Zapping

Description

Zapping is the art of changing certain items into different yet related items. To zap items, players must acquire a wand. Here are the steps to acquire one:

1. Discover The Secret of the Dungeons of Doom
2. Adventure at The Dungeons of Doom until Ouch! You bump into a door! shows up.
3. Purchase the cloak-like item priced at 5,000 Meat.
4. Defeat the Mimic that has been mimicking the cloak-like item.
5. Use the dead mimic to obtain a wand.
6. Start Zapping things!

There are five types of wands, but they all appear to have the same effects. Wands will break after 2-5 successful uses per day (see Cool-Down), so use your zaps wisely and be careful. You can use a wand once a day without any chance of it blowing up, but you will be pushing your luck to attempt a second zap, and the chances of four zaps in a day without breaking your wand are very much against you. The wand will always break after its fifth successful use in a single day. If a zap fails to affect the item, it is safe to reuse the wand that day. The five wands are: aluminum wand, ebony wand, hexagonal wand, marble wand and pine wand.

Cool-Down

As you can see from the "When Used" section, wands heat up with each use. Fortunately, they also cool down at rollover. The first use of a wand per day seems to add one "heat level" and show the "feels a little warm" message, but subsequent uses before rollover can add anywhere from 1 to 4 extra "heat levels." At "heat level" 5 and above, the wand explodes (if you're unlucky enough to have your second use of the day add 4, you lose the wand and 20+ HP). This means that at "heat level" n, the next zap has an n/4 chance to break the wand.

Chance of your wand surviving n zaps in one day
n	1	2	3	4	5
Percent chance	100	75	18.75	1.5625	0

As of approximately Thursday, September 14, 2006, the Zapping window apparently now tells what "heat level" the wand is at.

Level 1: The <wand> feels warm to the touch...
Level 2: The <wand> gets really hot. You should probably be careful.
Level 3: The <wand> starts to vibrate. Wisps of smoke rise from the end. You should definitely be careful.
Level 4: The <wand> glows red-hot, and sparks fly out of it. You should seriously be careful.
Level 5+: The <wand> abruptly explodes, burning your hand pretty badly in the process.

Jick has confirmed on his radio show that if you only zap with a wand once per day, it will never explode.

Once a wand explodes, you can get another one 3 days later or on your next ascension, whichever comes first. (You will have to find the Dungeons of Doom, so ascending probably won't be the fastest way to acquire a new one.)

Also note that the Platinum Yendorian Express Card when used will cool your wand, in theory allowing you two safe zaps a day, or up to eight (very) unsafe zaps.

What Can Be Zapped

These are the zappable item groups discovered so far. When you zap an item in the group, it randomly turns into another item of that group. There are only two known exceptions. One is the ring of aggravate monster, the only item that is a member of two groups: the Outfit group Yendorian Finery, and the Equipment group Dungeon of Doom Rings. When zapped, the ring of aggravate monster will only zap into another member of the Dungeon of Doom Rings group. The other exception is the Daily Dungeon Room 10 Items group: if you don't already possess all three keys to The Dungeoneers' Association's gates, then zapping any item in this group will give you a key you don't have.

