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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], magic lamps can be wished for. Additionally, cursed magic lamps give off darkness instead of light; the aura of darkness covers the same radius, and overrides any light source. A cursed magic lamp is one of a very few portable sources of darkness, making them ideal tools for any [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] hero.
+In [[EvilHack]], magic lamps can be wished for. Additionally, cursed magic lamps give off darkness instead of light; the aura of darkness covers the same radius, and overrides any light source. A cursed magic lamp is one of a very few items that act as [[Dark source|sources of darkness]], making them ideal tools for any [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] hero.
 ==References==

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 Magic lamps make up {{frac|3|200}} (1.5%) of all tools randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Hardware stores and lighting shops can also stock magic lamps. A magic lamp will generate as [[blessed]] {{frac|4}} (25%) of the time, [[uncursed]] {{frac|2}} (50%) of the time and [[cursed]] the remaining {{frac|4}} (25%) of the time.
-Magic lamps cannot be generated by [[polypiling]], and [[wish]]ing for a magic lamp will instead produce an ordinary [[oil lamp]].
+Magic lamps cannot be generated by [[polypiling]], and [[wishing]] for a magic lamp will instead produce an ordinary [[oil lamp]].
 ==Description==
-[[Applying]] a magic lamp will illuminate a 3-square radius around it, although unlike a normal oil lamp it will never run out of fuel.
+[[Applying]] a magic lamp is much like applying an oil lamp: a [[lit]] magic lamp will illuminate a 3-square radius around it, but unlike a normal oil lamp it will never run out of fuel (though its light can still be put out through normal means).
 Additionally, each time the hero [[rub]]s a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance of a [[djinni]] appearing. If a djinni appears, the lamp is then [[Auto-identified|identified]] and turns into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with fuel for 1000-1500 turns, and the djinni's behavior is as follows, with probabilities depending on the lamp's beatitude:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>dorub</tt> function, calls <tt>djinni_from_bottle</tt>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>djinni_from_bottle()</tt> function}}
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 Always make sure a magic lamp is blessed before rubbing it, as an early magic lamp stands a high chance of being wasted if you rub it without knowing its beatitude. Be wary of rubbing unpaid magic lamps as well, as the shopkeeper will charge you a use fee if you manage to extract the genie&mdash;thankfully, magic lamps are easily distinguished from normal ones [[Price identification|by price]].
-Some players prefer an inexhaustible light source to an extra wish, depending on circumstances. The lamp can always be rubbed for a wish later, making it a useful tool to bring into [[Gehennom]] and other dark areas. If you reach the [[Astral Plane]] with a magic lamp, it may be worth blessing for the chance of obtaining a wish, and the leftover oil lamp should provide more than enough turns of light for those looking to [[jump]] their way through the level.
+Some players prefer to use the magic lamp for a light source rather than an extra wish, depending on circumstances: the lamp is a useful tool to bring into [[Gehennom]] and other dark areas (e.g. to enable [[jumping]]), and can always be rubbed for a wish once the hero no longer needs the light. A hero that reaches the [[Elemental Planes]] or the [[Astral Plane]] with any leftover magic lamps should bless them for the best chance of a wish and use the remaining light from the resulting oil lamp(s) to light their way through the level.
 ==History==
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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Aladdin}}
-The idea of a djinni dwelling in a magic lamp was popularized by the Middle-Eastern folk tale ''Aladdin''. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), although it is not contained in the original book: it was added by the French translator Antoine Galland based on a folk tale he heard from the Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab.
+The idea of a djinni dwelling in a magic lamp was popularized by the Middle-Eastern folk tale ''Aladdin'', which is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), although it is not contained in the original book: the tale of Alaadin was added by the French translator Antoine Galland, based on a folk tale he heard from the Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab.
-The tale has many variations, and the lamp is typically an item that the impoverished Aladdin retrieves from a booby-trapped cave for a sorceror pretending to be a sibling of his late father. After escaping the cave with the aid of a djinni in a magic ring, Aladdin brings the lamp to his mother, who tries to rub it clean so they can sell it to buy food for their supper; this releases a second, far more powerful genie who is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp.
+The tale has many variations, and the lamp is typically an item that the impoverished Aladdin retrieves from a booby-trapped cave for a sorcerer pretending to be a sibling of his late father. After escaping the cave with the aid of a djinni in a magic ring, Aladdin brings the lamp to his mother, who tries to rub it clean so they can sell it to buy food for their supper; this releases a second, far more powerful genie who is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp.
 ==Variants==

