Festivals

Welcome to the Festivals guild page!

This is the main wiki home for coordinating our efforts in passing the Principles and maybe even some test passes for the Test of Festivals. The Guild hall is in Asyut at 1050, 2354, just east of zFree.

Thank you for visiting and contributing!

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Participation Data

Upcoming Festivals Weekend

Next Festival: Hathor, on Saturday, April 20, 3 PM EDT, 7 PM GMT.
Sunday, April 21 is Easter. A Festival is not currently planned for that day.

To participate in a Hathor festival, you will need:

• Testing Materials for Hathor: male rabbit (pillars), female rabbit (foci) Testing Instructions
• Hathor ambrosia are made from very potent beer and 1 db cobra blood
  • Players are strongly encouraged to brew their own beer for their Hathor ambrosia. If you are interested in contributing ambrosia for the Hathor festival, the chests are at 1060, 2368, in the festivals breezeway cp.
  • For your convenience, here are some locations and recipes: Hathor Recipes
  • Please do not leave your kettles at these locations. It can make it much harder for the next beer brewer.
• At the time of the festival, there will be sink food and an all-stats meal prepared in the Festivals breezeway cp. Please remember to eat sink food so that the current all-stats recipe will be useable for the duration of the Tale.
• Altar set-up: Individually drop 3 sheep, 3 rabbits, and 3 chickens around the altar. (Do not drop three in a pile)

The festival for Hathor will be (insert date) at 3 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. GMT.

Please list your name after the flavor of VP beer your ambrosia needs to be made from:

• I need a Banana ambrosia: Qetesh11 , beetlebrow, Ninfa
• I need a Barley ambrosia: Jazkar
• I need a Cherry ambrosia: Khali, sahira
• I need a Cinnamon ambrosia: Ashen, Silden, Tunnen, Tunnan , electra
• I need a Date ambrosia: Please contact Peacefulness right away if you need VP Date for Hathor
• I need a Honey ambrosia: Peacefulness, Starros
• I need a Nutmeg ambrosia: Gabrielnight, Bessieloo, Kiwi, Reyzer
• I need an Orange ambrosia:Debbie, Solaris , blondie

At this time, more VP beers are needed for ambrosia. Please consider brewing the beer needed for yours. For your convenience, here are some locations and recipes: Hathor Recipes

If you are interested in contributing ambrosia for Hathor, the chests are at 1060, 2368, in the festivals breezeway cp.

• I am brewing Banana ambrosia, (name and quantity): 30 in stock at Festivals
• I am brewing Barley ambrosia (name and quantity): Ruby, stashed 28, date flavor included
• I am brewing Cherry ambrosia (name and quantity): Peacefulness is brewing 15, date flavor included
• I am brewing Cinnamon ambrosia (name and quantity):
• I am brewing Date ambrosia (name and quantity): Please don't brew specifically for this flavor.
• I am brewing Honey ambrosia (name and quantity): Ruby, 20
• I am brewing Nutmeg ambrosia (name and quantity):
• I am brewing Orange ambrosia (name and quantity): Solaris 15

Additional Information for each Festival here.

BASTET

test with honey and camel milk
To please Bastet, you must decorate yourself with dyed silk ribbons of (color) and (color). You must surround an altar with 21 bottles of milk. Inside this circle of worship you must sacrifice ambrosia of (citrus/citrus) honey and milk.

Ribbons of (color and color)

• current assumption: Any paint lab color
  
• Festivals premade ribbon stock, click here
• Favorite Bastet colors (Have been requested more than once)
  • Pale Golden Rod, Ruby Red, Lime Green, Khaki, Fuchsia, Dim Grey, Boysenberry

Ambrosia of (citrus/citrus) honey and milk

• current assumption: ambrosia requires aromatic honey derived from any two of the following fruits:
  • Citron, Coralfruit, Corian, Grapefruit, Lemon, Lenat, Lime, Mandarin, Orange, Pummelo, Summerbell, Tangelo, Tangerine.
  • Fruits new to T8 have not yet been seen in Bastet requirements.

HATHOR

test with male and female rabbits
To worship Hathor, eat a feast of (three stats). Create a place of worship by surrounding an altar with live rabbits, chickens, and sheep. Within this circle, sacrifice ambrosia of Very Potent (flavor) beer and cobra's blood.

Ambrosia of Very Potent (flavor) beer and cobra's blood

• current assumption: flavors derived from malt
• Banana, Barley, Cherry, Cinnamon, Honey, Nutmeg, Orange.
• Not yet reported as a requirement: Date
  

Players are welcome to use any VP beer for their ambrosia. Cheap recipes and convenient locations (for me) are listed here: Hathor_Recipes

ISIS

test with honey and oil
To please Isis, wear a perfume made of (adjective citrus), then create a place of worship by surrounding an altar with seven (gem) Glass Torch. Within this circle, sacrifice ambrosia of (citrus-citrus) honey and oil.