Category	Zap Group	Quantity	Items In Group	Comment
Food	Brownies	3	carob brownies, chorizo brownies, herb brownies	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Basic Burritos	3	bean burrito, enchanted bean burrito, jumping bean burrito	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Catsup	2	catsup, ketchup	Both confirmed.
Food	Spicy Burritos	3	spicy bean burrito, spicy enchanted bean burrito, spicy jumping bean burrito	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Insanely Spicy Burritos	3	insanely spicy bean burrito, insanely spicy enchanted bean burrito, insanely spicy jumping bean burrito	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Cookies	3	carob chunk cookies, Trollhouse cookies, white chocolate chip cookies	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Evil Food	3	Brimstone Chicken Sandwich, Double Bacon Beelzeburger, Lord of the Flies-sized fries	All 3 (re)confirmed. Jumbo Dr. Lucifer has been dropped from the group.
Food	Gut Dishes	3	bat haggis, menudo, rat scrapple	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Kabobs	7	bat wing kabob, ghuol-ear kabob, Knob shroomkabob, Knoll shroomkabob, rat appendix kabob, skewered cat appendix, spooky shroomkabob	All 7 confirmed.
Food	Key Lime Pies	3	Boris's key lime pie, Jarlsberg's key lime pie, Sneaky Pete's key lime pie	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Lasagne	3	fishy fish lasagna, gnat lasagna, long pork lasagna	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Meins - Chow	5	bat wing chow mein, Knob sausage chow mein, pr0n chow mein, rat appendix chow mein, tofu chow mein	All 5 confirmed.
Food	Meins - Lo	5	asparagus lo mein, Knob lo mein, Knoll lo mein, olive lo mein, spooky lo mein	All 5 confirmed.
Food	Meins - Hi	5	cold hi mein, hot hi mein, sleazy hi mein, spooky hi mein, stinky hi mein	All 5 confirmed.
Food	Mushroom Dishes - 2nd Gen.	3	cool mushroom casserole, cream of pointy mushroom soup, spicy mushroom quesadilla	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Pizzas	3	goat cheese pizza, mushroom pizza, sausage pizza	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Reagent Noodle Dishes	4	fettucini Inconnu, gnocchetti di Nietzsche, Hell ramen, spaghetti with Skullheads	All 4 confirmed.
Food	Stir Fries - Tier 1	5	asparagus stir-fry, Knob stir-fry, Knoll stir-fry, olive stir-fry, spooky stir-fry	All 5 confirmed.
Food	Stir Fries - Tier 2	5	bat wing stir-fry, Knob sausage stir-fry, pr0n stir-fry, rat appendix stir-fry, tofu stir-fry	All 5 confirmed.
Food	Lasagna Meats	3	long pork, displaced fish, Filet of tangy gnat ("fotelif")	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Sea Veggies	3	sea avocado, sea carrot, sea cucumber	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Sea Fruits	3	sea honeydew, sea lychee, sea tangelo	All 3 confirmed.
Food	Mer-kin foodbucket	4	sea blueberry, sea persimmon, sea cauliflower, sea broccoli
Booze	Advanced Cocktailcrafting Base Drinks	12	margarita, martini, monkey wrench, salty dog, screwdriver, strawberry daiquiri, strawberry wine, tequila sunrise, vodka martini, whiskey and soda, whiskey sour, wine spritzer	All 12 confirmed.
Booze	Advanced Cocktailcrafting Final Drinks	12	a little sump'm sump'm, calle de miel, ducha de oro, fuzzbump, horizontal tango, ocean motion, perpendicular hula, pink pony, rockin' wagon, roll in the hay, slap and tickle, slip 'n' slide	All 12 confirmed.
Booze	Basic Booze	6	bottle of gin, bottle of rum, bottle of tequila, bottle of vodka, bottle of whiskey, boxed wine	All 6 confirmed.
Booze	Fermenting Powder Drinks	5	fine wine, shot of flower schnapps, shot of grapefruit schnapps, shot of orange schnapps, shot of tomato schnapps	All 5 confirmed.
Booze	Advanced Fermenting Powder Drinks	3	plum wine, shot of pear schnapps, shot of peach schnapps	All 3 confirmed.
Booze	Ice-Cold Suds	3	ice-cold fotie, ice-cold Sir Schlitz, ice-cold Willer	All 3 confirmed.
Booze	Improved Booze	6	bottle of Calcutta Emerald, bottle of Definit, bottle of Domesticated Turkey, bottle of Jorge Sinsonte, bottle of Lieutenant Freeman, boxed champagne	All 6 confirmed.
Booze	Infused Sake	3	berry-infused sake, citrus-infused sake, melon-infused sake	All 3 confirmed.
