When a mage has sufficiently high enough exp from observations because they have been out looking for wands. They can take an edge called:
sienna rod edge
amber rod edge
black rod edge

These all have similar costs but once you have used one once, the cost of using a second is higher, like extra training edge.

When you take it, the guildmaster will give you a clue to the area that your rod can be found to help you pin point your search. The value of the clue can be as easy or as hard as the imms want it to be.

Just the area (vague but helpful)
Area and picked up (Less vague and a container/shelf to be found)
Area and fought for (less vague and a mob that must be fought)

The only thing I disliked with the new changes was the NEW locations, purely because I spent ages working out the old ones, well some/most of them, and don't have the hours to put in to get all the new ones now as a player. I had only just embraced magic in the last 3 years and feel almost forced to go back to villagers.

-----Abernyte