Dino's Ultima Page - Ultima 6 Guide

Characters and Dialogue

Xenerkes Dragon's Ultima 6 headshots show all the portraits from Ultima VI.

You can download a zipped, half-done transcript of Ultima 6 from The Literal Ultima, a section of The Notable Ultima.

Documentation

The Ultima VI Encore CD-ROM Game Manual is available on the Ultima Online Archive.

The Ultima VI copy protection questions and answers are available on my copy protections document.

File Formats

You may find information about the format of Ultima VI maps at one of the following locations:

U6like - information about the map file format, and also contains some maps.
Ultima 6 MT-32 drivers and Technical Information contains information about MT-32 drivers, as well as some technical information about some of the older Ultimas.
Nuvie docs contain file format documentation.

There is an Ultima 6 world editor around along with its source code and file format information.

Gameplay

For general problems with Ultima 6, see a FAQ on the Other Codex.

All you need to know about the Gargish language can be found at Gargish Dragon's Ultima Page.

Magic

There are some notes on Ultima 6 Magic at the Cheater's Guild Ultima Page.

The Ultima Web Archive also contains some notes about magic coming from the manual.

Maps

Map concentrations include:

Maps of Britannia and all the dungeons at U6like
Maps of Britannia (and the Underworld) and Lord British's castle (including the sewers and dungeons below) at the Ultima Web Archive
A map of Britannia at La Legende d' Ultima
Otmar Lendl's Ultima 6 maps of Britannia, the gargoyle lands and the dungeons
The map of Britannia in 4 different sizes at the High Resolution Ultima Map Project
A map of Britannia at the Ultima 6 section of Iolo's Lute
World and dungeon maps of Ultima 6, Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire at Andrew Jenner's Website with interesting information (including easter eggs) about the maps

Maps of Britannia can be found:

Here at U6like
Here at the Ultima Web Archive
Here at La Legende d' Ultima
At Otmar Lendl's Ultima 6 maps page
At the High Resolution Ultima Map Project in 4 different sizes
Here at Iolo's Lute
Here at Andrew Jenner's website

Maps of the dungeons are available:

Here at the Ultima 6 maps section of U6like
At Otmar Lendl's Ultima 6 maps page
At the maps page on Andrew Jenner's website

Maps of Lord British's castle and the sewers and dungeons below are at the Ultima Web Archive.

Music

You may download music (zipped) from the music page on the Ultima Web Archive.

Ultima 6 music can also be found at Mysterious Sosaria.

The Ultima Files at the World of Ultima also include the Ultima 6 MIDI music.

The Ultima Digital Music Archive at Dor-Lomin has MP3s of the Ultima 6 music.

Pictures

There are some pictures on the Ultima 6 review at serpent-isle.co.uk.

Remakes and Engines

The Ultima VI Project - The remake of Ultima VI by Team Archon.

Nuvie is a game engine for Ultima 6, Savage Empire and Martian Dreams allowing playability under various systems, just like Exult.

Ultima 6 Online is exactly what the name implies - the ability to play Ultima 6 online with friends.

Reviews

You can find a review of Ultima 6, although not quite accurate (but still a review) at serpent-isle.co.uk.

Tools

There are a whole load of tools on IT-HE software. You may also download some saved games and patches of what people did with these tools.

You can also use a U6 editor.

If you want to explore the Ultima 6 map, download Ultimatrix.

Nuvie will be the engine with which to run Ultima 6, Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire on modern systems.

Walkthroughs

Avocet Dragon's Ultima 6 walkthrough

Wyvern's walkthrough can be found in:

Sergorn's La Legende d'Ultima has a French Walkthrough.

A good solution for Ultima 6 can be found on the Other Codex.

There's another walkthrough (text) at Iolo's Lute, though it doesn't seem to show who wrote it.

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