Miscellaneous AoS Changes UO Team 10 Feb 2003 00:00:00 EST In many ways, the Age of Shadows expansion promises a “whole new UO.” With such a large number of spotlighted changes coming all at once, we wanted to take a moment to call attention to some of the less obvious happenings and improvements that will also be occurring. Note: This document was updated at 11:30am CST, February 11, 2003 to include the items listed in blue. Adventuring Skills & Activities Vendor owners: please pay special attention to the information about grandfathered vendors. There’s no need to delete any existing vendors. […]

Publish 16 – Full list and Bugfixes UO Team 24 Jul 2002 00:00:00 EST This document is a compilation of miscellaneous changes and bugfixes found in Publish 16, as a list of links to the major system changes found in Publish 16. Resource and Crafting Changes: Several new rewards have been added to the Blacksmith’s bulk order system. Prospector’s Tool. Powder of Temperament. Blacksmith Scrolls of Power Gargoyle’s Pickaxe. Blacksmith bulk order system changes include: The reward value for items with an exceptional requirement has been increased. Large bulk orders will now be received for sets of weapons. Grandmaster smiths […]

Publish 16 – Siege Ruleset Shards UO Team 23 Jul 2002 00:00:00 EST The following is a compilation of all aspects of Publish 16 which affect the Siege Perilous and Mugen shards (both of which use the “Siege ruleset”). [Note: The sections below in red indicate updates made after the original posting of this document.] The following is a compilation of all aspects of Publish 16 which affect the Siege Perilous and Mugen shards (both of which use the “Siege ruleset”). PvP and Felucca enhancements on the Siege Ruleset shards Changes to Combat and PvP Unarmed “to-be-hit” changes (chance to […]

Publish 16 – Tailoring Bulk Order Deeds UO Team 23 Jul 2002 00:00:00 EST The basic concept of the bulk order system is that players who interact with certain crafting-based NPC shopkeepers will, on random occasions, be offered the opportunity to fulfill “bulk order deeds” (also known as “BODs”). In return for completing these BODs, the player will receive special rewards as compensation. A Blacksmithing BOD system is already in place, and the concept is now being expanded to include a Tailoring BOD system as well. Characters that have a sufficient Tailoring skill and frequently selling goods with NPC Tailor […]

Publish 15 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 15 on January 9, 2002. Housing and Lockdown Updates Selecting YES on the gump to clear you as a co-owner of a house will now remove your co-owner status, allowing proper house transfers. Fixed an issue concerning flawed tile art while placing a house. Trading a house to a player who is co-owned to a house will be a two-step process. The receiver will first have to select YES to remove his co-owner status and then the other party will need to initiate the trade again, at which […]

Publish 14 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 14 on November 30, 2001. New Player Experiences It can be difficult to start off in a new world, with only the tools of your craft and no training in how to use them. We are in the process of adding several “directed experiences” to the early game, as a way to help those players new to Ultima Online learn their craft and be better prepared to excell in their chosen profession. Blacksmith This Haven-based tutorial will focus on helping new players to develop the abilities and skills […]

Ratings Explained | Earning Loyalty | Britannia City Elections City loyalty is viewed through the ‘loyalty rating’ link on the character’s context menu, this menu is displayed by a single left click on your character. Clicking on the loyalty ratings link opens a further menu, a blue gem at the bottom accesses the further page ‘City Loyalty’. Any character can gain loyalty for any city by performing quests or donating items for the benefit of the city. The further option of gaining loyalty for one particular city through killing champion spawns is made possible by becoming a citizen of that […]

Magical Fish Pies To become a chef, simply cook! For many of the preparations you need to be near a heat source, this is most often an oven, but in some instances, such as barbeque, a camp fire or forge is sufficient. In the table, Cooking Menu, below where the proximity resource is listed as ‘flame’ any suitable heat source can be used. All such heat sources are: Campfire Fireplace Forge Heating stand Oven You will need tools: a rolling pin is the easiest to make if your character has no tinkering skill (requires 5 boards) a skillet, next easiest […]

Ore to Ingots | Colored Ore | Mining for Stone and Sand Mining is a basic, and fairly essential skill for an aspiring blacksmith or, to a slightly lesser degree, tinker. To begin mining you will need tools, these can be either picks or shovels and can be used from the backpack, they do not need to be equipped: A shovel or pickaxe bought from a tinker npc has 50 uses before it breaks. An exceptional shovel or pickaxe made by a player using tinkering skill has 100 uses. High quality mining tools, such as the sturdy pickaxe and sturdy […]

Do you need a particular item and don’t know where to look for it? Try vendor search. Access the search through your character’s context menu while in a safe location. The definition of a ‘safe location’ in this instance includes houses where you have access at friend level or above and guard zones. It is not necessary to be in an inn in town, anywhere within the guard zone limits will suffice. Selecting the Vendor Search option will open an extensive selection menu: For the purposes of this demonstration a selection ‘ring’ was made from the ‘Equipment’ menu. Click the […]