Era Information

Classic UO

Aside from the Classic Client of course, while there are many different things that define what "Classic UO" is to different people, there are two major turning points in the game's history that stand out above all others as marking an end to the "Classic Era". The first was the introduction of the facet of Trammel with the release of the Renaissance expansion, while the second was the changes to the item system and game mechanics that came with the Age of Shadows expansion. Oceania Classic is set during The Second Age expansion, before both the Renaissance and the Age of Shadows.

It is important to note that while Oceania Classic is set in The Second Age era in terms of the lands that can be explored, it is not a replica or recreation of the game as it was during The Second Age, nor does it seek to be. Features from across UO's decades long history that enhance the shard and fit into the Classic Era have been included.

Core Features

• Britannia and the Lost Lands. No Trammel.
• Original (pre-AoS) item system. No insurance.
• 700 total Skill Cap. No Power Scrolls.
• 225 total Stat Cap. No Stat Scrolls.
• Factions System.
• Classic Houses, including keys to the front door and player-run vendors.
• Guildstones and the Guild System that goes with them.
• Banksitting in Britain! No Luna.
• Murderer Bounty Hunting!
• Original currency system, including bank cheques.
• Much more...

Read more about Game Systems.

What's Changed

The following is a list of things on Oceania Classic that are different to how they used be at one point or another.

• The Isle of Magincia has been abandoned.
• The towns of Ocllo and Delucia have been given Public Moongates, while the Magincia gate has been removed.
• No permanent skill loss for Murderers.
• The Factions System has been redesigned.
• The Minax stronghold is located in it's modern location - carved into Dragonhame Mountain - instead of just south of Papua where it originally was.
• The Council of Mages stronghold has been relocated to Wind.
• Locations from modern UO may be used in the future where appropriate, such as some of the newer dungeons. If so they would be heavily modified to fit into Classic UO.
• Some very rare special bosses may make use of skills, spells or abilities from modern UO, such as Chivalry. These skills/spells/abilities are not available to player characters.
• Creatures from later in UO's history may be balanced and added in where appropriate. An example of this is the Arctic Ogre Lords in Ice Dungeon which have been added to the shard despite them not being introduced into UO until after the Renaissance expansion.
• Brand new items and creatures, such as the Council of Mages and Shadowlords cavalry units.
• The Discordance skill has taken the place of the old skill of Enticement.

Oceania Classic makes use of a modern version of the Classic Client. Many gumps/menus/windows will look a little different to how they used to in older versions of the client. This also means that players are able to use newer features in the client, such as the higher game window resolutions. As a result, the "update range" (how far the client can "see" in the game) has been increased to match modern UO to allow for these higher resolutions.

Disabled Skills

The following skills from modern UO are disabled for use by players on Oceania Classic:

• Necromancy
• Chivalry
• Focus
• Mysticism
• Imbuing
• Throwing
• Bushido
• Ninjitsu
• Stealth
• Spellweaving

The Discordance skill takes the place of the old skill that was known as Enticement. We may need to disable or change Discordance pending balance testing as it wasn't originally part of The Second Age.

Note that the Spirit Speak skill remains usable on the shard as it existed before the introduction of Necromancy and may be used to communicate with ghosts.