When does it begin?

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

Thanks 🙂

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

I assume, that talking about a "Forest" it might be YEW that in the game is where the largest Forest and biggest Trees are, but will it be so ?

Also, if it will be YEW, with the Town invasion we saw there Orcs, Ogre and other humanoids, will it be also this type of spawn for the Forest of the Dark ?

Thanks.

popps said:

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

I assume, that talking about a "Forest" it might be YEW that in the game is where the largest Forest and biggest Trees are, but will it be so ?

Also, if it will be YEW, with the Town invasion we saw there Orcs, Ogre and other humanoids, will it be also this type of spawn for the Forest of the Dark ?

Thanks.

I refer you to the answer above from Kyronix

in case you didn't understand, WAIT    why are you so special that you want answers now?

No essays required

JackFlashUk said:

popps said:

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

I assume, that talking about a "Forest" it might be YEW that in the game is where the largest Forest and biggest Trees are, but will it be so ?

Also, if it will be YEW, with the Town invasion we saw there Orcs, Ogre and other humanoids, will it be also this type of spawn for the Forest of the Dark ?

Thanks.

I refer you to the answer above from Kyronix

in case you didn't understand, WAIT    why are you so special that you want answers now?

No essays required

Not a special answer, just a heads up about what setting and Monsters to expect so as to get ready for it...

For example, imagine a New Tamer not having the stables full of some 20+ pets, they might be needing to go tame and train a pet, and that takes days and days...

So, knowing what Forest of the Dark will be about, might give to them a few days to get prepared and tame and train whatever pet would serve them best for that segment...

The same could be for a Fighter or something else...

Of course that Veteran players with all skills on a Soulstone and plenty of trained up pets to pick from do not care, they can just pick what works best from their stocked up stuff on day 1...

But there is New or Retunring players out there, who do not have this luxury and need to prepare and ready up and that takes days....

That is why I was asking @Kyronix what the Forest of the Dark will be about.... there is players to whom having this info several days ahead of the time can be very usefull...

 😂  Prepare for all possibilities now.  And hope it is something we have not seen before.

Nov 15 to (most likely) Nov 30 will be a chance to catch up on Rune Stones, Blackthorn, etc until the Dark Forest event begins.

Speculating: paragon giant turkeys, paragon boars, paragon bears, paragon rabbits, paragon cows, paragon sheep, paragon dread spiders,

popps said:

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

I assume, that talking about a "Forest" it might be YEW that in the game is where the largest Forest and biggest Trees are, but will it be so ?

Also, if it will be YEW, with the Town invasion we saw there Orcs, Ogre and other humanoids, will it be also this type of spawn for the Forest of the Dark ?

Thanks.

popps said:

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

This is a reference to the events in the

SirBolo said:

popps said:

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

The forest around Yew is the most obvious guess, but I'll offer an alternative speculation...

EM Malachi is the main author of official UO fiction, and his events on Great Lakes are usually well integrated in the global event storyline.

If you check the Great Lakes EM event calendar for November, two upcoming events stand out: "The Hound of Doskar" and "The Tree of Strife".

This is a reference to the events in the

Great Northern Forest on Serpent Isle in Ultima VII Part 2. Serpent Isle has been replaced by Ilshenar in UO, so the "Forest of the Dark" event could also take place in the Ilshenar forests...

So my guess there will be Fey type monster should be partially correct.

I guess Krampus...

RubyKnight said:

I guess Krampus...

I am hoping.
I want more of the Krampus Stars

just make sure it's available on both tram and fel. if applicable.

popps said:

Kyronix said:

Later this month, keep an eye on UO.com for details.

What wil the setting be where it will take place ?

I assume, that talking about a "Forest" it might be YEW that in the game is where the largest Forest and biggest Trees are, but will it be so ?

Also, if it will be YEW, with the Town invasion we saw there Orcs, Ogre and other humanoids, will it be also this type of spawn for the Forest of the Dark ?

Thanks.

Hmm...In the fiction Umbria appears to be a powerful necromancer which to me implies a lot of undead. The city of Umbra is associated with necromancy. Another possibility might be the Corrupted Forest outside Umbra with Dungeon Doom and its undead near bye. 

Guess we will see what unfolds as the story is told....  

If the reward is as good as the tough monster, it may still attract very high user engagement. 

I like the way Deceit was able to be done by everyone.  All players had a chance.  I threw Macing on my Thrower to get garg pieces,  He couldn't kill many paragons but he got a bunch of garg weapons and shields.  But, I was able to trade for a Stone and Cloth suit.

