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In IVAN there are only two types of true traps.
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If a trap is active, it is hidden from view, unless placed by your character. However, you can detect these hidden traps by [[Search]]ing and thus can avoid them. All traps can be used to efectively dismember your enemies, if you fel so.
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'''Wishing''' is an opportunity to gain any single [[item]] of the [[player]]'s choosing.  
  
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Note that planting any trap inside a city ([[Attnam]] or [[New Attnam]]) will likely result in an injured resident and subsequently all the population trying to slaughter you.
 
  
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==Beartrap==
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== Getting a wish ==
  
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These are usually found in the [[Underwater Tunnels]] levels, but are also found in [[Gloomy Caves]], but not quite as often. The further into the game you are, the stronger the [[Materials|material]] the traps are made out of. The ones found in the [[Secret Rooms]] generally tend to be made of [[Adamant]].
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There are several ways to obtain a wish, including:
  
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The beartrap's main purpose is to clamp onto your leg, damaging it and prevent you from moving, however if it is made of a strong enough material, it can simply sever your limb. Sometimes when planting a beartrap, you can get caught by it, the chance of this happening increasing while [[Character|burdened, stressed]], [[exhausted]] or fainting. Limbs can also get caught whilst trying to escape from the beartrap. Beartraps can easily be used against enemy monsters.
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* Reading a [[Scrolls|scroll of wishing]].
  
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You can deactivate beartraps by kicking them, or picking them up whilst levitating, however, picking them up has a chance of getting a limb caught.
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* Rubbing an [[Light source|oil lamp]].
  
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==Landmine==
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* Drinking from a [[Fountains|fountain]].
  
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Landmines are generally found live in the Gloomy Caves, but inactive ones can sometimes be found in the Tunnels. Mines are deadly to any IVAN character lacking fire resistance, and stepping on one during the early stages of the game usually results in death.<br>
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* Using the (X) command in wizmode, through which you will gain 5 scrolls of wishing.
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To be safe, a [[Rings|ring]] or [[Cloaks|cloak]] of fire resistance is recommended as it will reduce the damage caused by the explosion. Resistances stack, so the more fire resistance items you have equipped the less damage you will take from explosions.<br>
 
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A ring of searching can also help, as it will detect the mine and alert you before you step on it.
 
  
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Currently there is no known way to deactivate mines, but you can destroy them. Praying to [[Silva]], zapping a [[Wands|wand]] of fireballs, using the [[Holy Banana of Oily Orpiv|Holy Banana]] or getting a [[Monsters|monster]] to step on it are a few ways to destroy mines whilst keeping safely out of range of the explosion.<br>
 
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Attempting to pick up an active mine (i.e. while levitating above it) is strongly discouraged.
 
  
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Mines also come in two variants, a regular ''landmine'' and a ''big mine''. The big ones are much more deadly than the standard mines and have a larger blast radius, but do not differ mechanically.
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== What to wish for ==
  
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Due to the fact that they explode, a mine can cause any flammable item on your person to catch fire and burn.
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[[IVAN]] has many useful items, but the following are good and rare enough to be prime candidates for wishing.
  
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==Non-Traps==
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''WIP!''
  
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There are other items which can be considered traps but are technically not because they cannot be actived and are not hidden.
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=== Equipment ===
  
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===Banana Peel===
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* A magical [[weapon]]: Way more powerful than normal weapons. Some grant [[Status Effects]], other have special effects on hitting a foe. It is sometimes wiser to wish for a broken weapon instead of an intact one, since the game often generates better [[materials]] for broken items to compensate the need of repairing.
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** Note that since [[Release 0.50.9]], [[artifact]]s are no longer wishable. You can still wish for a number of magical weapons, though.
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** Good candidates for wishing are: [[Axe of Sharpness]], [[Banshee sickle]], [[Chilling axe]], [[Flaming sword]], [[Rune sword]], [[Scythe of terror]], [[Taiaha]], [[Thunder hammer]], [[Whip of thievery]]
  
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These can be dropped on the ground and can cause anything that walks over them to slip over and fall down like in all those old cartoons. They are reasonably useful earlier in the game, and can be used to kill all the [[Banana Grower]]s in [[New Attnam]], and are also very useful for killing those annoying [[Hedgehog]]s in the Tunnels.
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* [[Beast claw]]: A rare weapon using [[Unarmed Combat]] skill, you might want to wish for it if you plan to use unarmed for the whole game.
  
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===Broken Bottle===
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* A good [[helmet]]: Helmet of brilliance, helmet of piercing perception, or helmet of telepathy are probably the best picks.
  
