Teleport Block

Teleport Block is a spell in RuneScape that requires a Magic level of 85 and can only be cast on another player on a PvP world, or whilst playing the Soul Wars minigame (even on non-PvP worlds). If successful, it will prevent that player from using teleportation for 5 minutes, as well as damage the player for 1-3 points of damage. It is useful in player killing, because as long as the player can Entangle them and keep them from a Safe Zone the victim will have no method of escape. Unlike most spells though, tele-block does not take effect the instant the caster casts it. The victim will still able to teleport until the spell has finished its animation. However, this is too fast for most players to react in time.



The animation for teleblock is very small, spins quickly, and is dark purple so it is hard to see it in many places. Therefore, many players do not realise they have been teleblocked, until they attempt to teleport. The spell was temporarily replaced on 10 December 2007 by Bounty Locate, at which time revenants took on the ability to teleblock. The Teleport Block has been reinstituted for players with the release of PvP worlds as of 15 October 2008.

If a player is tele-blocked by a revenant while wearing a Forinthry bracelet, he/she can still teleport despite the block, though it uses up one of the bracelet's charges (up to 5 per bracelet). When teleblocked by a revenant, one must wait until the revenant has dissapeared (approx. five minutes), or go into a non-wilderness area, or kill the revenant that cast the block(this ends the 5 minute wait period). On PvP worlds, safe zones act as the 'non-wilderness' area, if there is no countdown. If the spell teleblock is cast by another player, the target cannot teleport even if a forinthry bracelet is worn.

There are some instances when the Teleport Block spell does not stop the player from teleporting:


 * A player can still enter all runecrafting altars when teleblocked.


 * A player can still use the teleportation orb in the Fist of Guthix minigame when teleblocked, as well as use the house portals.


 * A player can still use a house portals as well as the teleportation methods inside a house(Mounted Amulet of Glory, house portals, exc.)


 * A player can still enter the "vinesweeper" minigame when teleblocked, which require the Tool Leperchaun to teleport you.

The spell cannot be cast upon NPCs. If a player attempts to cast Teleblock on an NPC, the player will simply approach the NPC and receive the message "Nothing interesting happens." in their chatbox.

'''Teleport Block costs coins for each cast.

Trivia

 * As of 27 January 2009, the Teleport Block spell has become available to non-members
 * The Teleport Block spell does not prevent the hunted from the minigame Fist of Guthix from using the Tele-orb.