Test of Empty Hand

	Test of the
	Empty Hand
Discipline
Thought
Requirements
Level ?
Principles
Design an [[[Empty Hand Puzzle]]] and open it for judging Tear down your Empty Hand Puzzle, OR do the following: Have 7 judges solve and rate your Empty Hand Design rated Good by most judges All of the above, OR solve three recent winning Empty Hand Puzzles
Demonstration
Demonstrated by Arame in SE on 7-Nov-2015.

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Overview

Design an Empty Hand Puzzle, and invite others to solve your creation. They will rate your puzzle on how clever and satisfying the solution is. Remember that only people who actually solve it will qualify as judges.

The Test of Empty Hand is the sixth test in the discipline of Thought.

Passing the Principle

Build, design and open an Empty Hand Puzzle for judging OR solve 3 recent winning puzzles.

Cost to build the tower frame

• 100 Papyrus Paper for bookkeeping
• 10 Ink for bookkeeping
• 1000 Concrete for foundation
• 20 Clay Lamps to hold oil lights
• 100 Cut Stone for structure
• 10 Copper Sheeting for Roof
• 600 Pliable Rotproof boards for entry truss
• 600 Rigid Rotproof boards for storage truss
• 600 Hard but pliable boards for impact frame
• 600 Pliable Termite Resistant boards for base
• 100 Steel Cable for the Crane
• 5000 Oil for lubrication reservoir
• 1000 Leather for cable tracks
• 250 Rope for secondary mechanics
• 25 Iron bars for superstructure
• 75 Pure Zinc as protective coating

Cost for each block upgrade (4 minimum)

Costs as of T3. Please update for T7.

• 4 Random Marble type
• 4 Random Marble type
• 24 bearings
• 4 canvas
• 4 cut gem:Eyelet, any type
• 4 bolts
• 8 washers
• 1 gearbox, random, up to 3-output

Built in a Medium Construction Site Under Test Menu

Solving a Puzzle

See http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale3/Tests/Test_Of_Empty_Hand/How_To_Play

• There are two factors involved:
  • Transformations - which change the blocks from what they are now to what they will be.
  • Positions - which are where the blocks are placed on the track

• The goal is to change groups of blocks to other groups of blocks (via transformations) until you can clear the track.

• When you hit play, the display area in the bottom section shows all seven possible transformations that can ever occur.

• A transformation only works if the pieces starting from the 'home' position match one of the options in the display area.

• Usually, the top transformation in the display area is the final goal and provides an option to clear the track.

See Test Pass History.

Empty Hand Tower Locations

Region	Coordinates	Designer	Passed	Build Date	Date Recognized	Remarks
RP	1555, 2838	ThePheonix	Yes	Peret II-14	2015-11-27	By RP chariot
SE	1043, -5628	Arame	Yes	Peret II-15	2015-11-27	By SE chariot
7L	1372, -1146	Xaxyx	Yes	Shemu I-29	2016-01-04	By 7L chariot
RP	1568, 2880	Odis	Yes	Shemu I-25	2016-01-04	By RP chariot
SE	1064, -5623	Rahu	No	Shemu III-20		By SE chariot