--- Begin Planetary Salute Walkthrough ---
This walkthrough will take you through all the steps required to learn and use the File Planet promotional skill "Planetary Salute".
To get things started you will need to log into the game, once in the game click on your character and go to the Utility Menu and select enter promo key. Please note that this fireworks package and skill are only available to Fileplanet Key holders. All other players previously in the game do NOT have access to these items. *Hint: Trade items to regular players after you get off the new player island* If you need help visit our IRC room on:
irc.sorcery.net #atitd
http://www.atitd.net/ has a 'chat' button at the top that'll take you directly to the IRC channel.
To build your fireworks you will need to locate the School of Art and Music. On the Welcoming Island it can be found in the southeast corner of the island.
Once you are there you can begin learning how to grow Flax. The flax you grow will first be used to pay for your tuition to learn a new skill, then you will learn how to rot flax in water. The rotten flax will be used to pay the tuition for your Planetary Salute skill, and then used in the manufacture of Egyptian Candles.
Once you are at the School of Art and Music, click the school, then click Supplies, then click Ask For Some Flax Seeds. Once you do this you will receive 3 Flax Seeds: Old Egypt. You can see these in your left hand window, under the tab labeled Items.
To use these seeds you must be standing in a grassy area. Find a suitable area away from the school, then click yourself, then Plant, then Flax: Old Egypt. A flax bed will appear where you are standing. After some time you will see the flax plants will begin to grow. Shortly after that some yellow weeds will appear. If you click on the plant right away you will see the option to Weed This Flax Bed. Do not click on this option just yet, instead wait a little longer and click on the plant again, you should see an option to Harvest Seeds From This Wild Flax Plant. Select this option, wait a bit, and repeat. You should be able to do this several times before your Flax plant disappears. Repeat this whole process until you have collected at least 16 seeds.
Now that you have enough seeds it is time to grow some flax. Like before you must be in a grassy area, click yourself, then Plant, then Flax: Old Egypt. Again the flax bed will appear beneath your feet, and again you will see the Flax begin to grow, followed by the weeds. As soon as you see the yellow weeds, click the plant, then Weed This Flax Bed. A short time later the flax bed will again be overtaken by the yellow weeds, and you will need to repeat the process of weeding the flax bed. Wait a short time, and click the flax bed again. You should see a new option to Harvest This Flax. Click Harvest This Flax, and you will receive 1 Flax in your inventory. Repeat this process until you have at least 15 Flax in your inventory. Make sure you keep at least one seed as well, so that you can make more Flax later.
You should have some Flax, head back to the School of Art and Music and learn the skill of Flax Processing. This will cost you 10 Flax, and can be learned by clicking the school, the Learn, then click the Learn button next to where it says "Flax Processing". 10 Flax will be deducted from your inventory, and you will see the new skill listed in the left hand window under the Skills tab.
Now that you know how to process Flax you will be able to make Rotten Flax. Head towards an area with water, once there click yourself, then Special, then Rot Flax In Water. An orange float with a red flag will appear in the water. The flax will slowly rot as it sits in the water. This will take a bit, so remember where you left your float and go explore the island or talk to people. When the flag turns white your flax is rotten. Click on the float, then click Get This Rotten Flax. The Rotten Flax will appear in your inventory.
Now that you have some Rotten Flax, head back to the School of Art and Music again. Once there learn the skill of Planetary Salute and Ask For A Package Of Wild Planet Pyrotechnic Stars.
At this point you should have 49 Star: Wild Planet, and at least 1 Rotten Flax in your inventory. If so, you are now ready to build your first pyrotechnic, called an Egyptian Candle. Click yourself, then Special, then Make Egyptian Candle Fireworks, then Wild Planet. You will be asked how many you would like to make, click Ok to accept the default value of 1.
To use your new fireworks you must first place it on the ground. Click yourself, then Drop, then Egyptian Candle, then Wild Planet. You will be asked how many you would like to drop, again click Ok to accept the default value of 1. *Before you launch we suggest you hit F7 to change your camera view to a better angle, F5 through F8 change your camera view. You can zoom in and out by moving your mouse to the top or bottom of the play window*
Between your feet you should now see your newly made Egyptian Candle. Click on it, then Light The Wild Planet Egyptian Candle and you will shoot a pyrotechnic star into the air for all around you to see. Your candle will be consumed, but you may make as many as you have supplies for. Remember each candle costs 1 Rotten Flax and 1 Star of any type.
Congratulations, you have taken your first steps in Egypt, but a larger world still awaits you. You should explore the island, learn as many skills as you can, and work industriously to become a citizen of Egypt by building a raft to take you off the island. Good Luck!
--- End Planetary Salute Walkthrough ---
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Pages for when you get to Egypt proper: