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"[The principle of selection] is the magician's wand, by means of which he may summon into life whatever form and mould he pleases."
 
"[The principle of selection] is the magician's wand, by means of which he may summon into life whatever form and mould he pleases."
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-William Youatt, _Sheep: their breeds, management, and diseases; to which is added the Mountain Shepherd's Manual_, ch. III. 1837.}}
 
-William Youatt, _Sheep: their breeds, management, and diseases; to which is added the Mountain Shepherd's Manual_, ch. III. 1837.}}
  
A '''wand''' is a magical device that contains several charges of a specific spell or effect. Each wand weighs 10.0 aum.
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A '''wand''' is a magical device that contains several charges of a specific spell or effect.
 
 
A player may zap a wand in the inventory with the '''v''' key (that is, e'''v'''oking it). This releases its magical effect at a target of the player's choice, and one charge of the wand will be depleted. A wand does not normally show how many charges it has left; this information can be gathered either by [[identification]] or by using a wand with sufficient [[Evocations]] skill. However, the game will record wand usage, so that the player can see how many times a wand has been zapped. Unlike [[rod]]s, a wand does not have to be [[wield]]ed to be used, and can even be used while the player's wielded [[weapon]] is [[curse]]d.
 
 
 
A wand with no charges left is empty, and will not function (but will still waste a turn as you discover this). Wands can be recharged using a [[scroll of recharging]], even if not emptied. [[Deep Dwarf]] characters possess a racial ability that also lets them recharge wands, though at a permanent MP cost.
 
  
Zapping a wand will very often identify it, so long as the effect isn't resisted and it has unambiguously revealed its nature (zapping a [[wand of digging]] into empty space, for example, will not identify it).
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A player may zap a wand in the inventory with the '''[[V]]''' key (that is, e'''V'''oking it). This releases its magical effect at a target of the player's choice and expends one charge. The number of charges on a wand is always known, and wands of the same type will merge when picked up, taking up only one inventory slot and having the combined number of charges that the two previous wands had.
  
A wand's [[spell power]] equals 15+2.5×[[Evocations]], though this is still limited by the spell power caps for the spell cast. For monsters zapping wands, the power is normally 30+[[hit dice]], although this can vary greatly depending on the type of wand.
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Once a wand's charges are used up, the wand is destroyed.
  
Monsters that can [[:Category:Weapons_armour|pick up items]] will often pick up wands and zap them at you. A few monsters may start with wands in their inventory.  Monsters above 13 [[hit dice]] will not bother with them.
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A wand's [[spell power]] equals 15+2.5×[[Evocations]], though this is still limited by the spell power caps for the spell cast. For monsters zapping wands, the power is normally 30+[[hit dice]], although this can vary greatly depending on the type of wand. Some monsters, particularly [[unique]]s, may start with wands in their inventory.
  
[[Xom]] is greatly stimulated (200) when you: use an unidentified wand near a monster; or, use a wand of random effects on yourself or others.
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[[Xom]] is greatly entertained (200) when you use a wand of random effects on yourself or others.
  
 
==List of wands==
 
==List of wands==
 
{| class="prettytable" style="border:1px solid #000000;"
 
{| class="prettytable" style="border:1px solid #000000;"
! Wand !! Description !! Max charges:<br>initial / upon [[scroll of recharging|recharge]] !! Usable by monster
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! Image !! Wand !! Description !! Max charges per<br> individual wand on pickup !! Usable by monsters<ref>{{source ref|0.20.0|mon-act.cc|1065}}</ref>
 
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  | [[Wand of cold|Cold]]
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  | [[File:Wand of acid.png]]
  | Shoots a [[bolt of cold]]
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| [[Wand of acid|Acid]]
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 15
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  | [[Corrode]]s the target temporarily
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  | style="text-align:center" | 15
 
  | Yes
 
  | Yes
 
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  | [[Wand of confusion|Confusion]]
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  | [[File:Wand of clouds.png]]
  | [[Confuse]]s the target temporarily
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  | [[Wand of clouds|Clouds]]
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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| Blasts a cone-shaped area with various destructive clouds
  | Yes
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  | style="text-align:center" | 9
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  | No
 
