Virtue System
Blue players in Ultima Online enjoy quite a few advantages and opportunities. The Virtue system is one of them. Once you have earned these virtues, using them in the right place at the right time can genuinely make your life easier. And, as the name suggests, to use the virtue system you have to be good, humble, brave, honest and so on. Murderers cannot benefit from them...
You can open the virtues window with the Pentagram symbol on your Paperdoll.
As you earn virtues the colours here change, and clicking on any virtue shows your level in it. You also use this window to invoke the sacred power the virtue grants you. Virtues you do not have appear colourless.
There are three levels for each virtue;
Note: the name of the virtue goes where the dots are.
To see which level you are at, just hover your mouse over it. To use it, double-click. You can also click the Status bar to see how far along you are in each virtue.
The Virtues and What They Do:
Compassion
Ideal: Love.
Opposite: Despise (contempt, looking down on others)
Class: Bard
City: Britain
Opposing Dungeon: Despise
Mantra: Mu
The Compassion shrine is north of the city of Britain. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Mu' inside the shrine gains +2 Hit Point Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: talk to the Escort NPC vendors in some cities and escort them, in a sense protect them, all the way to where they want to go. You can gain 6 times a day.
What it does: depending on your Compassion level and points, you resurrect with more hit points, mana points and stamina points.
Honor
Ideal: being honest and courageous.
Opposite: Shame (doing what is shameful)
Class: Paladin
City: Trinsic
Opposing Dungeon: Shame
Mantra: Summ
The Honor shrine is south of the city of Trinsic. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Summ' inside the shrine gains +1 Mana Regeneration and Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 50% chance of getting +2 instead.
How to earn it: use Honor on a creature with 500 or more hit points. You have challenged it to single combat. If you kill it, you gain honor.
What it does: using this virtue you gain 3 minutes of Honor Protection. This protection keeps creatures from attacking you for a while, and lasts longer at higher levels. It also grants your weapon +20 Damage Increase Bonus (against creatures).
Justice
Ideal: acting justly.
Opposite: Wrong (doing what is wrong and convincing yourself it is right)
Class: Druid
City: Yew
Opposing Dungeon: Wrong
Mantra: Beh
The Justice shrine is north of the city of Yew. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Beh' inside the shrine gains +1 Mana Regeneration and Hit Point Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 50% chance of getting +2 instead.
How to earn it: kill Player Killers (their names show in red); you get 1 point every 5 minutes.
What it does: casting Protection. If you take a player under your protection, whenever you kill a Champion creature that player receives the same Power Scroll (PS) that drops into your backpack. The only conditions are that neither you nor the person you protect is a PK, and that you are both in the same dungeon.
Sacrifice
Ideal: selflessness.
Opposite: greed, acting selfishly.
Class: Tinker
City: Minoc
Opposing Dungeon: Covetous
Mantra: Cah
The Sacrifice shrine is north of the city of Vesper. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Cah' inside the shrine gains +1 Hit Point Regeneration and Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 50% chance of getting +2 instead.
How to earn it: by transferring your fame points to another creature. You must have over 10000. To transfer, click the Sacrifice virtue twice and then target the creature. The creature has to be a strong one, such as a Daemon or a Balron.
What it does: depending on your level you can self-resurrect 1-3 times a week. Note that you lose 1000 fame each time you do.
Valor
Ideal: bravery, heroism.
Opposite: cowardice.
Class: Warrior
City: Jhelom
Opposing Dungeon: Destard
Mantra: Ra
The Valor shrine is on the island south of the city of Jhelom. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Ra' inside the shrine gains +2 Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: you gain points while grinding levels to bring out Champion creatures.
What it does: it advances the champion spawn one level. To use it, click the Valor icon and target the skull at the altar. It can only be used once per champ.
Humility
Ideal: having no pretensions, not being arrogant.
