# Talk:DNetHack
I've tried all the variants in Junethack but dNethack is my pick. (1) Binder class is a real achievement (2) alignment quests are most satisfying (3) helpful developer!  The demon princes really are boss fights and tend to work against vanilla-tasting speed ascensions -- you need to be ready for them. Wikid (talk) 20:10, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Contents

1 dNethack rulez
2 Status Line
3 Orc of the ages of stars
4 What about ports?
5 Mithardir

dNethack rulez
I love this fork! It's sooooo atmospheric.
——Transcendreamer (talk) 14:28, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Status Line
Does anyone know what the "Br" value is that now appears in the status line?  I started out with Br: 3, and now I'm at Br: 5.
What's that?  Wikid (talk) 07:43, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
"Breath"  It's used to survive drowning attacks (drowning attacks by eels and the like are no longer instadeaths), and by swimming roles when they dive under water.  Its max value is equal to your Con/3. --Chris (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Orc of the ages of stars
Hey Chris, what is the "Orc of the ages of stars"?  It seems like something I just drove straight over the top of in the endgame.  That's a really poetic name for an Orc, did I just trash something beautiful in your game without even noticing it?  Thanks! Wikid (talk) 08:25, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
Well, I found out the answer -- I should have looked up my Tolkien! Wikid (talk) 08:35, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

What about ports?
I'd like to see dnethack on android and on windows as well for offline adventures. Any plans? --Transcendreamer (talk) 10:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Mithardir
I'm looking forward to a Mithardir spoiler&nbsp;:) -- no success so far in locating the Boss and the Third Key of Chaos.  :)  Trying to figure out how to use those tiles and slabs&nbsp;:)  Thanks! Wikid (talk) 11:09, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Yeah... The slabs are permanent upgrades, read them to activate the upgrade (Check #monster after reading the slabs).  The tiles are consumables.  You can read the slabs without IDing them first, but the tiles have to be IDed before they can be used.  Once something is IDed, you can check the inventory (i) screen for the item for a detailed explanation ('i'-letter-'I').
Reading the slabs may help you find the boss.  Be careful, it's real nasty.
Chris (talk)
I tried to make a spoiler for Mithardir. It should explain most of the mechanics, but leave a reasonable bit as an exercise for the reader. It's here. --EasterlyIrk (talk) 23:57, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Nice work -- thank you!  A trio of Gorgoneia and a dropped scroll of scare monster seemed to work okay with the boss&nbsp;:)  Wikid (talk) 02:20, 2 January 2020 (UTC)