Jay's test of Ka

The Test of the Ka

Ka is the Egyptian life-force. You must prepare a place for Ka in order to secure your place in the afterlife. This will be achieved by building your tomb and filling it with the required materials to sustain your Ka until it can be reunited with the gods. Only the most prepared will be guaranteed a place with the gods. Don't be prideful lest the gods punish you.

Ka Tomb Locations Passes and Progressions in the test

Demonstration

To open the Test of Ka your require: • 100 Bricks • 100 Nails • 50 Wood • 10 Cut Stone • 50 Cement • more

Test Details

Every week, the top 7 players with the most Ka points will progress in the Test of Ka. To pass the test, progress 3 times.

Points scoring works as follows, every week you make a pledge of how many total boxes you think you will be able to make and store in your Ka Tomb that week. Every box that you make up to that pledge number (regardless of which God that box is dedicated to) counts as 2 points. Every box you make over your pledged amount counts for 1 point. So if you pledge 5 boxes and actually make and store 7 boxes, you would get 12 points. If you fail to make your pledged amount, you get zero points.

In addition, every day at a random time, an hour-long event will be scheduled with no notice. This event will give the name of a specific, random God and every box placed in your tomb dedicated to this God gives you two points (regardless of whether it takes you over your pledged amount).

Finally, the number of new points for this week are modified by the boxes built by all the other players participating this week. A player who builds boxes between the 40th and 60th percentile have their points boosted by 150% (20 points goes to 30 points), points for people who built boxes in the 95% or higher percentile are cut to 1/3 (150 goes to 50). (The Gods dislike conspicuous displays of wealth).

Your new score is then calculated as 0.85 * (last week score + this week points). The 0.85 reflects the 15% decay mentioned in the test description and is done this week, not next, which is slightly confusing.

Each week the top 7 players will progress and the requirements for all boxes will be reset.

Cumulative totals of Ka Boxes stored in your tomb count towards the ability to make a Golden Cog. Note, Golden Cogs are based on boxes stored not your score. These are new items which will allow upgrades to existing buildings. The total number of boxes that must be stored before you can make a cog is currently unknown but thought to be about 200.

Ka Tomb

• 10,000 Bricks
• 1,500 Nails
• 3,000 Boards
• 100 Cuttable Stone
• 100 Greenish Paint
• 100 Bleuish Paint
• 100 Reddish Paint
• 100 Yellowish Paint
• 100 Whiteish Paint
• 1 Sarcophagus
• 500 Concrete
• 650 Gold Foil
• 200 Silver
• 1 Medium Diamond
• 1 Medium Emerald
• 1 Medium Quartz
• 1 Medium Ruby
• 1 Medium Sapphire
• 4 Baskets

Build in a Medium Construction Site (requires Level 2 Project Management):

• 2 Canvas
• 8 Rope

Sarcophagus

Unfinished Sarcophagus Made in a Master's Casting Box Cool Time: 1 Hour (2 cc/min) • 220 Iron

• 300 Cut Stone
• 520 Beeswax

Finished Sarcophagus

Made in a Master's Forge Cool Time: 30 Minutes • 1 Unfinished Sarcophagus

• 200 Gold Foil

Ka Vice

One Ka Vice is used to create one box. Thus, to make 20 boxes to install in your tomb, you would need 20 vices.

• 24 Bolts
• 12 Boards

Upgrade

First Stage: Capacity 750

• 2500 Bricks
• 1250 Wood
• 2500Nails
• 60 Cuttable Stone
• 2 Medium Quartz

Second Stage: Capacity 1000

• 3000 Bricks
• 1500Wood
• 3000 Nails
• 70 Cuttable Stone
• 3Medium Quartz

Third Stage: Capacity 1250

• 3500Bricks
• 1750Wood
• 3500 Nails
• 80 Cuttable Stone
• 4 Medium Quartz

Fourth Stage: Capacity 1500(presumed)

• 4000 Bricks
• 2000 Wood
• 4000 Nails
• 90Cuttable Stone
• 5 Medium Quartz

Presumably it follows this pattern up to a capacity of 2000, but my appetite for chewing up my nails failed me at this point

I have verified this and the pattern does continue up to a capacity of 2000. -Lavitz There are no physical changes after the Third upgrade (flags). -Lavitz

First Stage

First Upgrade

This upgrade adds a wall around the main structure.

Second Upgrade

This upgrade adds an entry way.

Third Upgrade

This upgrade adds green flags to the entry way.

Golden Cogs and Ka Shrines

A Golden Cog is made at a Ka Shrine. You can make 1 Golden Cog for every 200 boxes you have stored in your Ka Tomb.

A Golden Cog can only be made by a person who has stored at least 200 Ka Boxes in their Ka Tomb.

To make a Golden Cog, simply place a Fragile Cog on the Ka Shrine, then anoint with 1deben of Holy Oil, within a minute, the blue Fragile Cog is transformed into a Golden Cog.

Warning... Don't transfer ownership of Ka Vices... they are first stage Ka Boxes and per player... No one else will be able to submit them.

• Fragile Cog costs:

• • 12 Tin
  • 2 Gold
  • 14 Beeswax

Takes 30 minutes in a Casting Box (Student or Master)

• A set of 10 Fragile Cogs can be made in a Master's Casting Box at a cost of

• • 120 Tin
  • 20 Gold
  • 140 Beeswax

A set of 10 Fragile Cogs takes 2 hours to cool.

• An unfinished sarcophagus is made in a master's casting box with 220 iron, 300 cut stone, and 520 beeswax. It needs 1 hour to cool.

It is finished on a Master's Forge with 200 Gold Foil giving a Sarcophagus

• Ka Boxes are made on a Ka Vice

Ka Boxes are constructed with between 1 and 4 random small gems, between 3 and 6 random colored silk panels and 6 random Treated Metal Sheeting.

Ka Boxes are filled with a random (usually fairly cheap) resource. When the box has been filled, be sure to pick it up as it can now be swept. The box changes name to <God Name>:Sealed after being filled and can now be added to your Ka Tomb

The list of treated metals seems to be the same for all Tombs (but the combinations of metal, paint and gem are different for everyone). However, the requirements change every week.

Uses:

• Ka boxes are installed in a Ka Tomb in order to gain points in the Test of Ka

• Ka Vice costs:

• • 24 Bolt
  • 12 Boards

Use:

The vice gives you the option to dedicate your Ka box to one of the Gods from the Test of Ka. This works like a Construction Site, choosing the God gives you your requirements for that God. The project can then be cleared and a new God chosen.

Disassembling the Ka Vice gives you all your materials back.

Constructing a Ka Box from a Ka Vice consumes the bolts and boards used to make the vice.

• Colored silk panels are made with a kitchen and 1 or more Ribbon in your inventory. 1 Ribbon = 20 color silk panels