Spells are the individual effects used on a wand. Individual spells can be found in chests as well as purchased in some shops.
There are many different spells and effects, including modifier spells, which do not create an effect on their own, but rather modify another effect.
For non-shuffle wands, the order of spells matters. Spell modifiers will only affect the next spell in a wand's list, with the exception of wands with an "Always Cast" attribute. See the Guide To Wand Mechanics for more information on how spells and modifiers interact with each other.
There are Runestones that convert all nearby projectiles into a projectile determined by Runestone's type.
For a list of all spells and their statistics, see Spell Information Table. For an explanation of spell tiers, and where specific spells can be found, see Spell Tiers.
Spell Attributes[]
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Uses | The number of times a spell can be cast before it is depleted. Many spells have infinite uses and are only limited by their mana drain. The uses of limited spells are restored using the spell refreshers found inside each Holy Mountain. |
| Mana Drain | The amount of mana required to cast the spell. |
| Damage | The amount of damage dealt by the spell, listed by type. |
| Radius | The radius of the circular area in which the damage of the spell (if any) is dealt. |
| Spread | The range of deviation of a spell from the aimed direction, measured in degrees. The lower the number, the more accurate the spell is. |
| Speed | The rate at which the projectile travels. |
| Lifetime | The duration of which the projectile remains active. This value is not listed ingame. It is calculated in "frames", with roughly 60fps.[1] Lifetime is especially important for certain complicated spell calculations |
| Cast Delay | A modifier to the wand's base Cast Delay, determining the delay before the next spell in the wand's queue is cast. |
| Recharge Time | A modifier to the wand's Recharge Time, triggered after the last spell in the wand's queue is cast. The wand "reloads" all spells in the queue, ready to cast again. |
| Spread Modifier | A modifier to the spread of the wand. A negative spread modifier reduces the positive spread of a wand when applied to the spell. |
| Speed Modifier | A modifier to the speed of the affected projectile. Speed modifiers over 1 will increase projectile speed. |
| Lifetime Modifier | A modifier to the lifetime of the affected projectile. This value is not listed ingame. |
| Critical Chance | The chance that a spell will critically strike, dealing 5 times the usual damage, and dealing even further damage if critical chance is above 100%. |
Damage Types[]
Main article: Damage Types
Most spells and hazards in the game inflicts one or more of several different kinds of damage. The ones who don't are either non-damaging utility spells or transformation types.
| Damage Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Impact | The basic, unnamed damage type dealt by most spells and projectiles. The Slime Blood perk, for example, reduces damage taken of this type by 40%: damage from projectiles of another type, such as slice or explosion, will ignore this resistance. Despite its prevalence, some enemies are resistant to this type of damage (notably robots). |
| Slice | An uncommon damage type inflicted by spells such as Chainsaw or Disc Projectile. This type of damage increases the amount which a target bleeds on hit (if applicable). |
| Drill | Drill damage is a rare type, only known to be dealt by Digging Bolt and Digging Blast. It is not known if it has any special properties, but based on the spells which deal drill damage, it may cause increased terrain destruction. Also acts similar to the Slice damage type, and will produce a similarly larger amount of blood when used on enemies. |
| Fire | Fire damage is a common type inflicted by a wide variety of spells, traps, and enemies. It is often caused by explosives igniting the environment leaving patches of fire. Most creatures will be set on fire, making them run around in panic and ignore all threats. |
| Electric | Electrical damage is a more uncommon damage type inflicted by certain enemies, traps and a few specific spells. It will often stun creatures, causing them to be immobilized for a short time, unable to act and making them very vulnerable to follow-up attacks. It is often paired with explosive damage. Most spells with this damage type will electrify the wands that they're in. |
| Explosion | Explosion damage is almost always a secondary damage type caused by explosive spells, such as Firebolt. There are many sources of explosion damage, not only from spells but also environmental objects such as barrels. The explosion damage component of such spells is usually the majority of the damage dealt, making such spells good at dealing with robotic enemies (which are resistant to both slice and projectile (basic) damage). More often than not, spells which deal explosion damage will also light fires. There was previously a bug which caused explosion damage values listed on the projectile spell cards to be displayed four times larger than they actually were. For example, Nuke does not deal 1000 damage, but 250. |
| Melee | Melee damage is mostly dealt by contact damage from lunging or charging enemies. The player also deals this type of damage with kicking. The only spells which deal this type of damage are Tentacle and its relatives. This damage type has the unique ability to instantly kill creatures who are frozen (as per the Freeze Charge effect, Circle of Stillness, or certain enemy abilities) when it is dealt. This can happen to the player, though it can be prevented with the Melee Immunity perk. |
| Material | This is the type of damage inflicted by objects, particles or liquids in the environment. These include, but are not limited to, flying rigid body items such as minecarts and barrels, acid, lava, fire, cursed rock, and falling debris from Earthquake and Nuke. No creature, including the player, has any resistance towards this damage type, though some perks and enemy protections can block various debuffs from being applied (preventing them from doing damage in turn). Spells usually only inflict this type of damage indirectly. |
Projectile Spells[]
A slow orb of void that eats through all obstacles and casts another spell as it expires
A crystal that explodes and casts another spell when caught in an explosion
A slow but powerful orb of energy that casts another spell after a timer runs out
A pinpointed, short-ranged beam of concentrated light that casts another spell after a timer runs out
Summons a spore pod that attaches to a surface and then grows and explodes into spikes
Makes a projectile launch a random spell (out of a limited selection) when it hits something
A more powerful version of Spitter Bolt that casts another spell after a timer runs out
The most powerful version of Spitter Bolt that casts another spell after a timer runs out
It was theorized that the source of qualia would be transferred ...But it turns out it was the whole body all along.
