Hi just looking for some information on the champ spawn thats suppose to be happening on Nov 1st
any information so I can get a bit ready for it be nice 🙂

thank you 🙂

about all I have seen on it is that it will be called "Horrors of the Dark"  

hi ty 🙂
I went to test center see if i could find it but i didn't see an alter, champ spawns have alters i am guessing.

Sounds like we'll be giving the cold/demon slayer  weapons and spellbooks a rest and breaking out fire/undead ones for champ spawn.

The test for this was the spawn in Mistas, but we were told that was not a copy of the live event.

so then it can be anyplace in the world of UO and be any spawn for the different levels?

so going by this name  "Horrors of the Dark"  from Superfrog
and the possible spawn  fire/undead  from Hippo

thats a good start to figuring out where it might be 🙂

Gonna be somewhere in the world, definitely with some demons (hehe).  We will most likely deploy the event closer to mid-November so keep an eye on UO.com for full details!

woow thanks for the response  Kyronix  🙂

What I sincerely hope, for the Champion Spawn that will start November 1st (or mid-November I seem to understand from @Kyronix ; post ?), is that the Developers changed its Design to one where players will want to work the entire spawn included the boss kill, even if they killed it already and got their Reward already, so as to make sure that "late comers" will be able to have sufficient players working the spawn all the way to the Boss and its kill....

The previous Champion Spawns had the issue that, once players got their Reward from killing the Boss, they lost interest in doing that Champ Spawn again and so, players coming late to it, had trouble and much difficulties to be able to work it all the way to spawn the Boss and kill it, especially if they played lower population shards....

By the way, did anyone try it out on Test Server ?

Is there any incentive to players to want to work this spawn again, even if they got their Reward already from killing the Boss once ?

Kyronix said:

Gonna be somewhere in the world, definitely with some demons (hehe).  We will most likely deploy the event closer to mid-November so keep an eye on UO.com for full details!

This is an example of great communication!!!!

Tips his nontransmoged top hat 

Kyronix said:

Gonna be somewhere in the world, definitely with some demons (hehe).  We will most likely deploy the event closer to mid-November so keep an eye on UO.com for full details!

Let it be pinned somewhere now that the DEVs confirmed that the event will NOT start Nov 1 (more like mid Nov) so we can prevent all the nasty comments about "not telling us".

Yes - we adjusted the drop scheme for the final boss rewards to address player feedback in dynamic champ spawns.  You can check out the Pub 111 release notes where we list the changes.

Just because uo.com was down for a bit and I couldn't access the publish notes...

Dynamic Champion Spawns

• Adjusted reward distribution for participation and final rewards
• Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn
• Only players that have participated in building the spawn are eligible for the final boss reward
• Visit the champion spawn on TC1 by accessing the moongate at the Britain Commons

So it's still going to be...*Okay so I have to work the spawn a little to get the boss drop...still only one boss drop per account I assume? So low-skill / No-skill players won't get a boss drop unless they can work the spawn.

From what we saw on TC there were several participation rewards but again once you get them you'll probably stop? There were 6 different styles of masks on TC.

Hopefully it will work better this time around.

Larisa said:

Just because uo.com was down for a bit and I couldn't access the publish notes...

Dynamic Champion Spawns

• Adjusted reward distribution for participation and final rewards
• Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn
• Only players that have participated in building the spawn are eligible for the final boss reward
• Visit the champion spawn on TC1 by accessing the moongate at the Britain Commons

So it's still going to be...*Okay so I have to work the spawn a little to get the boss drop...still only one boss drop per account I assume? So low-skill / No-skill players won't get a boss drop unless they can work the spawn.

From what we saw on TC there were several participation rewards but again once you get them you'll probably stop? There were 6 different styles of masks on TC.

Hopefully it will work better this time around.

.....still only one boss drop per account I assume?

Well, the Release Notes read : 

Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn

So, my understanding is, that "if" they participate in building the spawn AND to kill the boss, they can get multiples of whatever Reward is intended for killing the Boss....

