I went through this today knowing some, but not all, of how it works.
- The UV compass gives 2% exploration per turn in the desert
- After 10% exploration, you meet Gnasir.
- I did NOT realize that having met him, he is now a location to visit.
- You can find 1 - 3 pages of the manual at a time from desert monsters
I discovered the following:
- The "worm-riding manual page 1" itemId is recycled to "worm-riding manual page". Once I changed the name, KoLmafia recognized the item - but when I found "<b>2 worm-riding manual pages</b>", it told me I had found 1. I refreshed inventory and both were there. I added the plural, but I don't know if that fixed the issue, since those 2 brought me up to 15 and I never saw any more.
I think worm-riding manual manual pages are zone item drops (like Dreadsylvanian almanac pages) rather than monster drops, per se. Here is the HTML added to the end of a combat:
Code:
<Tr><td>Well hydrated and equipped with your trusty UV-resistant compass, you continue your efforts to explore the vast desert.<p>You walk for a few miles in one direction, then follow your footprints back.<p>You find some more worm-riding manual pages under a nearby rock.<center><table class="item" style="float: none" rel="id=2320&s=0&q=1&d=0&g=0&t=0&n=3&m=0&p=0&u=."><tr><td><img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/itemimages/page.gif" alt="worm-riding manual page" title="worm-riding manual page" class=hand onClick='descitem(956772450)'></td><td valign=center class=effect>You acquire <b>3 worm-riding manual pages</b></td></tr></table></center><center>Desert exploration <b>+2%</b></td></tr>
- We should track desert exploration percent.
- We should add a counter to worm-riding manual pages, like we do for hot wings - and make it a [gnasir] navigation link when you get the 15th page. I don't think we give use links for when you find more than one of an item, as you can see when you open the smut orc keepsake box.
After I had all three of the items Gnasir wanted as well as all 15 pages, I kept adventuring, waiting for him to show up. I eventually went to the Wiki and saw that you were supposed to visit his hut - which I had never seen, since I had never left the desert after meeting him. Duh.
- When you look at the desert, it tells you the % of exploration. It is bizarre HTML:
Code:
<div id=db_l11desertlabel style='text-align: center; position: absolute; top: 226; left: 200; height: 30; width: 100;'>
<a style='text-decoration: none; font-size: 11px' href=adventure.php?snarfblat=364>
<div class="pp" style="height: 10px">
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/lparen.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/1.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/0.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/0.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/percent.gif" height="10" border="0" style="margin-right: 4px"/>
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/e.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/x.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/p.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/l.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/o.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/r.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/e.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/d.gif" height="10" border="0" />
<img src="http://images.kingdomofloathing.com/otherimages/zonefont/rparen.gif" height="10" border="0" />
</div>
How strange. But, we can parse that.
- I noticed no change to the Quest log as I did various things.
- Revision 13040 handles turning things in to Gnasir.
When I got the worm-riding hooks and exited the choice adventure, I got a "wormride" link, as before. I clicked on it, and, voila - there I was in the pyramid. I don't know what would have happened if the desert had been insufficiently explored at the time I did this.
- Here is my session log for my gnasir visit when I turned in all the stuff and did the wormride.
place.php?whichplace=desertbeach&action=db_gnasir
choice.php?forceoption=0
Encounter: A Sietch in Time
Took choice 805/2: unknown
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=805&option=2
Encounter: A Sietch in Time
You acquire an item: desert sightseeing pamphlet
Took choice 805/2: unknown
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=805&option=2
Encounter: A Sietch in Time
You acquire an item: desert sightseeing pamphlet
Took choice 805/2: unknown
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=805&option=2
Encounter: A Sietch in Time
You acquire an item: desert sightseeing pamphlet
Took choice 805/2: unknown
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=805&option=2
Encounter: A Sietch in Time
You acquire an item: worm-riding hooks
Took choice 805/1: unknown
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=805&option=1
use 1 drum machine
place.php?whichplace=desertbeach&action=db_pyramid1
We should give a navigation link to "place.php?whichplace=desertbeach&action=db_gnasir" when you find a stone rose. Perhaps also when you acquire a killing jar or black paint - IF you have started the Level 11 quest and already met Gnasir.