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==Egyptian Communication==
 
 
* New mic set up, all parts collected, please use <b>/join egypt</b>. Thanks to dymo, Pascalito, AmadineT and Kabasto for help sitting it up. Egypt appreciates it. Thanks
 
 
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'''Please note only people with T5 accounts can log in to this wiki'''
 
* To set up an account, enter ATitD5, and type into the chat box '''/webpass atitd.org (password)''' where (password) is a password for this site (not recommended to be the same as your ATitD5 login password)
 
* Come see us in #atitd-wiki on IRC for more info
 
* ''FaceAnkh, nchanter, Kartal, Rogarian, Teao and others''
 
 
''' If you copy information directly from an old Tale, make sure you tag the page with the <nowiki>{{T4}}</nowiki> template so that it is clear that the information needs checking! Also, as we clean up these pages please use {{5}} (obtained by the markup <NOWIKI>{{5}}</NOWIKI>) and/or {{5ok}} <NOWIKI>{{5ok}}</NOWIKI> to indicate the information following that symbol has not been verified or the converse.  This can then mean the T4 banner come down from the heading of the page, helping eliminate confusion '''
 
  
 
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Egypt time currently is: http://armeagle.atitd.org/time.php.png?gameid=ATITD5.A&ft=.png [http://armeagle.atitd.org/about.php ?]<br>
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Egypt time currently is: http://armeagle.atitd.org/time.php.png?gameid=ATITD5.A&ft=.png [http://armeagle.atitd.org/about.php ?]<br>
Real time finder: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time.htm
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Real time finder: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time.htm
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<!--How to log in.. put this at the top for a few days! -->
 
== How to Log In ==
 
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'''If you have problems logging in, please come to #atitd-wiki in IRC, or contact FaceAnkh ingame or by forum PM.'''
 
 
Before you can log in you must set your webpass in game: Log into the game and type '''/webpass atitd.org ''password''''' (meaning you replace '''''password''''' with your password).
 
 
Once you have created a web pass you log in here with "Login with OpenId" (top right).
 
 
You should be sent to a page to then type in your account name and password you set in game with the webpass command.  If you logged in to openid recently, it won't ask again.
 
 
If you forget your password, just re-set it in-game by using the webpass command again.
 
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== Welcome to the Wiki ==
 
 
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Welcome to A Wiki in the Desert, a wiki for the Massively Multiplayer On-line Role-Playing Game [http://www.atitd.com A Tale in the Desert].
 
Welcome to A Wiki in the Desert, a wiki for the Massively Multiplayer On-line Role-Playing Game [http://www.atitd.com A Tale in the Desert].
  
This wiki exists to document the game and to provide a community scratchpad for the players. You can find [[Guides]] on things such as growing Flax, an [[Atlas]] of interesting places, and various personal pages created by the [[Special:ListUsers | Users]] and [[Guilds]]. If you're looking to buy and sell, try [[Trading]]. Visit the [http://www.atitd.org/ community portal] for lots of info on current events, debates on the forums, or just random chatter.
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This wiki exists to document the game and to provide a community scratchpad for the players. You can find [[Guides]] on things such as growing Flax, an [[Atlas]] of interesting places, and various personal pages created by the [[Special:ListUsers | Users]] and [[Guilds]]. If you're looking to buy and sell, try [[Trading]]. Visit the [http://www.atitd.org/ community portal] for lots of info on current events, debates on the forums, or just random chatter. These links and many more can be found in the wiki sidebar to the left.  
  
Anyone with an ATITD game account can edit any page on this site, but you have to [[Special:OpenIDLogin|log in]] first.  Please read the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents user's guide] and information on [[Help:Formatting | formatting]] to see how to edit, and read our [[Policies]] before editing.  Politics are not welcome (exception: [[Special:ListUsers | Users]] pages, but no personal attacks please) and, if you want to discuss something such as [[laws]], you'll find the [http://www.atitd.org/forum forums] more suitable. If you have any difficulties, please ask around in game or contact a [[A Tale in the Desert:Administrators|wiki admin]].
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Anyone with an ATITD game account can edit any page on this site, but you have to first [[OpenID|log in]].  Please read the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents user's guide] and information on [[Help:Formatting | formatting]] to see how to edit, and read our [[Policies]] before editing.  Politics are not welcome (exception: [[Special:ListUsers | Users]] pages, but no personal attacks please) and, if you want to discuss something such as [[laws]], you'll find the [http://www.atitd.org/forum forums] more suitable. If you have any difficulties, please ask around in game or contact a [[A Tale in the Desert:Administrators|wiki admin]].  
  
