Teleportation Works
Ever found yourself trekking across thousands of blocks just to return to a favorite base or hunting ground? The endless walking, the accidental falls into lava, the sheer monotony of retracing your steps—it is a universal Minecraft struggle. Teleportation Works solves this by handing you the very secrets of the Endermen. This isn't a simple command block hack or a cheap creative-mode tool; it is a fully fleshed-out, survival-friendly mod that introduces a network of magical devices, all centered around the humble and versatile Wand of Teleportation.
What Does Teleportation Works Add to Your World?
At its core, this mod is about creating a personal, player-specific network of teleportation destinations. You are no longer tied to a single spawn point. Instead, you can craft Teleport Beacons, Teleport Cubes, and Teleport Rails, place them in any dimension, and link them to your network. The result is a seamless travel system that feels both powerful and balanced, thanks to durability costs and redstone requirements.
For the hunter, the explorer, or the busy builder, this means your most important locations are always just a charged wand-click away. And for server play, it opens up incredible possibilities for public transport hubs, arena teleporters, and creative minigame mechanics.
Core Items and Their Functions
- Wand of Teleportation: Your primary tool. Right-click in the air to see your active destination, sneak-right-click to cycle through your network, and hold right-click to charge and teleport.
- Teleport Beacon: A block that teleports any entity that walks or lands on it to a designated destination. Perfect for entry points or traps.
- Teleport Rail: Place this special rail to instantly move a minecart and its passenger to another Teleport Rail elsewhere in the world.
- Teleport Cube: A more complex block. When entities touch its face, they are teleported. It also has a 9-slot inventory that can hold empty minecarts or boats, automatically mounting incoming players onto them.
- Splash Potion of Teleportation & Tipped Arrow: Throw or shoot these to instantly teleport the target entity to your active destination. They also work in dispensers with a linked destination.
How to Set Up Your Teleportation Network
Getting started is simple. First, craft a Wand of Teleportation. When you right-click a newly placed beacon, cube, or rail with the wand, it is added to your personal network. This network is stored per player, meaning your destinations are private and unique to you. Interestingly, your Overworld spawn bed is automatically added to this network and cannot be removed, ensuring you always have a fallback location.
To actually use the network, you need to set an "active destination." Cycle through your saved locations by sneak-right-clicking with the wand. Once you have selected the right one, hold down the right mouse button to charge the wand, similar to drawing a bow. When fully charged, you will instantly teleport to that destination. Be mindful that this consumes durability, so enchanting your wand with Unbreaking and Mending is highly recommended for long-term use.
Advanced Destination Linking
Version 2.0 and later introduced a powerful feature: you can assign a specific destination to a Teleport Beacon, Cube, or Rail. By sneak-right-clicking on the block with your wand, you can cycle through your network and bind that block to a specific location. This allows you to create one-way teleporters, complex transit systems, or even a "hub" that sends players to different floors of a base. To clear a block's destination, simply sneak-left-click it with your wand.
This system also extends to the Bow of Teleportation. Sneak-right-clicking with the bow copies your current active destination to it. Any Tipped Arrows of Teleportation fired from that specific bow will then send targets to that assigned location, rather than your wand's active destination.
Redstone, Dispensers, and Mounted Travel
In version 2.2 and later, all teleportation blocks require a redstone signal to function. This is a configurable option, but by default, it adds a layer of strategy. You need to power your beacons, cubes, and rails to activate their teleportation effects. This prevents accidental teleportation and allows for clever redstone-controlled gates.
Dispensers are also fully supported. You can sneak-right-click on a dispenser with your wand to set its teleport destination. Any Splash Potion of Teleportation thrown or Tipped Arrow fired from that dispenser will teleport hit entities to that specific location. This is fantastic for creating automated mob farms or surprise traps for unsuspecting players.
Mounted travel is handled with care. If you throw a potion at a player riding a horse, both the player and the horse will be teleported together, preserving the riding status. Teleporting yourself while riding a minecart will keep you in the minecart after the jump. However, if you shoot an arrow at a rider, only the rider is teleported, leaving the mount behind.
Installation and Compatibility
Teleportation Works for Minecraft is designed for the Forge mod loader. The mod currently supports Minecraft 1.12 and earlier versions, with plans for future updates to newer game versions. To get started, you will need to have the correct version of Forge installed for your Minecraft client. Once that is ready, simply drop the mod file into your "mods" folder. The process to download Teleportation Works is straightforward, and you can find the files on popular mod repositories like CurseForge. If you are unsure how to install, many guides are available that detail the process step-by-step.
For players looking for a more streamlined experience, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install for mods, including Teleportation Works, and its built-in add-on catalog automatically handles version compatibility checks, so you can spend less time fiddling with files and more time exploring.
Managing Your Network with Commands and Options
For players who prefer keyboard commands over clicking, the mod includes a suite of console commands. All commands begin with "/td". You can list all your destinations with /td list, delete specific ones with /td delete, or quickly switch your active destination using /td next and /td prev. This is incredibly useful for managing large networks with dozens of beacons.
Furthermore, there are 28 mod options available in the configuration menu. These let you tweak everything from which entities can be teleported by wands and potions to what can be saved as a destination. You can customize the mod to fit your specific playstyle, whether you want a hardcore survival experience or a more relaxed, creative building tool.
A Final Word on the Magic of Teleportation
Teleportation Works transforms the way you interact with the Minecraft world. It turns the chore of long-distance travel into a strategic and enjoyable part of the game. Whether you are building a vast interconnected empire, setting up a clever mob farm, or just want to get back to your base before nightfall, this mod provides the tools you need. With its robust feature set, deep customization, and the promise of future updates, it is a worthy addition to any modded Minecraft setup. The days of getting lost on the way home are over.