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Unmerged magic guides

Cotillion's Spells Guide: http://wiki.themanaworld.org/index.php/User:Cotillion

Getting started: http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7028

(Work in progress)

Introduction

Magic in TMW is made up of 6 different skills:

• Magic (general magic)
• Transmutation Magic
• Nature Magic
• Astral Magic
• War Magic
• Life Magic

Acquiring and Training Magic

Since your characters don't start with the ability to control magic, they must learn magic from NPCs. Magic trainers can both give you spells, and level you up in magic, in whatever schools of magic they can train in. There are currently 7 NPC magic trainers. When you visit a magical NPC, you can ask about other magical NPCs, via the "What do you know about..." inquiry. Some magic trainers are easy to find, while others require searching through more obscure parts of the TMW world.

Leveling up

Leveling up requires that you gain experience in magic by practicing spells. Casting the same spell repeatedly will result in gaining no additional experience after the first cast (clarify?). Also spells that give experience consume items. Once you have gained enough experience in a particular type of magic, you can go to a trainer in that kind of magic, talk to them, and they can advance you, as long as they are an advanced enough trainer for the level of magic you are advancing to.

Casting Spells

Once you learn spells, you cast them by entering them in to the Player chat tab, placing a pound sign (#) in front of the name of the spell, followed by the spell's parameters, separated by spaces. If a parameter to a spell needs to contain spaces, use double-quotes (") to enclose it.

Certain spells require items, which may or may not be consumed in the process. In addition, different spells are of different levels. For whatever level a spell is, your magic skill level must be equal to or greater than it, in both the spell's school of magic and in general magic, if you want to cast it. For example, to cast a level 2 nature spell, you must be level 2 in both Nature Magic and General Magic.

Finally, in order to be able to cast a spell you need your magic to be enabled (your M.Attack value > 0). This is explained in the next section.

Magical Stats

The main stat that increases your magical abilities is Intelligence. Although intelligence is not absolutely necessary to advance in magic, it determines the effectiveness and strength of your spell. Intelligence is used to compute 2 of your stats: M.Attack and M.Defense. M.Attack stands for "magic attack"; this is how powerful your spells will be. M.Defense is "magic defense"; this is how well you will be able to withstand magical attacks on you. MP is the amount of magical energy available to devote to casting spells. It recharges over time. In TMW, your ability to use MP requires a non-zero M.Attack value. If your M.Attack value is zero, you may notice that your MP bar is grey (disabled) (pic example goes here). If this happens, it is because your M.Attack value is being penalized by negative status effects or worn equipment.

For more info on the Intelligence stat, see the Stats page.

Equipment

Penalizing Items

In TMW, almost all things worn will penalize your M.Attack value, with the exception of weapons, which have no effect on your magical stats. Magic penalties are especially big from metal armor. The following list includes things that penalize your M.Attack value:

• All gloves
• All boots, except cotton boots
• All shirts and chest armor, except a silk robe
• All shields
• All Helmets, Many hats
• All pants

The worst penalties come with shields and chest armor.

Helpful Items

Few things will not penalize your M.Attack, and occasionally, you can wear something that actually gives a bonus to M.Attack.

The following is a substantially complete list of such obtainable items:

• Silk Robe, Serf Hat, Graduation Cap, Cotton Headband (+0)
• Cotton Boots, Noh-Mask, Wedding Ring, Pinkie Hat, Cat Ears, Bunny Ears (+1)
• Top Hat, Funky Hat, Christmas Elf Hat, Antler Hat, Santa Beard Hat (+2)
• Christmas Tree Hat (+4)
• Circlet, Demon Mask, 4-Leaf Clover, Towel (+5)

Two items give good bonuses, but it is not determined whether these are obtainable:

• Monster Skull Helmet (+10)
• High Priest Crown (+20)

