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Tests are challenges to the citizens of Egypt. The objective of A Tale in the Desert is to build the ideal civilization by perfecting the Seven Disciplines of Man, with each discipline containing seven tests.

In order to attempt any of the tests in a discipline, you must first pass the initiation into that discipline. While the tests are often very difficult — many tests cannot, by design, be passed by more than a small percentage of players — the initiations are achievable by any dedicated player and are designed to give a flavor of the discipline.

  • Before starting a test or initiation, you must visit the appropriate university to apply. Initiation tests can also be applied for at schools.
  • Tests have level restrictions.
  • Tests have principles, which are easier than (and designed to be a sample of) the full test, and grant a level on completion.
  • Completing a Test will give you a level, you may get a new title, and you may get a reward of some kind (ability to make a new building, extra waypoints, improved stats, etc).

--- Tests only give levels, if you get a new title, like going from initiate to student. So first test completed will give a level, but more tests may not (/Catote)

As part of the challenge of the Seven Disciplines of Man, we must write a test for each discipline for our grandchildren in years to come.

Tests by Discipline

  Discipline of  
Architecture
Lvl Test
1 Principles of Architecture
3 Test of the Obelisk
Test of the Funerary Temple 10
11 Test of Towers
Test of Life 23
25 Test of Seven Phoenix
? Unreleased Test
? Unreleased Test
Architecture Rewards
  Discipline of  
Art and Music
Lvl Test
2 Principles of Art and Music
6 Test of Khefre's Children
Test of The Raeli Mosaic 11
15 Test of The Formal Garden
Test of Flight 18
24 Test of the Orchestra
? Unreleased Test
? Unreleased Test
Art and Music Rewards
  Discipline of  
Body
Lvl Test
1 Principles of Body
4 Test of the Acrobat
Test of the Singing Cicada 12
15 Test of Darkest Night
Test of the Ritual Tattoo 19
21 Test of the Banquet
? Unreleased Test
? Unreleased Test
Body Rewards
  Discipline of  
Harmony
Lvl Test
1 Principles of Harmony
5 Test of the Prophet
7 Test of Marriage
7 Test of Chains
10 Test of Reason
13 Test of the Critic
14 Test of the Freeman
22 Balance of Goods
Harmony Rewards
  Discipline of  
Leadership
Lvl Test
3 Principles of Leadership
3 Test of the Kingmaker
Test of Mentorship 13
15 Test of the Plantation
Test of the Covered Cartouche 21
23 Test of the Bureaucrat
Test of the Coalition Unreleased Test
? Unreleased Test
Leadership Rewards
  Discipline of  
Thought
Lvl Test
3 Principles of Thought
6 Test of the Pathmaker
12 Test of the Venery
16 Test of the Bijou
20 Test of the Hexaglyphs
20 Test of the Constellation
22 Pulse of the People
25 Riddle of the Sphinx
Thought Rewards
  Discipline of  
Worship
Lvl Test
2 Principles of Worship
5 Test of the Vigil
Path of the Pilgrim 14
17 Test of Beacons
Test of Leavened Bread 20
24 Test of the Humble Priests
? Unreleased Test
? Unreleased Test
Worship Rewards

Worship Guilds

Test Pass History