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The '''Shard of the Dead''' was a special event [[shard]] created for Halloween in 2005. It featured magic pumpkins, costume gates and other Halloween-related content. It also allowed characters to alter their [[skills]] and [[stats]] at will. | The '''Shard of the Dead''' was a special event [[shard]] created for Halloween in 2005. It featured magic pumpkins, costume gates and other Halloween-related content. It also allowed characters to alter their [[skills]] and [[stats]] at will. | ||
| − | + | it was followed the next year by a similar [[Shard of the Dead II]] in 2006. | |
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| + | ==2010== | ||
| + | A pvp-centric shard was created with a special ruleset just before Halloween in 2010. It was announced as limited-time only, through December 2010. | ||
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| + | Some of the special rules included: | ||
| + | *No guards or justice-zones, except the city of Britain. | ||
| + | *Dark Towers of Death guarded by hordes of undead minions | ||
| + | *Glass Swords of Shattering(one-hit kill) | ||
| + | *Accelerated skill and stat gain | ||
| + | *One Advanced Character Token per guest | ||
| + | *Permanent worldwide darkness | ||
| + | *Kill and death stat tracking | ||
| + | *No item insurance | ||
| + | *No blessed items, except spellbooks and runebooks | ||
| + | *Double gold on most monsters | ||
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| + | To get a Glass Sword of Shattering, players have to stand atop a Dark Tower(found near Virtue Shrines) for 30 seconds without being killed. | ||
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| + | [http://www.uoherald.com/node/272 Original announcement of Shard of the Dead 2010] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 29 October 2010
2005
The Shard of the Dead was a special event shard created for Halloween in 2005. It featured magic pumpkins, costume gates and other Halloween-related content. It also allowed characters to alter their skills and stats at will.
it was followed the next year by a similar Shard of the Dead II in 2006.
2010
A pvp-centric shard was created with a special ruleset just before Halloween in 2010. It was announced as limited-time only, through December 2010.
Some of the special rules included:
- No guards or justice-zones, except the city of Britain.
- Dark Towers of Death guarded by hordes of undead minions
- Glass Swords of Shattering(one-hit kill)
- Accelerated skill and stat gain
- One Advanced Character Token per guest
- Permanent worldwide darkness
- Kill and death stat tracking
- No item insurance
- No blessed items, except spellbooks and runebooks
- Double gold on most monsters
To get a Glass Sword of Shattering, players have to stand atop a Dark Tower(found near Virtue Shrines) for 30 seconds without being killed.
Original announcement of Shard of the Dead 2010