“ | These are distinctive in appearance and emit a unique sound. When you step into a teleporter, you're instantly transported to another teleporter, or atop a teleport pad. If you teleport directly right atop of somebody else, he or she is killed instantly. | ” |
—Quake Manual |
Teleporters in Quake are dimensional gateways created by Shub-Niggurath for the purpose of quickly sending her armies across the universe. They are Quake's equivalent of the Slipgate. Once a living being enters a teleporter, they will be warped to whatever destination has been set. Teleporters can be vertically or horizontally placed in a level. If a player tries to teleport to the exact spot an enemy occupies, that enemy will be killed in a telefrag. However, monsters are incapable of telefragging the player, and will die if they teleport to his position.
While not necessary for level design, the Teleporter often will take the player to a designated Teleport Pad. These are slightly raised platforms with a unique texture.
Death Messages
- "Player" was telefragged by "Attacker"
- Satan's power deflects "Attacker"'s telefrag (Cut from game)
Trivia
- John Carmack once said that Teleporters were a crutch for bad level designing, since they would string together areas that were not otherwise cohesive.
Sounds
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Teleporter ambient sound | |
Teleporter in use / Inital spawn |
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Gallery
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Characters | Ranger · Quake | |
Enemies |
Death Knight · Enforcer · Fiend · Grunt · Knight · Ogre · Ogre Marksman · Rotfish · Rottweiler · Scrag · Shambler · Spawn · Vore · Zombie | |
Bosses | Chthon · Shub-Niggurath | |
Barriers and Hazards | Button · Door · Electric Terminal · Falling Spike · Guillotine · Lava · Laser Trap · Movable Wall · Nail Trap · Radioactive Container · Slime · Spiked Sphere · Teleporter · Unholy Altar · Water · Wind Tunnel | |
Level Exits | Arch · Exit Gate · Rune Gate · Slipgate | |
Powerups | 15 Health · 25 Health · 100 Health · Armor(Green)(Yellow)(Red) · Biosuit · Key · Pentagram of Protection · Quad Damage · Ring of Shadows · Rune | |
Weapons | Axe · Shotgun · Double-Barreled Shotgun · Nailgun · Super Nailgun · Grenade Launcher · Rocket Launcher · Thunderbolt | |
Ammo | Backpack · Shells · Nails · Rockets · Cells | |
Source ports | GLQuake · GLQuakeWorld · QuakeWorld · VQuake · WinQuake | |
Other | Crate · Dopefish |