The Adventurer's Journal

The Temple of the Moon is one of our new dungeons. You will find the entrance in the wind swept waste-land south east of Umbra. (This is a revamp of the Rock dungeon in Ilsh) The Temple of the Moon is an advanced dungeon, with harder than normal mobs. Inside you will find 2 Red Dragon Soldiers offering quests to brave adventurers to explore what lies beneath. Deep down inside the dark halls you will find all sorts of vile creatures, Like the Giant Scarabis & The Obsidian Elemental! If you are a new Necromancer this is the dungeon for you. You will find a full set of gear with +Necromancy skill bonuses. & a special hooded shroud! But to get this set of gear, you will have to take on the Dark Lord himself, Annatar.

The ToM is also what we like to call a resource dungeon. In this dungeon you will find resource caches. These work just like dungeon treasure chests.. they require lock-picking and remove trap to reveal whats hidden inside! We all know how boring gathering can get at times.. so this offers an alternative when gathering just sounds too exhausting 😀 You will find Sand and Granite caches in ToM, you will also need to grab the Pick-axe off the table, as you will need to break down some walls in order to advance deeper into the dungeons! Just equip the pick and click on the slightly off colored walls. When the walls crumble to the floor, you will be able to pick up some of them to use in crafting stone items! Only the special Impact Pick-axe on the table is strong enough to break through the walls of the dungeon. As a bonus you will also find Obsidian coins that you can use to purchase even more supplies from the supply stone next to the table inside the dungeon!

What other secrets lie deep in the hall of the Temple? You shall have to explore and find out for yourself!

Be weary adventurer! Danger lurks around every corner in the Temple Of The Moon!!

The Dungeon Master

On UO Welcome Home our festivals are based on old religions of the past. The main holidays are based on the oldest of these religions, The Pagan religion. The Pagan Wheel of the Year is a cycle of eight festivals that mark the changing seasons and cycles of nature. The festivals are celebrated every six or seven weeks, dividing the year into eight segments. We only uses these as a base to create our own festivals. We like to try and keep all modern religious practices out of them game, (Example: Christ never visited Sosaria, so Christmas really doesn’t fit.. But, we can use Yule as our Christmas, You wont see Santa Claus either, but instead we will be visited by Grandfather Yule) from all the reading I have done on the net about ancient religions, I think these fit best into the world of UO.

Festivals of the Wheel of the Year 

• Imbolc: Celebrates the coming of spring
• Ostara: Celebrates the spring equinox
• Beltane: Celebrates the beginning of summer
• Litha: Celebrates the summer solstice
• Lughnasadh: Celebrated in August for the 1st Harvest
• Mabon: Celebrates the fall equinox and is a time to give thanks for the harvest
• Samhain: Celebrates the end of the harvest season
• Yule: Celebrates the winter solstice

Some of these festivals will be combined into one. Minor festivals will be re-imagined. For example, Memorial Day will be Remembrance Day in Sosaria. Ect. We will even celebrate more than just Western Holidays. Examples of these would be the Chinese New Year would be converted into the Zento New Year, once we get to Zento that is. 🙂 You will also see Halloween & Thanksgiving style events during Mabon & Samhain as another example.

Thats all for now, If more information becomes available, you will find it here! Safe Travels Sosarian!

The Dungeon Master

The Necromancy Skill is the 1st skill on Welcome Home to get a summoning staff!

The Summoner System for the Necromancer allows them to summon powerful un-dead creatures at various skill levels. Starting at 120 Necromancy Skill (Make sure you have this quest in your log when you hit 120 skill!) you can do a quest found in Doom to seek out the pieces of an ancient staff. Without going into too many details, the quest giver has one piece of the staff, then you will need to find these two locations mentioned in the 1st quest. Each of these NPCs will have quest objectives for you to complete before handing over their piece of the staff.

Once you have the other pieces, you will return to the original quest giver and assemble the ancient staff, allowing you summon dark minions to do your bidding! The staff works off the Necromancers Skill Level. (On Welcome Home, items that provide skill bonuses push you over cap) Starting at 120, then continuing on to 130, 140, 160, 180 & finally 200, the Necromancer will be able to summon new minions at each skill level. The minions will get stronger the higher the Necromancers skill gets, and the time that the summon remains is based on your Spirit Speak, and these summons are immune to dispel as well. To compliment this system, a new crafting profession has been created based on the Necromancy Skill as well. The second quest giver you find in Doom will teach you the ways of Rituals.. using body parts you will be able to craft gear to increase your Necromancy, and help you reach that 200 skill level!

Well, thats all that Im going to tell you for now. If a player wants to write a more detailed guide, they may.. but im not going to spoil any of it. Lets just say it has you running all over the world seeking items and killing dragons!

– The Dungeon Master

Greetings Adventurer! I am Dungeon Master, and I will be your guide in the Realm of Sosaria! In this guide we will be covering the Tier II trainable pets available, and the companion system. 1st off we will cover the 4 new pets you can train and fight with. 3 of these pets are mounts, they are some of the strongest mounts in the game.

This is the roster of Tier II pets. They can all be found in Malas, and are “Rare” spawns. Meaning when someone tames them, they just dont respawn right away. So it will be a challenge just to find them! Good Luck Adventurer!

COMPANIONS!

Companions are a custom system here on Welcome Home. They are all mounts as of now, they do not require any control slots, nor do they require any skill to tame! They are non-combat pets, so they cant die, They can change color on command, and they are a pack animal! But the most important feature of all companions, is the ability to resurrect you when you die, just double click your companion when you are dead, and they will rez you on the spot! Some Companions are common and can be purchased from the Animal Trainer, Some are rare and hard to find, and some are only available at events and holidays!

