Warp Pad

A "Warp Pads"  are teleportation devices created and utilized by Gems first seen in the "Pilot".

Appearance
Warp Pads are glass-like in appearance and resemble the top half of a brilliant-cut diamond. They mostly appear blue but can be other colors, depending on atmosphere.

Warp Pads only need to be willed into activation by their user. This lets out a beacon of light and phases the traveler to whatever location they were aiming for. A Warp Pad can also be activated by a Warp Whistle, and as seen in House Guest, the user may be able to choose where they want to go.

About
Warp Pads teleport their users through another dimension to locations within the current dimension as seen in "Warp Tour" and proven when the Crystal Gems had to swim back from the Lunar Sea Spire. Sugilite also had to walk back from the Communication Hub. In the episode "Space Race," the Galaxy Warp is shown, a location that is filled with broken warp pads that had once led to different places off planet. "Winter Forecast" suggests that with enough focus, a small group of Gems in a circle can warp an object on its own to another location without warping themselves.

In Attack the Light, yellow warp pads are shown, these warp pads probably only allow the user to transport between two specific locations.

Warp Pads can be destroyed by heavy objects, as seen in "Coach Steven", when Pearl was unable to return to the Communication Hub after it was crushed by rubble. In "Cry for Help", the Gems must use Lion's teleportation ability to visit the Communication Hub because the location's warp pad is broken, which Garnet mentions. Minor damage to a warp pad can be repaired by the restorative fluid in a Flask Robonoid, as seen in "Warp Tour".

Known Warp Pad Locations

 * Ancient Gem Colony Ship Outskirts (South America)
 * Ancient Sky Arena
 * Attack the Light Dungeons
 * Indigo Caves (World 1)
 * Gem Battlefield (World 2)
 * The Desert (World 3)
 * Lunar Sea Spire (World 4)
 * Red Temple (World 5)
 * Communication Hub (formerly)
 * Crystal Temple
 * Temple Gate Entrance
 * Sapphire's Gem on Temple
 * The Desert
 * Flower Meadow
 * Galaxy Warp
 * Geode
 * Gem Battlefield
 * Gem Homeworld (inactive to Earth)
 * Ice Cavern
 * Kindergarten
 * Lunar Sea Spire
 * Mask Island
 * Pearl's Arena (formerly known as "Cloud Temple")
 * Rose's Fountain
 * Forest closest to Rose's Secret Armory
 * Sky Spire Mountains

Trivia

 * A Warp Whistle can be used to activate Warp Pads, as shown in "House Guest".
 * Steven is revealed to be able to warp on his own in "House Guest". He becomes proficient enough at it to warp others with him by the time of "Island Adventure".
 * Steven warps the Crystal Gems in the new opening.
 * When he is responsible for the warping, he opens his arms in the process.
 * Flask Robonoids contain a special liquid that can repair cracks in Warp Pads. Large quantities of the liquid can even repair large cracks.
 * Peridot appears unable to repair the Warp Pads without the aid of her flask robonoids.
 * if a Warp Pad has the slightest chip or crack in it, it will cease to function, thus rendering it "Inactive".
 * Remaining stable within the warp stream seems to require practice, as when Steven first used it he fell after the warp stream deactivated. Connie also stumbles in "Sworn to the Sword".
 * Lars, Sadie and Greg seem to have managed to remain stable on first use, which makes instability perhaps a fact that occurs with children or smaller gems lacking experience.
 * This could be because Warp Pads appear to have little or no gravity on account that in "Serious Steven" Steven is able to float up in the opposite direction of the stream to retrieve his ukelele.
 * It is revealed in "Winter Forecast" that Gems can transport objects, such as the Shooting Star through the warp pads without warping themselves, though it requires steady and unbroken concentration.
 * Humans can also use Warp Pads by entering the outgoing warp's stream while it is active.
 * Warp pads have one of the most reoccurring appearances in the show compared to most objects.
 * It is currently unknown how the Warp Pads work or how they're made.
 * Before Warp Pads were built on Earth, it is shown in the episode "Friend Ship" that Ancient Gem Colony Ships were used to transport Gems to and from the colony.
 * There are multiple designs for Warp Pads. However, some do share the same designs.