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	Test of
	Towers

Discipline
Architecture
Requirements
Level 5
Principles
Build a First Tower Type Build a Second Tower Type Control 7% of Egypt
Demonstration
Demonstrated by Rehpic in Eastern Grounds on 25-Sep-2015.

University Text

The Hour of Towers occurs about once per three (Egypt) days. The schedule for the next seven Hours of Towers is shown on the calendar. When the hour arrives, build any number of Towers across the land. You control all land that is closest to one of your towers. Control an amount of land equal to all of Egypt to pass the Test of Towers.

Overview

The Test of Towers is the third test in the discipline of Architecture. During periodic "Tower Hours", you (and others willing to help you) will construct temporary towers to "control" the land. Building more towers than other players, and placing them strategically, is the key to controlling more territory, bringing you greater progress toward passing the test.

Hint: Since you only have 20 minutes to place your towers, contract with others to build for you. Be sure to transfer ownership before the end of the Hour of Towers.

Passing the Principle

Each Hour of Towers uses just one of the seven types of towers shown below. At the end of the hour, all towers disappear. Tower Hours last for one in-game hour -- which is to say, about 20 real-time minutes.

Towers are built in a Medium Construction Site (2 canvas, 8 rope) and are only available on the build menu during one of the hours for that type of tower. If you fail to load the required resources onto the construction site before the period ends, your construction site remains; you may disassemble it to get your resources back.

Principle is satisfied when you have built two towers (must be different types) and have successfully controlled 7% or more of Egypt.

Scoring

During the Hour of Towers, participants may build towers. Each tower will control all the land that is closer to it than to any other tower. A single uncontested tower would control 100% of Egypt. The amount of land controlled is based on Voronoi diagrams quantized with quadtrees.

Any towers you own at the end of the hour count towards your cumulative total control of Egypt. (This means that you can have other people build towers for you, as long as they transfer ownership to you before the end of the hour.) The percentage you earned during that hour will be shown in a message in Main, and the top 14 scores will be listed in a message in System.

The top 14 scorers in any particular Hour of Towers get to apply all of the percentage points they scored that round to their total. Participants not in the top 14 only get to add 1/7 of their percentage points to their total.

Passing the Test

Your total cumulative score so far can be viewed from your Tests menu. When your cumulative score reaches 100%, you pass the Test of Towers.

See Test Pass History.

Tower Types

There are seven kinds of towers. Each type requires a demonstration of materials.

Solid Land Tower

Solid Land Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
10 Cut Stones for Reinforcement
20 White Sand as an Offering
7 Medium Quartz for the Beacon

Rich Soil Tower

Rich Soil Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
20 Onions as an Offering
20 Carrots as an Offering
20 Cabbage as an Offering
20 Leeks as an Offering
20 Garlic as an Offering
50 Saltpeter as Enrichment
7 Medium Topaz for the Beacon

Hand of Man Tower

Hand of Man Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
100 Ash to demonstrate life's end
250 Firebricks to show Permanence
50 Charcoal to show man's control of nature
4 Iron Bars to show Strength
7 Medium Ruby for the Beacon

Living Land Tower

Living Land Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Wood for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
70 Dates, sweet gift of Flora
280 Honey, sweet gift of Fauna
7 Medium Emeralds for the Beacon

New Life Tower

New Life Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
7 Eggs as Offering
1 Onion Seeds as Precious Gift
1 Carrot Seeds as Precious Gift
1 Cabbage Seeds as Precious Gift
1 Leek Seeds as as Precious Gift
1 Garlic Seeds as as Precious Gift
7 Medium Sapphires for the Beacon

Racing Mind Tower

Racing Mind Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
100 Papyrus Paper, showing Contemplation
1 Nut's Essence, showing Daring
3 Quicksilver, showing Haste
1 Lens Amethyst for the Beacon

Night Tower

Night Tower

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
1 Clay Lamp for Illumination
70 Slate as Barrier
2 Night Granite as Shield
3 Peasant's Foot Mushrooms as Offering
3 Toad Skin Mushrooms as Offering
3 Sand Spore Mushrooms as Offering
3 Earth Light Mushrooms as Offering
3 Eye of Osiris Mushrooms as Offering
3 Bleeding Hand Mushrooms as Offering
3 Dung Rot Mushrooms as Offering
7 Medium Diamonds for the Beacon

Monumental Towers

As a reward, once you've passed the test, you can build monumental towers. They look the same as the standard towers, but they don't disappear. You may only build one monumental tower of each type. After building, you can reposition them once.

