1 (The following document is valid with version 0.430 of IVAN.)
3 This guide deals with the following issue
8 IVAN has a lot of items, but the following are extremely useful and so
9 are a good idea to wish for.
11 * scroll of change material: This is great way of improving your gear.
12 Phoenix feather and meteoric steel are the best wishable materials,
13 the former being more flexible (it causes less dexterity/agility
14 penalties) and the latter being harder.
16 * scroll of taming: There is nothing like a good pet, but do not try to
17 use this on a quest monster.
19 * wand of cloning: These by themselves are not useful, but if you do have
20 some other useful item to clone, this is worth its weight in gold. With
21 one charge you can clone a pile of five items. Note that certain items
22 like wands of cloning, scrolls of wishing or scrolls of charging cannot
23 be cloned because this could be abused. It is therefore sometimes wise
24 to drop more than five items in pile in case the game doesn't allow some
25 to be cloned. If you have a powerful pet like Ivan or a mammoth, you may
26 lure it above the items so it will be cloned, too. You can also stand
27 on the item pile and zap yourself, in which case you will be copied
28 along with the stack. Note that when cloning a pet or yourself, the
29 clone will be born without any equipment and only four items under
32 * wand of resurrection: If you have managed to get a unique monster as
33 a pet, this may be extremely useful. It may also be used to quickly
36 * cloak or ring of invisibility: Invisibility is a great tactical
37 advantage, but it also causes much more dangerous monsters to be
40 * ring of polymorph control: Very useful if happen to have a way of
41 polymorphing. Note that being very powerful may cause tough monsters
42 like dark mages to spawn, which is not nice if you encounter them
43 after you have returned to your original form.
45 * amulet of life saving: Basically gives you a second life. That's
48 * magical whistle: Handling more than two pets is almost impossible
51 * Mjolak, Turox, Saal'thul, thunder hammer: Way more powerful than
52 normal weapons. Saal'thul also grants invisibility. It is sometimes
53 wiser to wish for a broken thunder hammer instead of an intact one,
54 since the game often generates better materials for broken items
55 to conpensate the need of repairing.
57 * holy banana of Oily Orpiv: Has terrible explosive power which can
58 aid you in boss battles. Also trains all attributes when eaten.
59 Be sure to store this in a hard container like strong-box,
60 because if it explodes in your inventory, you're in BIG trouble.
62 * armor of great health: If you have scrolls of enchant armor,
63 this gives a huge boost to your HPs. Again, a broken one may
64 have a better material, but usually you want to use a scroll
65 of change material for this one, anyway.