Difference between revisions of "Item Identification"

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Item Identification is a skill used to identify the NPC value of Items and the imbuing ingredients the Items will unravel into.

Item Identification once revealed the hidden magic properties of weapons and armor, but no longer does so as that information is no longer hidden from players and is visible simply by clicking any item. Item Identification is considered a Useless Skill and the few players who undertake this skill do so mainly for roleplaying purposes.

Professional Title: Merchant
Maximum Skill Possible: 100.0
NPC Trainers: Gambler, Gypsy, Jeweler, Merchant Guildmaster, Miner Guildmaster

Are you sure this is a rare artifact?

Lore

The battle with the evil lich was long and fierce, and now the rotting corpse lies at your feet, waiting for you to scavenge the gold and loot you fought for. Clutched in the lich’s grasp is a shining magical sword, but what magic lies within? Dare you grab it? With a skill in Item Identification, you can assess the sword and learn the power it embraces.

Active Use

To use Item Identification you can either set a macro or use the skill icon. Doing so will bring up a targeting cursor and a system message asking, What do you wish to appraise and identify?

Target the item you want to learn about. These are the possible outcomes:

Failure - A message over your head says,

You have no idea how much that item might be worth.

Success - A message over your head says,

[Name of Item]

You guess the value of that item at: [amount in gold]

- Failure to identify the imbuing ingredient

Your imbuing skill is not high enough to identify the imbuing ingredient.

- Success at identifying the imbuing ingredient

You conclude that the item

can not be magically unraveled. It possess little to no magic properties.

will magically unravel into: Magical Residue

will magically unravel into: Enchanted Essence (Imbuing > 45.0)

will magically unravel into: Relic Fragment (Imbuing > 90.0)

Training

To train Item Identification, use the skill and target an item. Each attempt has a chance to raise the skill.

Item Identification has Anti-Macro Code in place. If there is no skill gained off an attempt, the item targetted in the attempt will not yield a gain until a successful gain on different item is made.

History

Identification Wands also once revealed the magic properties of items for players lacking the skill.
The following table shows the list of properties weapons had before the Age of Shadows expansion.

Prefix	Bonus	Prefix	Bonus
Magic Armor
Durable	+5 to armor HP	Defense	+5 to AR
Substantial	+10 to armor HP	Guarding	+10 to AR
Massive	+15 to armor HP	Hardening	+15 to AR
Fortified	+20 to armor HP	Fortification	+20 to AR
Indestructible	+25 to armor HP	Invulnerability	+25 to AR
Magic Weapons
Accurate	+5 to weapon skill	Ruin	+1 Damage
Surpassingly Accurate	+10 to weapon skill	Might	+3 Damage
Eminently Accurate	+15 to weapon skill	Force	+5 Damage
Exceedingly Accurate	+20 to weapon skill	Power	+7 Damage
Supremely Accurate	+25 to weapon skill	Vanquishing	+9 Damage
Durable	+10 to item HP
Substantial	+20 to item HP
Massive	+30 to item HP
Fortified	+40 to item HP
Indestructible	+50 to item hp