Rich Soil (after you get 100%)

Medium Construction Site
7000 Bricks for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
140 Onions as an Offering
140 Carrots as an Offering
140 Cabbage as an Offering
140 Leeks as an Offering
140 Garlic as an Offering
350 Saltpeter as Enrichment
28 Medium Topaz for the Beacon

Solid Land (after you get 110%)

Medium Construction Site
7000 Bricks for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
70 Cut Stones for Reinforcement
140 White Sand as an Offering
49 Medium Quartz for the Beacon

Hand of Man (after you get 140%)

Medium Construction Site
7000 Bricks for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
700 Ash to demonstrate life's end
1750 Firebricks to show Permanence
350 Charcoal to show man's control of nature
28 Iron Bars to show Strength
28 Medium Ruby for the Beacon

Living Land Tower (after you get 200%)

Medium Construction Site
7000 Wood for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
49 Medium Emeralds for the Beacon
490 Dates, sweet gift of Flora
1960 Honey, sweet gift of Fauna

Racing Mind Tower (after you get 300%)

Medium Construction Site
7000 Bricks for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
700 Papyrus Paper, showing Contemplation
7 Nut's Essence, showing Daring
21 Quicksilver, showing Haste
7 Lens Amethyst for the Beacon

New Life Tower (after you get 500%)

Medium Construction Site
7000 Bricks for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
49 Eggs as Offering
7 Onion Seeds as Precious Gift
7 Carrot Seeds as Precious Gift
7 Cabbage Seeds as Precious Gift
7 Leek Seeds as as Precious Gift
7 Garlic Seeds as as Precious Gift
49 Medium Sapphires for the Beacon

Night Tower (after you get 700%)

Medium Construction Site
1000 Bricks for Structure
7 Clay Lamp for Illumination
49 Medium Diamonds for the Beacon
490 Slate as Barrier
14 Night Granite as Shield
21 Peasant's Foot Mushrooms as Offering
21 Toad Skin Mushrooms as Offering
21 Sand Spore Mushrooms as Offering
21 Earth Light Mushrooms as Offering
21 Eye of Osiris Mushrooms as Offering
21 Bleeding Hand Mushrooms as Offering
21 Dung Rot Mushrooms as Offering

Demonstration required

Initially opening the Test of Towers required:

10 Bricks
10 Cut Stone
1 Clay Lamp
10 Medium Quartz
100 Onions
100 Carrots
100 Cabbage
100 Leeks
100 Garlic
100 Saltpeter
10 Medium Topaz

Other

See Test of Towers Totals - Old page which kept track at the start of the telling.

