Helpful tips

Greenlief
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Helpful tips Apr 24, 2017 5:48:39 GMT

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Post by Greenlief on Apr 24, 2017 5:48:39 GMT

I have been playing on this shard for over a year and like many other games, see people come and go. So I thought I would start off a "helpful tips" post to maybe help some new players to this old but great game, and maybe help out a few veterans getting back into the swing of things. I may even learn a thing or two from someone else s post or reply.

I am NOT a UO gaming expert, I just offer helpful advice that may help you in your travels here, most players I have met here are just as friendly and helpful, and if you need a hand or have a question, if I can help or answer I will, just ask or PM me in game.

Now bare with me as I'm not going to chronicle how I played, and tell you to clone me, however this game has the same pieces for everyone, and there are many pieces and directions you can go.

You hopefully have read the wiki page, darkness-once-forsaken.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Next, cruise the forums for hints and tips, let us not forget that this is an old game, lots of custom shards and players that have played, and created characters and items in this game have happily shared some of this with the world. You can find tons of sites with tips and hints on or about UO(Ultima Online).

I will also go with the assumption that you can or have created a character on DoF.

I believe that you can make 6-7 characters on one account, remember that. Each new toon you make gets all the same starting gear and supplies, even though you can have ALL skills on one character, I still find it beneficial to have more than one. We have the use of Soulstones here, if you're not sure what these are, Google, but it's nothing you need worry about at the moment.

I will end my first post with, What should I do to start? Why start with a Ranger?

I like the Ranger to start for the simple reason...taming.

Taming allows you to have a companion to fight by your side, making your start a little easier. I also found it fun to explore the lands, finding all the pets I could tame, train. This of course was a little easier as I have played this game for a long time. Taming, like every other skill in UO needs to be learned how it can be used for you. Magery, sword fighting, tailoring etc, can all be looked up on Google.

While I am mentioning Google and skills, you will find pages about macroing, if you don't know what this is, you should, it is very useful on any UO shard. It raises certain skills, with those skills you become a better player.

We have a training city, Forsaken City, you can train many things here safely and as long as you need. I suggest that you make sure you get at least 1 fighting skill(mace, archery, swords, fencing) with parry and healing well under way before adventuring to far. There are Ogres that you can train fighting on, even training gear you can wear so you don't damage the items you have found or started with. A veteran of the game could most likely do fine right out of the gate, just need to raise a couple skills and set a few macros and you could be doing the Noobie Champ Spawn, around 200k gold if you learn to clear you trash after all kills([cl).

Explore, can't find anything by sitting in town. You are given a Yellow and Red travel book, check those out.

Yes you will die, and most likely many, many, many, many times. We have item insurance for the things you find and want to keep along the way. Just remember that you need to save gold and have it in the bank to cover this insurance.

Just starting out, I suggest Trammel dungeons, even most places in Ilishnar. If you find it easy, good, you're in a good spot. Gain some skill and gold and find another spot. Eventually you will outgrow many spots then you will start to loot all the spots I go to.

Covetus, Shame, Despise and Destard should be your starting dungeons. You will find, crafting recipes, gear, gold and experience with your new toon.

There are no PKs here(player killers) so it's just you and the monsters, and there is insurance, resurrection stones, a resurrection command in game(read Wiki), Corpse Stones, Silver Saplings(TerMur) and plain old yell for help via public chat ([c). Many ways to save your things you worked hard to get and get back to life.

This is where I leave you for my first post, I will add a few more things that may help a few people or point them in the right direction, and hopefully it grows with tips that helped others when they started out here.

Read The Wiki page, it does get updated and has information you may find very useful. This should get you started while you wait to place your first house, then you will have a home base to explore and bring back and store/display your bounty.

If you have a question and I can answer it, I will.

Green

Isa
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Helpful tips Apr 24, 2017 15:40:43 GMT

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Post by Isa on Apr 24, 2017 15:40:43 GMT

Thanks Greenlief, I'm sure this will be helpful to many new players starting. As Green said our wiki holds a lot of information as well. If in doubt, ask someone. Players are sporadic on DoF they come and they go but asking on the forum or even by sending a page will get your questions answered. We can only improve if we get feedback.

darkness-once-forsaken.com/wiki/index.php?title=Guide

Last Edit: Apr 24, 2017 23:18:30 GMT by Isa

Greenlief
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Helpful tips Apr 11, 2019 18:58:09 GMT

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Post by Greenlief on Apr 11, 2019 18:58:09 GMT

Back again, this time with maybe a little help with crafting.

I hope you found my first thread interesting and helpful, as this is my only intent. As stated in the post above, I don't want to tell you how to play or to clone me, but share some things I learned and let you do what you like with that information. Back to why I'm posting this.

I've seen some new players and have had and seen a few players ask where and how to get, make or is it a drop? Firstly, do yourself a favour and explore the DoF Yellow Pages(the yellow blessed book you got at the start). In it has a variety of places to know and get to know. Within the book, you can visit armor and weapon displays to craftable items...check those out.

So after I saw that, I wanted one, but how? Well I started to train my skills. Explore your crafting options, you will find recipes on most mobs you defeat and by double clicking them will learn how to craft(on the player that ate that recipe). Note that..if you have a separate crafter character, he/she needs to eat the recipes to learn them.

