Category: Factoids

Gazers and skeletons are the only monsters that appear consistently in every Ultima bestiary.

Ultima 3 is the first game in the series where cheating (by means of using in-game bugs & exploits) is possible.

In Ultima 9, Nightshade cannot be purchased from any reagent vendor. It must be found in the wild.

“Red gates, generated by the powerful obsidian Orb of the Moons, can send the traveller anywhere in Britannia.” – Compendium, Ultima 6

“Beyond the High Steppes lies the famous battlefield, known as the Bloody Plains, where the last major forces of evil were vanquished.” – The History of Britannia, Ultima 4

If you run across Howie the Pest, an orc in Ultima 2, know that Richard Garriott can be found nearby!

It isn’t necessary to sacrifice the sword Gringolet in Ultima 9 so as to gain access to the liche in Covetous. There is another path through the dungeon.

In the SNES port of Ultima 7, Salamon the Emp doesn’t ask you to stop the logging in the Deep Forest. Pollution is the issue, instead.

Some of the rune stones produced by Runekeeper in Ultima Underworld 2 are marked as Kal stones, but actually function as Corp stones.

It is actually possible to cause Killorn Keep, a floating fortress the Avatar visits in Ultima Underworld 2, to fall from the sky and crash into the desert below.