Veteran reward

As a way to reward loyal UO subscribers, Veteran Rewards were introduced in late 2001. Each year an account is active, credits are given which can be used to select rewards. In the beginning, there were only rewards for accounts up to 3 years old. After several years, this was incrementally expanded all the way up to 25 year old accounts. Rewards may be traded and sold, but only accounts old enough can wear and use them some of them. All Veteran Rewards are Blessed and display their year of eligibility.

Determining Eligibility

Account age is determined by how many months it has been paid for.

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 opening the Profile on any character on the account. The age in months will be displayed at the bottom and also appear as a system message. Other players cannot see your account age.

Claiming

The main menu

Once an account is old enough and has available selections, a menu screen will appear on each login informing the player that reward items are available. The player can cancel out and wait until next login to claim one, or press OK to be presented with the selection screen.

The main screen will present you with 6 different sections of rewards. It will also display the total number you can claim and how many have already been picked. To proceed, press the arrow next to the section you wish to view. A list of eligible selections will be shown. If you don't see the one you want, press the main menu arrow to return to the index. If you have decided on a reward, press the green arrow next to it. A selection confirmation screen will appear with the name of your selection and the assigned character. Press OK to confirm or Cancel to exit.

Notes

If you are eligible for a reward, make sure the UOAssist option to auto-cancel veteran rewards is not checked.
If you are eligible for a reward and the menu does not appear, the veteran reward server is probably down. Try again later.
Only rewards you are eligible to pick will be displayed in the menu.
Picking a reward on one character uses up that choice for the entire account.
Veteran rewards can only be transferred between shards via paid Character Transfer.
Although rewards are assigned to a specific character, they can be freely transferred between characters/accounts, bought, and sold. (However the Red Soulstone and the Shard Transfer Shields are account bound)
Players do not have to pick reward choices each year, they may elect to save their reward credits for later years when the rewards become increasingly more valuable.
A "Clothing Adjustment" box is located in the east building in the Lycaeum (in both Felucca and Trammel) that allows players to swap their already claimed reward clothing for another of a different type but of the same color.

The Rewards

Reward Titles

Veteran reward subtitles may be applied to your character through the titles menu they appear over your character’s head. A new one unlocks every 2 years, with the exception of "Founding Citizen of Britannia", awarded after a 3 year delay at 25 years.

Explorer of Darkness - 2 years
Avenger of the Enchantress - 4 years
Slayer of Exodus - 6 years
Quester of the Avatar - 8 years
Warrior of Destiny - 10 years
Fulfiller of the False Prophecy - 12 years
Destroyer of the Fellowship - 14 years
Survivor of Pagan - 16 years
Ascendant of the Guardian - 18 years
Wanderer of the Lost Odyssey - 20 years
Pioneer of the Second Age - 22 years
Founding Citizen of Britannia - 25 years

6 Month Reward

At the 6 month mark, an account receives a +5 stat cap bump for all characters. This does not apply to characters that got the +5 stat increase AOS Launch Gift.

1st Year Rewards

At the 12 month mark, an account is credited with 3 reward choices and can choose from among the following items:

Item	Description
Black Dye Tub	Allows you to dye cloth and clothing black
Furniture Dye Tub	Dyes Furniture
Special Dye Tub	New colors to use on cloth that are not available on a normal dye tub
Veteran Reward Clothing	Give +3% to physical resistance when worn
Veteran Reward Statues	Make sounds when walked near
Mini House Deeds	One of two mini house deeds
Red Soulstone	An unlimited use soulstone that is account bound when claimed
Commodity Deed Box	Allows players to fill and redeem Commodity Deeds in their homes.
Crystal Portal	Allows players to teleport directly to a bank or moongate
Corrupted Crystal Portal	Allows players to teleport directly to a dungeon
Greater Bracelet of Binding	Allows a character to bind with up to 10 other players at once and be taken to their location when used
Ethereal Mount	Horse Mount
Coral the Owl	Say "news" and it acts as a town crier
Auction Safe	When claimed, three auction safes are delivered as deeds in a backpack.

2nd Year Rewards

At the 24 month mark, an account is credited with 1 additional reward choice and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Leather Dye Tub	Dye leather armor a variety of colors
Flaming Head Deed	A skull that you place in your house that shoots fire
Banner Deed	A variety of banner styles to spruce up your home
Veteran Reward Clothing	Agapite & Golden
Veteran Reward Statues	11 New Statuettes
Chalice Of Pilfering Protection	Upon use, provides (2) hours of protection against monster looting (24 hour cooldown).
BG's Fishing Pole	Prevents fishermen from fishing up footwear.
Minotaur Statue	2 directions

3rd Year Rewards

At the 36 month mark, an account is credited with 1 additional reward choice and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Veteran Reward Clothing	Verite & Valorite
Veteran Reward Statues	10 New
Ethereal Mount	Llama & Ostard
Potted Cactus	Decorative Cactus
Runebook Strap	Blessed Container for runebooks
Spellbook Strap	Blessed Container for Spellbooks

4th Year Rewards

At the 48 month mark, an account is credited with 1 additional reward choice and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Runebook Dye Tub	Dye Runebooks
Decorative Shield	A decorative House Addon
Hanging Skeleton	A decorative House Addon
Veteran Reward Clothing	Dark Gray, Ice Green & Ice Blue
Veteran Reward Statues	11 New
Ethereal Mount	Unicorn, Kirin & Ridgeback
Seed Box	This box will identify and store all seeds put into it, up to 500 seeds.
Embroidery Tool	Embroider Clothing Items
Guild Flag	A decorative animated flag House Addon

Added in Publish 16 - Vet Rewards: 4th-year, 5th-year, and a skill cap increase!

