Week 1 Jewel Box

Jewel Box

by The Weeklies Gang

METRICS
Sum (Cost + Cycles + Instructions) > No tiebreakers
Instructions > Cycles > Cost

REAGENTS
Elemental Quintessence
Elemental Quicksilver
Elemental Copper

PRODUCTS
Synthetic Peridot
Synthetic Moonstone
Synthetic Flame-Ruby

NOTES
Bred, Zorflax, and Shadowcluster can only participate as a playtester as they have seen the puzzle before the release.
UTC Jun 21 14:28 - Puzzle now has a duplicator.
Please update to the new puzzle file if you have the old one downloaded.

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Dear Ms. Chausson,

Thank you for the contact and the concerns about our machine's capabilities.

Yes, it is small for a transmutation engine. No, it does not fit on your palm. Unless you are willing to spend a fortune to fund a research on miniaturized engines.

As I said before, this won't be particularly fast. Nor be particularly easy to program. You are sacrificing speed and ease of maintenance for compactness.

Also as I said before, it is impossible to make it turn into a pepper spray can with a press of button. It's too large, as I said, and way way way too complicated, as I said, and it will hamper the normal operation of the machine.

Please read the enclosed maintenance manual for Alcaro brand engines, which I provide the third time. While we can make impressive things happen, we can't do the impossible, madam.

Sincerely,
Edward Atkins
Engineering Manager

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download: Weeklies2025_JewelBox_v2.puzzle (where do i put this?)