Booze	Mafia Wines	4	Acqua Del Piatto Merlot, Acque Luride Grezze Cabernet, Maiali Sifilitici Pinot Noir, Uovo Marcio Shiraz	All 4 confirmed.
Booze	Mushroom Wines - 1st Gen.	3	Knob mushroom wine, Knoll mushroom wine, spooky mushroom wine	All 3 confirmed.
Booze	Mushroom Wines - 2nd Gen.	3	cool mushroom wine, flat mushroom wine, pointy mushroom wine	All 3 confirmed.
Booze	Mushroom Wines - 3rd Gen.	3	flaming mushroom wine, icy mushroom wine, stinky mushroom wine	All 3 confirmed.
Booze	Spookyraven Wines	6	dusty bottle of Marsala, dusty bottle of Merlot, dusty bottle of Muscat, dusty bottle of Pinot Noir, dusty bottle of Port, dusty bottle of Zinfandel	All 6 confirmed
Booze	Superhuman Cocktailcrafting Base Drinks	12	caipifruta, gibson, gin and tonic, mimosette, parisian cathouse, rabbit punch, teqiwila, tequila sunset, vodka and tonic, vodka gibson, whiskey bittersweet, zmobie	All 12 confirmed.
Booze	Superhuman Cocktailcrafting Final Drinks	12	Divine, gimlet, Gordon Bennett, Mae West, mandarina colada, Mon Tiki, Neuromancer, prussian cathouse, tangarita, teqiwila slammer, vodka stratocaster, yellow brick road	All 12 confirmed.
Booze	TPS Base Drinks	6	dry martini, dry vodka martini, grog, old-fashioned, sangria, tequila with training wheels	All 6 confirmed.
Booze	TPS Final Drinks	6	bodyslam, cherry bomb, dirty martini, grogtini, sangria del diablo, vesper	All 6 confirmed.
Ingredients	Advanced Cocktailcrafting Garnishes	3	coconut shell, little paper umbrella, magical ice cubes	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Beans	3	enchanted bean, hill of beans, pile of jumping beans	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Beastie Guts	3	batgut, catgut, ratgut	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Food Additives	3	ancient spice, black pepper, dehydrated caviar	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Fruit - Basic	7	grapefruit, grapes, lemon, olive, orange, strawberry, tomato	All 7 confirmed.
Ingredients	Fruit - TPS	3	cherry, jumbo olive, lime	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Fruit - TPS Skewered	3	skewered cherry, skewered jumbo olive, skewered lime	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Improved Mixers	9	cocktail onion, kiwi, kumquat, raspberry, tangerine, tonic water, peach, plum, pear	All 9 confirmed.
Ingredients	Mushrooms - 1st Gen.	3	Knob mushroom, Knoll mushroom, spooky mushroom	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Mushrooms - 2nd Gen.	3	cool mushroom, pointy mushroom, warm mushroom	All 3 confirmed.
Ingredients	Mushrooms - 3rd Gen.	3	flaming mushroom, frozen mushroom, stinky mushroom	All 3 confirmed.
Consumables	! Potions	9	bubbly potion, cloudy potion, dark potion, effervescent potion, fizzy potion, milky potion, murky potion, smoky potion, swirly potion	All 9 confirmed.
Consumables	Astral Cupcakes	5	blue-frosted astral cupcake, green-frosted astral cupcake, orange-frosted astral cupcake, pink-frosted astral cupcake, purple-frosted astral cupcake	All 5 confirmed.
Consumables	Chewing Gum	4	jabañero-flavored chewing gum, lime-and-chile-flavored chewing gum, pickle-flavored chewing gum, tamarind-flavored chewing gum	All 4 confirmed.
Consumables	Fortune Teller Consumables	4	swedish massage fish, heart-Shaped candy whetstone, Bustle Hustler, Third Base	All 4 confirmed.
Consumables	Fortune Teller Potions	4	tonic o' banderas, bettie page, fabiotion, heather graham cracker	All 4 confirmed.
Consumables	Peripatetic Pasta	6	blob of Alphredo™, freezer-burned frost-bitten tortellini, handful of crafty noodles, spoonful of Linguine-Os, tangled mass of creepy pasta, Can of Spaghetto	All 6 confirmed.
Consumables	Slime - Primary	3	vial of blue slime, vial of red slime, vial of yellow slime	All 3 confirmed.
Consumables	Slime - Secondary	3	vial of orange slime, vial of green slime, vial of violet slime	All 3 confirmed.
Consumables	Slime - Tertiary	6	vial of vermilion slime, vial of amber slime, vial of chartreuse slime, vial of teal slime, vial of purple slime, vial of indigo slime
Consumables	Sodas	3	Cloaca-Cola, Dyspepsi-Cola, Mountain Stream soda	All 3 confirmed.
Consumables	Substat Boosters - Tier 1	3	magicalness-in-a-can, moxie weed, strongness elixir	All 3 confirmed.
