Totem of Chromatic Fortune : Why is people talking about using it to get the rarer colored Rabbits ?

When hoovering on the Totem of Chromatic Fortune at the UOStore, the description is quite clear and void of any possible misunderstanding...

It clearly says that it only works on : Snow Leopard, Frost Spider, Nightmare, White Wyrm, Giant Toad, Stygian Drake.

So, why there are players saying that they got rarer colored Rabbits using it ?

Rabbits are NOT included in the tameables indicated by the Totem's description to be spawned with a rarer color, flat out.

"Keep an eye out for colorful rabbits wandering the lands!  Increase your odds of finding a rare colored rabbit with the Totem of Chromatic Fortune!"

https://uo.com/2022/03/23/spring-fever-live-on-all-shards/

Ya read the opening dialog when you log in. Or look at the forums every few hours your choice.

UO is a dynamic evolving game.  By now color rabbits are probably free.

Mariah said:

The description refers to creatures that normally spawn with different colors. Rabbits don't. This is a special case, so not listed in the item's description, but mentioned in the publish notes for the event.

Please read the publish notes before asking questions that are clearly dealt with in the notes. Thank you.

Read the Patch notes?

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Mariah said:

The description refers to creatures that normally spawn with different colors. Rabbits don't. This is a special case, so not listed in the item's description, but mentioned in the publish notes for the event.

Please read the publish notes before asking questions that are clearly dealt with in the notes. Thank you.

Read the Patch notes?

😂

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Mariah said:

The description refers to creatures that normally spawn with different colors. Rabbits don't. This is a special case, so not listed in the item's description, but mentioned in the publish notes for the event.

Please read the publish notes before asking questions that are clearly dealt with in the notes. Thank you.

Read the Patch notes?

It would not hurt, though, and neither I would find it "inconceivable", if the Developers would then "update" the UOStore description of the Totem of Chromatic Fortune with whatever addition they were to make to it....

I mean, wouldn't one expect it "more likely" that players, before making a purchase at the UOStore for a Totem of Chromatic Fortune, were to read its description, or perhaps be informed about some Patch notes ?

popps said:

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Mariah said:

The description refers to creatures that normally spawn with different colors. Rabbits don't. This is a special case, so not listed in the item's description, but mentioned in the publish notes for the event.

Please read the publish notes before asking questions that are clearly dealt with in the notes. Thank you.

Read the Patch notes?

It would not hurt, though, and neither I would find it "inconceivable", if the Developers would then "update" the UOStore description of the Totem of Chromatic Fortune with whatever addition they were to make to it....

I mean, wouldn't one expect it "more likely" that players, before making a purchase at the UOStore for a Totem of Chromatic Fortune, were to read its description, or perhaps be informed about some Patch notes ?

They did update them, they put it in the patch notes for a short term event, as the Great and Wonderful Mariah said. Do you really expect people to spoon feed you everything? 

Victim_Of_Siege said:

popps said:

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Mariah said:

The description refers to creatures that normally spawn with different colors. Rabbits don't. This is a special case, so not listed in the item's description, but mentioned in the publish notes for the event.

Please read the publish notes before asking questions that are clearly dealt with in the notes. Thank you.

Read the Patch notes?

It would not hurt, though, and neither I would find it "inconceivable", if the Developers would then "update" the UOStore description of the Totem of Chromatic Fortune with whatever addition they were to make to it....

I mean, wouldn't one expect it "more likely" that players, before making a purchase at the UOStore for a Totem of Chromatic Fortune, were to read its description, or perhaps be informed about some Patch notes ?

They did update them, they put it in the patch notes for a short term event, as the Great and Wonderful Mariah said. Do you really expect people to spoon feed you everything? 

I think you know the answer to this is "yes"  😂

*waits for a book length post while hoping @Rorschach doesn't smite him*

@Mariah

Do you know what the range is for the Totem of Chromatic Fortune ?

It looks like to me that it only affects what spawns in its close proximity which, in the case of rabbits which spawn scattered over a large area, seems quite ineffective...

I have yet to find a location spawning multiple rabbits in close proximity (a few tiles from one another) and in rapid succession...

For the time being, wasted 1 charge only to get a few 1169 and 1168 rabbits which got killed right away, of course, not even a blue 1195 over the course of 20 minutes that a charge lasts... what a waste of money this is, IMHO....

popps said:

@ Mariah

Do you know what the range is for the Totem of Chromatic Fortune ?

