GETTING STARTED
Unfortunately, because this is an evolving game, things are changing every
day; some of the below information may or may not apply to the game when
you join. When
starting the game you will need to log into your account that you have created.
Once logged in you will need to create your own character, choosing to give or not give it
a name.
Then the next task being to create the character's skill; here are a few skills that we
find will allow you to keep up.
Warrior - Being a warrior is a very useful profession; by being a warrior you
can kill creatures, getting valuables off of them, skinning them and getting hides, etc.
Tailor - Tailors have the capabilities of making their own leather armor,
clothes and other needed supplies. This progression is profitable with the capability of
skinning animals and getting hides and wool. You can make your own armor or make and sell
throughout towns.
Mage - This, too, is another very important skill to have because there are
many pk'rs out in Ultimate Online; unfortunately, the really only way to protect yourself is
with magic; but, however, can not always protect you 100%.
Miner - Very good skill allowing you to make your own armor such as chain,
ring, and plate armor, and also allows you to make weapons that are very useful
throughout the game. Also, this profession can be very profitable during the
game.
Also, ensure to choose your strength / Dex / Intelligence wisely. Strength will allow you
to wear better armor, carry better weapons. Dex will allow you to carry more items within
your bag without getting too heavy and not being able to move. Intelligence is a good item
to choose if you are planning to be a mage; Intelligence allows you to learn faster.
Once you have setup your character appropriately,
you are ready to Enter Ultima Online. When starting you will start in one of the many
towns throughout the game. In these towns there are usually several shops; to see what
the shops are, usually they will have a sign. By clicking on this store sign,
you can see what the name of the shop is.
At the time being, you will start with 100 GP which, unfortunately, is not that much. You
will want to use this money wisely, usually the best thing to do is to buy needed supplies,
such as a sewing kit from the tailor, axe/shovel from adventure keeper to mine, or a good
weapon at the weaponry; however, ensure that you are able to carry the item before wasting
your money.
How do I buy an item?
First, you must locate a store NPC and introduce your self, usually by saying hi, hello, hail, or hey;
the NPC will
respond with a comment then you will want to say buy. This will pull up a list of items
allowing you to chose what you wish to buy and how much each item will cost. You can do
the same by saying "hi sell" which will allow you to sell items, provided you have
items the NPC is interested in.
After familiarizing yourself with town life, you will
want to being practicing your skill and venturing out into the
forests. When out in the forests and you see a dead body or animal, double-click on
that person or thing; this will pull up a death box allowing you to see what they are
holding if they are holding anything that you would like drag that item to your self and
will will take that particular item. However, if someone dies when trying to kill someone
bad or they were killed there by someone else, do not loot them or you may be killed for
looting that individual.
When starting, a good thing to do is to join a GOOD guild. A
guild consists of several players who help each other and fight for each other;
this is good for the fact that, first, usually, they will help you out when in
need. Also, they will help protect you against EVIL.
Things to watch out for when playing Ultima Online:
Items that you do not plan on using or things that you wish to stay safe;
deposit those items into your safe deposit box by going into the bank and saying
"bank"
When in town, if you think someone is stealing from you or performing an
illegal crime, yell "GUARDS" without the quotations. This will alert the guards
and that person will be killed if doing something bad. This is good, especially if that
person has anything good, you can usually loot the criminal.
Watch out for individuals faking that they are attacking you in town by
saying "<name> is attacking you." If you yell "Guards" and nothing
happens, they are most likely just attempting to get you to attack them, and if you attack them,
the guards will kill you and they will be able to get your items.
Watch out for Dark Lords / Ladies - Usually these people will be
Player killers, meaning that they kill you and steal all of your items. To determine if
someone is bad, click on the individual once; if their name comes up in blue, this will
represent that the person is good; if their name comes up in Grey, this means that they are
dishonorable; however, usually this can be a mistake. If their name comes up in red, stay
clear from them, especially in the forest to prevent you from getting killed and everything
stolen that you have worked hard on getting. Also watch out for these people in towns,
especially if these people are not wearing much or nothing at all, these people usually
will try to pick pocket you; the reason they wear nothing is because, if in town and committing
a crime, guards will usually come and kill the individual.
