Plants & Seeds

2009-08-28T19:03:35Z

Aislin*SP: /* Peculiar Plants */

{{tocright}}[[Image:Seed.png|frame|left|A seed.]]
'''Seeds''' are small items that can be used for growing '''Plants''' via [[Gardening]]. They each [[Weight|weigh]] one [[stone]] and cannot be stacked. Seeds are initially gained as [[loot]] from certain creatures, but most varieties are grown by breeding multiple generations of plants.

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==Breedable Plants==
Certain creatures drop Plain, Red, Blue or Yellow seeds. Seeds obtained via combat always produce plants of one of three varieties:

* [[Image:Fern.png]] Ferns
* [[Image:Campion_Flowers.png]] Campion Flowers
* [[Image:Tribarrel_Cactus.png]] Tribarrel Cacti

Such seeds will be named according to their color (eg "Red Seed"), however if a plant is grown and then bred with ''itself'' it will produce ''descriptive'' seeds of the same type (eg "Red Tribarrel Cactus Seed").

Breeding different combinations of these seeds together can produce more colors and plant varieties. Any plant that provides seeds can produce a total of eight over it's lifetime.

The initial starting seeds are dropped by:

* [[Bogling]]s
* [[Bog Thing]]s

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==Plant Breeding Chart==
''ToDo: Details on what happens when you cross plant X with plant Y. Check the chart on [http://uo.stratics.com/content/basics/crosspollination.shtml Stratics] for now, it's great. :)''

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==Resource Growing Plants==
Some plants produce resources which can be harvested via the [[Gardening#Growing Plant Seeds/Resources|Plant Resource GUMP]]. Up to eight units can be harvested from any given plant.

[[Green Thorn]]s, which produce various random effects, are produced by '''Bright Green''' plants of these types:
* [[Image:Snake_Plant.png]] Snake Plants
* [[Image:Barrel_Cactus.png]] Barrel Cacti

[[Red Leaves]], which lock the contents of books, are produced by '''Bright Red''' plants of these types:
* [[Image:Ponytail_Palm.png]] Ponytail Palms
* [[Image:Elephant_Ear_Plant.png]] Elephant Ear Plants
* [[Image:Century_Plant.png]] Century Plants

[[Orange Petal]]s, which provide high levels of poison resistance, are produced by '''Bright Orange''' plants of these types:
* [[Image:Pampas_Grass.png]] Pampas Grasses
* [[Image:Poppies.png]] Poppies
* [[Image:Bulrushes.png]] Bulrushes

[[Cocoa Pulp]], which is used as a [[Cooking]] ingredient, is produced by [[#Cocoa Trees (Fragrant Seeds)|Cocoa Tree]]s.

[[Poppies Dust]], which is used to ID unnamed seeds, is produced by the "peculiar" style of poppies.

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==Mutant Plants==
Mutants are grown from specially coloured seeds, but cannot be bred and do not produce more. They are typically obtained by completing the [[Naturalist Quest]], and come in aqua, pink, magenta, black, white and fire red.

Any plant that can produce seeds (aside from the [[Cocoa Tree]]) also has a chance of producing black or white mutants instead of the color they normally would. Such seeds are very rare.

Seeds obtained via the quest will be of the same type as [[#Breedable Plants|breedable]] or [[#Peculiar Plants|peculiar]] plants.

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==Bonsai Plants==
With the advent of [[Ultima Online: Samurai Empire]], certain creatures in the [[Tokuno Islands]] have a chance of dropping special Bonsai seeds. The seed name corresponds to the names listed below.
For example, an uncommon bonsai comes from an uncommon seed. There are eight varieties:

* [[Image:Common_Bonsai_Tree.png]] Common Bonsai Tree (also available in green)
* [[Image:Uncommon_Bonsai_Tree.png]] Uncommon Bonsai Tree (also available in green)
* [[Image:Rare_Bonsai_Tree.png]] Rare Bonsai Tree (also available in green)
* [[Image:Exotic_Bonsai_Tree.png]] Exotic Bonsai Tree
* [[Image:Exceptional_Bonsai_Tree.png]] Exceptional Bonsai Tree

Similar to mutants, Bonsai cannot be bred to produce more seeds.