Otherwise, players would just do it once, get their Reward, and then no longer bother with this spawn.... and so "late comers" would get in trouble to get this spawn done and the Boss killed, for lack of players still participating.... especially on low Population Shards.....

You can get multiple participation rewards. Not boss drops.

So what i will do is have Anon do the spawn then still bring in other 2 accounts yo help with boss then do spawn wit Garr Grimbeard etc no problems here..

Yeah the boss drop is the pendant..the participation rewards were those masks.

So ONE pendant...MULTIPLE masks.

Anon....from what I'm reading, you're other 2 accounts will have to actually help advance the spawn, not just come in and kill the boss and get the drop. So even if you have a noob / low-skill character come in and help on lvl 1 that should be enough.

It was a belt on test center.

Whatever....it could be a ray of sunshine lol the point is ONE Boss drop...MANY participation rewards.

I am hoping to do this one many times...I didn't care for the blue mysterious cubes....and I didn't get many of those odd statue/dart board things...didn't care for them.

These masks are cool and will go with my deco so I need lots 🙂

Yes fits the demon theme well.

Pawain said:

You can get multiple participation rewards. Not boss drops.

I can see you did not comprehend the patch notes...

Or test on Test Center...


(or read our testing regarding this content on TC)

popps said:

Well, the Release Notes read : 

Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn

So, my understanding is, that "if" they participate in building the spawn AND to kill the boss, they can get multiples of whatever Reward is intended for killing the Boss....

Popps is correct. Pawain is wrong.    😂

Violet said:

Pawain said:

You can get multiple participation rewards. Not boss drops.

I can see you did not comprehend the patch notes...

Or test on Test Center...


(or read our testing regarding this content on TC)

popps said:

Well, the Release Notes read : 

Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn

So, my understanding is, that "if" they participate in building the spawn AND to kill the boss, they can get multiples of whatever Reward is intended for killing the Boss....

Popps is correct. Pawain is wrong.    😂

The release notes say:

Dynamic Champion Spawns

• Adjusted reward distribution for participation and final rewards
• Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn
• Only players that have participated in building the spawn are eligible for the final boss reward
• Visit the champion spawn on TC1 by accessing the moongate at the Britain Commons

They are bullet points so the second one states you are eligible for multiple "participation" rewards which are the Masks apparently.    The next one says you are eligible for the reward (singular) only if you participate in the spawn. you are eligible for one Boss reward and multiple participation trophies, err rewards so @Pawain is accurate.                                                                                                                                                             

Yes, reading comprehension is important.

The first line gives you a clue;

Adjusted reward distribution for PARTICIPATION and FINAL rewards.

It will be the same as the other Dynamic Champ spawns...you will be able to get several PARTIC.....PATION (See what I did there? If you're not a fan of RHPS then you won't get it)

ONE FINAL BOSS REWARD

When is Pawain ever wrong?

Larisa said:

When is Pawain ever wrong?

Well, there was that one time, at Band Camp.

Violet said:

Pawain said:

You can get multiple participation rewards. Not boss drops.

I can see you did not comprehend the patch notes...

Or test on Test Center...


(or read our testing regarding this content on TC)

popps said:

Well, the Release Notes read : 

Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn

So, my understanding is, that "if" they participate in building the spawn AND to kill the boss, they can get multiples of whatever Reward is intended for killing the Boss....

Popps is correct. Pawain is wrong.    😂

What?  You get more than 1 Boss drop?  The adjustment was you had to do the spawn to get it.

We shall see who is wrong how it works on live shards.  It does say THE final Boss reward.  No s.

I could see more than 1 per account if it is a blank belt tho.

I liked having to go to other shards to get multiples...

Larisa said:

Yeah the boss drop is the pendant..the participation rewards were those masks.

So ONE pendant...MULTIPLE masks.