It looks like to me that it only affects what spawns in its close proximity which, in the case of rabbits which spawn scattered over a large area, seems quite ineffective...

I have yet to find a location spawning multiple rabbits in close proximity (a few tiles from one another) and in rapid succession...

For the time being, wasted 1 charge only to get a few 1169 and 1168 rabbits which got killed right away, of course, not even a blue 1195 over the course of 20 minutes that a charge lasts... what a waste of money this is, IMHO....

Your Google skills are lacking. . .
*spoonfeeds the baby*
https://forum.uo.com/discussion/10414/any-other-consistent-rabbit-spawning-locations

Victim_Of_Siege said:

popps said:

@ Mariah

Do you know what the range is for the Totem of Chromatic Fortune ?

It looks like to me that it only affects what spawns in its close proximity which, in the case of rabbits which spawn scattered over a large area, seems quite ineffective...

I have yet to find a location spawning multiple rabbits in close proximity (a few tiles from one another) and in rapid succession...

For the time being, wasted 1 charge only to get a few 1169 and 1168 rabbits which got killed right away, of course, not even a blue 1195 over the course of 20 minutes that a charge lasts... what a waste of money this is, IMHO....

Your Google skills are lacking. . .
*spoonfeeds the baby*
https://forum.uo.com/discussion/10414/any-other-consistent-rabbit-spawning-locations

@popps ; this is what i typed into Google to find the link "best PLaCE TO SPAWN RABBITS ULTIMA ONLINE"

AmberWitch said:

*eggs everyone on*

That's some huevos enormes ya got there Witchy poo

Totem of Brobdingnagian Fortune is the only way to win UO.

popps said:

@ Mariah

Do you know what the range is for the Totem of Chromatic Fortune ?

It looks like to me that it only affects what spawns in its close proximity which, in the case of rabbits which spawn scattered over a large area, seems quite ineffective...

I have yet to find a location spawning multiple rabbits in close proximity (a few tiles from one another) and in rapid succession...

For the time being, wasted 1 charge only to get a few 1169 and 1168 rabbits which got killed right away, of course, not even a blue 1195 over the course of 20 minutes that a charge lasts... what a waste of money this is, IMHO....

I have no information on this item, no limits have been published by developers.

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Your Google skills are lacking. . .
*spoonfeeds the baby*
https://forum.uo.com/discussion/10414/any-other-consistent-rabbit-spawning-locations

I saw that thread and, actually, from reading this post https://forum.uo.com/discussion/comment/73094/#Comment_73094 , I used the 1st charge on the Totem at that Umbra Location but, unfortunately, without knowing what the actual range of tiles for the Totem is, I used it where 2 Rabbits spawn with decent proximity from one another albeit they respawn quite slowly...

Sure, there is "other" locations nearby that Umbra patch of Land as @Arroth_Thaiel indicated but, I suspect that they are out of reach from where the Totem's range was (the 2 rabbits spawn close to one another thatI used) because those other Rabbits kept spawning at Hue 0...

In that Thread you mention, @Petra_Fyde mentions de Lucia which indeed has quite a number of Rabbits and Jack Rabbits spawning... too bad, though, that they spawn quite randomly, hardly in the same, fixed location, and they spawn quite far from one another...

Again, with a Totem of Chromatic Fortune which is "fixed" to a specific tile, not to the tamer, and with a rather limited range of effect, I am afraid that neither De Lucia might be a good location to spend a charge of this totem....

In that Thread also the Homare-Jima Moongate in Tokuno was mentioned, again, though, it is a spawn spread over an area too large for the Totem of Chromatic Fortune to really be effective...

Farms have rabbits spawning in them, but only 1......

Bottom line is, I have yet to be able to find a place where at least 4 or 5 Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawn all close by, within 5 or 6 tiles from one another and consistently....

The Totem, I think, would be worth using only in such a place...

popps said:

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Your Google skills are lacking. . .
*spoonfeeds the baby*
https://forum.uo.com/discussion/10414/any-other-consistent-rabbit-spawning-locations

I saw that thread and, actually, from reading this post https://forum.uo.com/discussion/comment/73094/#Comment_73094 , I used the 1st charge on the Totem at that Umbra Location but, unfortunately, without knowing what the actual range of tiles for the Totem is, I used it where 2 Rabbits spawn with decent proximity from one another albeit they respawn quite slowly...