5th Year Rewards

At the 60 month mark, an account is credited with 1 additional reward choice and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

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Reward Statuette Dye Tub	Lets you dye Statuettes
Ankh	A decorative House Addon
Veteran Reward Clothing	Fire, Ice White & Jet Black
Veteran Reward Statues	5 New
Ethereal Mounts	Giant Beetle or Swamp Dragon
Bloody Pentagram	A pentagram drawn in blood, may be used for Arcane Focus
Metallic Dye Tub	Dye metal armor a variety of colors
Metallic Leather Dye Tub	Dye leather armor to metallic colors
Lighthouse	Recovers any ship except rowboats that are linked to the lighthouse
Repair Bench	Store & use Repair deeds for all crafts House Addon
Autoloom	Quick conversion of cotton, flax & wool into bolts of cloth

6th Year Rewards

At the 72 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Veteran Reward Statues	Yew Tree
Character Statue Maker	Crates a statue of a player as a decorative House Addon
Brazier	Comes in short and tall varieties
Enchanted Granite Cart	Produces 2 granite every 24 hours
Enchanted Gardening Shears	Automatically harvest all seeds and resources
Decorative Zen Garden	3 sizes available, House Addon

7th Year Rewards

At the 84 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Decorative Cannon	Place a cannon in your house which can be fired, causing a spectacular explosion.
Tree Stump	A stump from a cut-down tree, faces two directions, with and without an axe, and yields 10 random Logs a day, holding up to a maximum of 100 logs.
Sheep Statue	This statue will give 10 pieces of a random hide or wool each day, holding up to a maximum of 100 pieces.
Sewing machine	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the tailoring skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Smithing press	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the blacksmithy skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Alchemy Station	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the alchemy skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
BBQ Smoker	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the cooking skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Spinning Lathe	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the carpentry skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Bow Stringer	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the bowcraft & fletching skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Enchanted Writing Desk	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the Inscription skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Tinker Bench	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the Tinkering skill, it holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Glass Kiln	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the glassblowing skill. It holds up to 5000 tool charges
Enchanted Sculpting Tool	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the sclulpting skill. It holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Map Charter	A house addon that can be used to craft items using the cartographer skill. It holds up to 5000 tool charges.
Gargish Totem of Essence	Produces up to 10 imbuing essence a week
Salvage Station	Salvaging of meta, cloth and leather

8th Year Reward

At the 96 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or the following item:

Item	Desciption
Weapon Engraving Tool	A rechargeable tool that allows you to place a line of text in orange below the name of a weapon.
Davies' Locker	A House Addon that can store up to 500 treasure maps and/or SOS bottles, based on a real-life glass top table containing a three-dimensional map of Britannia, created by Alan Davies.
Gadgetry Table	a House Addon which provides the user with an advanced golem. Introduced with Publish 85.
Veteran Reward Statues	2 new

9th Year Rewards

At the 108 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Ethereal Mount	Polar Bear
Wall Banner	An attractive, large banner which can be hung on a wall and dyed with 15 different design choices.
Veteran Reward Statues	[Virtuebane Statuette]]
Ultima Dragon Deco Pack	Decorative Dragon Bunting, Banner, Flag and Wall Shield

10th Year Rewards

At the 120 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Veteran Reward Clothing	Crimson & Pink
Veteran Reward Statues	2 New
Ankh Of Sacrifice	A house addon in the form of a bloodied Ankh that can be used to self-resurrect one per hour.
Ethereal Mount	Ethereal Cu Sidhe
Mining Cart	A house add-on that randomly generates 10 ore or 5 small gems once a day.
Oval Rug	A Skull Rug, A Rose Rug, A Dolphin Rug
Koi Pond	Animated House addon
Water Wheel	Animated House Addon
Potion Vat	House addon that holds potions

11th Year Rewards

At the 132 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Veteran Reward Clothing	Forest Green
Veteran Reward Statues	2 New
Ethereal Mount	Ethereal Reptalon
Ethereal Mount Retouching Tool	Characters are able to set an ethereal mount's hue to transparent or normal
Refinement Generator	Creates random refinements once a week.

12th Year Rewards

At the 144 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Veteran Reward Clothing	Royal Blue
Veteran Reward Statues	Fire Ant Statuette
Ethereal Mount	Ethereal Hiryu
House Teleportation Tile	A house addon in the form of a set of 2 placeable house teleporter tiles.
Chaos/Order Banners	A set of two wall banners(one each design) which can be hung on a wall.
Decorative Lava Pool	Animated house addon

13th Year Rewards

At the 156 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Veteran Reward Statues	Exodus Statuette
Ethereal Mount	Rideable Boura
Enchanted Greenhouse	Holds plants without using house lockdowns
Decorative Catapult	A decorative House Addon

14th Year Rewards

At the 168 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

Item	Description
Shard Transfer Shields	Each representing a specific shard, the shield will give a character transfer token once a month to the shard it represents

15th Year Rewards

At the 180 month mark, an account is credited with 2 additional reward choices and can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

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Garden Shed	A House Addon that contains two secure containers that do not count towards house storage limits.
Ethereal Mount	Ethereal Tiger
Veteran Reward Statues	4 new
Dye Cabinet	Store up to 500 dyes or pigments

20th Year Rewards

Can choose any preceding year reward or from among the following items:

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Ethereal Dragon Mount	An Ethereal Mount

25th Year Rewards