Anon....from what I'm reading, you're other 2 accounts will have to actually help advance the spawn, not just come in and kill the boss and get the drop. So even if you have a noob / low-skill character come in and help on lvl 1 that should be enough.

I will do it 3 times start to finish with 3 different accounts 

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Violet said:

Pawain said:

You can get multiple participation rewards. Not boss drops.

I can see you did not comprehend the patch notes...

Or test on Test Center...


(or read our testing regarding this content on TC)

popps said:

Well, the Release Notes read : 

Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn

So, my understanding is, that "if" they participate in building the spawn AND to kill the boss, they can get multiples of whatever Reward is intended for killing the Boss....

Popps is correct. Pawain is wrong.    😂

The release notes say:

Dynamic Champion Spawns

• Adjusted reward distribution for participation and final rewards
• Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn
• Only players that have participated in building the spawn are eligible for the final boss reward
• Visit the champion spawn on TC1 by accessing the moongate at the Britain Commons

They are bullet points so the second one states you are eligible for multiple "participation" rewards which are the Masks apparently.    The next one says you are eligible for the reward (singular) only if you participate in the spawn. you are eligible for one Boss reward and multiple participation trophies, err rewards so @ Pawain is accurate.                                                                                                                                                             

I think it is necessary to read the 2 lines "combined"....

That is, the 3rd one which mentions the final Boss Reward indicates that it is eligible only if one have contributed to fighting the entire spawn (and of course get looting rights on the Boss), YET, because of the 2nd one, players will be eligible to get these Rewards (as in plural), included the final, Boss Reward, multiple times....

At least, that is the way I understand it.

And to me, it makes sense, so that players will also stay for the Boss killing thus helping those "late comers"..... otherwise, if it was to be only 1 reward possible with the Boss, players would do the spawn, and then vanish when the Boss spawn since for them it would be pointless to fight it, since they already had gotten their one Reward.

@Kyronix , could you please clarify how it will work ?

If the drop is not good I think players will just get 1 anyway and not do it more. Especially small shards.

A lot of players shard hopped to get multiples.  Most of the later on fights consisted of shard hoppers and only a few residents.

But if reward is good players will do it a lot.  We shall see.

We don't need clarification it will be here soon enough geez.

What about more participant rewards is hard to understand? Some of the confused people where the loudest complainers about how hard it was to get page the same confused people complained about people only showing up at end this too is fixed... so what part of being given exactly what you asked for is hard to understand?

As long as that sexy belt is still in the works all is well.

McDougle said:

What about more participant rewards is hard to understand? Some of the confused people where the loudest complainers about how hard it was to get page the same confused people complained about people only showing up at end this too is fixed... so what part of being given exactly what you asked for is hard to understand?

No one that was on TC is confused about that part.  It was raining them...  I wish it rained cubes.

popps said:

Victim_Of_Siege said:

Violet said:

Pawain said:

You can get multiple participation rewards. Not boss drops.

I can see you did not comprehend the patch notes...

Or test on Test Center...


(or read our testing regarding this content on TC)

popps said:

Well, the Release Notes read : 

Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn

So, my understanding is, that "if" they participate in building the spawn AND to kill the boss, they can get multiples of whatever Reward is intended for killing the Boss....

Popps is correct. Pawain is wrong.    😂

The release notes say:

Dynamic Champion Spawns

• Adjusted reward distribution for participation and final rewards
• Players are eligible for multiple participation rewards based on their contribution to the spawn
• Only players that have participated in building the spawn are eligible for the final boss reward
• Visit the champion spawn on TC1 by accessing the moongate at the Britain Commons

They are bullet points so the second one states you are eligible for multiple "participation" rewards which are the Masks apparently.    The next one says you are eligible for the reward (singular) only if you participate in the spawn. you are eligible for one Boss reward and multiple participation trophies, err rewards so @ Pawain is accurate.                                                                                                                                                             

I think it is necessary to read the 2 lines "combined"....

