Wand of darkness - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit

2026-04-18T13:49:37Z

copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: tweaks

2026-01-10T18:35:59Z

tweaks

Umbire the Phantom: thanks

2025-06-03T08:44:34Z

thanks

Kufat: /* Description */ Use darkradius

2025-06-02T23:05:13Z

‎Description: Use darkradius

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ gender (or lack thereof)

2025-05-06T23:38:19Z

‎Strategy: gender (or lack thereof)

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ thanks klepto

2025-05-06T23:09:06Z

‎Strategy: thanks klepto

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ tenebrous, etc.

2025-05-06T23:03:34Z

‎Strategy: tenebrous, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ potholes et. al.

2025-05-06T22:56:11Z

‎Strategy: potholes et. al.

Umbire the Phantom: binders + appearance

2025-05-06T22:54:47Z

binders + appearance

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ forgot the thing I said I just remembered

2025-05-06T22:41:06Z

‎Generation: forgot the thing I said I just remembered

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-A '''wand of darkness''' is a type of [[wand]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is made of [[obsidian]] and always appears as an '''obsidian wand''' when [[Identification|unidentified]].
+A '''wand of darkness''' is a type of [[wand]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is made of [[Obsidian (material)|obsidian]] and always appears as an '''obsidian wand''' when [[Identification|unidentified]].
 ==Generation==
-Female [[Drow (starting race)|drow]] [[Noble]]s and drow [[Priest/dNetHack|Priests]] and [[Wizard/dNetHack|Wizards]] of both genders start each game with a wand of darkness.
+Female [[drow Noble]]s, as well as [[drow Priest]]s and drow [[Wizard/dNetHack|Wizards]] of both genders, start each game with a wand of darkness.
-Wands of darkness make up {{frac|100}} (1%) of all randomly-generated wands. General [[store]]s and "quality apparel and accessories" shops can sell wands of darkness.
+Wands of darkness make up {{frac|100}} (1%) of all wands that are randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. "Quality apparel and accessories" shops can also stock wands of darkness.
 Wands of darkness are created with 8 to 15 charges.
 ==Description==
-A [[hero]] [[zapping]] a wand of darkness will darken the area within a 5-square radius around them, as displayed below:
+A [[hero]] [[zapping]] a wand of darkness will [[auto-identify]] the wand and darken the area within a 5-square radius around them, as displayed below:
 {{darkradius|r=5}}
-The area remains dark indefinitely or until it is subjected to lighting (e.g. from [[reading]] a non-cursed [[scroll of light]]). Monsters will not use this wand.
+The area will remain dark until it is subjected to lighting (e.g. from [[reading]] a non-cursed [[scroll of light]]). Monsters will not use this wand.
 [[Engraving]] with a wand of darkness will darken the surrounding area and auto-identify the wand, as with zapping it normally.
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 ==Strategy==
-A wand of darkness is generally useful in the early game for drow heroes to make lit areas rooms much easier to navigate and see in&mdash;though they can innately spread darkness using the [[Monster (command)|#monster]] [[extended command]], the wand is very useful as a means to save the hero's [[energy]] and/or use of other similar items such as the [[shadowlander's torch]].
+A wand of darkness is generally useful in the early game for drow heroes to make lit areas rooms much easier to navigate and see in&mdash;though they can innately spread darkness using the [[Monster (command)|#monster]] [[extended command]], the wand is ideal as a means to save the hero's [[energy]] and/or use of other similar items such as the [[shadowlander's torch]].
-[[Binder]]s of all starting races may consider using a wand of darkness around [[shopkeeper]]s in order to better disguise marks from certain [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirits]] (such as [[Andrealphus]], [[Andromalius]] and [[Eurynome]]) that would get them barred from that shop. The wand can also generate the darkness required to address the seal of [[Tenebrous]] and disguise its marks as well.
+[[Binder]]s of all starting races may consider using a wand of darkness around [[shopkeeper]]s in order to better disguise marks from certain [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirits]] (such as [[Andrealphus]], [[Andromalius]] and [[Eurynome]]) that would risk having them barred from the shop. The wand can also generate the darkness required to address the seal of [[Tenebrous]] and disguise the marks of binding it as well.
 ===Identification===
-Identifying the wand of darkness is incredibly trivial even without the wand auto-identifying or always having the same appearance unlike most wands: for [[price identification]], only the [[wand of nothing]], [[wand of light]] and wand of darkness share their base price of 100[[zm]].
+Identifying the wand of darkness is incredibly trivial, even without the wand auto-identifying or always having the same appearance unlike most wands: for [[price identification]], only the [[wand of nothing]], [[wand of light]] and wand of darkness share their base price of 100[[zm]].
 {{variant-343}}
 [[Category:dNetHack wands]]
 [[Category:notdNetHack wands]]
 [[Category:notnotdNetHack wands]]

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 A '''wand of darkness''' is a type of [[wand]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is made of [[obsidian]] and always appears as an '''obsidian wand''' when [[Identification|unidentified]].
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 [[Engraving]] with a wand of darkness will darken the surrounding area and auto-identify the wand, as with zapping it normally.
-[[Breaking wands|Breaking]] a [[charged]] wand of light by [[applying]] it&ndash;or else wresting one last charge from an applied wand&ndash;will cause an explosion that deals anywhere between 1 and (4&times;<charges>) damage, and darkens the same area as zapping the wand. This auto-identifies the wand.
+[[Breaking wands|Breaking]] a charged wand of light by [[applying]] it&ndash;or else wresting one last charge from an applied wand&ndash;will cause an explosion that deals anywhere between 1 and (4&times;<charges>) damage, and darkens the same area as zapping the wand. This auto-identifies the wand.
 ==Strategy==

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 ==Description==
-A [[hero]] [[zapping]] a wand of darkness will darken the area within a 5-square radius around them, as displayed below:<!--figure out a way to display this as inverted somehow-->
+A [[hero]] [[zapping]] a wand of darkness will darken the area within a 5-square radius around them, as displayed below:
 {{darkradius|r=5}}

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 A [[hero]] [[zapping]] a wand of darkness will darken the area within a 5-square radius around them, as displayed below:<!--figure out a way to display this as inverted somehow-->
-{{lightradius|r=5}}
+{{darkradius|r=5}}
 The area remains dark indefinitely or until it is subjected to lighting (e.g. from [[reading]] a non-cursed [[scroll of light]]). Monsters will not use this wand.

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 A wand of darkness is generally useful in the early game for drow heroes to make lit areas rooms much easier to navigate and see in&mdash;though they can innately spread darkness using the [[Monster (command)|#monster]] [[extended command]], the wand is very useful as a means to save the hero's [[energy]] and/or use of other similar items such as the [[shadowlander's torch]].
-[[Binder]]s of all starting races may consider using a wand of darkness around [[shopkeeper]]s in order to better disguise marks from certain [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirits]] (such as [[Andrealphus]], [[Andromalius]] and [[Eurynome]]) that would get them barred from that shop. The wand can also generate the darkness required to address the seal of [[Tenebrous]] and disguise his marks as well.
+[[Binder]]s of all starting races may consider using a wand of darkness around [[shopkeeper]]s in order to better disguise marks from certain [[Spirits (dNetHack)|spirits]] (such as [[Andrealphus]], [[Andromalius]] and [[Eurynome]]) that would get them barred from that shop. The wand can also generate the darkness required to address the seal of [[Tenebrous]] and disguise its marks as well.
 ===Identification===