Limestone blocks - Revision history

Pheros Bastet: /* Pushing the blocks */

2010-08-28T15:22:44Z

Pushing the blocks

Virror at 21:27, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T21:27:47Z

Hekatef: /* Find a Location */

2009-08-19T23:52:55Z

Find a Location

Hekatef: /* Supplies Needed */

2009-08-19T23:52:20Z

Supplies Needed

Amhur: /* Finding Blocks */

2009-03-25T04:26:32Z

Finding Blocks

Amhur: /* Blocks List */

2009-03-25T04:25:26Z

Blocks List

Ralomein: /* Blocks List */

2009-03-04T21:13:28Z

Blocks List

Gumby: /* Blocks List */

2009-03-03T15:55:22Z

Blocks List

Gumby: /* Blocks List */

2009-03-03T15:43:05Z

Blocks List

Ralomein: /* Blocks List */

2009-03-03T04:20:44Z

Blocks List

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 Anyone with Pyramid Construction 1 may help dig up a block -- ownership is not important.
-==Pushing the blocks==
+==Pyramid Construction Site==
-The pyramid construction site covers a 4 X 4 area. Find a clear spot in the middle of your field of blocks and build it. This requires 5 linen and 16 copper wire for a pyramid of the people, and more for bigger pyramids. You will need to push all blocks to within 1 unit of this area (directly N-S or E-W, corners don't count). Pyramid construction sites do not vanish over time. However, do not tear down the construction site as you DO NOT RECOVER ANY TOOTH LIMESTONE BLOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN LOADED INTO IT!
+The pyramid construction site covers a 4 X 4 area. Find a clear spot in the middle of your field of blocks and build it. This requires 5 linen and 16 copper wire for a pyramid of the people, and more for bigger pyramids.
 Once dug up, the block (or perhaps the rollers) can only be pushed North or South. You may turn it such that you can push the block East or West. With +12 End food, recovery time for turning the blocks is about 80 seconds. Recovery time for pushing the blocks is about 20 seconds. It takes 8 pushes to move the block 1 (one!) unit. With 1 helper, +12 end food and a 4 block repeating pattern it took about 2.5 hours to move all of my blocks to within range. Try to get more people to help you with this amazingly boring task.
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 I'm not kidding.
 Your helpers will need Pyramid Construction 2 to push the block.
 ==The final hoe-down==

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 *Linen and Copper Wire (for construction site)
-==Find a Location==
+==Setting up the camp==
-*Find an area with all sand.
+You can only prospect for tooth limestone on sand. Find a nice sandy spot with no roads, schools, universities, mountains, rivers or other obstructions nearby. You may need 50 to 100 units of free space in any direction, so plan appropriately. The bigger pyramid, the more space is needed, of course.
-==Finding Blocks==
+Switch to F5 view and zoom most of the way out. If you are one of the lucky ones, you can see the repeating texture in the sand which should look like a checkerboard, kinda. Your job is to sink 400 boreholes in a 20 x 20 array, preferably with each borehole in the middle of each tile (not near the edge where the coordinate will change). For best results, keep your F3 minimap open so that you always know your precise coords. You can sink boreholes from your "Special" menu. Tapping F8 twice will get you the cartographers view, zooming this in to the max also works well for many people.
-*Perception is good. It prevents the rods from shattering when you hit rocks.
+Build bonfires along the sides of the square to mark your searched area.
-*Focus is another good stat if you want to shorten the timer when you're tapping blocks
 == Blocks List ==

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 *Find an area with all sand.
 *Avoid hills and mountains.
-*Sink your boreholes (if you can see the grid, you want these to be in the center of each coord) Start with a 20x20.
+*Sink your boreholes (the game will automatically position it in the center of the coord). Start with a 20x20.
 ==Finding Blocks==

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 *Glass Rods (200-400 is a good starting number)
-*Lead Mallet
+* [[Lead Mallet]]
 *Cooked Food (Focus/Perception, Endurance)
 *Linen and Copper Wire (for construction site)

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 ==Finding Blocks==
-*Eat perception/focus food (stack herbs as well, if possible)
+*Perception is good. It prevents the rods from shattering when you hit rocks.
+*Focus is another good stat if you want to shorten the timer when you're tapping blocks
 == Blocks List ==

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	'''Ralomein's Block Chart'''		'''Ralomein's Block Chart'''