Consumables	Substat Boosters - Tier 2	3	concentrated magicalness pill, enchanted barbell, giant moxie weed	All 3 confirmed.
Consumables	Substat Boosters - Tier 3	3	extra-strength strongness elixir, jug-o-magicalness, suntan lotion of moxiousness	All 3 confirmed.
Familiar Equipment	Bugged Hats	5	bugged beanie, bugged balaclava, bugged bön±Ã©t	All 3 confirmed.
Familiar Equipment	Familiar Ant Tools	5	ant hoe, ant pick, ant pitchfork, ant rake, ant sickle	All 5 confirmed.
Familiar Equipment	Frog Tophats	4	miniature tophat, amphibious tophat	Both confirmed
Familiar Equipment	Lucky Tams	2	lucky Tam O'Shanter, lucky Tam O'Shatner	Both confirmed.
Outfits	8-Bit Finery	3	pixel hat, pixel pants, pixel sword	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Antique Arms And Armor	4	antique greaves, antique helmet, antique shield, antique spear	All 4 confirmed.
Outfits	Arboreal Raiment	3	can of fake snow, colored-light "necklace", tree skirt	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Black Armaments	4	black helmet, black sword, black shield, black greaves	All 4 confirmed.
Outfits	Bounty-hunting Rig	3	bounty-hunting helmet, bounty-hunting pants, bounty-hunting rifle	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	BRICKOfig Outfit	3	BRICKO hat, BRICKO sword, BRICKO pants	Hat → {sword,pants}, sword → hat confirmed, rest hypothetical.
Outfits	Bugbear Costume	2	bugbear beanie, bugbear bungguard	Both confirmed.
Outfits	Cloaca-Cola Uniform	3	Cloaca-Cola fatigues, Cloaca-Cola helmet, Cloaca-Cola shield	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Clockwork Apparatus	3	clockwork hat, clockwork pants, clockwork trench coat	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Crimbo Duds	3	Crimbo hat, Crimbo pants, Crimbo sword	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Cursed Zombie Pirate Costume	3	cursed breeches, cursed cutlass, cursed eyepatch	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Dire Drifter Duds	3	Zombo's grievous greaves, Zombo's shield, Zombo's skullcap	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Dyspepsi-Cola Uniform	3	Dyspepsi-Cola fatigues, Dyspepsi-Cola helmet, Dyspepsi-Cola shield	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Encephalic Ensemble	3	Cerebral Cloche, Cerebral Crossbow, Cerebral Culottes	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	eXtreme Cold-Weather Gear	3	eXtreme mittens, eXtreme scarf, snowboarder pants	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Filthy Hippy Disguise	2	filthy corduroys, filthy knitted dread sack	Both confirmed.
Outfits	Frat Boy Ensemble	3	homoerotic frat-paddle, Orcish baseball cap, Orcish cargo shorts	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Frat Warrior Fatigues	3	beer helmet, bejeweled pledge pin, distressed denim pants	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Furry Suit	2	furry pants, wolf mask	Both confirmed.
Outfits	Genie Garments	4	genie's turbane, genie's scimitar, genie's pants, genie's bracers	All 4 confirmed.
Outfits	Glad Bag Glad Rags	3	giant discarded bottlecap, giant discarded plastic fork, giant discarded torn-up glove	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Gnauga Hides	3	gnauga hide buckler, gnauga hide chaps, gnauga hide whip	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Grass Guise	3	grass blade, grass hat, grass skirt	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Hodgman's Royal Frippery	3	Hodgman's porkpie hat, Hodgman's lobsterskin pants, Hodgman's bow tie	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Hot and Cold Running Ninja Suit	3	cold ninja mask, icy-hot katana, ninja hot pants	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Hyperborean Hobo Habiliments	3	Frosty's carrot, Frosty's nailbat, Frosty's old silk hat	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Knob Goblin Elite Guard Uniform	3	Knob Goblin elite helm, Knob Goblin elite pants, Knob Goblin elite polearm	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Knob Goblin Harem Girl Disguise	2	Knob Goblin harem pants, Knob Goblin harem veil	Both confirmed.
Outfits	Miming Paraphernalia	5	miming beret, miming boots, miming corduroys, miming gloves, miming shirt