We let the New and returning players have the first floor and the rest of us kept the rest clear.  I kept a tamer in front to kill paras they brought to the entry.

Pawain said:

I like the way Deceit was able to be done by everyone.  All players had a chance.  I threw Macing on my Thrower to get garg pieces,  He couldn't kill many paragons but he got a bunch of garg weapons and shields.  But, I was able to trade for a Stone and Cloth suit.

We let the New and returning players have the first floor and the rest of us kept the rest clear.  I kept a tamer in front to kill paras they brought to the entry.

Yeah, overall the new system, monsters and rewards are good. Only issue I have is shard bound.

Anyway looking for better rewards and whatever monsters as long as i5s not one-hit-kill.

Now that the treasures of the three is over (much needed event/rewards imo), I'm wondering myself what the deal is for the next event. 

Since we are just coming off a "treasures of" event I don't really know if they would do back to back ToT style (I wouldn't mind) events so it makes me think it might be more like the black gate stuff the prior month which is basically a champ spawn (in the woods).

If it does end up being a champ spawn, I think it would be cool to get drops in your pack like the cube (but of some stuff that can be used). The one thing that comes to mind is something like they did many years ago where random arties of Doom dropped in your pack but they were cursed. At the very least if it is a champ spawn, I hope they don't make the final drop 1 per account/shard again. That kind of crushed people repeating the spawn, so after the first week or so it was hard to actually find a group wanting to do it again (for no drops).

@Kyronix - My biggest question is what day will this start? As with anyone else, I want be around when it starts so I'd like to plan my time accordingly.

Black gate no good, i dont like 1 character do once only.

Spoiler alert



Guess where I am??

Methinks this is for the next event...

Looks like Yew?

keven2002 said:

Looks like Yew?

Yes, right outside Empath Abbey. 

Larisa said:

keven2002 said:

Looks like Yew?

Yes, right outside Empath Abbey. 

yay, event near my super castle at yew finally, i can cast spells from door steps!!!!

not sure if it’s just me but somehow i wish the break to be longer ....it was basically 3 - 4 back to back grinding events in 2 months...

Larisa said:

keven2002 said:

Looks like Yew?

Yes, right outside Empath Abbey. 

WOW, that is cool !!

I much more prefer Events held out in the open rather then in Dungeons....

More power to YEW FOREST !!

Besides, I really like Yew and all of its environment....

Aragorn said:

not sure if it’s just me but somehow i wish the break to be longer ....it was basically 3 - 4 back to back grinding events in 2 months...

YOU can feel free to take a break from the grind 🙂 

@Devs - This person speaks for nobody but them...give us allll the content!

My guess would be this is being set up manually, it won't appear on UO.com till everything is ready. I tried looking on Europa, and there's sort of an NPC there, but his paper doll just says 'Delmore the' and he doesn't say anything.

Yes I am hoping that the Forest Battles themselves will be in Yew...BUT...

There are Worried Citizens in several of the Towns...on Origin only so far it seems.

Brit, Cove, Minoc and Skara

Larisa said:

Yes I am hoping that the Forest Battles themselves will be in Yew...BUT...

There are Worried Citizens in several of the Towns...on Origin only so far it seems.

Brit, Cove, Minoc and Skara

Hmmm... the fact that you found worried citizens in different Towns makes me think that the Event will be spread out ALL OVER the forests of Britannia, not just the Forests around this or that Town...

Which, to my opinion, is even better as it would give more room to players to find their preferred place to participate in the Forest of the Dark and go hunt there, rather then somewhere else...

So, I am all for the Forest of the Dark Spawn to be activated ALL OVER the Forests of Britannia be them around Yew, Trinsic, Britain, Buc's Den, Serpent's Hold, Minoc, Cove, Skara Brae etc. etc.

It actually also makes more sense from a storytelling point of view.... if the Event is meant to be a major issue for the inhabitants of Britannia, well, then it makes all sense to me that the evil spawn would be infestating all Forests of Britannia, not just a limited place around 1 Town....

Kudos to the Developers if this is where the Forest of the Dark setting will be, i.e., in all of the Forests of Britannia.

