diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b93ed982c..e2522cfa9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ deploy:
     tags: true
   prerelease: true
   name: "Pre-release build of NetHack 3.6.3"
-  body: "This is auto generated pre-release build of NetHack 3.6.3."
+  body: "This is an auto generated pre-release build of NetHack 3.6.3."
 
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn
index cd96e04aa..02f561fe1 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.mn
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .ds vr "NetHack 3.7
 .ds f0 "\*(vr
 .ds f1
-.ds f2 "November 7, 2019
+.ds f2 "November 17, 2019
 .
 .\" A note on some special characters:
 .\" \(lq = left double quote
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex
index ae03d9a4e..44f89c18a 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.tex
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 %.au
 \author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
 (Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
-\date{November 7, 2019}
+\date{November 17, 2019}
 
 \maketitle
 
diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index 1b2caaebf..16ab5de31 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ dipping lichen corpse into acid when not blind and acid was undicovered would
 pluralization improvement for words ending in a k-sound like "biotech"
 check for whether a monster was entering a region (gas cloud) erroneously
 	depended upon whether or not the hero was inside the same region
+all Is_*_level tests during early startup would test as true until
+	dungeon_topology was initialized in a new game or restored from 
+	a save file
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.2 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/include/dungeon.h b/include/dungeon.h
index 4037511e4..c25494001 100644
--- a/include/dungeon.h
+++ b/include/dungeon.h
@@ -98,31 +98,36 @@ typedef struct branch {
  *
  * Depth corresponds to the number of floors below the surface.
  */
-#define Is_astralevel(x) (on_level(x, &astral_level))
-#define Is_earthlevel(x) (on_level(x, &earth_level))
-#define Is_waterlevel(x) (on_level(x, &water_level))
-#define Is_firelevel(x) (on_level(x, &fire_level))
-#define Is_airlevel(x) (on_level(x, &air_level))
-#define Is_medusa_level(x) (on_level(x, &medusa_level))
-#define Is_oracle_level(x) (on_level(x, &oracle_level))
-#define Is_valley(x) (on_level(x, &valley_level))
-#define Is_juiblex_level(x) (on_level(x, &juiblex_level))
-#define Is_asmo_level(x) (on_level(x, &asmodeus_level))
-#define Is_baal_level(x) (on_level(x, &baalzebub_level))
-#define Is_wiz1_level(x) (on_level(x, &wiz1_level))
-#define Is_wiz2_level(x) (on_level(x, &wiz2_level))
-#define Is_wiz3_level(x) (on_level(x, &wiz3_level))
-#define Is_sanctum(x) (on_level(x, &sanctum_level))
-#define Is_portal_level(x) (on_level(x, &portal_level))
-#define Is_rogue_level(x) (on_level(x, &rogue_level))
-#define Is_stronghold(x) (on_level(x, &stronghold_level))
-#define Is_bigroom(x) (on_level(x, &bigroom_level))
-#define Is_qstart(x) (on_level(x, &qstart_level))
-#define Is_qlocate(x) (on_level(x, &qlocate_level))
-#define Is_nemesis(x) (on_level(x, &nemesis_level))
-#define Is_knox(x) (on_level(x, &knox_level))
-#define Is_mineend_level(x) (on_level(x, &mineend_level))
-#define Is_sokoend_level(x) (on_level(x, &sokoend_level))
+
+/* These both can't be zero, or dungeon_topology isn't init'd / restored */
+#define Lassigned(y) ((y)->dlevel || (y)->dnum)
+#define Lcheck(x,z) (Lassigned(z) && on_level(x, z))
+
+#define Is_astralevel(x)    (Lcheck(x, &astral_level))
+#define Is_earthlevel(x)    (Lcheck(x, &earth_level))
+#define Is_waterlevel(x)    (Lcheck(x, &water_level))
+#define Is_firelevel(x)     (Lcheck(x, &fire_level))
+#define Is_airlevel(x)      (Lcheck(x, &air_level))
+#define Is_medusa_level(x)  (Lcheck(x, &medusa_level))
+#define Is_oracle_level(x)  (Lcheck(x, &oracle_level))
+#define Is_valley(x)        (Lcheck(x, &valley_level))
+#define Is_juiblex_level(x) (Lcheck(x, &juiblex_level))
+#define Is_asmo_level(x)    (Lcheck(x, &asmodeus_level))
+#define Is_baal_level(x)    (Lcheck(x, &baalzebub_level))
+#define Is_wiz1_level(x)    (Lcheck(x, &wiz1_level))
+#define Is_wiz2_level(x)    (Lcheck(x, &wiz2_level))
+#define Is_wiz3_level(x)    (Lcheck(x, &wiz3_level))
+#define Is_sanctum(x)       (Lcheck(x, &sanctum_level))
+#define Is_portal_level(x)  (Lcheck(x, &portal_level))
+#define Is_rogue_level(x)   (Lcheck(x, &rogue_level))
+#define Is_stronghold(x)    (Lcheck(x, &stronghold_level))
+#define Is_bigroom(x)       (Lcheck(x, &bigroom_level))
+#define Is_qstart(x)        (Lcheck(x, &qstart_level))
+#define Is_qlocate(x)       (Lcheck(x, &qlocate_level))
+#define Is_nemesis(x)       (Lcheck(x, &nemesis_level))
+#define Is_knox(x)          (Lcheck(x, &knox_level))
+#define Is_mineend_level(x) (Lcheck(x, &mineend_level))
+#define Is_sokoend_level(x) (Lcheck(x, &sokoend_level))
 