Outfits	Mining Gear	3	7-Foot Dwarven mattock, miner's helmet, miner's pants	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	OK Lumberjack Outfit	3	balaclava, disbelief suspenders, los chinos	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Palmist Paraphernalia	3	extra-large palm-frond toupee, palm-frond whip, palm-frond capris	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Psychic Enpsemble	4	psychic's circlet, psychic's amulet, psychic's crystal ball, psychic's pslacks	All 4 confirmed.
Outfits	Primitive Radio Duds	3	Voluminous Radio Hat, Voluminous Radio Pants, Voluminous Radio Sneakers	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Pyretic Panhandler Paraphernalia	3	Ol' Scratch's ash can, Ol' Scratch's ol' britches, Ol' Scratch's stovepipe hat	all 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Radio Free Regalia	3	Radio Free Baseball Cap, Radio Free Foil, Radio Free Pants	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Seafaring Suit	3	foam commodore's hat, miniature deck cannon, foam naval trousers	hat -> trousers, trousers -> cannon confirmed
Outfits	Slimesuit	3	hardened slime belt, hardened slime hat, hardened slime pants	All 3 Confirmed.
Outfits	Smoked Pottery	3	pottery hat, pottery shield, pottery training pants	All 3 Confirmed.
Outfits	Snowman Suit	3	snow hat, snow pants, snow belly	Pants, belt, hat -> pants confirmed.
Outfits	Star Garb	3	star buckler, star hat, star pants	All 3 Confirmed.
Outfits	Swashbuckling Getup	3	eyepatch, stuffed shoulder parrot, swashbuckling pants	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Tapered Threads	3	duct tape fedora, duct tape sword, duct tape dockers	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Tawdry Tramp Togs	3	Chester's bag of candy, Chester's cutoffs, Chester's moustache
Outfits	Terrifying Clown Suit	5	big red clown nose, bloody clown pants, clown shoes, foolscap fool's cap, polka-dot bow tie	All 5 confirmed.
Outfits	Terrycloth Tackle	3	makeshift cape, makeshift skirt, makeshift turban	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Time Trappings	3	time helmet, time sword, time trousers	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Tropical Crimbo Duds	3	Tropical Crimbo Hat, Tropical Crimbo Sword, Tropical Crimbo Shorts	Reported on J&S show, Jan 8, 2007.
Outfits	Vile Vagrant Vestments	3	Wand of Oscus, Oscus's dumpster waders, Oscus's pelt	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	War Hippy Fatigues	3	reinforced beaded headband, bullet-proof corduroys, round purple sunglasses	All 3 confirmed.
Outfits	Yendorian Finery	3	cornuthaum, ring of aggravate monster, vorpal blade	All 3 confirmed. According to Jick, ring of aggravate monster will not change into the other two, because it's part of a different set.
Equipment	Big Brother Equipment	3	decaying wooden oar, giant fishhook, rusty old lantern	oar<->lantern, lantern<->fishhook, others need confirmation
Equipment	Cookbooks	3	Codex of Capsaicin Conjuration, Gazpacho's Glacial Grimoire, kickback cookbook	All 3 confirmed.
Equipment	Dungeons of Doom Rings	8	ring of adornment, ring of aggravate monster, ring of cold resistance, ring of conflict, ring of fire resistance, ring of gain strength, ring of increase damage, ring of teleportation	All 8 confirmed.
Equipment	Frat Junkyard Rewards	3	rusty chain necklace, sawblade shield, wrench bracelet	All 3 confirmed.
Equipment	Hippy Junkyard Rewards	3	gearbox necklace, spark plug earring, woven baling wire bracelets	All 3 confirmed.
Equipment	Iceberglet Items	4	ice baby, ice pick, ice sickle, ice skates
Equipment	Irradiated Crimbo Town Items	6	cheap elven gloves, elven socks, festive holiday hat, patent leather shoes, gray bow tie, penguin thesaurus	bow tie, hat, shoes confirmed
Equipment	St. Sneaky Pete's Day Beads	3	string of blue beads, string of green beads, string of red beads	All 3 confirmed.
Equipment	Stuffed Crimbo Workshop Items	2	stuffed snowy owl, stuffed yo-yo	Both confirmed.
