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| Citrus tree, Gathered honey||
 
|-
 
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| Citrus tree, Gathered fruit|| x
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| Citrus tree, Gathered fruit||
 
|-
 
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| Fertilized a date tree|| x
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| Fertilized a date tree||
 
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| Harvest Grass from Greenhouse||x
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| Chicken||
 
| Chicken||
 
|-
 
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| Clay|| x
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| Clay||
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| Coconuts||x
 
 
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| Dates||x
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| Dirt|| x
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| Egg||
 
| Egg||
 
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| Flint||x
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| Grass|| x
 
 
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| Limestone||x
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| Palm Frond||x
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| Papyrus||x
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| Red Sand||
 
| Red Sand||
 
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| Resin|| x
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| Sheep, wild||x
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| Silt||x
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| Soda||x
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| Thorns|| x
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| Water||x
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| Water||
 
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| White Sand||
 
| White Sand||
 
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| Foraged an herb (failed)|| x
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| Mechanics||
 
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| Mined||x
 
 
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|      Mounted a fish||
 
|      Mounted a fish||
 
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| Anvil||x
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| Barrel Vice||
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| Anvil||
 
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| Beer Kettle||
 
| Beer Kettle||
 
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| Brick rack||x
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| Carpentry shop||x
 
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| Casting Box||x
 
 
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| Charcoal Hearth/Oven||x
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| Carpentry shop||
 
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| Chest||x
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| Casting Box||
 
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| Color Lab (made paint)||x
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| Fleet Furnace (made quicksilver)||x
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| Chest||
 
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| Forge||x
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| Glazier's Bench||x
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| Glazier's Bench||
 
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| Kettle||x
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| Kiln||x
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| Kettle||
 
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| Mason's Bench||x
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| Kiln||
 
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| Paper Press||x
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|       Malting Tray ||
 
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|       Pigment Laboratory ||x
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| Mason's Bench||
 
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| Pottery Wheel||x
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|       Pigment Laboratory ||
 
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| Quarry||x
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| Pottery Wheel||
 
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| Raeli Oven|| x
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| Quarry||
 
|-
 
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| Reactory||x
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| Raeli Oven||
 
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| Rock Saw||x
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| Reactory||
 
|-
 
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| Star Rack||x
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| Rock Saw||
 
|-
 
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| Sawmill||
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| Star Rack||
 
|-
 
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| Tub||x
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| Tub||
 
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| Watermine||x
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| Watermine||
 
|-
 
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| Wood Plane||x
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| Ate a meal||x
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| Ate a meal||
 
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| Ate a MP||x
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| Cooked a meal||
 
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| Cooked a meal||x
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| Cracked a coconut||
 
|-
 
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| Cracked a coconut||x
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| Crushed a cabbage||
 
|-
 
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| Crushed a cabbage||x
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| Crushed seeds into oil||
|-
 
| Crushed seeds into oil||x
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Made fertilizer||
 
| Made fertilizer||
 
|-
 
|-
| Shredded a carrot||x
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| Shredded a carrot||
 
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| Drank from an Aqueduct||x
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| Drank from an Aqueduct||
 
|-
 
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| Maintained a structure||x
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| Maintained a structure||
 
|-
 
|-
| Salvaged a structure||x
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| Salvaged a structure||
 
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| Artwork||x
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| Artwork||
 
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|-
 
| Beetle Garden||
 
| Beetle Garden||
 
|-
 
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| Empty Hand Puzzle||x
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| Empty Hand Puzzle||
 
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| Mosaic||x
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| Mosaic||
 
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|-
 
| Pathmaker||
 
| Pathmaker||
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| Raeli Gliderport (heh)||
 
|-
 
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| Venery||x
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| Venery||
 
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| Acro, taught facet||x
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| Acro, taught facet||
 
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| Mushroom, eaten from the earth||
 
| Mushroom, eaten from the earth||
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| Chariot, Free travel|| x
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| Chariot, Free travel||
 
|-
 
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| Chariot, Regular||x
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| Chariot, Regular||
 
|-
 
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| Expedition Travel||x
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| Expedition Travel||
 
|-
 
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| Navigated to a waypoint||x
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| Navigated to a waypoint||
 
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| Spousewarped|| x
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| Spousewarped||
 
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| Wings of Horus||
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|-
 
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| Crushed grapes||x
+
| Crushed grapes||
 