A crystal that explodes and casts another spell when someone comes nearby
Static Projectile Spells[]
Passive Spells[]
Passive spells add one extra "draw" to the cast. If they are placed at the end of a wand they can be used for wrapping.
Utility Spells[]
Reduces a spell's mana cost and recharge time greatly, at the costs of four health points
Spends 5% of your current gold and adds damage to a projectile proportional to the amount spent
Projectile Modifier Spells[]
Note that a projectile modifier is only applied to the spell that is to the right of it in the wand's queue.
With a non-shuffle wand, the modifier must come before the spell in order to modify it. In a shuffle wand, the modifier will be applied randomly in the spell queue.
Makes a projectile separate into a bundle of 5 explosive bolts as soon as it moves downwards
Gives a projectile an energy field that constantly deals 3.5 damage to nearby creatures
If the wand has more than 50 mana, all mana over that is converted into additional damage
If the wand has more than 50 mana, all mana over that is converted into additional damage
Makes a projectile explode upon collision with creatures covered in alcohol
Makes a projectile explode powerfully upon collision with creatures covered in alcohol
Makes a projectile explode upon collision with creatures covered in slime
Makes a projectile explode powerfully upon collision with creatures covered in slime
If a valid target appears somewhere in the proximity of a projectile, the projectile will teleport right on top of the target
Makes a projectile turn the creatures it hits into living fireball throwers
Causes creatures hit by the projectile to gain a gravity well that draws projectiles in; dissipates eventually
Transmutes various liquids and powdery substances within a projectile's range into something else
Target hit by a projectile takes 25% extra electricity damage for a time
Target hit by a projectile takes 25% extra projectile damage for a time
Imbues a projectile with a curse that makes the target hit by the projectile to waste away
Material Spells[]
Material spells create Materials when cast, usually various types of liquid. They only do damage if the material itself is damaging, or by suffocation.
Transmutes everything in a short radius into blood, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into blood, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into gold, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into gold, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into oil, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into oil, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into smoke, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into smoke, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into alcohol, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into alcohol, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into water, including walls, creatures... and you
Transmutes everything in a short radius into water, including walls, creatures... and you
Multicast Spells[]
As the name suggests, multicast spells allows multiple spells to be cast simultaneously.
Multiple spells are required for a multicast to be effective. For example, using Triple Spell on a wand with only two other spells after it will result in two spells being cast.
Projectile modifiers placed before a multicast will affect all spells within the multicast for only the price of casting the modifier once, allowing for potentially powerful combinations.
Other Spells[]
Spells tagged as "Other" usually have very specific or odd behaviors that are not easily classified. They're often involved in, or a reward from, various secrets in the game.
The next spell is skipped if there are less than 20 projectiles nearby
Any Requirement spells before this will skip all spells between them and this spell
Upcoming changes[]
The information in this section is describing content from the Experimental Beta branch, and is currently not part of the public release version.
The information in this section is describing content from the Experimental Beta branch, and is currently not part of the public release version.
There are no spells of the specified query.
Suffixes[]
Though mechanically, the 'variances' are separate, distinct spells, one can consider the following properties as 'modifiers' that exist as applied to a select number of spells.
| Icon | Suffix | Effect |
|---|---|---|
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With Timer | Casts the next spell in the wand from the projectile after a certain time elapses or when it is destroyed (such as upon impact), whichever occurs first. |
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With Trigger | Casts the next spell in the wand from the projectile upon impact. |
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With Double Trigger | Casts the next two spells in the wand from the projectile upon impact. Comparable to a (single) trigger followed by Double Spell. Spark Bolt With Double Trigger is the only spell currently in the game with this 'suffix'. |
Tips[]
- Wands that have an electrical spell within their queue will become electrified. If the wand is in contact with a conductive material for a few seconds, such as metals or liquids, it will send an electric current through that material, potentially electrocuting the holder.
- Long-range spells with a trigger or timer can be used to cast potentially harmful spells (such as the "Touch of [X]" spells, Earthquake, explosions, spells involving hazardous liquids, etc.) at a safe distance away from the player.
- "Formation" and "Multicast" modifiers can be used in combination with spells with a Trigger or Timer modifier, allowing you to cast multiple spells from a single Trigger or Timer spell.
- Placing a modifier or multicast spell at the end of a wand's queue will result in the wand casting spells from earlier in the queue with the modifier/multicast applied.
- Spells with Trigger or Timer modifiers can be used to bypass the cast delay on spells such as Lightning Bolt, allowing for deadly rapid fire combinations.
See also[]
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- ↑ Noita typically runs at 60fps, so the conversion rate it 1/60. A spell with a lifetime of 200 frames will last for: 200 / 60 = 3.33s