Five on Friday - December 12, 2025
Five on Friday - December 12th, 2025
Virtual Gold
Question
I know that we eliminated checks. I know that we have bags of sending but will gold from killing monsters ever be sent directly to your bank account? That would be nice.
Answer
Kyronix: We deliver a number of items directly to the backpack, for small amounts of monster gold however we have no plans to virtualize that delivery.
Mature Egg Chances
Question
What can we do to improve our Mature Egg chances? Is there anything that is affecting the drop rate? I.e. should we stick to one facet? should we do smaller maps then bigger maps?
Answer
Parallax: Your chance of receiving a Mature Umbrascale Egg is based on several factors. The higher the level of the Dragon Nest Map, the higher your chance is to get a drop. The drop chance gets significantly higher with Tier 4 and Tier 5 maps, but it is possible to receive a drop from all tiers of maps.
Additionally, you can increase your odds of getting a drop if you successfully pass a luck roll. Players will receive a bonus to their luck stat if they complete a Dragon Nest in the Felucca Facet.
Artisan Festival
Question
It is that special time of year again when crafters around Sosaria are able to unite and share in giving bulk order deeds of all varieties to the elves that appear in select towns. Many players that I have met are new or returning since I returned to UO about 3 years ago, so I believe that it would be nice to have a UO team member provide an informative breakdown into the mechanics behind Artisan Festival.
I have given the Britain elf over 100,000 BOD points this year which has been enough to only get it to the halfway point of stage 2 tree development. How many points are needed to advance the tree to full fruition? Do contributors only receive gifts if the tree reaches it's final stage, or can gifts be received if it fails to do so? Do the point values of your BODs exactly translate to the points received by the elf or is there a different calculation? When did Artisan Festival debut?
This is all very helpful for first timers to understand as well as curious veterans. Last year was a bit of a bust since it coincided with a global event much like this year, so to shed some light on numeric goals would be great!
Answer
Kyronix: The Artisan Festival debuted in 2016! Once the Artisan Festival tree reaches its max level (has a star) everyone who contributes will receive a reward, regardless of how much they've contributed. If the festival reaches a lower stage of tree development, rewards are awarded based on the contributions of the participants.
The point values are based on a factor of the overall value of the BOD, similar to how banked points work. The rough values for each stage are 4%, 16%, 31%, 50%, and 100% of the max turn-in points for each city of the festival.
Combat Music
Question
I love playing with music enabled. But when I am in fel or in "combat" the music loop gets stuck and plays the same music indefinitely. Can we disable the combat/fel music but keep the rest of the music enabled?
Answer
Bleak: This is something we can look into in the scope of QoL updates to the client.
Luck Potions & Hidden Chests
Question
Does the Potion of Glorious Fortune increase the chances of finding drops, effigies, & mature dragon eggs inside hidden chests?
Answer
Parallax: The Potion of Glorious Fortune does not affect the chances of any items that come from the Hidden Event Chests.
External links
- Five on Friday - December 12th, 2025 on Discord