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| Veteran Rewards -
Years 1, 2 & 3 |
The Ultima Online Rewards program
is designed to reward long-term players for loyalty to the UO community.
It is Origin's way of thanking you and showing their appreciation
for your long-term support of UO, and for your contribution to making
UO the most popular virtual world in existence today.
Determining Account Age
The age of an account will be determined in the following manner:
- Any account created before November 30, 1999 will automatically
be credited for all of the time from the date it was created until
November 30, 1999. In other words, if you created your account
on October 30, 1998, your account would be credited for 13 months
of time, regardless of whether your account was inactive during
part of that time.
- Following November 30, 1999, only the months in which you had
an active account will contribute to the total count of months
qualifying you for rewards.
- You can check your account age by logging a character into the
game. (Note: Until the Rewards Program has been released, this
method may not work, or may return an error message.) To check
your account age:
- Double click your profile scroll.
- Scroll to the bottom of the scroll window.
- A horizontal bar will be at the bottom of the profile text.
Your account age in years and days will be displayed under
that line. The account age will display the same value for
all characters on the same account.
- Updates to your account (such as reactivations) are updated
every Sunday, but may not be displayed for several days.
Reward eligibility is determined on a per-account basis. Multiple
accounts may not be "combined" to increase eligibility.
Rewards
There are three categories of player reward levels currently identified
as part of the program: players who have been in the game for 12 to
23 months, players who have been in the game for 24 to 35 months,
and those who have played for 36 months or more. Each of the three
designated categories of long-term players will be offered a different
selection of in-game rewards. All reward options are ‘no loot’ and
‘no steal’, and clothing items will never wear out.
12 - 23 Month Players
These players may choose three of the following rewards:
- Black dye tub
- Bronze cloak, +3% physical resistance
- Bronze robe, +3% physical resistance
- Copper cloak, +3% physical resistance
- Copper robe, +3% physical resistance
- Furniture dye tub
- Choice of one of 14 mini-monster statues:
- Dragon
- Skeleton
- Troll
- Orc
- Deamon
- Ettin
- Earth Elemental
- Gargoyle
- Gorilla
- Crocodile
- Lich
- Lizard Man
- Ogre
- Ratman
- Special Dye-tub
- Using normal dyes on this tub (double-clicking the dyes
then targeting the special dye-tub) will bring up a menu listing
special colors not available through a normal dye-tub.
- After selecting a color, the dye-tub will then have that
hue.
- Double-clicking the dye tub and targeting an article of
clothing will dye that clothing the special color.
- See this
picture for the available colors for this tub.
24 - 35 Month Players
These players may choose four reward options (three for being
a one year player plus one more for being a two year player) from
the list of one-year rewards above and the additional two-year rewards
listed below:
- Agapite cloak, +3% physical resistance
- Agapite robe, +3% physical resistance
- Golden cloak, +3% physical resistance
- Golden robe, +3% physical resistance
- Banners
- Banners can be placed in houses and have areas that can
be dyed using a dye-tub.
- When selecting a banner as your reward, you will receive
a banner deed.
- To place the banner, double-click the deed. A targeting
cursor will appear.
- Targeting a wall inside a house will place the banner on
that wall. The banner cannot be picked up once placed.
- To remove the banner, the owner or co-owner of the house
can double-click the banner. After clicking the confirmation
window, the banner will be removed and a banner deed will
be placed in the character’s backpack.
- Using a dye-tub on a banner will dye portions of the banner.
Each banner has a different area that can be dyed.
- See this
picture for the available banners.
 Flaming
Skull
- The flaming skull is a house decoration that can be placed
on the walls of a house.
- When selecting a flaming skull as a reward, you will receive
a skull deed.
- To place the skull, double-click the deed. A targeting cursor
will appear.
- Targeting a wall inside a house will place the skull
on that wall. The skull must be placed on a south-facing
wall. The skull cannot be picked up once placed.
- To remove the skull, the owner or co-owner of the house
can double-click the skull. After clicking the confirmation
window, the skull will be removed and a skull deed will
be placed in the character’s backpack.