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-Updated Theory: Limestone blocks are found in straight lines running horizontal, various angles of diagonal, and possibly vertical, and are always found in identical pairs separated by a few coordinates vertically or horizontally. (Appears to not be limited to 2)  Within the line, blocks are commonly found every 7 horizontal or vertical coordinates, but not always - I have a line with blocks every 10 vertical coordinates with a -1 horizontal shift.  Blocks are quite dense so it can be difficult at first to determine which blocks are part of the same line.  Where two lines of blocks intersect, they can share a block.
+Updated Theory: Limestone blocks are found in straight lines running horizontal and vertical, and are found in identical pairs separated by a few coordinates vertically or horizontally. (Appears to not be limited to 2 pairs, I have one of 3)  Within the line, blocks are found every 4-12 coordinates.  I have found all my diagonal lines to be parts of horizontal lines, and therefor believe diagonals don't really exist, except just as an observation in shift of horizontal lines. (Thanks Gumby for "straightening" me out on that!)  Block density seems to vary from place to place, the area I am working with appears to be quite dense.
-Using those rules essentially turns block finding into a puzzle - kudos to Teppy.  I highly recommend you keep track of locations you have bored and hit rock, as that data can be used to eliminate other locations that will not have a block for the line you are working on -- which in the end saves you on glass rods.  The chart below is simply an OpenOffice spreadsheet with column width changed to make square cells, and I change the background color of the cell to indicate a hit or miss.
+I highly recommend you keep track of locations you have bored and hit rock, as that data can be used to eliminate other locations that will not have a block for the line you are working on -- which in the end saves you on glass rods.  The chart below is simply an OpenOffice spreadsheet with column width changed to make square cells, and I change the background color of the cell to indicate a hit or miss.
+On the chart - color indicates a block found, grey are spots I bored but found no block, and Red are blocks that I have not yet found the line for.
 The green blocks, light blue blocks,and some of the red blocks all appear to be part of the same pattern.  The green blocks are just showing the diagonal running the opposite direction through the blocks from the light blue.  Look about halfway down the grid at the red block on the right side.  4 Coords west is a blue block, 4 more coords blue block,4 more coords there is possibly a block, 4 more coords is a red block, 4 more is a possible block, 4 more is green, 4 more is possible block, 4 more is green.  Some of the dark blue and red looks to be a continuation of the orange, purple, yellow pattern. For the dark blues that don't fit into either of the above patterns, I'd suggest tapping straight E-W to see if there is a repeat for them as well. ~ Gumby
 [[Image:ralomeinblocks6.png|200px|thumb|left|Block Map]]

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 On the chart - color indicates a block found, grey are spots I bored but found no block.  Black are blocks shared by more than 1 line, and red are blocks that I have not yet found the line for.
-The green blocks, light blue blocks,and some of the red blocks all appear to be part of the same pattern.  The green blocks are just showing the diagonal running the opposite direction through the blocks from the light blue.  Look about halfway down the grid at the red block on the right side.  4 Coords west is a blue block, 4 more coords blue block,4 more coords there is possibly a block, 4 more coords is a red block, 4 more is a possible block, 4 more is green, 4 more is possible block, 4 more is green.  Some of the dark blue and red looks to be a continuation of the orange, purple, yellow pattern. ~ Gumby
+The green blocks, light blue blocks,and some of the red blocks all appear to be part of the same pattern.  The green blocks are just showing the diagonal running the opposite direction through the blocks from the light blue.  Look about halfway down the grid at the red block on the right side.  4 Coords west is a blue block, 4 more coords blue block,4 more coords there is possibly a block, 4 more coords is a red block, 4 more is a possible block, 4 more is green, 4 more is possible block, 4 more is green.  Some of the dark blue and red looks to be a continuation of the orange, purple, yellow pattern. For the dark blues that don't fit into either of the above patterns, I'd suggest tapping straight E-W to see if there is a repeat for them as well. ~ Gumby
 [[Image:ralomeinblocks6.png|200px|thumb|left|Block Map]]

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	On the chart - color indicates a block found, grey are spots I bored but found no block. Black are blocks shared by more than 1 line, and red are blocks that I have not yet found the line for.		On the chart - color indicates a block found, grey are spots I bored but found no block. Black are blocks shared by more than 1 line, and red are blocks that I have not yet found the line for.
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		+	The green blocks, light blue blocks,and some of the red blocks all appear to be part of the same pattern. The green blocks are just showing the diagonal running the opposite direction through the blocks from the light blue. Look about halfway down the grid at the red block on the right side. 4 Coords west is a blue block, 4 more coords blue block,4 more coords there is possibly a block, 4 more coords is a red block, 4 more is a possible block, 4 more is green, 4 more is possible block, 4 more is green. Some of the dark blue and red looks to be a continuation of the orange, purple, yellow pattern. ~ Gumby
	[[Image:ralomeinblocks6.png\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Block Map]]		[[Image:ralomeinblocks6.png\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Block Map]]