Welcome Island Walkthrough tutorial for A Tale in the Desert - Tale 8
21A Tale in the Desert is a social MMORPG which does not include combat. Instead, a variety of social activities provide for the basis of most interaction in the game. The game's main focuses are building, community, research and personal or group challenges called tests.
These tests are based in 7 disciplines: Architecture, Art & Music, Body, Harmony, Leadership, Thought and Worship.
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RESOURCES FOR TALE 8
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◙ Website: http://www.desert-nomad.com
◙ Free Download (PC, Mac, Linux): https://www.desert-nomad.com/Download
◙ Wiki: https://wiki.desert-nomad.com
◙ Discord: https://discord.gg/hHfbujH
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MY SOCIAL STUFFS
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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fixxxertv
Stream: http://twitch.tv/fixxxertv
Discord: https://discord.gg/XYTxXXf
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fixxxertv
Website: http://Fixxxer.tv
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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS
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◙ The faction highlighted by default is the lowest population faction
◙ I said that permanent raises to stats is capped at 7, there are certain situations where that isnt true. Speed can be raised past 7.
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VIDEO TIMESTAMPS
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◙ 1:09 Camera/movement
◙ 2:34 Menu system
◙ 2:56 -Audio
◙ 3:33 -Camera options
◙ 4:36 -Interface options
◙ 5:00 -Video
◙ 5:28 -Utility (friends list, time zone, call a GM, log off)
◙ 6:14 -Appearance
◙ 7:09 Chat
◙ 8:57 To-do list
◙ 9:21 ---- GAMEPLAY ----
◙ 9:22 F3 Map
◙ 10:12 Icons in the top left
◙ 10:58 Grocery list of all resources needed for tutorial
◙ 12:20 Thorns
◙ 13:09 Schools and learning skills
◙ 14:02 Skills tab in the bottom left
◙ 14:43 Forging stone blades
◙ 16:22 Getting seeds at the school of Art & Music
◙ 16:46 Items tab - your inventory
◙ 16:50 -Weight and bulk explained
◙ 17:15 -Why flax seeds are indented in your items tab
◙ 17:46 Finding a place to set up camp
◙ 18:46 Getting started with flax
◙ 19:25 -How/when to weed and harvest flax
◙ 20:57 -How to reproduce more seeds from flax
◙ 23:22 Drying grass into straw
◙ 24:15 Building a wood plane
◙ 25:59 -Repairing a wood plane
◙ 26:45 Growing flax with multiple beds simultaneously
◙ 29:33 Rotting flax
◙ 30:06 Bricks
◙ 30:11 -Building brick racks
◙ 31:05 -Making bricks
◙ 32:07 -Using hotkeys to collect bricks
◙ 33:15 Flax processing
◙ 33:23 -Building a flax comb
◙ 33:40 -Building a small distaff
◙ 34:09 -Processing rotten flax in the flax comb
◙ 35:10 -Cleaning the flax comb - endurance issues
◙ 35:26 -Spinning tow into twine using the small distaff
◙ 36:16 -Spinning twine into rope using the small distaff
◙ 36:44 Locating tar on the island
◙ 37:12 -Gathering tar - how it affects bulk and weight
◙ 38:00 Make sure you have the materials for the ferry
◙ 38:23 Tearing down your wood plane
◙ 39:00 Ferry
◙ 39:03 -Where to build your ferry
◙ 39:18 -Building your ferry
◙ 39:40 ZAP - completing an initiation or test
◙ 40:04 Citizen of Egypt - level 1 - What is this huge list?
◙ 40:26 Depart for Egypt
◙ 40:47 Factions - which do I choose?
◙ 42:00 The mainland
◙ 42:17 What do i do now?
◙ 42:35 Calendar
◙ 43:22 What to consider when picking a base location
◙ 43:33 Reading the map
◙ 45:20 The Pyramid icon - the 7 disciplines
◙ 46:20 More resources
◙ 46:30 My social stuff
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GROCERY LIST
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◙ 40 to 50 slate (craft all but 11 into stone blades)
◙ 108 wood (78 into boards, 30 wood)
◙ 50 flax (30 rotten flax, 20 regular flax)
◙ 8 tar
◙ 23 sand (for 136 bricks)
◙ 46 grass (dried into straw for bricks)
◙ 69 mud (for bricks)
◙ 60 thorns
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FACTION INFORMATION
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◙ Story stuff: https://www.desert-nomad.com/Factions
◙ Wiki FAQ: https://wiki.desert-nomad.com/index.php?title=Factions
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WHAT DO I DO NOW THAT I'M IN EGYPT
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I'll put resources here once they are available.
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Licensing:
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Game footage used:
"A Tale in the Desert" by Desert Nomad Studios, eGenesis, Pluribus Games
http://www.desert-nomad.com
Music licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0):
"Fidayda"
"Ozlem" by Turku
http://www.turkumusic.com/
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