Water divining - Revision history

Blacklotus: /* Notes */

2025-01-06T16:44:44Z

Notes

Blacklotus: /* Notes */

2025-01-06T16:43:32Z

Notes

Manachan: Add to note about pendulum quality effects

2023-01-11T22:21:54Z

Add to note about pendulum quality effects

Lovelie: The word "false-positive" was used incorrectly. Replaced with "false negative".

2022-11-03T09:06:41Z

The word "false-positive" was used incorrectly. Replaced with "false negative".

Nume: /* Notes */ adding wall fountain

2022-05-21T15:48:10Z

Notes: adding wall fountain

Nume: trimming sections, adding notes section.

2022-05-21T15:45:22Z

trimming sections, adding notes section.

Puncher: /* Outcomes */

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Outcomes

Puncher: /* Outcomes */

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Outcomes

Nume: /* Outcomes */

2021-12-20T13:17:42Z

Outcomes

Nume: /* Outcomes */ changing wording about false negatives

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Outcomes: changing wording about false negatives

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 * The water source will function even if the well or fountain is in a mine or upper floors of a building, as long as it is on the water source tile.
 * A higher quality pendulum will be less likely to give false negatives, take less damage through use and will reduce the action timer slightly.
-* A pendulum enchanted with one of the Lurker spells will not work for divination.
+* A pendulum enchanted with one of the Lurker spells will not work for water source tile divination as their function is changed to locate other things instead by the enchantment.
 [[Category:Babel/W]]

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 * The water source will function even if the well or fountain is in a mine or upper floors of a building, as long as it is on the water source tile.
 * A higher quality pendulum will be less likely to give false negatives, take less damage through use and will reduce the action timer slightly.
+* A pendulum enchanted with one of the Lurker spells will not work for divination.
 [[Category:Babel/W]]

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 * divining can produce false negatives but not false positives ("seem dead" results can be false but if you find water in another try, it's really there).
 * The water source will function even if the well or fountain is in a mine or upper floors of a building, as long as it is on the water source tile.
 [[Category:Babel/W]]

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-; The pendulum seems dead. : There is no water nearby (or a false-positve)
+; The pendulum seems dead. : There is no water nearby (or a false negative)
 ; You think you detect some faint tugs in the pendulum. : There is water nearby (5 to ~10)
 ; The pendulum is starting to move, indicating a flow of energy somewhere in this area. : There is water closer (3 to 4)
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 == Notes ==
 * water sources will automatically fill up [[well]]s, [[fountain (container)|fountain]]s, [[ornate fountain]]s and [[wall fountain]]s placed on them, but not immediately. It can take up to ten minutes to be filled up.
-* divining doesnt require or use any skills.
+* divining doesn't require or use any skills.
-* divining can produce false negatives but not false positives("seem dead" results can be false but if you find water in another try, its really there).
+* divining can produce false negatives but not false positives ("seem dead" results can be false but if you find water in another try, it's really there).
 * The water source will function even if the well or fountain is in a mine or upper floors of a building, as long as it is on the water source tile.
 [[Category:Babel/W]]
 * Higher quality makes pendulums less likely to give false negatives.

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 == Notes ==
-* water sources will automatically fill up [[well]]s, [[fountain (container)|fountain]]s and [[ornate fountain]]s placed on them, but not immediately. It can take up to ten minutes to be filled up.
+* water sources will automatically fill up [[well]]s, [[fountain (container)|fountain]]s, [[ornate fountain]]s and [[wall fountain]]s placed on them, but not immediately. It can take up to ten minutes to be filled up.
 * divining doesnt require or use any skills.
 * divining can produce false negatives but not false positives("seem dead" results can be false but if you find water in another try, its really there).

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 == Description ==
-Divining for water allows the detection of water sources beneath the surface using a [[pendulum]].  No skills seem to be required. Tiles with water sources will automatically fill up [[well]]s, [[fountain (container)|fountain]]s and [[ornate fountain]]s placed on them, but not immediately. It can take up to ten minutes to be filled up.  The water source will function even if the well or fountain is in a mine or upper floors of a building, provided it is on the water source tile.
+Divining for water allows the detection of water sources beneath the surface using a [[pendulum]].
 == Method ==
-Stand on a tile and right-click the pendulum in your inventory, then select use.  One of the outcomes below will result depending on how far you are from water.  Placing a [[fountain (container)|fountain]] or a [[well]] on the spot where water is detected will result in the fountain/well being filled automatically.  With a low quality pendulum, the pendulum will "seem dead" frequently on tiles where it should detect the presence of water nearby.  Pendulums will never give false positives, so if the result is anything other than dead it is accurate.  Higher quality pendulums give fewer false negatives when detecting water, but with any ql its worth double-checking a tile that claims there is nothing found just in case.
+Stand on a tile and right-click the pendulum in your inventory, then select use.
 == Outcomes ==
 ; The pendulum seems dead. : There is no water nearby (or a false-positve)
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 ; The pendulum swings rapidly back and forth! You are close to a water source! : You are within approximately one tile of water (1)
 ; The pendulum now swings frantically! There is something here! : You are standing on a water source (0)
 [[Category:Babel/W]]

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 *Those at the end of the list indicate water is closer than those at the beginning.
 *Please note that divining can produce false negatives but not false positives.
-*Higher quality makes pendulums less likely to give false positives.
+*Higher quality makes pendulums less likely to give false negatives.
 ; The pendulum seems dead. : There is no water nearby (or a false-positve)

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 The outcomes are in order of rising magnitude.  Those at the end of the list indicate water is closer than those at the beginning.
 Please note that divining can produce false negatives but not false positives.
 ; The pendulum seems dead. : There is no water nearby (or a false-negative)