# Dot

Printable ASCII characters

~

!

@

#

$

%

^

&amp;

*

(

)

_

+

space

`

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

-

=

{

}

 |

Qq

Ww

Ee

Rr

Tt

Yy

Uu

Ii

Oo

Pp

:

"

[

]

\

Aa

Ss

Dd

Ff

Gg

Hh

Jj

Kk

Ll

?

;

'

Ctrl

Zz

Xx

Cc

Vv

Bb

Nn

Mm

,

.

/

&lt;

&gt;

Alt

In NetHack, the dot (or .), also known as a period or full stop,  serves the following purposes:

Press . to rest and pass turns.
When an action prompts you for a direction, e.g. zapping a wand, press . to direct that action at yourself.
When an action prompts you to select a specific square on the map, press . to confirm your selection.
In menu, press . to select all items.
. can represent the following dungeon features:
. floor
. ice
. is used to represent venom objects, which in practice is usually produced by a monster's venom-spitting attack.
Variants
dNetHack
In dNetHack, the ghost monster class uses . as its glyph. dNetHack also adds other monsters to the ghost monster class:

. garo
. being of Ib
. priest of Ib
. garo master
. Maanzecorian
. Blackbeard's Ghost
The shade is moved to its own monster class from this one.