The Test Of Festivals > Festival Of Maat

Maat

To please Maat, you must surround an altar with 21 flaming ritual torches. At this altar, sacrifice an ambrosia made from honey and the petals of a player-specific Rose of Ra.

Preparations

Ambrosia

Player requirements for Maat vary, just like the other festivals. One person might need "leaves: magenta," and another might need "outer petals: cyan." Once you know your requirement for the ritual, you can test any Rose of Ra (menu item on the flower) to see if it works, or you can simply look up a breeder with verified flowers that match Maat requirements.

To make the ambrosia, you will need to 'Harvest for petals' (menu item on the flower). This kills the flower and gives you one petal. Mix this petal with honey in a kitchen. This takes ten minutes.

Ritual Torches

Note that the festival requires 21 ritual torches, not glass torches. Ritual torches cost 1 canvas and 1 boards with the Ritual Item Construction skill to construct. You will need to soak each torch with 1 oil, after which it can be lit.

Ritual torches burn for a few minutes (10 minutes) and then disappear. Maat altar riggings are thus temporary, though some designated altars may be pre-prepared - watch for announcements of usable altars. It is possible to salvage the torches before they finish burning for a chance of recovering canvas and boards, but do not do this before all in attendance have pleased Maat.

Procedure

1. Light the 21 ritual torches when everyone sacrificing is ready and has confirmed they have their ambrosia to hand
2. Click on the altar and sacrifice your ambrosia
3. When everyone has pleased Maat, salvage any ritual torches still burning before they disappear

Does the rose I need exist?

If you are not a flower breeder, and you simply want to find your flower to do this festival, you can look here at this list of breeders who are providing flowers for Maat.

The charts below show whether flowers exist to satisfy specific Maat requirements. In cases where a basic rose (available from the university) satisfy the requirement, the flower's name has been listed. Otherwise:

• "Yes" indicates that there is an existing hybrid that satisfies the requirement (it has been verified).
• "Perhaps" indicates that a breeder thinks s/he has a hybrid that will work, but it needs verification. Please help them confirm when you can.
• "No" - no current flower satisfies the requirement.

Color Requirements

Color	Leaves	Stamen	Inner petals	Outer petals
Magenta	Yes	Yes	Pantomime	Yes
Cyan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yellow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blue	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Green	Yes	Onion Skin	Yes	Yes
Red	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Size Requirements

Any dwarf	Yes
Dwarf x1	Yes
Dwarf x2	Yes
Any Giant	Pink Giant
Giant x1	Pink Giant
Giant x2	Pink Giant

Roses, untangled

• People who are volunteering roses for festival
• Matrix of specific varieties known
• Rose Varieties needing testing (for Maat color requirements)
• [People with specific requirements available to test roses.]?

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See also: Test Of Festivals, Determining Festival Requirements, Rose of Ra color database, Festival Suppliers, Festival Needs, Festival Schedule, Festival Player Progress, Festival Altars.