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* Use your Projects menu again. Go near a shoreline to build your Brick Rack since you will need to gather both Mud and Sand to make bricks. You might want to build more than 1 Brick Rack.
 
* Use your Projects menu again. Go near a shoreline to build your Brick Rack since you will need to gather both Mud and Sand to make bricks. You might want to build more than 1 Brick Rack.
 
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* Gather enough Sand and Mud for however many sets of Brick Racks you have made.
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* Gather enough Sand and Mud by standing on the Sand by a shoreline.  The Sand and Mud icons need to show in the upper left corner of your screen.
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Revision as of 05:02, 27 June 2018

  • If you have a Trial account, you have 24 game hours before having to buy a subscription. Trial accounts have limited privileges. To buy a subscription go to https://www.desert-nomad.com/

Starting Your Egyptian Journey

  • You have landed on an island in the Mediterranean Sea! To give you a taste of life in Egypt your task is to learn skills and gather materials to build a ferry on this island's southern shore and launch to Egypt.
  • The Welcome Banner is your starting place.
Welcome Banner.jpg


  • A tutorial is at the top center of your screen or click the Notice Signs along the road.
Notice Sign.jpg
Tutorial.jpg


  • Click anywhere on the ground to move.
  • Move your cursor to the left and right edge of the screen to look around.
  • Move your cursor to the top or bottom of the screen to zoom.
  • Click Self > Skip this Tutorial to get rid of the tutorial window.


  • Click Self > Utility > Set my Time Zone.
  • Self > Options > Interface Options > Camera to set how fast your view moves around.
  • Self > OPtions > Camera to try out different camera views. F7 is the commonly used.
  • Need to leave the game? Utility > Quit.


  • Dress yourself differently. Click Self > Appearance.
  • Bring up the World Map by hitting F3.
  • Talk to other players on the island in the Welcoming Island chat tab.

Doing the List

Welcome to Egypt Tab.jpg


  • Your to-do list, "Welcome to Egypt" tab on the bottom left of your screen.
  • Your shopping list:
Materials List.jpg


  • Finding Slate. Run along a shoreline. Watch the icons in the upper left. Where you see a mud icon is where there is a chance for the slate icon to appear.
Finding Slate.jpg


  • The first time you gather a material, like slate, an Items tab shows up with your current Inventory. When you have gathered 4 slate, you get a bonus of 30 slate!
Slate Bonus.jpg

Buying Skills from School of Architecture

  • Buy Stone Blade Fabrication at a School of Architecture. Now your Skills tab shows up!
Skills Tab.jpg
Stone Blade Fabrication.jpg


  • Forge a Stone Blade by clicking yourself then Skills... and pin the menu. You will need many so make more but leave 11 Slate in your Items. Look at your Skills tab to see that Stone Blade Fabrication started at Level 1 and will raise as you forge more stone blades up to a maximum of Level 7.
Make a Stone Blade.jpg


  • Learn Carpenty then gather more slate.
Carpentry.jpg


  • Build a Wood Plane. You now have a Projects menu on yourself. The Build menu lets you move and rotate your machine before finishing the build. Make sure to click the Build to finish your new Wood Plane.
    Wood Plane.jpg
  • Gather Wood. After you gather wood it takes a tree some time to regenerate more wood to gather.
Wood Regeneration.jpg
Gather Wood.jpg


  • Find your Wood Plane and make some Boards.
Boards.jpg
Plane Wood.jpg


  • You may need to repair the blade in your Wood Plane, so have a few extra Stone Blades made.
Repair Wood Plane.jpg


  • Buy Brick Rack Construction.
Brick Rack Construction.jpg


  • Use your Projects menu again. Go near a shoreline to build your Brick Rack since you will need to gather both Mud and Sand to make bricks. You might want to build more than 1 Brick Rack.
Brick Rack.jpg
  • Gather enough Sand and Mud by standing on the Sand by a shoreline. The Sand and Mud icons need to show in the upper left corner of your screen.
Upper Left Icons.jpg
Gather Sand.jpg
Brick Material List.jpg