Wish

In NetHack, you may not always encounter the items necessary for a good Ascension Kit. Fortunately, Nethack has a system of wishing. Whenever you receive a wish, you may ask for an item and you will receive it, with some restrictions.

Methods Of Wishing

There are several ways to obtain a wish in NetHack, including:

• Zapping a wand of wishing (guaranteed)

(Zapping a wand of wishing is the only guaranteed method. The others are not guaranteed and may have negative side effects.)

• Rubbing a magic lamp, preferably blessed
• Quaffing a smoky potion, preferably blessed
• Quaffing from a fountain, a small chance
• Sitting on a throne, a small chance

Restrictions On Wishing

You may not wish for a wand of wishing, or a magic lamp. This is to guard against infinite wishes. You also cannot wish for your own quest artifact, although you may wish for those of other roles.

When wishing, you may specify an amount of an item or a specific enchantment - for instance, 2 of an item instead of 1, or +1 rather than +0. However, the more or higher you wish for, the more chance you have of getting only one or +0.