Purpose
The Flavored Bacon Conspiracy is dedicated to finding Favored Beacon Activities (FBAs) for the purposes of passing the Test of Beacons. As such, membership is generally open to players who have signed up for the Test of Beacons.
The Favored Beacon activity changes roughly once an Egyptian week, but not at the same time as other "weekly" activities, such as thistle requests and ant leaves. The actual time alternates between two settings: 7 Egyptian days (2 days 14hours 40 minutes (or so) 'realtime') and 8 Egyptian days (2 days 22 hours 45 minutes (or so) 'realtime'). This allows us to predict when we can expect FBAs to change and focus efforts on longer 'weeks'.
Once the FBA has been conclusively determined, announcement on public channels will be made.
Favored Beacon Activities
Because Guild chat scrolls as quickly as it does, to minimize redundant testing of possible FBA's, what follows is a checklist of things to try, organized by type. Please note this is not all-inclusive and please feel free to try whatever isn't on the list. Likewise, activities will likely be listed that will never generate a beacon, but since we have so little data to actually go on, it is impossible to eliminate specific entries. When adding activities, please also ensure that the blank template is updated as well, so next week we can test the activity again!
On Testing
You can test anywhere, but if you have access to an unconfirmed number of non-public buildings in the general vicinity (thought to be 30% or more in a 64-coord radius, based on previous Tale data. This may be wild speculation.), you will not attract a beacon, but you should get a message in main with something to the affect of A beacon altar was almost attracted to you, because you did the favored activity in the last hour. However, you own too many of the buildings in this area. You are at home.
If you have summoned a beacon in the previous week or participated in a beacon ritual in the previous day, please do NOT test! You will not be able to summon a beacon, nor will you receive a message if you do perform the FBA for the new week.
Beacons can appear up to one REAL hour after the activity is performed, so keep this in mind when testing.
Potential FBAs
This Week's Activity: Fertilize a lily
Tested for week ending 10/09/09 appx 14:09 GMT
| Agriculture, Flowers
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Tested
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| Crossbred |
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| Fertilized |
x
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| Planted |
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| Removed |
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| Agriculture, Grew
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Tested
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| Barley |
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| Cabbage |
x
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| Carrots |
x
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| Cucumbers |
x
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| Eggplants |
x
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| Flax |
x
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| Garlic |
x
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| Herbs |
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| Leeks |
x
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| Onions |
x
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| Wheat |
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| Agriculture, Other
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Tested
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| Beehive, checked |
x
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| Beehive, collected honey/wax |
x
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| Citrus tree, Mulched |
x
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| Citrus tree, Gathered honey |
x
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| Citrus tree, Gathered fruit |
x
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| Fertilized a date tree |
x
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| Nicked a tree |
x
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| Gathered
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Tested
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| Cactus Sap |
x
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| Chicken |
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| Clay |
x
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| Coconuts |
x
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| Dates |
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| Egg |
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| Flint |
x
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| Limestone |
x
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| Moss |
x
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| Mud |
x
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| Mushrooms |
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| Palm Frond |
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| Papyrus |
x
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| Red Sand |
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| Resin |
x
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| Sand |
x
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| Sheep, wild |
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| Silt |
x
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| Soda |
x
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| Sulfurous Water |
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| Tadpoles |
x
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| Thorns |
x
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| Water |
x
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| White Sand |
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| Wood |
x
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| Livestock, fed
|
Tested
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| Beetles |
x
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| Camels, straw |
x
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| Camels, honey |
x
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| Chickens |
x
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| Rabbits |
x
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| Sheep |
x
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| Snakes |
x
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| Livestock, killed
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Tested
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| Beetles |
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| Chickens |
x
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| Camels |
x
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| Sheep in a pen |
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| Sheep, Wild (successfully) |
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| Sheep, Wild (failed) |
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| Snakes |
x
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| Rabbits |
x
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| Skill-based
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Tested
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| Carved |
x
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| Dowsed |
x
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| Fished |
x
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| Foraged an herb (successfully) |
x
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| Foraged an herb (failed) |
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| Lit a firepit |
x
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| Made a stone blade |
x
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| Mechanics |
x
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| Mined |
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| Mounted a fish |
x
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| Prospected for marble |
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| Skill-based, Ecology
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Tested
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| Acidity, tested for |
x
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| Heavy metals, tested for |
x
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| Phosphorous, tested for |
x
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| Soot, tested for |
x
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| Structures, Used: General
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Tested
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| Acid Bath |
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| Alembic |
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| Anvil |
x
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| Beer Kettle |
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| Brick rack |
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| Carpentry shop |
x
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| Casting Box |
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| Charcoal Hearth/Oven |
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| Chest |
x
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| Forge |
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| Glazier's Bench |
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| Grain Oven |
x
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| Kettle |
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| Kiln |
x
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| Malting Tray |
x
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| Mason's Bench |
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| Pigment Laboratory |
x
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| Pottery Wheel |
x
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| Quarry |
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| Raeli Oven |
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| Reactory |
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| Rock Saw |
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| Star Rack |
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| Tub |
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| Watermine |
x
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| Wood Plane |
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| Structures, Kitchen Activities
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Tested
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| Ate a meal |
x
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| Cooked a meal |
x
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| Cracked a coconut |
x
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| Crushed a cabbage |
x
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| Crushed seeds into oil |
x
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| Made fertilizer |
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| Shredded a carrot |
x
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| Structures, Miscellaneous
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Tested
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| Drank from an Aqueduct |
x
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| Maintained a structure |
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| Salvaged a structure |
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| Judged a(n)...
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Tested
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| Artwork |
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| Beetle Garden |
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| Empty Hand Puzzle |
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| Mosaic |
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| Pathmaker |
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| Raeli Gliderport (heh) |
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| Venery |
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| Test-Related
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Tested
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| Acro, taught facet |
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| Mushroom, eaten from the earth |
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| Shrine, tithed at |
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| Travel
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Tested
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| Chariot, Free travel |
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| Chariot, Regular |
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| Expedition Travel |
x
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| Navigated to a waypoint |
x
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| Spousewarped |
x
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| Wings of Horus |
|
| Vintner's Craft
|
Tested
|
| Tended grapes |
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| Crushed grapes |
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| Bottled wine |
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| Drank wine |
x
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| Miscellaneous Other
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Tested
|
| belly danced |
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| poked another player with a sharpened stick |
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| ate an herb off the ground |
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| lit a firework |
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| lit a ritual torch |
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| registered as a watcher at a star lab |
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| polished a stone phoenix |
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| meditated at a common altar |
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| smoked a hookah |
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| bought Kartal and Sefet some tacos |
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Blank Template for next week
Historical Tracking
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