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-Arms Lore is a skill used to identify the the NPC value of items. It also used to tell the hidden magic properties of weapons and armor, but no longer does so. Any player can tell exactly what magic properties an item has by clicking on it.
+'''Item Identification''' is a [[Skills|skill]] used to identify the [[NPC]] value of [[Items]] and the [[imbuing]] ingredients the [[Items]] will unravel into.
+Item Identification once revealed the hidden magic [[Item Properties|properties]] of [[Weapons|weapons]] and [[Armor|armor]], but no longer does so as that information is no longer hidden from players and is visible simply by clicking any item. Item Identification is considered a [[Useless Skill]] and the few players who undertake this skill do so mainly for [[roleplaying]] purposes.
 * '''Professional Title:''' Merchant
-* '''Maximum Skill Possible:''' 100
+* '''Maximum Skill Possible:''' 100.0
-* '''NPC Trainers:''' [[Gambler]], [[Gypsy]], [[Jeweler]], [[Merchant Guildmaster]], [[Miner Guildmaster]]
+* '''NPC Trainers:''' Gambler, Gypsy, Jeweler, Merchant Guildmaster, Miner Guildmaster
-[[Image:Item_identification_example.png|frame]]
+[[File:Item_identification_example.jpg|frame|''Are you sure this is a rare artifact?'']]
 ==Lore==
-<i>The battle with the evil lich was long and fierce, and now the rotting corpse lies at your feet, waiting for you to scavenge the gold and loot you fought for. Clutched in the lich’s grasp is a shining magical sword, but what magic lies within? Dare you grab it? With a skill in Item Identification, you can assess the sword and learn the power it embraces. </i>
+''The battle with the evil [[lich]] was long and fierce, and now the [[Rotting Corpse|rotting corpse]] lies at your feet, waiting for you to scavenge the gold and loot you fought for. Clutched in the lich’s grasp is a shining magical sword, but what magic lies within? Dare you grab it? With a skill in Item Identification, you can assess the sword and learn the power it embraces.''
 ==Active Use==
-To use Item Identification you can either set a [[Macro]], take out the [[Skill Gump Icon]], or press the blue button next to its name in the [[Skill Gump]]. Doing so will bring up a targetting cursor and as a system message asking, "What do you wish to appraise and identify?"
+To use Item Identification you can either set a [[macro]] or use the skill icon. Doing so will bring up a targeting cursor and a system message asking, ''What do you wish to appraise and identify?''
+Target the item you want to learn about. These are the possible outcomes:
+*'''Failure''' - A message over your head says,
+:''You have no idea how much that item might be worth.''
+*'''Success''' - A message over your head says,
+:''<nowiki>[Name of Item]</nowiki>''
+:''You guess the value of that item at: <nowiki>[amount in gold]</nowiki>''
+**'''Failure to identify the [[imbuing]] ingredient'''
+::''Your imbuing skill is not high enough to identify the imbuing ingredient.''
+**'''Success at identifying the [[imbuing]] ingredient'''
+::''You conclude that the item''
+:::''can not be magically unraveled. It possess little to no magic properties.''
+:::''will magically unravel into: [[Magical Residue]]''
+:::''will magically unravel into: [[Enchanted Essence]]'' ([[Imbuing]] > 45.0)
+:::''will magically unravel into: [[Relic Fragment]]'' ([[Imbuing]] > 90.0)
+==Training==
+To train Item Identification, use the [[Skills|skill]] and target an item. Each attempt has a chance to raise the skill.
+* Item Identification has [[Anti-Macro Code]] in place. If there is no skill gained off an attempt, the item targetted in the attempt will not yield a gain until a successful gain on different item is made.
-Target the item you want to learn about. There are two possible outcomes:
-* '''Failure''' - A message over your head says, "You have no idea how much that item might be worth."
-* '''Success''' - A message over your head says, [Name of Item] "You guess the value of that item at: [amount in gold]"
 ==History==
-* [[Item Identification Wand]]s also used to reveal the magic properties of items
+* [[Wand|Identification Wands]] also once revealed the magic [[Item Properties|properties]] of [[Items|items]] for players lacking the skill.
-* The following table shows the list of properties weapons had before the [[Age of Shadow]] expansion.
+* The following table shows the list of [[Item Properties|properties]] weapons had before the [[Ultima Online: Age of Shadows|Age of Shadows]] expansion.
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-! align="center" | Magic Armor
+! colspan="4" | Magic Armor
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 | Durable
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 | Accurate
 | +5 to weapon skill
 | Ruin
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 |-
 | Surpassingly Accurate
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 ==See Also==
 * [[Arms Lore]]
+* [[Skills]]
 * [http://guide.uo.com/skill_3.html UO.com Playguide on Item Identification]
 [[Category:Skills]]