- After the skull is locked down, when a character walks near
the skull, it will begin spewing flames. The flames do not
cause any damage.
- Leather Dye-tub
- The leather dye-tub can be used to dye leather or studded
leather armor.
- Using normal dyes on this tub (double-clicking the dyes
then targeting the special dye-tub) will bring up a menu listing
the colors available to use on leather armor. The colors are
similar to the colors currently available for metal armor
(copper, shadow, etc.) with the addition of some other hues
such reds, blues, greens, etc.
- After selecting a color, the dye-tub will then have that
hue.
- Double-clicking the dye tub and targeting a piece of leather
or studded leather armor will dye that clothing the color.
- Hides unravelled from dyed leather armor retain the dyed
color. However these hides will not become dyed leather armor
if crafted.
- See this
picture for the available colors for this tub.
- Any of the 12 - 23 month reward listed above.
36 - 47 Month Players
These players may choose five reward options (three for being
a one year player another one for their two year reward, plus one
more for the third year) from among the one and two-year reward choices
as well as those additional rewards listed below:
- Ethereal mount (horse,
ostard,
or llama;
one per reward choice)
- Transparent hue.
- Appears as a statue in your backpack.
- Double clicking the statue will cause the statue to
disappear and create the mount and your will automatically
mount it.
- Once on the mount, double clicking yourself will dismount
you and automatically transform the mount back into the
statue which will reappear in your backpack immediately.
- Ethereal mounts never lose loyalty and can't be transferred.
- The mount can never appear without being mounted, therefore
it cannot attack or be attacked.
- Verite cloak, +3% physical resistance
- Verite robe, +3% physical resistance
- Valorite cloak, +3% physical resistance
- Valorite robe, +3% physical resistance
- Choice of one of three mini-monster statues
- Any of the 12 - 23 or 23 - 35 month rewards listed above.
It is important to note that characters on an account with less than
the appropriate amount of time will not be able to use these items.
For instance, if another player gave you a golden cloak, but your
account is 20 months old, you would not be able to wear it until your
account reached 24 months.
Players who fit into one or more of these categories will have the
option to receive their rewards when they log into the game after
attaining a reward level. Rewards are given on a "per account" basis,
but may be divided among characters on an account. It is very important
to make sure you have the correct character logged on before choosing
a reward. Game Masters and other OSI personnel will not be able to
transfer rewards from one character to another. For example, a
player who has a 24 month old account may choose to accept three rewards
with a character on one shard, and may choose the remaining reward
with a different character. The option to collect rewards will appear
each time you log in to the game until you have chosen the total awards
for which you are eligible. You will be given the option to collect
any rewards for which your account is eligible upon release of the
program, regardless of account anniversary date. Thus, for example,
if your account is 23 months old, you will be eligible for the 12-month
rewards on the day the program is released, and will be eligible for
your 24-month rewards as soon as your account reaches 24-months.
If you make a rewards program selection during a final backup or before
a server crash, the system may not have adequate time to save your
choice. When the shard returns to service, it may take a few minutes
for the server to recognize that you have not gotten your reward.
The system will account for this however, and after a few minutes
you will be able to select a reward.
| Veteran Rewards -
Years 4, 5 & 6 |
48 - 59 Month Players
When the account has been active for 48 months its player receives
one additional choice (totaling 6 choices), and that
new choice (or any previously unused choices) may be from the 1st,
2nd, 3rd or 4th year lists.
- One of three possible “Tailoring BOD-colored” cloaks, +3% physical
resistance
- Ice Green
- Ice Blue
- Dark Gray
- One of three possible “Tailoring BOD-colored” robes, +3% physical
resistance
- Ice Green
- Ice Blue
- Dark Gray
- Decorative Shield wall hanging
- Skeleton wall hanging
- Runebook/runestone dye
tub (Players will be able to use this dye tub to color their runebooks
or runestones from a selection of hues.)
- Choice of one of the following statuettes (When someone approaches
the statuette, if the statuette is on the ground or locked down
within a house, it will make a noise appropriate to its creature
type.)
