Wand of digging
| Type | Wand |
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| Name | Wand of digging |
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| A magical device which drills tunnels through unworked rock. |
A wand of digging will remove rock walls in a straight line in the direction zapped. It affects only rock walls, whether normal, transparent or translucent. It will have no effect on non-rock walls; e.g., stone walls, metal walls, crystal walls, beeswax, statues, "unnaturally hard" walls, etc. In addition, it will also remove the various flavors of inanimate statues.
A wand of digging is quite useful for digging passages into otherwise inaccessible areas, to escape incoming enemies, or to create corridors so as to fight only one enemy at a time when faced with a group. Equally, it can be used to broaden existing corridors to increase access to a monster (say, by a summoner aiding his horde).
Even as a formicid character you can benefit from it by saving some time, because it digs tunnels much faster than the digging ability.
History
- In 0.22, the wand will have a targeter that allows to dig at any angle.
- Prior to 0.20, this wand could not destroy inanimate statues.
- Prior to 0.14, this effect was also available through use of the level 4 Earth Magic spell Dig.
- Prior to 0.12, monsters would never use wands of digging.
| Wands |
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| Acid / Light / Quicksilver • Iceblast / Roots / Warping • Charming / Paralysis Digging • Flame • Mindburst • Polymorph |
