Caster Bind and Gate:
All pure casters and priests receive, at various levels, the ability to cast Bind Affinity at almost any place in the Everquest game world. This in turn allows them to cast Gate for a once-off one-way teleport to that location from almost any other.
Druid Circles and Wizard Portals:
Druids receive self-only 'Ring' spells and group 'Circle' spells as they level that allow them to teleport themselves or others to a variety of locations across the game world. The number of places they can travel has slowly been increased as the game world has grown. These spells are usually no fail, assuming they are not interrupted, but a small number of their teleport spells are 'Evac' spells. They include a small chance to allow one group-member to be left behind. While Druid rings are found in many zones, not all of them are active.
Many Druid teleport locations are either surrounded by good aligned NPCs or are located in places where mid- to high-level NPCs can agro you when you zone-in. It's a good idea to be familiar with where you're going. Evil-aligned characters should almost always use an invisibility spell or illusion of some kind when travelling with a druid.
Wizards receive self-only 'Gate' spells and group 'Portal' spells that allow them to teleport themselves or others to a variety of locations across the game world. The number of places they can travel has slowly been increased as the game world has grown. These spells are usually no fail, assuming they are not interrupted, but a small number of their teleport spells are 'Evac' spells. They include a small chance to allow one group-member to be left behind. Wizards can teleport to most zones that contain a Wizard Spire. Some teleport spells, usually those to zones with smaller spires, may require a component in order to be cast.
Wizard Spires are almost always located in neutral areas inside zones, but may or may not be nearby NPCs that will agro based on alignment. It's a good idea to be familiar with where you're going. If you do teleport to a location you're not familiar with, it's usually safe to stay near or on the Wizard spires. A few Wizard Teleport areas will cause players to zone-in within locations that are close to high-level NPCs that can agro you when you zone in. These areas are located mostly in Velious and The Planes.
Wizard Translocates:
At higher levels, Wizards receive 'Translocate' spells, which allow them to teleport others without teleporting themselves. These spells work in an almost identical fashion to their 'Portal' spells, but mean that the Wizard doesn't travel along with the person he cast the spell on.
Wizards receive a special translocate spell at higher levels that will translocate his target to his or her bind-point. This is essentially a targeted gate spell. Players whom translocate spells are cast upon will have the opportunity to avoid them if necessary.
Timorous Deep Firepot Room:
The Timorous Deep Firepot Room is an artifact of the Combine Empire that may or may not have been used as a developer tool that was released to players during the Kunark expansion. There are many rumours about this place, almost none of which have been confirmed.
The Firepot Room is located in the Timorous Deep zone, underwater at loc -12260, +4365. A person interested in entering it will have to swim down, through the top of a building that looks like a Wizard Spire, and into an empty, air-filled room. Around this room sit different kinds of pots, each of which will cause the person who clicks on one to zone to a different location-- inside one of the player cities. Because cities can be highly factional, players should choose which firepot they click on with care. A Dark Elf who zones into Kaladim, for example, won't last very long.
The Firepots are effectively one-way trasporters. Binding is impossible or difficult nearby.
Another danger to the Firepot room is the fact that the Dragon Faydedar is occasionally present nearby. He is very small, but is just as powerful as the Dragon Nagafen. Faydedar spawns in response to a turn-in quest and will be killed quickly after he spawns. If you see him near you, however, you should zone as soon as possible.
The Nexus:
The Nexus is another teleportation device created by the ancient Combine empire. It was introduced during the Shadows of Luclin expansion. Unlike the Firepot Room, it is still maintained. Players can travel to and from the Nexus by hailing an NPC at any of the Greater Wizard spires across Norrath. Teleportation between Norrath and Luclin occurs every fifteen minutes. This can greatly shorten the time it takes to travel across Norrath.
The Plane of Knowledge:
The Plane of Knowledge was introduced during the Planes of Power expansion as one of the new areas that all players could explore. It contains a very powerful teleportation system that can be used by almost all players. Denizens of the Plane of Knowledge created statues of books in many locations around Norrath and Luclin. Clicking on these books will cause the player to teleport to the Plane of Knowledge near a stone with the name of a city on it. Clicking on any of these stones will cause the player to teleport to the book statue nearest the city named on the stone.
The net effect is that all cities and 'newbie' areas are linked via this system.
While the Plane of Knowledge books are generally located in safe areas, they may be near city guards, which are very powerful and can kill even experienced players very quickly. General knowledge of the locations you're interested in travelling to and the gratuitous use of invisibility spells is highly recommended.
Efficient use of the Plane of Knowledge can aid even very low level players in travelling rapidly across the world.
Shipping Translocators:
Boats in Norrath have been generally regarded as unreliable and dangerous. During the Planes of Power and Legacy of Ykesha expansions, it began to become more and more common to see NPC Translocators who would teleport anyone who hailed them to locations the boats could access, usually while developers were making changes to the way boats worked. These translocators were made more or less permanent just before the Lost Dungeons of Norrath expansion was released.
The areas that a Translocator will send you can be highly factional. Use of illusion or invisibility spells, especially for evil-aligned characters, is highly recommended.
Wayfarer's Brotherhood Farstone Magic:
Characters in the Wayfarer's Brotherhood provided a new teleportation service after the release of the Lost Dungeons of Norrath Expansion. Hailing an NPC Magus at any of the Wayfarer's Brotherhood camps would cause you to be translocated to whichever of the other camps you requested.
