Thanks, this is helpful. I have overlooked this mechanic of doing maps to spawn a boss for this event.

Mariah said:

With so many questions being asked I've decided to publish the wiki pages a bit early 

https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/seasonal-events/the-draconic-awakening-autumn-2025/  ;

https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/seasonal-events/the-draconic-awakening-dragon-nest-hunting/

I may have to edit the pages, if more changes are made and I won't be updating all the subsequent pages such as artifact listings until after the publish is world wide.

Thank you. Only thing I don't see is what is the Matriarch fight like? Dragon slayer vulnerability too?

Thank you so much for making those pages available to the Ultima Online players !!

I had an old bandaid-chiv-shield vamp form char with the cheapest max hpr gear that i haven't touched in years. So far it's unkillable in the thickest of spawn. 

Looks like you want Poison or Cold damage reptile slayer.  Energy is third.  The DS weapons from an event work fine, just wear out fast.

Some are dragons, some are Ophidians.  I saw no paragons.  The only one that takes a while to kill is the Overseer.

Nice job sharing the lores. I did see some paragons in fire. I was kind of hoping the spawn would change per dungeon and that all dungeons were active at the same time. 

Not a fan of the sparkly indicator that you are near a hidden chest. It gets hidden if you are stealthing through a group of mobs. Only the sound told me that I was near one.  I can understand why they added it to combat the bot trains. But ugh.

@TimSt The server still speaks with the client. Those chest respect a certain pattern; like chests spawning around certain specific areas (I only experienced them in nov-dec of 2024, supposing it hasn't change)

This is not what combat the bots. (unlike the traps for certain bad bots)
Finding them is part of the "mini game" for legit, only. (It was pretty easy during the event I played; city invasion.)
It's good tho, the fact you now have a 2min cooldown on chest u've revealed.. it was dumb to reveal chest and anyone killing mobs passing by could steal your chest.

Found a Medium nest in Malas.  
 
Dbl Click on the part named nest to open.  Click to see remove menu. Choose burn so it counts.

Lots of deco eggs, Body parts and armor. Take a bag of sending for the gold.

You ain't mentionning the refinement stuff.. I can tell you love the HS automation. The "booster" to promote their baby client.

Those are HUGE for legit CC users. like VERY!
So boring to steal from merchants and they have very few.

These?  I think the appearance tells us what they are.  Most don't know what they are for.

I wonder if the bones can be placed in a house to make a partial skeleton.

KroDuK said:

@ TimSt The server still speaks with the client. Those chest respect a certain pattern; like chests spawning around certain specific areas (I only experienced them in nov-dec of 2024, supposing it hasn't change)

This is not what combat the bots. (unlike the traps for certain bad bots)
Finding them is part of the "mini game" for legit, only. (It was pretty easy during the event I played; city invasion.)
It's good tho, the fact you now have a 2min cooldown on chest u've revealed.. it was dumb to reveal chest and anyone killing mobs passing by could steal your chest.

The visual indicator aka the sparkly visual effect that replaces the old text message gets hidden by mobs .  If you have the sound off you would not know that you are near a hidden chest.

My bad.
I remember the text, it was pretty revealing.

Personally, I'm not really interested in most of the bones, but I do like the bone containers.

Petra_Fyde said:

Personally, I'm not really interested in most of the bones, but I do like the bone containers.

Need to make a nest.  Brambles, saw dust, treasure sand, what else?

Eggs.

We will be up to our ears in eggs soon, or maybe now, they are being dropped on the ground.

I get why the team does the different combo or color/names/etc for eggs and bones etc... it's like taking 1 item (an egg) and turning it into 100+ different items. 

That said, I think it's a little hypocritical of them to then take the stance that we shouldn't "hoard" so much stuff when they do these types of releases. The same thing goes for the anniversary reward etc... we get an item that comes in 18 different shades and it's a weird knack that most UO people are "set collectors" (even I'm guilty of this). 

I'm at the point now where I've stopped claiming most anniversary/holiday things because I simply don't have anywhere to store it. My keep is 101 items away from being full (with all extra storage added) and this new event is just starting AND I haven't brought back my NL rewards. 

I think the few things the team could do to help with storage issues (without increasing storage numbers) is to 1) make BOD books work like other books and only take up 1 lockdown & 2) create some new items that work similar where it secures while only taking 1 lockdown(like a weapon rack / book shelf for spellbooks).