Perfume made of (adjective citrus):

• current assumptions:
  • adjectives limited to Reddish, Greenish, Sweet, Tangy
  • T8 citrus have not yet been seen as Isis requirements
• Greenish Citron, Greenish Lemon, Greenish Lime, Greenish Lenat, Greenish Pummelo, Greenish Summerbell, Greenish Tangelo, Greenish Tangerine
• Reddish Coralfruit, Reddish Lemon, Reddish Lenat, Reddish Lime, Reddish Mandarin, Reddish Summerbell, Reddish Tangelo
• Sweet Grapefruit, Sweet Lime, Sweet Orange, Sweet Pummelo
• Tangy Coralfruit, Tangy Corian, Tangy Lime

(Gem) Glass Torch:

• current assumption: no new gems for T8
• Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire

Ambrosia of (citrus-citrus) honey and oil

• current assumption: all citrus combinations, Citrus new to T8 is not included
• Citron-Lime, Citron-Orange, Citron-Pummelo, Citron-Tangerine,
• Coralfruit-Lemon, Coralfruit-Lime, Coralfruit-Tangerine,
• Corian-Grapefruit, Corian-Lemon, Corian-Mandarin, Corian-Orange, Corian-Tangelo,
• Grapefruit Mandarin, Grapefruit-Orange, Grapefruit-Lenat,
• Lemon Pummelo,
• Lenat-Lime, Lenat-Orange, Lenat-Pummelo,
• Lime-Mandarin,
• Mandarin-Orange,
• Orange-Tangerine,
• Pummelo-Tangerine
• Tangelo-Tangerine

MAAT

test with linen and canvas
To please Maat, surround an altar with 21 flaming ritual torches. At this altar, sacrifice an ambrosia made from honey and the petals of a Rose of Ra (part: color).
Ambrosia of honey and the Petals of a Rose of Ra (part: color)

• current assumption: All flower parts and colors listed here: Rose Attributes
• Inner Petals: Blue, Green, Magenta, Red
• Outer Petals: Green, Magenta, Red, Yellow
• Stamen: Cyan, Red
• Leaves: Blue, Cyan, Red, Magenta
• Giant x2, any giant
• Dwarf x2

OSIRIS

test with flax and barley (raw)
To worship Osiris, create a place of worship by surrounding an altar with growing flax, barley, onions, leeks, carrots, and garlic. Within this circle, sacrifice ambrosia of [adjective adjective flavor] beer and oil.
Ambrosia of (adjectives and flavor) beer and oil

• current assumption: Any malt-based beer, two specific adjectives
  • Banana: Fruity Black, Fruity Dry, Spicy Sweet, Very Potent Dry
  • Barley: Fruity Dry, Potent Brown, Potent Sweet, Spicy Sweet, Spicy Black
  • Cherry: Potent Brown
  • Cinnamon: Fruity Black, Fruity Brown, Potent Dry, Spicy Dry, Very Potent Black
  • Date: (not seen yet)
  • Honey: Fruity Dry, Fruity Sweet, Very Potent Brown
  • Nutmeg: Fruity Brown, Spicy Dry, Very Potent Brown
  • Orange: Potent Sweet, Very Potent Brown

RA

test with medium quartz and medium topaz
To please Ra, build a spirit brasier and fill it with (Adjective) Spirits of (Noun). Surround the brasier with seven bonfires of 7000 wood each. Ignite the bonfires and the brasier, then use the brasier to sacrifice ambrosia of dates and (flavor) wine. The wine must be at least two vintages old and must contain 10% alcohol.
(adjective) Spirits of (noun)

• (adjective): (noun)
• Fruit: Earth
• Grain: Earth, Fire, Water, Air
• Mineral: Earth, Water, Air, Fire
• Wood: Fire

Ambrosia of dates and (flavor) wine

• note: wine flavors have changed this tale
• Butterscotch, Cassis, Cedar, Cherry, Licorice, Linalool, Methyl Anthranilate, Melon, Molasses, Peach, Rasin, Raspberry

THOTH

test with papyrus paper and candle
note: wine flavors have changed this tale
Ambrosia of ink and (flavor) wine

• Banana, Butterscotch, Cassis, Cedar, Cherry, Licorice, Linalool, Melon, Methyl Anthranilate, Molasses, Peach, Raisin, Raspberry, Strawberry Jam

Beers which need recipes

The actual list (click here) is much longer, but so far, we do not know of brewing locations for combinations that include:
Spicy Banana, Spicy Cherry, Spicy Date, Spicy Nutmeg, Spicy Orange
Many Spicy beers require at least two yeasts to be producing flavors. They are very specialized locations, and we are still hunting for them, this tale.

Wines needed for Ra and Thoth

Wine flavor	Ra	Thoth
Banana	?	Yes
Butterscotch	Yes	Yes
Cassis	Yes	Yes
Cedar	Yes	Yes
Cherry	Yes	Yes
Licorice	Yes	Yes
Linalool	Yes	Yes
Melon	Yes	Yes
Methyl Anthranilate	Yes	Yes
Molasses	Yes	Yes
Peach	Yes	Yes
Raisin	Yes	Yes
Raspberry	Yes	Yes
Strawberry Jam	?	Yes

Copy-Pastes

Calendar Announcements

Bastet
Hathor
Isis
Maat
Osiris
Ra
Thoth

Wiki Set-up

Bastet
Hathor
Isis
Maat
Osiris
Ra
Thoth

• General Donation WH: 1035, 2361
• Common Altar: 1040, 2372
• Guild Hall: 1050, 2354
• Testing mats chest: 1056, 2368
• Bastet chest: 1061, 2368
• Hathor chest: 1060, 2368
• Isis chest: 1058, 2368
• Maat chest: 1061, 2363
• Osiris chest: 1060, 2363
• Ra chest: 1058, 2363
• Thoth chest: 1056, 2363