Wands

Old Wands

These wands appear also in NetHack.

An identified wand's charges are represented as X:Y in the game, where:

For example, a 0:3 wand has not been recharged and it has 3 charges left.

You can learn about an unknown wand by engraving with it, which uses one charge, as a zap does. Wand of digging, wand of fire and wand of lightning identify themselves. Other wands may show a message once you have written something; pressing Escape or entering nothing skips it. "Floor" stands for whatever surface you are on. Apart from striking's, you see these messages only if you are not blind:
- The bugs on the floor slow down! — wand of slow monster
- The bugs on the floor speed up! — wand of speed monster
- The bugs on the floor stop moving! — wand of sleep or wand of death; the message does not tell them apart
- The bugs on the floor vanish! — wand of disintegration
- The bugs on the floor turn into grains of sand! — wand of petrification
- Suddenly, it seems that there are more bugs on the floor than before! — wand of resurrection
- The floor is riddled by bullet holes! — wand of magic missile
- A few ice cubes drop from the wand. — wand of cold
- The wand unsuccessfully fights your attempt to write! — wand of striking
Some wands can be applied to an item in the inventory to apply a magical effect onto it. Such wands are the following: