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New Arrival in Egypt

Once you have decided on a city, it is time to get started. Now, despite having chosen your city, you'll want to start with the best, to get the furthest through the research and tests as possible. This is sort of a walkthrough for Karnak newbie, it is certainly not conclusive.

• Start in Karnak hills because Karnak has the most research. Other big cities can work as well, since most have the basic research accomplished. I have chosen Karnak just out of habit. Even if you don't want to settle there though, you can hop for free to any other place once you get going.

As you begin in Egypt, take note of the resources you pass, especially things like clay, silt, limestone, etc. These are rare enough to frustrate you if you can't find them when you need them. You can't collect them just yet, because you need more skills and tools, but you'll want to remember where they are for later.

As your character begins discovering Egypt, you should trace a route that takes you to all of the Universities and Schools around your area. Below is one example that seems to work pretty well for me. I started in the circle, and ended up building my compound south of the CS, where the pink line ended. There are many other routes that work too I am sure, but this is one.

Karnak_Starting_Path

As stated below, the Initiation test of the Body is the easiest and fastest, so start there.

Here's a list of the first few levels and their respective technologies. I would try to get lvl 1 and 2 technologies right away, then build your compound and all the projects you are able to next. Return and get lvl 3, and 4 techs when you have materials pay for school tuitions too.

Be sure to Open all the tests possible as you reach each University. There is no down side to having the tests open, since they do not have any timers (except Body, as explained below), but it is difficult to know what to do next if you don't have the goals available. It will give you a materials list to set as a goal for each.

University Technologies By Level

Lvl Req	University	Skill Name	Basic usage
1	Arch	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
		Stone Cutting	learning rock saw construction skill
		Stone Masonry	make flint hammer and chisel
	Art & Music	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
		Taxidermy	fish trophies?
		Glassblowing	make and use Glazier's Bench
	Body	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
	Harmony	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
		Chariot Repair	repair chariot stops?
	Leadership	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
	Thought	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
	Worship	Pyramid Construction	help build big pyramids
		Animal Husbandry	capture and breed animals
2	Arch	Obelisk Construction	Test of the Obelisk
		Ore Extraction	create mines and learn mining skill
	Body	Controlled Burn	Firepit
	Harmony	Metallurgy	furnaces, metal tools, etc.
	Leadership	Guild Construction	make your own guild!
	Thought	Hive Optimization	Essential Extracts in a Kitchen
	Worship	Beekeeping	make Apieries (bee hives)
		Entomology	Beetle Terrariums
3	Arch	Improved Brick Rack Construction	make much better Brickracks
	Art & Science	Blacksmithing	um...yeah.
		The Science of Color	color, paint, etc.
		Mass Production of Color	color, paint, etc.
	Harmony	Casting	make Student's Casting Box for wax moulds, etc.
	Leadership	Papyrus Paper Fabrication	make paper press
	Thought	Water Mining	gems from shoreline
	Worsihp	Barley Cultivation	grow Barley
4	Art & Worship	Advanced Blacksmithing	put metal stuff together in boxes, anvils, etc.
	Body	Basic Charcoal Production	make charcoal hearth
	Harmony	Advanced Metallurgy	make furnace
	Leadership	Stellae Construction	make signs and markers
	Thought	Basic Chemistry	make Fleet Furnace and Chemistry Laboratory
		Gem Cutting	make Gem Cutting Table
		Neutralization	make Acid Bath, to make Metallic Salts
	Worship	Horticulture	get a Sea Lily bulb

Skills

A quick note before going into the skills to acquire: Remember the differences between Universities and Schools. Listed below are the schools to target and tuitions to pay for the skills. Since University techs are free, I assume you hit these along the way and learn all available.

1. The Body Initiation test is a fast and easy test, so do it right away and get to level 2. All the types of plants are quickly identifiable around the Karnak UBody area. Make sure and select walls down for the many mansions built near here to see the plants and trees. The last time I did it, I had 10+ minutes extra to find the 35 types. I finished it with 40-something types. Pick as many of the thorns as you can hold (300!), but only up to 30 sap.
2. Now go to SThought to get your jug and pay tuition for kiln construction. This clears 20 item space, so you can fill it with thorns. With the newly acquired jug you can get clay, so get up to 10 flint, but only keep 10 clay, so you'll need to drop lots of clay to get the flint.
3. Go to SArch and pay tuition for compound construction. This will empty out a good bit of your inventory (-300), so start collecting thorns, sap, clay, and flint as you run around, noticing the maxes mentioned above, especially the thorns. If you can get flint right away, then come back here for the Rock Saw Construction. If not, then come back later.
4. Go to SBody and pay tuition for carving. Another 100 weight lifted. This first carving skill is essential to make flint knifes, for tinder and sharpened sticks which open the door to many more skills.
5. Go to SLeadership After making 4 tinder, you can get firebuilding. This is a must for the whole charcoal and smithing range of skills.
6. Go to SWorship if you have gathered enough thorns and get Foraging. This allows you to get all kinds of cool boosts from plants. use this page as a guide, especially for the END timers if you plan on digging!
7. Return to SThought and get Pottery with your gathered clay. Unfortunately, you can't do much with this just yet, since you have to get other materials and skills, but at least this solves one step in the process.

At this point, you have completed just about everthing you can from the wanderer's standpoint. So, after taking a look around, it's time to decide where to establish your compound. Take note of the resources as you pass them by, and choose a place to settle down. It doesn't have to be near a CS, since you can't use them during the trial period anyway. Instead, you can use the starting positions to jump around the map, so choose a spot near a starting position. There are plenty of guides for that sort of thing, like here.

Expanding, Contributing

Having chosen a spot, here's a few focus points to get you started:

• Make sure you pick up Tedra's 1617 hybrid flax, which is located in a public chest at the SW corner of the Karnak downtown square. I recommend that one for beginners as it requires no watering, which is similar to the old Egypt strain you are used to.
• When first building and planning a compound, you'll want to focus toward a few basic aspects:
  • Basic buildings: With your newly found skills and techs, try to make all the buildings you can, given the materials you are able to collect (flax stuff, chests, animal pens, kilns, etc.)
  • Materials: you'll use your newly made buildings to create more advanced materials, thus creating an upward spiral.
• Work towards a goal, like producing twine and linen for carving lvl 2, fishing, and creating bee hives.

As of this point, I seem to have hit a snag, as my animal pens require food to keep the animals going, yet I cannot get veggies or barley without a paid account. I will see if I can get some and/or bypass the distribution center.