All Creatures from tiny birds to Ancient Wyrms spawning in Ilshenar have a 5% chance to spawn as a Paragon of its type. A paragon is bright gold in color and has the tag (Paragon) on the end of its name. It has significantly enhanced stats, skills and regenerative powers than normal: Hit points multiplied by 5 Strength raised by 5% Dexterity and Intelligence raised by 20% All skills raised by 20% Base damage raised by 5 points Poisoning, if present in the creature type, raised by one level (but capped at ‘lethal’) Fame and Karma adjusted by 40% (positive […]

PEC or Player Event coordinator is a role created to assist players with their events. To submit for this assistance please email either PEC Wraith, wraithbroadsword@gmail.com, (she covers all the shards but the Asian ones) or PEC Naniwa, pec.naniwa@gmail.com, (he covers all the Asian Shards). The PEC can also make suggestions to help make your events flow smoother. Here are the guidelines you need to follow to be considered for scheduling and assistance. For your submission to be considered official it MUST include both the PEC you intend to work with AND mesanna@broadsword.com. This is to keep everyone in the […]

Masteries are special abilities available only to those who have trained their skills carefully, modified skill points from items are not counted. Mastery spells have three intensity tiers and are contained in the masteries spell book.  The book can be obtained by bards through the older ‘spellsong quests‘  or by undertaking the quest ‘A time for Legends‘ from Hawkwind the Timelord. Hawkwind’s quest also gives a tier one primer in a chosen skill. For each mastery tier in each skill, except bard skills, a mastery primer must be ‘read’, these primers are obtained from all champion spawns, Scalis and Charybdis […]

A Time for Legends Hawkwind the time lord is found close to the eastern edge of the circle surrounding the Valley of Eodon Moongate. The reward for the quest he offers provides the basic book to contain the skill masteries and a tier 1 mastery primer for a chosen skill. This quest uses the Classic quest engine. Should you accept Hawkwind’s quest you will be given a list of masteries from which to choose your prize: Hawkwind will then set you a task to complete. You will be asked to defeat a specific foe chosen from a list which includes […]

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 two maps for each facet, one showing primary locations and the other a co-ordinate grid intended to aid treasure hunters and fishermen. Click on each small map to expand it to its full size. Felucca Maps Trammel Maps Ilshenar Maps Malas Maps Tokuno Maps Ter Mur Maps Valley of Eodon Maps   

Percolem can be found in Royal City,Ter Mur in the little market area. He gives a series of tiered quests. You must complete a set number of each tier before you may move on to the next, each tier also has a cooldown period between quests. Begin with Tier 1, for which there is no qualifying requirement. All of these quests are repeatable. All the creatures required for these quests are found in either Ter Mur itself or the Stygian Abyss. The two maps linked below will help you to locate them. Stygian Abyss and Ter Mur . To advance up […]

The Bridge of Two Ships | The Shepherd’s Bane | The Pretty Prince’s Throng | Behind the Bellweather | Bully’s Breakfast |In The Cathedral The Prophetic Manuscripts The story that unfolds in these documents reveals a clue to the code word which opens the portal in Doom. What is found on the other side of the portal? The answer is revealed below. The Bridge of Two Ships I was a boy of nine when I had my first vision. As I slept, I dreamt of darkness, studded with brilliant gems reflecting a wonderous light. A thousand swirls of shimmering dust […]

Visit the Research Camp located outside of the Dungeon Doom in Malas to learn about an archaeological investigation. Talking to the professor leads to the following dialogue:   oh! Hello there! you must be from the Lyca…oh, no you don’t look like anyone from there. I suppose you are here about the artifacts? What Artifacts? Some time ago we uncovered some ancient texts that pointed to the dungeon Doom here as a potential site for archaeological excavation. We had been quietly going about our work until we found…something. It’s exact nature and origins elude us still, however since then our […]

The Rewards of Loyalty The Gargoyle Queen is careful of her lands and property. In order to build a house in her domain, or to use the special soulforge in her palace, you must first prove your loyalty, only Nobles are allowed these privileges. Loyalty is shown by a points score, the more services you undertake for the queen and her subjects the more loyalty points you will have. What services can you perform for the Queen? You can kill troublesome monsters for her, overland, in the Tomb of Kings, in the Abyss beyond the Tomb and in Underworld. You […]