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Prowler: Update the effects of breaking wands

2026-05-23T19:51:31Z

Update the effects of breaking wands

Prowler: Add a line about wand identification by self-zapping.

2026-05-23T19:21:29Z

Add a line about wand identification by self-zapping.

Prowler: Update for 5.0.

2026-05-23T19:15:10Z

Update for 5.0.

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Umbire the Phantom: Undo revision 204011 by Ch3182 (talk) explained on talk page

2026-05-18T03:10:43Z

Undo revision 204011 by Ch3182 (talk) explained on talk page

Ch3182: /* Using wands */ changing 3.7.0-5.0.0

2026-05-18T02:55:40Z

‎Using wands: changing 3.7.0-5.0.0

Ion frigate: missing wand

2025-06-02T09:11:10Z

missing wand

Umbire the Phantom: Undo revision 189689 by GoSagan (talk) the table explicitly assumes you are testing this on an existing engraving

2025-06-02T05:08:45Z

Undo revision 189689 by GoSagan (talk) the table explicitly assumes you are testing this on an existing engraving

GoSagan: added a note for clarity to the No Message or Effect section of wand ID to note that (as displayed at the top of the chart) this could mean teleport if there was no existing engraving.

2025-06-01T03:23:53Z

added a note for clarity to the No Message or Effect section of wand ID to note that (as displayed at the top of the chart) this could mean teleport if there was no existing engraving.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Breaking wands */ todo

2025-02-20T03:48:17Z

‎Breaking wands: todo

Umbire the Phantom: potholes et. al.

2025-01-16T20:09:52Z

potholes et. al.

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 Specific effects are detailed below. In any case, you destroy the wand and owe the cost if it was unpaid.
 {|class="prettytable"
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 |-
 |make invisible
-|There is an explosion causing from 1 to (4&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;charges) damage.<br />You and surrounding monsters are made invisible; for you, this has a 10% chance of being permanent and a 90% chance of lasting for (charges) to (250&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;charges) (more) turns.
+|There is an explosion causing from 1 to (4&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;charges) damage.<br />You and surrounding monsters are made invisible; for you, this gives the same number of invisibility turns as you would get by zapping the wand at yourself.
 |-
 |nothing
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 |-
 |opening
-|No effect.
+|If you are engulfed or held by a monster, you are released and identify the wand. Otherwise, no effect.
 |-
 |polymorph
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 |speed monster
 |There is an explosion causing from 1 to (4&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;charges) damage.<br />You and surrounding monsters are sped up.
 |-
 |striking

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	Many wands will self-identify on zapping. A single zap under the right circumstances can identify nearly all of these: stand in a room with a teleportation trap and a door that is closed but unlocked. Drop an object that can be recognizably cancelled (such as a junk scroll) on a diagonal to the door (to prevent dangerous beams from hitting you), and lure a visible undead monster onto the same diagonal line. Zap toward the object, monster, and door. If both object and monster vanish, the wand is teleportation; if the monster vanishes and the object doesn't, it is make invisible; if the scroll is blank, it was cancellation; if the door opens, it was opening; if the door is now locked, it was locking; if the monster flees, it was turn undead. If nothing happens, you can step on the teleportation trap to check if it was stasis. If it doesn't self-identify, it is a wand of nothing.		Many wands will self-identify on zapping. A single zap under the right circumstances can identify nearly all of these: stand in a room with a teleportation trap and a door that is closed but unlocked. Drop an object that can be recognizably cancelled (such as a junk scroll) on a diagonal to the door (to prevent dangerous beams from hitting you), and lure a visible undead monster onto the same diagonal line. Zap toward the object, monster, and door. If both object and monster vanish, the wand is teleportation; if the monster vanishes and the object doesn't, it is make invisible; if the scroll is blank, it was cancellation; if the door opens, it was opening; if the door is now locked, it was locking; if the monster flees, it was turn undead. If nothing happens, you can step on the teleportation trap to check if it was stasis. If it doesn't self-identify, it is a wand of nothing.
		+
		+	Another way to narrow down the identity of a wand that couldn't be engrave-identified is to zap it at yourself. If it doesn't ask for a direction, it's either stasis or nothing; wands of probing and undead turning will always self-identify (wand of undead turning will also revive corpses in your inventory, so drop or stash them if you don't want it), and otherwise it's either locking, opening, or nothing.

	===Price-identification===		===Price-identification===

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 |}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 5.0.0|Your hands now need to be free to break a wand. Glass wands can now be broken with 5 strength, like balsa wood wands.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Your hands now need to be free to break a wand. Glass wands can now be broken with 5 strength, like balsa wood wands.}}
 ==Identifying wands==

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 |}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Your hands now need to be free to break a wand. Glass wands can now be broken with 5 strength, like balsa wood wands.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 5.0.0|Your hands now need to be free to break a wand. Glass wands can now be broken with 5 strength, like balsa wood wands.}}
 ==Identifying wands==

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 |"A lit field surrounds you!"
 |[[Wand of light|light]]
 |wand self-identifies
 |-

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 |No message or effect
 |[[Wand of locking|locking]]<br />[[Wand of opening|opening]]<br />[[Wand of probing|probing]]<br />[[Wand of undead turning|undead turning]]<br />[[Wand of nothing|nothing]]<br />[[Wand of secret door detection|secret door detection]] (self-identifies if secrets are detected) <br />wand is cancelled (x:-1)<br />
+|
 |}

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	Specific effects are detailed below. In any case, you destroy the wand and owe the cost if it was unpaid.		Specific effects are detailed below. In any case, you destroy the wand and owe the cost if it was unpaid.
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		+	{{todo\|At least a few of these entries are incorrect, and they should be cited from [[zap.c]] regardless.}}

	{\|class="prettytable"		{\|class="prettytable"

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 ==Variants==
 ===AceHack===
-In [[AceHack]], engraving will formally identify the wand if that gives an unambiguous message (e.g. [[wand of cold|cold]] or [[speed monster]]).
+In [[AceHack]], engraving will formally identify the wand if that gives an unambiguous message (e.g. a wand of cold or speed monster).
 ===SLASH'EM===