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== Overview ==
A Serpentarium (sometimes referred to as a "snake pit") is a building used to raise Cobras.

== Source ==
This building becomes available once you have learned the [[requires::Herpeculture]] tech.

== Cost ==
*4 [[requires::Copper Sheeting]]
*4 [[requires::Gold]]
*4 [[requires::Sheet Glass]]
*30 [[requires::Copper Wire]]
*40 [[requires::Cut Stone]]
*50 [[requires::Linen]]
*100 [[requires::Concrete]]
*20 [[requires::Paint | Aquamarine Paint]]
*30 [[requires::Paint | Indian Red Paint]]
*12 [[requires::Paint | Light Blue Paint]]
*15 [[requires::Paint | Dark Green Paint]]

Built in a [[requires::Small Construction Site]].

== Use ==

Once built, there is a random (as far as we can tell) chance over time that a knot of 10 Cobras will settle into the Serpentarium. Depending on luck (and the number of Serpentariums built), this could take weeks or even months. You are not required to have a full selection of food to lure the Cobras in. It is not known whether or not having more types of food affects the odds.

Once the Cobras have moved in, every so often (more often when more Cobras are in the Serpentarium) one of three actions will be taken:
* A baby cobra will be born, increasing the population of the pit by one.
* A cobra will feed. The type of food it wants is random. If the food is available, it will eat and stay. If it is not, it will escape to the wild, reducing the population of the pit by one.
* A cobra will wander off. The cobra may escape to the wild, or it may settle into another nearby pit. This may be one of your pits, or a pit belonging to someone else nearby. This reduces the population of the pit the snake leaves by one, and increases that which he settles in by one. ''(There are a number of unanswered questions here, such as the maximum range a snake will travel to another pit, and whether he picks a random pit within range, or a random direction.)''

The following items can be added to the cage as food. Please note that having the [[herpeculture]] skill is required to feed the snakes:
* Male [[Rabbits]]
* Female [[Rabbits]]
* [[Chickens|Hen]]s
* [[Chickens|Rooster]]s
* [[Eggs]]
* [[Camel Milk]]
* [[Dead Ant]]

It appears that Dead Ants are NOT snake food. At least I am unable to place a Dead Ant in a Serpentarium
- Meru

The following items can be produced:
* [[produces::Cobra Blood]]
* [[produces::Cobra Skin]]
* [[produces::Cobra Venom]]

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Herpeculture

2012-04-29T12:57:32Z

Minerva:

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{{ATechResource|Linen|3000}}
{{ATechResource|Cut Stone|6000}}
{{ATechResource|Concrete|4000}}
{{ATechResource|Sheet Glass|100}}
{{ATechResource|Camel Milk|5000}}
{{ATechResource|Male Rabbit|2000|Rabbit}}
{{ATechResource|Female Rabbit|2000|Rabbit}}
{{ATechResource|Eggs|1000}}
{{ATechResource|Hens|1000}}
{{ATechResource|Roosters|100}}
{{ATechResource|Gold|1000}}
{{ATechResource|Copper Sheeting|100}}
{{ATechResource|Copper Wire|300}}
{{ATechResource|Dark Slate Gray Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Aquamarine Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Indian Red Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Dark Magenta Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Deep Pink Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Light Blue Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Dark Green Paint|50|Paint}}
{{ATechResource|Cadet Blue Paint|50|Paint}}
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== Use ==
Allows the construction of [[Serpentarium|Serpentaria]] in order to raise snakes.

[[Category: Technologies]]

2012-04-20T08:36:02Z

Minerva: uploaded a new version of "File:Acousticslab.png"

Acoustics Laboratory

2012-04-20T08:34:06Z

Minerva:

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The Acoustics Laboratory lets you tune [[Fine_Glass_Rod|fine glass rods]] into [[Pure Chime|wind chimes]].

== Source ==
This building becomes available after you have learned the [[requires::Crystal Acoustics]] tech.

== Cost ==
* 50 [[requires::Steel Sheeting]] (Fireproof Surface)
* 25 [[requires::Steel Wire]] to hang the curing chimes
* 25 [[requires::Cut Stone]] (Foundation Base)
* 700 [[requires::Treated Boards|Rigid Fireproof boards]] for Brazier Support (Bottom)
* 400 [[requires::Treated Boards|Hard Fireproof boards]] for Brazier Support (Top)
* 600 [[requires::Treated Boards|Soft, pliable boards]] for Finishing Area
* 550 [[requires::Treated Boards|Hard, pliable boards]] for Finishing Area supports
* 500 Black [[requires::Raeli Tiles]] (Bench Surface)
* 500 White [[requires::Raeli Tiles]] (Bench Surface)
* 150 [[requires::Wool Cloth]] for sound insulation
* 250 [[requires::Concrete]] (Base)

Build in a [[Compound]]. Uses ?x? cells.

== Upgrades ==

There are 14 upgrades that can be installed on an Acoustics Lab. Each one enables a different treatment that may be performed on a chime as it is being worked. Upgrades may be purchased in any order.

* '''Pour a Heavy Block of Concrete''' (1000 [[concrete]])
* '''Install Shearing Clamp''' (12 [[Steel_Sheeting|steel sheeting]], 20 [[Iron_Bar|iron bars]])
* '''Add a Quicksilver Bath''' (12 [[quicksilver]])
* '''Install a Cold Water Bath''' (4 [[Marble#Oyster_Shell_Marble|Oyster Shell marble]], 20 [[linen]], 100 water in jugs)
* '''Add a Spirits Cistern''' (10 [[Spirits|Worm Spirits of Fire]] or better)
* '''Set up a Reflectory''' (3 [[mirror|mirrors]])
* '''Create a Tumbling Chamber''' (3 [[Steel_Sheeting|steel sheeting]], 400 [[White_Sand]])
* '''Install a Hot Water Bath''' (40 [[canvas]], 100 water in jugs)
* '''Attach a Cauldron of Beeswax''' (500 [[beeswax]])
* '''Store a supply of Cactus Sap''' (20 [[Cactus_Sap|cactus sap]])
* '''Fill Fine Mill with Aluminum Powder''' (200 [[Aluminum_Powder|aluminum powder]])
* '''Fit a Marble Base''' (1 [[Marble#Leopards_Paw_Marble|Leopards Paw marble]])
* '''Outfit with a set of Silks''' (12 [[Silk_Cloth|silk cloth]])
* '''Line Slide Winch with Rabbit Pelts''' (20 [[Rabbit_Pelt|rabbit pelts]])

== Use ==

See the previous tales.

The chime map is the same as in previous tales, and the walls seem to be the equal to the t4 walls. - Solaris

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