Ultima Online Patch Notes for 10/29/1997 Extra changes that just made it into this patch: A few banker problems were fixed. This includes problems with sometimes being unable to open safety deposit boxes. Safety deposit boxes now close when you get far away from the banker. The change making NPCs stop using spells if they figured out their victim was using magic reflect did not work and was removed from the patch. NPCs and creatures are now unable to open locked doors. The behavior of the “Call GM” button has changed. These changes are in order to sort the calls […]

An accidental bug in 2009, unfixed by request of players, resulted in some plants previously only available as non-pollinating peculiar plants to become possible in colored and cross-pollinating choices. Where to Start Initial seeds in plain, red, blue, and yellow are obtainable from Boglings and Bogthings. In the past these seeds were campions, ferns, and tri-barrel cactus; the first generation seeds for cross pollination. The 2009 bug replaced the tri-barrel cactus seed with a random seed, most of these random seeds, when identified through a seed box or by use of poppy dust will prove to be normal plant crossing types […]

Introduced with the Time of Legends expansion some building features became craftable, this page will explore some of the possibilities opened up and some of the restrictions and pitfalls. Craftable items include: Stone floor tiles, stairs, walls and doors, these are crafted by a carpenter and listed on the page Stone Crafting. Metal doors and sign hangers, these are crafted by a tinker and listed on the page Tinkered Craftables under the ‘miscellaneous’ section Wooden sign hangers, these are crafted by a carpenter and listed on the page Carpentry Craftables under the ‘other’ section Restrictions While the principal use of […]

When you enter Sosaria for the very first time, you will be considered a “young” player, this designation will appear over your head in brackets after your name, identifying you to other players. Young status gives the following protections and restrictions, while it lasts: Monsters that would normally react in a hostile manner will not attack young players, except in self defense, unless they are quest monsters . (you will receive a message in your journal if a monster wants to attack you so you can learn which monsters are hostile) Young players will be teleported to a healer upon […]

Movement Basic movement in Ultima Online is fairly simple, hold down the left mouse button and your character will follow the cursor. Click the right mouse button while holding the left down will lock in the movement mode and allow your character to release the left button and still have your character following the cursor. The greater the distance between your character and the cursor the faster the character will move, up to maximum movement speed. Single left click removes the lock and allows you to halt.The keyboard’s arrow keys can also be used for movement. Travel Travel can be […]

  Hello new player. You’ve read the getting started guide, benefited from the protection of being [young] learned the basics skills from the pages Movement and Travel and how to safely log out when you conclude a play session. Where to go and what to do? Ultima online is a ‘sandbox’ game, there is no right or wrong way to play it, except within the rules. This guide offers suggestions as to where to direct your ‘baby steps’ in game. Finding your way around the two game clients may be aided by reading the pages in the Technical section of […]