All forms are dropped by:

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* [[Bake Kitsune]]
* [[Deathwatch Beetle]]
* [[Fan Dancer]]
* [[Hiryu]]
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* [[Kappa]]
* [[Lesser Hiryu]]
* [[Oni]]
* [[Rune Beetle]]
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* [[Yamandon]]
* [[Yomotsu Elder]]
* [[Yomotsu Priest]]
* [[Yomotsu Warrior]]
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==Peculiar Plants==
Peculiar seeds began appearing with [[Publish 55]] and can grow 16 new plant varieties (one of which comes in two facings, for a total of 17). These plants cannot be cross-pollinated and do not produce new seeds nor resources. Instead, they are only dropped by certain monsters.

It was initially decided that no coloured Peculiar plants would be available, but due to a bug which caused the [[Naturalist Quest]] to produce nothing ''but'' coloured Peculiar Cactus plants, [[Publish 56]] will make both [[#Breedable Plants|standard]] and peculiar plants available from the same quest.

The seeds are divided into four groups of four (except for Group 1 which has 5 seeds so there is a 20% chance of receiving each seed) which are each dropped by three monsters. For example, if you want to get a twisted Cypress Tree you must kill monsters from the second group. As the seeds are unlabeled either have to wait until the seed reaches the 7th stage of growth or use the resource poppies dust to identify the seed type. Assuming you harvested from the correct monster, you have a 20% change of receiving the seed in Group 1 you are after and a 25% chance for the seeds in all other groups.

Some images are in thumbnail form, click to see full sized versions.

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! style="background-color:#9f3215; color:#FFFFFF;" | Group 1
|[[Dryad]]<br>[[Titan]]<br>[[Tsuki Wolf]]
|<table><tr><td>
[[Image:Spider_Tree.png|thumb|50px|Spider Tree]]</td><td>
[[Image:Flax1.png|thumb|50px|Flax Flowers]]</td><td>
[[Image:Foxglove_Flowers.png|thumb|50px|Foxglove Flowers]]</td><td>[[Image:Hops_Plant_(East).png|thumb|50px|Hops Plant (East)]]</td><td>[[Image:Orfluer_Flowers.png|thumb|50px|Orfluer Flowers]]</td></tr></table>
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! style="background-color:#9f3215; color:#FFFFFF;" | Group 2
|[[Ant Lion]]<br>[[Mummy]]<br>[[Serpentine Dragon]]
|<table><tr><td>
[[Image:Cypress_Tree_(Twisted).png|thumb|50px|Cypress Tree (Twisted)]]</td><td>[[Image:Hedge.png|thumb|50px|Hedge (Short)]]</td><td>
[[Image:Juniper_Bush.png|thumb|50px|Juniper Bush.png]]</td><td>[[Image:Snowdrops.png|thumb|50px|Snowdrops]]</td></tr></table>
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! style="background-color:#9f3215; color:#FFFFFF;" | Group 3
|[[Hiryu]]<br>[[Terathan Warrior]]<br>[[Wisp]]
|<table><tr><td>
[[Image:Cactus.png|thumb|50px|Cactus]]</td><td>
[[Image:Cattails.png|thumb|50px|Cattails]]</td><td>
[[Image:Poppies_(Peculiar).png|thumb|50px|Poppies]]</td><td>
[[Image:Water_Lilly.png|thumb|50px|Water Lilly]]</td></tr></table>
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! style="background-color:#9f3215; color:#FFFFFF;" | Group 4
|[[Juka Mage]]<br>[[Kappa]]<br>[[Plague Beast]]
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[[Image:Cypress_Tree_(Straight).png|thumb|50px|Cypress Tree (Straight)]]</td><td>[[Image:Hedge_Plant.png|thumb|50px|Hedge (Tall)]]</td><td>
[[Image:Hops_Plant_(South).png|thumb|50px|Hops Plant (South)]]</td><td>[[Image:Sugar_Canes.png|thumb|50px|Sugar Canes]]</td></tr></table>
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==Cocoa Trees (Fragrant Seeds)==
[[Image:Cocoa tree.gif|frame|right]]
Fragrants seeds began appearing with [[Publish 55]] and are used to grow the [[Cocoa Tree]], which in turn can not be cross-pollinated.

