ToT!!

Thank you for bringing this back!  This has brightened my day so much!! Woohoo!!

 🙂 

will this start March 24?  Or early?

@Drakelord In another thread a Dev said all the new stuff happens Tuesday, the 24th.

Are mempos included as per the special drop in ToT3?

And will the major dyes be available?

And PLEASE create new items to pick as many of them now just don't cut it anymore 🙁

I am very excited for this, because as jack said, the old items dont cut it and I think they will have some exciting new upgrades for us =D

@Mesanna, are there going to be new majors and possibly a new set of dyes to collect, and the mempo?  Go on really treat us!!!

ToT has been turned on as of the state it was in during the last deployment, which was somewhere around Publish 33 (or perhaps even later, requires more research).  We made no additional changes beyond that due to the extremely tight timeline for deployment.

These questions highlight why we couldn't "just" turn it on in the past.  The reward items would have needed a large overhaul and hence why future iterations of Treasures of... events have relied on randomly geneerated magic equipment, rather than pre-defined "minor artifacts"

so is it turned on now or the 24th? im confused

@Max_Blackoak - you could be right - as I mentioned this was really a last minute thing.  I was going by what few comments were noted internally.  We'll find out soon enough!

@monkgamer - this will be active when Pub 108 goes WW on Tuesday.

This page shows which drops were specific to which version of the event https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/items/artifact-collections/artifacts-treasure-of-tokuno/

@Kyronix Will there be the chance of the luck mempo drops? If there is no chance of it, then I think most people will agree that this will be a big disappointment. Just sayin'!

So if its the last run we will get Mempos and if I remember correctly the set of 1 use minor pigments

Treasures of Tokuno III

From the depths of storm-tossed seas shrouded in an unending mist rises an event of epic proportions: the Treasures of Tokuno return!

Seek out the lost wealth of the Empire across verdant field, icy wasteland, and within the darkest recesses of dungeons most foul! This rare event yields the most extraordinary of rewards for those who dare step forward to heed the call.

The Treasures of Tokuno must be redeemed from these foul monsters by any means, be it blade or spell! Speak with Ihara Soko, the Imperial Minister of Trade in Zento, should you recover any lost artifacts of the Empire.

The third event introduced Leurocian's Mempo of Fortune and new coloured Pigments, while reducing the uses of all Pigments dropped (including the original Lesser) to one and removing the previously available coloured dyes (Metal and Neon).

One of the downsides of just firing up the last publish is that the rare coloured minor pigments have become worthless 🙁

Kyronix said:

ToT has been turned on as of the state it was in during the last deployment, which was somewhere around Publish 33 (or perhaps even later, requires more research).  We made no additional changes beyond that due to the extremely tight timeline for deployment.

These questions highlight why we couldn't "just" turn it on in the past.  The reward items would have needed a large overhaul and hence why future iterations of Treasures of... events have relied on randomly geneerated magic equipment, rather than pre-defined "minor artifacts"

publish 33 is ToT3

This will be fun. I was just thinking what will keep me adventuring once pub 108 goes live. I will absolutely take part in trying to get a luck Mempo (I never got one to drop in 2009). I’m also interested in the dyes, Tome of Lost Knowledge and Swords of Prosperity. I always found those two items useful.

I’ve heard some discussion that one item that can no longer be obtained are the spellbooks from the invasion content.  Maybe that one item could be added as a major selection with random SDI from 30 to 50.

A few additional flutes of renewal to support the bards will be welcome too, and of course the pigments. Not everything always has to be about Uber equipment, but I'd be happy with a mempo or two!

Ut ohh… I see trouble in paradise.  
*fingers crossed for the "right" publish*

Skett said:

Kyronix said:

ToT has been turned on as of the state it was in during the last deployment, which was somewhere around Publish 33 (or perhaps even later, requires more research).  We made no additional changes beyond that due to the extremely tight timeline for deployment.

These questions highlight why we couldn't "just" turn it on in the past.  The reward items would have needed a large overhaul and hence why future iterations of Treasures of... events have relied on randomly geneerated magic equipment, rather than pre-defined "minor artifacts"

Can you confirm this be part 3 of tot 

Thank you 

No, sorry.  As I mentioned this was literally last minute and speaks to our previous statements regarding ToT.  Whatever state the event was in is how it will be available when Pub 108 goes WW.  In the past when folks have asked for a re-instatement of this event we would evaluate the fictional basis, update that narrative as necessary, evaluate the mechanics & PvM balance,  update that as necessary, and evaluate the reward pool and update that as necessary.  We decided to forgo those normal design considerations in lieu of giving something for players to do in the immediate term while we focus on our broader plans that we'd developed for this year.  Despite some assertions to the contrary, all these factors are what has driven our response to the request to and why it is not as simple as "flipping a switch".