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| [[File:Wand of digging.png]]
 
  | [[Wand of digging|Digging]]
 
  | [[Wand of digging|Digging]]
 
  | Creates a tunnel through the targeted wall tile
 
  | Creates a tunnel through the targeted wall tile
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 24
  | No
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  | Yes
 
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| [[File:Wand of disintegration.png]]
 
  | [[Wand of disintegration|Disintegration]]
 
  | [[Wand of disintegration|Disintegration]]
 
  | Disintegrates the target or object
 
  | Disintegrates the target or object
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 24
 
  | Yes, but damage is reduced to 2/3 of normal
 
  | Yes, but damage is reduced to 2/3 of normal
 
|-
 
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|-
 
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  | [[Wand of draining|Draining]]
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  | [[File:Wand of enslavement.png]]
| Shoots a [[draining|bolt of negative energy]], reducing target's [[HD]] (and [[XP]])
 
| style="text-align:center" | 16 / 12
 
| Yes, reduces player's XP only
 
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|-
 
 
  | [[Wand of enslavement|Enslavement]]
 
  | [[Wand of enslavement|Enslavement]]
 
  | Charms the target temporarily
 
  | Charms the target temporarily
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 24
| No
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  | Yes, [[confuse]]s the player
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|-
 
| [[Wand of fire|Fire]]
 
| Shoots a [[bolt of fire]] at the target
 
| style="text-align:center" | 16 / 15
 
  | Yes
 
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| [[Wand of fireball|Fireball]]
 
| Sends a [[Fireball|ball of fire]] at the target, which explodes into a 3x3 region of fire when it hits something
 
| style="text-align:center" | 16 / 9
 
| Yes
 
 
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| [[File:Wand of flame.png]]
 
  | [[Wand of flame|Flame]]
 
  | [[Wand of flame|Flame]]
 
  | Shoots a [[Throw Flame|puff of flame]] at the target
 
  | Shoots a [[Throw Flame|puff of flame]] at the target
  | style="text-align:center" | 28 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 48
 
  | Yes
 
  | Yes
 
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  | [[Wand of frost|Frost]]
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  | [[File:Wand of iceblast.png]]
| Shoots a [[Throw Frost|puff of frost]] at the target
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  | [[Wand of iceblast|Iceblast]]
| style="text-align:center" | 28 / 24
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  | Casts a field explosion of [[cold]]
| Yes
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  | style="text-align:center" | 15
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  | No
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| [[Wand of hasting|Hasting]]
 
| [[Haste|Speeds up]] the target's movement and actions temporarily
 
| style="text-align:center" | 8 / 9
 
| Yes, on self
 
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  | [[Wand of heal wounds|Heal wounds]]
 
  | Significantly heals the target
 
| style="text-align:center" | 8 / 9
 
| Yes, on self
 
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| [[Wand of invisibility|Invisibility]]
 
| Turns the target invisible temporarily
 
| style="text-align:center" | 8 / 9
 
| Yes, on self
 
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| [[Wand of lightning|Lightning]]
 
| Shoots a [[lightning bolt]] at the target
 
| style="text-align:center" | 16 / 12
 
| Yes
 
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| [[Wand of magic darts|Magic Darts]]
 
| Shoots a [[magic dart]] at the target
 
  | style="text-align:center" | 28 / 24
 
  | Yes
 
 
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| [[File:Wand of paralysis.png]]
 
  | [[Wand of paralysis|Paralysis]]
 
  | [[Wand of paralysis|Paralysis]]
 
  | [[Paralyze]]s the target temporarily
 
  | [[Paralyze]]s the target temporarily
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 24
 
  | Yes
 
  | Yes
 
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|-
  | [[Wand of polymorph other|Polymorph other]]
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| [[File:Wand of polymorph.png]]
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  | [[Wand of polymorph|Polymorph]]
 
  | Target reforms as a random creature  
 
  | Target reforms as a random creature  
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 24
  | Yes, but monsters only use it about 1/5 of the time
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  | Yes
Note that monsters using this wand will cause the character
 
to mutate (usually [[bad mutation|badly]]) instead of polymorph
 
 
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| [[File:Wand of random effects.png]]
 
