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Test of the Bijou

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The Test of the Bijou
The Test of the Bijou
(Test - Art and Music)
Prerequisites


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Test Description

Build a Scholar's Gem Cutting Table. Included in the costs is a piece of Hornet's Wing Granite, a stone with a most unusual property: Each slab is of a repeating crystalline structure, meaning that a single slab produces many copies of the same raw gem-like piece. Challenge others to duplicate your design.

Task

Complete the Test of the Bijou by designing a cut gem that others find appropriately challenging. Each person attempting your puzzle will start with the same raw gem that you did.

  • Cut a Queen's Tomb Turquoise (1 Talent Point)
  • Cut a Queen's Tomb Amethyst (1 Talent Point) ?
  • Build a Scholar's Gem Cutting Table
  • Design a Challenge Cut and open it for Judging (1 Talent Point) ?
  • Tear down your Scholar's Gem Cutting Table, OR do the following:
    • Have 7 Judges solve and rate your Bijou
    • Design rated Good by most judges
  • All of the above, OR solve three recent winning Bijou
  • Have your design recognized as the greatest in Egypt

Additional Information

The Test of the Bijou is a test available in the discipline of Art. The Test challenges players to create a unique gem cut which other players must duplicate. Once a cut has been set as the "challenge gem", players may attempt the cut again and again, using the same flaws as the original gem. This makes a Student Gemcutting Table an excellent way to practice gem cuts without using cuttable gems.

  • You need to have the Lapidary 1 technology and experience bar filled to level 1 to sign up for this test.
  • Build a Scholar's Gem Cutting Table. Once the table is built, design a unique gem cut (no actual cuttable gems are required, as the gem is in theory carved from the Hornet's Wing Granite).

Notes on Bijou Table Ownership

Scholar's Gem Cutting Table belongs to the person that built it. They cannot be transferred. They do not have any ownership menu other than Public/Private. Public allows anyone to change your design. Make the table Private so your design is protected.

The only way to give a table to another is to salvage the table and rebuild.

Passing the Test

The top two Bijous pass each week. See Test Pass History or http://julianatdeltona.com/atitd/PassedTests.aspx

Bijou Locations

Galleries and Museums

Region Coordinates Name Curator Notes
Blue Nile 79, -6965 Meroe Art Complex Many Bijous, Raeli Mosaic
Tanis (MWD) 1075, 7013 Tanis Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Many Bijous, Mosaics, Windsongs
VoQ (West Kush) 863, -4221 VoQ Art & Thought CP Public 6 Bijous

Individual Bijous

Region Coordinates Owner Passed? Notes
Blue Nile 78,-6971 Redshift No NE from Meroe CS, Meroe Art Complex
MWD 1075 7013 Lewbis No North East from Tanis CS
Bernike 3030 -911 Pascalito No North East from Bernike CS
Bernike 3030 -910 Heterika No North East from Bernike CS
Bernike 3028 -911 Qwu No North East from Bernike CS
Bernike 3028 -910 Lizzi No North East from Bernike CS
West Kush 854, -4040 Mick, Zayla No NW from VoQ CS Arts And Crafts cp
Upper Egypt 644, -1705 Hobart, Sabina, Augir, Nixis No Art CP West of Koptos CS at Amigos
Blue Nile 81, -6968 Ashen No NE from Meroe CS, Meroe Art Complex
Tanis (MWD) 1075, 7013 Azuroth No NE from Tanis CS, Tanis Metropolitan Museum of Art
Upper Egypt 927, -1782 Wimsankh No East from koptos CS. over the bridge in the ghostCP

Adding to the Map

To add to the map just copy the following line and change it into your values

(PinGrB) 976,6806, Firegolem , Bijou

Just adding to the table doesn't add to the map, you need to add the above line to the CondMap with the others


Maps/Bijou Tables