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 ===Spawning mechanics===
-The spawning starts out in a somewhat quick and randomized fashion, and it will slow down linearly to a fixed 1 every 50 turns after making 15 monsters. The total number of tesseract spawns are capped at 60 present on Zot:5 at a time.
+When activated, tesseracts generate a few enemies outside of the orb chamber. They will then spawn enemies every 50 turns, on average, outside of the player's [[line of sight]].
 After 80 spawns are made (requiring the player to both kill a decent number of enemies and taking thousands of turns on the floor) the Tesseract status becomes purple, and new spawns now have a 25% chance to spawn in sight.
 Tesseracts will continue to spawn monsters even if you leave Zot:5 (up to 500 turns of off-level time are counted). This means resting on Zot:4 doesn't help much, and [[stair dancing]] is punished, but leaving to do another branch is still feasible.
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 '''Boundless tesseracts''' are a pair of unique enemy-spawning statues in the chambers of the [[Orb of Zot]], with one placed in either half of the [[Zot:5]] vault.
-They wake up immediately when you kill any {{monsterlink|Orb Guardian}} on the floor, and will then slowly spawn out-of-depth monsters anywhere on the level, out of the player's [[line of sight]]. Destroying one will destroy both and stop any further spawns.
+They wake up immediately when you kill any {{monsterlink|Orb Guardian}} on the floor, and will then slowly spawn out-of-depth monsters anywhere on the level, out of the player's [[line of sight]]. Destroying one will destroy both, stop any further spawns, and [[daze]] all enemies for 7-12 turns.
 Once activated, both tesseracts' locations are revealed to the player, and the player will get the color-coded Tesseract status.
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 ==History==
-{{CBA|0.34|Boundless tesseracts will be added. They are intended to deal with luring strategies (more specifically, [[shout]]ing repeatedly in the same place for hundreds of turns) in Zot:5 - luring had became safer with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of [[hunger]] in [[0.26]]. To compensate, Zot:5 will have 4 natural random spawns removed.}}
+*Boundless tesseracts were added in [[0.34]]. They are intended to deal with luring strategies (more specifically, [[shout]]ing repeatedly in the same place for hundreds of turns) in Zot:5 - luring had became safer with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of [[hunger]] in [[0.26]]. To compensate, Zot:5 had 4 natural random spawns removed in this version.

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	==History==		==History==
−	{{CBA\|0.34\|Boundless tesseracts will be added. They are intended to deal with luring strategies (~~and~~ [[shout]]ing repeatedly in the same place) in Zot:5~~, which~~ had became safer with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of ~~the~~ hunger ~~clock~~ in [[0.26]]. To compensate, Zot:5 will have 4 natural random spawns removed.}}	+	{{CBA\|0.34\|Boundless tesseracts will be added. They are intended to deal with luring strategies (more specifically, [[shout]]ing repeatedly in the same place for hundreds of turns) in Zot:5 - luring had became safer with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of [[hunger]] in [[0.26]]. To compensate, Zot:5 will have 4 natural random spawns removed.}}

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	==History==		==History==
−	*{{CBA\|0.34\|Boundless tesseracts will be added. They are intended to deal with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of the hunger clock in [[0.26]] ~~- in the intervening versions~~, ~~it became a recurring and popular safe strategy to repeatedly shout in place for several hundred turns to lure floor monsters to safe spots.~~ Zot:5 will ~~also~~ 4 natural random spawns ~~at the same time to compensate for the addition of tesseracts~~.}}	+	{{CBA\|0.34\|Boundless tesseracts will be added. They are intended to deal with luring strategies (and [[shout]]ing repeatedly in the same place) in Zot:5, which had became safer with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of the hunger clock in [[0.26]]. To compensate, Zot:5 will have 4 natural random spawns removed.}}

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	==History==		==History==
−	*Boundless tesseracts ~~were~~ added ~~in version [[0~~.~~34]]~~ to deal with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of the hunger clock in [[0.26]] - in the intervening versions, it became a recurring and popular safe strategy to repeatedly shout in place for several hundred turns to lure floor monsters to safe spots. Zot:5 also ~~lost~~ 4 natural random spawns at the same time to compensate for the addition of tesseracts.	+	*{{CBA\|0.34\|Boundless tesseracts will be added. They are intended to deal with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of the hunger clock in [[0.26]] - in the intervening versions, it became a recurring and popular safe strategy to repeatedly shout in place for several hundred turns to lure floor monsters to safe spots. Zot:5 will also 4 natural random spawns at the same time to compensate for the addition of tesseracts.}}

