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Yew Wand

Item Level: 12
Speed Modifier: +10
Range: +0

Damage: 2 to 8
Durablity: 15 of 15
Socketed (0 to 1)

A Yew Wand can spawn with up to 3 individual Necromancer skill bonuses with +1 to +3 each. These bonuses will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.

A superior Yew Wand can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:

+5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
+1 to +3 to Attack Rating

Unique and Set Yew Wands

Maelstrom

How to upgrade a Yew Wand

Transmute a Low Quality Yew Wand, an Eld Rune, and any Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Yew Wand.

How to add sockets to a Yew Wand

You can add sockets to a Yew Wand by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 1 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Yew Wand, a Ral Rune, an Amn Rune, and a Perfect Amethyst to create a socketed Yew Wand.

This recipes will add between 1 and 1 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 1, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Yew Wand
Roll	Sockets	Odds
1	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
2	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
3	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
4	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
5	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
6	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Yew Wand
iLvl 0-25	iLvl 26-40	iLvl 41 and up
1	1	1

Vendors that sell Yew Wands

Vendor	Min Stock	Max Stock	Max Magic Level
Akara	1 Normal / 1 Magic	2 Normal / 1 Magic	1
Drognan	3 Normal / 5 Magic	5 Normal / 9 Magic	1
Ormus	2 Normal / 2 Magic	3 Normal / 3 Magic	1

Runewords you can make in a Yew Wand


Runeword	Sockets	Bases	Runes	Level	Stats

Compared to other Wands

Table of base stats
Name	Mindam	Maxdam	Speed	Durability	Level	Max Sockets
Wand	2	4		15	2	1
Yew Wand	2	8	10	15	12	1
Bone Wand	3	7	-20	15	18	2
Grim Wand	5	11		15	26	2

Prefixes that can spawn on Wands

All Prefixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
Massive	+51 to 65% Enhanced Damage	20	15	Weapon	Magic and Rare	106
Brutal	+41 to 50% Enhanced Damage	14	10	Weapon	Magic and Rare	106
Vicious	+31 to 40% Enhanced Damage	8	6	Weapon	Magic and Rare	106

Suffixes that can spawn on Wands

All Suffixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
of Piercing	Ignore Target's Defense	25	18	Staves And Rods	Magic and Rare	3
of Piercing	Ignore Target's Defense	25	18	Staves And Rods, Knife, Hand to Hand	Magic and Rare	4
of Alacrity	+20% Increased Attack Speed	8	6	Weapon	Magic and Rare	6