Wand of wishing

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A wand of wishing is the easiest way to obtain wishes.

This wand is unusual because it can only be recharged once[1]. It always explodes if you try to recharge it a second time. (Other wands have a chance recharging multiple times without exploding.) It is not possible to wish for more wishes, so if you wish for another wand of wishing, the second wand will be useless.

Thus your first wish from this wand should be a source of charging, if you do not already have one. For example, if you have Neutral alignment and are not a Tourist, you might wish for the quest artifact "Platinum Yendorian Express Card". Otherwise, if you have blank scrolls ready, you might wish for "2 blessed scrolls of charging".

Then, extract the maximum number of wishes as follows:

  1. Zap the wand until it reaches (0:0).
  2. Blessed-recharge the wand.
  3. Zap the wand until it reaches (1:0).
  4. Zap the wand repeatedly to wrest the last charge and wish.

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