I think it will be in the forest between these town (I'm wondering if there is anything in Vesper which is close to Minoc). From what @Larisa has posted it appears that Skara is the southern most town and Minoc is the north most so I'd think there will be some stuff to do in the woods located between those two farthest towns. Just a guess though.

keven2002 said:

I think it will be in the forest between these town (I'm wondering if there is anything in Vesper which is close to Minoc). From what @ Larisa has posted it appears that Skara is the southern most town and Minoc is the north most so I'd think there will be some stuff to do in the woods located between those two farthest towns. Just a guess though.

Well, there is also a good deal of Forests (and swamps) south of Trinsic.... not to mention those around Spirit's Hold... only Moonglow, Nujelm and, of course, Ice island have a scarcity of Forests around them....

Personally, I would prefer if it was held just about in "any" Forest around "any" Town in Britannia which, by the way, would also make more sense from a Storytelling point of view that "something bad" is being going on in all Forests of the Realm thus requesting prompt intervation from all Citizenz of Britannia to help the Realm face this new danger...

Petra_Fyde said:

My guess would be this is being set up manually, it won't appear on UO.com till everything is ready. I tried looking on Europa, and there's sort of an NPC there, but his paper doll just says 'Delmore the' and he doesn't say anything.

Yeah I am hoping that they turn all the shards on at once...or with maintenance but on the same day so we all start at the same time. Maybe they are just starting with Origin because it's one of the test shards? There is nothing on Baja though...

just saw this...

Oh so the EM's are supposed to tell us to talk to Janna? Because there is no other logical way that leads us in that direction.

I just visited the Savage camp area..swarms of savages everywhere..more than norm..maybe there's a clue in the savage village (recue a villager perhaps?) or may have to talk with Janna to get a clue? no idea yet..still searching..

DarqPhlame said:

I just visited the Savage camp area..swarms of savages everywhere..more than norm..maybe there's a clue in the savage village (recue a villager perhaps?) or may have to talk with Janna to get a clue? no idea yet..still searching..and Janna is not talking to us yet..but there is a worried villager, who has lost his wife in the woods..

You stop short of the camp if coming from Compassion.  There is an Idol near the mountain.

Pawain????? and that means what?

DarqPhlame said:

Pawain????? and that means what?

What shard are you on?  No one is talking about this in chat?

Say ishenar mint at a portal. You will be at the gypsy camp. Go in the cave and go down the mountain a couple of screens.

Or go to the camp from compassion.

Best one I have gotten, she never seems to turn around!

She looks like Medusa with a quiver! 🙂

Also Darq-

Either say Iishenar Mint at a Crystal Portal like people have said which will bring you to that gypsy camp, then just go SE..DOWN to the cave OR

Go through to the Compassion Moongate, follow the arrow!

@Larisa ; Medusa is an archer she has a bow and quiver.  They took her look but not her spells.  Our EM events have medusa based bosses that will make your evil twin if you do not have gorgon lens on.

It looks like Medusa but uses abilities from other bosses. I've seen Dark Father so far and whichever boss that regenerates 50% of their HP when redlined (I think 3 times). Also have been hit with fan dancer flame and some other random specials. 

I'd suggest getting them in now (for the belts) while everyone is hot on it before Krampus and Artisan Festival starts in a week or so. This will likely be like Black Gate where once the masses stop doing them the boss will be tricky to do with a limited number of people (although the spawn is MUCH easier than black gate) 

Pawain said:

@ Larisa  Medusa is an archer she has a bow and quiver.  They took her look but not her spells.  Our EM events have medusa based bosses that will make your evil twin if you do not have gorgon lens on.

See now I did not know that! I never looked at Medusa when we killed her because...well...you just don't do that!

So The Guide is pretty much the Medusa skin but a different color?

She never turns around when we kill her, I've tried standing on the SE side of her but she just doesn't turn.

Next time I'll try in the EC

i found evidence Town of "Cove" 
Cove Npc keep 

I think what you have found in Cove is an old EM npc, the npc for this story line is a 'worried citizen' who does not respond to questions.  Begin the story line with Jaana outside Empath Abbey, or you could follow the 'trail' by reading the link I posted in my earlier reply on this thread.

Mariah said:

@ Larisa May I use that image in the page please?

Also, don't die trying to get an EC picture, she looks just the same, the only slight difference would be the look of the grass around the altar.

Of course! That's why I posted it 🙂

And yeah I noticed that the weird little statues didn't look any different in the EC either, wasn't sure if she would or not!

The blood elementals sometimes drop one of the crystals, in case some folks still wanted more of them.

Do the Crystals have a use?

Not that I know of, tho there is rampant speculation. But aren't they pretty? And they stack.