Compass - Revision history

Oluffus at 07:26, 31 May 2025

2025-05-31T07:26:53Z

Uzetaab: /* Creation Details */ typo

2025-05-30T22:48:44Z

Creation Details: typo

Uzetaab: /* Notes */ objects placed in the world point north.

2025-05-30T22:46:55Z

Notes: objects placed in the world point north.

Uzetaab: /* Notes */ High QL Compasses also stay on longer when you start to move

2025-05-30T22:34:02Z

Notes: High QL Compasses also stay on longer when you start to move

Eudoxia at 05:09, 10 November 2020

2020-11-10T05:09:27Z

MrJonnyboy: Metal type edit.

2018-10-05T02:04:49Z

Metal type edit.

Warlander: Updated info as starter compasses are ql 30 instead of 20 now

2017-06-14T18:28:36Z

Updated info as starter compasses are ql 30 instead of 20 now

Marni: Tidy + comment about GUI showing old compass

2015-07-19T18:05:56Z

Tidy + comment about GUI showing old compass

Skyefox at 15:14, 5 March 2015

2015-03-05T15:14:27Z

Skyefox: Updating Item box format

2015-03-05T15:14:05Z

Updating Item box format

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 {{ItemBox
 |name=Compass
-|image=Compass.png
+|image=Compass_rotated.png
 |active=[[pottery jar]]
 |passive=[[olive oil]] (0.18 kg)
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 <gallery widths="150px" heights="150px">
 Image:Compass_Floor.PNG|Compass on the floor
-Image:Compass.png|Compass in use
+Image:Compass_rotated.png|Compass in use
 </gallery>
 [[Category:Items]]
 [[Category:Babel/C]]

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 == Creation Details ==
-The production of compasses goes in 2 stages: Making unfinished ones using [[pottery jar]]s and [[olive oil]], and finishing them with an [[needle]].
+The production of compasses goes in 2 stages: Making unfinished ones using [[pottery jar]]s and [[olive oil]], and finishing them with a [[needle]].
 == Images ==

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 * Compasses decay very rapidly, so should always be stored in inventory.
 * Upon adding a new compass to the inventory, even with the previous one removed, the old GUI may remain. To correct this remove all compasses from the inventory and re-take the intended one.
-<!-- :*Wurm has a magnetic west. -->
+* (Hint) Most objects when placed on the ground will point north by default. For example a sword's blade will point north, as will the business end of most tools. A compass is '''not''' one of those objects, it is rotated 90 degrees and points west.
 == Creation Details ==

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 * The quality of the compass affects stability.
 * A fully unstable compass will become readable in about 2 seconds at QL 70, 10 seconds at QL 30, and 20 seconds at QL 1. Starter compasses are at 10 ql, so they take 16 seconds to become readable.
 * Stopping just after the compass becomes unstable will allow it to recover quicker (the compass was not fully unstable).
 * [[WoA]] affects the speed of recovery.

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 * The compass gradually becomes unstable while moving and stabilizes again while standing still. While the compass is unstable the direction cannot be seen.
 * The quality of the compass affects stability.
-* A fully unstable compass will become readable in about 2 seconds at QL 70, 10 seconds at QL 30, and 20 seconds at QL 1. Starter compasses are at 30 ql, so they take 10 seconds to become readable.
+* A fully unstable compass will become readable in about 2 seconds at QL 70, 10 seconds at QL 30, and 20 seconds at QL 1. Starter compasses are at 10 ql, so they take 16 seconds to become readable.
 * Stopping just after the compass becomes unstable will allow it to recover quicker (the compass was not fully unstable).
 * [[WoA]] affects the speed of recovery.

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 {{ItemBox
 |name=Compass
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 |skill=miscellaneous items
 |improve=no
-}}
+}}[[CDB|Main]] / [[Skills]] / [[Miscellaneous items]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 ''A rudimentary compass, made from a needle floating in oil on a piece of wood in a jar.''
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 == Usage ==
-The compass must be in the inventory of the player in order to use it.  Then, it can be placed wherever you like in the [[HUD]] by dragging it.  By right-clicking you can also toggle its size to smaller and back again, as well as hide it.  To get it back from hiding, you can enter "toggle compass" into the console.
+The compass must be in the inventory (or a container within) of the player in order to use it.
 == Notes ==
-* The compass gradually becomes unstable while moving, and stabilizes while standing still. When the compass is too unstable it can't be used.
+* The compass gradually becomes unstable while moving and stabilizes again while standing still. While the compass is unstable the direction cannot be seen.
-* The quality of the compass affects how fast it changes towards stability or instability.
+* The quality of the compass affects stability.
-* A fully unstable compass will become readable in about 2 seconds at QL 70, 10 seconds at QL 30, and 20 seconds at QL 1.
+* A fully unstable compass will become readable in about 2 seconds at QL 70, 10 seconds at QL 30, and 20 seconds at QL 1.  Starter compasses (QL 20) will take 14 seconds.
 * Stopping just after the compass becomes unstable will allow it to recover quicker (the compass was not fully unstable).
-* [[WoA]] also affect the speed of recovery.
+* [[WoA]] affects the speed of recovery.
-* A finished compass cannot be improved. Your best bet is to use high quality components to make it. Additionally they can't be repaired, other than with the [[mend]] spell.
+* A finished compass cannot be improved, use high quality components to craft to get better quality end products. Additionally they can't be repaired, other than with the [[mend]] spell.
 * Compasses decay very rapidly, so should always be stored in inventory.
 <!-- :*Wurm has a magnetic west. -->

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 |passive=[[olive oil]] (0.18 kg)
 |group=Miscellaneous
-|materials=8 1x [[pottery jar]]
+|materials=* 1x [[pottery jar]]
-1x [[olive oil]] (0.18 kg)
+* 1x [[olive oil]] (0.18 kg)
-*1x [[needle]]
+* 1x [[needle]]
 |result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (0.60 kg)
 |skill=miscellaneous items