Skills > Rock Of The Ages

Rock of the Ages

Attunement to Stones is accomplished at Schools of Conflict. Allows prospecting for marble.

Costs

• Appropriate perception
• 10 slate per attunement

Stone Types

Perception 1

Oyster Shell Marble, Yellow Alabaster

Perception 2

Mud Granite, White Travertine

Perception 3

Canary Granite

Perception 4

Night Granite

Perception 5

Grey Star Marble

Perception 6

Green Sun Marble

Perception 7

Rose Alabaster

Perception 8

Cherry Travertine

Perception 10

White Alabaster

Perception 12

Blue Pearl Marble

Perception 14

Hornets Wing Granite

Perception 17

Serpentine Marble

Perception 21

Tiger's Eye Granite

Perception 24

Leopards Paw Marble

Perception 27

Island Blue Marble

Perception 30

Mountain Marble

Perception 33

Tangerine Marble

Perception 36

Fire Rock

Perception 39

Blood Granite

Perception 42

Ghost Granite

Perception 45

Onyx

Perception 47

Angels Stone

Angels Stone is either exceedingly rare, regional, or "special" in some way. I've prospected for 6 hours on +157 perception food, using a 30x30 diagonal grid, in 130 adjacent locations in western RSO around 1200, 2700. Every trial has been a 1-break. I'm not happy :-( MarvL

I have found 4 Angels Stone quarries in my last 2 hours of prospecting - I'm as happy as larry the lamb - Binky :o)

Perception ???

Jade? (Jade appeared in the list at Perception 106)

Perception ???

[Blue Moon Marble]? (Appeared on list at Perception 109)

Perception ???

[Monkey Marble]? (Appeared on list at Perception 109)

Perception ???

[Puzzle Granite]? (Appeared on list at Perception 109)

To become attuned to different stones, you must have the appropiate perception. You cannot attune to anything with 0 perception. (Temporary Per increases, such as from cooking, work fine.)

If you are prospecting with food, you can find the precise requirement when your food wears off, if the requirement is higher than your natural PER.

Becoming Attuned

When you click on "Rock of Ages", you are given several choices of stones to which you can attune yourself.

Once you select an Attunement stone you are asked for 10 slate tuition.

Several things happen once you pay the tuition. First, you receive a window with the following text:

You attend class in a hall filled with beautiful stones of every color. With much handwaving, the instructors describe a method whereby a team of people can smash small bundles of slate to locate deposits of [one of the stone names]. Their instruction is not complete though, leading you to believe this may be more conjecture than science. Perhaps you will further knowledge in the little understood Rocks of the Ages skill.

No new skill appears in your skills list, but you gain a new item in your Special menu: "Prospect for [stone name]". You also have a new item in your Projects menu: "Build a Stone Quarry".

See the Quarry guide for how to find and operate a quarry.

Note that you can only be attuned to one stone type at a time. Once attuned, you remain so until you change it.

A Stone Quarry costs:

• 25 slate
• 15 rope
• 2 pulley
• 100 bricks