That is, the 3rd one which mentions the final Boss Reward indicates that it is eligible only if one have contributed to fighting the entire spawn (and of course get looting rights on the Boss), YET, because of the 2nd one, players will be eligible to get these Rewards (as in plural), included the final, Boss Reward, multiple times....

At least, that is the way I understand it.

And to me, it makes sense, so that players will also stay for the Boss killing thus helping those "late comers"..... otherwise, if it was to be only 1 reward possible with the Boss, players would do the spawn, and then vanish when the Boss spawn since for them it would be pointless to fight it, since they already had gotten their one Reward.

@ Kyronix , could you please clarify how it will work ?

Lemme break it down for you Guy, when it's a bullet point, they are separate parts of a whole, meaning that each point is a summation of a complete thought. if they needed to be combined, they would be in the same bullet point. since they are in different bullet points, they need to be separate "points" Capeesh?

So which of you (@Victim_Of_Siege @Larisa) ; tested this on tc to see how the actual mechanics work?

Larisa said:

When is Pawain ever wrong?

A lot actually. 

And @Victim_Of_Siege will you issue Popps an apology if he is indeed correct?

Violet said:

So which of you (@ Victim_Of_Siege @ Larisa)  tested this on tc to see how the actual mechanics work?

Larisa said:

When is Pawain ever wrong?

A lot actually. 

And @ Victim_Of_Siege will you issue Popps an apology if he is indeed correct?

Must not be a lot because you would point it out any time you could.  I don't see many and I post every day.  I'm at about 99.9% correct I can live with that.  You can't tho.

Yes test center had more than one per account.

But just reading the notes does not say that.

Adjusted reward distribution for participation and final rewards

Could easily mean they increased participation rewards and you only get the final reward when you help with the spawn. Which are both true.

Pawain said:

Must not be a lot because you would point it out any time you could.  I don't see many and I post every day.  I'm at about 99.9% correct I can live with that.  .

My time is too valuable and I don't care enough to spend it constantly correcting you. You just don't take up that much space in my head. 🙂

Violet said:

So which of you (@ Victim_Of_Siege @ Larisa)  tested this on tc to see how the actual mechanics work?

Larisa said:

When is Pawain ever wrong?

A lot actually. 

And @ Victim_Of_Siege will you issue Popps an apology if he is indeed correct?

Incorrect, Popps is a troll and purposefully contradicts any advice given to to him. I wouldn't apologize even if my Momma slapped me and told me I had to. And yes I tested it, is there a point to your post?

Let us keep the discussion on the latest release notes please.

Rorschach said:

Let us keep the discussion on the latest release notes please.

I will if they will.

Larisa - were the masks the same refurbished artwork as before - the evil clown, plague doctor mask, evil jester, demon head ones that hang on walls?  Hopefully they are new ones instead. They did a great job on the new garg lantern and medusa head ToT treats! 

No, new artwork, they looked very cool, kind of like the medusa head for trick or treating.

Hippo said:

Larisa - were the masks the same refurbished artwork as before - the evil clown, plague doctor mask, evil jester, demon head ones that hang on walls?  Hopefully they are new ones instead. They did a great job on the new garg lantern and medusa head ToT treats! 

this is from a newsletter

I also agree on the trick or treat items.
love the way they look.
I found that the lanterns were harder to get

I'm excitedly waiting to see what the boss reward is i know or we think we know it's a sweet looking belt but what else!

Cinderella said:

Hippo said:

Larisa - were the masks the same refurbished artwork as before - the evil clown, plague doctor mask, evil jester, demon head ones that hang on walls?  Hopefully they are new ones instead. They did a great job on the new garg lantern and medusa head ToT treats! 

this is from a newsletter

I also agree on the trick or treat items.
love the way they look.
I found that the lanterns were harder to get

If we can wear them like the pumpkin head, it will be nice...

anyone have a snap shot of the belts from the boss on TC ?

it might not be the exact drop from the boss when the event starts, but it does give a curious mind something to think and look at 🙂

