Difference between revisions of "Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss"

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* New Stealables - http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=152199
 
* New Stealables - http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=152199
 
* http://www.youtube.com/user/jcthebuilder - Videos on a variety of expansion additions
 
* http://www.youtube.com/user/jcthebuilder - Videos on a variety of expansion additions
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==Gargoyles==
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* Gargoyles are unable to ride mounts.
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* Gargoyles can fly, with some locations in [[Ter Mur]] and the [[Stygian Abyss Dungeon]] only being reachable via flight.
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** When flying, gargoyles move at mounted speed.
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* Gargoyles cannot wear Leather/Plate/Chain/Studded armor, only new Gargoyle Armors.
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* Gargoyles cannot equip most weapons (War Fork, Katana, Staff, etc.)
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* Gargoyles cannot learn [[Archery]] or use [[Archery Weapons|bows]].
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** Gargoyles instead of the long-ranged skill [[Throwing]].
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==New Client==
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* ''Coming Soon!''
  
 
===2D Client Changes===
 
===2D Client Changes===
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* Racial abilities book in Paperdoll next to profile scroll
 
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===Gargoyles===
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==New Skills==
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* Gargoyles are unable to ride mounts
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* '''[[Imbuing]]''' - A new crafting skill that allows players to manage the properties added on a crafted weapon or armor piece. This will also include the ability to harvest magical properties from existing items.
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* Gargoyles can not wear Leather/Plate/Chain/Studded armor, only new Gargoyle Armors
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* '''[[Mysticism]]''' - A Gargoyle form of spellcasting complete with it's own set of spells.
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* Gargoyles can not equip most weapons (War Fork, Katana, Staff, etc.)
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* '''[[Throwing]]''' - A new ranged weapons skill utilizing throwing weapons and consumes no ammunition. Can only be learned by Gargoyles.
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==New Features==
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* '''[[Basket Weaving]]''' - A new sub-skill that allows [[Tinkering|tinkers]] to create colored baskets.
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* '''[[Staining]]''' - A new system that allows [[Gardening|gardeners]], [[Cooking|cooks]], and [[Alchemy|alchemists]] to turn player-grown plants into special dyes.
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* '''[[Custom Carpets]]''' - Complete a quest to gain access to a carpet vendor.
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* '''[[Battle Chicken Breeding]]''' - Raise the perfect chicken and send them into battle.
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* '''[[Snake Charming]]''' - Using specially made instruments, command serpents to do your bidding.
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* '''[[Pet Resurrection]] Changes''' - NPCs can now raise dead pets for a fee.
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* '''[[Scroll Binder]]''' - Combine power, stat and transcendence scrolls into more powerful ones.
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* '''Gargoyle Architecture''' - Nine new housing tile sets showing off the style of Gargoyles.
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==New Areas==
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* '''[[Ter Mur]]''' - The Gargoyle homeland. Players will be able to place [[Houses]] in this area.
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* '''[[Stygian Abyss Dungeon]]''' - The largest and most intricate added to date. Based off the one seen in Ultima Underworld, the entrance is found on [[Fire Island]] on both facets. Creatures found inside include the [[Medusa]], [[Primeval Lich]] and the [[Stygian Dragon]]. There will also be non-consensual PVP combat areas inside the abyss.
  
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===Monsters===
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==New Monsters==
 
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===New Champion Spawns===
 
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===New Peerless===
 
===New Peerless===
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==Features==
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* '''[[Gargoyle Race]]''' - A new player race. One ability includes being ably to "fly" (cross certain obstacles and move at mounted speed). Gargoyles can not learn [[Archery]] or use bows.
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* '''[[Ter Mur]]''' - The Gargoyle homeland. Players will be able to place [[Houses]] in this area.
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* '''[[Stygian Abyss Dungeon]]''' - The largest and most intricate added to date. Based off the one seen in Ultima Underworld, the entrance is found on [[Fire Island]] on both facets. Creatures found inside include the [[Medusa]], [[Primeval Lich]] and the [[Stygian Dragon]]. There will also be non-consensual PVP combat areas inside the abyss.
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* '''[[Imbuing]]''' - A new crafting skill that allows players to manage the properties added on a crafted weapon or armor piece. This will also include the ability to harvest magical properties from existing items.
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* '''[[Mysticism]]''' - A Gargoyle form of spellcasting complete with it's own set of spells.
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* '''[[Throwing]]''' - A new ranged weapons skill utilizing throwing weapons and consumes no ammunition. Can only be learned by Gargoyles.
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===Minor===
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* '''Gargoyle Architecture''' - Nine new housing tile sets showing off the style of Gargoyles.
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* '''[[Scroll Binder]]''' - Combine power, stat and transcendence scrolls into more powerful ones.
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* '''[[Staining]]''' - Create your own color dyes from plants.
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* '''[[Custom Carpets]]''' - Complete a quest to gain access to a carpet vendor.
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* '''[[Battle Chicken Breeding]]''' - Raise the perfect chicken and send them into battle.
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* '''[[Basket Weaving]]''' - Weave baskets with tinkering.
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* '''[[Pet Resurrection]] Changes''' - NPCs can now raise dead pets for a fee
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==New Quests==
 
==New Quests==

Revision as of 09:25, 18 August 2009

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Important Note: During the open beta from August 14 to 23 the Stygian Abyss related pages will be updated frequently.

