A Tale in the Desert is the first quest in the Nardarine quest series. This quest introduces the ground basics of the history of Nardah, namely its founder, Nardarine and the goddess Elidinis herself. Upon the release of this quest, Nardah and its inhabitants received a graphic makeover and its music updated. The Elid River was also updated as a result of this update adding in a new slayer monster, the Hippopotamus (requires level 60 Slayer), and gave Crocodiles swimming animations as well as Lizards (in addition to their ability to swim in the Elid). The river had also seen a large stretch to fit in the Hippo.