Equipment	Tiny Plastic Commons	20	tiny plastic angry goat, tiny plastic baby gravy fairy, tiny plastic barrrnacle, tiny plastic blood-faced volleyball, tiny plastic Cheshire bat, tiny plastic cocoabo, tiny plastic coffee pixie, tiny plastic fuzzy dice, tiny plastic ghost pickle on a stick, tiny plastic ghuol whelp, tiny plastic grue, tiny plastic howling balloon monkey, tiny plastic killer bee, tiny plastic leprechaun, tiny plastic levitating potato, tiny plastic mosquito, tiny plastic sabre-toothed lime, tiny plastic spooky pirate skeleton, tiny plastic stab bat, tiny plastic star starfish	All 20 confirmed.
Equipment	Tiny Plastic Uncommons	8	tiny plastic accordion thief, tiny plastic bitchin' meatcar, tiny plastic disco bandit, tiny plastic hermit, tiny plastic pastamancer, tiny plastic sauceror, tiny plastic seal clubber, tiny plastic turtle tamer	All 8 confirmed.
Equipment	Tiny Plastic Rares	4	tiny plastic Boris, tiny plastic Jarlsberg, tiny plastic Sneaky Pete, tiny plastic Susie	All 4 confirmed.
Equipment	Tiny Plastic 2 Commons	50	tiny plastic 7-foot dwarf, tiny plastic angry bugbear, tiny plastic anime smiley, tiny plastic apathetic lizardman, tiny plastic astronomer, tiny plastic Axe Wound, tiny plastic beanbat, tiny plastic Black Knight, tiny plastic blooper, tiny plastic brainsweeper, tiny plastic briefcase bat, tiny plastic cubist bull, tiny plastic demoninja, tiny plastic drunk goat, tiny plastic fiendish can of asparagus, tiny plastic filthy hippy jewelry maker, tiny plastic fluffy bunny, tiny plastic fruit golem, tiny plastic G Imp, tiny plastic giant pair of tweezers, tiny plastic Gnollish crossdresser, tiny plastic Gnomester Blomester, tiny plastic goth giant, tiny plastic handsome mariachi, tiny plastic Hellion, tiny plastic Iiti Kitty, tiny plastic Knob Goblin bean counter, tiny plastic Knob Goblin harem girl, tiny plastic Knob Goblin mad scientist, tiny plastic Knott Yeti, tiny plastic lemon-in-the-box, tiny plastic lobsterfrogman, tiny plastic ninja snowman, tiny plastic Orcish Frat Boy, tiny plastic Protagonist, tiny plastic scary clown, tiny plastic senile lihc, tiny plastic smarmy pirate, tiny plastic Spam Witch, tiny plastic spiny skelelton, tiny plastic spooky vampire, tiny plastic Spunky Princess, tiny plastic taco cat, tiny plastic topiary golem, tiny plastic Trouser Snake, tiny plastic undead elbow macaroni, tiny plastic warwelf, tiny plastic whitesnake, tiny plastic XXX pr0n, tiny plastic zmobie	All 50 confirmed.
Equipment	Tiny Plastic 2 Uncommons	9	tiny plastic Baron von Ratsworth, tiny plastic Beelzebozo, tiny plastic Bonerdagon, tiny plastic Boss Bat, tiny plastic conservationist hippy, tiny plastic Felonia, tiny plastic Knob Goblin King, tiny plastic The Big Wisniewski, tiny plastic The Man	All 9 confirmed.
Equipment	Tiny Plastic 2 Rares	4	tiny plastic Dr. Awkward, tiny plastic Ed the Undying, tiny plastic Lord Spookyraven, tiny plastic protector spectre	All 4 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Crimbo Workshop Items	2	sleeping snowy owl, yo-yo	Both confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Daily Dungeon Room 10 Items	6	Boris's key, Boris's ring, Jarlsberg's earring, Jarlsberg's key, Sneaky Pete's breath spray, Sneaky Pete's key	All 6 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Feng Shui Items	3	decorative fountain, Feng Shui for Big Dumb Idiots, windchimes	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Fortune Teller Boxes	3	Mysterious Blue Box, Mysterious Green Box, Mysterious Red Box	All 3 confirmed. Mysterious Black Box is not zappable.
Miscellaneous	Fortune Teller Skillbooks	6	How To Get Bigger Without Really Trying, Illustrated Mating Rituals of the Gallapagos, Convincing People You Can See The Future, Love Potions and the Wizards who Mix Them, They'll Love You In Rhinestones, Silly Little Love Song	All 6 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Fortune Teller Social Consumables	4	eaves droppers, heart cozy, lolsipop, personal graffiti kit	All 4 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Gene Tonics	22	Gene Tonic: Beast, Gene Tonic: Insect, Gene Tonic: Constellation, Gene Tonic: Construct, Gene Tonic: Demon, Gene Tonic: Dude, Gene Tonic: Elemental, Gene Tonic: Elf, Gene Tonic: Fish, Gene Tonic: Goblin, Gene Tonic: Hippy, Gene Tonic: Hobo, Gene Tonic: Horror, Gene Tonic: Humanoid, Gene Tonic: Mer-kin, Gene Tonic: Orc, Gene Tonic: Penguin, Gene Tonic: Pirate, Gene Tonic: Plant, Gene Tonic: Slime, Gene Tonic: Undead, Gene Tonic: Weird	Demon->Penguin, Demon->Orc, and Undead->Goblin confirmed; the rest are hypothetical
