Ultima Online Patch Notes for 09/25/1997 Optimizations and tweaks were done to reduce lag. We’ve fixed any server stability problems as they manifested (including the problem with secure trading). Ship holds are now only openable when on the ship. You can no longer teleport onto ships. The sign on player buildings is no longer pickable. The rate of item decay was slowed down. All types of gorgets are now available for sale. The variety of treasure in creature inventories has been increased, including higher circle spell availability. Released pets now have a neutral notoriety, instead of the notoriety of their […]

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 […]

Ultima Store allows the purchase of game items in exchange for Sovereigns, which in turn are purchased from Origin Store. Full details of how to purchase and spend sovereigns can be found here. This page is simply an inventory of what can be bought. Items are added and removed over time.   Store Content Character Item Cost in Sovereigns Character Reincarnation Token Change a character’s name, gender and race 2,000 Character Transfer Token Transfer one character to a different shard 2,000 Deluxe Starter Pack 2,000 Gender Change Token Change a character’s gender 1,000 Green Goblin Statuette Turns character into a […]

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 […]

Your play session is at an end and you must return to the real world. How do you ensure your character’s safety until you can play again? How to Conclude the Session Leave the game using the ‘log out’ option rather than the ‘exit’, this will save any changes you have made to your play screen ‘desktop’, any settings you have changed from default and any macros you have created. The Exit command does not do this. Where to Conclude the Session Once young status is lost you must take more precautions, insta-log i.e. instant removal from the game world, […]

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 […]