Whenever a creature would drop a [[#Peculiar Plants|Peculiar seed]], there is a chance a Fragrant seed will be dropped instead. They are hence collected from the same creatures but at a lower drop rate. Unlike peculiar plants, they do grow further Cocoa Tree Seeds.

In addition they produce [[Cocoa Pulp]], a consumable resource used by [[Cooking|cooks]] as a key ingredient to create chocolate confection preparations, namely [[Cocoa Butter]] and [[Cocoa Liquor]].

The Chocolatiering branch of the [[Cooking]] skill was introduced with [[Publish 50]] on [[Valentines 2008|St. Valentine's Day 2008]] but cocoa pulp and cocoa trees did not appear until [[Publish 55]], nearly 6 months later.

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==Ungrowable Plants==
Some plants are available as decorative items outside of the [[Gardening]] system.

Available during the [[Spring Cleaning 2008]] event:
* [[Bamboo]]
* [[Yucca Tree]]

Available via [[Heritage Token]]s:
* [[Apple Tree]]
* [[Apple Trunk]]
* [[Cherry Blossom Tree]]
* [[Cherry Blossom Trunk]]
* [[Peach Tree]]
* [[Peach Trunk]]
* [[Rose of Trinsic]]

Plants given during [[Holidays]]:
* [[Poinsettia]]
* [[Festive Cactus]]
* [[Decorative Topiary]]
* [[Snowy Tree]]
* [[Holiday Tree]]
* [[Rose in a Vase]]

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==See Also==
* [[Gardening]]
* [[Solen Matriarch Quest]]
* [[Tainted Seed]]

[[Category:Gardening]]

High Quality Granite

2009-04-18T17:20:27Z

Aislin*SP:

[[Image:Granite_colors.jpg|frame|<center>'''High Quality Granite'''</center>]]

'''High Quality Granite''' is a special [[Resource]] gathered by means of the [[Mining]] skill. It is often also referred to by colloquially as simply '''granite''' or as '''stone''' because of the [[Stone Table]]s which it can be crafted into. Granite may only be gathered by a [[Grandmaster]] (GM) miner once the ability to do so has been learned by reading the book "[[Mining for Quality Stone]]". This book may be purchased by any character, regardless of the level of their mining skill. It is sold in the [[Gargoyle]] city of [[Ver Lor Reg]], located in [[Central Ilshenar]], and costs slightly more than 10,000 [[Gold]] coins.

The book is a single-use item. Once read by a GM Miner, it is destroyed. Learning this new ability does not require any additional skill points nor affect [[Skill Cap|skill cap]], but grants a GM Miner the ability to also mine for stone. To mine for stone as well as [[Ore]] the miner must left click his/her [[Pickaxe]] or [[Shovel]] and toggle the selection: '[[Mining]]: Ore and Stone' from the menu.

Stone can be mined in all ore colors. If an iron vein is being mined, the granite will always be [[iron]] colored. If the ore vein being is colored, the granite color will be either iron or match the color of the vein ([[Dull Copper]], [[Shadow Iron]], [[Copper]], [[Bronze]], [[Golden]], [[Agapite]], [[Verite]] and [[Valorite]]). All granite [[weight|weighs]] one [[stone]] per piece, and if it was extracted prior to [[Publish 56]], is not [[stackable]].

Once mined, a GM [[Carpentry|Carpenter]] who has read the book (also from Gargoyle City) entitled "[[Making Valuables with Stonecrafing]]" may use the stone to make tables, statues, vases, [[Elven Forge]]s. A [[Mallet and Chisel]] is required to craft with stone, which is not [[Crafting|craftable]] but may be purchased from Stonecrafter [[NPC]]s in Ver Lor Reg as well. Alternatively, single pieces of granite may be used as seats.

==See Also==
* [[Masonry]]

[[category:Resources]]

Arcane Gem

2009-04-13T19:21:32Z

Aislin*SP:

[[Image:Arcane_Gem.png|frame|right]]

'''Arcane Gems''' are items used to create and charge [[Arcane Clothing]]. They [[Weight|weigh]] one [[stone]] each. Arcane gems collected after [[Publish_56]] can be stacked.

==Creatures That Drop Arcane Gems==
* [[Exodus Minion]]
* [[Exodus Overseer]]
* [[Golem]]
* [[Controller]]

==See Also==
* [[Arcane Clothing]]

[[Category:Items]]

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Plants & Seeds

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