Book shelves for spellbooks and rune books!!!!

Armoires to store 500 armor pieces but counting as 1 !

and

Weapons Racks to store 500 Weapons but counting as 1 !

and please, make them with a search filter like on Vendor Search.

Thank You !!

I don't think this is good for the game, hoarding friendly the way u asking. Plus some people sub more account just for the storage.

Keven made a good point about too much artificial grind; copy pasta with a slight color variation.
But at this point, they should make money from people hoarding thousands of items.

Open a special server and start renting "den"
We could install a basement trap in our house.. that would load us (yes loading) in that special den.

In that den u can store all your useless collectible or I picture myself, inviting a friend to come play.. we both go in the den cuz most of my weapons/armor/items gonna be store there. A "treasure" cave for my gears. You could charge easy 3 bucks a month for a 16x16 basement with more storage.
A premium subscription model, a game+ model, that cost ~3 more bucks to get access to his own pirate cave.


Make it cool and immersive if u wanna cather to hoarder while making money. The city renting spot is WEAK design.


You guys asking for 20k items per house? The server charge.. the lag.. idk. Clearly not sane, if they do the way u asking.. You should do some clean-up instead.
I picture a "loot" cave for goblins.. that u can monetize and would at least, equal with an extra mule account for the storage/price, while being more simple.. less alt tab, more sandbox friendly.. you could even make those den à la carte.. someone with 6 different trap for basement/den for each piece of armors.

So much stuff could be done, before giving them what they asking for (for obvious reason, read Keven) It wouldn't be good for the game long term, imo.

Pawain said:

Found a Medium nest in Malas.  
 
Dbl Click on the part named nest to open.  Click to see remove menu. Choose burn so it counts.

Lots of deco eggs, Body parts and armor. Take a bag of sending for the gold.

LeBaiton said:

Pawain said:

Found a Medium nest in Malas.  
 
Dbl Click on the part named nest to open.  Click to see remove menu. Choose burn so it counts.

Lots of deco eggs, Body parts and armor. Take a bag of sending for the gold.

You say you found it. How? Did you decode a map? Was this in the wild? Did you just run around and did you get detect-sparkles? I need more info haha 🙂

Oh, and looking at the 4 gold piles and the ammount of items, I'm guessing this wasn't a Medium nest but a Massive nest?

You have to have a map, its like T hunting.  But you have a wider area so you literally have to find it.  Coords are just 2 digits.

The gold is weird, I had less gold in a bigger nest.  But those are 20k piles.

Pawain said:

LeBaiton said:

Pawain said:

Found a Medium nest in Malas.  
 
Dbl Click on the part named nest to open.  Click to see remove menu. Choose burn so it counts.

Lots of deco eggs, Body parts and armor. Take a bag of sending for the gold.

You say you found it. How? Did you decode a map? Was this in the wild? Did you just run around and did you get detect-sparkles? I need more info haha 🙂

Oh, and looking at the 4 gold piles and the ammount of items, I'm guessing this wasn't a Medium nest but a Massive nest?

You have to have a map, its like T hunting.  But you have a wider area so you literally have to find it.  Coords are just 2 digits.

The gold is weird, I had less gold in a bigger nest.  But those are 20k piles.

Ahhh, so you dug up a Massive map! Your opening in the post suggested you 'found' the nest, so I wanted the ins and outs before committing myself to running all over the map 😂

LeBaiton said:

so I wanted the ins and outs before committing myself to running all over the map 😂

lol

LeBaiton said:.

Ahhh, so you dug up a Massive map!

He says it was a Medium Malas nest.

A lot of the information asked for in this thread is included in the link I provided. 

popps said:

Armoires to store 500 armor pieces but counting as 1 !

and

Weapons Racks to store 500 Weapons but counting as 1 !

and please, make them with a search filter like on Vendor Search.

Thank You !!

wait what? NO WAY, runs of in search of a weapons rack

Whitewolf said:

popps said:

Armoires to store 500 armor pieces but counting as 1 !

and

Weapons Racks to store 500 Weapons but counting as 1 !

and please, make them with a search filter like on Vendor Search.

