User:Rabble/thistles

The current thistle voids are ? and last from Akhet IV-14 to Akhet IV-20

How does this work? Here's are the steps:

1. Check this page to see which gardens are hatching and what type of thistles they need.
2. Use the posted recipes to grow the needed thistles at your camp or at the public thistle gardens at my camp in Saqqarah (750, -1665).
3. Stash the needed thistles in the appropriate chest at the base of the silkworm farm.
4. Chat me and leave a message noting how much thistle you placed in each chest. DO NOT CLOSE THIS CHAT
5. I'll feed the silkworms your thistles and update the chat once the cocoons are done.
6. Pickup the raw silk at my camp and close the chat. You get one deben of silk per deben of thistles you provide.

Still confused? Read the details at the bottom of this page.

Silkworm Farm A Hatching in Needs up to 700 C+N+P+T- Tick Instructions

Silkform Farm B Hatching in Needs up to 695 B-C-F+T~ daytime recipe for A~B-C-F+N-P+T~ Tick Instructions 0 Add 1 H20, 1 Oxy, Sun at 33 7 Add 2 H20 9 Add 1 H20 11 Add 1 H20 13 Add 1 H20 15 Add 1 H20 17 Add 1 H20 19 Add 1 H20 21 Add 1 H20 23 Add 1 H20 25 Add 1 H20 27 Add 1 H20 29 Add 1 H20 30 Sun at 99 31 Add 1 H20 33 Add 1 H20 35 Add 1 H20 37 Add 1 H20 38 Sun at 33 39 Add 1 H20 uses 19 water

Silkworm Farm C Hatching in Needs 700 B+C~F-N+ Tick Instructions

Silkworm Farm D Eggs laid in Needs up to 700 A+F+P-T~ Tick Instructions

Silkworm Farm E Hatching in Needs 500 unknown Tick Instructions

Silkform Farm F Hatching in Needs 700 A~C+F~N~ Tick Instructions

Here's some more info about thistles and silk gardens.

1. Check this page to see which gardens currently require feeding and what type of thistles they need.
   • Farms are initially 'laying eggs'. This lasts 12 hours. Nothing can be done during this phase
   • After the eggs are laid, farms are 'hatching eggs'. This lasts 3 days. Thistles can be added during this phase
   • After the eggs hatch, the cocoons are spun. This lasts 12 hours. Nothing can be done during this phase
   • Finally, the cocoons are done and raw silk can be removed from the tank. Meanwhile, new eggs are laid
2. Grow the needed thistles at your camp or at the public thistle gardens at my camp in Saqqarah (750, -1665).
   • I'll post the recipes for each silkworm farm as I figure them out.
   • Each thistle can have up to six different vitamins in it. They are ascorbin, biotin, carotene, folin, niacin, pyroxidine, and thiamine and are abbreviated A, B, C, F, N, P, and T.
   • Each crop of thistles takes 4 minutes to grow and yields 5 thistles
   • The vitamins in each crop of thistles range from 0 to 99. A value from 0 to 20 is low, 21 to 79 is medium, 80 to 99 is high and noted as "-" (low), "~" (medium), or "+" high.
   • While thistle are growing, vitamins get converted back and forth based on 20 different chemical reactions. Some reactions don't work in certain weeks. These reactions are called 'voids'.
   • Thistle voids change every Egyptian week. Some thistle types are difficult to grow since they depend on different voids. As such, the recipes to grow any particular thistle may chance from week to week.
   • You need one thistle seed to grow each batch of 5 thistles. When you harvest the thistles, you'll get 2 thistle seeds. As such, you'll gradually wind up with more and more seeds.
   • Some recipes only work at night and others only work during the day. Others work equally well at day or night.
   • Most recipes require water. If you are using the public thistle gardens, you'll need to bring your own jugs. Some very rare recipes may require dung or saltpeter. The requirements for each recipe are noted at the end of the instructions.
3. Stash the needed thistles in the appropriate chest at the base of the silkworm farm.
4. Chat me and leave a message noting how much thistle you placed in each chest. DO NOT CLOSE THIS CHAT
5. I'll feed the silkworms your thistles and update the chat once the cocoons are done.
   • It can take up to 4 days for a silkworm farm to cycle from start to end. Look at the timers on each farm to figure out how close it is to maturing.
   • If you are in a rush for raw silk, I may have extra raw silk from the prior week's batch. This means I can provide you with the raw silk as soon as you provide me with the thistles.
6. Pickup the raw silk at my camp and close the chat. You get one deben of silk per deben of thistles you provide.