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 '''Boundless tesseracts''' are a pair of unique enemy-spawning statues in the chambers of the [[Orb of Zot]], with one placed in either half of the [[Zot:5]] vault.
-They wake up immediately when you kill any {{monsterlink|Orb Guardian}} on the floor, and will slowly spawn out-of-depth monsters anywhere on the level, out of the player's [[line of sight]]. Destroying one will destroy both and stop any further spawns.
+They wake up immediately when you kill any {{monsterlink|Orb Guardian}} on the floor, and will then slowly spawn out-of-depth monsters anywhere on the level, out of the player's [[line of sight]]. Destroying one will destroy both and stop any further spawns.
-Once activated, their location is revealed to the player, and the player will get the color-coded Tesseract status.
+Once activated, both tesseracts' locations are revealed to the player, and the player will get the color-coded Tesseract status.
 ===Spawning mechanics===
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 After 80 spawns are made (requiring the player to both kill a decent number of enemies and taking thousands of turns on the floor) the Tesseract status becomes purple, and new spawns now have a 25% chance to spawn in sight.
-Tesseracts will continue to spawn monsters even if you leave Zot:5 (up to 500 turns of off-level time are counted). This means resting on Zot:4 doesn't help things, and [[stair dancing]] is punished, but leaving to do another branch is still feasible.
+Tesseracts will continue to spawn monsters even if you leave Zot:5 (up to 500 turns of off-level time are counted). This means resting on Zot:4 doesn't help much, and [[stair dancing]] is punished, but leaving to do another branch is still feasible.
 Each tesseract spawn subtracts from a initial 15000 XP. After emptying this pool, new tesseract spawns will be marked as unrewarding and provide no experience. Killing a tesseract both rewards any of the remaining experience in their pool and removes all unrewarding monsters made by those tesseracts. Tesseracts don't have any resists outside of those provided by being [[nonliving]], though they do also have very high regeneration: a quite notable +10 HP per turn.
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 * Tesseracts cannot generate [[List_of_draconians#Common_Draconians|base draconians]], [[moths of wrath]], or [[ancient lich|ancient]] and [[dread lich]]es. As such, berserk orb guardians and lich [[paralysis]], large threats to most players in Zot:5, are both reduced threats in the randomized tesseract spawns. The absence of bands also significantly reduces the threat of [[List_of_draconians#Classed_Draconians|nonbase draconians]], who otherwise come in groups.
 * Their Planar Overlay spell isn't actually cast normally, and just provides an in-game explanation of their behaviour- [[antimagic]] will have zero effect on their spawning rate.
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 ==Useful Info==
-Boundless tesseracts are paired unique enemy-spawning statues in the chambers of the [[Orb of Zot]], with one placed in either half of the [[Zot:5]] vault. '''They wake up immediately when you kill any''' {{monsterlink|Orb Guardian}} '''on the floor'''; once they wake up, both of them will be automatically detected on the map, and start slowly spawning bandless Zot out-of-depth monsters out of one's line of sight. Destroying one will destroy both and stop any further spawns.
+'''Boundless tesseracts''' are a pair of unique enemy-spawning statues in the chambers of the [[Orb of Zot]], with one placed in either half of the [[Zot:5]] vault.
-Once activated, the player will have a colour-coded Tesseract status, and tesseracts will start spawning monsters: while this starts out in a somewhat quick and randomized fashion, it will slow down linearly to a fixed 1 every 50 turns after making 15 monsters. The total number of tesseract spawns are capped at 60 present on Zot:5 at a time. After 80 spawns are made (requiring the player to both kill a decent number of enemies and taking thousands of turns on the floor) the Tesseract status becomes purple, and new spawns have a 25% chance to spawn in sight.
+They wake up immediately when you kill any {{monsterlink|Orb Guardian}} on the floor, and will slowly spawn out-of-depth monsters anywhere on the level, out of the player's [[line of sight]]. Destroying one will destroy both and stop any further spawns.
-Effective spawning time spent off-level is capped at 500 turns, so resting on Zot:4 does nothing to avoid more spawns, and [[stair dancing]] can directly lead to making little net progress against the spawn timer. The cap, however, makes it possible to do other branches in exchange for some more spawns.