Watch out for people wanting you to come out into the forest / woods
saying they will give you something or tempting you into the woods, usually this will be a
trap and you will end up dead.
ULTIMA ONLINE HINTS
- Always pick up items that you believe would be sellable in shops and keep them with
you to sell to others or sell to the shops.
- Don't kill other player's animals or players or your player status will become
dishonorable; therefore, townspeople and other players will either not like you or be frightened
by you. Or other players will want to kill you for it, to increase their
performance for killing someone who is bad.
- Killing monsters and animals (that are not someone's pet) will increase your performance
and sometimes can get you gold, weapons, helmets, and more.
- Fishing poles usually cost around 10 Gold pieces and are excellent ways of increasing
strength and fishing talents. Also allow you to catch your own food while away from town;
cook and eat to increase your health.
- Usually asking other players for help can get you much further in the game.
- Watching other people train or do other skills will increase your own skill.
- Use begging skills on NPCs.
- If you find people that are killed, scavenge their body and take goods off of the person.
- When talking with other people, double-click on them (left button) to see the player
status; watch out for dark lords and dishonorable people.
- Never allow someone to stand too close to you unless you trust them.
- Try to resurrect as a ghost if you know of a close by healer or of someone that can heal
you; if you fear loss of your items or you do not know of a close by healer and you don't
mind losing some status, then resurrect and hurry and get items from your body before
someone else does.
- Use fish steaks instead of gold to get your notoriety, catch your own fish getting
strength and Dex up, cut the fish into fish steaks making 5 steaks a fish, and feed to the
NPCs.
MAP CONVERSIONS
As you have probably noticed, you cannot read the text that is on the cloth
map that you received with Ultima Online, that is because it is in a different language.
Below is a conversion of the text allowing you to read the cities that are on your map and
to help you find your way around the world.
KEY COMMANDS
Alt + O - Display's the option menu.
Alt + K - Displays the skill screen.
Alt + S - Displays the status screen.
Alt + P - Displays the character screen.
Alt + R - Displays the radar view. Pressing it twice will make it larger.
Tab - Toggles between war and peace mode.
Alt + C - Toggles between war and peace mode.
Alt + Enter - Displays Ultimate Online either full screen or window view.
Ctrl + Q - Repeats last typed text (speech or action.)
Esc - Closes all windows.
Alt + F4 - Exit game.
Left-click - On an item to get info, hold and drag item to move or pick up, drag on
self, other player, animal or monster to bring up status bar.
Double-left click - On an object to use, open or close it, on other player, animal,
or monster to: attack (in war mode), bring up status (in peace mode), on self to bring up
character screen.
Right-click and hold - To move in the direction of the mouse cursor.
Double-right-click - Automatically move the character in that location.
Type text need then enter - To talk
ULTIMA ONLINE JARGON
GUILD - A group of individuals, usually wearing the same color,
roaming around in large groups.
LAG - Meaning that the online service is going slow for the person saying LAG and
that they are not able to move freely.
NPCs - These are not real players. These are computer players, usually people that
walk around quite slow, stopping and going, usually not wearing anything amazing just
standard clothes.
PK or Player Killers - These are individuals that feel they must go around and
kill other players; while this adds some adventure to the game, unfortunately, can be
sometimes out of hand when you find your self dying 5/6 times in one hour.
Unfortunately, this can upset players and generally cause players to
go to other massively online games that are not absorbed with
players who enjoy killing other players.
SCREEN SHOTS
The below are several pictures throughout that game that we have captured
to give you an idea of what Ultima Online is like fighting, walking, the environment and
several other aspects that you may not quite grasp unless you were to see the pictures.
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