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Similar to the banana peel, these have a chance of damaging whatever walks over them. However, unlike the banana peel which can hurt any part of the body, the broken bottle damages the legs first or any other body part that touches the ground.
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* [[Acid Shield]]
  
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=== Backpack Full of Gunpowder ===
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* [[Cloak]] or [[Ring]] of [[Invisibility]]: Invisibility is a great tactical advantage, but it also causes much more dangerous monsters to be generated.
  
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See [[Backpack full of gun powder|here]] for more details.
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* [[Ring]] of [[Infravision]]
  
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Not a trap but [[Tools|tool]] really, they have many uses nonetheless. For one, if you place a few on top of a mine that you planted yourself, they will almost certainly kill anything that stands upon the mine because of the united explosion. This is even better with big mines. Also, sometime when you throw a backpack full of gunpowder at an enemy, they will pick it up, which makes them easy prey for the wielder of a wand of fireballs. If placed on the ground, a nearby explosion will set them off, causing a chain reaction. This is very useful for clearing out hoards of enemies, and is VERY useful in the Big Room floor in Caves.
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* [[Ring]] of [[Polymorph|Polymorph Control]]: Very useful if you happen to have a way of [[polymorph]]ing. Note that being very powerful may cause tough monsters like [[Dark Mage]]s to spawn, which is not nice if you encounter them after you have returned to your original form.
  
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===Mirrored Chest===
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* [[Ring]] of [[Teleport|Teleport Control]]
  
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Hardly a trap at all, there are sometimes [[chests]] placed in the dungeons which contain extremely rare and precious loot (think an amulet of life saving, [[Valpurium]] [[flaming sword]] +3 and a cloak of invisibility in a single chest). You could consider yourself lucky as hell, but these items are nothing but a mirrored copies, placed there to tease you. They will vanish soon, so make out of them as much as you can.
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* Ring of Detection: Randomly prompts you to pick a [[material]] to detect. Very handy.
  
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===Trapped Door===
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* Ring of Unchanging: If you acquired a powerful polymorph form (eg. from prayer to [[Scabies]]), this ring allows you to retain it indefinitely.
  
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Arguably could be also categorized as a normal trap, trapped door will detonate if you try to open them. The explosion triggered will be exactly the same as of a landmine, so all information on mines applies on the trapped doors as well.
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* [[Amulets|Amulet of Life Saving]]: Basically gives you a second life. That's a *lot*.
  
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Also of note is a glitch in calculation of the damage done by an explosion: The damage done is decreased the farther you are from the explosion. However, the distance is calculated orthogonally and thus standing diagonally to any door while opening them will decrease the damage done if they are trapped, as the game will think you are two tiles away from the explosion rather than one.
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* [[Amulets|Amulet of Elemental Protection]]: Grants resistance to all [[damage|elements]]. As you can be easily obliterated by any [[Trap#Landmine|mine]] in the [[Gloomy Caves]], this may save your life.
  
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* [[Amulets|Amulet of Magic Breath]]: Immunity to gases *and* swimming!
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* [[Amulets|Amulet of Phasing]]: Walk through walls freely! Note however that this amulet is temporary and will eventually disappear. Thus it should only be wished if you really need to be able to outrun and outmaneuver any monster for a while.
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* [[Amulets|Amulet of Disease Immunity]]: [[Leprosy]] shall scare you no more!
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* [[Body armor|Armor of Great Health]]: If you have scrolls of enchant armor, this gives a huge boost to your [[HP]]s. Again, a broken one may have a better material, but usually you want to use a scroll of change material for this one, anyway.
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* [[Belts|Belt of Levitation]] or [[Cloaks|Cloak of Flying]]: You're flying as long as you have this equipped. Makes you tougher to hit and nearly immune to [[Trap|bear traps and mines]]. Make sure something doesn't step on a mine if you're near one, though; you can still be hit by the blast.
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* [[Tools#Pickaxes|Pickaxe]]: Your source of unlimited digging. [[Polypiling]] for one may be better, though.
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* [[Holy Handgrenade of Antioch]]: Obliterates almost any foe in a single *KABOOM*.
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=== Magic Items ===
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* [[Scroll of Change Material]]: This is a great way of improving your gear and limbs. Which [[materials]] you can wish for depends on your [[intelligence]]; thus you may wish to [[polymorph]] to a more intelligent [[Monsters|monster]] before using this. Good materials include eg. [[Phoenix Feather]], [[Mithril]] and [[Octiron]].
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* [[Scrolls|Scroll of Body Switch]]: Switch bodies with a powerful monster and get all their abilities!
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* [[Scrolls|Scroll of Taming]]: There is nothing like good [[pets]] but do not try to use this on any quest monster.
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* [[Scrolls|Scroll of Immolation]]: You will be able to send a fireball even through walls with this scroll. Sadly, it only works once per scroll, so it's best paired with a [[Wand of Cloning]].
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* [[Scrolls|Scroll of Charging]]: If you have a good [[wand]] and want it recharged for further use.
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* [[Wand of Cloning]]: These by themselves are not useful, but if you do have some other useful item to clone, this is worth its weight in gold. With one charge you can clone a pile of five items. Note that certain items like wands of cloning, scrolls of wishing or scrolls of charging cannot be cloned because this could be abused. It is therefore sometimes wise to drop more than five items in pile in case the game doesn't allow some to be cloned. If you have a powerful pet like [[Ivan]] or a [[mammoth]], you may lure it above the items so it will be cloned, too. You can also stand on the item pile and zap yourself, in which case you will be copied along with the stack. Note that when cloning a pet or yourself, the clone will be born without any equipment and only four items under it will be copied.
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* [[Wand of Polymorph]]: Especially early in a game, you can use this wand for [[polypiling]] to quickly gather resources.
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* [[Wand of Resurrection]]: If you have managed to get a unique monster as a pet, this may be extremely useful. It may also be used to quickly replace lost limbs.
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* [[Holy Banana of Oily Orpiv]]: Has terrific explosive power which can aid you in boss battles. Also trains all [[attributes]] when eaten. Be sure to store this in a hard container like [[Container|strongbox]], because if it explodes in your inventory, you're in BIG trouble.
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* [[Musical Instrument|Magical Whistle]]: Handling more than two pets is almost impossible without this.
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* [[Musical Instrument|Lyre of Charm]]:
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* A magical [[horn]]: Either horn of healing, or horn of plenty.
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* [[Sol Stone]]
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* [[Large and Mysterious Saga of the Pantheon]]
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* [[Celestial Monograph of Solicitus]]
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== What not to wish for ==
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* Money: You get [[Valuables|50 million roubles]] which sells for just 2 gold pieces.
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* [[Banana|Gun]] or [[Carrot|Bazooka]]
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[[Category:Game Mechanics]]