Opposite: Shame (being full of yourself)
Class: Shepherd
City: Magincia
Opposing Dungeon: Doom or Hythloth
Mantra: Lum
The Humility shrine is on Fire Island. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Lum' inside the shrine gains +3 to Mana, Hit Point or Stam Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: by sponsoring Young players; every time a skill you sponsor them in goes up, you gain Humility too. To sponsor an inexperienced player, double-click this virtue in your own virtue circle and target the character you want to sponsor. The process begins once you and the new player decide which skill you will sponsor.
What it does: when activated you get the following bonuses for a limited time:
- At the first level: +10 Hit Point, +10 Mana, +10 Stamina
- At the second level: +20 Hit Point, +20 Mana, +20 Stamina
- At the third level: +30 Hit Point, +30 Mana, +30 Stamina
Honesty
Ideal: honesty.
Opposite: Deceit (lying and cheating)
Class: Mage
City: Moonglow
Opposing Dungeon: Deceit
Mantra: Ahm
The Honesty shrine is on Dagger Island. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Ahm' inside the shrine gains +2 Mana Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: while travelling the Felucca map you will see lost items on the ground (Armor, Shield, Weapon). To prove your honesty you must place the lost item in the lost item container found in the city banks on the Felucca map. Proving your honesty earns you virtue points. If you use the Forensic Evaluation skill to find out who the item belongs to and return it to that person, you earn even more virtue points.
What it does: all vendors give you a discount on what you buy, based on your honesty.
Spirituality
Ideal: righteousness, love and knowing how to share
Opposite: blasphemy
Class: Ranger
City: Skara Brae
Opposing Dungeon: Hythloth
Mantra: Om
The Spirituality shrine is on the road between the cities of Britain and Trinsic. To reach the shrine you have to stand on the stairs and say 'Om Om Om'.
A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Om' inside the shrine gains +1 to Mana, Hit Point and Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 25% chance of getting +2 instead.
How to earn it: to be able to use the Spirituality option in the Virtue menu you need to earn points by healing or resurrecting other players.
What it does: using the Spirituality option in the Virtue menu and targeting a living player or a pet grants a Spirituality shield that absorbs incoming damage.
You can open the virtues window with the Pentagram symbol on your Paperdoll.
As you earn virtues the colours here change, and clicking on any virtue shows your level in it. You also use this window to invoke the sacred power the virtue grants you. Virtues you do not have appear colourless.
There are three levels for each virtue;
- Seeker of ...
- Follwer of ...
- Knight of ...
Note: the name of the virtue goes where the dots are.
To see which level you are at, just hover your mouse over it. To use it, double-click. You can also click the Status bar to see how far along you are in each virtue.
The Virtues and What They Do:
Ideal: Love.
Opposite: Despise (contempt, looking down on others)
Class: Bard
City: Britain
Opposing Dungeon: Despise
Mantra: Mu
The Compassion shrine is north of the city of Britain. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Mu' inside the shrine gains +2 Hit Point Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: talk to the Escort NPC vendors in some cities and escort them, in a sense protect them, all the way to where they want to go. You can gain 6 times a day.
What it does: depending on your Compassion level and points, you resurrect with more hit points, mana points and stamina points.
Ideal: being honest and courageous.
Opposite: Shame (doing what is shameful)
Class: Paladin
City: Trinsic
Opposing Dungeon: Shame
Mantra: Summ
The Honor shrine is south of the city of Trinsic. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Summ' inside the shrine gains +1 Mana Regeneration and Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 50% chance of getting +2 instead.
What it does: using this virtue you gain 3 minutes of Honor Protection. This protection keeps creatures from attacking you for a while, and lasts longer at higher levels. It also grants your weapon +20 Damage Increase Bonus (against creatures).
Ideal: acting justly.
Opposite: Wrong (doing what is wrong and convincing yourself it is right)
Class: Druid
City: Yew
Opposing Dungeon: Wrong
Mantra: Beh
The Justice shrine is north of the city of Yew. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Beh' inside the shrine gains +1 Mana Regeneration and Hit Point Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 50% chance of getting +2 instead.