Thank You !!

wait what? NO WAY, runs of in search of a weapons rack

Whitewolf said:

popps said:

Armoires to store 500 armor pieces but counting as 1 !

and

Weapons Racks to store 500 Weapons but counting as 1 !

and please, make them with a search filter like on Vendor Search.

Thank You !!

wait what? NO WAY, runs of in search of a weapons rack

ok after testing this out i think i might of misread the post, you were asking for this to be introduced, not that it already exists, very cool concept though. 

One thing that I think was a miss by the team for this event (and to help aid NON-hoarding) is to make the deco eggs worth cleanup points... nothing major but like 50 each? 

@Mariah thanks!

I agree with Keven, it would be good if we could trade in broken/ damaged eggs for either event points or clean up. I've got loads and have no plans on displaying them. 
As well, I had to leave Rock last night the spawn way crazy intense. There were about 10 dragons in the entrance area , may be useful to have the spawn be more the further you progress into the dungeon or for each level

Got a shot of the Matriarch.

Mariah said:

If I have missed any, please let me know (or miss spelled anything)

here: https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/skills/imbuing/#restrict

We should read Imbuing/enhancing SSI after imbuing a hit-leech... 


Good job tho.

Pawain said:

Got a shot of the Matriarch.

Wow, 150 Resisting Spells ?

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere and I missed it (I checked the wiki), but I had a couple of questions I haven't been able to get answered.

1. Do we know all hues of the mature eggs and if any are more/less rare? So far I've seen people with blue/purple/white and someone said they were selling a red.
2. Do we know what the possible drops are from the Broodmother (ie the Fel champ spawn boss)? 
3. Do we know if there are any rare/uncommon hues of bones/body parts?

Thank you

How do you hatch the mature eggs?

Grimbeard said:

How do you hatch the mature eggs?

Dbl click them and a menu comes up, just like on TC. 

keven2002 said:

1. Do we know all hues of the mature eggs and if any are more/less rare? So far I've seen people with blue/purple/white and someone said they were selling a red.

this?
https://www.uo-cah.com/color-charts/umbrascale-hatchling
https://www.uo-cah.com/bestiary/Umbrascale_Hatchling

from this:https://www.uo-cah.com/events/draconic-awakening

Do I need luck when doing nests to have a better chance at the mature egg.

Pawain said:

Do I need luck when doing nests to have a better chance at the mature egg.

I don't know the definitive answer, but based on what I'm reading from the notes I do not think suit luck increases your odds. My interpretation of the notes is that suit luck will only improve chances at a stealable rare in chests (and obviously Umbrascale drops). The mature dragon eggs I believe are just like the obelisk from the last event where it's all RNG.

keven2002 said:

Pawain said:

Do I need luck when doing nests to have a better chance at the mature egg.

I don't know the definitive answer, but based on what I'm reading from the notes I do not think suit luck increases your odds. My interpretation of the notes is that suit luck will only improve chances at a stealable rare in chests (and obviously Umbrascale drops). The mature dragon eggs I believe are just like the obelisk from the last event where it's all RNG.

Yup.  Ill use my guy with a luck suit to open the nest, run away or die.  Then kill everything with my Macer.  Since they dont answer questions often on Discord, you have to put in a Five for Friday Q.  If I asked now, I wont know the answer for a week.  If they choose that Q.

The Publish notes say this:

@Community Manager can you verify that we do not need out luck suits on when hunting nests. Thank you    Do we have a better chance to get a mature egg if we have luck on our toon?

Dragon Nest Hunting

• The Umbrascale are building hidden nests across the Sosarian overland.
• Use Dragon Nest Maps and a Decryption Cypher to reveal locations.
  • Decryption Cyphers are crafted by skilled Cartographers.
  • A Cypher must be in your backpack to decode a map.
  • Once decoded, anyone can read the map.
• Digging requires a shovel or pickaxe in your backpack.
• Map difficulty affects digging precision.
• Defeat nest guardians to loot the contents.
• Nests may contain:
  • Dragon Eggs – multiple styles, hues, and qualities.
  • Creature Bones – with over 100 name combos and 50 item types.
  • Thematic Equipment – “Chewed”, “Dissolved”, and “Charred” sets.
  • Pages of Lore
  • New Dragon Mount:
    • Rare chance to find a Mature Dragon Egg.
    • Hatches into the mountable Juvenile Umbrascale.
    • 3 Control Slots, Trainable to 5, requires Animal Taming.
    • Matches the hue of the egg it hatches from.
    • Orb of Ethereal Transcendence can convert it into an ethereal mount for anyone.
• Players can quietly dismantle or burn nests (requires lit torch).
• Level 4 and 5 Dragon Nest Maps have a chance for a tamable Umbrascale Ascendant to spawn.

