Forum:Can all lost stats be recovered with unicorn horn?

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After losing attribute points, can you always recover them by applying a Unicorn Horn?

For example, can a unicorn horn recover the lost wisdom point from engraving on a co-aligned altar, from abusing an attribute, and from quaffing a potion of sickness?

Moreover, when an attribute is decreased, will the usual gain of attribute (eating a corpse, throne, etc) still increase the maximum attribute you can reach by applying the horn? Or, will attribute gains just help recover the lost attribute without increasing its maximum? --66.93.240.163 02:14, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

IIRC the only source of attribute loss that can't be immediately fixed by a unicorn horn is self-polymorph, which randomly adjusts stats +/- 2. If this was curable it'd be an easy way to max out your stats, of course. Everything else, e.g. wisdom loss from altars, is curable. Quick wizard mode testing is showing that if you lose a point of INT and eat a mindflayer corpse for stat gain, you can't use a unihorn again to raise it further. -- Qazmlpok 02:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)