Portal

Revision as of 07:34, 16 April 2014 by >Abcboy (→‎Warp In Blockhead: Not true, have seen counter-examples)

A portal is an object through which the first blockhead warped into a world enters. Each world starts with one portal. Additional portals can be crafted at a workbench. The portal can subsequently be used to craft items, make in-app purchases, and warp in up to four additional blockheads.

Portal
Portal
Portal


Category Crafting Surface
Use Crafting
Tool
Stackable Yes (99)


"Place a portal anywhere." (description for crafting a portal at a level 2 workbench)

Where Found

A portal can be crafted at a level 2 workbench for one stone and 120 time crystals. Prior to version 1.5, it instead required 100 time crystals.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output
File:Lvl. 2 Workbench Icon.png   +   + + + =  
Lvl. 2 Workbench Stone Time Crystal [[]] [[]] [[]] Portal
Quantity 1 120 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1
Rush Cost
1  
Double-Time
0.5  

Products

With the proper resources, a portal can be used to "warp in" a variety of items.

Level 1

 
Level 1
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Workbench The gateway to crafting. 1 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Blockhead Warp in up to 5 blockheads. 50 - 200 Time Crystals and 5 fruit
  Double-Time Permanently doubles craft speed and halves rush cost for all crafting in all worlds. $2.99 (USD)
  Time Crystal Purchase time crystals and save time. Free - $24.99 (USD)
  Teleport Here Warp to this portal now. 10 - 200 Time Crystals
  100 Copper Coins For trading. 1 x   ? TC ?  
  Gold Coin For trading. 100 x   ? TC ?  
  Trade Portal Trade with the universe. 1 x   1 x   50 x   ? TC ?  
  Level 2 - Amethyst Portal Unlock more items. 1 x   20 x   1 TC 0.5  

Level 2 - Amethyst Portal

 
Amethyst Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Amethyst Pickaxe Get double from mining. 5 x   20 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Level 3 - Sapphire Portal Unlock more items. 1 x   40 x   1 TC 0.5  

Level 3 - Sapphire Portal

 
Sapphire Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Sapphire Pickaxe Get triple from mining. 5 x   40 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Level 4 - Emerald Portal Unlock more items. 1 x   60 x   1 TC 0.5  

Level 4 - Emerald Portal

 
Emerald Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Emerald Pickaxe Get 4x from mining. 5 x   60 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Level 5 - Ruby Portal Unlock more items. 1 x   80 x   1 TC 0.5  

Level 5 - Ruby Portal

 
Ruby Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Ruby Pickaxe Get 5x from mining. 5 x   80 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Level 6 - Diamond Portal Unlock more items. 1 x   100 x   1 TC 0.5  

Level 6 - Diamond Portal

 
Diamond Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Diamond Pickaxe Get 6x from mining. 5 x   100 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Golden Bed Be rested in no time. 1 x   5 x   100 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Portal Chest Store things across worlds. 1 x   1 x   100 x   1 TC 0.5  

Removed items

Warping in resources was removed in version 1.4 because the developer, David Frampton, felt that the warping in of resources "felt too much like cheating".

Versions Icon Name Slogan
1.3 - 1.3.2   Gold Coin For trading.
1.0 - 1.3.2   20 Copper Ore Warp in some copper.
1.0 - 1.3.2   20 Tin Ore Tin delivered to your door.
1.0 - 1.3.2   20 Iron Ore Iron without the mess.
1.3 - 1.3.2   20 Oil Stronger light in lanterns.
1.3 - 1.3.2   10 Copper Ingots Craft with copper.
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Tin Ingots Craft with tin.
1.3 - 1.3.2   20 Coal No coal? No problem!
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Bronze Ingots Craft with bronze.
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Iron Ingots Craft with iron.
1.3 - 1.3.2   20 Gold Nuggets No need to dig too deep.
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Steel Ingots For a better pickaxe.
1.3 - 1.3.2   10 Gold Ingots Bling!

In-App Purchases

The following are in-app purchases that are exchanged for real cash.

Double Time
Icon Name Slogan Price
  Double Time Permanently doubles craft speed and halves rush cost for all crafting in all worlds. $2.99 (USD)
Time Crystals
Icon Name Slogan Qty Price
  Time Crystal Age of crystals. 200 $0.99 (USD)
  Time Crystal Epoch of crystals. 1200 $4.99 (USD)
  Time Crystal Era of crystals. 3000 $9.99 (USD)
  Time Crystal Eon of crystals. 10000 $24.99 (USD)
  Time Crystal Get free crystals! 20 - 50 Free

Upgrades

Portal upgrades require a gem of the correct type and a number time crystals dependent on the upgrade. The progression of upgrades parallels the rarity of the gems used.

With the exception of double-time, portal upgrades require resources which are consumed if the requirements are met. Those upgrades unlock items that can be warped in.

Additional Portals

A level 2 workbench can be used to create additional portals for one stone and 120 time crystals. These portals are level 1 and placed directly into a Blockhead's inventory. They can then be placed much as any other crafting surface except that they are three blocks tall. This is because they have both a portal's two-high "loop" and a single stone block as a base.

Unlike a world's default portal, the block an added portal stands on is patterned as placed stone, not smooth, natural stone. They also offer the option of being picked up and relocated by a blockhead. Like the original portal, it can be upgraded and produce any of the appropriate products.

Warp In Blockhead

Players can warp in up to five total blockheads. The first blockhead in a world is always free. The second blockhead costs 50 time crystals and five randomly-selected fruit. Each successive blockhead costs 50 more time crystals than the previous, going up to 200 time crystals and five fruit for the fifth blockhead.

With the introduction of death in version 1.5, it should be noted that the cost and selected fruit is based on the number of currently active blockheads in the world for that player.

Teleport Here

See also: Teleport Here

Beginning with version 1.3, a Blockhead can be instantly moved from anywhere in the world to a selected portal by expending a variable number of time crystals. The number of crystals required depends on the distance between the two points (Blockhead and portal), ranging from 10 if within 409 block widths to 200 if at least 8192 block widths away. The formula for teleportation is clamp(distanceInBlocks * 200 / 8192, 10, 200), where distanceInBlocks represents the distance in blocks.

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