The Stygian Abyss will be UO's eighth expansion. It launches on September 8, 2009 at an upgrade cost of $29.99. A new player pack will sell for $39.99, which includes 30 days of gametime.

The expansion was developed alongside the Stygian Abyss Client, a re-branding of the much maligned Kingdom Reborn Client. Both the 2D and Stygian Abyss clients will be able to access all expansion content, including the new areas.

Players who purchase Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss from September 8th – 29th will receive multiple Alteration Tokens to transform current characters into Gargoyles, an exclusive gargoyle craftable pet, and decorative Stygian Abyss mob boss statues.

Open Beta

This section will include links to the latest news, pages, videos, images and information found during the beta.

Gargoyles

  • Gargoyles are unable to ride mounts.
  • Gargoyles can fly, with some locations in Ter Mur and the Stygian Abyss Dungeon only being reachable via flight.
    • When flying, gargoyles move at mounted speed.
  • Gargoyles cannot wear Leather/Plate/Chain/Studded armor, only new Gargoyle Armors.
  • Gargoyles cannot equip most weapons (War Fork, Katana, Staff, etc.)
  • Gargoyles cannot learn Archery or use bows.
    • Gargoyles instead of the long-ranged skill Throwing.

New Client

  • Coming Soon!

2D Client Changes

  • New Make Max/Make Number buttons in crafting menus
  • New mark as quest item in crafting menus
  • "Altar Item [Gargoyle]" option in crafting menu
  • Racial abilities book in Paperdoll next to profile scroll

New Skills

  • Imbuing - A new crafting skill that allows players to manage the properties added on a crafted weapon or armor piece. This will also include the ability to harvest magical properties from existing items.
  • Mysticism - A Gargoyle form of spellcasting complete with it's own set of spells.
  • Throwing - A new ranged weapons skill utilizing throwing weapons and consumes no ammunition. Can only be learned by Gargoyles.

New Features

  • Basket Weaving - A new sub-skill that allows tinkers to create colored baskets.
  • Staining - A new system that allows gardeners, cooks, and alchemists to turn player-grown plants into special dyes.
  • Custom Carpets - Complete a quest to gain access to a carpet vendor.
  • Battle Chicken Breeding - Raise the perfect chicken and send them into battle.
  • Snake Charming - Using specially made instruments, command serpents to do your bidding.
  • Pet Resurrection Changes - NPCs can now raise dead pets for a fee.
  • Scroll Binder - Combine power, stat and transcendence scrolls into more powerful ones.
  • Gargoyle Architecture - Nine new housing tile sets showing off the style of Gargoyles.

New Areas

  • Ter Mur - The Gargoyle homeland. Players will be able to place Houses in this area.
  • Stygian Abyss Dungeon - The largest and most intricate added to date. Based off the one seen in Ultima Underworld, the entrance is found on Fire Island on both facets. Creatures found inside include the Medusa, Primeval Lich and the Stygian Dragon. There will also be non-consensual PVP combat areas inside the abyss.

New Monsters

New Champion Spawns

Slasher of Veils

Abyssal Inferno

Primevil Lich

New Peerless

New Quests

  • Coming Soon!

Development History

The expansion was announced a week early with an accidental posting, which is no longer available, on the Japanese Ultima Online Stygian Abyss website. The following message has been translated by athos_uo on the Stratics forums and may not be exact:

"Ultima Online Stygian Abyss" is the first expansion that will be released a few months later after the launch of "Ultima Online Kingdom Reborn". You can buy it in a package on the shelf or downloading it.

New features and contents

  • Gargoyle race comes back to Sosaria, having escaped from the subordination that lasted hundreds years in the harsh land, unfortunately through which a part of the harsh land was brought to Sosaria. The Stygian Abyss opens its mouth and unfamiliar and bizarre creatures stalk on the ground. But you can find adventures only there, where there are risks. Abyss would offer the treasures beyond imagination to the braves who made their way into it.

The new playable race that players can select to play: The Gargoyle race

  • They appear already in a part of the story since Ultima III and are mystic and thoughtful race which is known for their ability to control, infuse or transform energy.

The largest dungeon in the history of UO: Stygian Abyss

  • It was through Abyss that Gargoyle race came back from the underworld. This dungeon is several times as large as any other current dungeons in UO and offers various dangers, new monsters, new tricks and new treasures.

Originally, Stygian Abyss was to have been launched a two months after Kingdom Reborn in summer 2007. The release of the expansion had been delayed due to poor performance of the new client. At a Town Hall Meeting in Seattle on August 30 2008, it was announced as targeted for sometime in 2009. On April 29, 2009, it was narrowed to a Summer 2009 release window.

The official Stygian Abyss website was unveiled September 9, 2008.

Beta tester applications were open for submission via UOHerald.com on May 7, 2009. The first batch of Beta tester confirmations were sent out to selected UO players on June 4, 2009. Open beta began August 14, 2009 and lasted until August 23.

Concept Art

The following was distributed to the press for the announcement message. It should be noted that works of concept art are not actual images from the game, but an artist's rendering of possible game elements. Click for full view.

A male gargoyle
A female gargoyle
A closeup of gargoyle face
A temple
Another temple
A city


See Also

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