The following is a preview of the upcoming Bulk Orders and Crafting Changes. Testing is about to begin, but there is no expected release date at this time. Near the release, we will write some Wiki pages to further explain some of these changes, but for the most part a lot of the mechanics are borrowed from UO, so existing UO wikis can be used as a guideline for now.
Bulk Order Deeds:
- Blacksmithy and Tailoring only to start
- Bulk order deeds consist of 2 sizes: Small and Large. Small orders have just 1 item to craft and fill, while large orders require 3-6 small orders to be filled, and must have the small deeds to fill a large
- Read More About BODs here: https://www.uoforum.com/wiki/index.php/Bulk_Order_Deed
Mining & Blacksmithy Changes
- Material colors have been updated to better match UO's material colors
- Mining Veins are now permanent, allowing players to cherrypick certain ores
- Runic Crafting mechanics added
- Faction Runic crafting added, allows Faction members in a town their control to Bless weapons and armor for a period of time
- Granite mining added & Stone Crafting recipes added for Carpentry, regular stone and related recipes remain, 23 new stone craftable recipes (not yet available)
- Granite mining pickaxes added as a BOD reward, can mine High Quality Granite in the spectrum of metal colors to be used to craft new Stone recipes
- Mining regular stone with a normal pickaxe is no longer exclusive, instead, you will continue to mine the metal from the vein with a chance to get stone, granite mining works the same way
- Bulk Orders added with extensive rewards, including but not limited to & in no particular order:
- Runic Hammers
- Ancient Smith hammers, limited charges, when worn grants a skill boost to Blacksmithy
- Sturdy Shovels/Pickaxes/Hammers (high durability tools)
- Miner's Headlamp, when worn allows Miners of at least 80 skill to enjoy Nightsight
- Miner's Apron, when worn gives a skill boost to Mining
- Gargoyle Pickaxe, this allows you to increase the type of ore in a vein by 1 level and may spawn matching Ore Elementals
- Prospector's Tool, which allows you to inspect Mining Veins for their contents
- 2 new anvil types, comes in each ore color
- Powder of Fortification, increases max durability of a piece of equipment by 10pts up to 3 times per item under 255, consuming the powder with each use
Tailoring Changes
- Sewing Kits added as the primary tool for Tailors and Scissors are now only used for cutting fabric and items
- Cutting cloth items will now retain the color of the item being cut, resulting in colored material returns, allowing you to turn that material into something else
- Spinning wheel added as a workbench for spinning cotton with [cannot be crafted, received as loot for Tailoring, also exists in tailoring shops]
- Cotton now requires being spun on a spinning wheel, which will spin it to thread, which can then be woven into Bolts of Fabric on the Loom via Tailoring (not really related to BoDs)
- Bolts of Fabric can no longer be used to craft with, instead, they need to be cut into sheets of fabric
- Bolts & sheets of fabric now retain their color when working with them, meaning if you have a pile of fabric that is Green, then the shirt you craft will be Green also
- Faction Runic crafting added, allows Faction members in a controlled town to Bless clothing, weapons, and armor for a period of time
- Clothes can now be crafted as Exceptional
- Bulk Orders added with extensive rewards, including but not limited to & in no particular order:
- Colored cloth in a wide array of special colors not normally available, comes in different tiers of difficulty, similar to UO
- Single-Use Dyes in special colors
- Spinning wheel deed
- Sturdy sewing kit (higher durability)
- Clothing bless deeds, comes in 4 different kinds for each layer: Head, Chest, Legs, Cloak
- Runic Sewing Kits and Runic Crafting mechanics
- New recipes for some new Tailoring decorations like Table Cloths and fancy Rugs & Sectional Carpet
