Item Properties

Items in UO can have special properties which enhance them. During the Age of Shadows expansion, the list of properties was increased tremendously. The Stygian Abyss added several new properties.

Properties

General

Property Name	Intensity Range	Type	Found On
Cold Resist	1% - 15%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Shields / Weapons
Damage Increase	1% - 25/50%	Hit	Jewelry / Weapons
Defense Chance Increase	1% - 15%	Persistent	Jewelry / Shields / Weapons
Dexterity Bonus	1 - 8	Persistent	Jewelry
Durability	1 - 255	Permanent	Armor / Shields / Weapons
Energy Resist	1% - 15%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Shields / Weapons
Enhance Potions	5% - 25%	Persistent	Jewelry
Faster Cast Recovery	1 - 3	Persistent	Jewelry
Faster Casting	1	Persistent	Jewelry / Shields / Weapons
Fire Resist	1% - 15%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Shields / Weapons
Hit Area Attack	2% - 50%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Chance Increase	1% - 15%	Persistent	Jewelry / Weapons
Hit Dispel	2% - 50%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Life Leech	2% - 100%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Lower Attack	2% - 50%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Lower Defense	2% - 50%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Mana Leech	2% - 100%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Point Regeneration	1 - 2	Persistent	Armor
Hit Spell	2% - 50%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Stamina Leech	2% - 50%	Hit	Weapons
Hit Point Increase	1 - 5	Persistent	Armor
Intelligence Bonus	1 - 8	Persistent	Jewelry
Lower Mana Cost	1% - 15%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Spellbooks
Lower Reagent Cost	1% - 20%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry
Lower Requirements	10% - 100%	Persistent	Armor / Shields / Weapons
Luck	1 - 100	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Weapons
Mage Armor	-	Persistent	Armor
Mage Weapon	(-20) - (-29)	Persistent	Weapons
Mana Increase	1 - 8	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry
Mana Regeneration	1 - 2	Persistent	Armor
Night Sight	-	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry
Physical Resist	1% - 15%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Weapons
Poison Resist	1% - 15%	Persistent	Armor / Jewelry / Weapons
Reflect Physical Damage	1% - 15%	Hit	Armor / Shields
Self Repair	1 - 5	Permanent	Armor / Shields
Slayer	-	Hit	Talismans / Weapons
Skill Bonus	1 - 15	Persistent	Jewelry
Spell Channeling	-	Persistent	Shields / Weapons
Spell Damage Increase	1% - 12%	Persistent	Jewelry
Stamina Increase	1 - 8	Persistent	Armor
Stamina Regeneration	1 - 3	Persistent	Armor
Strength Bonus	1 - 8	Persistent	Jewelry
Strength Requirement	10 - 95	Permanent	Armor / Shields / Weapons
Swing Speed Increase	5% - 30%	Persistent	Weapons
Use Best Weapon Skill	-	Persistent	Weapons
Weight	1 - X	Permanent	Almost everything

Table Key

• Intensity Range - The allowable range on common items for that intensity. Artifacts and other special items may break this rule.
• Type - The method in which the property works.
  • Hit - Activated when an animal, monster, or player is hit with a weapon.
  • Permanent - Always affects the item, whether the item is equipped or not.
  • Persistent - Activated when the item is equipped.
• Found On - The allowable items the property can be found on. Artifacts and other special items may break this rule.

Special Item Properties

Artifact Rarity Balanced Blessed Cursed Damage Modifier Elves Only Exceptional

Increased Karma Loss Insured Lifespan Locked Down Locked Down & Secure Lower Ammo Cost Newbified

No-Drop No-Trade One-Handed Weapon Two-Handed Weapon Velocity Weight Reduction

Stygian Abyss Item Properties

Largely restricted to members of the Gargoyle race, the Stygian Abyss expansion included the following properties:

Blood Drinker Battle Lust Damage Eater Casting Focus Hit Curse Hit Fatigue

Hit Mana Drain Reactive Paralyze Resonance Soul Charge Splintering Weapon

Original Item Property System

The original item property system lasted for over 5 years and consisted of only 5 item properties. Prior to Ultima Online: Age of Shadows, the item properties were:

• Durability;
• Damage Increase;
• Battle Tactics Skill Bonus;
• Armor Resistance Increase; and
• Hit Spell.

While there were many different types of hit spell, a weapon could only have one, so it is counted here as a single property.

Armor

A piece of armor had up to three properties:

1. Armor Resistance Increase: (Defense, Guardian, Hardening, Fortification and Invulnerability);
2. Durability: (Durable, Substantial, Massive, Fortified and Indestructible);
3. Blessed or Cursed.

Example: "Indestructible Platemail Helm of Invulnerability with Weaken spell.

Weapons

As for weapons there were five properties.

1. Damage Increase (Ruin, Might, Force, Power, and Vanquishing);
2. Battle Tactics Skill Bonus (Accurate, Surpassingly Accurate, Eminently Accurate, Exceedingly Accurate and Supremely Accurate);
3. Durability
4. Slayer; and
5. Hit Spell.

Notes on Original System

• Some spells that were available on weapons prior to the Age of Shadows are not available now, Clumsy, Weaken, Feeblemind, Mana Drain, and Curse.
• An item to note is how little the Damage Increase property affected the weapon damage output under the old system. Vanquishing added only 9 points of damage to the total. If a Heavy Crossbow can do up to 56 points of damage before resistances are taken into account, then the Vanquishing property only increases the crossbow damage output 14% to 65, which is a far cry from the 100% that is possible today.
• Prior to the introduction of runics, the best items could only be acquired by looting monsters.