Kyronix said:

... while we focus on our broader plans that we'd developed for this year

OooOOoo!!  Do you care to share a bit more on these "broader plans"?  Can we peek at that roadmap? TYIA

Thanks for giving us this to do while RL is a bit on halt or troublesome . You work from home and all..I  wish the ppl that demand things or whine in general understand now this wasnt planned and just an extra gift in times we might need someting to occupie our minds with . They gave us something we have asked for and had no time to spend on redesigning and adding stuff, Be grateful for once.. 

this is very nice..thank you. itll ease the sting of whats going on. i never did a tot so im excited instead of gloomy

monkgamer said:

this is very nice..thank you. itll ease the sting of whats going on. i never did a tot so im excited instead of gloomy

A lot of people enjoy farming fast spawning low level creatures. You can also join in the Tok champ spawn. 

is there is no mempo no one will do this event... and people will come here to yell again. they should put a 50 turns in reward like a chance between 30-50 sdi spellbook  with the cost of 50 Tokuno drops

They will do it without the Mempo... They want it back for the other stuff also for some reason.

lol reading that is seems u can get major dyes form the monsters, which u cannot. lol !  also can the minor dyes stack, I cant remember ?

@Mesanna. Can you make the minor dyes stackable for hoarders like me ?

You can combine them like other dyes.  But they lose turn in value.

And I did not infer the Mempo would not be a rare drop like it was.  I meant players will do ToT with or without it. Sad the chest has a small gump in CC.

Yeah, I love that chest. That and so many of my "old" chest are still small-gumped and judging from dev-comments in another thread, will stay that way.

Oh well - looking forward to playing around with ToT again. I wonder if the Ancient Anvil will alter some of those things.....

So will there be a 300 luck Memp?

He said the latest version of ToT.  So yes, Virgina, there will be mempos!  =D

Thanks for turning this on.  It will be a nice blast from the past!

Melchiah said:

A few additional flutes of renewal to support the bards will be welcome too, and of course the pigments. Not everything always has to be about Uber equipment, but I'd be happy with a mempo or two!

I did not know all the Mobs could give drops.  We just did the Serado spawn over and over when it was active. So I assumed it was just spawn Mobs.  I have a feeling we will do the spawn over and over again tho.

If I read right, anything except cranes lol.  We got most of ours off kappas and lower level whatnot, because we could just plow thru them without worrying about where the healer was lol,  Of course, I am sure the higher the level the spawn, the more the drops...

The spawn was great. People also camped the elementals in the mines, fandancers in the dojo and the room with the daemons because it's almost insta spawn. The tuski warrior place was always camped. 

It's going to be hard to find a nice spot that isn't taken.

Buying luck mempos, 250k each =D

Can't wait to see the afk scripters back at it..congrats.

@Garth_Grey I want to say there is a button for this sort of thing.. *thinking*

all other major or minor are trash points so it will not be farm that much

Running around the Beetlescape slaughtering everything with my Sampire, equipped with a 100% Fire Repond Double Axe and a Beetle Slayer talisman. Two shotting Rune Beetles. Frequently getting drops. Might as well call me "Orson the Beetle Slayer", i feel like this.

someone got one in my shard this morning so they drop

ive killed hundreds of things no drops at all. any advice? luck is only 100 but shpuld still be getting something 

I have zero luck on a swordsman after 5 kills revenant loin got a light green dye 

also lost my brightblade after bringing it to 255 durability last night those have a glitch in them 3rd one I lost after 20 minutes of use 

Confirmed the bugs are still included with this release! 

As a bug, small samples of Blackrock would sometimes drop in a character's pack instead of an artifact (similar to how Miners are randomly awarded with it in place of special Gems).

@Parnoc They were not a part of the original ToT, and as developers stated multiple times, it would be the most recent version, which DID include them.

There are no greater dyes on turn in.  Was this mentioned somewhere?

The major dyes were turned off years ago when they added them to the store
 
it seems they are spending more time churning out things for profit than actually concentrating on the game

 Mariah said:

It might help people to check out these publish notes:

https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/technical/previous-publishes/2009-2/publish-58-8/

Ah I was looking at the pub 108 notes and links that said they were part of it but maybe not part of it.  That isnt very helpful I guess.  I missed this one.  Thank you!

Killed random stuff for about 30 minutes last night, got Ancient Farmers Kasa, the minor bokuto and a green pigment. Serado was at 4 red candles, with traps all around and no spawn.

I think they will run it for a long time, and design upgrades for the current turn ins [because if they dont my hoarding is going to crash atlantic]

Has anyone been able to turn in minors for neon dyes? Doesn’t seem to be an option at the trade minister in Zento. 

The rewards are the same for all of us.  The dyes are in the store now so not on exchange.

Ty @Pawain

Yah so, did some more reading, based on what the devs said they just quickly turned it on without really anytime to “plan”, looks like they had enough time to plan on removing a desirable item from the rewards because they are trying to turn some profit...any comments from the devs?

@PillowPants those were removed back in ToT3 so get your facts straight

@PillowPants we didn't remove anything.  We didn't add anything.  We only activated the ability for creatures in Tokuno to drop the ToT minor artifacts and restored the event to its previous active state.  You can look at my previous comments on the event that outline what the design & implementation process would otherwise look like has this not been done last minute in response to extenuating global circumstances.

We wanted the Dyes after original ToT was over.  They put them in the store for us based on feedback.  So the next ToT they removed them since they were in the store.

How would they know they would recycle ToT so many times.   Next time yall should ask for the 20th Annivesary Arch to be turned back on.  

Do you have to kill a certain creature to get a chance at luck mempo drop? Farmed over a few hundred minors and yet to get one.

Removed the “Pigments of Tokuno” from the Major Rewards menu (players can now only get the dyes from the monsters themselves)