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-The '''Test of Towers''' is a [[Tests|test]] in the discipline of [[Architecture]].  During periodic "Tower Hours", you (and others willing to help you) will construct temporary towers to "control" the land.  Building more towers than other players, and placing them strategically, is the key to controlling more territory, bringing you greater progress toward passing the test.
+==University Text==
+''The Hour of Towers occurs about once per three (Egypt) days. The schedule for the next seven Hours of Towers is shown on the calendar.  When the hour arrives, build any number of Towers across the land. You control all land that is closest to one of your towers. Control an amount of land equal to all of Egypt to pass the Test of Towers.''
+==Overview==
+The '''Test of Towers''' is the third [[Tests|test]] in the discipline of [[Architecture]].  During periodic "Tower Hours", you (and others willing to help you) will construct temporary towers to "control" the land.  Building more towers than other players, and placing them strategically, is the key to controlling more territory, bringing you greater progress toward passing the test.
-===University Text===
+''Hint: Since you only have 20 minutes to place your towers, contract with others to build for you. Be sure to transfer ownership before the end of the Hour of Towers.''
-:''The Hour of Towers occurs about once per three (Egypt) days. The schedule for the next seven Hours of Towers is shown on the calendar.  When the hour arrives, build any number of Towers across the land. You control all land that is closest to one of your towers. Control an amount of land equal to all of Egypt to pass the Test of Towers.''
-:''Hint: Since you only have 20 minutes to place your towers, contract with others to build for you. Be sure to transfer ownership before the end of the Hour of Towers.''
+==Passing the Principle==
+Each Hour of Towers uses just one of the seven types of towers shown below.  At the end of the hour, all towers disappear.  Tower Hours last for one in-game hour -- which is to say, about 20 real-time minutes.
-====Building Towers====
+Towers are built in a [[Medium Construction Site]] (2 canvas, 8 rope) and are only available on the build menu during one of the hours for that type of tower.  If you fail to load the required resources onto the construction site before the period ends, your construction site remains; you may disassemble it to get your resources back.
-Each Hour of Towers uses just one of the seven types of towers.  At the end of the hour, all towers disappear.  Tower Hours last for one in-game hour -- which is to say, about 20 real-time minutes.
+Principle is satisfied when you have built two towers (must be different types) and have successfully controlled 7% or more of Egypt.
-Towers are built in a [[Medium Construction Site]] (2 canvas, 8 rope) and are only available on the build menu during one of the hours for that type of tower.  If you fail to load the required resources onto the construction site before the period ends, your construction site remains; you may disassemble it to get your resources back.
+==Scoring==
+During the Hour of Towers, participants may build towers. Each tower will control all the land that is closer to it than to any other tower. A single uncontested tower would control 100% of Egypt. The amount of land controlled is based on Voronoi diagrams quantized with quadtrees.
-====Scoring====
 Any towers you own at the end of the hour count towards your cumulative total control of Egypt.  (This means that you can have other people build towers for you, as long as they transfer ownership to you before the end of the hour.)  The percentage you earned during that hour will be shown in a message in Main, and the top 14 scores will be listed in a message in System.
 The top 14 scorers in any particular Hour of Towers get to apply all of the percentage points they scored that round to their total. Participants not in the top 14 only get to add 1/7 of their percentage points to their total.
+==Passing the Test==
 Your total cumulative score so far can be viewed from your Tests menu.  When your cumulative score reaches 100%, you pass the Test of Towers.
+See [[Test Pass History#Test of Towers|Test Pass History]].
-====Passing the Principle====
-Principle is satisfied when you have built two towers (must be different types) and have successfully controlled 7% or more of Egypt.
 == Tower Types ==
 There are seven kinds of towers. Each type requires a demonstration of materials.
-So far: Solid Land Tower is unlocked.
-All other types still require demonstration
-==='''Solid Land Tower'''===
+===Solid Land Tower===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="32"  colspan="3"
+| '''Solid Land Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
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 * 20 [[requires::White Sand]] as an Offering
 * 7 [[requires::Medium Quartz]] for the Beacon
-[[File:solid_land.png]]