Miscellaneous	Generic Halloween Candies	5	Bag of W&Ws, Box of Dweebs, Milk Studs, PEEZ dispenser, Swizzler	All 5 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Gourd Quest Items	3	Knob Goblin firecracker, razor-sharp can lid, spider web	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Hellseal Organs	3	hellseal brain, hellseal hide, hellseal sinew	Partially confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Jewelrymaking Components	3	necklace chain, piercing post, ring setting	All 3 confirmed, hemp string got removed from this group.
Miscellaneous	Letters	5	heavy D, lowercase N, metallic A, original G, ruby W	All 5 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Orc Chasm Basic Scrolls	3	30669 scroll, 33398 scroll, 334 scroll	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Ores	3	asbestos ore, chrome ore, linoleum ore	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Oyster Eggs	32	black paisley oyster egg, black polka-dot oyster egg, black striped oyster egg, black plastic oyster egg, blue paisley oyster egg, blue polka-dot oyster egg, blue striped oyster egg, blue plastic oyster egg, lavender paisley oyster egg, lavender polka-dot oyster egg, lavender striped oyster egg, lavender plastic oyster egg, mauve paisley oyster egg, mauve polka-dot oyster egg, mauve striped oyster egg, mauve plastic oyster egg, off-white paisley oyster egg, off-white polka-dot oyster egg, off-white striped oyster egg, off-white plastic oyster egg, puce paisley oyster egg, puce polka-dot oyster egg, puce striped oyster egg, puce plastic oyster egg, red paisley oyster egg, red polka-dot oyster egg, red striped oyster egg, red plastic oyster egg, yellow paisley oyster egg, yellow polka-dot oyster egg, yellow striped oyster egg, yellow plastic oyster egg	All 32 confirmed
Miscellaneous	Pixels	5	black pixel, blue pixel, green pixel, red pixel, white pixel	All 5 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Pork Elf Gems	3	baconstone, hamethyst, porquoise	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Ruined Hellseal Organs	3	burst hellseal brain, shredded hellseal hide, torn hellseal sinew	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Shore Combat Items	3	barbed-wire fence, tropical orchid, stick of dynamite	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Slime-soaked Organs	3	slime-soaked brain, slime-soaked sweat gland, slime-soaked hypophysis	Confirmed
Miscellaneous	Source Terminal Files	16	Source terminal file: critical.enh, Source terminal file: damage.enh, Source terminal file: substats.enh, Source terminal file: protect.enq, Source terminal file: stats.enq, Source terminal file: compress.edu, Source terminal file: duplicate.edu, Source terminal file: portscan.edu, Source terminal file: turbo.edu, Source terminal file: gram.ext, Source terminal file: pram.ext, Source terminal file: spam.ext, Source terminal file: cram.ext, Source terminal file: dram.ext, Source terminal file: tram.ext, Source terminal file: familiar.ext	compress.edu, cram.ext, critical.enh, damage.enh, dram.ext, duplicate.edu, familiar.ext, gram.ext, pram.ext, protect.enq, spam.ext, stats.enq, substats.enh, tram.ext, and turbo.edu confirmed
Miscellaneous	Starting Items	12	disco ball, disco mask, helmet turtle, mariachi pants, pasta spoon, ravioli hat, saucepan, seal-skull helmet, seal-clubbing club, spices, stolen accordion, turtle totem	All 12 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Taco Dan	3	Taco Dan's Taco Stand Taco, Taco Dan's Taco Stand Chillacious Churro, Taco Dan's Taco Stand Chimichangarita	churro to taco and rita to churro, and taco to churro seen
Miscellaneous	Toolbox Items	3	cog, spring, sprocket	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Tr4pz0r Skins	3	hippopotamus skin, penguin skin, yak skin	All 3 confirmed.
Miscellaneous	(Un)Rolling Pins	2	rolling pin, unrolling pin	Both confirmed.
Miscellaneous	Worthless Items	3	worthless gewgaw, worthless knick-knack, worthless trinket	All 3 confirmed.

