Telelocator Staff

"I WILL CALL IT THE MINION MOVER 3000."

- WX-78

The Telelocator Staff is a magical item created from the Magic tab. It requires a Shadow Manipulator to prototype, and costs 2 Living Logs, 4 Nightmare Fuel, and 2 Purple Gems to craft. The Telelocator Staff has 5 uses. Each use costs 50 Sanity.

Usage
The Telelocator Staff is used to teleport the player or Mob (including Bosses) to a random location on the map. When used on a mob, Lightning will strike the mob where it was standing before being teleported (possibly setting it on fire) and it will begin to rain. When used on the player, lightning will strike the player at the location they are teleported to (possibly setting nearby objects or mobs on fire), and it will also begin to rain.

Using a Telelocator Staff in Caves will not teleport the target (even if a Telelocator Focus was built underground), but will cause Rocks and Gems to fall at the location where the spell was used (similar to an Earthquake). Note that falling Minerals can cause damage to players and mobs.

Telelocator Focus
If the player built a Telelocator Focus in the world and stocked it with three Purple Gems, the Telelocator Staff will teleport its target to the point at which the focus is placed instead of to a random location. This consumes the gems.

The player can use the Telelocator Focus to teleport to a base after a long trip or quickly travel from one end of the world to another.

Note that since it is currently not possible to teleport to or within a cave, building one of these in a cave is just a waste of resources.

Reign of Giants
In the Reign of Giants DLC, when using the Staff on a mob, lightning may strike the player instead.

Strategy
The Telelocator Staff can either provide a quick escape for the player, or teleport enemies away, including bosses like Deerclops. When self-teleporting, this may leave the player lost, as it has a random destination, so using the staff this way is risky. If the player teleports to a forested area, the weather effects may eventually set all the trees on fire.

If playing as WX-78, the lightning strike triggers WX-78's OVERLOAD perk. However the two lightning strikes hitting WX-78 plus the Telelocator's -50 Sanity will reduce the player's sanity significantly. This can be used as an advantage during the night, but should not be used when being chased by Shadow Creatures when the player's sanity is below 30. Wearing a Tam o' Shanter, Top Hat or Dapper Vest is advised.

Trivia

 * Telelocator is a portmanteau of Teleport and Locator.
 * When using the staff, any followers the player had at the moment (including Chester) will teleport off-screen near the player's teleported location.
 * The Telelocator Staff used to be a Gemology Tab item.