 #define In_sokoban(x) ((x)->dnum == sokoban_dnum)
 #define Inhell In_hell(&u.uz) /* now gehennom */
diff --git a/include/global.h b/include/global.h
index 4ca1dd77e..e98cdf84d 100644
--- a/include/global.h
+++ b/include/global.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /*
  * Development status of this NetHack version.
  */
-#define NH_DEVEL_STATUS NH_STATUS_WIP
+#define NH_DEVEL_STATUS NH_STATUS_BETA
 
 #ifndef DEBUG  /* allow tool chains to define without causing warnings */
 #define DEBUG
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index e1bcf88aa..f84e7d7b4 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	files.c	$NHDT-Date: 1573869063 2019/11/16 01:51:03 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.269 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	files.c	$NHDT-Date: 1574037901 2019/11/18 00:45:01 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.270 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Derek S. Ray, 2015. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -2833,8 +2833,8 @@ char *origbuf;
 #endif /* SYSCF */
 
     } else if (match_varname(buf, "BOULDER", 3)) {
-        (void) get_uchars(bufp, &g.ov_primary_syms[SYM_BOULDER + SYM_OFF_X], TRUE, 1,
-                          "BOULDER");
+        (void) get_uchars(bufp, &g.ov_primary_syms[SYM_BOULDER + SYM_OFF_X],
+                          TRUE, 1, "BOULDER");
     } else if (match_varname(buf, "MENUCOLOR", 9)) {
         if (!add_menu_coloring(bufp))
             retval = FALSE;
@@ -4325,13 +4325,13 @@ reveal_paths(VOID_ARGS)
     if (cstrp && (int) strlen(cstrp) < maxlen)
         Sprintf(buf, " (in %s)", cstrp);
 #endif /* PREFIXES_IN_USE */
-    raw_printf("%s loadable symbols file%s:", s_suffix(gamename), buf);
+    raw_printf("The loadable symbols file%s:", buf);
 #endif /* UNIX */
 
 #ifdef UNIX
     envp = getcwd(cwdbuf, PATH_MAX);
     if (envp) {
-        raw_printf("%s loadable symbols file:", s_suffix(gamename));
+        raw_print("The loadable symbols file:");
         raw_printf("    \"%s/%s\"", envp, SYMBOLS);
     }
 #else /* UNIX */
@@ -4348,6 +4348,27 @@ reveal_paths(VOID_ARGS)
     raw_printf("    \"%s\"", filep);
 #endif /* UNIX */
 
+    /* dlb vs non-dlb */
+
+    buf[0] = '\0';
+#ifdef PREFIXES_IN_USE
+    cstrp = fqn_prefix_names[DATAPREFIX];
+    maxlen = BUFSZ - sizeof " (in )";
+    if (cstrp && (int) strlen(cstrp) < maxlen)
+        Sprintf(buf, " (in %s)", cstrp);
+#endif
+#ifdef DLB
+    raw_printf("Basic data files%s are collected inside:", buf);
+    filep = DLBFILE;
+    raw_printf("    \"%s\"", filep);
+#ifdef DLBFILE2
+    filep = DLBFILE2;
+    raw_printf("    \"%s\"", filep);
+#endif
+#else /* !DLB */
+    raw_printf("Basic data files%s are in many separate files.", buf);
+#endif /* ?DLB */
+
     /* personal configuration file */
 
     buf[0] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 3eb4f389e..f3384f214 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -4091,14 +4091,12 @@ boolean tinitial, tfrom_file;
         }
     }
 
-#if 0
     /* Is it a symbol? */
     if (strstr(opts, "S_") == opts && parsesymbols(opts, PRIMARY)) {
         switch_symbols(TRUE);
         check_gold_symbol();
         return retval;
     }
-#endif
 
     /* out of valid options */
     config_error_add("Unknown option '%s'", opts);