Thank you for the  information, this has been a good interesting read, I hope we get a bit more information here before the event starts,  little hints from the devs are always good 🙂

Goldie said:

anyone have a snap shot of the belts from the boss on TC ?

it might not be the exact drop from the boss when the event starts, but it does give a curious mind something to think and look at 🙂

Thank you for the  information, this has been a good interesting read, I hope we get a bit more information here before the event starts,  little hints from the devs are always good 🙂

It is that demon belt in the post right before yours. It had no stats on TC.  99.58%

If they offered these as head wear (i mean the horned ones would fit gargoyle right) transmog potion would sell like hotcakes 

McDougle said:

If they offered these as head wear (i mean the horned ones would fit gargoyle right) transmog potion would sell like hotcakes 

I was thinking the same thing. 

Cinderella said:

Hippo said:

Larisa - were the masks the same refurbished artwork as before - the evil clown, plague doctor mask, evil jester, demon head ones that hang on walls?  Hopefully they are new ones instead. They did a great job on the new garg lantern and medusa head ToT treats! 

this is from a newsletter

I also agree on the trick or treat items.
love the way they look.
I found that the lanterns were harder to get

Cool! I will be spending a lot of time collecting those heads 🙂 

Now you see why I said I need lots?? They are freakin AWESOME! I still haven't gotten Medusa's head in Trick or Treating 🙁

k so just a guess 🙂

these are the possible places for deamons which  has been said will be at the champ spawn
this is taken from uoguide web site

Abyss Champion Spawn, Ankh Dungeon, Blood Dungeon, Destard Level 2, Fan Dancer Dojo Level 1, 2, & 3, Fire Dungeon Level 2, Fire Temple, Hedge Maze, Hythloth Level 2, 3, & 4, Montor, Sorcerers Dungeon Level 2, Wind, Wyrm Mountain

after careful thinking my guess for the champ spawn event is............................................................................................... Hedge Maze      🙂

oh to have it outdoors after the last few indoor events would be a breath of fresh air 🙂

this is a guess!  my guess

Oh the spell dumping that would happen in the hedge mage  ❤️

Ya they can go though the walls at the end of the first floor.  The Hedges are shorter.

thanks Mariah 🙂

I think that if there is 26 possible places then hedge maze might be one 🙂

I'm not a fan of an Ilshenar spawn, but then if its outside fresh air, not closed in a dungeon then ok.  But there is no deamons listed in the spawns on that website   woohoo 🙂 still hope

McDougle said:

Oh the spell dumping that would happen in the hedge mage  ❤️

I see u gave Mariah your ❤️

Goldie said:

anyone have a snap shot of the belts from the boss on TC ?

it might not be the exact drop from the boss when the event starts, but it does give a curious mind something to think and look at 🙂

Pardon the skin but I think it shows the belt detail best.

AmberWitch said:

Goldie said:

anyone have a snap shot of the belts from the boss on TC ?

it might not be the exact drop from the boss when the event starts, but it does give a curious mind something to think and look at 🙂

Pardon the skin but I think it shows the belt detail best.

I guess UO does have a since of hummer, can any body say chastity belt

Lord Frodo, stop staring! I know my kneecaps are uneven in height. Birth defect.

LOL  I just love your new belt, GMing Lock Pick  HEHE

chastity belt
there I said it 🙂

It looks big, I was thinking more along the lines of a wrestlers belt when they win.  Thanks for posting pic of it 🙂

Goldie said:

chastity belt
there I said it 🙂

It looks big, I was thinking more along the lines of a wrestlers belt when they win.  Thanks for posting pic of it 🙂

Those belts are above the waist and cover the belly where that belt is below the waist and covers a different part of the body, LOL

Why is this not out yet, thanks for sticking to the schedule you put out!  Unbelievable

They said it would be mid month...

The_Higgs_1 said:

Why is this not out yet, thanks for sticking to the schedule you put out!  Unbelievable

Read the first page of this thread as Kyronix has said mid November.