# Spellbook of enchant weapon

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spellbook of  +   enchant weapon   

Appearance

random

Base price

700 zm

Weight

50

Turns to read

56

Ink to write

35–69

Spell type

enchantment

Level

7

Power cost

35 Pw

Direction

non-directional  

Equivalent

scroll of enchant weapon

The spellbook of enchant weapon does not exist in vanilla NetHack, but can be found in SLASH'EM and also in NetHack Plus and SlashTHEM.
The spellbook allows you to learn the enchant weapon spell. The spell is a level 7 Enchantment spell. Casting the spell has a chance based on skill level of acting as an uncursed scroll of enchant weapon. The chances of success are 1 in 8 at Expert, 1 in 10 at Skilled, 1 in 12 at Basic, and 1 in 14 at Unskilled or Restricted.

Strategy
This spell has too high a level, and too high a failure rate even when cast successfully, to be useful for most characters.  Non-wizards will find the spell hunger to be fairly costly, not to mention the time spent recovering their power.  Moreover, the spell cannot give the effect of a blessed scroll.
Only wizards might consider using the spell to save themselves a few charges on their magic markers. And since wizards rely on spells instead of weapons, the real advantage is even smaller.
However, this spell, is probably useful for players attempting conducts.

See also
Spellbook of enchant armor
List of SLASH'EM spellbooks