Obelisk (Wilderness)

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Obelisk
Release	24 April 2006 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest	No
Location	Wilderness
Actions	Activate, Choose destination, Examine
Examine	I wonder what this does.
Advanced data
Object ID	56516, 65617, 65618, 65619, 65620, 65621, 65625
Links	MROD
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The interface to choose the teleport destination, shown if the Wilderness sword 3 or higher is owned

Obelisks are members-only teleportation devices in the Wilderness. They can be very helpful when reaching various locations deep in the Wilderness, such as the Lava Maze, the Rogues' Castle, or the Frozen Waste Plateau. However, they can sometimes lead players into wandering player killers, and are not an ideal escape from them either. When activated, the obelisk won't teleport players who are teleblocked. Players may use this to their advantage by luring PKers onto these obelisks, causing them to be teleported and thus providing an increased chance of escape for players.

There are six obelisks located at different points of the Wilderness. To activate the obelisk, touch any of the pillars on the side and then go somewhere in the middle. Each obelisk, when activated, will teleport anyone standing on the pad after a few seconds to another obelisk outside of the one used to teleport. If the hard Wilderness achievements have been completed, then the player may select the destination themselves (as a second option, the first, default option will randomize the destination). When teleporting using the obelisk, you receive the message: Ancient magic teleports you to a place within the wilderness! This suggests that these obelisks are run by Ancient Magicks, which is highly likely, as the Wilderness was once Zarosian territory.

The obelisks are found in the following locations:

Wilderness level	Location	Map
13	North-east of the Southern Wilderness mining site and south-east of the Wilderness Volcano
17-18	South of the Graveyard of Shadows (multi-way area)
27	South of the Chaos Ridge and north of the Bandit Camp
35	South of the Lava Maze
44	West of the Lava Maze and south-east of the Frozen Waste Plateau
50	South-east of Rogues' Castle (multi-way area)

Gallery

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  The location of the level 13 obelisk.

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  The location of the level 18 obelisk.

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  The location of the level 27 obelisk.

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  The location of the level 35 obelisk.

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  The location of the level 44 obelisk.

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  The location of the level 50 obelisk.

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  A player using the obelisk before the graphical update.

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  A player using an obelisk

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 22 August 2016 (Update):
  • Players may now right click on the Wilderness obelisks to choose their destination. The destination list is in Wilderness-level depth order. The left-click option remains a random destination.

• patch 22 May 2012 (Update):
  • The north-western Wilderness teleport obelisk no longer activates if a player spam clicks on any other obelisk.

• patch 15 September 2010 (Update):
  • Adjusted the code teleporting players between the Wilderness portals.

• update 24 April 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• If performing the emote Living on Borrowed Time or Give Thanks when the obelisk is active, the emote will finish before you are teleported, unlike other emotes, which are interrupted.