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* Play the game with Exult. Either version 1.2 or one of the recent snapshot releases that doesn't have the disappearing object bug. | * Play the game with Exult. Either version 1.2 or one of the recent snapshot releases that doesn't have the disappearing object bug. | ||
* With these games, the secret is to try to talk to everyone and see what you can find out. Usually someone has a hint about what you're meant to do next. | * With these games, the secret is to try to talk to everyone and see what you can find out. Usually someone has a hint about what you're meant to do next. Many plot threads won't advance until you do so. | ||
* On BG and SI, | * On BG and SI, have many bags inside your backpack and use them to manage it a bit better or reorganize your non-plot equipment to different characters. | ||
* Also, having to constantly buy food for your companions is a bitch. The cheapest deal is dried meat from Britannia. | * Also, having to constantly buy food for your companions is a bitch. The cheapest deal is dried meat from Britannia. | ||
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* Play this before Serpent Isle as the plot of Serpent picks right up from the situation at the end of Black Gate. | * Play this before Serpent Isle as the plot of Serpent picks right up from the situation at the end of Black Gate. | ||
* Look for a spellbook behind the secret doors in the castle. Learn | * Look for a spellbook behind the secret doors in the castle. Learn Mark, Recall, Unlock, Heal, Cure Poison and Seance at a minimum. | ||
* You can use | * You can use Mark and Recall with the virtue stones found in the museum. | ||
* Having a sextant in your inventory will show your position on the map. | * Having a sextant in your inventory will show your position on the map. | ||
* Unlike Ultima 6 the world is round instead of flat | * Unlike Ultima 6, the world is round instead of flat. | ||
* This is cheating, but in the opening town, grab all the crates you can and make yourself a ladder onto the roof of (I think) the blacksmith's shop. You'll be put into a room with all the best items and every quest item in the game. | * This is cheating, but in the opening town, grab all the crates you can and make yourself a ladder onto the roof of (I think) the blacksmith's shop. You'll be put into a room with all the best items and every quest item in the game. | ||
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* East of Britain near the field with the spaceship (A reference to the Wing Commander series) you can bust into a shack and acquire a hoe with a red head. This is a sweet weapon. | * East of Britain near the field with the spaceship (A reference to the Wing Commander series) you can bust into a shack and acquire a hoe with a red head. This is a sweet weapon. | ||
* There's a magic carpet you can get very early on, but it kind of breaks the game (You can literally skip 8/10 of it by flying into a certain compound you have to work half the game to gain access to. Be | * There's a magic carpet you can get very early on, but it kind of breaks the game (You can literally skip 8/10 of it by flying into a certain compound you have to work half the game to gain access to. Be careful not to fly over the Isle of Avatar on it. That's the island to the south east of the map. | ||
* Moving things around in someone else's container is considered stealing. Steal too much and some party members will leave for good and you can't get them back. | * Moving things around in someone else's container is considered stealing. Steal too much and some party members will leave for good and you can't get them back. | ||
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* On the pirate island there's a way to make infinite gold through gambling. It's something like 1 in 6 rats will win a race, and you put money on the number you like, but you get back more money from winning than it costs to cover all the numbers. | * On the pirate island there's a way to make infinite gold through gambling. It's something like 1 in 6 rats will win a race, and you put money on the number you like, but you get back more money from winning than it costs to cover all the numbers. | ||
* You can get the most powerful weapon in the game and a massive stats boost by doing the Forge of Virtue. 2 of the 3 tests do not require much combat so it's useful for an early boost | * You can get the most powerful weapon in the game and a massive stats boost by doing the Forge of Virtue. 2 of the 3 tests do not require much combat, so it's useful for an early boost. | ||
* From there just see where the game takes you. Don't go around killing random people because it could be easy to break the plot. Don't throw away items that seem "important" (Rudyom's Wand, the Prisms). | * From there just see where the game takes you. Don't go around killing random people because it could be easy to break the plot. Don't throw away items that seem "important" (Rudyom's Wand, the Prisms). | ||
* If you kill anyone or one of your party dies take their corpse to Lord British for free resurrection services. | * If you kill anyone or one of your party dies, take their corpse to Lord British for free resurrection services. | ||
* Different trainers give different stats, so use game hints or a guide to figure out which ones you'd prefer your companions to be strong in. | * Different trainers give different stats, so use game hints or a guide to figure out which ones you'd prefer your companions to be strong in. | ||
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* When you're collecting special waters, it'll save you time if you get two buckets of each type. Not all of the water sources are found in the temples. | * When you're collecting special waters, it'll save you time if you get two buckets of each type. Not all of the water sources are found in the temples. | ||
* If you're not averse to cheating then in the cheat console (press F2, enabled from | * If you're not averse to cheating then in the cheat console (press F2, enabled from Exult's menu) and edit your avatar's status (npc #0) so that they have the (R)ead attribute. This allows them to read in English any runic and serpentine language. If you use a device or spell that has that effect you will lose that setting though. | ||
* Do not double-click any pillars within the Silver Seed expansion (this bug might be fixed in Exult, anyway) | * Do not double-click any pillars within the Silver Seed expansion (this bug might be fixed in Exult, anyway) | ||
* Go to Silver Seed as early as possible and at least talk to everyone in the command post until you get the | * Go to Silver Seed as early as possible and at least talk to everyone in the command post until you get the keyring. You'll have to die at least once in order to even get the ability to enter Silver Seed before arriving on Monk Isle, so let some wolves kill you or something. | ||
* As soon as you get a | * As soon as you get a spellbook, go back the the Silver Seed and track down the Ring of Reagents. You will be depending on a lot on magic in the late game. | ||
* When someone gives you a magic scroll cast transcribe on it as soon as possible to get it in your spellbook. | * When someone gives you a magic scroll cast transcribe on it as soon as possible to get it in your spellbook. | ||
* When bribing the prison guards drop all but one of your gold bars. | * When bribing the prison guards, drop all but one of your gold bars. | ||
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