Ring of teleportation - Revision history

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 ==History==
-The ring of teleportation first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on these versions, dropping the ring down a sink produces a slightly different message and does not affect the sink itself.{{refsrc|do.c|380}} The old message is still used in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] and later versions if the sink is not teleported.
+The ring of teleportation first appears in Hack 1.21 and Hack for PDP-11, which are based on [[Jay Fenlason's Hack]], and is included in the initial item list for [[Hack 1.0]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.4.3]], including some variants based on these versions, dropping the ring down a sink produces a slightly different message and does not affect the sink itself.{{refsrc|do.c|380}} This is changed in [[NetHack 3.6.0]] so that the sink can teleport upon the ring being dropped down its drain, with the old message still used if the sink is not teleported this way.
 ==Messages==

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 ==Description==
 {{main|Teleportitis}}
-A [[hero]] [[putting on]] the ring of sustain ability gains the [[teleportitis]] extrinsic, which causes them to teleport at random intervals to a random 'safe' location on the level. Monsters will not wear this ring.
+A [[hero]] [[putting on]] the ring of sustain ability gains the [[teleportitis]] extrinsic, which causes them to teleport to a random 'safe' square on the level at random intervals. [[Monster]]s will not wear this ring.
 A hero [[Eating jewelry|eating the ring]] has a {{frac|3}} chance of successfully absorbing its magic and gaining intrinsic teleportitis.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1959|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-[[Dropping]] a ring of teleportation down a [[sink]] will print a message and relocate the sink to another valid square on the level.{{refsrc|src/do.c|474|nethack=3.6.7}}
+[[Dropping]] a ring of teleportation down a [[sink]] will print a message and teleport the sink to another valid square on the level.{{refsrc|src/do.c|474|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Flame Mage]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s and [[Necromancer]]s may be given a ring of teleportation as the random ring in their starting inventory.{{refsrc|u_init.c|69|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|99|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|136|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+In [[SLASH'EM]], [[Flame Mage]]s, [[Ice Mage]]s, [[Necromancer]]s, and [[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizards]] may be given a ring of teleportation as the random ring in their starting inventory.{{refsrc|u_init.c|69|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|99|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|136|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|245|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ===UnNetHack===

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 ==Identification==
 {{main|Price identification}}
-A cursed ring with a base price of 200[[zm]] is very likely to be teleportation. To be absolutely certain, you can uncurse that ring and put it on&mdash;a reliable way to informally identify a suspected ring of teleportation is to wear it and attempt teleporting at will via {{kbd|ctrl|t}}: if the resulting message says you "cannot teleport at will" instead of saying that you "don't know that spell", then the ring is a ring of teleportation. Waiting to teleport is risky, since it may take effect anywhere from the next couple of turns to several turns later, and as mentioned above may land you in danger unless you have teleport control.
+A cursed ring with a base price of 200 is very probably teleportation. To be absolutely certain, you can uncurse that ring and put it on&mdash;a reliable way to informally identify a suspected ring of teleportation is to wear it and attempt teleporting at will via {{kbd|ctrl|t}}: if the resulting message says you "cannot teleport at will" instead of saying that you "don't know that spell", then the ring is a ring of teleportation. Waiting to teleport is risky, since it may take effect anywhere from the next couple of turns to several turns later, and as mentioned above may land you in danger unless you have teleport control.
 ==History==

