Gem Cutting Event
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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 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.
Stop Press!
T9 changes (as advised my Malard 11 Sep 2020):
- Once Lapidary opens, a Gem Cutting Event will be generated every 60 hours
- Collect 75 Cuttable Zircons at the School of Thought ? hours before the event starts
- First place winner will win a random Huge Gem
- Second place winner will win 40 random Cuttable Gems
- Participants will win 1 Cuttable Gem (random type)
- Event scores for first and second place winners will reset
- All other scores will roll over to the next event
- Each contest lasts 3 hours
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:
- Collect your 75 Cuttable Zircon (1/3 of the gem catalog list) from any School of Thought at any Chariot Stop or next to any University of Thought at any time.
- Each player can only use their own collected Cuttable Zircon and may not use more from another player.
- Cuttable Zircon can only be used during the event.
- Scoring is below. First cut gives 50 points, Second cut adds 30 more points to your score, etc with a max of 19 cuts per Cuttable Zircon.
- Uniqueness is more valuable in this event, meaning you will get a higher score for finishing many different cut gems. The difficulty or rareness of the cut is not rewarded.
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.
