Test of the Library of Alexandria

The Test of the Library of Alexandria
(Test - Architecture)
Verification
Unverified

Build a Library and convince others to fill it with their knowledge. Those libraries that amass the most books shall be collectively known as the Libraries of Alexandria.

Test Description

You begin the Test of the Library of Alexandria. Build your Library, and convince scholars to fill your shelves with unique tomes.

Different books have a different quality and will score more highly in different locations. Have the greatest library of all time to pass the test

Task

• Build a Library - 1 TP
• Have the greatest Lobby
• Have the greatest Contemplation Basin
• Have the greatest Mediation Platform (sic)
• Have the greatest Scholar's Atheneum
• Have the greatest Reading Terrace
• Have the greatest Professor's Retreat
• Have the greatest Rare Book Section

Library Cost

• 1500 Bricks
• 500 Boards
• 10 Sheet Glass
• 100 Concrete
• 75 Cut Stone
• 156 Green Paint
• 156 Yellow Paint
• 200 Plaster
• 400 Nails
• 50 Papyrus Paper
• 50 Ink
• 4 Quills

Built in a Medium Construction Site.

Upgrades

Upgrades must be built in order, ie, a Contemplation Basin must be built first, followed by a Meditation Platform and so on.

Contemplation Platform

• 1620 Clay Bricks
• 610 Rigid Boards
• 300 Cut Stone
• 200 Steel Wire
• 20 Iron Bars
• 400 Red Paint
• 400 Blue Paint
• 400 Plaster
• 400 Nails
• 75 Paper (Papyrus)
• 75 Ink

Books for your Library

Once you have built your library you can start filling it with books. To do this simply click on the library and click "Author Book". You can add a book to your own library. Players can author as many books as they want but can only place one book in any library unless the library expands. They don't need to be signed up for the test to author books. Sometimes a player will be unable to author a book for a library due to hash functions: the message they get is a bit misleading, since it doesn't mention a hash issue, but a lack of shelf space (Sorry, but the shelves are getting full. Come back once this library has been expanded). Library owners might think they need to wait till they get an advance, so they can expand the library (see below), instead of looking for more people to author books for them.

Each book costs:

• 100 Papyrus Paper
• 100 Ink
• 10 Twine
• 1 Leather
• 2 Mandibular Glue

This test brings with it a new "Achievement"; "Author A Book".

Passes

Each week, the owners of the two largest libraries (with most books) pass the test. The owners of the next seven largest libraries get an option to expand their libraries. Once expanded, prior authors can now add an additional book.

First Expansion

Library expansion

16200 Clay Bricks 6100 Rigid Boards 3000 Cut Stone 2000 Steel Wire 200 Iron Bars 4068 Red Paint 4068 Blue Paint 4000 Plaster 4000 Nails 750 Papyrus Paper 750 Ink Expanding the library changes the graphics. A second set of shelves is added to the front of the library and an ornate sculpture is placed between the shelves.

Second Expansion

2nd Library expansion

75 Oyster Shell Marble 9100 Rigid and Hard Boards 4000 Cut Stone 500 Steel Cable 450 Iron Bars 5568 Violet Paint 5568 Indigo Paint 5000 Plaster 2250 Copper Wire 7250 Nails 1000 Papyrus Paper 1000 Ink This expansion adds meditation platforms to either side and a third set of shelves. It is unknown whether there are any additional expansions

Demonstrating the Test

To open the Library of Alexandria Test the following requirements are needed:

• 1 Mandibular Glue
• 1 Sheet Glass
• 1 Concrete
• 1 Ink
• 1 Papyrus Paper
• 1 Oyster Shell Marble