Races
Playable Races in Ultima Online
There are three playable races in Ultima Online, each with unique racial abilities:
Humans
Protectors of Britannia, Humans have adapted to their environment, enhancing various beneficial traits and abilities:
- Strong Back: Can carry an additional 60 Stones of weight.
- Tough: Regenerate hit points faster with +2 Hit Point Regeneration.
- Workhorse: Increased chance of finding more resources while gathering hides, ore, and lumber.
- Jack of all Trades: Basic ability in all skills, minimum level 20, but no longer contributes to mana discounts on Special Moves.
Human characters can customize their face graphic (Enhanced Client ONLY and ONLY during character creation), hair, hair color, and skin tone. Male characters can also choose facial hair and its color.
Elves
Founders of Heartwood and attuned to nature, Elves possess special traits and abilities:
- Night Sight: Always have the effect of a full strength Night Sight spell.
- Infused with Magic: Increased energy resistance cap (+5 to Energy Resistance cap).
- Difficult to Track: Harder to track than Humans.
- Perception: Increased chance to detect hidden monsters and enemies.
- Knowledge of Nature: Improved chance of acquiring special resources like colored ore and special boards.
- Wisdom: Bonus to maximum mana with +20 Mana Increase.
Elves can customize their face graphic (Enhanced Client ONLY and ONLY during character creation), hair style, hair color, and skin tone.
Gargoyles
Community-minded and principled, Gargoyles feature unique traits and abilities:
- Flying: Move at a speed equal to being mounted; access special Gargoyle-only areas.
- Berserk: 15% Damage Bonus and +3% Spell Damage Increase for each 20% health lost.
- Master Artisan: Increased chance to imbue and unravel magical items.
- Deadly Aim: Basic competence with Throwing, +5% bonus to hit.
- Mystic Insight: Basic ability in Mysticism spells, +2 Mana Regeneration.
Gargoyles can customize their face graphic (Enhanced Client ONLY and ONLY during character creation), horn graphic and color, skin tone, and, for male characters, facial horn and facial horn color.