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Fun

Contents

• Weirdness
• Fun with People
• Killing Wisps
• Interactivity
• Mistakes
• Bugs
• External Fun

Weirdness

The following are a couple of funny stories which were made to make humour from bugs in the game, cheating, and stuff like that. These are the stories available at the moment:

• The Leaking Avatar - the tale of the Avatar's toils because of the lack of toilets in Britannia
• Experiments with Love Arrows - my experiments with some love arrows which I found in a dungeon by chance

You can also see some very strange pictures, taken without cheating, at my gallery of absurdities.

Fun with People

There are many fun things to do with people, as well as fun facts about them. This section includes:

• Easter eggs
• How to kill Lord British (and the story behind it)
  • This story is also mentioned in The Digital Antiquarian's article about the development of Ultima 6
• Fun things to do to people

Coming soon!

Killing Wisps

Dealing with hostile wisps is a problem, because they're invulnerable. Or almost. Here are a few ways of dealing with them that have been reported:

• Cast Armageddon.
• Scare it off using a dirty diaper.
• Use a Glass Sword.
• Use the Black Sword.

Interactivity

In "The Black Gate: Wee Britain", The CRPG Addict lists several different ways you can interact with your surrounding environment.

Mistakes

Hacki's Ultima Page has a list of nitpicks in Ultima 7 - The Black Gate (among other Ultimas) in English or German.

Bugs

These are a few bugs in Ultima 7:

• The magic carpet can land in Skara Brae at one precise location. Skara Brae was covered with rocks so that you couldn't land, so that the only way to the island was by ferry. However, one patch was left uncovered.
• You can also use the magic carpet to land at the Meditation Retreat, thus not needing to join the Fellowship or answer Batlin's copy protection.
• The moongate guarding the Spherical Generator can be evaded by squeezing past it between the wall and the moongate!
• Natreg tells me that the bodies in Minoc sometimes disappear when you go through the door. If this happens, reload.

During a live stream, Ian Eborn came across a group of bodies on the mountains northwest of the Shrine of Compassion. In a Tweet, he shared a screenshot, assuming this must have been a mountaneering expedition gone wrong. He also shared a clip as he flew by on the magic carpet, and a map pinpointing the location. Bhaal Spawn explained that this probably a glitch and the bodies are really below the mountains.

External Fun

These are a few links to external sites with pages dedicated to fun and humour in Ultima 7:

• Wierdness and Mischief in Ultima 7 (Internet Archive snapshot), which used to be at Selece Dragon's Ultima Page, explains funny and mischievous things to do in Ultima 7
• A Fistful of Ultima 7, a section of IT-HE Software, explains fun things to do and fun facts in Ultima 7
• Fear and Loathing in Forge of Virtue is an anti-walkthrough for Ultima 7 (including Forge of Virtue) at IT-HE Software
• Further Drug Experiments in Ultima 7, at IT-HE Software, is about JP Morris' experiments with silver serpent venom
• Ultima 7 Contributions at IT-HE Software is about fun things that other people have done in the game
• Ultima 7 Gimmicks by Gudy, hosted at Bootstrike, has a list of fun things to do by place
• Ultima 7 Tips and Easter Eggs by Hokie Dragon, hosted at Bootstrike, has a list of easter eggs, piles of treasure and cheating methods
• The Cutting Room Floor has a section about cheat rooms, and a whole page about the cheat menu