Temporal gear respawn location question

[bluespruce786]

So in trying to repair a broken translocator I right clicked and held the temporal gear. It hummed and shuddered and disappeared.

Did I inadvertently reset my respawn location?

And if it did will I respawn on the surface or down in the cave?

I'm enjoying this build and I'm worried I'll end up in a death spiral. Also growing rather fond of this seraph and I don't want to put him through any undue hardship.

Well, hardship beyond unending hard work in the freezing cold while facing monstrous abominations and otherworldly horrors.  

Edited June 13, 2024 by bluespruce786

[Maelstrom]

31 minutes ago, bluespruce786 said:

Did I inadvertently reset my respawn location?

yes.  

You will respawn on the block your crosshair was aimed at when you consumed the temporal gear.

[bluespruce786]

9 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

yes.  

You will respawn on the block your crosshair was aimed at when you consumed the temporal gear.

Awesome, I'll dig a direct exit tunnel! Thank you!

[jola]

But did you know that a temporal gear has limitations as to the number of times re-spawning to desired location? So far, in my experience, seems like 20 times only then the effect wears off. Please correct me if I am wrong. 

[Vratislav]

2 hours ago, jojolapuz said:

seems like 20 times only then the effect wears off.

It can be set up when creating the world (selections are between 1 and 50, maybe more) and in the actual world, it probably can be changed via commands.

[Broccoli Clock]

While discussing accidental temporal gear usage, be aware that a temporal gear in your offhand while using a knife will cancel any temporal storm (at the cost of that gear). The problem is it works even when a temporal storm is not under way, and because the temporal gear can go in your offhand you can find yourself picking it up and it automatically going into that slot.

In short, it's easy to "waste" a temporal gear if you end up with it in your offhand.

 

I went searching in the wiki for confirmation of this, but it's not mentioned in either the gear or the storm entries, I am 100% sure this is a thing.

Edited April 8, 2025 by Broccoli Clock

[wildforester]

I believe this mechanic is for increasing temporal stability while underground, could be useful if a story location is unstable or you’re mining a large area. It should hurt the player. Don’t know anything about it canceling storms though…

[Broccoli Clock]

15 minutes ago, wildforester said:

I believe this mechanic is for increasing temporal stability while underground, could be useful if a story location is unstable or you’re mining a large area. It should hurt the player. Don’t know anything about it canceling storms though…

That certainly could be it. I did it totally by accident and only had one gear at the time. Easy to do as it'll slip into your offhand without noticing, and it's common to use the knife to harvest something.. only you don't harvest.

I'm sure someone will drop in the amount of stability it restores (it's prob in the config files) might be interesting to know if you can cancel storms. Don't think I'd use it for that, but adding in a decent chunk of time to your mining/exploring is an interesting trade off.

[HalfAxd]

I've accidentally burned two temporal gears before realizing why it happened (the gear going to my off-hand)... really frustrating...

I quickly looked up how to give myself a gear thru the UI. 

[jola]

On 4/9/2025 at 1:24 AM, HalfAxd said:

I've accidentally burned two temporal gears before realizing why it happened (the gear going to my off-hand)... really frustrating...

I quickly looked up how to give myself a gear thru the UI. 

It may be a slow process and sometimes frustrating (so be patient), but I do get gears panning bony soil.

[HalfAxd]

14 hours ago, jojolapuz said:

It may be a slow process and sometimes frustrating (so be patient), but I do get gears panning bony soil.

Thank you... I only gave myself a gear to replace the one accidentally burned in my off-hand by mistake.