While not as functional or wide-spread as the Plane of Knowledge system, this new system of teleportation is very helpful. It's designed mainly as a method for players to locate places where they can easily find groups with which to adventure.
Use of this system requires a short, easy 'Quiz' quest for a key item. This quest starts with an NPC in your character's hometown and ends at any of the Wayfarer's camps. It can be completed by any level character.
Gate Items:
There are a few items in-game that carry spells that cast gate or a gate to a particular location. In particular, there is a hammer quested in The Overthere, a 'Worker's Sledgemallet' that can be used to teleport the player back to th The Overthere. There is also a pottery item that can be crafted in Thurgadin called 'A Vial of Velium Vapors' that causes the user to gate to Thurgadin. Clerics may obtain or make various 'Faithstones', which will gate them to an appropriate temple in their home city. Druids may obtain 'Xanthe's Earring of Nature', which will teleport them and their group to the Dreadlands. Use of these items depends on extensive questing and/or tradeskill ability.
Other tradeskill gate items include race-specific 'Faithstones' and 'Spiritstones' which are usuable by clerics and shamans to gate to their home cities.
Sominex's Teleport Guide
(Key and Discussion Follow Map)
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Key:
Faction of Zone-in Point
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# Neutral Faction
+ Good Faction
- Evil Faction
! High Agro
Nexus - Violet Lines
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# Great Divide
# North Karana
# Greater Faydark
# Dreadlands
# Toxxula Forest
Timorous Deep Firepots - Red Arrows
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Fire on floor - Grobb/Gukta
Faceted gray pot - Ogguk
Tall faceted pot - Erudin
Faceted grey pot - Neriak Commons
Square wooden pot - Greater Faydark
Faceted brown pot - Felwithe
Square brown box - Halas
Blue pot - Freeport
Gold vase - Cabilis
White marble - Kaladim
Lava Lamp - Akannon
Torch Stand - Rivervale
Plane of Knowledge Portals - Blue Lines
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Neutral Side:
# Nexus
# Shadeweaver's Thicket
# Great Divide
+ Qeynos
# West Freeport
+ Steamfont Mountains
# Plane of Tranquility
+ Firiona Vie
Good Side:
+ Butcherblock Mountains
+ Greater Faydark (2)
+ Halas
+ Toxxula Forest (2)
+ Misty Thicket
Evil Side:
- Nektulos Forest
- Feerot
+ Innothule Swamp
- Field of Bone
- Toxxula Forest (2)
- The Overthere
Wayfarer's Farstone Magi - Gold Lines
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# East Commons
# North Ro
# South Ro
# Everfrost Mountains
# Butcherblock Mountains
Shipping Translocators
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Translocators are located at any 'Dock' area.
Druid Circles - Light Green Circles
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Antonnica
+ Surefall Glade
+ North Karana
# West Karana
+ Misty Thicket
+ West Commons
# South Ro
# The Feerot
# Lavastorm Mountains
Odus
# Toxxula Forest
# Stonebrunt Mountains
Faydwer
# Butcherblock Mountains
# Steamfont Mountains
Kunark
# Dreadlands
! Skyfire Mountains
! Emerald Jungle
Velious
# Great Divide
! Iceclad Ocean
! Cobalt Scar
! Wakening Lands
Luclin
# The Nexus
# Griming Forest
# Twighlight Sea
! Dawnshroud Peaks
Planes
# Plane of Knowledge
Wizard Portals - Dark Green Circles
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Antonnica
# North Karana
# West Karana
! Cazic-Thule
+ Nektulos Forest
# West Commons
# North Ro
Odus
# Toxxula Forest
# Stonebrunt Mountains
Faydwer
# Greater Faydark
Kunark
# Dreadlands
! Emerald Jungle
! Skyfire Mountains
Velious
# Great Divide
! Iceclad Ocean
! Cobalt Scar
! Wakening Lands
Luclin
# Nexus
# Grimling Forest
# Twighlight Sea
! Dawnshroud Peaks
Planes
! Plane of Hate
! Plane of Sky
# Plane of Knowledge
An interesting note: Different mathematicians and social theorists have argued that an object with the most connections will receive the most attention in *any* system. Thus, Google is the most popular search engine, not because of its accuracy or quality, but simply because of its impressive volume. While this theory is arguable, it certainly plays out in Norrath when we start considering zone connections.
The best connected zone is the Plane of Knowledge. Therefore, it very neatly drew all the traffic out of the Nexus, the previous best connected zone, when it appeared.
With the release of LDoN, Butcherblock became a very well connected zone (POK, EC, NRO, SRO, EF, Gfay, Kaladim, OOT). Everfrost has fewer connections, but is still better connected than East Commons, North Ro, and South Ro. Not surprisingly, Butcherblock has become a very popular traffic zone, completely surprising those who thought that EC would regain it's old volume.
Despite having many connections, Timorus Deep is not a heavily trafficked zone because those connections are mostly one-way.
An interesting mental exercise for the reader would be to consider what would happen to Butcherblock and Greater Faydark's traffic if the 15 minute time-limit were removed from the Nexus Portal.
Corrections and additions to this document are welcome.
-Edit 11/11: Fixed the link to the PS map. Added a ref to Faithstones and Spiritstones as suggested.-