Revision as of 18:57, 9 May 2018

Spoiler Warning: This page contains spoilers which may affect your IVAN experience negatively


Wishing is an opportunity to gain any single item of the player's choosing.


Getting a wish

There are several ways to obtain a wish, including:

  • Using the (X) command in wizmode, through which you will gain 5 scrolls of wishing.


What to wish for

IVAN has many useful items, but the following are good and rare enough to be prime candidates for wishing.

WIP!

Equipment

  • Beast claw: A rare weapon using Unarmed Combat skill, you might want to wish for it if you plan to use unarmed for the whole game.
  • A good helmet: Helmet of brilliance, helmet of piercing perception, or helmet of telepathy are probably the best picks.
  • Cloak or Ring of Invisibility: Invisibility is a great tactical advantage, but it also causes much more dangerous monsters to be generated.
  • Ring of Polymorph Control: Very useful if you happen to have a way of polymorphing. Note that being very powerful may cause tough monsters like Dark Mages to spawn, which is not nice if you encounter them after you have returned to your original form.
  • Ring of Detection: Randomly prompts you to pick a material to detect. Very handy.
  • Ring of Unchanging: If you acquired a powerful polymorph form (eg. from prayer to Scabies), this ring allows you to retain it indefinitely.
  • Amulet of Phasing: Walk through walls freely! Note however that this amulet is temporary and will eventually disappear. Thus it should only be wished if you really need to be able to outrun and outmaneuver any monster for a while.
  • Armor of Great Health: If you have scrolls of enchant armor, this gives a huge boost to your HPs. Again, a broken one may have a better material, but usually you want to use a scroll of change material for this one, anyway.

Magic Items

  • Scroll of Immolation: You will be able to send a fireball even through walls with this scroll. Sadly, it only works once per scroll, so it's best paired with a Wand of Cloning.
  • Wand of Cloning: These by themselves are not useful, but if you do have some other useful item to clone, this is worth its weight in gold. With one charge you can clone a pile of five items. Note that certain items like wands of cloning, scrolls of wishing or scrolls of charging cannot be cloned because this could be abused. It is therefore sometimes wise to drop more than five items in pile in case the game doesn't allow some to be cloned. If you have a powerful pet like Ivan or a mammoth, you may lure it above the items so it will be cloned, too. You can also stand on the item pile and zap yourself, in which case you will be copied along with the stack. Note that when cloning a pet or yourself, the clone will be born without any equipment and only four items under it will be copied.
  • Wand of Resurrection: If you have managed to get a unique monster as a pet, this may be extremely useful. It may also be used to quickly replace lost limbs.
  • Holy Banana of Oily Orpiv: Has terrific explosive power which can aid you in boss battles. Also trains all attributes when eaten. Be sure to store this in a hard container like strongbox, because if it explodes in your inventory, you're in BIG trouble.
  • Magical Whistle: Handling more than two pets is almost impossible without this.
  • A magical horn: Either horn of healing, or horn of plenty.

What not to wish for

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