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Welcome to the Official Shards of Britannia Wiki. We are a community shard of the game Legends of Aria, dedicated to bringing the ‘sandbox MMORPG’ playstyle of Ultima Online into the modern era. Be advised that our world is undergoing daily changes as exciting new features are being added and pesky bugs are getting squashed. See the #news channel on Discord for recent updates. If this is your first time here, have a read of About Shards of Britannia first.
If you're interested in contributing to the wiki, please sign up using your Discord account, then go to the #wiki-contributors channel in Discord and say "!wikicontributor" without the quotes, and the wiki bot will give you a confirmation.
¶ About Shards of Britannia
¶ I want to start playing right now!
Great! Go to Play Shards of Britannia Also, join us on Discord to chat with other players.
¶ What era of UO are you trying to emulate?
We are an all-eras UO mod, that primarily focuses on classic, Pre-AOS UO with cherry-picked features from later eras as well. In addition, we implement features of our own that we feel meet our vision.
¶ What are the skill and stat caps?
700 skill cap. skills
225 stats cap (str/dex/int). stats
¶ I think I can contribute as a staff member! How do I apply?
Head over and pop in an application here.
¶ Getting Started
¶ Where can I train my skills (to 30)?
From the appropriate NPC (for example, the Jeweller trains Item Identification). A full list of skill trainers can be found on the Skills page. Ideally, during character creation, your character should start with 2 free very-difficult-to-raise skills at 50.
¶ Where can I buy some tools to get started?
Most town vendors offer basic items, however it is always cheaper to buy from player vendors, which are easier to find than you think. You can find a list of advertised, well stocked vendors on Discord in the #trading or #vendor-locations channels. Certain towns have brokers that sell items more cheaply if that town fits the theme.
¶ How do I make money?
Depending on your playstyle, you can either sell basic resources such as ore to blacksmiths with Mining, and logs to carpenters with Lumberjacking, or if you prefer the combat approach, skinning animals and some monsters for their leather and selling them to the weaver is a good start. You will need a steady income stream before starting to raise certain skills seriously, such as Magery or Musicianship.
¶ Are all wild animals the same? Do they grow in stats or skills?
Animals have a range of possible stat scores at ‘birth’. Some are better than others. Their stats never raise, so hunt for the best one you can find. Their skills raise through use.
¶ How do I make a macro for “taming/music/peace/discord/say (insert cheesy roleplaying quote here)”?
Create custom commands to drag to your hotkey bars.
¶ I dropped items on a stack in my bank/I dropped items or a bag on the ground to transfer to a friend/I put items in a container in my house or bank… AND THEY DISAPPEARED!
There’s a possibility they may have just disappeared from your UI. Reload the UI by restarting your game client. They may just reappear. If not, we are sorry for your loss. As a matter of policy, the staff of LoU does not replace items lost to negligence, accident, or system error.
¶ How do I stop attacking?
Press space bar to exit combat mode, or press Escape.
¶ How can I pull a health bar?
Click and drag from the person/animal/monster, or hit O and target yourself, someone else, or a pet or monster. This can be remapped.
¶ Why do weapons and armor of different materials provide nearly the same benefits?
Our crafting system currently is inspired by classic UO where the metals were a matter of rarity, style and collectability. When you craft weapons or armor, they are either Basic (similar to the Ruin tier of dropped items) or Exceptional (the Vanquishing/Invulnerable tier of dropped items).
¶ My house got looted!
Keep your items in secure containers. (Housing)
¶ Can I kill Young players?
No. Young players are protected from PvP, and are also unable to assist in PvP encounters.
¶ Where can I buy a house?
You need to purchase a house placement tool. You can find out more on the Housing page.
¶ How many houses can I own?
One house per account. Your other characters are automatically Co-Owners.(Housing)
¶ Will there ever be more than 4 character slots?
Since Client update 0.9.0 released in August 2019, you can now have a 5th character slot. However, this character slot requires you to pay per month for it on your Legends of Aria account. To be clear, this is not any form of a Shards of Britannia donation and your money goes to Citadel Studios. The character will not be accessible after you stop paying for a subscription. The character cannot be transferred to another slot.
Shards of Britannia does not intend to make more than 4 characters available per account at this time, except under the above scenario.
¶ How do I delete a character?
Type /delchar in-game. This only works once your character is at least 7 days old. (Commands)
¶ Why was my character’s name changed?
Your name was changed because it didn’t fit our naming standards, and you’ll be prompted to choose a new one. (Server Rules)