Wand of make invisible
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| Name | make invisible |
| Appearance | random |
| Abundance | 4.5% |
| Base price | 150 zm |
| Weight | 7 |
| Type | beam |
| Maximum charges | 8 |
| Monster use | May be used by monsters as misc items. |
A wand of make invisible is a type of wand that appears in NetHack.
Generation
Randomly generated monsters may receive a wand of make invisible as a miscellaneous item: if an invisibility item is chosen for that monster's starting inventory, it has a 1⁄6 chance of receiving the wand unless it is not hostile and you cannot see invisible.[1]
Effects
Zapping the wand at yourself or a monster will render the target permanently invisible unless you or the monster is wearing a mummy wrapping - this will anger peaceful monsters. Zapping the wand downward will make any engraving on that square disappear, as does engraving with it.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
As of commit f83a57c5, zapping the wand at yourself instead grants 31–45 turns of temporary invisibility.Strategy
If you do not yet have a method to enter shops, e.g. a mummy wrapping, you might want to keep this wand in case you get a fresh stalker corpse; eating one while already invisible will grant the see invisible intrinsic and make you permanently invisible (which you already will be if you use the wand).
Once a player is permanently invisible, this wand normally has little use; making your non-steed pets invisible does not give them a combat advantage. Pacifists will see lots of floating eyes, and may want the wand to make them invisible and render them safe for their pet to kill.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the wand of make invisible can make objects invisible, simplifying the process of identifying the wand.
