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=== Prerequisites for Gem Cutting === | === Prerequisites for Gem Cutting === | ||
Revision as of 23:27, 6 September 2020
Where to find details about the Gem Cutting Event
A Controller run event that shows up on the calendar.
Watch for news and winners' listings in the Events chat.
Left
Click on the Calendar icon and scroll.
Click on the Eye icon on the left under the title of the Event to see a small story and prize list.
Set Your Time Zone
Set your Time Zone correctly because the calendar time for event start also uses it.
- You must manually change your Time Zone does in spring and fall to account for Daylight Savings.
- Set your Time Zone back one hour in the spring and forward one hour in the fall.
- For the USA Eastern Time is 0500 (March 8th thru November 1st for 2020) for EDT, but then during EST has to manually be changed to 0400.
Prerequisites for Gem Cutting
- Lapidary Skill 0 from your faction's University of Art to build a Gem Cutting Table.
- A Gem Cutting Table.
What to Do and How Scores are Accrued
Instructions appear in the Events chat:
- Cuttable Zircon goes into your Inventory (note that Zircons are not used for anything but this event).
- You have a fixed amount of cuttable gems to try. You may only use your given amount of Cuttable Zircon and may not use more from another player.
- +1 on score for each successful cut.
- At start of the event, retrieve your Cuttable Zircon from any School of Thought. Schools of Thought are at every Chariot Stop or next to any University of Thought.
- The amount of Cuttable Zircon handed out is equal to 1/3 of the gem catalog list.
- Each gem is allowed a maximum of 19 cuts.
- Scoring chart is below. First cut gives 50 points, Second cut gives 33 point, etc.
Strategy to Think About when Cutting Gems
Take a look at the Cut Gems page to see the different standard gem cuts.
Because of the incrementally lower score points, strategy based upon uniqueness is more important than skill.
Knowing all of the rare flaws and being able to spot them will still help.
How to Check Your Event Scores
Winner's Reports
Winner's Reports will be in the Events channel.
