The Banishment Device is an artifact in Hexen. Like the Chaos Device, the Banishment Device has teleporting capabilities, but rather than being used to teleport the player out of dire situations, it teleports an enemy to another area in the level away from the player, provided that the enemy gets hit by the resulting projectile when the artifact is used.
When banished, a creature is sent to one of the deathmatch start points on the map. If there are no deathmatch starts, it will instead be sent to a regular player start. If another creature or player is standing on the destination point, the banished creature may telefrag them.
The Banishment Device does not work on the Death wyvern, the Heresiarch, or Korax.
Strategies[edit]
- When used up close, the banishment device will only teleport one creature, but as the rings travel they spread apart, and it it possible to banish multiple creatures from a distance.
Banishment Device data
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Thing type |
10040 (decimal), 2738 (hex)
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Appears in |
Hexen
|
Radius |
20
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Height |
16
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Sprite |
TELO
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Frames |
4 (A—D)
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Class |
Item Pickup
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Appearance statistics[edit]
In the IWADs the banishment device is first encountered on these maps per skill level:
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Cooperative
|
Game / Hub |
1-2 |
3 |
4-5
|
Hub 1: Seven Portals |
Hub 1: Guardian of Steel |
Hub 1: Guardian of Steel |
Hub 1: Guardian of Steel
|
Hub 2: Shadow Wood |
- |
- |
-
|
Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary |
Hub 3: Silent Refectory |
Hub 3: Silent Refectory |
Hub 3: Silent Refectory
|
Hub 4: Castle of Grief |
- |
- |
-
|
Hub 5: Necropolis |
Hub 5: Zedek's Tomb |
Hub 5: Zedek's Tomb |
Hub 5: Zedek's Tomb
|
Expansion Hub 1: Blight |
Hub 1: Badlands |
Hub 1: Badlands |
Hub 1: Badlands
|
Expansion Hub 2: Constable's Gate |
Hub 2: Market Place |
Hub 2: Market Place |
Hub 2: Market Place
|
Expansion Hub 3: Nave |
Hub 3: Nave |
Hub 3: Nave |
Hub 3: Nave
|
Expansion Hub 4: Transit |
Hub 4: Castle of Pain |
Hub 4: Castle of Pain |
Hub 4: Castle of Pain
|
|
The IWADs contain the following numbers of banishment devices per skill level:
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Cooperative
|
Game / Hub |
1-2 |
3 |
4-5
|
Hub 1: Seven Portals |
1 |
1 |
1
|
Hub 2: Shadow Wood |
0 |
0 |
0
|
Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary |
2 |
2 |
2
|
Hub 4: Castle of Grief |
0 |
0 |
0
|
Hub 5: Necropolis |
2 |
2 |
2
|
Hexen |
5 |
5 |
5
|
Expansion Hub 1: Blight |
3 |
3 |
3
|
Expansion Hub 2: Constable's Gate |
3 |
3 |
3
|
Expansion Hub 3: Nave |
4 |
4 |
4
|
Expansion Hub 4: Transit |
3 |
3 |
3
|
Deathkings of the Dark Citadel |
13 |
13 |
13
|
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See also[edit]