Posted September 16, 2011
I thought we might gather some of the hints for playing through the games that didn´t make it into the cluebooks - Ultima IV and V are certainly tricky enough to figure out on their own. Ultima VI, on the other hand, has a walkthrough in the back that looks pretty complete, but if that one missed anything, feel free to add it.
Let me begin:
The mantras for the eight virtues are the same in each of the three games, and the Ultima V cluebook tells you who to ask for them there.
In Ultima V, if you drop a coin (Look command) into the well in the courtyard in Empath Abbey, and wish for a horse, you will get one.
Make sure to read the tombstone inscription (Look command) in the various graveyards; some of them contain good jokes - like "Here lies poor Richard, buried alive, trying to solve Ultima V"
In Ultima V, the password for the Resistance is "Dawn", the password for the Oppression is "Impera" (the imperative form of the Latin word for "to rule", which I guess is fitting)
The Shadowlord of Hatred is called Astaroth, the Shadowlord of Cowardice is called Nosfentor, and the Shadowlord of Falsehood is called Faulinei. (Nothing is more embarassing than to summon the wrong one at the critical moment...)
The word of power for the final dungeon in Ultima V, Doom, is "Veramocor". You need to have destroyed all three Shadowlords and collected the Sandalwood Box, the Amulet and the Sceptre; I am not entirely sure if you need the Crown, but it helps tremendously (I consider demons, in particular, to be invincible without the Crown), and I am almost sure you cannot reach the location of Doom without the Magic Carpet. You need the Black Badge, which you can get in Windemere, in order to have any chance at retrieving the Crown from Castle Blackthorne.
For my part, I would be grateful to learn where, in Ultima IV, I can find the runes of Spirituality and Valor, and how to get past the demon hordes that guard the Shrine of Humility.
Let me begin:
The mantras for the eight virtues are the same in each of the three games, and the Ultima V cluebook tells you who to ask for them there.
In Ultima V, if you drop a coin (Look command) into the well in the courtyard in Empath Abbey, and wish for a horse, you will get one.
Make sure to read the tombstone inscription (Look command) in the various graveyards; some of them contain good jokes - like "Here lies poor Richard, buried alive, trying to solve Ultima V"
In Ultima V, the password for the Resistance is "Dawn", the password for the Oppression is "Impera" (the imperative form of the Latin word for "to rule", which I guess is fitting)
The Shadowlord of Hatred is called Astaroth, the Shadowlord of Cowardice is called Nosfentor, and the Shadowlord of Falsehood is called Faulinei. (Nothing is more embarassing than to summon the wrong one at the critical moment...)
The word of power for the final dungeon in Ultima V, Doom, is "Veramocor". You need to have destroyed all three Shadowlords and collected the Sandalwood Box, the Amulet and the Sceptre; I am not entirely sure if you need the Crown, but it helps tremendously (I consider demons, in particular, to be invincible without the Crown), and I am almost sure you cannot reach the location of Doom without the Magic Carpet. You need the Black Badge, which you can get in Windemere, in order to have any chance at retrieving the Crown from Castle Blackthorne.
For my part, I would be grateful to learn where, in Ultima IV, I can find the runes of Spirituality and Valor, and how to get past the demon hordes that guard the Shrine of Humility.