Difference between revisions of "Book of Truth?"

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Also see The Book of Truth, which contains information on the "real" Book of Truth as it relates to the mythology of UO.

The Book of Truth? was an attempt by evil forces to create and distribute a corrupted version of the real one. To acquire this book you had to slay monsters in the anti-virtue dungeons. The more monsters you slayed, the greater your chances of receiving a book on their corpse. You also had a better chance with creature's of high fame. For this reason, the drop rate is 2x better in Felucca due to the double-fame bonus. You don't have to have any quest to get a book.

When a book dropped on the monster corpse you heard a distinct flute noise. No other indication is given that the monster dropped the book and all players nearby could hear it, regardless of who had looting rights. Books of Truth? can still be insured, sent to the bank with a Bag of Sending, or toggled quest item to be unlootable by other players when you die.

The books stopped spawning on March 15, 2007.

Dungeons

The books spawned in the anti-virtue dungeons on both facets.

Rewards

The books were an item to be turned in for one of 4 quests located in the Lycaeum, north of Moonglow. The Seekers of Truth could be found near the teleporters. Each quest (except for Veracity's) could only be completed one time per character.

Quest	NPC	Books Required	Reward
Veracity's Plea	Veracity the Seeker of Truth	1	Veracity's Treasure Box
Veritae's Plea	Veritae the Seeker of Truth	10	Veritae's Music Box Gear
Truth and Redemption	Maxim the Seeker of Truth	25	The Redeemer
Seeker of Truth	Menzzobaanea the Seeker of Truth	50	Gorget of Honesty

Although this is supposed to be a limited time event, the developers have stated all rewards will be available by some means in the future.

Updates

The nether energy suffusing the dungeons began to fade during the event, reducing the dispelling abilities of affected dungeon creatures somewhat.
Creatures in Wind temporarily dropped Books of Truth (this was changed as Wind is not a Dungeon of Anti-Virtue and was not intended to be included).
The drop sound radius was increased from 8 to 12 tiles
The Book of Truth drop rate in Felucca was eventually decreased slightly to account for the increased fame given by monsters on that facet. (The drop rate was 260%, it became 200%)

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 Also see [[The Book of Truth]], which contains information on the "real" Book of Truth as it relates to the mythology of UO.
-The ''Book of Truth?'' is an attempt by evil forces to create and distribute a corrupted version of the real one. To acquire this book had to slay monsters in the anti-virtue dungeons. The more monsters you slay, the greater your chances of receiving a book on their corpse. You also had a better chance with creature's of high fame. For this reason, the drop rate is 2x better in [[Felucca]] due to the double-fame bonus. You don't have to have any quest to get a book.
+The ''Book of Truth?'' was an attempt by evil forces to create and distribute a corrupted version of the real one. To acquire this book you had to slay monsters in the anti-virtue dungeons. The more monsters you slayed, the greater your chances of receiving a book on their corpse. You also had a better chance with creature's of high fame. For this reason, the drop rate is 2x better in [[Felucca]] due to the double-fame bonus. You don't have to have any quest to get a book.
-When a book dropped on the monster corpse you heard a distinct flute noise. No other indication is given that the monster dropped the book and all players can hear the noise. ''Books of Truth?'' can be insured, sent to the bank with a [[Bag of Sending]], or toggled quest item to be unlootable by other players when you die.
+When a book dropped on the monster corpse you heard a distinct flute noise. No other indication is given that the monster dropped the book and all players nearby could hear it, regardless of who had looting rights. ''Books of Truth?'' can still be insured, sent to the bank with a [[Bag of Sending]], or toggled quest item to be unlootable by other players when you die.
 The books stopped spawning on March 15, 2007.
 ==Dungeons==
 The books spawned in the anti-virtue dungeons on both facets.
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 * [[Shame]]
 * [[Wrong]]
 ==Rewards==
-The books are an item to be turned in for one of 4 quests located in the [[Lycaeum]], north of [[Moonglow]]. Visit one of the Seekers of Truth near the teleporters. Each quest, except for Veracity's quest, can only be completed one time per character. Veracity's quest can be completed as many times as you would like. Also, you can not take on multiple Book of Truth collecting quests at the same time.
+The books were an item to be turned in for one of 4 quests located in the [[Lycaeum]], north of [[Moonglow]]. The Seekers of Truth could be found near the teleporters. Each quest (except for Veracity's) could only be completed one time per character.
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+! style="background-color:#9f3215; color:#FFFFFF;" align="center"| Books<br>Required
+! style="background-color:#9f3215; color:#FFFFFF;" align="center"| Reward
+|- align="center"
+|[[Veracity's Plea]]
+|[[Veracity the Seeker of Truth]]
+|1
+|[[Veracity's Treasure Box]]
+|- align="center"
+|[[Veritae's Plea]]
+|[[Veritae the Seeker of Truth]]
+|10
+|[[Veritae's Music Box Gear]]
+|- align="center"
+|[[Truth and Redemption]]
+|[[Maxim the Seeker of Truth]]
+|25
+|[[The Redeemer]]
+|- align="center"
+|[[Seeker of Truth]]
+|[[Menzzobaanea the Seeker of Truth]]
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+|[[Gorget of Honesty]]
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-* [[Veracity's Treasure Box]] - 1 Book
-* [[Veritae's Music Box Gear]] - 10 Books
-* [[The Redeemer]] - 25 Books
-* [[Gorget of Honesty]] - 50 Books
 Although this is supposed to be a limited time event, the developers have stated all rewards will be available by some means in the future.
 ==Updates==
-*  The nether energy suffusing the dungeons has begun to fade, reducing the dispelling abilities of affected dungeon creatures somewhat.
+*  The nether energy suffusing the dungeons began to fade during the event, reducing the dispelling abilities of affected dungeon creatures somewhat.
-* Creatures in Wind will no longer drop Books of Truth (Wind is not a Dungeon of Anti-Virtue and was not intended to be included)
+* Creatures in Wind temporarily dropped Books of Truth (this was changed as Wind is not a Dungeon of Anti-Virtue and was not intended to be included).
-* Increased the drop sound radius from 8 to 12 tiles
+* The drop sound radius was increased from 8 to 12 tiles
-* The Book of Truth drop rate in Felucca has been decreased slightly to account for the increased fame given by monsters on that facet. (The drop rate was 260%, it is now 200%)
+* The Book of Truth drop rate in Felucca was eventually decreased slightly to account for the increased fame given by monsters on that facet. (The drop rate was 260%, it became 200%)
 [[Category:Quest Items]]