Sure, there is "other" locations nearby that Umbra patch of Land as @ Arroth_Thaiel indicated but, I suspect that they are out of reach from where the Totem's range was (the 2 rabbits spawn close to one another thatI used) because those other Rabbits kept spawning at Hue 0...

In that Thread you mention, @ Petra_Fyde mentions de Lucia which indeed has quite a number of Rabbits and Jack Rabbits spawning... too bad, though, that they spawn quite randomly, hardly in the same, fixed location, and they spawn quite far from one another...

Again, with a Totem of Chromatic Fortune which is "fixed" to a specific tile, not to the tamer, and with a rather limited range of effect, I am afraid that neither De Lucia might be a good location to spend a charge of this totem....

In that Thread also the Homare-Jima Moongate in Tokuno was mentioned, again, though, it is a spawn spread over an area too large for the Totem of Chromatic Fortune to really be effective...

Farms have rabbits spawning in them, but only 1......

Bottom line is, I have yet to be able to find a place where at least 4 or 5 Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawn all close by, within 5 or 6 tiles from one another and consistently....

The Totem, I think, would be worth using only in such a place...

So use there or don't buy problem solved lets lock it up

I think someone’s said it is effective from a few screens radius. Maybe like 3. Idk would be nice for devs to clarify. 

I didn't try for rabbits, but after reading Popps analysis it appears no one has any colors above yellow blue and pink.

JenniferMarie said:

I tamed a yellow, purple, blue, pink, and white rabbit the first day outside of Umbra. I tamed a green rabbit at Homare-Jima (on the third or fourth day, if I remember correctly).

At Umbra, a couple of guild mates and I used totems for about an hour. At Homare-Jima I was alone, used no totem, and was only there about an hour.

You can't stand in one spot and hope to get a rare hued rabbit - you have to run around the entire spawn area and kill every rabbit as it spawns. It takes work.

It's also not for everyone. No judgment here if someone doesn't want to commit time and effort to farming rabbits - that's why this game has a player vendor system and the ability to buy/sell/trade between players.

However, there might be a smidge of judgment for half-baked complaints without doing appropriate research to answer one's own questions first ... or complaints about how much work something takes ... or complaints about not getting something for nothing.

You can't stand in one spot and hope to get a rare hued rabbit - you have to run around the entire spawn area and kill every rabbit as it spawns. It takes work.

And I did that work....

I have been gathering eggs all over the place, Trammel and Felucca alike, and enough to get all Butterflies (just missing hues 1283, 1729 which so are for display on the Roof at the Hedge Maze but are not reported by UO CAH at https://www.uo-cah.com/pub-112/spring-fever#quests , not sure whether they exist or not....), all Candles, all Hedges and all Parrots plus a countless number of doubles, triples etc...

And while hunting for eggs, I have been checking all Rabbits and Jack Rabbits and killed them if not the rare ones I needed... I have all Rabbits but the 1966 (Dark Red) and 1969 (Green)... yes, I do have the 1150 White one...

I thought to give the Totem of Chromatic Fortune a try, in order to get the 2 missing Rabbits/Jack Rabbits but, to my displeasement, I realized that the Totem only works for a limited range, for too short a time span (20 minutes) and, at least with Rabbits/Jack Rabbits, I could not find a spawn location for them which spawned a good number of them (at least 4 or 5) in close proximity to one another so as to be within Totem's range, and with a steady respawn rate (kill one another spawns rights away...) to justify the use of the Totem which, as we know, costs real money....

I got 2 more charges left on the one Totem which I spent the 300 Sovereigns on, and of course I will use them anyways, I was only hoping to be able to find a spawn location where the Totem would be best used at (most efficiently...) but, apparently, I seem to understand that there is none...

I am NOT going to purchase multiple Totems for real money, just to get a couple of colored Rabbit/Jack Rabbits which, at least to my finding over the extensive time I spent on this content, seem not much likely to spawn on their own, without a Totem....

Why do we let the sugar trolls feed so long popps question more than answered yet thread is allowed to continue but mention legitimate bugs and we get locked???

There is a discussion on stratics about the range of totems and rabbits.  This particular post https://community.stratics.com/threads/the-elusive-bunnies.425453/page-2#post-3109326 shows the ranges around umbra and luna.  I have personally verified the umbra ranges are correct.

