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# Hearth Crystal

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The Hearth Crystal provides personal teleportation to a saved home location. Unlike the <ItemLink id="simpleteleporters:ender_shard" />, the destination is saved to **you**, not the item.

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## Recipe

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## How to Use

### Setting Your Hearth Location

1. Hold a Hearth Crystal in your **main hand**
2. **Sneak** and **right-click** on a block to set your personal hearth location
3. The location is saved to your player, not the item itself

### Teleporting Home

1. Hold any Hearth Crystal in your **main hand**
2. **Right-click** to begin a 3-second teleportation countdown
3. Keep holding the crystal until the teleport completes

## Charges

The Hearth Crystal has **20 charges**. Each teleport consumes 1 charge. When depleted, the crystal cannot teleport until recharged.

### Recharging

Craft your depleted Hearth Crystal with an Ender Pearl to fully restore all 20 charges:

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The durability bar on the item shows remaining charges - green when full, yellow when low, and red when nearly empty.

## Important Notes

- **Main Hand Only**: The Hearth Crystal only works when held in your main hand
- **Keep Holding**: If you switch items or drop the crystal during the countdown, the teleport is cancelled
- **One at a Time**: You cannot start another teleport while one is already pending
- **Cross-Dimensional**: Works across dimensions - teleport home from the Nether or End
- **Personal Location**: Since the location is saved on your player, any Hearth Crystal can take you home
- **Charges**: 20 uses before needing to recharge with an Ender Pearl

## Tips

- Set your hearth location near your base or a safe area
- The 3-second delay gives you time to cancel if needed (just switch items)
- Multiple players can each have their own hearth location
- Unlike the Ender Shard system, you only need one Hearth Crystal - you can't have multiple destinations
- Keep an Ender Pearl handy to recharge your crystal when charges run low
