# Your mind fails to lock onto that location
The message "Your mind fails to lock onto that location" is given when you try to target a spell at a location you cannot see, or at a wall[1]. Targeted spells are:

cone of cold
fireball
References

↑ spell.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 994

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