For my two cents, I agree that this totem shouldn't be needed to reasonably get one of the rabbits. Other than from people who have them and used totems, I haven't seen one naturally happening.  And I've been playing WAY more than most people during the event.  I've also gathered thousands of eggs.

also that woman in the gif has the most dad bod I've ever seen a woman have.  Not to be that kind of person that comments about bodies. LOL But it was remarkable.

popps said:

Bottom line is, I have yet to be able to find a place where at least 4 or 5 Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawn all close by, within 5 or 6 tiles from one another and consistently....

The Totem, I think, would be worth using only in such a place...

Victim_Of_Siege said:

popps said:

Bottom line is, I have yet to be able to find a place where at least 4 or 5 Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawn all close by, within 5 or 6 tiles from one another and consistently....

The Totem, I think, would be worth using only in such a place...

@popps

TimSt said:

There is a discussion on stratics about the range of totems and rabbits.  This particular post https://community.stratics.com/threads/the-elusive-bunnies.425453/page-2#post-3109326 shows the ranges around umbra and luna.  I have personally verified the umbra ranges are correct.

Thank you for posting that link.

That's interesting.... I used my 1 charge on the Totem where the small " a " of  the text Aernya is (basically the 2nd picture circled in red, of a smaller area...), because there I saw 2 rabbits spawning close to one another and yes, outside a range of, say, 6 or 7 tiles from where the Totem was, the rabbits were all spawning of a O hue thus, not falling under the effect of the Totem, I would think thus confirming the findings of that 2nd picture in the Post which you Linked....

The 1st picture's area circled in red of the Post which you linked, is far bigger then 6 or 7 tiles from the X so, I am not sure why this difference.... that is, why as indicated in that Post, which I also experienced, in the area were I used the Totem, a more limited range was in effect...

Sounds really weird and, honestly, a mulfunctioning of the way the Totem works.... they should work the same for all players and regardless where they are used, me thinks.

Infact, I would say that, once used, the totem should not have a fixed location range but, rather, be attached to the character so, wherever the character runs or moves on the screen, the spawn where the character is and for several screens away, should take effect from the Totem....

Victim_Of_Siege said:

popps said:

Bottom line is, I have yet to be able to find a place where at least 4 or 5 Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawn all close by, within 5 or 6 tiles from one another and consistently....

The Totem, I think, would be worth using only in such a place...

At first, I thought that too.... unfortunately, when I went there and killed all the jack rabbits, I noticed that their rate of respawn was extremely low.... but really low... and, unfortunately, the Totem's charge is time based so, respawn rate IS an issue....

New Haven on the north tip, a bit up from Necromancers.  

Feigr said:

New Haven on the north tip, a bit up from Necromancers.  

Tried that as well and again, the area where the Rabbits and Jack Rabbits spawn is quite large and, unfortunately, "on spot" where one uses the Totem, the respawn rate is very, very slow...

For example, I saw 4 rabbits/jack rabbits spawning just by the west wall of the Building that is there (New Haven north tip), and waited a fat 3 or 4 minutes before a rabbit or jack rabbit respawned right in that spot.... they did respawn in that north area but, unfortunately, too far from the totem location for it to have any effect on the spawn...

So, I'd say, not a workable spawn place either to be used effectively with a Totem....

Now what we really need is a crab catchin totem 

Well apparently the totem does not work according to Popps and you  have to use it to get colors according to Popps.
So all the ones I see are imaginary. 
 

popps said:

Feigr said:

New Haven on the north tip, a bit up from Necromancers.  

Tried that as well and again, the area where the Rabbits and Jack Rabbits spawn is quite large and, unfortunately, "on spot" where one uses the Totem, the respawn rate is very, very slow...

For example, I saw 4 rabbits/jack rabbits spawning just by the west wall of the Building that is there (New Haven north tip), and waited a fat 3 or 4 minutes before a rabbit or jack rabbit respawned right in that spot.... they did respawn in that north area but, unfortunately, too far from the totem location for it to have any effect on the spawn...

So, I'd say, not a workable spawn place either to be used effectively with a Totem....

People are getting them.  Don't know what more to tell you.  Was just trying to help.  I know one person that has caught many up there.

You’ll need at least 3 to 5 totems to get them all maybe more and double that if you want pairs to sell later. 
the East part of haven worked great I got 2 red rabbits there and out side Luna south East got 3 green jack rabbits 
I never got a white or pink from totem found those in Ter Mur 
good luck 

popps said:

Victim_Of_Siege said:

popps said:

Bottom line is, I have yet to be able to find a place where at least 4 or 5 Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawn all close by, within 5 or 6 tiles from one another and consistently....

