Test of Towers

The Test of Towers
(Test - Architecture)
Prerequisites
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

Build great Towers across Egypt. Building far from others allows control of more land. Your total cumulative score for each type of tower can be viewed from your Tasks menu. Though you will receive a talent point when each tower type reaches 100%, each must be complete to pass the Test of Towers.

Test Description

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.

Additional Information

The Test of Towers is a 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.

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, 100 boards) 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.

Any towers you own at the end of the hour count towards your cumulative total control of Egypt for that tower type. (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 for each type of tower can be viewed from your Tasks menu. Though you will receive a talent point when each tower type reaches 100%, each must be complete to pass the Test of Towers.

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 Cabbage as an Offering 20 Carrots as an Offering 20 Garlic as an Offering 20 Leeks as an Offering 20 Onions 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 Precious Gift 1 Garlic Seeds 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 Precious Gift
• 7 Garlic Seeds 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

Tower Demonstration

To Prove Egypt's Ability to create the New Life Tower requires: 1000 Bricks (Missing) 10 Clay Lamp (Missing) 7 Eggs (Missing) 1 Onion Seeds (of any type) as Precious Gift (Missing) 1 Carrot Seeds (of any type) as Precious Gift (Missing) 1 Cabbage Seeds (of any type) as Precious Gift (Missing) 1 Leek Seeds as (of any type) Precious Gift (Missing) 1 Garlic Seeds (of any type) as Precious Gift (Missing) 7 Medium Sapphire (Missing)

To Prove Egypt's Ability to create the Living Land Tower requires: 1000 Wood (Missing) 10 Clay Lamp (Missing) 7 Medium Emerald (Missing) 70 Dates (Missing) 280 Honey (Missing)

To Prove Egypt's Ability to create the Hand of Man Tower requires: 1000 Bricks (Missing) 10 Clay Lamp (Missing) 100 Ash (Missing) 250 Firebricks (Missing) 50 Charcoal (Missing) 4 Iron Bars (Missing) 7 Medium Ruby (Missing)

To Prove Egypt's Ability to create the Night Tower requires: 1000 Bricks (Missing) 10 Clay Lamp (Missing) 7 Medium Diamond (Missing) 70 Slate (Missing) 2 Night Granite (Missing) 3 Peasant Foot Mushrooms (Missing) 3 Toad Skin Mushrooms (Missing) 3 Sand Spore Mushrooms (Missing) 3 Earth Light Mushrooms (Missing) 3 Eye of Osiris Mushrooms (Missing) 3 Bleeding Hand Mushrooms (Missing) 3 Dung Rot Mushrooms (Missing)

To Prove Egypt's Ability to create the Racing Mind Tower requires: 1000 Bricks (Missing) 10 Clay Lamp (Missing) 100 Paper (Papyrus) (Missing) 1 Nut's Essence (Missing) 3 Quicksilver (Missing) 1 Lens Amethyst for the Beacon (Missing)