Luck is not involved in the notes for nests.  It is for the chests.

Personally I read rare chance.. I'm assuming Luck help the odds.

The totally addicted ones have gotten 2 to 3 eggs from either nests, chests or Mamma. None of our nest hunters are trying to have luck on their suits.

Effigys are not as rare by far.

Pawain said:

The totally addicted ones...

This is how you call the pro third party 24/7 cheaters.. as an automation lover?
Interesting.

KroDuK said:

Pawain said:

The totally addicted ones...

This is how you call the pro third party 24/7 cheaters.. as an automation lover?
Interesting.

Come watch them, they are individual players.  You only need one person to dig up a nest, clueless guy.


I don't do chests so I know nothing about that, but they also talk in chat.   Maybe you've never been to a shard where Bots are not common.

Pawain said:

The Publish notes say this:

@ "Community Manager" can you verify that we do not need out luck suits on when hunting nests. Thank you    Do we have a better chance to get a mature egg if we have luck on our toon?

Dragon Nest Hunting

• The Umbrascale are building hidden nests across the Sosarian overland.
• Use Dragon Nest Maps and a Decryption Cypher to reveal locations.
  • Decryption Cyphers are crafted by skilled Cartographers.
  • A Cypher must be in your backpack to decode a map.
  • Once decoded, anyone can read the map.
• Digging requires a shovel or pickaxe in your backpack.
• Map difficulty affects digging precision.
• Defeat nest guardians to loot the contents.
• Nests may contain:
  • Dragon Eggs – multiple styles, hues, and qualities.
  • Creature Bones – with over 100 name combos and 50 item types.
  • Thematic Equipment – “Chewed”, “Dissolved”, and “Charred” sets.
  • Pages of Lore
  • New Dragon Mount:
    • Rare chance to find a Mature Dragon Egg.
    • Hatches into the mountable Juvenile Umbrascale.
    • 3 Control Slots, Trainable to 5, requires Animal Taming.
    • Matches the hue of the egg it hatches from.
    • Orb of Ethereal Transcendence can convert it into an ethereal mount for anyone.
• Players can quietly dismantle or burn nests (requires lit torch).
• Level 4 and 5 Dragon Nest Maps have a chance for a tamable Umbrascale Ascendant to spawn.

Luck is not involved in the notes for nests.  It is for the chests.

This was just answered in the discord 5 on Friday! 😂 

Thanks I saw that!  Not the answer i wanted tho.  😂

Pawain said:

Thanks I saw that!  Not the answer i wanted tho.  😂

This is beautiful; Popps calling out Paiwan on a 180 move.

Pawain said:

None of our nest hunters are trying to have luck on their suits.

He's doing what he's been accusing you since a couple days..
A passive plead; to adapt the game mechanic to his playstyle.


Next he's gonna accused you of accusing him. 

PS: my treasure digger was my thief(swap on stone; I just go into hidding and pop couple EV's after that), while the tamer on my main account would clean the zone. Would be perfect for my playstyle.

Edit: and most T hunter i've seen during phase one in 2024.. would be multiboxing archersss with their carto tamer... "our".. this is "their" meta.

Interesting about the luck...good to know but again makes me wonder if it's like the hidden chests (for me at least) where the difference between luck and no luck is miniscule. Glad that was answered!

I haven't been able to find a few answers anywhere for this event so far; anyone able to help?

1) How many lore pages are there?
2) Are there any "rare" color bone / body parts  / skeletons with meat?
3) Anything special dropped by the broodmother (Fel Champ)?

Thank you

Does anyone have an image of this Mature Dragon Egg?

I have not been able to load any pictures since the maintenance.   @Mariah

They are larger than the common eggs.

Pawain said:

I have not been able to load any pictures since the maintenance.   @ Mariah

They are larger than the common eggs.

Are the treasure maps shard bound?   I've seen a bunch I'd like to buy on another shard and bring back to my home shard.

I brought some back.