# GnollHack

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GnollHack is a variant of NetHack 3.6.2 developed by Sound Mind Games, a Finnish nonprofit organization. It adds numerous monsters and items, changes spellcasting, and adds Gnolls as a playable race (replacing Gnomes).
GnollHack has a forum here. It also has an official wiki. This is a useful page for some initial pointers to the variant if you're well-versed in regular NetHack.

Contents

1 Mobile Ports
2 Servers
3 New objects
4 Experience formula
5 Tips

Mobile Ports
GnollHack has ports on Android and iOS:

Android: Google Play Store link
iOS: Apple App Store link
Servers
GnollHack can be played on the following servers:

US: ssh play@server.gnollhack.com
EU: ssh play@eu-server.gnollhack.com
AU: ssh play@au-server.gnollhack.com
New objects
GnollHack adds the following new objects:

bag of wizardry: Reduces the weight of spellbooks, scrolls, reagents, and wands to 1/8
Experience formula
Note that the EXP gain was also changed, as described in their wiki linked below.
Level: Total exp

0
20
60
140
280
500
825
1300
2000
2900
4100
5500
7500
9750
12500
16000
20000
25000
31000
38000
46000
55000
67500
80000
92500
110000
130000
150000
175000
200000
230000
270000
310000
Tips
You can get information about items by using #examine, or Alt+x. If the item is formally identified, it will describe its effect.
Note that the cost for temple protection ("major contribution") changed: instead of 400*XL, it's now 2500 + 150*XL.
Mummy rot is a fatal illness. The message when you're afflicted is "You feel severely ill." (so that's what you want to configure MSGTYPE for).
There are no ability exercise or abuse. If you want higher attributes than you started with, you'll have to alchemize gain ability yourself. For Int/Wis, you can also use blessed enlightenment, which can be made from fountains of power.