Desert Obelisk

Size	N/A
Where	Small Construction Site

The Desert Obelisk is the first obelisk type available to the people of Egypt. It is built to pass the Test of the Obelisk (or the principle thereof), or simply for decoration.

This type of obelisk requires bricks, boards, clay, dried flax, flint, linen, and slate to build. As with all obelisks, it is built in a Small Construction Site, where the builder defines the size of the obelisk-to-be in cubits. The taller the obelisk, the greater the material requirements.

Source

This building becomes available when you learn the Obelisk Construction* tech. You must also have started the Test of the Obelisk.

*Note that this tech CANNOT be taught. You must learn it from the University.

The Queue

Please do not build an obelisk before signing up for a spot in the queue in your region.

You can see the links to all the queues on the Test of the Obelisk page.

Time Required To Hold Power

7 Egyptian days = approximately 2 days, 8 hours real time. Please confirm the previous obelisk has passed prior to building yours!

Note: Time seems to vary considerably (Teppy time?); Manu's obelisk was built on 31/12 15:55GMT and had yet to pass on 3/1 4:55GMT (2 days, 13 hours real time); it had passed when we logged in on 3/1 11:40AM

Material Requirements by Size

Built in a Small Construction Site.

Height	Bricks	Boards	Slate	Dried Flax	Clay	Linen	Flint
7	231	23	5	3	24	7	1
8	280	28	6	4	28	9	2
9	333	34	7	5	32	10	2
10	390	40	9	7	36	11	3
15	735	75	16	16	60	19	6
20	1180	120	27	27	86	27	10
30	2370	240	54	58	150	47	23
40	3960	400	89	102	226	71	40
50	5950	600	133	157	316	99	61
60	8340	840	186	223	420	130	87
65	9685	975	215	261	476	147	101
70	11130	1120	248	302	536	166	116
80	14320	1440	318	392	666	205	152
90	17910	1800	397	494	810	248	191
100	21900	2200	484	608	966	296	234
110	26290	2640	581	733	1136	347	281
120	31080	3120	686	871	1320	402	335
130	36270	3640	799	1020	1516	461	391
140	41860	4200	922	1180	1726	524	452
150	47850	4800	1053	1353	1950	591	518
200	83800	8400	1839	2392	3266	984	913
250	129750	13000	2842	3726	4916	1475	1419
300	185700	18600	4063	5354	6900	2064	2037
500	509500	51000	11119	14805	18166	5401	5617
1000	2019000	202000	43978	59023	69666	20607	22347

Projected formulas

• Bricks: x*x*2 + x*19
• Boards: x*x/5 + x*2
• Slate: x*x/23 + x/2
• Dried Flax: x*x/17 + x/5
• Clay: x*x/15 + x*3
• Linen: x*x/51 + x
• Flint: x*x/45 + x/8

Warning: Rounding on these is weird. They mostly round down each part (either side of the +), but sometimes you end up with 1 extra.