 
If you have a suggestion for how to improve the wiki software, please add it to the [[Server Improvements|Suggestions]] page.  If you have a suggestion for improving the content, please just go ahead and do it!  If you want to contribute but don't know how, start creating missing pages listed [[Special:WantedPages|here]], or verify the information in [[:Category:Unconfirmed|pages containing unchecked content copied from the T4 wiki]].
 
If you have a suggestion for how to improve the wiki software, please add it to the [[Server Improvements|Suggestions]] page.  If you have a suggestion for improving the content, please just go ahead and do it!  If you want to contribute but don't know how, start creating missing pages listed [[Special:WantedPages|here]], or verify the information in [[:Category:Unconfirmed|pages containing unchecked content copied from the T4 wiki]].
  
We also have a voice chat server setup for [[Mumble]].  
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We also have a voice chat server set up for [[Mumble]].  
 
 
 
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== Egypt-Wide Chat Channel==
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To chat with all Egypt in game, type <b>/join egypt</b> into the chat box.
  
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(Thanks to [[User:Dymo|dymo]], [[User:Pascalito|Pascalito]], [[User:AmadineT|AmadineT]] and [[User:Kabasto|Kabasto]] for help setting it up. Egypt appreciates it.)
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== How to Log In ==
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Note that only people with T5 accounts can log into and edit the wiki. Anyone can read the wiki without an account.
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<b>A Tale in the Desert V - Launches Saturday</b><br>
 
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Citizens of Egypt,
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The ATitD wiki uses [[OpenID]] to manage login accounts, allowing you to use the same user name in the game, in the forums, and on the wiki without setting up additional accounts. You can find login instructions on the [[OpenID]] page.
  
As I write this, we're days away from the release of A Tale in the Desert V. We'll go live:
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'''If you have problems logging in, please come to #atitd-wiki in [http://atitd.org/irc/ IRC], or contact FaceAnkh in-game or by forum PM.'''
  
    Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 12:00 Noon EDT (GMT-0400)
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== Events ==
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See the [[Events]] page.
  
Last Saturday, as ATITD IV concluded, we learned that Sami won the majority of citizens' votes, and ascended as Pharaoh. In electing Sami over Wahim, players voted to falsify the two monuments that were completed, and instead implore the scientists in Tale V to create seven new technologies. The following player-designed skills and technologies will be released during A Tale in the Desert V:
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* [http://www.atitd.org/ Community portal front page]
    Foraging - The ability to memorize correct foraging techniques after 7 consecutive correct attempts
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* [http://www.atitd.org/forum/ Forums]
    Preservation - Allows one to wrap up a fresh cooked meal that can be eaten on the road
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* Mumble [[Mumble|voice chat]] and [http://mumble.atitd.org/ who's online?]
    Advanced Silkworm Farming - Allows changing silkworm diets by use of fresh leaves
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* IRC: [irc://irc.sorcery.net/atitd #atitd] on sorcery.net
    Aquaculture - Ability to grow papyrus in camp
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* Web based [http://atitd.org/irc/ IRC client] (goes to #atitd on Sorcery.Net by default)
    Herbology - Accurate prediction of aqueduct towers locations that will aid growth of herb seeds
 
    Fertilization - Production of a one-dose-needed, slow-acting fertilizer
 
    Molecular Balance - Comparison of the genetic weights of two plant genomes
 
 
 
I've made a bunch of other changes for Tale 5: I'm particularly proud of the mining system, which I've written about before, and which has undergone some evolution during our beta. I'll describe how mining iron works, though each kind of ore has somewhat different rules.
 
 
 
You'll be presented with a field of 7 different orestones. Some are red, some yellow, some green. (There is a colorblind-compatible mode available) Also, some of the orestones are covered by spikey crystals, some with cube-shaped, and some long and thin. The goal is to find three stones which:
 
 
 
    All 3 are identically colored, or all 3 differently colored
 
    All have the same crystal shapes, or all differently shaped
 
 
 
It takes some concentration - it feels hard at first. But when you find a set of three - known as a workload - it's worth about 100 ore. Sometimes it will be worth much more than that - several hundred, or occasionally even a thousand. When you do find one of these huge workloads, you can call over friends who can also harvest the same workload for an equally large amount.
 
 
 
Furthermore, there are bonuses for finding multiple workloads in one field, and for finding rare 4 stone workloads, and all of these bonus amounts can be stacked. This description doesn't do it justice - it's taken an aspect of the game that has always been tedious, and made it into something entirely addictive.
 