  | [[Wand of random effects|Random effects]]
 
  | [[Wand of random effects|Random effects]]
  | Randomly selects any other wand (except disintegration) and duplicates its effect
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  | Randomly selects one of several effects
  | style="text-align:center" | 28 / 24
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  | style="text-align:center" | 48
 
  | No
 
  | No
 
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  | [[Wand of slowing|Slowing]]
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  | [[File:Wand of scattershot.png]]
| [[Slow]]s the target temporarily
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  | [[Wand of scattershot|Scattershot]]
| style="text-align:center" | 16 / 24
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  | Fires powerful blasts of metallic shrapnel
| Yes
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  | style="text-align:center" | 9
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  | No
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  | [[Wand of teleportation|Teleportation]]
 
  | [[Teleport]]s the target after a few turns
 
  | style="text-align:center" | 16 / 9
 
  | Yes, on self and player
 
 
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==External links==
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===Images===
[http://r1gm.free.fr/Crawl/crawlSS_052_wands.txt E. Grasland's excellent spoiler on wands] (now out of date)
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{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
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| [[File:Wand bone.png]] || [[File:Wand brass.png]] || [[File:Wand bronze.png]] || [[File:Wand copper.png]]
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| [[File:Wand glass.png]] || [[File:Wand gold.png]] || [[File:Wand iron.png]] || [[File:Wand ivory.png]]
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| [[File:Wand lead.png]] || [[File:Wand plastic.png]] || [[File:Wand silver.png]] || [[File:Wand wood.png]]
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==High-tier wands==
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Some wands are considered too dangerous to be generated in the inventory of monsters with HD less than 5. Monsters with the [[:Category:No high tier wand flag|No high tier wand flag]] are also excluded. [[Ijyb]] is the exception to this rule.
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*[[Wand of acid]]
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*[[Wand of iceblast]]
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*[[Wand of paralysis]]
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*[[Wand of disintegration]]
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*[[Wand of enslavement]]
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*[[Wand of clouds]]
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*[[Wand of scattershot]]
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==History==
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*Prior to [[0.22]], wands couldn't be used in many [[transformation]]s.
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*Prior to [[0.21]], wands did not merge on pickup and had a maximum charge limit, though you could have multiple wands of the same type in your inventory. Wands had an unknown number of charges on pickup, and zapping the wand in this state would waste charges. The current number of charges could be discovered by identifying the wand, either by using a [[scroll of identify]] or by zapping the wand with Evocations skill (higher skill increased the chances of identifying the remaining charges). Wands were not destroyed upon reaching 0 charges, instead remaining inert in your inventory; [[scrolls of recharging]] existed, which would recharge on average about half a wand's charges. 0.21 removed [[wand of confusion|wands of confusion]] and [[wand of lightning|lightning]].
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*Prior to [[0.20]], another type of evocable item called [[rod]]s was available, and [[rod of clouds|rods of clouds]] and [[iron rod|iron]] took the place of wands of clouds and scattershot, respectively. Also, [[Deep dwarves]] had an innate ability to recharge wands. 0.20 also removed the "big three" wands ([[wand of heal wounds|heal wounds]], [[wand of hasting|hasting]], and [[wand of teleportation|teleportation]]), three highly valued helpful wands.
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*Prior to [[0.18]], wands did not display the maximum charges possible when identified. 0.18 also removed the [[wand of cold]], [[Wand of draining|draining]], [[Wand of fire|fire]], [[Wand of fireball|fireball]], [[Wand of frost|frost]], [[Wand of invisibility|invisibility]], and [[Wand of magic darts|magic darts]], but introduced [[Wand of acid|wands of acid]] and [[Wand of iceblast|iceblast]]. Wands of fire, cold and draining were considered high-tier wands.
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*Prior to [[0.16]], wands were not automatically identified when picked up. However, zapping a wand with an unknown number of charges did not waste any charges.
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*Prior to [[0.15]], wands weighed 10.0 [[aum]] each.
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==References==
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<references/>
  
 
[[Category:Wand|*]]
 
[[Category:Wand|*]]
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Revision as of 19:19, 23 August 2018

Version 0.22: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
An unusually magical sort of stick.

