↑ src/allmain.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 681

↑ src/mail.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 406

↑ src/shk.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 612

↑ src/role.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 2140

↑ src/end.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 1476

↑ src/exper.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 215

↑ src/role.c in NetHack 3.6.6, line 2164

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