Wand Keys.

[Blinkybubs]

Are wand keys only for achievements or do they unlock loot boxes?

[Brevan]

There's a specific room in the initial dungeon with a trapped floor. The wand keys just disarm the floor traps (one key per trap), you are rewarded with a single-charge wand for each trap you disarmed (recharge the wands by selling and buying/stealing them from a vendor (I keep the Cloudkill, Fire, and Summoning wands, but an exploit exists for Lightning if you'd like to abuse it)). There's an achievement if you actually found and used all the wand keys.

[Zotliatlicor]

Those 6 keys turn into wands, that you should take with you and sell to your favorite merchant. They have 1 charge only when you make them, but if you sell them and buy them back, they will be fully charged with 50 charges (some have 100).

They sell for around 75-90 Gold each, so it is nice start cash for you. The Jewelry you find sell for a lot less. Take the Wands, the Magic Items and as many Scrolls & Potions you can fit into your inventory with you outside.

[Blinkybubs]

Is it normal for them to be 13k each to buy back?

[Zotliatlicor]

Yes, they are expensive when fully charged. But the prices in shops go down with you having A) High Charisma B) High Reputation.

Do some Questing, get your Rep up, Have a High Charisma Character in Slot nr 1 (leader) before shopping. If you have/are a Mage, cast Friends (+6 Charisma - 3/rounds, then shop)

[0gur]

Originally posted by Blinkybubs:

Is it normal for them to be 13k each to buy back?

There's a bug (or a feature) in the game that "recharges" magic items when you sell them - so a wand with one charge can become one with 20 or even 50 charges and that's why they cost so much to buyback.

[red255]

Originally posted by Blinkybubs:

Is it normal for them to be 13k each to buy back?

use pickpocket. steal them back. its the city of coin, bring a thief. you need like 160 pickpocket to rob a shop but potions exist.

game is much more fun with a dedicated thief.