+|[[File:solid_land.png|100px]]
+|}
-==='''Rich Soil Tower'''===
+===Rich Soil Tower===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="35"  colspan="3"
+|-
+|'''Rich Soil Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
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 * 50 [[requires::Saltpeter]] as Enrichment
 * 7 [[requires::Medium Topaz]] for the Beacon
-[[File:Rich_soil_tower.png]]
+|[[File:Rich_soil_tower.png|100px]]
-==='''Hand of Man Tower'''===
+|}
+===Hand of Man Tower===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="20"  colspan="3"
+|-
+|'''Hand of Man Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
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 * 4 [[requires::Iron Bars]] to show Strength
 * 7 [[requires::Medium Ruby]] for the Beacon
-[[File:handofman.png]]
+|[[File:handofman.png|100px]]
-==='''Living Land Tower'''===
+|}
+===Living Land Tower===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="29"  colspan="3"
+|-
+|'''Living Land Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Wood]] for Structure
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 * 280 [[requires::Honey]], sweet gift of Fauna
 * 7 [[requires::Medium Emerald]]s for the Beacon
-[[File:living_land.png]]
+|[[File:living_land.png|100px]]
+|}
+===New Life Tower===
-==='''New Life Tower'''===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="32"  colspan="3"
+|-
+|'''New Life Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
 * 1 [[requires::Clay Lamp]] for Illumination
 * 7 [[requires::Eggs]] as Offering
-* 1 [[requires::Onion Seeds]] as Precious Gift
+* 1 [[requires::Vegetables#Onions|Onion Seeds]] as Precious Gift
-* 1 [[requires::Carrot Seeds]] as Precious Gift
+* 1 [[requires::Vegetables#Carrots|Carrot Seeds]] as Precious Gift
-* 1 [[requires::Cabbage Seeds]]  as Precious Gift
+* 1 [[requires::Vegetables#Cabbage|Cabbage Seeds]]  as Precious Gift
-* 1 [[requires::Leek Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
+* 1 [[requires::Vegetables#Leeks|Leek Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
-* 1 [[requires::Garlic Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
+* 1 [[requires::Vegetables#Garlec|Garlic Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
 * 7 [[requires::Medium Sapphire]]s for the Beacon
-[[File:New_Life.jpg]]
+|[[File:Tower - New_Life.jpg|100px]]
+|}
-==='''Racing Mind Tower'''===
+===Racing Mind Tower===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="20"  colspan="3"
+|-
+|'''Racing Mind Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
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 * 3 [[requires::Quicksilver]], showing Haste
 * 1 [[requires::Cut_Gems#Lens | Lens Amethyst]] for the Beacon
-[[File:Racing_Mind.jpg]]
+|[[File:Tower - Racing Mind.jpg|100px]]
+|}
-==='''Night Tower'''===
+===Night Tower===
+{| border=1 cellpadding="30"  colspan="3"
+|-
+|'''Night Tower''' ||
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
 * 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
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 * 3 [[requires::Dung Rot Mushroom]]s as Offering
 * 7 [[requires::Medium Diamond]]s for the Beacon
-[[File:Night_Tower.jpg]]
+|[[File:Tower - Night.jpg|100px]]
+|}
 == Monumental Towers ==
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 * 7 [[requires::Clay Lamp]] for Illumination
 * 700 [[requires::Ash]] to demonstrate life's end
-* 1750 [[requires::Firebricks]] to show Permenance
+* 1750 [[requires::Firebricks]] to show Permanence
 * 350 [[requires::Charcoal]] to show man's control of nature
 * 28 [[requires::Iron Bar]]s to show Strength
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 * 7 [[requires::Clay Lamp]] for Illumination
 * 49 [[requires::Eggs]] as Offering
-* 7 [[requires::Onion Seeds]] as Precious Gift
+* 7 [[requires::Vegetables#Onions|Onion Seeds]] as Precious Gift
-* 7 [[requires::Carrot Seeds]] as Precious Gift
+* 7 [[requires::Vegetables#Carrots|Carrot Seeds]] as Precious Gift
-* 7 [[requires::Cabbage Seeds]]  as Precious Gift
+* 7 [[requires::Vegetables#Cabbage|Cabbage Seeds]]  as Precious Gift
-* 7 [[requires::Leek Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
+* 7 [[requires::Vegetables#Leeks|Leek Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
-* 7 [[requires::Garlic Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
+* 7 [[requires::Vegetables#Garlic|Garlic Seeds]] as  as Precious Gift
 * 49 [[requires::Medium Sapphire]]s for the Beacon
 === Night Tower (after you get 700%) ===
 * [[requires::Medium Construction Site]]
-* 7000 [[requires::Brick]]s for Structure
+* 1000 [[requires::Bricks]] for Structure
 * 7 [[requires::Clay Lamp]] for Illumination
 * 49 [[requires::Medium Diamond]]s for the Beacon
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 *10 Medium Topaz
+== Other ==
+See [[Test of Towers Totals]] - Old page which kept track at the start of the telling.
-== Passes ==
+{{TestsNav|Architecture}}
-See [[Test Pass History#Test of Towers|Test Pass History]].
+[[Category:Tests]]
-{{TestsNav|Architecture}}