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 |5%||20%||5%||Speaks, then vanishes.<br />"It is about time!"
 |-
-|5%||20%||80%||Remains as a hostile monster, or sometimes peaceful for a neutral hero.<br />"You disturbed me, fool!"
+|5%||20%||80%||Remains as a "normally generated" monster, and may be peaceful for a neutral hero.<br />"You disturbed me, fool!"
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 ==Description==
-[[Apply]]ing a magic lamp will illuminate a 3-square radius around it, although unlike a normal oil lamp it will never run out of fuel.
+[[Applying]] a magic lamp will illuminate a 3-square radius around it, although unlike a normal oil lamp it will never run out of fuel.
-Additionally, each time the hero [[rub]]s a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance of a [[djinni]] appearing. If a djinni appears, the lamp is then [[auto-identified|identified]] and turns into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with fuel for 1000-1500 turns, and the djinni's behavior is as follows, with probabilities depending on the lamp's beatitude:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>dorub</code> function, calls <code>djinni_from_bottle</code>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>djinni_from_bottle</code> function}}
+Additionally, each time the hero [[rub]]s a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance of a [[djinni]] appearing. If a djinni appears, the lamp is then [[Auto-identified|identified]] and turns into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with fuel for 1000-1500 turns, and the djinni's behavior is as follows, with probabilities depending on the lamp's beatitude:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>dorub</tt> function, calls <tt>djinni_from_bottle</tt>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<tt>djinni_from_bottle()</tt> function}}
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 ==Strategy==
-Always make sure a magic lamp is blessed before rubbing it, as an early magic lamp stands a high chance of being wasted if you rub it without knowing its beatitude. Be wary of rubbing unpaid magic lamps as well, as the shopkeeper will charge you a use fee if you manage to extract the genie - thankfully, magic lamps are easily distinguished from normal ones [[price identification|by price]].
+Always make sure a magic lamp is blessed before rubbing it, as an early magic lamp stands a high chance of being wasted if you rub it without knowing its beatitude. Be wary of rubbing unpaid magic lamps as well, as the shopkeeper will charge you a use fee if you manage to extract the genie&mdash;thankfully, magic lamps are easily distinguished from normal ones [[Price identification|by price]].
 Some players prefer an inexhaustible light source to an extra wish, depending on circumstances. The lamp can always be rubbed for a wish later, making it a useful tool to bring into [[Gehennom]] and other dark areas. If you reach the [[Astral Plane]] with a magic lamp, it may be worth blessing for the chance of obtaining a wish, and the leftover oil lamp should provide more than enough turns of light for those looking to [[jump]] their way through the level.
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 ==Variants==
-Some NetHack variants raise the magic lamp's base price.
+Some ''NetHack'' [[variant]]s raise the magic lamp's base price.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 ===UnNetHack===
-{{main|Wish#UnNetHack}}
+{{main|Wish#UnNetHack|l1=UnNetHack wishing}}
-In [[UnNetHack]], wishes from magic lamps cannot produce [[magical item]]s. Magic lamps themselves are an eligible wish, but can only be obtained from a [[wand of wishing]]. The [[Black market (UnNetHack)|black market]] in UnNetHack has a chance of selling magic lamps at exorbitant prices.
+In [[UnNetHack]], wishes from magic lamps cannot produce [[magical item]]s. Magic lamps themselves are an eligible wish, but can only be obtained from a [[wand of wishing]].
 UnNetHack incorporates the [[advent calendar]] patch, where the magic lamp is one of many possible 'Christmas presents' in the 24th room of the branch.
-The [[Watcher in the Water (UnNetHack)|the Watcher in the Water]] is [[Monster starting inventory|always generated with]] an uncursed magic lamp.
+The [[Watcher in the Water (UnNetHack)|the Watcher in the Water]] is [[always generated with]] an uncursed magic lamp.
 ===dNetHack===
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], magic lamps can be wished for. Additionally, cursed magic lamps give off darkness instead of light; the aura of darkness covers the same radius, and overrides any light source. A cursed magic lamp is one of a very few portable sources of darkness, making them ideal tools for any [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] character.
+In [[EvilHack]], magic lamps can be wished for. Additionally, cursed magic lamps give off darkness instead of light; the aura of darkness covers the same radius, and overrides any light source. A cursed magic lamp is one of a very few portable sources of darkness, making them ideal tools for any [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] hero.
 ==References==

