Changes: Ritual of Summoning

Ritual of Summoning
	Ritual of Summoning; Level 42 warlock ability; 30 yd range; 4% of base mana; 2 min cooldown; Channeled; Begins a ritual to create a summoning portal, requiring the caster and 2 allies to complete. This portal can be used to summon party and raid members.;
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	42

Revision as of 16:14, 12 September 2021

Ritual of Summoning (often referred to as closet) is a level 72 warlock ritual used to summon party or raid members by creating a Summoning Portal. The spell requires two additional party or raid members to complete.

Ritual

The warlock begins by casting Ritual of Summoning, which opens a portal. Two present party or raid members then right-click on the portal and must not move until the ritual is complete.

Once the Summoning Portal is summoned, it will be available for 5 minutes and can be used to summon as many party or raid members as needed. The stone is capable of simultaneous portals. Each summon will require one additional party member.

Upon accepting a summons, the targeted player will be teleported to the location where the portal appeared.

Notes

Summoning can be accepted while in flight, but not while in combat. If the summoned player drops out of combat during the two-minute time period, they can still accept the summon; the Accept button is merely grayed out until then. A player can also accept a summon after the meeting stone vanishes, provided the initial summon was cast within the last 2 minutes of the summoning portal being active.

Any player can target themselves as the summoning target in order to quickly hearth, repair, and return to the spot where the ritual was performed. This works inside of an instance as long as the warlock meets the requirements for the instance.

You cannot use Ritual of Summoning to summon a goblin, worgen, pandaren, death knight or demon hunter character who hasn't completed their starting area quests.

Ritual of Summoning cannot be used in battlegrounds.

Ritual of Summoning was mostly eclipsed in Cataclysm with the introduction of the guild perk [Have Group, Will Travel], which allowed players to easily and instantly summon all party members to their location once every 2 hours. However, with Mists of Pandaria the perk was removed, making Ritual of Summoning once again a valuable tool.

Trivia

Ritual of Summoning is a rare Warlock ability card in the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game's Blood of Gladiators series.
The Summoning Portal created by the Ritual of Summoning appears as a common card for the Warlock class in Hearthstone. The Portal reduces the mana cost of friendly minions, but can not reduce them below a cost of 1 mana crystal. The flavor text reads: "NOT LESS THAN 1! Don't get any ideas!"

Gallery

A Summoning Portal.
A Summoning Portal in the TCG.

Patch changes

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Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Should no longer yield graphical issues with the created portal.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): The cost of casting is changed from 12% of base mana to 42 mana, the spell changed from instant cast to channeled. Now learnable at level 42 instead of level 20.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): The summoning of the initial portal is now instant cast, down from 5 seconds.
Patch 3.0.8a (2009-01-27): Will now function as intended.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Will now create a summoning portal object which can be re-used for multiple summons for 5 minutes.
Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Can be used to summon players into instances if they meet the instance requirements.
Previously couldn't be used to summon players into Netherstorm, due to lore reasons: "Netherstorm's chaotic energies make summoning magically impossible".
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Fixed a bug where players could be summoned from outside the same instance as the warlock in some cases.
Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): You can no longer accept a warlock summoning while you are in combat.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Target of summoning ritual must already be in the same instance if caster is in an instance.
Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): A failed Ritual of Summoning should no longer cost a soul shard.

