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''For a blink that you can control, see [[scroll of blinking]].''
{{Spell
|name=Controlled Blink
|level=8
|school1={{Translocations}}
|school2=
|school3=
|sources=<div>
*[[Book of the Warp]]
</div>
|castingnoise=3 (at the destination)
|spellnoise=0
}}

{{Flavour|Translocates the caster a short distance, with precise control. Be wary that controlled translocations will cause the subject to become contaminated with magical energy.}}

'''Controlled Blink''' is a level 8 [[Translocations]] spell which warps you to a nearby open space of your choice in your [[line of sight]]. The space must be somewhere visible, not deep water or lava, and cannot be behind a translucent wall.

While exploring the [[Realm of Zot]] or while carrying the [[Orb of Zot]], Controlled Blink functions like a plain, uncontrolled [[Blink]].

==Strategy==
Usually too expensive to train for a 3 rune game, but it's an excellent escape spell for [[extended]]. Keep in mind that [[Passage of Golubria]] exists, and with a bit of pre-planning, can be used to a similar effect. The benefit of Controlled Blink is that it works in emergencies.

===Tips & Tricks===
* For stabbers, it can be very useful to know the noise grid of this spell. The "@" character is the position where you land after blinking, and the "§" characters are cells where the noise will be heard.

<pre>
<nowiki>
.........
....§....
..§§§§§..
..§§§§§..
.§§§@§§§.
..§§§§§..
..§§§§§..
....§....
.........
</nowiki>
</pre>

== History ==
*Controlled Blink was removed in [[0.26]]. Controlled Blink's effect can still be found on the [[scroll of blinking]].
*Prior to [[0.17]], Controlled Blink was a level 7 spell. Additionally, use of this spell on levels that prevented [[teleport control]], such as [[The Tomb]] and final levels of a [[Ziggurat]], resulted in an uncontrolled Blink.
*In [[0.6]], you couldn't blink into deep water even as a [[merfolk]] unless you were levitating.
*Prior to [[0.6]], Controlled Blink was noisier than [[Blink]] and could wake everything within radius 7.

Controlled Blink - Revision history

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