How to earn it: kill Player Killers (their names show in red); you get 1 point every 5 minutes.
What it does: casting Protection. If you take a player under your protection, whenever you kill a Champion creature that player receives the same Power Scroll (PS) that drops into your backpack. The only conditions are that neither you nor the person you protect is a PK, and that you are both in the same dungeon.
Ideal: selflessness.
Opposite: greed, acting selfishly.
Class: Tinker
City: Minoc
Opposing Dungeon: Covetous
Mantra: Cah
The Sacrifice shrine is north of the city of Vesper. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Cah' inside the shrine gains +1 Hit Point Regeneration and Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour. There is a 50% chance of getting +2 instead.
How to earn it: by transferring your fame points to another creature. You must have over 10000. To transfer, click the Sacrifice virtue twice and then target the creature. The creature has to be a strong one, such as a Daemon or a Balron.
What it does: depending on your level you can self-resurrect 1-3 times a week. Note that you lose 1000 fame each time you do.
Ideal: bravery, heroism.
Opposite: cowardice.
Class: Warrior
City: Jhelom
Opposing Dungeon: Destard
Mantra: Ra
The Valor shrine is on the island south of the city of Jhelom. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Ra' inside the shrine gains +2 Stamina Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: you gain points while grinding levels to bring out Champion creatures.
What it does: it advances the champion spawn one level. To use it, click the Valor icon and target the skull at the altar. It can only be used once per champ.
Ideal: having no pretensions, not being arrogant.
Opposite: Shame (being full of yourself)
Class: Shepherd
City: Magincia
Opposing Dungeon: Doom or Hythloth
Mantra: Lum
The Humility shrine is on Fire Island. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Lum' inside the shrine gains +3 to Mana, Hit Point or Stam Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: by sponsoring Young players; every time a skill you sponsor them in goes up, you gain Humility too. To sponsor an inexperienced player, double-click this virtue in your own virtue circle and target the character you want to sponsor. The process begins once you and the new player decide which skill you will sponsor.
What it does: when activated you get the following bonuses for a limited time:
- At the first level: +10 Hit Point, +10 Mana, +10 Stamina
- At the second level: +20 Hit Point, +20 Mana, +20 Stamina
- At the third level: +30 Hit Point, +30 Mana, +30 Stamina
Ideal: honesty.
Opposite: Deceit (lying and cheating)
Class: Mage
City: Moonglow
Opposing Dungeon: Deceit
Mantra: Ahm
The Honesty shrine is on Dagger Island. A player wearing an Ankh Pendant who says the word 'Ahm' inside the shrine gains +2 Mana Regeneration for 1 hour.
How to earn it: while travelling the Felucca map you will see lost items on the ground (Armor, Shield, Weapon). To prove your honesty you must place the lost item in the lost item container found in the city banks on the Felucca map. Proving your honesty earns you virtue points. If you use the Forensic Evaluation skill to find out who the item belongs to and return it to that person, you earn even more virtue points.
What it does: all vendors give you a discount on what you buy, based on your honesty.
Ideal: righteousness, love and knowing how to share
Opposite: blasphemy
Class: Ranger
City: Skara Brae
Opposing Dungeon: Hythloth
Mantra: Om
The Spirituality shrine is on the road between the cities of Britain and Trinsic. To reach the shrine you have to stand on the stairs and say 'Om Om Om'.
How to earn it: to be able to use the Spirituality option in the Virtue menu you need to earn points by healing or resurrecting other players.
What it does: using the Spirituality option in the Virtue menu and targeting a living player or a pet grants a Spirituality shield that absorbs incoming damage.
- Seeker: 5% shield for 50 shield HP
- Follower: 10% shield for 100 shield HP
- Knight: 20% shield for 200 shield HP
Source: Quingis UO