"[The principle of selection] is the magician's wand, by means of which he may summon into life whatever form and mould he pleases."

-William Youatt, _Sheep: their breeds, management, and diseases; to which is added the Mountain Shepherd's Manual_, ch. III. 1837.

A wand is a magical device that contains several charges of a specific spell or effect.

A player may zap a wand in the inventory with the V key (that is, eVoking it). This releases its magical effect at a target of the player's choice and expends one charge. The number of charges on a wand is always known, and wands of the same type will merge when picked up, taking up only one inventory slot and having the combined number of charges that the two previous wands had.

Once a wand's charges are used up, the wand is destroyed.

A wand's spell power equals 15+2.5×Evocations, though this is still limited by the spell power caps for the spell cast. For monsters zapping wands, the power is normally 30+hit dice, although this can vary greatly depending on the type of wand. Some monsters, particularly uniques, may start with wands in their inventory.

Xom is greatly entertained (200) when you use a wand of random effects on yourself or others.

List of wands

Image Wand Description Max charges per
individual wand on pickup
Usable by monsters[1]
Wand of acid.png Acid Corrodes the target temporarily 15 Yes
Wand of clouds.png Clouds Blasts a cone-shaped area with various destructive clouds 9 No
Wand of digging.png Digging Creates a tunnel through the targeted wall tile 24 Yes
Wand of mindburst.png Disintegration Disintegrates the target or object 24 Yes, but damage is reduced to 2/3 of normal
Wand of charming.png Enslavement Charms the target temporarily 24 Yes, confuses the player
Wand of flame.png Flame Shoots a puff of flame at the target 48 Yes
Wand of iceblast.png Iceblast Casts a field explosion of cold 15 No
Wand of paralysis.png Paralysis Paralyzes the target temporarily 24 Yes
Wand of polymorph.png Polymorph Target reforms as a random creature 24 Yes
Wand of random effects.png Random effects Randomly selects one of several effects 48 No
Wand of scattershot.png Scattershot Fires powerful blasts of metallic shrapnel 9 No

Images

Wand bone.png Wand brass.png Wand bronze.png Wand copper.png
Wand glass.png Wand gold.png Wand iron.png Wand ivory.png
Wand lead.png Wand plastic.png Wand silver.png Wand wood.png

High-tier wands

Some wands are considered too dangerous to be generated in the inventory of monsters with HD less than 5. Monsters with the No high tier wand flag are also excluded. Ijyb is the exception to this rule.

History

  • Prior to 0.22, wands couldn't be used in many transformations.
  • Prior to 0.21, wands did not merge on pickup and had a maximum charge limit, though you could have multiple wands of the same type in your inventory. Wands had an unknown number of charges on pickup, and zapping the wand in this state would waste charges. The current number of charges could be discovered by identifying the wand, either by using a scroll of identify or by zapping the wand with Evocations skill (higher skill increased the chances of identifying the remaining charges). Wands were not destroyed upon reaching 0 charges, instead remaining inert in your inventory; scrolls of recharging existed, which would recharge on average about half a wand's charges. 0.21 removed wands of confusion and lightning.
  • Prior to 0.20, another type of evocable item called rods was available, and rods of clouds and iron took the place of wands of clouds and scattershot, respectively. Also, Deep dwarves had an innate ability to recharge wands. 0.20 also removed the "big three" wands (heal wounds, hasting, and teleportation), three highly valued helpful wands.
  • Prior to 0.18, wands did not display the maximum charges possible when identified. 0.18 also removed the wand of cold, draining, fire, fireball, frost, invisibility, and magic darts, but introduced wands of acid and iceblast. Wands of fire, cold and draining were considered high-tier wands.
  • Prior to 0.16, wands were not automatically identified when picked up. However, zapping a wand with an unknown number of charges did not waste any charges.
  • Prior to 0.15, wands weighed 10.0 aum each.

References

  1. mon-act.cc:1065 (0.20.0)
Wands
Acid / Light / QuicksilverIceblast / RootsCharming / Paralysis
DiggingFlameMindburstPolymorph