Kirin Tor waystones
What it is
The Kirin Tor waystones package adds a teleport network in the spirit of the aetherytes of Final Fantasy XIV. A floating Waycrystal ("Kirin Tor Translocation Network") stands next to every inn and flight master of the four continents: Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Outland and Northrend, over 300 crystals in all. Crystals serve both factions.
The package adds its own spell, Translocation. When you install it, the launcher adds the spell to the server and builds the client patch for it from your own game files; nothing from the game is shipped. It also copies the Kirin Tor Waycrystals addon into the game when you start it.
Attune to a crystal
Walk up to a crystal (within about 15 yards) or talk to it. The chat says "Waycrystal attuned: name." From then on the crystal belongs to your character's network for good. Attunement is per character; bots do not need it.
Translocate from a crystal
- Talk to any crystal.
- Choose the continent, then the zone, then the crystal. Only crystals you are attuned to are listed.
- Your character casts Translocation (5 seconds) and arrives at the chosen crystal.
While you know no other crystal, the menu only says "Touch other waycrystals on your travels to translocate to them."
Translocate from the world map
The addon draws every crystal on the world map, on the zone maps and, smaller, on the continent maps:
- A bright crystal with a purple glow is attuned: click it to translocate there.
- A greyed crystal is not attuned yet; its tooltip says "Not attuned: touch this crystal to unlock it."
The crystal button in the top-left corner of the world map opens the list of your attuned crystals by continent
and zone. The same list opens with /ways or /waystones, from anywhere.
Rules of the road
| Situation | What happens |
|---|---|
| In combat | Not possible: "You cannot translocate while in combat." |
| On a ground mount | You are dismounted and the cast starts. |
| Flying | Not possible: "Land first." |
| Inside a dungeon, raid or battleground | Not possible: "The waycrystal network cannot reach you here." |
| Moving, attacked or hit during the cast | The cast is interrupted, as any cast. |
| Dead or on a flight path | Nothing happens. |
Translocation costs no gold.
Bots come along
When you translocate, the bots of your group arrive a moment after you and gather around the crystal, as long as they are alive, out of combat and not inside an instance. With the "Hearthstone and portals after you" option of Bot tactics, bots that stayed behind join you too.
If another real player of your group is attuned to the same crystal, their addon asks "Name translocated to crystal. Follow?" with Follow and Stay.
Settings
The package has no settings. To remove the crystals, disable or remove the package on the launcher's Plugins page; see Installing packages.