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as a suitable release, it was decided that the version numbers present
on that code snapshot would be retired and never used in an official
NetHack release. An announcement was posted on the NetHack Develop-
ment Team's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that
there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release version.
ment Team's official https://www.nethack.org website to that effect,
stating that there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official
release version.
In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack
In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack
3.6.
At the beginning of development for what would eventually get
released as 3.6.0, the NetHack Development Team consisted of Warwick
Allison, Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet,
Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and
Paul Winner. In early 2015, ahead of the release of 3.6.0, new mem-
bers Sean Hunt, Pasi Kallinen, and Derek S. Ray joined the NetHack
At the beginning of development for what would eventually get
released as 3.6.0, the NetHack Development Team consisted of Warwick
Allison, Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet,
Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and
Paul Winner. In early 2015, ahead of the release of 3.6.0, new mem-
bers Sean Hunt, Pasi Kallinen, and Derek S. Ray joined the NetHack
Development Team.
Near the end of the development of 3.6.0, one of the significant
inspirations for many of the humorous and fun features found in the
Near the end of the development of 3.6.0, one of the significant
inspirations for many of the humorous and fun features found in the
game, author Terry Pratchett, passed away. NetHack 3.6.0 introduced a
tribute to him.
3.6.0 was released in December 2015, and merged work done by the
development team since the release of 3.4.3 with some of the beloved
community patches. Many bugs were fixed and some code was restruc-
3.6.0 was released in December 2015, and merged work done by the
development team since the release of 3.4.3 with some of the beloved
community patches. Many bugs were fixed and some code was restruc-
tured.
The NetHack Development Team, as well as Steve VanDevender and
Kevin Smolkowski, ensured that NetHack 3.6 continued to operate on
The NetHack Development Team, as well as Steve VanDevender and
Kevin Smolkowski, ensured that NetHack 3.6 continued to operate on
various UNIX flavors and maintained the X11 interface.
Ken Lorber, Haoyang Wang, Pat Rankin, and Dean Luick maintained
Ken Lorber, Haoyang Wang, Pat Rankin, and Dean Luick maintained
the port of NetHack 3.6 for MacOS.
Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Bart House, Pasi Kallinen, Alex
Kompel, Dion Nicolaas, Derek S. Ray and Yitzhak Sapir maintained the
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Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Bart House, Pasi Kallinen, Alex
Kompel, Dion Nicolaas, Derek S. Ray and Yitzhak Sapir maintained the
port of NetHack 3.6 for Microsoft Windows.
Pat Rankin attempted to keep the VMS port running for NetHack
3.6, hindered by limited access. Kevin Smolkowski has updated and
tested it for the most recent version of OpenVMS (V8.4 as of this
Pat Rankin attempted to keep the VMS port running for NetHack
3.6, hindered by limited access. Kevin Smolkowski has updated and
tested it for the most recent version of OpenVMS (V8.4 as of this
writing) on Alpha and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX.
Ray Chason resurrected the MS-DOS port for 3.6 and contributed
Ray Chason resurrected the MS-DOS port for 3.6 and contributed
the necessary updates to the community at large.
In late April 2018, several hundred bug fixes for 3.6.0 and some
new features were assembled and released as NetHack 3.6.1. The
NetHack Development Team at the time of release of 3.6.1 consisted of
Warwick Allison, Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie
Collet, Pasi Kallinen, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Patric Mueller, Pat
Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex Smith, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and
In late April 2018, several hundred bug fixes for 3.6.0 and some
new features were assembled and released as NetHack 3.6.1. The
NetHack Development Team at the time of release of 3.6.1 consisted of
Warwick Allison, Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie
Collet, Pasi Kallinen, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Patric Mueller, Pat
Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex Smith, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and
Paul Winner.
In early May 2019, another 320 bug fixes along with some enhance-
ments and the adopted curses window port, were released as 3.6.2.
Bart House, who had contributed to the game as a porting team
participant for decades, joined the NetHack Development Team in late
Bart House, who had contributed to the game as a porting team
participant for decades, joined the NetHack Development Team in late
May 2019.
NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over
NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over
190 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 18, 2019 containing a
NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 18, 2019 containing a
security fix and a few bug fixes.
NetHack 3.6.5 was released on January 27, 2020 containing some
NetHack 3.6.5 was released on January 27, 2020 containing some
security fixes and a small number of bug fixes.
NetHack 3.6.6 was released on March 8, 2020 containing a security
fix and some bug fixes.
NetHack 3.6.7 was released on February 16, 2023 containing a
NetHack 3.6.7 was released on February 16, 2023 containing a
security fix and some bug fixes.
Development work for the major release to follow NetHack 3.6
began in 2015 around the same time as NetHack 3.6.0 was being
released. That development work continued in parallel to each of the
NetHack 3.6 releases from 2015 through 2023, and continued until the
end of April 2026. For the first time, that development was shared
publicly on GitHub and SourceForge as it occurred. It was done under
the label NetHack-3.7 work-in-progress (WIP), although the version
Development work for the major release to follow NetHack 3.6
began in 2015 around the same time as NetHack 3.6.0 was being
released. That development work continued in parallel to each of the
NetHack 3.6 releases from 2015 through 2023, and continued until the
end of April 2026. For the first time, that development was shared
publicly on GitHub and SourceForge as it occurred. It was done under
the label NetHack-3.7 work-in-progress (WIP), although the version
number for the next release had not yet been solidified.
Exposure of the development to the public brought many good
Exposure of the development to the public brought many good
things, and some challenges. People were able to observe and criticize
changes and new features almost immediately, and they often did. The
GitHub pull request system made it straightforward for people to con-
tribute directly to development. Contributions resolved many, many
changes and new features almost immediately, and they often did. The
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GitHub pull request system made it straightforward for people to con-
tribute directly to development. Contributions resolved many, many
bugs in the game and we thank all the contributors.