The Totem, I think, would be worth using only in such a place...

At first, I thought that too.... unfortunately, when I went there and killed all the jack rabbits, I noticed that their rate of respawn was extremely low.... but really low... and, unfortunately, the Totem's charge is time based so, respawn rate IS an issue....

So first you say you can't find any spots that spawn 4-5 rabbits, Then I show you two (2) spots that spawn that many, and then you say it isn't good enough. does that about sum it up?

The ideal for him is to pay $10 and the green rabbit appears in the backpack as a token. 

 😂 

I'd like to watch popps use the totem with the Benny Hill theme song playing in the background...

Feigr said:

popps said:

Feigr said:

New Haven on the north tip, a bit up from Necromancers.  

Tried that as well and again, the area where the Rabbits and Jack Rabbits spawn is quite large and, unfortunately, "on spot" where one uses the Totem, the respawn rate is very, very slow...

For example, I saw 4 rabbits/jack rabbits spawning just by the west wall of the Building that is there (New Haven north tip), and waited a fat 3 or 4 minutes before a rabbit or jack rabbit respawned right in that spot.... they did respawn in that north area but, unfortunately, too far from the totem location for it to have any effect on the spawn...

So, I'd say, not a workable spawn place either to be used effectively with a Totem....

People are getting them.  Don't know what more to tell you.  Was just trying to help.  I know one person that has caught many up there.

I suspect, that people getting them with Totems, might be using a good number of Totems in order to "force spawn" them... I read like 3 to 5+ Totems as necessary.... which, for me, is a total "no go" option since I find it inacceptable to have to spend real money in significant quantity, and in addition to the subscription which I already pay for a 25 Years old game, in order to get game content (colored Rabbits/Jack Rabbits) because the design of that content makes it nigh to impossible for me to get them without having to buy a Store item...

Victim_Of_Siege said:

So first you say you can't find any spots that spawn 4-5 rabbits, Then I show you two (2) spots that spawn that many, and then you say it isn't good enough. does that about sum it up?

I think I did mention that, in order to justify for me the cost of the Totem (make it usable efficiently), being it a "timed item", I was looking for a Spawn with 2 characteristics....

1) - Multiple Rabbits/Jack Rabbits spawning in close proximity from one another and in any case within the range of functionality of the Totem ;

AND,

2) - Those Rabbits/Jack Rabbits respawning in rapid succession since, the Totem is "timed" and, therefore, any time spent waiting for the respawn is wasted time on an item that cost real money....

What happens is some of the rabbits that spawn several screens away from the totem will be teleported to the totem as soon as they spawn and have their color changed.  This is shown in the video link that was several posts below the one I mentioned. https://community.stratics.com/threads/the-elusive-bunnies.425453/page-2#post-3109343 and I have seen it happen myself. 

The totem's range is the spawn's range. So in the picture 
That is the spawn area for rabbits south of Umbra. If you kill a rabbit on the west most edge of the area it's replacement could spawn at the east most edge. 

Now if you had a totem in use there is a chance that the replacement rabbit that spawned on the east most edge as a result of you killing a rabbit on the west most edge will get teleported to the totem and have its color changed. 

Well, what an utter waste of money, at least for me, 3 bucks to purchase this Totem of Chromatic Fortune thrown into the trash, all for nothing...

I used the remaining 2 charges at the suggested location in Umbra


as well as at New Haven North tip of the island, and not only in Umbra I saw no Jack Rabbits "teleporting" from the sides to the Totem, but overall, the best I got was only a couple of 1195 blue jack rabbits... for the record, the respawn rate was abysmally slow.... the 20 minutes of the Totem lasting charge went away with only a handfull or Rabbits/Jack Rabbits really spawning, and only very few colored...

Actuallly, the most incredible thing for me, was to notice that, upon using a Totem charge, purchased with real money, the respawn rate in the area, from without using the Totem to using a real money costing Totem, got actually "reduced"... at least that I could notice...

Which, if it was to be the case, would actually make no sense to me... I spend real money and, rather then seeing a benefit from spending that real money, I actually experience a worsening in my game play? Go figure....

Never again for me, just a royal waste of my money all for nothing.....

At this point, I guess I will do without the 1966 and 1969 Rabbit/Jack Rabbit...

In that case, I think this topic can be closed.