Test of the Venery

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	Test of the
	Venery
Discipline
Thought
Requirements
Level 8 Principles of Thought
Principles
Make an Eyelet cut Amethyst (Optional) Make an Eyelet cut Lapis (Optional) Make an Eyelet cut Turquoise (Optional) Make an Eyelet cut Garnet (Optional) Make a Simple Lockbox Make Papyrus Paper Build a Venery Gathering Point Install at least 7 Lockboxes Open a Venery Tear down your Venery Gathering Point, OR Have 7 Judges run and rate your Venery Design rated Good by most judges All of the above OR complete three recent winning Venerys
Demonstration
Demonstrated by Hyksos in River Plains on 2/26/16.

University Text

Design a Venery, a treasure hunt around your home, throughout your neighborhood, or across Egypt. A good Venery can teach runners about local sites, and is neither too easy nor too difficult. After completing your design, if you wish to turn off the Venery menu on objects, turn off the option in 'Interface Options' under 'Show menu items for venery configureation'. This option was added when you started the Test of the Venery.

Passing Principles

• Build a Venery Gathering Point and tear it down OR
• Have seven Judges run and rate your Venery Good or better OR
• Complete three recent winning Venerys

Complete and collect 3x Venery Certificates. Show them to any School of Thought. (Note - last step does not seem to be necessary. I leveled up at Venery Gathering Point after getting third Venery Certificate - Estaar)

Creating a Venery

What you need

For Simple Lockboxes Made in the Student or Master Forges

• 7 Eyelet cut Amethyst
• 7 Eyelet cut Lapis
• 7 Eyelet cut Turquoise
• 7 Eyelet cut Garnet
• 7 Fine Glass Rods
• 7 Gold Wire
• 7 Copper
• 14 Brass Small Gears

This will give you 7 Simple Lockboxes.

For Venery Gathering Point

• 100 Boards
• 250 Papyrus Paper

Built in a Small Construction Site.

Installing Lockboxes

You need to select 'Configure This Venery' at the Venery gathering point before you start installing lockboxes. Then you can install keys and lockboxes anywhere you like.

Note - make sure that Options > Interface> Tests > "show menu items for venery configuration" is checked, or you will not get the option to install the Locboxes! - Minerva

Creating Clues

• A venery should be fun to do. Many Egyptians get frustrated with the very hard ones and will tend to quit the venery.
• Make sure your clues are precise and not too hard to decipher.
• Always keep in mind that people will be voting on this so if you want to pass it needs to be finely balanced between easy and hard.
• Some people in previous tales built chests and placed rewards in them for others to collect. However you do it is up to you.
• Some people will also have an answer sheet attached to their wiki page.
• Remember Just Have Fun.

For more on how to design a Venery see Dreasimy's Guide to Creating a Venery!

Consider using the Venery Planner to plan and write your content.

Venery Locations

• Green for recognized (passed) veneries (use "Gr" prefix on pin)
• Red for unrecognized (unpassed) veneries (use "Rd" prefix on pin)

Region	Coordinates	Designer	Name	Passed	Remarks	RL Date Opened
River Plains	1580, 2835	ThePheonix	The Myth of Osiris	Yes	15-20 min	Feb 27th, 2016
River Plains	1522, 2836	Sabuli	Seven Cats for Seven Sleuths	No	15-20 min	Feb 27th, 2016
River Plains	1587, 3207	Porthos	M.E.G.A.	Yes	10-15 min	Feb 28th, 2016
Midland Valley	907, 4899	Hyksos	Problem of the Pharaohs	No	5-10 min	Feb 28th, 2016
Cradle of the Sun	4306, -776	Peabody	Pharoah's Journey to the West	No	10-15 min	Mar 1st, 2016
Seven Lakes	1351, -1031	Wimsankh	Annabel Lee	No	10-20 min	Mar 4st, 2016

Passes

See Test Pass History.

Demonstration

• • Demonstrated by Hyksos at the RP UThought 2/26/16
• 49 Gold Wire
• 49 Small Gears
• 98 Fine Glass Rods
• 98 Copper
• 49 Eyelet cut Amethyst
• 49 Eyelet cut Garnet
• 49 Eyelet cut Lapis
• 49 Eyelet cut Turquoise