Test of the Obelisk/Bastet

Test of the Obelisk

Discipline
Architecture
Requirements
Level 3 Principles of Architecture Obelisk Construction Project Management
Principles
Learn Project Management Create Bricks Create Boards Gather Slate Harvest Flax Dry Flax in a Drying Rack or Flax Hammock Gather Clay Make Linen Gather Flint from Clay Beds Build a Small Construction Site Complete a size 7 or larger Obelisk
Demonstrated by Ay in Queen's Retreat on 2008-12-19.

The Test of the Obelisk is a test in the discipline of Architecture. Passing the test requires that you build the largest obelisk of its kind in your Region and hold the title of "Largest Obelisk" for a given time.

You can find out the heights required for the various kinds of obelisk in your current region by choosing "Meditate on Obelisks" from you "Tests" menu.

WARNING: Building an obelisk and disassembling it will still register in the obelisk history for the region, and anyone else building the same obelisk type will have to build a bigger one than the disassembled type to pass the test.

Obelisk Types

There are seven kinds of obelisks. Each type requires a different level of Obelisk Construction.

1. Desert Obelisk — Tech Level 1

   Needs to be held for 7 Egyptian days. Made from Boards, Bricks, Clay, Dried Flax, Flint, Slate and Linen.

2. Metallic Obelisk — Tech Level 2

   Needs to be held for 14 Egyptian days.

3. Cut Stone Obelisk — Tech Level 3

   Needs to be held for 21 Egyptian days.

4. Hardwood Obelisk — Tech Level 4

   Needs to be held for 28 Egyptian days.

5. Marble Obelisk — Tech Level 5

   Needs to be held for 35 Egyptian days.

6. Crystal Obelisk — Tech Level 6

   Needs to be held for 42 Egyptian days.

7. Heavenly Obelisk — Tech Level 7

Passing the Principle

The principle can be passed with a simple size 7 Desert Obelisk. It requires:

• 231 Bricks
• 23 Boards
• 24 Clay
• 3 Dried Flax
• 1 Flint
• 7 Linen
• 5 Slate
• A small Construction Site

NOTE: You can disassemble your obelisk after building it and passing the principle, with no loss of materials apart from the construction site.

WARNING: You won't be able to disassemble or salvage it if you have passed the test with it or after an unspecified period of time. (Looks like 2 teppy-days, from the message I got. - Akilan)

Build Queues

Many regions have a build queue which they maintain. Some consider it polite to check whether such a queue exists before building another obelisk in that region, and consider violating the queue a form of griefing. Others contend that queues game (cheat) the system.

• Adn's Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Cat's Claw Ridge Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Falcon Bay Queue/Bastet
• Heaven's Gate Queue/Bastet
• Khmun Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Meroe Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Nomad's Paradise Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Pyramid Lake Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Queen's Retreat Queue/Bastet
• Shabbat Ab Queue/Bastet
• Sinai Obelisk Queue/Bastet
• Stillwater Obelisk Queue/Bastet