Decorative Stone

Sources

Decorative Stone is a general term for the 28 varieties of Granite and Marble, which are extracted from the ground by means of a Stone Quarry. Quarrying is a team effort, as is locating an underground deposit of marble upon which to build a quarry. The Rocks of the Ages skill is used to find marble.

Yendor's Spiral Search Guide for finding marble/decorative stone.

Types

Each variety requires a specific minimum level of Perception to find. Listed below are the various types, in order of minimum perception required to find. Note that the minimum perception and the actually rarity of the marble in the wild are not necessarily correlated.

Decorative Stone	Perception	Rarity	Uses
Oyster Shell Marble	1	Very common	10 Library Meditation Platform, Used in Marble Obelisk, 1 Pigment Mortar, 100 Aqueduct Pump, 4 Statue of Octec's Ghost, 1 Offering Vault, 1 Acid Bath, 6 Ceremonial Tasting Table, 7 Shrine of Conflict, 4 upgrade Acoustics Laboratory, 2 Salvage Techniques, 2 Structure Repair, 1 Pilgrim Shrine Construction, 1 Conflict Shrine Construction, Bonfire Platform 40k wood
Yellow Alabaster	1	Uncommon	Used in Marble Obelisk, 1 Pilgrim Shrine Construction
Mud Granite	2	Very Common	Used in Reflect of Orbit, Used in Marble Obelisk, 2 Beetle Statue, 4 Structure Maintenance, 1 Pilgrim Shrine Construction , Bonfire Platform 45k wood
White Travertine	2	Common	10 Library Scholar's Atheneum, Used in Marble Obelisk, 6 Banquet Table, 4 Statue of Octec's Ghost
Canary Granite	3		Used in Marble Obelisk, 4 Salvage Techniques, Bonfire Platform 50k wood
Monkey Marble	3
Night Granite	4		Used in Marble Obelisk, Used in Night Tower, 100 Aqueduct Pump
Grey Star Marble	5		14 Library Reading Terrace, 1 Pyramidion Stone, Used in Sequence of Order, Used in Marble Obelisk, 100 Aqueduct Pump, Bonfire Platform 55k wood
Green Sun Marble	6		Used in Suspend of Green, Empty Hand upgrades
Rose Alabaster	7		10 Library Professor's Retreat, 4 Structure Maintenance, Bonfire Platform 60k wood
Cherry Travertine	8
White Alabaster	10	Common	1 Marble Mortar, Used in Color of Water, Bonfire Platform 65k wood
Blue Pearl Marble	12	Rare
Hornet's Wing Granite	14	Rare	1 Scholar's Gem Cutting Table, Bonfire Platform 70k wood
Serpentine Marble	17	Rare	10 Kiln Construction, 4 Reinforced Kiln
Tangerine Marble	20	Common	1 Marble Tub, Bonfire Platform 75k wood
Tiger's Eye Granite	21		Used in Sequence of Order
Leopard's Paw Marble	24		1 Upgrade an Acoustics Laboratory, Bonfire Platform 80k wood
Island Blue Marble	27		1 Automatic Sawmill, 20 Elder Faction Trophy
Jade	28		1 Ceremonial Voting Booth, Crystal Obelisk, Bonfire Platform 85k wood
Mountain Marble	30
Fire Rock	36		Bonfire Platform 90k wood
Blood Granite	39		10 Library Rare Book Section
Ghost Granite	42		Bonfire Platform 95k wood
Onyx	45
Angels Stone	47		Bonfire Platform 105k wood
Strangers Basalt	60		Bonfire Platform 125k wood
Puzzle Granite	100
Blue Moon	100

Additional Uses

• 7 stones of a certain kind will be required to build a Pilgrim Shrine, based on the material requested of the tithe
• 30 stones each of two random kinds to build Ceremonial Voting Booth
• Any type may be converted to its respected Marble Dust on an upgraded Mason's Bench.
• Various types are requested when adding pieces to an empty hand puzzle
• Various types may be requested when decorating a Throne
• additional uses, listed by marble: https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale6/Granite_and_Marble

Required By

Bonfire Platform, Statue of Octec's Ghost