 
 
The fishing system has also been totally replaced. It's irritated me for some time that ATITD, with perhaps the most complex tradeskill system of any online game had such a rudimentary fishing system. No more: there are now 49 species of fish. You'll notice that some fish have preferences for certain bait, or certain geographical habitats, seasons, times of day, and other peculiarities. In addition to the 49 kinds of meat, each from a different fish, fish may contain roe, or scales in many colors (there's an entire science to this), or other by-products that you may discover a use for.
 
 
 
In addition to fishing itself being a multi-level practice-based skill, there's a whole skill devoted to fly tying itself. Another new skill, Arthropodology, will help you discover the really rare insects on which your flies are based. And finally, you can learn the filleting skill - also multi-level - to increase usable meat when a kitchen isn't handy.
 
 
 
There's plenty more to discover, and I'm looking forward to the most fascinating Tale yet. See everyone Saturday!
 
  
Dawn on the Nile,
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== Information from Tale 4 ==
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If you copy information directly from an old Tale, make sure you tag the page with the <nowiki>{{T4}}</nowiki> template so that it is clear that the information needs checking!
  
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== Other ==
  
== Links and related material ==
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=== Miscellaneous Links ===
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* [http://twitter.com/atitd Twitter feed] of the System channel
=== Other services ===
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* [http://services.atitd.org/log.php Logs] of the System channel
* Mumble [[Mumble|Voice chat]] and [http://mumble.atitd.org/ who's online?]
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* [[Tale 5 Launch|Pharoah's announcement]] of Tale 5
* [http://www.atitd.org/forum/ Forums]
 
* [http://www.atitd.org/ Community portal front page]
 
 
* Old (public) Tale 1-4 wikis: [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale1 Tale1], [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale2 Tale2], [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale3 Tale3], [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4 Tale4]
 
* Old (public) Tale 1-4 wikis: [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale1 Tale1], [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale2 Tale2], [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale3 Tale3], [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4 Tale4]
* Web based [http://atitd.org/irc/ IRC client] (goes to #atitd on SorceryNet by default)
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* Connumity portal [http://stats.atitd.org/ server statistics]
* [http://services.atitd.org/log.php Game time] logs
 
* [http://stats.atitd.org/ Server statistics]
 
* [[Events]] Calendar Events
 
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Egypt time currently is: time.php.png?gameid=ATITD5.A&ft=.png ?
Real time finder: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time.htm


Welcome to A Wiki in the Desert, a wiki for the Massively Multiplayer On-line Role-Playing Game A Tale in the Desert.

This wiki exists to document the game and to provide a community scratchpad for the players. You can find Guides on things such as growing Flax, an Atlas of interesting places, and various personal pages created by the Users and Guilds. If you're looking to buy and sell, try Trading. Visit the community portal for lots of info on current events, debates on the forums, or just random chatter. These links and many more can be found in the wiki sidebar to the left.

Anyone with an ATITD game account can edit any page on this site, but you have to first log in. Please read the user's guide and information on formatting to see how to edit, and read our Policies before editing. Politics are not welcome (exception: Users pages, but no personal attacks please) and, if you want to discuss something such as laws, you'll find the forums more suitable. If you have any difficulties, please ask around in game or contact a wiki admin.

If you have a suggestion for how to improve the wiki software, please add it to the Suggestions page. If you have a suggestion for improving the content, please just go ahead and do it! If you want to contribute but don't know how, start creating missing pages listed here, or verify the information in pages containing unchecked content copied from the T4 wiki.

We also have a voice chat server set up for Mumble.

Egypt-Wide Chat Channel

To chat with all Egypt in game, type /join egypt into the chat box.

(Thanks to dymo, Pascalito, AmadineT and Kabasto for help setting it up. Egypt appreciates it.)

How to Log In

Note that only people with T5 accounts can log into and edit the wiki. Anyone can read the wiki without an account.

The ATitD wiki uses OpenID to manage login accounts, allowing you to use the same user name in the game, in the forums, and on the wiki without setting up additional accounts. You can find login instructions on the OpenID page.

If you have problems logging in, please come to #atitd-wiki in IRC, or contact FaceAnkh in-game or by forum PM.

Events

See the Events page.

Community

Information from Tale 4

If you copy information directly from an old Tale, make sure you tag the page with the {{T4}} template so that it is clear that the information needs checking!

Also, as we clean up these pages please use T6N.png {{5ok}} to mark specific information as having been verified. Information that still needs to be verified should be marked with T5N.gif {{5}}. Once all information has been marked with one of these, the T4 banner can be removed from the heading of the page, helping eliminate confusion. (See the Skills page for an example.)

Other

Miscellaneous Links

Firefox / IE Search Plugin

Firefox and IE (FF 2+ / IE 6+) users can install an OpenSearch search box to their browser. For details, visit Browser Search Plugins.