Pathos: Nethack Codex Hack 7.1 + Redeem Codes

I love this game. I’m always on the look out for a good RPG thats similar to tabletops and this is it. I’ve been playing for a few weeks and I’m still sucked into the game. It does have a steep learning curve but as long as you are prepared to die a lot in the beginning it becomes easier.

I do have a couple suggestions about pets/companions...
1.There should be experience sharing for party members and pets. Right now experience is only gained by the specific character/pet that kills an enemy. I’m doing the most killing so my pets and mounts are quickly outclassed by monsters and end up dying very quickly. The way it works now it also makes some character almost useless. Necromancers and Druid’s for example are supposed to summon minions to do the actual fighting but then they don’t get any experience if their minions do the killing.
2. I would also like to see a way to improve pets more and resurrect them easier? Maybe a higher riding skill could let them share your resistances? Maybe pets could give you different talents to make them more useful? For example, having a dog companion could give your character ‘searching’ or ‘see invisible’.

I realize the game was not designed as a party system but improving pets and mounts would make certain classes and races more playable. As it is, pets/mounts die at almost every boss level and don’t survive beyond 5 lvls making them almost worthless.

I think first and foremost to new players the most important thing about this game is to be patient. It can be very frustrating at first and downright confusing. The game doesn’t hold your hand and it can be very punishing if you don’t know what to do, but that is a large part of its charm to me.

Figuring out a proper way to play the game is rewarding. I love seeing my spell book fill up, or my skillset and stats growing as I progress further I to the dungeons. Plus there is a surprising amount of depth to the game. There are many rules or mechanics to remember but I don’t find it tedious. Overall I think Pathos does an excellent job at making you feel satisfied with the time you’ve put into the game.

For new players I would recommend checking out the subreddit for the game. I know a common complaint is that the in game help menu can be hard to understand, and that some might say you shouldn’t need outside help. However, to me I find it more fun to ask questions and browse other posts. The community and the developer are active and ready to give hints and advice. I feel like I always learn something new and it I think the community aspect makes the game feel more lively.

I could say more, but the main point I want to get across is be patient, ask questions, and keep playing. It is well worth the effort!

If you like dungeon crawlers/roguelikes, you’ve hit the jackpot.

Pathos is a Nethack clone, but one that refines the original in all the best ways to bring it up to date. Other iOS nethack ports treat the keyboard-input interface like it’s some kind of sacred and essential part of the experience, awkwardly forcing you to bind keys to touch buttons, rather than just scrapping and replacing it like the dated and obsolete remnant if the past that it is.

Here we have a full touch interface. You want to move somewhere? Touch there. Want to pick up a thing? Touch it. Want to check it for traps, open it, kick it, lick it, meet its parents? Just touch it. No “q for Quaff, w for wield, period for inspect, comma for take…” it’s all touch menus now, like it should have been since 1990.

this game is exceptional. the care that the developer and contributors put into the quality and polish on this remake is truly outstanding.

i started playing Nethack about 28 years ago, and i've played a dozen other mobile roguelikes (and i mean actual Rogue-likes) of varying quality and effort, but Pathos stands clear above them all. the user interface is thoughtful and modern, the mechanics are spot-on, and the game is constantly being updated... all out of a love for the original game and its players. this is clearly a passion project, and it shows. bravo.

I’ve been playing Nethack for 25 years and have played Pathos quite a bit. Recently started playing Pathos again and it seems to me that changes have been made to the game that have made it too difficult and frustrating for me. Or maybe I am just extremely unlucky. I can’t seem to find or do anything that is beneficial for my character. Everything I try to do has negative consequences. It’s too bad because I really enjoyed playing Pathos before but I have played probably 50 games and haven’t gotten past level 5. Also, part of the fun for me in the past was trying to do different things but now every time I try something it has a negative effect so I don’t even waste my time. I just kill monsters and try to keep from starving... boring. Maybe I’ll try it again in another year.

*Edit* : Thanks for the response!

Here's what you can do to reproduce the bug:

• Switch tile set to classic

• Start a run with a new custom character (without a custom portrait, leaving the default portrait)

• End the run early

• Edit the character you just made and choose a new race, class, and gender.

• Finally, Tap outside the race, gender, class selection screen

The portrait should be frozen on the last run's portrait, refusing to change dynamically as you make new gender, race, and class selections.

It might take a few tries to reproduce the bug, i'm sure you'll reproduce it if you follow these steps. I just reproduced it myself so I know it definitely is reproducible.

Thank you so much for your hard work. I hope you'll fix this bug soon!

-original bug report starts below-

bug I found in the most recent update

The portrait doesn't dynamically change when selecting ones gender, race, or class. It remains frozen on the last character you were from your last run. Only when you select your class and proceed to the roll stats screen does the portrait change.

Please fix this as soon as possible. Thanks.

Great class/race/special selection. Rather difficult. Various graphic modes. Many different types of enemies(most of which are playable via Polymorphing, with the exclusion of ‘Unique’ entities.), Many types of gear(you may get the same item twice and one version can be far superior), also, you can choose ‘specials’ which are often good at first but also have disadvantages Though I have a suggestion: add the option to play as non-unique entities as a race and possibly class if they have a kit.

The game plays fairly well, but I have yet to get past dungeon level 10. Overall, as entertaining as the game may be, it seems to be player hostile rather than player friendly.

An archer in my party will chase after spent arrows and get killed in the process; I can’t order them to stay as a party. Leaves little room for leadership.

Opening a door and finding a room full of baddies seems unfair, and player hostile. I doubt that a single player survives, especially when baddies include dragons. My team of three survived, but barely so.

The range for archers is hard to peg; sometimes I can shoot from far away, other times if I shoot the player will move up to the baddie and shoot. A good way to get killed in the process; defeats the purpose of being an archer.

The game lets me play with companions, but each companion comes with a pet, and the space for moving to the next level or climbing a ladder can be too small for all of them; some get left behind. I can tell a pet, but not a player, to ‘stay’.

More to say, but long enough already.

This is so well done that it's an obvious work of love. Took only a few guesses to get the controls figured out. Almost everything can be clicked or hold down for additional information or actions. I'm 60yrs old and have played some from of Rouge or Nethack ever since they first emerged in the 70's and we were making our own computers in our basements.
Special request to the developer, I'm sensitive to the siding scroll, any chance of adding a jump scroll or always centered option?

Totally in love with this game. By far one of the most satisfying dungeon crawlers with tons of options for races/classes and countless item types and crafting options. I don’t know of any other crawler where I can craft a semiautomatic rifle, zap enemies with a unicorn horn, get slaughtered in a room full of people summoning devils, eat the corpse of my pet and feel regret, buy a hawaiian shirt, or form an alliance with a kitten. And that was all within just the first couple hours of gameplay.

I only wish my pets didn’t perish so easily :D