- Ophidian Warrior
- Reaper
- Mongbat
Ethereal mount (unicorn,
kirin,
or ridgeback; one per reward
choice)
- Transparent hue (similar to the hue of previous rewards
sets, but with light grey highlights).
- Appears as a statue in your backpack.
- Double-clicking the statue will cause the statue to disappear
and create the mount and you will automatically mount it.
(There will be a 3-second “summoning delay” before the ethereal
mount will appear.)
- Once on the mount, double-clicking yourself will dismount
you and automatically transform the mount back into the statue
which will reappear in your backpack immediately.
- Ethereal mounts never lose loyalty and can't be transferred.
- The mount can never appear without being mounted; therefore
it cannot attack or be attacked.
- Ownership of these ethereal mounts will only be limited
by account age and not by character gender; male or female
characters may use ethereal unicorns, and male or female characters
may use ethereal kirin. These mounts will not have any special
abilities normally associated with the “live” versions of
these creatures.
- Any of the 12 – 23, 23 – 35, or 36 – 48 month rewards listed.
60 - 71 Month Players
When the account has been active for 60 months its player receives
one additional choice (totaling 7 choices), and that
new choice (or any previously unused choices) may be from the 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th year lists.
- One of three possible “Tailoring BOD-colored” cloaks, +3% physical
resistance
- One of three possible “Tailoring BOD-colored” robes, +3% physical
resistance
- Vet Reward Statuette dye tub
- Players will be able to use this dye tub to color their
Vet Reward statues from a selection of hues.
- Choice of one of the following statuettes (When someone approaches
the statuette, if the statuette is on the ground or locked down
within a house, it will make a noise appropriate to its creature
type.)
- Gazer
- Fire Elemental
- Wolf
Ethereal mount (giant
beetle or swamp
dragon; one per reward choice)
- Transparent hue (similar to the hue of previous rewards
sets, but with light grey highlights).
- Appears as a statue in your backpack.
- Double-clicking the statue will cause the statue to disappear
and create the mount and you will automatically mount it.
(There will be a 3-second “summoning delay” before the ethereal
mount will appear.)
- Once on the mount, double-clicking yourself will dismount
you and automatically transform the mount back into the statue
which will reappear in your backpack immediately.
- Ethereal mounts never lose loyalty and can't be transferred.
- The mount can never appear without being mounted; therefore
it cannot attack or be attacked.
- Ownership of these ethereal mounts will be limited by account
age. These mounts will not have any special abilities normally
associated with the “live” versions of these creatures.
- Ankh decoration
- These Ankh decorations will be able to be placed in houses.
- Owners will be able to select the facing of the Ankh.
- Any of the 12 – 23, 23 – 35, 36 – 48 or 60+ month rewards listed.
72+ Month Players
When an account has been active for 72 months its player will receive
two vet reward choices (instead of the normal one
choice), and another two for each additional 12 months which the account
remains active. These choices may be selected from any of the existing
vet rewards lists.
In addition to the normal 1st- through 5th-year Vet Rewards sets,
every UO game account that is active for 12 months or more will receive
a special “bonus” in the form of a skill cap increase! For every 12
months which an account remains active, every character that has been
or will be created on that account shall have its total possible skill
points increased by +5, as per the following chart.
| Skill Cap Bonus |
| Months playing UO |
Total possible skill points |
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11 or less
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700
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12 – 23
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705
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24 – 35
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710
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36 – 47
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715
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48+
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720
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The maximum possible skill points will be 720 points. Please note
that it is only the “skill cap” is raising, and the characters will
not actually receive any extra “skill points.”
Players will not have to manually activate or select the skill
cap increases—they are a free gift to all players and their characters,
and will automatically activate simply by one’s account remaining
active for 12 months or more.
How many rewards will I get?
Each player receives two reward choices once they reach their
one year status, and one reward choice for every year after that
– up to six years, after which they’ll receive two choices per
year. Too confusing? Let’s look at a chart with a running total
of your choices all the way up to your 7th year anniversary:
| Amount of Veteran Rewards |
| Months playing UO |
Reward sets available |
Choices given that year |
Your total choices |
| 12 |
Year 1
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3
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3
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| 24 |
Years 1 and 2
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+1
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4
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| 36 |
Years 1 thru 3
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+1
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5
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| 48 |
Years 1 thru 4
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+1
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6
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| 60 |
Years 1 thru 5
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+1
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7
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| 72 |
all sets
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+1, +1 bonus!
