Warp Pad

A "Warp Pad" is a device used to teleport Gems to other locations. It was first seen in the "Pilot."

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 swim/walk back from the Communications Hub. In the episode "Space Race," the Galaxy Warp is shown, a location that is filled with broken warp pads that had once lead to different places off planet, suggesting that no known warp pads on Earth go anywhere else besides a location on Earth itself. "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 Communications Hub after it was crushed by rubble. Minor damage to a warp pad can be repaired by the restorative fluid in a Flask Robonoid, as seen in "Marble Madness".

Warp Dimension
The Warp Dimension is described as very cold, having little air. The warp streams travel in a small period of time while carrying the matter of the initial warp pad to the destination. The barrier that keeps air and heat inside the warp stream is intangible, allowing for anything to pass through it fairly easily. When outside of a stream, it is possible to enter another stream that is warping to another location. It is possible to be warped outside of the destined warp pad if floating freely in the stream, as seen in "Serious Steven" when Steven lands slightly outside of the Gem Battlefield warp pad due to the Crystal Gems arriving shortly before he would.

Only gems can access this dimension without the help of gem technology, such as the Warp Whistle.

Known Warp Pad Locations

 * Ancient Sky Arena
 * Attack the Light Dungeons
 * Unknown Cave Dungeon (World 1)
 * Gem Battlefield (World 2)
 * The Desert (World 3)
 * Lunar Sea Spire (World 4)
 * Unknown Lava Dungeon (World 5)
 * Communications Hub (formerly)
 * Crystal Temple
 * Temple Gate Entrance
 * Sapphire's Gem on the Temple
 * The Desert
 * Flower Meadow
 * Galaxy Warp (formerly)
 * Geode
 * Gem Battlefield
 * Gem Homeworld
 * Ice Monster's Mountain Cave
 * 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 warp pads.
 * It is slightly apparent that 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.
 * It is revealed in "Winter Forecast" that Gems can transport objects, such as the "Shooting Star" through the warp pads without warping themselves.
 * It has been shown that humans can use the warp pad in two ways so far - By standing on the warp pad and using the Warp Whistle, and standing on a warp pad when a Gem activates it.
 * Warp pads have one of the most reoccurring appearances in the show compared to most objects.