In early 2026, with the game development getting stable enough to
consider initiating an official release, the devteam reviewed the
nature and number of changes in the game. It was clear that there was
sufficient depth and breadth to warrant a major release and version
5.0 was decided on. That's a new major release over 3.x, without
opening up any ambiguity or confusion with existing variants that
consider initiating an official release, the devteam reviewed the
nature and number of changes in the game. It was clear that there was
sufficient depth and breadth to warrant a major release and version
5.0 was decided on. That's a new major release over 3.x, without
opening up any ambiguity or confusion with existing variants that
there might have been had it been released as version 4.0.
NetHack 5.0.0 was released on May 2, 2026.
The source code for NetHack 5.0.0 was modified and modernized to
be compliant with the C99 standard. The 5.0.0 release contained over
The source code for NetHack 5.0.0 was modified and modernized to
be compliant with the C99 standard. The 5.0.0 release contained over
3100 fixes, changes, and updated features.
NetHack 5.0 was the first version to replace the lex and yacc
level and dungeon compilers of past versions, with a new Lua inter-
preter-based approach to provide those elements. Lua is also used for
NetHack 5.0 was the first version to replace the lex and yacc
level and dungeon compilers of past versions, with a new Lua inter-
preter-based approach to provide those elements. Lua is also used for
the quest texts in NetHack 5.0.0. The entire development team acknowl-
edges the work done by Pasi Kallinen to make that happen.
At the time of the NetHack 5.0 release, the core development
At the time of the NetHack 5.0 release, the core development
team, active and erstwhile, included Warwick Allison, Michael Allison,
Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet, Bart House, Kevin Hugo, Pasi
Kallinen, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex
Kallinen, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex
Smith, Patric Mueller, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, Paul Winner.
Ken Lorber, Pat Rankin, Patrick Mueller and Michael Allison
Ken Lorber, Pat Rankin, Patrick Mueller and Michael Allison
helped ensure that NetHack 5.0 would run on macOS.
Ingo Paschke somehow managed to revive a NetHack 5.0 port for the
Amiga, using a cross-compiler on a modern platform to do so. His work
Amiga, using a cross-compiler on a modern platform to do so. His work
was shared so others can straightforwardly produce NetHack 5.0 for the
Amiga thanks to his efforts.
Ray Chason contributed the majority of maintenance work for the
Ray Chason contributed the majority of maintenance work for the
NetHack 5.0 MS-DOS port, including porting the curses interface to it.
Michael Allison ensured that NetHack 5.0 core changes continued to
work with the msdos port and keep it alive. Cross-compiling the MS-
Michael Allison ensured that NetHack 5.0 core changes continued to
work with the msdos port and keep it alive. Cross-compiling the MS-
DOS port has helped make that possible and mostly painless.
People that contributed to the Windows port of NetHack 5.0 since
the development of NetHack 5.0 begain over eleven years ago, included
Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Bart House, Pasi Kallinen, Alex Kompel,
People that contributed to the Windows port of NetHack 5.0 since
the development of NetHack 5.0 began over eleven years ago, included
Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Bart House, Pasi Kallinen, Alex Kompel,
Dion Nicolaas, Derek S. Ray and Yitzhak Sapir.
With sadness, the devteam would like to acknowledge and remember
the past contributions from the late Ron Van Iwaarden, who was the
With sadness, the devteam would like to acknowledge and remember
the past contributions from the late Ron Van Iwaarden, who was the
sole maintainer of NetHack for OS/2 for several past NetHack releases.
Ron will be missed.
The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
https://www.nethack.org/.
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NetHack Guidebook 116
The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
https://www.nethack.org/.
12.1. Special Thanks
On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once
again to M. Drew Streib and Pasi Kallinen for providing a public
NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to Keith Simpson and Andy
Thomson for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those unnamed dungeoneers
who invest their time and effort into annual NetHack tournaments such
as Junethack, The November NetHack Tournament, and in days past,
On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once
again to M. Drew Streib and Pasi Kallinen for providing a public
NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to Keith Simpson and Andy
Thomson for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those unnamed dungeoneers
who invest their time and effort into annual NetHack tournaments such
as Junethack, The November NetHack Tournament, and in days past,
devnull.net (gone for now, but not forgotten).
12.2. Dungeoneers
From time to time, some depraved individual out there in netland
sends a particularly intriguing modification to help out with the
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game. The NetHack Development Team sometimes makes note of the names
12.2. Dungeoneers
From time to time, some depraved individual out there in netland
sends a particularly intriguing modification to help out with the
game. The NetHack Development Team sometimes makes note of the names
of the worst of these miscreants in this, the list of Dungeoneers:
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Andy Church Janne Salmijarvi Nathan Eady
Andy Swanson Jean-Christophe Collet Norm Meluch
Andy Thomson Jeff Bailey Olaf Seibert
Ari Huttunen Jochen Erwied Pasi Kallinen
Bart House John Kallen Pat Rankin
Benson I. Margulies John Rupley Patric Mueller
Bill Dyer John S. Bien Paul Winner
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Ari Huttunen Jochen Erwied Pasi Kallinen
Bart House John Kallen Pat Rankin
Benson I. Margulies John Rupley Patric Mueller
Bill Dyer John S. Bien Paul Winner
Boudewijn Waijers Johnny Lee Pierre Martineau
Bruce Cox Jon W{tte Ralf Brown
Bruce Holloway Jonathan Handler Ray Chason
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Brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
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