Welcome to the glorious world that is Ultima Online: Outlands! You have journeyed far and long to reach this destination and this will be your guide in learning the basics of how to function in this world that is so grand and daunting. In this guide, I will explain a bit about how to choose your client, create your character, the basics of the character (moving, looting, fighting), what each skill does, stats and equipment, and a few other things to help you get started exploring and learning the rest however you choose.
Game Client
Download the client
- Link to Download
- Follow the instructions on that page
After you finish downloading the installer, you will be presented with a screen that looks like such:
Be sure to immediately press the verify button at the top to make sure you are up to date with the correct files.
Once you are done verifying click the large "Play Now" button in the middle of the screen.
When you click this option you will see the following screen:
Account Setup
Now you are ready to create an OutlandsID.
Press the "Create OutlandsID" button, which can be found just below the blue "Enter Outlands" button. Enter your email address, and you will soon receive a verification code in your email. Enter this code into the box provided, press enter, select a password, and congratulations, you now have an OutlandsID. Please store or write down your email and password somewhere so that you don't forget it.
Within your OutlandsID you are allowed 3 accounts, and each account may contain 5 characters.
Character Creation
First, choose your name. Then at the bottom right, choose **male** or **female**. The **Gargoyle** and **Elf** options are disabled, you can only be a **Human** on this shard.
You can change your skin, hairstyles, and colors right now as well. Please follow the naming rules found here: Naming Guidelines.
When you hit the green **next** arrow in the bottom right, you will be presented with a screen that looks like this:
Character Templates
Assuming this is your first time playing, try to pick one of the starting characters that sound interesting to you. Once you get a feel for the game you can always go back and make a new character.
The options are:
- **Bard** - This character template starts you with some musical instruments and some magery to cast a few basic spells. It gives you skills to pacify, provoke, and weaken monsters with your instruments.
- **Ranger** - This character template starts you with a bow/arrow and the means to heal yourself and to create more arrows through lumberjacking. It also gives you tracking which you can use to find monsters or animals easier.
- **Warrior** - This character template starts you with all of the melee weapon fighting skills and the means to heal yourself.
- **Blacksmith** - This character template starts you with the skills to mine, make metal items, and to craft tools with tinkering. You also get a weapon to defend yourself and some mace fighting!
- **Lumberjack** - This character template starts you with the skills to chop trees, make carpentry items, set up a camp, and carry more items. You also get a weapon to defend yourself and some swordsmanship to use your ax!
- **Tamer** - This character template starts you with the skills to control basic animals and heal them.
- **Mage** - This character template starts you with the skills to cast magic spells and gives you a few basic spells to start with. This is one of the hardest ways to start in the game. I do not recommend this for a first timer. If you want to try a mage, I recommend the bard first as it will give you an easier way to make money and start you with magery.
- **Advanced** - This allows you to choose any three skills you want with the exception of a few, and you get a ticket to use to train skills at a vendor. I recommend this only after you have played around with the other templates or understand the game better.
Which to choose? Well, that is up to you, remember you get 15 character slots in total over three accounts, so try them all if you want. They are all pretty good, there is no wrong option! You can't make a mistake, the skills go up and down quickly in the beginning, and it is a lot of fun to explore!
So pick one and you will be taken to a map, just click the green arrow again and your character will be taken into the world. You should see something like this:
You are now a character in the world and can do things, congratulations!