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Bestiary
There is a section about monsters in the Ultima V Walkthrough by Jacky Swallia, hosted by Iolo's Lute.
Books and Scrolls
The Literal Ultima, a section of The Notable Ultima, contains the Ultima V Signs.
Bugs and Mistakes
Ultima V inaccuracies - Ultima V Nitpicks on Hacki's Ultima Page.
Characters and Dialogue
There is an essay about the Shadowlords on the Other Codex.
You can find a lot of information about the Shadowlords and how to destroy them at the Ultima V section of Silva's World.
There is an Ultima V Transcript of all the conversations. It is on Archmage Dragon's website.
You can find another Ultima V Transcript at the Literal Ultima, a section of the Notable Ultima.
A whole lot of information about party members can be found at Ultima Thule.
Collectibles
See the Ultima V Section of The Collectible Ultima (which in turn is a section of The Notable Ultima) for the various Ultima V releases.
Concentrations
This is a list of sites with an Ultima 5 section:
- Ultima V Section on the Ultima Online Archive has maps of Britannia and the Underworld with information, help on solving Ultima V with just an outline with what is to be done, and documentation including Lord British's Underworld Adventure and Encore Documentation.
- Ultima V Section on La Legende d' Ultima is in French but contains maps, a gallery, downloads and a walkthrough
- Ultima V Section on the Other Codex
- Ultima V Section at Auric's Ultima Moongates
- Ultima V Section at Virtues Dragon's Codex of Ultimate Wisdom
- Ultima V Section on Blackshadow Dragon's Ultima Warehouse
Documentation
Lord British's Underworld Adventure, part of the Ultima Online Archive, describes the capture of Lord British by the Shadowlords, and is useful in locating the Amulet in the Underworld.
The Ultima V Encore CD-ROM Manual, also part of the Ultima Online Archive, shows how to play Ultima V.
You can learn how to know your karma on the Other Codex.
You can see the Ultima V Quick Reference Card (very large image) on Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox. It contains information about items, controls and spells.
Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox also has a few small pictures of the various Ultima V Documentation.
The Ultima V Spellbook and Book of Lore can be downloaded in text or Word '97 version from Micro Dragon's Documentation Page.
Micro Dragon's Ultima Documentation can also be found at the Other Codex.
Pictures of the documentation can be seen or downloaded from the Ultima 5 section of Virtues Dragon's Codex of Ultimate Wisdom.
Micro Dragon's documentation can be downloaded from the Ultima V section of Blackshadow Dragon's Ultima Warehouse as well.
Downloads
Visit the Ultima V download section on La Legende d' Ultima for music and to upgrade Ultima V for MIDI music.
There is a program to fix the bug with transferring characters from Ultima IV to Ultima V. You can download it from Blackshadow Dragon's Ultima Warehouse
Marc Winterrowd's Ultima Tech Info and Patches contains a patch for Ultima 5 which changes runic text into normal text, so that it's no longer necessary to translate the runes.
Ethics
Houston Dragon has written about the Eight Laws of Blackthorn, which are Blackthorn's corrupted versions of the virtues.
You can also find Blackthorn's virtues at the Ultima V section of Silva's World.
Fanfiction
The Tale of Captain Johne by A New Breed of Dragon really makes a good read.
File Format Information
On Gargish Dragon's Ultima Page, you can read about the Save Game File Format.
There is also technical information for Ultima 5 (among other Ultimas) at Nodling's Ultima Tech Info and Patches.
Fun
The Ultima Easter Eggs text file contains a number of fun things to do.
Gameplay
The Encore CD-ROM Documentation on the Ultima Web Archive has information about gameplay and controls.
A summary of commands can be found on the Quick Reference Card (very large image), which is on Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox.
Items
Paulon Dragon has written an essay about Lord British's artifacts, or the Crown Jewels, and it is on the Other Codex.
There is a list of Ultima V Prices at Ultima Thule.
The Ultima V Quick Reference Card (very large image) on Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox has lots of information about items.
There is an items section in the Ultima V Walkthrough by Jacky Swallia, hosted by Iolo's Lute.
Magic
The Other Codex has the three undocumented spells.
The Ultima V Quick Reference Card (very large image), which you will find on Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox, has all you need to know about spells.
Half of the Ultima V Encore CD-ROM Documentation, found on the Ultima Web Archive, is about magic.
There a section full of information about magic in the Ultima V Walkthrough by Jacky Swallia, hosted by Iolo's Lute.
Maps and Places
The Britannia Maps in the Ultima Web Archive are very useful; there are two maps there.
The Underworld Map and Info in the Ultima Web Archive has an incomplete map of the underworld, though featuring all the essential places, and also essential Underworld information with it. Though there are spoilers.
Xenerkes Dragon's Ultimatrix Homepage, on the other hand, has complete Ultima V Maps taken with Ultimatrix, a creation of Xenerkes Dragon, that can be downloaded from the download section of his website.
Sergorn Dragon's La Legende d' Ultima has a map of Britannia, a labelled Underworld map and maps of the Dungeons.
There is an essay about the Shrines on the Other Codex.
There are maps of the Underworld and Dungeons on Dungeons of Destiny.
On Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox you will find a very large map of Britannia.
Otmar Lendl's Ultima maps page contains some kind of Ultima V Mapping Program.
Another Ultima V World Map is on The World of Ultima: Year Two.
The maps page at Ultima Lives has a map of Britannia and an Underworld Map.
Visit HRUMP for the nicest maps on the web, available even in different sizes.
Micro Dragon's Ultima Maps contain two sizes of the Ultima V Britannia map.
The maps by Micro Dragon can be found on The Other Codex as well.
Yet another Ultima V Britannia map is on Auric's Ultima Moongates.
The same Britannia map is at Iolo's Lute.
A large Underworld Map (very large image) is on Virtues Dragon's Codex of Ultimate Wisdom.
Micro Dragon's maps can be found at the Ultima V section of Blackshadow Dragon's Ultima Warehouse as well.
There is a very large hand-drawn map at Ynnad Dragon's Ultima Home Page.
Computer-generated maps of Britannia and the Underworld are available on the net.
David Randall pointed out a site containing all the Ultima 5 town maps.
Music
The Ultima V download section on La Legende d' Ultima contains music and an upgrade for Ultima V for MIDI music.
Mysterious Sosaria has lots of Ultima V Music, and you can download music one by one or in one zip file.
There is more music on Ultima Lives.
The Ultima V music can be downloaded in 3 archives from the Ultima V section of Blackshadow Dragon's Ultima Warehouse.
Pictures
The Ultima V Gallery on La Legende d' Ultima has a nice number of random pictures.
Gamescreenshots.com has some Ultima 5 screenshots.
See the box cover of Ultima V at Avocet Dragon's Journey to Sosaria.
Trigon Dragon's Ultima V Dox has a picture of the box cover and another of the game introduction.
There are six nice screenshots on Ultima Lives.
The Ultima V Section of The Collectible Ultima, a section of The Notable Ultima, contains pictures of the box covers of all the Ultima V releases.
See the box cover at Auric's Ultima Moongates.
There are some pictures of Ultima V at the Ultima V review of Gamespot - The Ultima Legacy.
Reference
There is an Ultima V Encyclopaedia Britannia on the Other Codex.
Remakes and Engines
Ultima V: Lazarus, the remake of Ultima V using the Dungeon Siege engine led by Tiberius Moongazer, had released their first alpha demo on 2nd February 2004. You can download it from any of the following download mirrors:
- Fileplanet: [English], [German], [French]
- RPGDot: [English], [German], [French]
- Gamer's Hell: [English]
- Edbis Files: [English], [German]
- Telenet Games: [English]
- Pixelrage: [English]
- GameSpot: [English] (requires registration)
- Computergames.ro: [English]
- Two Degrees
Other info and material related to the first Lazarus alpha demo can be found at the following locations:
- A screenshot gallery of the demo at RPGDot
- A news article at GameSpot
- An interview with Tiberius at Gamer's Radio
- An interview with Claymore at Grimwell Online
Lazarus released a second alpha demo on 9th June 2004:
- Download for Windows
- Here from FilePlanet
- Here from Siegeworks
- Here from Boomtown
- Download for Mac
- Here from FilePlanet
- Here from zenv.com
- Other information
Ultima 5 for NWN is a new remake by the same person who made Avatarship, the remake of Ultima 4 for Neverwinter Nights, which you can find at Lyrac.
Nazghul is a game engine resembling the Ultima 5 engine, and its goal is to do what the U5 engine can, and better. The actual game is in no way related to Ultima - the only connection to Ultima is the engine being based on that of Ultima 5.
Reviews and Plots
Read a French review on La Legende d' Ultima.
Or else, serpent-isle.co.uk has a very inaccurate Ultima V review which is incomplete and has several mistakes, though it's still a review if you want to see it.
The Ultima V Section of The Collectible Ultima, a section of The Notable Ultima, contains a short review of the game.
Read the plot at the Ultima V page of Auric's Ultima Moongates.
A review as well as the plot are on the Ultima V section of Silva's World.
At Gamespot - The Ultima Legacy you can read an Ultima V review with pictures as well as Richard Garriott's thoughts on the game.
Walkthroughs
Solutions and Hints by the Blue Dragon gives a basic outline as to what is to be done to finish Ultima V with minimal spoilers. It can be found in:
- English at the Ultima Web Archive
- English at Avocet Dragon's Journey to Sosaria
- English (text file) at The World of Ultima: Year Two
- French at La Legende d' Ultima
- English (text file) at Auric's Ultima Moongates
- English (text file) at Blackshadow Dragon's Ultima Warehouse
The Ultima 5 Player's Guide is an excellent walkthrough to Ultima 5 with lots of useful information. You can find it:
There is a Doom walkthrough on the Other Codex.
The Other Codex also has solutions to common Ultima 5 problems.
My Ultima V Quests gives every detail about the Shrines' quests in Ultima V.
There is a mantra list with mantrae and words of power at Ultima Lives.
An Ultima V Walkthrough by Jacky Swallia has not only a walkthrough, but information about items, monsters, and everything you need to know about the game. It is found on Iolo's Lute.
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