Ariella's Welcome Island Guide
From A Wiki in the Desert
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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.
- A tutorial is at the top center of your screen or click the Notice Signs along the road.
- 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
- Your to-do list, "Welcome to Egypt" tab on the bottom left of your screen.
- Your shopping list:
- 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.
- 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!
- Buy Stone Blade Fabrication at a School of Architecture. Now your Skills tab shows up!