Wand of nothing
| / | |
|---|---|
| Name | nothing |
| Appearance | random |
| Abundance | 2.5% |
| Base price | 100 zm |
| Weight | 7 |
| Type | random |
| Maximum charges | 8 |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
The wand of nothing is a wand that appears in NetHack.
Effects
True to its name, the wand does absolutely nothing when zapped, engraved with, or broken by applying. Despite this, it will still have charges like any other wand.
As of NetHack 3.6.0, wands of nothing can be either non-directional or shoot a beam that does nothing, with a 50% chance of each. The effect is randomly determined per-game, not per-item, so if you find a non-directional wand of nothing, all other wands of nothing will also be non-directional.
A wand of nothing is non-magical, meaning it is unaffected by cancellation. However, as the only non-magical type of wand, it will usually turn into a magical wand when polymorphed.
Strategy
The wand of nothing's properties tend to interfere with identifying other wands; however, the only other wand with a base price of 100 zorkmids is the wand of light, which is very easy to identify and safe to zap or engrave with. Only 25% of all price 100 wands are wands of nothing. It can also be formally identified by elimination once all wands are known that produce no message when engraving.
The wand of nothing is primarily designed to be polyfodder, and converting it to any other magical wand will keep its amount of charges intact.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, wielding a wand of nothing gives a bonus when spellcasting, increasing the player's effective intelligence score by 5 when calculating the energy cost. This effect is the same as wearing a robe or wielding a quarterstaff, and these effects do not stack.
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