Ectophial



The Ectophial is a reward for completing the Ghosts Ahoy quest. Players can empty it, causing them to be teleported to the Ectofuntus outside Port Phasmatys. The Ectophial is automatically refilled whenever you empty it. Using this is a great way to access the Port Phasmatys area, so you wouldn't have to walk the long way.

The Ectophial can be destroyed. Players can get a replacement from Velorina in Port Phasmatys. However, an Amulet of Ghostspeak is necessary, otherwise players cannot have a proper conversation with her. This item is one of the Items Not Kept on Death.

If speaking to Velorina with a full inventory, an Ectophial will appear on the ground, but if another Ectophial is already present in your inventory or bank, you will not be able to pick it up. A message is displayed warning the player not to incite the ghosts' wrath.

It is widely used in fights as an Emergency teleport because it is easy to replace, costs nothing, needs no magic level or spell-set, is relatively close to a Fairy ring and bank, and is a one click teleport from your inventory. It also only takes up one space, while most other teleports take up at least two (with exception of a tele-tablet or if a player is using an air staff or water staff with law runes in inventory). Though some player decide not to use this as an emergency teleport because it takes about 2-3 seconds to pour the ectoplasm out and teleport, in that time you could get hit for more damage, and even die after the teleport is complete.

On 5 January 2009, the Ectophial teleport animation was updated and now the teleport animation looks similar to the normal teleporting, but the colour of the teleport spiral is green. It is slower than the old teleport. 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.

As of 10 February 2009, the player will automatically walk to the Ectofuntus and refill the Ectophial when he teleports there. If the player walks somewhere else before reaching the Ectofuntus, the vial will not be filled automatically and will have to be filled manually.

The word Ectophial is a portmanteau of the words ectoplasm (what it contains) and phial (aka. vial).

Trivia

 * When carefully observing the animation of the player emptying the ectophial, the player does not seem to empty it all the way, but it is shown as empty in the inventory after a teleport.


 * An empty ectophial can be obtained by emptying the phial and quickly teleporting.
 * If you use the ectophial while in monkey form, the vial appears to empty itself.
 * The pool from which the ectoplasm is taken from says "a pool full of bones and goo" when examined however the ectophial has no bones in it.