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9
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| 84, etc. |
all sets
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+1, +1 bonus!
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11
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*Note 1: The skill cap increase for 1st – 4th year Veterans
is an automatic bonus reward, and will not count against the choices
available for any given year.
How do I claim the 1st- through 4th-year skill cap increase?
How many characters of mine can I give the increased skill cap to?
You won’t need to do anything to claim the increase to your skill
point cap. After every 12 months which your account remains active,
every single character created on that account will have the increased
skill cap, and you will see this simply by logging in your characters.
This will also affect characters previously created – you will
not need to create a new character to gain the increased skill
cap.
Can I choose rewards on different shards?
Rewards are allocated per account, but they do not have to be
selected on the same shard. Rewards will not be transferable between
shards once chosen, though, and will count towards your total,
so be sure to select them on a shard you regularly play!
Are rewards given on a per character basis?
Rewards are allocated per account, not per character or per shard,
so be sure to choose rewards on your regular playing shard, and
not on a separate shard. Rewards will not be transferable between
shards once chosen.
My account was hacked, or my rewards were stolen/disappeared.
Can I choose new ones?
The database records how many rewards were taken by each account,
and these are the numbers we must go by. The total number of rewards
available is determined by how many rewards that account has accepted
in the past, not how many is in their possession at the time.
I bought this account, and there were no rewards on it! Can
I still choose rewards?
Buyers are responsible for verifying that what they are buying
is what is advertised. The number of rewards taken on an account
will not be wiped when an account is transferred, so it is the
responsibility of the buyer to ensure that the rewards chosen
are either still in the character’s inventory, or that the previous
owner did not choose all the rewards they were eligible to receive.
The total number of rewards available is determined by how many
rewards that account has accepted in the past, not how many is
in their possession at the time.
How do I figure out my account age?
For information on determining account age, see http://update.uo.com/design_350.html.
If your account age listed is incorrect, please contact support
by using the “Ask a Question” feature at http://uo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/uo
.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php.
Do I have to choose all my rewards at once, or will I be given
an option to choose more the next time I log in?
You do not have to choose them all at once. The gump will reappear
each time you log in, on all shards, until you have chosen the
number of rewards you are eligible to receive.
Will the rewards gump appear every time I log in?
Yes, the gump will reappear each time you log in, on all shards,
until you have chosen the number of rewards you are eligible to
receive.
Do I have to choose a choice from each specific year, or can
I choose between the levels however I want?
Players can choose from any level that they are eligible to receive.
For example, one-year veterans can choose only from the one-year
rewards. Two-year veterans may choose from all one-year rewards,
all two-year rewards, or a couple of each, and so on, and so forth.
Are different levels of rewards worth more in reward choices?
No. For example, a two-year veteran may choose four one-year
rewards or four two-year rewards. The level of reward chosen does
not affect the total number of choices available.
Will rewards taken on Test Center after the system is activated
count toward the total number of rewards available?
No. If rewards are chosen on a Test Shard, they will not count
toward your final total of rewards chosen.
If I chose extra rewards back when the Vet Rewards system first
came out, can I get more rewards now?
All rewards that have been chosen so far will be counted in the
totals, meaning that players will not be allowed to choose new
rewards until they are eligible to receive more than they have
already taken. For example, a three-year veteran is currently
eligible to choose five rewards. If a player has already chosen
seven, then that player will not be eligible to choose another
reward until they have reached their six-year veteran status,
when they would be eligible for eight total reward choices.
My account age is wrong, or I can’t choose rewards. Who do I
contact?
For questions regarding Veteran Rewards and determination of
account age, please see the “Game Wizard” Knowledge Base at http://support.uo.com/, or contact support by
using the “Ask a Question” feature at http://uo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/uo
.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php.
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