To change the color of your companion just say “Change” followed by the color. The following colors are avalible: Red, Black, Ethereal, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Purple, White, Brown, Gray, & Normal. You can do this at anytime. You can also use a Pet Dyes as well.

Well thats all for now.. Travel Safe Adventurer! & I will see you in the Realm Of Sosaria!

I will do my best to keep this custom quest list updated, as new quests are added. This list does not include Event or Festival Quests. If you see a quest that is missing please report it to me in discord!

(R) = Repeatable

Bom Tombadil – Location: Intro Zone: Collect

Bejorn – Location: Intro Zone: Collect

Radagash – Location: Intro Zone: Kill

(R)Obrian, The Succubus Slayer: Location: New Haven Militia Base: Kill

(R)Garick, The Ettin Slayer: Location: New Haven Militia Base: Kill

(R)Alberto, The Dragon Slayer: Location: New Haven Militia Base: Kill

(R)Dax, The Lich Slayer: Location: New Haven Militia Base: Kill

(R)Sisco, The Daemon Slayer: Location: New Haven Militia Base: Kill

(R)Sergent Slaughter: Location: New Have Militia Base: Kill

(R)Emmet “Doc” Brown, The Traveling Salesman: Location: New Haven Docks: Collect

Jacob Waltzt, The Mining Instructor: Location: New Haven Mines: Skill Gain

Paul Bunyan, Legendary Lumberjack: Location: New Haven Carpenter: Skill Gain

Bob Villa, Legendary Carpenter: Location: New Haven Carpenter: Skill Gain

Robin Hood, Legendary Bowcrafter: Location: Behind New Haven Carpenter: Skill Gain

George Hephaestus III, The Blacksmith Instructor: Location: New Haven Smith: Skill Gain

Betsy Ross, Legendary Tailor: Location: New Haven Tailor: Skill Gain

(R)Djinne, The Transmogrification Specialist: Location: New Haven Tailor: Collect

Martha Stewart, Legendary Cook: Location: New Haven Inn: Skill Gain

(R)Joea The Fortune Teller: Location: New Haven Mage Tower: Collect

Nicolas Flamel, Philosopher & Alchemist: Location: New Haven Mage Tower: Skill Gain

Edgar Allen Poe, Legendary Scribe: Location: New Haven Scribe: Skill Gain

Rag’Lak, the Goblin Tinker’r: Location: New Haven Tinker: Skill Gain

Grizzly Addams, Legendary Tamer: Location: New Haven Stable: Skill Gain

(R)Captain Piper: Location: Old Haven: Kill/Collect

Mannix, The Recruit: Location: Old Haven: Collect

(R)Commander Kallem: Location: New Haven Mines: Kill

(R)Commander Brodo: Location: New Haven Mines: Kill

(R)Tom Biscardi, Cryptozoologist: Location: The Inn, Winterhome, Dagger Isle: Collect

(R)Brijit The Tailor: Location: The Inn, Winterhome, Dagger Isle

(R)Fred Bear, The Great Hunter: Location: The Huntmaster’s Cottage, Skara Brea: Kill

(R)Buffalo Bill, The Great Hunter: Location: The Huntmaster’s Cottage, Skara Brea: Kill

(R)Davey Crockette, The Great Hunter: Location: The Huntmaster’s Cottage, Skara Brea: Kill

(R)Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, The Great Hunter: Location: The Huntmaster’s Cottage, Skara Brea: Kill

(R)Penny, The Story Collectory: Location: Southern Moonglow Isle: Kill/Collect/Chain

Yuna, The Master Summoner: Location: Doom: Kill/Collect/Chain

(R)Gwalir, The Monster Hunter: Location: Ankh, Ilshenar: Kill

(R)Mor’loc, The Monster Hunter: Location: Ankh, Ilshenar: Kill

(R)Olan, The Monster Hunter: Location: Ankh, Ilshenar: Kill

(R)Zharia, The Monster Hunter: Location: Ankh, Ilshenar: Kill

(R)Harrison Jones, The Monster Hunter: Location: Ankh, Ilshenar: Kill

(R)William, The Kings Herald: Location: Ankh, Ilshenar: Kill

In this issue of The Welcome Home Chronicle, We are going to talk about the Admin side of UO. Alot of server owners do not trust those who the hire to make changes to their server, so most of the time you have zero access to the files… so you have to work with what you have in game. The fun thing is, you have one of the most powerful tools in the game! The XMLSpawner! ! To add an xmlspawner in game, just type “[add xmlspawner” and target the ground. This small item, is so huge.. its gonna take more than one post to cover everything I know about it.

Ultima Online Emulation, Simple XML Spawner Invasion 101

So with my coffee this morning, I decided to record myself creating a progressive spawn with an XmlSpawner. This just covers the basics, But you will get the idea.. and build from what you learn. I will be making more videos on this subject in the future. I am not a pro by any means, but I know enough to share.. I wish I had a guide like this to help me out years ago! would have saved me a bunch of tinkering. The official release of this guide can be found on ServUO.com, and you will find a download that contains a Word file with pictures and more details on how it all works.. with better quality than you get with the video. This link will take you there! https://www.servuo.com/threads/easy-xml-spawner-invasion.16422/

*There is no commentary on the video, im currently looking for a decent, but cheap Mic. just a heads up*

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