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 |name=Ritual of Summoning
 |icon=Spell_Shadow_Twilight
-|description=Begins a ritual that creates a summoning portal.  The summoning portal can be used by 2 party or raid members to summon a targeted party or raid member.  The ritual portal requires the caster and 2 additional party or raid members to complete.  In order to participate, all players must be out of combat and right-click the portal and not move until the ritual is complete.
+|description=Begins a ritual to create a summoning portal, requiring the caster and 2 allies to complete. This portal can be used to summon party and raid members.
-|class=[[Warlock]]
+|class=Warlock
-|type=Utility
 |school=Shadow
+|level=42
-|cost=12% of base mana
+|cost=4% of base mana
-|reagents={{loot|common|Soul Shard}}
 |range=30 yd
-|cast_time=Instant
+|cast_time=Channeled
-|cooldown=2 min
+|cooldown=2 minutes
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-'''Ritual of Summoning''' is designed to [[summon]] absent [[party]] members to the [[warlock]]'s location by creating a [[Meeting Stone]].  The [[spell]] requires that two additional party members be present, who can be of any class.  The summoning consumes a [[Soul Shard]] when accepted.
+'''Ritual of Summoning''' (often referred to as '''closet''') is a level 72 [[warlock]] [[ritual]] used to [[summon]] [[party]] or [[raid]] members by creating a Summoning Portal. The spell requires two additional party or raid members to complete.
+==Ritual==
-The warlock begins by casting Ritual of Summoning, which opens a portal. Two present party members then right-click on the portal and must not move until the ritual is complete.
+The warlock begins by casting Ritual of Summoning, which opens a portal. Two present party or raid members then right-click on the portal and must not move until the ritual is complete.
-Once the [[Meeting Stone]] is summoned, it will be available for 5 minutes and can be used to summon as many party or raid members as needed.  The stone can be used by non-party members as well to summon members of their parties and is capable of simultaneous portals.  Each summons will require one additional party member.
+Once the Summoning Portal is summoned, it will be available for 5 minutes and can be used to summon as many party or raid members as needed. The stone is capable of simultaneous portals. Each summon will require one additional party member.
+Upon accepting a summons, the targeted player will be teleported to the location where the portal appeared.
-Summoning can be accepted while in flight, but not while in combat.  (If the summoned player drops out of combat during the two-minute time period, he can still accept the summons; the Accept button is merely grayed out until then). A player can also accept a summons after the meeting stone vanishes, provided the initial summons was cast within the last 2 minutes of the meeting stone being active.
+==Notes==
-The targeted player will be teleported to the location where the portal appeared.
+Summoning can be accepted while in flight, but not while in combat. If the summoned player drops out of combat during the two-minute time period, they can still accept the summon; the Accept button is merely grayed out until then. A player can also accept a summon after the meeting stone vanishes, provided the initial summon was cast within the last 2 minutes of the summoning portal being active.
-Any player can target him or herself as the summoning target in order to quickly hearth, repair, and return to the spot where the ritual was performed.  This works inside of an instance as long as the warlock meets the requirements for the instance.
+Any player can target themselves as the summoning target in order to quickly [[Hearthstone|hearth]], repair, and return to the spot where the ritual was performed. This works inside of an instance as long as the warlock meets the requirements for the instance.
+You cannot use Ritual of Summoning to summon a [[goblin (playable)|goblin]], [[worgen (playable)|worgen]], [[pandaren (playable)|pandaren]], [[death knight]] or [[demon hunter]] character who hasn't completed their starting area quests.
-==Training==
-The warlock can learn this ability at level 20, and receive this training by any warlock trainer in a faction's capital city.
+Ritual of Summoning cannot be used in [[battleground]]s.
-==Limitations==
-The Meeting Stone can summon from anywhere in Azeroth or Outland to wherever the warlock is, whether it be in Azeroth, Outland, or inside the warlock's instance; however, the summoned player must be within the minimum level restriction of the instance.
+Ritual of Summoning was mostly eclipsed in ''[[Cataclysm]]'' with the introduction of the [[guild perk]] [[Have Group, Will Travel]], which allowed players to easily and instantly summon all party members to their location once every 2 hours. However, with ''[[Mists of Pandaria]]'' the perk was removed, making Ritual of Summoning once again a valuable tool.
-== Patch changes ==
+==Trivia==
+* Ritual of Summoning is [[Ritual of Summoning (Blood of Gladiators)|a rare Warlock ability card]] in the [[World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game]]'s [[Blood of Gladiators]] series.
+* The Summoning Portal created by the Ritual of Summoning appears as [[hswiki:Summoning Portal|a common card]] for the Warlock class in ''[[Hearthstone (game)|Hearthstone]]''. The Portal reduces the mana cost of friendly minions, but can not reduce them below a cost of 1 mana crystal. The flavor text reads: ''"NOT LESS THAN 1! Don't get any ideas!"''
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Ritual of Summoning.jpg|A Summoning Portal.
+Summoning Portal TCG.jpg|A Summoning Portal in the [[World of Warcraft Trading Card Game|TCG]].
+</gallery>
+==Patch changes==
+{{Stub-section}}
+* {{Patch 4.0.6|note=Should no longer yield graphical issues with the created portal.}}
+* {{Patch 4.0.1|note=The cost of casting is changed from 12% of base mana to 42 mana, the spell changed from instant cast to channeled. Now learnable at level 42 instead of level 20.}}
 * {{Patch 3.1.0|note=The summoning of the initial portal is now instant cast, down from 5 seconds.}}
 * {{Patch 3.0.8a|note=Will now function as intended.}}
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 * {{Patch 1.6.0|note=Fixed a bug where players could be summoned from outside the same instance as the warlock in some cases.}}
 * {{Patch 1.3.0|note=You can no longer accept a warlock summoning while you are in combat.}}
+* {{Patch 1.1.0|note=Target of summoning ritual must already be in the same instance if caster is in an instance.}}
+* {{Patch 0.9|note=A failed Ritual of Summoning should no longer cost a soul shard.}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
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Ritual of Summoning
Ritual of Summoning Level 42 warlock ability 30 yd range 4% of base mana 2 min cooldown Channeled Begins a ritual to create a summoning portal, requiring the caster and 2 allies to complete. This portal can be used to summon party and raid members.
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	2 minutes
Other information
Level learned	42