+Once activated, their location is revealed to the player, and the player will get the color-coded Tesseract status.
-Each tesseract spawn subtracts from a initial 15000 experience pool. After emptying this pool, new tesseract spawns will be marked as unrewarding and provide no experience. Killing a tesseract both rewards any of the remaining experience in their pool and removes all unrewarding monsters made by those tesseracts. Tesseracts don't have any resists outside of those provided by being [[nonliving]], though they do also have high regeneration: a quite notable +10 HP per turn.
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 ==Tips & Tricks==
-* Once tesseracts wake up, '''''don't panic'''''. Each spawn can appear anywhere on the level as long as it's not in sight, so they are unlikely to individually chase you down and interrupt destroying a tesseract- especially if you avoid [[alarm trap]]s and don't make much [[noise]].
+* Once tesseracts wake up, ''don't panic''. Each spawn can appear anywhere on the level as long as it's not in sight, so they are unlikely to individually chase you down and interrupt destroying a tesseract- especially if you avoid [[alarm trap]]s and don't make much [[noise]].
-** Zot:5 contains somewhat less monsters than previously, so buffing up after killing orb guardians, killing each monster on the way to the tesseracts, and then specifically trying to kill the tesseract before other monsters in its chamber will regularly result in facing less total threat inside the Zot:5 vault. There's very little else left to a regular 3-rune game past Zot:5- '''using up all your [[potion]]s for buffs''', plus spending most of your piety on flashy invocations, are entirely valid ways to win.
+*You can afford to use most of your potions and [[god]] abilities - there's very little else left to a regular 3-rune game past Zot:5.
-*  '''''Gearing up for [[Regeneration rate|hp regeneration]] or [[Magic_points|mp regeneration]] will signficantly reduce the time it takes to rest while tesseracts are active.''''' Likewise, using various invocations like [[Sif_Muna#Given_Abilities|Channel Magic]], [[Trog#Given_Abilities|Trog's Hand]], or [[Elyvilon#Given_Abilities|Heal Self]] even when monsters aren't present can save one or two spawns at a time, which can be worth trading piety for depending on the rest of a given character's strength.
+*Gearing up for [[Regeneration rate|HP regeneration]] and/or [[Magic_points|MP regeneration]] will significantly reduce the time it takes to rest while tesseracts are active. Likewise, using various invocations like [[Sif_Muna#Given_Abilities|Channel Magic]], [[Trog#Given_Abilities|Trog's Hand]], or [[Elyvilon#Given_Abilities|Heal Self]] even when monsters aren't present can save one or two spawns at a time, which can be worth trading piety for depending on the rest of a given character's strength.
 * Tesseracts have a corner placement and significant regeneration, making it somewhat impractical to destroy them as soon as they wake up, but their completely indirect means of threatening the player means most characters who can make it to Zot:5 can safely destroy one once few other monsters are present.
 * Tesseracts cannot generate [[List_of_draconians#Common_Draconians|base draconians]], [[moths of wrath]], or [[ancient lich|ancient]] and [[dread lich]]es. As such, berserk orb guardians and lich [[paralysis]], large threats to most players in Zot:5, are both reduced threats in the randomized tesseract spawns. The absence of bands also significantly reduces the threat of [[List_of_draconians#Classed_Draconians|nonbase draconians]], who otherwise come in groups.

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	==History==		==History==
−	*Boundless tesseracts were added in version [[0.34]] to deal with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of the hunger clock in [[0.26]]- in the intervening versions, it became a recurring and popular safe strategy to repeatedly shout in place for several hundred turns to lure floor monsters to safe spots. Zot:5 also lost 4 natural random spawns at the same time to compensate for the addition of tesseracts.	+	*Boundless tesseracts were added in version [[0.34]] to deal with the removal of monster spawns over time in [[0.21]] and the removal of the hunger clock in [[0.26]] - in the intervening versions, it became a recurring and popular safe strategy to repeatedly shout in place for several hundred turns to lure floor monsters to safe spots. Zot:5 also lost 4 natural random spawns at the same time to compensate for the addition of tesseracts.