Sivrn #3: Order Squared  

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Rating:
*****
Information:
Level:70
Maximum Level:85
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:No
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Experience
Quest Items:
Related Creatures:
Related Quests:
Era:The Buried Sea
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Tue Feb 20 14:20:23 2007
Modified: Wed Feb 1 00:12:34 2017
This solo task becomes available by completing 'Atiiki Tongue Twisting'.

Upon completion of the previous task:

Noble Sivrn says 'You have done well to learn correct pronunciation of the sphinx names, I am sure that you would be honored to speak with them. Or, perhaps, to [play] a game with them?'

You say, 'I will play a game with them'

Noble Sivrn says 'Many of the sphinx enjoy various games, riddles, and puzzles... I believe that Mahatototarit is looking for some challengers for his puzzles North of the Great Pyramid, if you are [interested].'

You say, 'I am interested'

Noble Sivrn says 'I wish you luck in solving the puzzle, I understand it is quite difficult.'

You have been assigned the task 'Order Squared'.

You say, 'Hail, Mahatototarit'

Mahatototarit glances away from the game board, do you not find [puzzles] fascinating?

You say, 'Yes, I find puzzles quite fascinating, I solved Noble Sivrn's task, afterall!'

Mahatototarit says 'I enjoy puzzles of all types, and often at the same time... Perhaps I could interest you in a game of [alignment] or [order]?'

You say, 'How about a game of order'

Mahatototarit says 'Bring me a Token of Order, and you may attempt to bring order to my Southern game board.'

The tokens drop in the pyramids from random Efreeti mobs. They are marked as QUEST ITEM and are tradable.

Mahatototarit says 'Once I reorder the board you may begin, return to me when you are [done] ordering the board... To bring order you must remember that Azia loves the South as much as Dena loves the West, while Meda despises Dena, and Paza has has deserted the Northeast leaving it barren.'

Speak with Mahatototarit about puzzles
Solve the game of order
Report your success to Noble Sivrn

((SPOILER))

Order the board by placing it in alphabetical order on the board with A (Azia) being in the southwest Corner and M (Meda) being in the southeast corner. The southernmost row should look like M, I, E, A, from East to West. and the Westernmost row should look like A, B, C, D, from
South to North.

If you face west the order will be (with the corresponding number underneath for the puzzle solver) with top row being furthest from you.

A B C D
1 2 3 4

E F G H
5 6 7 8

I J K L
9 10 11 12

M N O ( )
13 14 15

You say, 'I'm done'

Mahatototarit says 'Quite impressive, very few have managed to solve that puzzle.'

You say, 'Hail, Noble Sivrn'
You gain experience!!

Experience was ~116% AA at level 75 with 100% towards AA.
Submitted by: LordAdam (Amberdina of Povar)
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wee
# Jul 27 2007 at 2:16 AM Rating: Decent
14 posts
Ok now if anyone else is like me and dislikes spending a lot of time on puzzles like this, also known as push tile puzzles, I reccomend you go to the following: http://www.geocities.com/abcmcfarren/math/tile.htm
This site is the solution to the 15 square push tile puzzle. This is precisely the same puzzle here. Just think of A-O as being the numbers 1-15. This should help any who are having problems immensely.
wee
# Aug 31 2007 at 8:26 PM Rating: Decent
THIS WAS PERFECT. If you look at the puzzle with your camera near the pyramid next to it, and replace the numbers with the letters, its perfect.
wee
# Aug 23 2007 at 11:39 AM Rating: Decent
38 posts
At first I thought this was helpfull, until I got to 13-15, M-N-O. Everytime I got to this point 2 of the letters were reversed and has caused me great annoyance trying to get them reconfigured

Further research shows that this is an unsolvable variant, bad luck of the draw when Mahatototarit randomizes the board.

Edited, Aug 24th 2007 1:45:53am by Kylerion

Edited, Aug 24th 2007 2:15:38am by Kylerion
wee
# Aug 26 2008 at 8:02 PM Rating: Good
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210 posts
Not the case... there is never an unsolvable version, though I can tell you you where standing on the wrong side of the board. I did this my first time and you can get into an unsolvable situation that way, but on the same puzzle if you move to the side you are to be on (standing on the east side of the board, to where if you are looking at the board your back is to the pyramid and you are facing the sand wall, sphinx off to your right) the puzzle is then solvable.
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