What Can't Be Zapped

Here's a short list of groups of things that can't be zapped. To check on individual items, click on the alphabetic link list below (there are too many individual items to list them all here). These are just general guidelines - you never know if there might be an exception to the "rule" until you exhaustively test.

• Advanced scrolls (e.g., 668 scroll, 64067 scroll)
• Boss items (e.g., Crown of the Goblin King, Boss Bat britches)
• Bounties for the Bounty Hunter Hunter (e.g., bundle of receipts)
• Chintzy jewelry (e.g., Chintzy accordion pin)
• Clingfilm equipment (e.g., clingfilm cap, clingfilm slippers, clingfilm trousers)
• Club jackets (e.g. Private Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Jacket)
• Crafting equipment (e.g., cocktailcrafting kit, tenderizing hammer)
• Clockwork gear, except for the Clockwork Apparatus
• Crimbo cookies (bell-shaped Crimbo cookie, tree-shaped Crimbo cookie, wreath-shaped Crimbo cookie)
• Dusty animal bones
• El Vibrato Relics (El Vibrato helmet, El Vibrato energy spear, El Vibrato leg guards)
• Epic hats (e.g., Ancient Saucehelm, Elder Turtle Shell)
• Epic weapons (e.g., Bjorn's Hammer, Pasta of Peril)
• Equipment from The Armory and Leggery
• Familiar Hatchlings (e.g., potato sprout, sabre-toothed lime cub, Cheshire Bitten, coffee sprite)
• Familiar Equipment (e.g., hypodermic needle, smile-sharpening stone)
• Gift shop items (e.g., Happy Birthday, Claude! cake, red balloon)
• Grimacite prizes (e.g., Grimacite garter, Grimacite goggles, Grimacite Bock, Grimacite greaves, Grimacite glaive, Grimacite gorget, Grimacite galoshes, Grimacite guayabera, wedge of gray cheese)
• Jewelry crafted through Jewelrymaking (e.g., porquoise bracelet, hamethyst necklace)
• Meat (meat paste, meat stack, dense meat stack, really dense meat stack)
• Meatsmithed weapons and armor including items crafted by Super-Advanced Meatsmithing or Armorcraftiness, except those which are part of an outfit
• Mr. Klaw "Skill" Crane Game rewards (stuffed angry cow, stuffed frozen gravy fairy and stuffed undead elbow macaroni tested)
• Mr. Store items (e.g., Mr. Accessory, Ms. Accessory, all Items of the Month, custom avatar form, Golden Mr. Accessory, as well as related items, such as Candy Hearts, snowcones, and summoned hilarious items) with the Lucky Tam O'Shanter as an exception
• Old money items (e.g., old coin purse, old leather wallet)
• Ore weapons (e.g., asbestos sword, linoleum staff)
• Mutant Couture items -- to prevent the creation of extra items (some of the outfit parts use fewer component parts than others)
• Pathed ascension rewards (Breathetastic™ Premium Canned Air, Retenez L'Herbe Paté, bottle of single-barrel whiskey)
• Pixel Potions and Pie (pixels however can be zapped)
• Plexiglass equipment (e.g., plexiglass pikestaff, plexiglass pocketwatch)
• Pulverized powders, nuggets and wads or the rare elemental gems (e.g., steamy ruby, effluvious emerald)
• Quest Items (e.g., quantum egg, plus sign, Spanish fly, Spooky Temple map)
• Radio accessories (Radio KoL Antenna Ball, etc.)
• Sour sauces (stench and sour sauce, etc.)
• Scrumptious reagent potions (e.g., oil of stability, eyedrops of newt, phial of hotness)
• Scrumdiddlyumptious solutions potions (cologne of contempt, etc.)
• Rare items (e.g., spooky hockey mask)
• Some Mafia wines (Spasmi Dolorosi Del Rene Champagne, Ferita Del Petto Zinfandel)
• Specialized booze items (e.g., green beer)
• Stainless steel equipment (e.g., stainless steel shillelagh, stainless steel suspenders)
• Starcombining components (star, line, star chart)
• Toy parts (e.g., length of string, stick, spooky felt, reverse-oscillating klystron)
• Tiny plastic crimbo figures (e.g., tiny plastic Crimbo elf, tiny plastic sweet nutcracker)
• Ultra Rares (e.g., Talisman of Baio)
• Unique event items (e.g., red traffic cone, pirate hook, zombie pineal gland)
• Various food (e.g., basic pasta, all tacos)
• wads of dough and flat doughs
• Zapping Wands (aluminum wand, ebony wand, hexagonal wand, marble wand and pine wand)

What Can Only Be Obtained By Zapping

Certain items in the game can only be obtained by zapping, as listed below.

• lucky Tam O'Shatner can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • lucky Tam O'Shanter
    • These 2 items constitute the Equipment Lucky Tams zap group.
• sleeping snowy owl can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • yo-yo
    • These 2 items constitute the Miscellaneous Crimbo Workshop Items zap group.
• stuffed yo-yo can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • stuffed snowy owl
    • These 2 items constitute the Equipment Mr. Klaw Game Items zap group.
• pottery barn owl figurine can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • pottery yo-yo
• Amphibious tophat can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • Miniature tophat
• bugged bön±Ã©t can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • bugged beanie or bugged balaclava
    • These 3 items constitute the Equipment Bugged Hats zap group.
• Can of Spaghetto can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • blob of Alphredo™, freezer-burned frost-bitten tortellini, handful of crafty noodles, spoonful of Linguine-Os, or tangled mass of creepy pasta
    • These 6 items constitute the Consumables Peripatetic Pasta zap group.
• yellow puck with a bow on it can only be obtained by zapping a:
  • yellow puck

When Used

• From inventory:
  • When the item is not zappable: The <item> shudders for a moment, but nothing happens.
  • When the item is zappable:

You zap the <item> with your <wand>.
You acquire an item: <new item>.

followed by:

The <wand> feels a little warm. or The <wand> gets really hot. You should probably be careful. or The <wand> starts to vibrate. Wisps of smoke rise from the end. You should definitely be careful. or The <wand> glows red-hot, and sparks fly out of it. You should seriously be careful. or

The <wand> abruptly explodes, burning your hand pretty badly in the process.

You lose some hit points.

You don't have a <wand> anymore... How sad.

• Note that if the wand explosion causes you to be Beaten Up, you will be for 4 turns instead of the normal 3.

Notes

• Before April 16, 2008, ascension was the only way to get a new wand after the last one broke.

References

• This is a reference to "polypiling" in NetHack where a player would drop unneeded items onto the floor and zap them with a wand (or spell) of polymorph in hopes that the useless items will turn into similar (and less useless) items.
• The various names of the wands is also a reference to NetHack, where items that aren't yet identified are given these type of names.