The Venery

The Venery
(Test - The Human Body)
Prerequisites
49 Gold Wire 49 Brass Small Gears 98 Fine Glass Rods 98 Copper 2 Eyelet - Amethyst 2 Eyelet - Garnet 2 Eyelet - Lapis 2 Eyelet - Turquoise

Create a Venery - a mind bending hunt across the land, to challenge and entertain those developing their Focus.

Test Description

Design a Venery, a treasure hunt around your home, throughout your neighborhood, or across Egypt. A good Venery can teach runners about local sites, and is neither too easy nor too difficult. After completing your design, if you wish to turn off the Venery menu on objects, turn off the option in 'Interface Options' under 'Show menu items for venery configuration'. This option was added when you started the Test of the Venery.

Task Details

The test requires you to build a Venery and have seven judges rate it, averaging at least Good.

• Make an Eyelet cut Amethyst (Optional)
• Make an Eyelet cut Lapis (Optional)
• Make an Eyelet cut Turquoise (Optional)
• Make an Eyelet cut Garnet (Optional)
• Make a Simple Lockbox
• Make Papyrus Paper
• Build a Venery Gathering Point
• Install at least 7 Lockboxes
• Open your Venery
• Tear down your Venery Gathering Point, OR
  • Have 7 Judges run and rate your Venery
  • Design rated Good by most judges
• All of the above OR complete three recent winning Venerys
• Pass the Test

Additional Information

This is the second test in the discipline of the Body.

This test allows the builder to create a small story and bring the participant through a series of locations while participating. It can be timed and can be as small as within eyesight to Egypt as a whole.

Talent Points

Talent Points are awarded for:

• Building the Venery Gathering Point
• Forging a Simple Lockbox
• Installing 7 Lockboxes
• Opening the Venery
• Passing the Test - TBC
• Completing three recent winning Veneries - No TP awarded as of 2021-09-04

Creating a Venery

1. Make at least 7 Simple Lockboxes
2. Determine where you'd like to start your Venery
3. Build a Venery Gathering Point
4. Name your keys
5. Install your Simple Lockboxes
6. Create your clues - Consider using the Venery Planner to plan and write your content.
7. Open your Venery.

Notes on Lockboxes and Clues

• You need to select 'Configure This Venery' at the Venery gathering point before you start installing lockboxes. Then you can install keys and lockboxes anywhere you like.
• Make sure that Options > Interface> Tests > "show menu items for venery configuration" is checked, or you will not get the option to install the Locboxes! - Minerva

• A venery should be fun to do. Many Egyptians get frustrated with the very hard ones and will tend to quit the venery.
• Make sure your clues are precise and not too hard to decipher.
• Always keep in mind that people will be voting on this so if you want to pass it needs to be finely balanced between easy and hard.
• Some people in previous tales built chests and placed rewards in them for others to collect. However you do it is up to you.
• Some people will also have an answer sheet attached to their wiki page.
• Remember Just Have Fun.

• For more on how to design a Venery see Dreasimy's Guide to Creating a Venery!

Venery Locations

Region	Coordinates	Designer	Name	Passed	Remarks	RL Date Opened
West Kush	940, -4040	Redshift	Revenge of the Ruddy Fennec	Yes		8/22/2021
West Kush	Broken. Torn down	Sabuli	Doctor Mooo	Yes		8/23/2021
Lahun cs	-1364 4865	Amon	Bring the sculptor back to the Capital	Yes		8/25/2021
Lahun cs	-1364, 4948	Archis	The Pendulum	No		8/26/2021
Koptos cs	866, -1928	Aidenna	Are You My Mother?	Yes		9/5/2021
Sharuhen cs	2851, -1018	RoaminUmp	Guided Tour of Sharuhen	No		9/5/2021
Naqada	2597, 2168	Djoser	A Tale of Giants and Dwarves	No	fast and easy	9/7/2021
Upper Egypt	942, -1556	Wimsankh	The search for Panama	No		9/9/2021
East Sinai	4239, 6720	Isabelin	Saved by the beer	Yes	Short	15/09/2021
Red Sea	1934, 2085	Arbutus	Ahknaten The Architect	No	Short and puzzle-based	9/17/2021
Red Sea	1926, 1817	Bann	Vigil Venery	Yes	light and quick	9/26/2021
Upper Egypt	926, -1855	Lisimba	New Arrival	Yes	fast and easy	11/06/2021
Upper Egypt	926, -1746	Shelyak	Enemies of the Kingdom	Yes	may require fermenting	11/9/2021
West Kush (near VoQ cs)	873, -4237	sparkle	The Beauty of Egypt	No	short and sweet	03/30/2022

Sorry. I accidentaly killed the cow Tinkerbell, that had a key, and broke the venery. Egyptians don't believe in fairies and didn't clap to save her. So I tore the venery down. (Sabuli)

Veneries Map

• Green for recognized (passed) veneries (use "Gr" prefix on pin)
• Red for unrecognized (unpassed) veneries (use "Rd" prefix on pin)

Passes

See Test Pass History