Returnee’s Handbook
From Atlantic Roleplay Wiki
Title: Returnee's Handbook
Author: Aradis
Foreword
Welcome back to Sosaria!
This guide was written for citizens that returned after a long time, but contains a few hints for first time players, too.
Help Channel
Type "," (comma) to start talking to other players on the Shard.
New and need stuff/help?
Hang around in New Haven and talk to people.
Global Chat
Add your friends and communicate with them across all shards!
Find instructions on htt ps://uo.com/wiki/global-chat/
uo.stratics.com
They are still up!
Although somewhat outdated, this page still provides many excellent tutorials, discussions on the various crafts, maps of Sosaria, item information and more.
Wiki
Most current information is found on htt ps://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/
Crystal Ball of Knowledge
Skill training too slow?
Especially with Magery, you will likely want to do everything to increase your rate of learning.
Choosing the right difficulty is paramount.
The Crystal Ball will tell you, if you are using the right spell or enemy.
First buy:
100 Dragon Blood
100 Demon Bones
then go to Ortlem and take the quest:
htt ps://www.uoguide.com/A_Mystic's_Journey
Vendor Search
You don't like window shopping? In need of a specific item right now?
Click your character and use the new search function!
It is better to use the buttons than typing names directly, lest some things might not be found.
Want all spells? Search for "full spell".
Calling the Higher Powers
When something goes wrong, you might have to call the GMs.
Although it should be obvious, I'd like to point out, that being nice and polite works wonders with them. They really try to help.
So, if something unfair has happened or the program has eaten your high value item, try not to unload your frustration on them. It is not their fault after all.
New Arrivals
If you never played UO before, consider this:
Exploring the world, finding out yourself, how things work, where to get stuff, how to achieve a skill and master it, can be very enjoyable.
There are many people trying to help newbies. You can get high value items like a super magical armor or a filled spell book easily. Sometimes you don't even need to ask for those things.
While it is of course a good thing, that people wnat to help you, there is a potential downside to it: Speeding up the starting part of the game may take away quite a large chunk from your experience with the game and the reward of having achieved things on your own.
So my suggestion is, that you take a few minutes and seriously think about it. Do you or do you not want to skip this part of the game?
You may want to tell people, who offer help, that you rather not get a full spell book, high end armor, or gold right now. Perhaps ask them for tips, that will not spoil the beginning part of the game instead.
It is of course fine, if you want to skip the hard life of a miner and optimize for becoming a Grand Master Mage as soon as possible. UO will still have a lot to offer.
Role Playing
Many people don't care about RP. UO is a perfect role playing simulation though.
If you prefer to play for getting powerful and collect rare items over RP, it sill would be nice to not destroy the illusion of other players.
You can do that by choosing a name a bit more RP-like than "xXxHardTargetxXx" and by occasionally using the emote function, should you enter a situation, where role playing is going on.
Macroing
If you want to be extra nice, do your AFK macro training behind the bank, where no people are trying to talk.