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 A hero that has a known source of [[teleport control]] is in far less danger from this and can informally identify a non-cursed ring more reliably, though it may still be of limited use depending on whether that hero has reached their role's [[experience level]] threshold for the ability to [[teleport at will]]: this threshold is XL 8 for Wizards and XL 12 for all other roles.
-Once the player gains teleport control and can teleport at will, the ring of teleportation can potentially be a great boon as a navigation aid (e.g. for [[Gehennom mapping]]) and [[escape item]], though the [[wand of teleportation|wand]] or [[scroll of teleportation]] are usually preferable&mdash;one of the few advantages that the ring has over other forms of teleportation is that it is not a limited-use item. The ring is most useful when paired with a [[ring of teleport control]], but is much less likely to be used by a hero that has intrinsic teleport control or [[the Master Key of Thievery]], since they will often prefer a corpse that grants the property over using a ring slot.
+Once the player gains teleport control and can teleport at will, the ring of teleportation can potentially be a great boon as a navigation aid (e.g. for [[Gehennom mapping]]) and [[escape item]], though the [[wand of teleportation|wand]] or [[scroll of teleportation]] are usually preferable&mdash;one of the few advantages that the ring has over other forms of teleportation is that it is not a limited-use item. The ring is most useful when paired with a [[ring of teleport control]], but is much less likely to be used by a hero that has either intrinsic teleport control, e.g. Wizards that reach XL 17, or [[the Master Key of Thievery]], since they will often prefer a corpse that grants teleportitis over using a ring slot.
 ==Identification==
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 ==Variants==
 ===UnNetHack===
 In [[UnNetHack]], dropping this ring down a sink will teleport the sink to a random location, as in later versions of ''NetHack''.
 ===SpliceHack===
 In [[SpliceHack]], a ring of teleportation can be combined with a [[ring of polymorph control]] at a [[furnace]] to create a [[ring of teleport control]].
 ==References==

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-Wearing a '''ring of teleportation''' gives you [[teleportitis]]. These rings are often generated cursed.
+A '''ring of teleportation'''  is a type of [[ring]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
-==Identification==
+==Generation==
-A cursed ring with a base price of 200 is very probably teleportation. To be sure, you can uncurse it and put it on - if {{kbd|ctrl|t}} gives "You cannot teleport at will" instead of "You don't know that spell", it is teleportation.
+[[Dropping]] a ring of teleportation down a [[sink]] will print a message and relocate the sink to another valid square on the level.{{refsrc|src/do.c|474|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==
-{{main|Teleportitis#Strategy}}
+As with teleportitis in general, the usefulness of a ring of teleportation varies greatly, and obviously represents a hazard when testing rings: it is one of many reasons why it is obviously a [[Bad Idea]] to randomly put on rings, but even a non-cursed ring of teleportation can be hazardous since it does not auto-identify, and waiting for it to take effect may result in being teleported&mdash;this can reliably confirm its identity, but can also teleport you into into danger (or worse, out of [[shop]]s).
-The usefulness of teleportitis is rather schizophrenic; uncontrolled, it is usually considered a great annoyance, as you will often be teleported into danger (or worse, out of [[shop|shops]]). Once the player gains [[teleport control]], it is a great boon, and when combined with [[magic mapping]], allows you to clear levels of [[Gehennom]] in seconds.
+Once the player gains [[teleport control]], it is a great boon, and when combined with [[magic mapping]], allows you to clear levels of [[Gehennom]] in seconds.
 The usefulness of this ring depends on whether or not you have [[teleport control]], and how.  If you don't have it, it is mostly useless below XL 12 (8 for wizards).  After that point, it can be useful as a swappable [[escape item]], but a [[wand of teleportation|wand]] or [[scroll of teleportation]] is probably preferable.  If you have teleport control from a ring, whether or not to use this ring is a choice: if you choose to eat a corpse which conveys teleportitis, it spares you the ring slot if you want controlled teleports.  However, you must always keep your ring of teleport control on, and if you lose it somehow, you are stuck with uncontrolled teleportitis.  If you have teleport control intrinsically or from the [[Master Key of Thievery]], you should pretty much always eat a corpse that conveys teleportitis instead of wearing a ring of teleportation.  If you're using the Key, bag it when the [[Wizard of Yendor|Wizard]] appears.
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 Even without any teleport control source, the ring is a controllable source of teleportitis, and thus can be used for niche situations like escaping from [[vault]]s.
-==UnNetHack==
+==Identification==
-In [[UnNetHack]], dropping this ring down a sink will teleport the sink to a random location.
+{{main|Price identification}}
 [[Category:Rings|Teleportation]]