Ectophial



The Ectophial (a portmanteau of the words ectoplasm, which is what it contains, and phial) is a reward for completing the Ghosts Ahoy quest. It is described as 'a bright green vial of ectoplasm' and the Ectofuntus is said to be the source of its power. When emptied the Ectophial provides an instant teleport to the Ectofuntus, outside of Port Phasmatys; it will automatically refill itself upon arriving at the Ectofuntus. Like with most teleports, it cannot be used beyond level 20 Wilderness. If lost the Ectophial can be regained without cost from Velorina inside the Port (amulet of ghostspeak required to be able to speak to her), though players can only have one Ectophial at a time.

Because the Ectophial is free upon completion of Ghosts Ahoy, can be regained unlimited times, automatically refills itself, takes only one inventory slot, and needs only one click to activate, it is popular as not only a quick teleport to Port Phasmatys (and indeed, much of Morytania itself), but as an emergency teleport. This however is a bad assumption made by many players as the Ectophial is one of the Items Not Kept on Death due to it's low value. The bank at Port Phasmatys is located on the opposite corner of the city and the player must first negotiate through one of the city's gates to get into the city. This puts the bank a fair distance from a player teleporting in with low life and poisoned to the point that a player could die before getting the situation taken care of. A player still can die in transit or shortly after arriving and lose all dropped items as there is no easy way to get back to Port Phasmatys. A player should not count on their grave being blessed or repaired at this location as it is fairly far off the main avenues of travel and a player capable of repairing or blessing may not travel through or be willing to help before the grave times out. It should be noted that while the teleportation animation spans a couple of seconds, players cannot be hit by attacks that are made against them while the animation is active.



The Ectophial is a valued teleportation item as it provides the only fast transport to the Port Phasmatys area. Inside Port Phasmatys is a bank, and a charter ship rests at the docks on the eastern edge of town. An allotment, a herb patch and a flower patch are also nearby, making the Ectophial a valuable tool for farmers. Furthermore, a fairy ring (code ALQ) is not far from the farming area, providing access to Zanaris and the fairy network.

On 5 January 2009, the Ectophial's teleport animation was updated to make it similar to the animation of many other teleports, only with a green teleport spiral instead of blue. On the same date, the Ectophial was also given the destroy option (giving it a warning message if wanting to drop/destroy it), to replace the drop option.

An update on 10 February 2009 added a feature wherein the Ectophial automatically refills itself after arriving at the Ectofuntus. Before the update, the Ectophial had to be manually refilled. Players who wished to leave their Ectophial empty could simply walk away from the Ectofuntus immediately upon arrival in order to interrupt the automatically triggered refilling, or do one of the following: clean an herb, drop one or more items, or get frozen immediately upon arrival.

Trivia
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 * While the teleportation animation shows the Ectophial being emptied only partway, it appears completely empty in the inventory.
 * Before 9 November 2009 if you used the Ectophial while in monkey form, the vial appeared to empty itself.
 * If you use the Ectophial while defending from an attack the vial appears to empty itself.
 * The pool from which the ectoplasm is taken from is described as "a pool full of bones and goo". The bones are not visible as they have been ground up into powder.
 * If a player has a full inventory when speaking to Velorina at the end of Ghosts Ahoy, destroys the Ectophial, or otherwise loses the Ectophial, one needs only to return to Velorina at any time and acquire "another" Ectophial from her.
 * When you empty the Ectophial in your player-owned house standing on a rug hotspot, you will see through the hotspot right before teleporting.
 * When you empty the Ectophial while sitting down in your player-owned house, your character stays sitting while the bottle appears to empty itself.
 * A full Ectophial is not allowed into Fist of Guthix minigame. If you have an empty ectophial in your inventory, the message reads The following item is not allowed into the arena: Potions of any kind.
 * If you try to open either the graphics or audio settings during the automated refill, you will receive the "Please close the interface you have open before setting your graphics/audio options" message.
 * You can get an empty ectophial by quickly clicking north of the Ectofuntus after you teleport.
 * If you use the Ectophial while wearing the Bedsheet, (From Ghosts Ahoy) the Ectophial will appear floating in front of your character while it empties, and the bedsheet is automatically unequipped.
 * Though you "refill the Ectophial from the Ectofunctus," if you try to "use" the Ectophial with the Ectofunctus, a disciple will tell you to get that thing away from the Ectofunctus.
 * Although it looks as though the Ectophial takes a while to teleport, it is actually an instant teleport. Meaning if you are in combat and you use the ectophial, you will not receive any damage while pouring it out.
 * If you Spam click a Quick Teleport (Varrock Tele Tab, Etc) While you are Loading after Pouring out the Ectophial, You will be Teleported out of Port Phasmatys with a Empty Ectophial. (You will have to walk all the way back to Refill it, or Via Ancient Teleport Spell)
 * There is currently a glitch that when you use the ectophial in monkey form, the ectophial may not get refilled and you can walk around with an empty ectophial just like when it was first released. If you do this, don't forget to refill it or you will have the walk all the way back to Port Phasmatys.

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