Wand of secret door detection

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Name secret door detection
Appearance random
Abundance 5%
Base price 150 zm
Weight 7
Type non-directional
Maximum charges 15
Spell detect unseen
Monster use Will not be used by monsters.

A wand of secret door detection is a type of wand that appears in NetHack.

Generation

The wand of secret door detection makes up 5% of all randomly-generated wands.

In addition to random generation, this wand can be sold in general shops and quality apparel and accessory shops.

Description

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Area in which traps etc. are revealed

When zapped, the wand has the same effect as a spell of detect unseen: it detects all undiscovered secret doors, mimics, and traps in a radius of 8 squares in line-of-sight upon zapping/engraving.[1] It will also show the location of submerged creatures in pools. On the Plane of Air only, the wand also penetrates clouds.

Nearby monsters that you can't see due to invisibility will be revealed as I. Marks on spaces without monsters are removed, and monsters that are hiding will be revealed. Engraving with the wand will only auto-identify it if any of these things are present; otherwise, it gives no message.

The following information pertains to an upcoming version (NetHack 3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.

The wand of secret door detection (and also the spell of detect unseen) are also capable of detecting trapped doors and trapped containers.

It will additionally display a brief flashing animation at the locations where something was detected, and then print a message summarizing what was detected, including if nothing was detected.

Since it always gives some unambiguous feedback, it always auto-identifies.

Strategy

Identification of this wand is very easy, as it is non-directional - the other non-directional wands, light, enlightenment, create monster, and wishing, have very obvious effects and usually auto-identify when zapped. However, if the wand of nothing happens to be non-directional in your game, that may confound your attempts somewhat, since it also has no obvious effect.

The wand of secret door detection is most often used for finding the hidden entrance to the temple in Moloch's Sanctum. It can also be used to find the portals on the Elemental Planes.

References

This page may need to be updated for the current version of NetHack.

It may contain text specific to NetHack 3.6.4. Information on this page may be out of date.

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