Spell List

Location	Level	Name	Invocation	Type	Items needed	Mana	Gain(xp)	Recharge time	Description
Nathan / Nina	1	aggravate	#itenplz	Nature	(None)	3	0	1k	Aggravates surrounding monsters, even the passive ones.
Auldesbel	1	Detect-Magic	#miteyo	Magic (General)	(None)	3	0	6k	Detects magical NPC's in your vicinity.
Elanore	1	lesser-heal	#lum [playername]	Life	1 x Lifestone	6	1	500	Slowly heals yourself or another player. The magic parser is advance enough that you only the first 3 for 4 letters of the players name whom you want to heal. For example if I wanted to heal adamaix then I could just type "#lum adam", this feature is useful in raids or when you are a healer for a particularly large group and speed is of importance, but most importantly for people with really long and obscure names.
Auldesbel	1	wood-to-figurine	#parum [last syllable]	Transmutation	1 x Raw log	5	1	4k	Transmutes a raw log into a figurine depending on the argument given. Currently the only known argument is "boo", used for a mouboo figurine, for example, "#parum boo". Also, if you say parum lurk, it will say "You have no idea what a Skrytlurk looks like" and give you a warped log. Neo644 23:49, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Sword (Dimond)	1	flare-dart	#flar	War	1 x Sulphur	10	1	500	A range attack that is fast, extremely accurate and fairly cheap though it doesn't do that much damage.
Sword (Cave)	1	magic-blade	#chiza	War	1 x Knife or Dagger	5	1	500	A close combat attack that will consume either a knife or dagger and enhance it for a short period of time. Unfortunately it does not deal much damage compared to the available regular weapons, however, because of the cheap ingredients it does make a good training spell.
Hinnak	1	summon-maggots	#kalmurk	Astral	1 x Maggot slime 1 x Root	21	1	200	This spell will summon an arbitrary amount of maggots depending on your Magic Attack status.
Tondar	1	ask-magic-exp	#abizit	Magic (General)	(None)	1	???	1k	This spell will tell you your magic status.
Wyara	2	detect-players	#inwilt	Magic (General)	(None)	7		300	Will tell you the names and levels of everyone on your map except those who have cast a spell to guard against it.
??	2	sense-spouse	#inzuwilt	Magic (General)	(None)	7		400	For married partners.
Sword (Cave)	2	magic-knuckles	#upmarmu	War	1 x Beer	20		500	A close combat attack that turns your fist into somewhat powerful weapons
Sword (Cave)	2	arrow-hail	#frillyar	War	20 x Arrows 1 x Sulphur	25	2	5k	Creates a shower of arrows that concentrates fire on a group of beings and lasts for some time. This spell will unfortunately hurt the caster as well and can only be used outdoors as well as over walls and barriers.
Wyara	2	rain	#kaflosh	Nature	1 x Bottle of Water	17	1	3k	Used in quest. Useful for disrupting others casting lightning. Useful for killing fire based mobs. It can do more than just disrupt lightning casting, unless I'm reading the implementation wrong. --Blash 00:23, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Sword (Dimond)	2	lightning-strike	#ingrav	War	1 x Iron Powder	20	2	1k	An extremely powerful range attack that smites a being with a tremendous bolt of lightning. One cast will give you around one to five bolts of lightning with about 700 damage depending on your magic attack status. Unfortunately its a very slow attack, however, it will give you the edge against warriors against the more tougher monsters like Skulls and JackO. This spell cannot be used over walls or barriers and is somewhat expensive.
Elanore	2	enchant-lifestone	#manpahil	Magic (General)	1 x Maggot Slime or 1 x Bug Leg or 4 x Different Herbs	15	1	4k	A fairly useful spell that creates Lifestones for use with the lesser-healing spell with a ratio of 1:1. If you have all the optional items in your inventory then, the priority order is maggot slime, then bug legs, then 4 different herbs (confirmed in game).
Ausdesbel	2	make-sulphur	#gole	Transmutation	1 x Volcanic Ash	4	1	4k	A resourceful spell that transmutes volcanic ash into sulphur with a ratio of 1:7 depending on your magic attack status or magic experience.
Hurnscald Bookshelf	2	make-iron-powder	#zukminbirf	Transmutation	1 x Iron Ore	8	3	5k	A high level spell that converts iron ore into iron powder. This requires quite a bit of training and iron ores in order to perfect, which is why many people haven't been able to do this successfully. Failed transmutation sometimes produces a hilarious "iten".
Sagatha	2	shear	#chipchip	Nature	None	23		1k	This is a kind and friendly spell that shears animals from their winter coat. Sometimes the animal will drop a gift for you to show its appreciation. Known animals that enjoys shearing are: Mouboo, drops Cloth. Spike Mushroom, drops Hard Spike Fluffy, drops Fluffy Fur Herbs, drop Leaves Silkworms, drop Silk Cocoons
Elanore	2	lay-on-hands	#inma [playername]	Life	None	10	0-4*	500	An advanced healing spell that instantly heals a player up to 800hp depending on your magic attack status, you also gain regular experience which encourages mages to participate in raids and play a support role without losing out on experience. This spell only works well if your own health is full, otherwise it will only heal a percentage of your own health. It requires quite a bit of mana, however, this is a good trade off as it may be used over walls and barriers so that vulnerable mages can heal from a safe distance. The range of this spell increases with your magic attack status. The same method of selecting a target can be applied as discussed in the the lesser-heal spell.
Sagatha	2	barrier (magic)	#asorm	Astral	1 x Hard spike 1 x Mushroom	16	3	1k	A protect spell that increases your magical defences and guards against other magic like inwilt.
Sagatha	2	???	#kalrenk	Astral	1 x Hard spike 1 x Root	33	1	20k	Summons spiky mushrooms.
Sagatha	2	summon-fluffies	#kalakarenk	Astral	1 x Fluffy Fur 1 x Root	39	1	20k	Summon fluffies
Sagatha / Spirit	2	protect (physical)	#betsanc [playername]	Nature	1 x Hard spike 1 x Mushroom	14	2	1.5k	A protect spell that increases your regular defence. The strength and duration of this spell depends on your magical attack.
Sagatha / Spirit	2	flying-backpack	#plugh	Nature	1 x Silkworm	12		1k	A mystical force lifts your backpack. This will will aid in regenerating your health and mana in the event that you are overloaded. The duration of this spell depends on you magical attack but usually lasts around 10-15 minutes.
Auldesbel	2	make-short-tanktop	#patviloree	Transmutation	3 x Cloth	25	2	5k	A spell to transmute a short tank top.
Ausdesbel	2	make-tanktop	#patloree	Transmutation	4 x Cloth	25	2	5k	A spell to transmute a normal tank top.
Ausdesbel	2	make-shirt	#patmuploo	Transmutation	5 x Cloth	25	2	5k	A spell to transmute a normal shirt.
Ausdesbel	2	make-arrows	#kularzufrill	Transmutation	1 x Raw Log	8	1	5k	A spell to transmute a raw log into regular arrows. The ratio varies on your magical attack, but expect between 1:1 and 1:14.
Mana Seed	2	happy-curse	???	Nature	1 x Ginger Bread Man	13			An elusive spell that nobody knows about save for a few trusted developers. This spell will most likely be kept secret if discovered and will be passed amongst a trusted circle of friends. Obtaining this spell depends almost entirely on luck with a 1 in 12 chance of success. The invocation is displayed in the vision you receive when you touch the mana stone for the second time to gain base magic level two.