Slayer

An Example of a Creature Specific Slayer

The Slayer property is found on certain melee weapons, instruments, talismans, and spellbooks. This property will do the following when used in an offensive manner:

• double damage to the monsters/group they are meant for;
• cause most spells to do double damage to the monsters they are meant for;
• slayer instruments will increase your success chance by 20% when used on the creatures it is meant for;
• slayer instruments will decrease your success chance by 20% when used on the creatures from its opposing group; and
• successful use of a slayer weapon, spellbook, or musical instrument will yield a little white flash on the monster.

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The Slayer property can be found as a rare drop in monster loot or crafted by a character when using Runic Tools. Slayer instruments can only be found on monster loot. A slayer spellbook however can only be crafted by scribes using a scribe pen, and not necessarily a runic.

Player crafted spellbooks have a chance to have slayer properties, all slayer groups are included. You must have the spellbook equipped to receive the double damage bonus from most direct damage spells (except Mind Blast and Harm).

There are two types of slayers, Super Slayers and Lesser Slayers. Super Slayers are effective against a large group of different, but racially or elementally similar, creatures. The Super Slayer comes in two forms: Talisman-based and instrument/spellbook/weapon-based.

Talisman Slayers do not affect spells. The Damage Increase from both talisman-based and instrument/spellbook/weapon-based forms is cumulative, or stacks, subject to the 300% cap.

• The following Super Slayers are found on Talisman: Bat, Bear, Beetle, Bird, Bovine, Flame, Ice, Mage, Vermin, & Wolf.
• The following Super Slayers are found on musical instruments, weapons, and spellbooks: Abyss, Arachnid, Elemental, Fey, Repond, Reptile, and Undead Slayer.

Slayer Opposites

In a mechanic of the game that was long thought dormant but not, each slayer type has an "opposite." Wielding a slayer type against its opposite will cause the attacker to take more damage then he or she would otherwise. For example, using an Undead Slayer against a reptile will cause the attacker to take additional damage from the reptile. The same applies to using an Ophidian Slayer against a Terathan. (This limits the usefulness in combat of the Berserker's Bardiche, an artifact found during the Ophidian War event cycle.)

History

• Initially, the Slayer property was called Virtue Weapons, applied only to melee weapons, and operated in a far different manner than currently.
• Publish 16 (July 12-22, 2002) saw the introduction of Slayer Musical Instruments. They they worked the same way as Slayer melee weapons. However, they increased the chance of a successful use of the Barding skill that was mentioned in the tool tip, instead of doing double damage to the creatures for they were meant.
• The Ultima Online: Age of Shadows (February 2003) expansion changed the way Slayer weapons work, to the current manner.
• The Slayer Spellbooks were released with Publish 31 (March 17, 2005) as part of an attempt to make mages more balanced in PvE.

Super Slayers

Repond Slayer Chart Repond Slayer . Cyclopean Warrior Ettin Evil Mage Evil Mage Lord Meer Captain Meer Eternal Meer Mage Meer Warrior Ratman Ratman Archer Ratman Mage Savage Rider Savage Shaman Savage Warrior (Female) Savage Warrior (Male) Titan Orc Slayer Orc Orc Bomber Orc Brute Orc Captain Orc Chopper Orc Scout Orc Lord Orc Mage Ogre Slayer Arctic Ogre Lord Ogre Ogre Lord Troll Slayer Frost Troll Troll

Undead Slayer Chart Undead Slayer . Ancient Lich Bogle Bone Knight Bone Magi Dark Guardian Darknight Creeper Flesh Golem Ghoul Gore Fiend Hellsteed Lady of the Snow Lich Lich Lord Mummy Revenant Revenant Lion Rotting Corpse Shade Shadow Knight Sir Patrick Skeletal Knight Skeletal Mage Skeletal Steed Skeleton Spectre Wraith Zombie

Lesser Slayers

The Lesser Slayers are creature specific. They will say the name of the creature then slayer. For example: "Lizardman Slayer."

Lesser Slayers
Ogre Slayer	Water Elemental Slayer	Poison Elemental Slayer
Orc Slayer	Earth Elemental Slayer	Blood Elemental Slayer
Troll Slayer	Snow Elemental Slayer	Gargoyle Slayer
Snake Slayer	Fire Elemental Slayer	Dragon Slayer
Spider Slayer	Air Elemental Slayer	Scorpion Slayer
Terathan Slayer	Lizardman Slayer	Ophidian Slayer