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 [[Apply]]ing a magic lamp will illuminate a 3-square radius around it, although unlike a normal oil lamp it will never run out of fuel.
-Additionally, each time the hero [[rub]]s a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance of a [[djinni]] appearing. If a djinni appears, the lamp is then [[auto-identified|identified]] and turns into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with fuel for 1000-1500 turns, and the djinni's behavior is as follows, with probabilities depending the lamp's beatitude:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>dorub</code> function, calls <code>djinni_from_bottle</code>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>djinni_from_bottle</code> function}}
+Additionally, each time the hero [[rub]]s a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance of a [[djinni]] appearing. If a djinni appears, the lamp is then [[auto-identified|identified]] and turns into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with fuel for 1000-1500 turns, and the djinni's behavior is as follows, with probabilities depending on the lamp's beatitude:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>dorub</code> function, calls <code>djinni_from_bottle</code>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>djinni_from_bottle</code> function}}
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 ==Generation==
-Magic lamps make up {{frac|3|200}} (1.5%) of all randomly-generated tools, and for [[beatitude]] they generate as [[blessed]] {{frac|4}} (25%) of the time, [[uncursed]] {{frac|2}} (50%) of the time and [[cursed]] the remaining {{frac|4}} (25%) of the time. They cannot be generated by [[polypiling]], and [[wish]]ing for a magic lamp will instead create an ordinary [[oil lamp]].
+Magic lamps make up {{frac|3|200}} (1.5%) of all tools randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Hardware stores and lighting shops can also stock magic lamps. A magic lamp will generate as [[blessed]] {{frac|4}} (25%) of the time, [[uncursed]] {{frac|2}} (50%) of the time and [[cursed]] the remaining {{frac|4}} (25%) of the time.
-General [[store]]s, hardware stores and lighting shops can stock magic lamps.
+Magic lamps cannot be generated by [[polypiling]], and [[wish]]ing for a magic lamp will instead create an ordinary [[oil lamp]].
 ==Description==

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 [[Apply]]ing a magic lamp will illuminate a 3-square radius around it, though unlike a normal oil lamp it will never run out of power.
-Additionally, each time you [[rub]] a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance that a [[djinni]] appears. If a djinni is generated from a magic lamp, the lamp is [[auto-identified]] and turned into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with 1000-1500 turns of light, and one of the following five outcomes occurs, with their relative probability depending on the beatitude of the lamp:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>dorub</code> function, calls <code>djinni_from_bottle</code>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>djinni_from_bottle</code> function}}
+Additionally, each time the hero [[rub]]s a magic lamp, there is a {{frac|3}} chance of a puff of smoke, a {{frac|3}} chance that nothing happens, and a {{frac|3}} chance of a [[djinni]] appearing. If a djinni is generated from a magic lamp, the lamp is [[auto-identified]] and turned into an oil lamp of the same [[beatitude]] with 1000-1500 turns of light, and one of the following five outcomes occurs, with their relative probability depending on the beatitude of the lamp:{{refsrc|src/apply.c|1484|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>dorub</code> function, calls <code>djinni_from_bottle</code>}}{{refsrc|src/potion.c|2321|nethack=3.6.7|comment=<code>djinni_from_bottle</code> function}}
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 Always make sure a magic lamp is blessed before rubbing, as an early magic lamp stands a high chance of being wasted if you rub it without knowing its beatitude. Be wary of rubbing unpaid magic lamps as well, as the shopkeeper will charge you a usage fee if you manage to extract the genie - thankfully, magic lamps are easily distinguished from normal ones via [[price identification]].
-Some players prefer an inexhaustible light source to an extra wish, depending on their circumstances; the lamp can always be rubbed for a wish later with no trouble, making it a useful tool to bring into [[Gehennom]] and other dark areas. If you reach the [[Astral Plane]] with a magic lamp, it may be worth blessing for the chance to wish up a necessary item, and the leftover oil lamp should provide more than enough turns of light for those looking to [[jump]] their way through the level.
+Some players prefer an inexhaustible light source to an extra wish, depending on their circumstances; the lamp can always be rubbed for a wish later with no trouble, making it a useful tool to bring into [[Gehennom]] and other dark areas. If you reach the [[Astral Plane]] with a magic lamp, it may be worth blessing for the chance of obtaining a wish, and the leftover oil lamp should provide more than enough turns of light for those looking to [[jump]] their way through the level.
 ==History==

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    |material=copper
 }}
+A '''magic lamp''' is a type of [[Magical tool|magical]] [[tool]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[light source]] that is made of [[copper]], and appears as a [[lamp]] when unidentified.
 The magic lamp is subject to a few [[rumors]], with all but one of them being true.
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 In [[UnNetHack]], wishes from magic lamps cannot produce [[magical item]]s. Magic lamps themselves are an eligible wish, but can only be obtained from a [[wand of wishing]]. The [[Black market (UnNetHack)|black market]] in UnNetHack has a chance of selling magic lamps at exorbitant prices.
-UnNetHack incorporates the [[advent calendar]] patch, where the magic lamp is one of many possible 'Christmas presents' in the 24th room of the branch. The [[Ruins of Moria]] branch always contains an uncursed magic lamp on the last floor, carried by the [[Watcher in the Water]].
+UnNetHack incorporates the [[advent calendar]] patch, where the magic lamp is one of many possible 'Christmas presents' in the 24th room of the branch.
 ===dNetHack===