# Defunct features (SLASH'EM)
Over the years, some features have been removed from SLASH and SLASH'EM. These defunct features are listed below.
Many of these features were ported to SlashTHEM.

List of defunct roles
The following roles from NetHack--_3.0.10 were dropped entirely:

Drunk
Firefighter
Geek (separate from the Geek role in NetHack: The Next Generation)
Locksmith
Musician
Ninja (role)
Officer
Undertaker
Zookeeper
The following roles were supplanted by starting races. All the quest-related features in the table are defunct unless marked otherwise.

Role
Quest
Quest artifact
Quest leader
Quest guardian
Quest nemesis

Doppelganger
Doppelganger quest
The Medallion of Shifters
Master Shifter
Shifter
Transmuter

Drow
Drow quest
The Tentacle Staff
Lolth
drow†
Earendil

Dwarf
Dwarf quest
The Arkenstone
Thorin
dwarf warrior
Smaug

Gnome
Gnome quest
The Pick of Flandal Steelskin
Ruggo the Gnome King†
gnome warrior†
Lareth

Hobbit
Hobbit quest
The One Ring
Bilbo Baggins
proudfoot
Gollum

Lycanthrope
Lycanthrope quest
The Staff of Withering
High Lycanthrope
Fiend
Sir Lorimar

(†) Not defunct

Other defunct features

Name
Notes

Dao

Efreeti

Lord Vlad the Impaler
quest nemesis for the Undead Slayer quest, not to be confused with Vlad the Impaler

Marid

Doughnut
starting comestible for the Officer role

Expensive suit
starting shirt for the Undertaker role

Fire helmet
starting helmet for the Firefighter role

Orb of charging
commented out, now a deferred feature

Orb of destruction
commented out, now a deferred feature

Orb of enchantment
commented out, now a deferred feature

Sharpened pencil
starting weapon for Geek role

The Eye of Vecna

The Mantle of Knowledge
Monk quest artifact, replaced by the Eyes of the Overworld

Ugly backpack

See also
Defunct features in vanilla NetHack