# User:Chris/dNetHack/Branches/Nessus
Nessus, the ninth hell, always occupies the 18th level of gehennom, immediately above the Vibrating Square level.

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Four of the five marked downstairs are non-functional decoys (chosen at random).  Trying to go down the four fake downstairs stairs will give the message "These stairs don't go down!" and take you nowhere.  

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