On July 16 1999 Siege Perilous was opened. This shard is meant for the veteran player who is familiar with game systems and understands how to build a character. Siege Perilous uses the same rules as all the other shards, with the following significant exceptions: Your Character There is only one character slot available per account. The Siege Blessing Players on the Siege Perilous shard can bless one item of any kind at a time. Use the character context menu (left-click on your character,) select the option, then target the item to be blessed. The blessed item will remain with […]

The Ultima Online Rewards program is designed to reward long-term players for loyalty to the UO community. However as years have gone on, and the higher rewards became seemingly unreachable by newer players, it was decided to stop counting at 15 with the exception of the Serpentine Dragon Ethereal Mount, year 20. New rewards are still added each year at various levels. Account Age The age of an account will be determined in the following manner: You can check your account age by logging a character into the game. To check your account age: Double click your profile scroll. Scroll […]

There are a small number of potions that owe nothing to the alchemist’s art and can not be crafted. These are: Exploding Tar Potion. Obtained from Gretchen the Alchemist on completion of her ‘curiosities’ quest. Unlike the majority of the quests given by the Underworld NPCs this one is repeatable. The potion is also one of the ‘rare potions’ available from the barrel sponge which is part of the Kings Collection. The potion slows movement with a ‘forced walk’ effect. Obviously it doesn’t slow creatures that travel at walking speed normally. Shatter Potion. One of two potions that first appeared […]

Money makes the world go around, so they say, true even in Ultima Online. The common unit of money is the Gold Piece, usually referred to as ‘gp’. Gold Coins The simplest form of ‘money’, gold coins are found as loot on most monsters and can be earned by performing escort quests or selling items to NPCs, although if you lack the carrying capacity in your pack, either because of item count or weight restrictions, the gold will be credited to your currency account instead of falling into your pack. Most transactions, such as insuring your armor etc and buying […]

There are a number of  ‘conversations’ you may undertake with Sosaria’s residents, plus some spoken commands which give details about your character.  Many npc’s you meet will have a context menu, accessed by a single left click on the character. You may also simply ‘speak’ to them. Below are some of the conversations you may find beneficial. Banker | Ferry |Guild | Hireling | House | Murder Status | NPC | Pet | Shrine | Stablemaster | Teleporter | Tillerman, by hand Tillerman, by map | Towncryer | Vendor (Player) | Vendor (Shop) | Young Status The town guards are […]

Shopping Barkeeps | Vendors | Stewards | Footnote Players are able to place three types of NPC in their homes, vendors who can sell items, barkeeps and stewards. Barkeeps and vendors are ’employed’ by purchasing a contract from an innkeeper, a banker, a minter or a tavern keeper. There are three types of contract, each costing 1252gp: A Barkeep Contract – available only from an innkeeper A Contract of Employment – available from all NPC types listed above. This contract enables you to place a vendor in your home.  Contracts purchased from human bankers offer a choice of human or […]

A pictorial step-by-step record of renting a bazaar stall. (all images will enlarge if clicked on) Step 1 placing a bid. Double click on a stall sign to do this:     I chose to bid for the next available stall.  A short time later, at the top center of my playscreen I received: I clicked the yellow icon which gave me: Clicking the button on the left, below the icon gave me: I decided I didn’t want to delete it, incase I forgot which plot I’d won, so I used the yellow icon to reduce the message back to […]

(From the original .pdf file, no longer accessible) The New Magincia Bazaar is a dynamic center for commerce that offers buyers and sellers alike the opportunity to trade in extraordinary new ways. The Bazaar of New Magincia consists of 50 stalls that will be leased for one week at a time by prospective merchants. These stalls are available to renters for commerce. The Bazaar Authority keeps expert brokers on staff, who are available for hire by those leasing stalls in the bazaar. These brokers act on behalf of the stall renter to buy and sell merchandise. Brokers are of two […]

You have placed your plot, now to put up some walls, doors, windows and a floor or two would probably be a good idea too. You can also convert a classic house into a customizable foundation, unless it is a castle, keep or “L”-shaped house; these are the exceptions. If you have any items in the house they will be placed into a secure container, called a moving crate, that will be accessible through the house sign. To begin building on your foundation, double-click the house sign and select Customize. This will place you in Edit Mode, other players will […]