Test of the Oyster Catcher - Revision history

Silden: /* Finding an Oyster Bed */

2015-08-26T12:08:42Z

Finding an Oyster Bed

Silden: /* Setting Pearls in the Necklace */

2015-08-25T14:49:09Z

Setting Pearls in the Necklace

Iwibara at 06:19, 17 June 2015

2015-06-17T06:19:47Z

Amon-Sul: Fixed link to map - Maps/OysterBeds

2015-05-09T19:18:59Z

Fixed link to map - Maps/OysterBeds

Peacefulness: /* Instructors */

2015-04-22T06:56:02Z

Instructors

Blueshift: /* Setting Pearls in the Necklace */

2015-04-21T14:41:01Z

Setting Pearls in the Necklace

Blueshift: /* Setting Pearls in the Necklace */

2015-04-21T14:38:41Z

Setting Pearls in the Necklace

Blueshift: /* Swimming */

2015-04-20T17:20:11Z

Swimming

Blueshift: /* Pearl Bed Locations */

2015-04-20T16:16:51Z

Pearl Bed Locations

Blueshift: /* Pearl Bed Locations */

2015-04-20T16:15:16Z

Pearl Bed Locations

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   [[Image:Fountain_5.jpg|500px|Fountain Detail at highest setting]]
-An oyster bed will be visible from land. However, the visibility range is not that good - only 10-15 coords, and they are perhaps 5 coords out from land, meaning you need to be pretty close and right along the shoreline.
+An oyster bed will be visible from land. However, the visibility range is not that good - only 10-15 coords, and they are from 5 to 20 coords out from land, meaning you need to be pretty close and right along the shoreline, and sometimes [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale6/File:Oyster_View_Range.png In] the water to see them.
 It appears that any given location yields pearls of different sizes, but of the same color. Most colors appear to cluster, with some colors only known to appear in particular regions. See the [[Maps/OysterBeds]] page for a listing of beds found and colors of pearls retrieved from them.

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 Each slot requires a pearl of a specific color, with the exception of the Huge (which can be any color). You do not know what colors are needed for each pearl initially. How you determine this is by fitting a pearl into the necklace, then showing it off to the instructors at a School or University of Body. They will report to you the number of correct colors and and number of correct positions for each size. (This is similar to the old board game [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_%28board_game%29 Mastermind].)
-If you inserted a pearl in the wrong slot, you can remove it through the test menu. There is a chance of breaking the pearl, with a higher focus ''supposedly'' giving you a better chance to keep it intact.
+If you inserted a pearl in the wrong slot, you can remove it through the test menu. There is a chance of breaking the pearl, with a higher focus giving you a better chance to keep it intact.
 * At 0 focus the pearl will ALWAYS break.
-* It is unknown so far what the formula for pearl breaking is, as it has changed from T5. Reports of focus in the high 60s still resulted in occasional breakage.
+* At 7 focus, the pearl will break most of the time (85% on a very low sample, 6 out of 7 breaking)
 You may remove pearls that are placed in the right slot, but this is probably not something you want to do.
-Strategically, given that colors seems roughly indexed to regions, you will save time if you begin inserting pearls as you find them (checking at an SBody or UBody with each insertion, of course). For example, if you get 0 correct colors off a single small white pearl, you can avoid small beds in areas that only produce white pearls. If you get 1 for 1, keep going after them; you don't know how many you need until you hit X for X+1. You cannot trade pearls, so once you know a pearl is useless to you, remove it, even if it breaks. Make a batch of focus food only once you have filled the necklace with right color / wrong location pearls. If you have pearls that are useless to you for the purposes of this test, they can still be ground up in a chemistry lab for use in chemistry.
+Strategically, given that colors seems roughly indexed to regions, you will save time if you begin inserting pearls as you find them (checking at an SBody or UBody with each insertion, of course). For example, if you get 0 correct colors off a single small white pearl, you can avoid small beds in areas that only produce white pearls. If you get 1 for 1, keep going after them; you don't know how many you need until you hit X for X+1.
 === Admiring a Pearl ===

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      |name = Oyster Catcher
      |discipline = Body
-     |level = ??
+     |level = 6
      |requirements =
      |principles =

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 An oyster bed will be visible from land. However, the visibility range is not that good - only 10-15 coords, and they are perhaps 5 coords out from land, meaning you need to be pretty close and right along the shoreline.
-It appears that any given location yields pearls of different sizes, but of the same color. Most colors appear to cluster, with some colors only known to appear in particular regions. See the [[Pearl Bed Locations]] page for a listing of beds found and colors of pearls retrieved from them.
+It appears that any given location yields pearls of different sizes, but of the same color. Most colors appear to cluster, with some colors only known to appear in particular regions. See the [[Maps/OysterBeds]] page for a listing of beds found and colors of pearls retrieved from them.
 Oyster beds are represented by a grid of bubbles that can be of multiple colors (blue, green, white, plus off). Beds that give larger pearls are set on a larger grid and have more colors.

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 Please note that this does not refer to your fellow players but rather the scientists at the University of the Body.
-Go to UBody or SBody and select Tests. Then select Oyster Catcher and select the option to show the necklace to the instructors. You will come up with a dialogue box showing your progress. This progress chart will tell you which perals are the right colour and if they are in the correct setting.
+Go to UBody or SBody and select Tests. Then select Oyster Catcher and select the option to show the necklace to the instructors. You will come up with a dialogue box showing your progress. This progress chart will tell you which pearls are the right colour and if they are in the correct setting.
 == Pearl Bed Locations ==

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 == Swimming ==
-Upon signing up for the test, you learn how to swim!
+Note that you must learn Swimming separately from signing up for the Test (and of course, is required to participate!)
-* You enter the water by walking straight up to it.
+* UBody = Sign up for the Test
 * Swimming is done similarly to running in that left-clicking somewhere will swim you there (but right-clicking won't stop you). Terrain steepness is a factor in determining where you can and cannot move. If you're swimming in rivers or lakes, this should not be a big deal. However, this means you can't go too far out into the Red Sea or Mediterranean Sea.
 * To get out of the water, click on dry land, or select the Stop Swimming option from your Special menu. Be careful: it is possible to leave the water in places where you can't get back in.

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 == Pearl Bed Locations ==
-* [[OysterBeds]]
+* [[Maps/OysterBeds | Pearl Bed Locations]]
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