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Test of the Obelisk

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The Test of the Obelisk requires that you build the largest obelisk of its kind in your Region. You must exceed the largest obelisk ever built by at least a single cubit and then retain the title of largest obelisk for at least 3 Egyptian days. By meditating on obelisks (Tests-menu), you can sense what the various kinds of obelisks are and the heights of the obelisks that came before.

Principle

Principle of the Obelisk appears in the to do tab list as Obelisk and consists of:

Level Required: 3

You must have Obelisk Construction and Project Management to build.

You must have completed the Principles of Architecture to begin the Test.

Principle demonstrated by Ay in Queen's Retreat on 2008-12-19.

Principle-sized Desert Obelisk

A size 7 Desert Obelisk (for principle) is made from:

Your obelisk will be built in a Small Construction Site.

NOTE: You can disassemble your obelisk after building it and passing the principle, with NO loss of materials (apart from the small construction site).

Obelisk Types

Build Queues

Many regions have a build queue which they maintain. Some consider it polite to check whether such a queue exists before building another obelisk in that region, and consider violating the queue a form of griefing. Others contend that queues game (cheat) the system.