Ok, I have all these recipes learned, how do I see and make them? Well, if you are new to crafting, and you read my post above, then you remember me mentioning Google a number of times, you can learn a lot about this game and how it functions easily from there, truly. Not every UO server is the same, but the game of UO plays very similar, and add in the bonus of custom shards, the learning curve should only be learning what the server owner has done in customizing the map. That is fun for me anyways.

Back to recipes and figuring out how to make some of the weapons and armor you don't see in your regular or normal crafting tool menus. You cannot because there are a few sets of crafting tools. These tools are drops from crafter dungeon mobs, possible crafter Boss in crafter champ and you can obtain runic tools from doing BoDs(Bulk order Deeds). Once you have a runic tool, you can see what they make from the menu it opens. There are 4 runic tools I use to craft the weapons and armor I wear(tier 2 and tier 3). There is a runic smithy hammer, sewing kit, tinker tools and saw. They all craft different items from the Runic line on display at the Weapon or Armor Display buildings in Forsaken City.

Once you have trained, and were lucky enough to kill one of these mobs and have a tool drop, you then will learn the material list needed for these weapons...and then let the games begin! This is where searching and killing mobs repeatedly so they drop that one material needed to make your first tier bow or sword or armor so sweet. You may have already found items on a creature you killed that had one of the ingredients on it, maybe you just need to find it, that's the chase and the fun.

Without giving away to much more than that and what is listed in other posts and the wiki page ---> darkness-once-forsaken.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

You can make a separate crafter character or do everything on 1 toon, your choice. I choose to have another toon, I'm greedy and hoardy like that

When killing mobs, you will come across white Generic Scrolls...keep these! They normally drop on more challenging or named mobs, but you will come across them. These are VERY important for crafters especially. What these do is add 1(one) skill point to a skill, up to 130. Yes. So lets say you have found a bunch and saved them, around 10-20. You go to the Skill Temple in Forsaken City and with only one on you at a time, follow the instruction books there and add your point(s). Again, it is possible and necessary for your crafting toon to do this, as your GM'd skill of 120 will not be enough to guarantee 100% success rate. Why is that important you ask? Well take it from a veteran of the game, you don't want to fail and lose materials that took you forever to find. Same goes for the training...Crafters produce better items when they are fully trained in every aspect of crafting, arms lore so you know weapons etc, etc...they too eventual can be all raised to lvls beyond 120.

While I mention the Generic Scrolls, as a recap, these can raise ANY skill up 1(one) point. Get a 110 mining power scroll, eat 10 generics at the Skill Shrine and now a 120 miner. I will tell you, I used my first ones on healing, parry and stealing. A bunch on Imbuing and then the crafting skills. Remember you need a fighter to go get these materials, and some are not going to be easy, so obviously you may use Generics to beef up a hunter/gatherer first...nothing wrong with 130 archery, tactics and anatomy...

Now where are all these places I need to go? Well, what is great about custom shards, or this one, they put in a Travel Agency(you can get there with those books you got at the start) It has portals to a ton a quests, champ spawns, Peerless bosses...I mean, it's pretty damned convenient I'd say. The Crafter Champ, and the Crafter Dungeon, as most other places, can be accessed here.

I'm not saying they will be easy to do, materials are everywhere, from easy to hard to get, but that's they way all games are

There are a few items that help raise skills I suggest holding onto for crafters, armor, weapons, jewelry, clothes and talismans that boost crafting skills you use. Using the best ingredients available for some recipes can enhance some craftables...eg like using Gaian leather instead of barbed like the recipe asks, could give better bonuses. I don't want to confuse or post too much info, but there is a lot to play with in crafting, and some of the BEST items in the game can be made.

Hope this was a little informative, and not to confusing. I now have been here 1172 days in game and counting. I still find things I never knew were there. So if you need assistance, and you see Greenlief in game, say hello and ask a question. I will do my best to assist.

Last Edit: Apr 11, 2019 19:27:20 GMT by Greenlief

eliphas New Member Posts: 29	Helpful tips Apr 18, 2021 10:54:52 GMT Greenlief likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by eliphas on Apr 18, 2021 10:54:52 GMT ty so much for youre tips... where is this newbe champ? cant find it

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Helpful tips Apr 19, 2021 13:57:33 GMT Isa and Greenlief like this

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Post by sakuya on Apr 19, 2021 13:57:33 GMT

Open the yellow page,click Useful place and Select a travel agency.
There is a newbie champion gate on the first floor.
But newbie champ not drop a powerscroll.
The 110 Power Scroll can be obtain in the Newbie Dungeon in New Haven
It is located on the Ruin of Uzeraan's mansion.
Defeat the monsters inside and they will drop flowers and swords etc.
Give them to an NPC in the city of New Haven to obtain a Power Scroll.
Flowers for gardeners, paintings for collectors, etc.

malyka Guest	Helpful tips Aug 22, 2021 10:59:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by malyka on Aug 22, 2021 10:59:35 GMT darkforsaken.no-ip.org this address does not work, it gives problems

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