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| Bottled wine||x
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| Bottled wine||
 
|-
 
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| Drank wine|| x
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| Drank wine||
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| Siphoned Barrel||x
 
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| Belly danced||x
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| belly danced||
|-
 
| poked another player with a sharpened stick||X
 
 
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| ate an herb off the ground|| x
+
| poked another player with a sharpened stick||
 
|-
 
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| lit a firework||x
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| ate an herb off the ground||
 
|-
 
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| lit incense||x
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| lit a firework||
 
|-
 
|-
| lit a ritual torch|| x
+
| lit a ritual torch||
 
|-
 
|-
| made incense||x
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| registered as a watcher at a star lab||
 
|-
 
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| registered as a watcher at a star lab||x
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|       polished a stone phoenix ||
 +
|-
 +
|      meditated at a common altar ||
 
|-
 
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|       smoked a hookah||x
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| smoked a hookah||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| bought Kartal and Sefet some tacos||
 
| bought Kartal and Sefet some tacos||

Revision as of 12:39, 28 September 2009

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

LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITY: DRINK WINE WITH YOUR SPOUSE

Tested for week ending FOO
Agriculture, Flowers Tested
Crossbred
Fertilized
Planted
Removed
Agriculture, Grew Tested
Barley
Cabbage
Carrots
Cucumbers
Eggplants
Flax
Garlic
Herbs
Leeks
Onions
Wheat
Agriculture, Other Tested
Beehive, checked
Beehive, collected honey/wax
Citrus tree, Mulched
Citrus tree, Gathered honey
Citrus tree, Gathered fruit
Fertilized a date tree
Nicked a tree
Gathered Tested
Cactus Sap
Chicken
Clay
Coconuts
Dates
Egg
Flint
Limestone
Moss
Mud
Mushrooms
Palm Frond
Papyrus
Red Sand
Resin
Sand
Sheep, wild
Silt
Soda
Sulfurous Water
Tadpoles
Thorns
Water
White Sand
Wood
Livestock, fed Tested
Beetles
Camels, straw
Camels, honey
Chickens
Rabbits
Sheep
Snakes
Livestock, killed Tested
Beetles
Chickens
Camels
Sheep in a pen
Sheep, Wild (successfully)
Sheep, Wild (failed)
Snakes
Rabbits
Skill-based Tested
Carved
Dowsed
Fished
Foraged an herb (successfully)
Foraged an herb (failed)
Lit a firepit
Made a stone blade
Mechanics
Mined
Mounted a fish
Prospected for marble
Skill-based, Ecology Tested
Acidity, tested for
Heavy metals, tested for
Phosphorous, tested for
Soot, tested for
Structures, Used: General Tested
Acid Bath
Alembic
Anvil
Beer Kettle
Brick rack
Carpentry shop
Casting Box
Charcoal Hearth/Oven
Chest
Forge
Glazier's Bench
Grain Oven
Kettle
Kiln
Malting Tray
Mason's Bench
Pigment Laboratory
Pottery Wheel
Quarry
Raeli Oven
Reactory
Rock Saw
Star Rack
Tub
Watermine
Wood Plane
Structures, Kitchen Activities Tested
Ate a meal
Cooked a meal
Cracked a coconut
Crushed a cabbage
Crushed seeds into oil
Made fertilizer
Shredded a carrot
Structures, Miscellaneous Tested
Drank from an Aqueduct
Maintained a structure
Salvaged a structure
Judged a(n)... Tested
Artwork
Beetle Garden
Empty Hand Puzzle
Mosaic
Pathmaker
Raeli Gliderport (heh)
Venery
Test-Related Tested
Acro, taught facet
Mushroom, eaten from the earth
Shrine, tithed at
Travel Tested
Chariot, Free travel
Chariot, Regular
Expedition Travel
Navigated to a waypoint
Spousewarped
Wings of Horus
Vintner's Craft Tested
Tended grapes
Crushed grapes
Bottled wine
Drank wine
Miscellaneous Other Tested
belly danced
poked another player with a sharpened stick
ate an herb off the ground
lit a firework
lit a ritual torch
registered as a watcher at a star lab
polished a stone phoenix
meditated at a common altar
smoked a hookah
bought Kartal and Sefet some tacos

Blank Template for next week

Historical Tracking

Previous Weeks' FBA