Ectophial



The Ectophial (a portmanteau of the words ectoplasm (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. 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; that is, it can be effective in situations that require immediate escape. Although the teleportation animation spans a couple of seconds, players cannot be hit by attacks that are made against them while the animation is active.

In addition to being an excellent emergency teleport, the Ectophial is a good general teleportation item. Inside Port Phasmatys is a bank, and a charter ship rests at the docks on the eastern edge of town. An allotment, an 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 quick access to Zanaris and the fairy network.

It is important to note that the Ectophial is one of the Items Not Kept on Death; if dropped it is destroyed. Players will have to travel to Port Phasmatys and speak to Velorina to acquire a new Ectophial.

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 wish to leave their Ectophial empty can simply walk away from the Ectofuntus immediately upon arrival in order to interrupt the automatically triggered refilling.

Trivia

 * While the teleportation animation shows the Ectophial being emptied only partway, it appears completely empty in the inventory.
 * If you use the Ectophial while in monkey form, the vial appears to empty itself. The animations when using the Ectophial as a monkey were adjusted on 9 November 2009.


 * If you use the Ectophial while defending from an attack, or while wearing bedsheets from Ghosts Ahoy quest, 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 Ectophile, 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.
 * There is a glitch, that when you teleport with the ectophial, and immediately click home teleport when you touch the ground, the ectophial keeps empty, but you teleport anyway