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==Angel Island Overview==
= Angel Island Overview =


Angel Island is a classic Ultima Online Shard circa Publish 15 with enhancements set in a Felucca ruleset. More important than the era though, is the philosophy behind the design. The Angel Island team has set out to build a solid and robust incarnation of Ultima Online that embodies all the things we loved about early UO while still growing and expanding to create an ever-interesting shard for everyone to play.
Angel Island is a classic Ultima Online shard based on the Publish 15 era, with enhancements, running under a Felucca ruleset.
More important than the era itself is the philosophy behind the design: to preserve what made early UO compelling while continuing to grow and evolve the world.
 
The Angel Island team focuses on building a solid, robust incarnation of Ultima Online that emphasizes meaningful gameplay, risk, and long-term interest.
 
== Core Rules ==
* 1 house per account
* 1 house per account
* 3 accounts per IP
* 3 accounts per IP
* 5 player characters per account. 
* 5 player characters per account
 
* 225 stat cap
* 225 Stat Cap
* 700 skill cap
 
* Felucca ruleset
* 700 Skill Cap
* No mounts
 
* Felucca Ruleset
 
* No Mounts
 
===Custom Systems===
 
* [[Angel Island Prison]]
* [[Anti AFK Resource Gathering]]
* [[Auctioneer]]
* [[Automated Event System]]
* [[Balanced Buyback System]]
* [[Basilisk]]
* [[Boats and Pirating]]
* [[Bolas]]
* [[Bounty Hunters]]
* [[Chicken Breeding]]
* [[Custom Housing]]
* [[Daily Rares]]
* [[Dragon Breeding]]
* [[Earned Gold Points]]
* [[Fight Broker]]
* [[Flag Stone]]
* [[Grappling Hooks]]
* [[Instant Backpack Swap]]
* [[Intelligent Dialogue]]
* [[Kin System]]
* [[Leaderboards]]
* [[Magic Equipment Crafting]]
* [[Merchant Escourtables]]
* [[Moongates]]
* [[Moonstones]]
* [[Mortal System]]
* [[Music Composition]]
* [[Newbie Tents]]
* [[Plant System]]
* [[Player Run Quests]]
* [[Player Run Tournaments]]
* [[Poison Arrows]]
* [[Quests (Automated)]]
* [[Rares Factory]]
* [[Sea Charts]]
* [[Shopkeeper Profession]]
* [[Siege Tents]]
* [[Special Dye Tubs]]
* [[The Slayer]]
* [[The Summoner]]
* [[Themed Treasure Chests]]
* [[Tournament Stone]]
* [[Town Guards]]
* [[Townships]]
* [[Treasure Hunters]]
* [[Tree of Knowledge]]
* [[Unemployment Checks]]
* [[War Ring]]
 
===Staff Hosted Events===
 
The staff believe in player ran events. The staff generally take a "hands off approach". However, there are rare times when staff will host events and I'm sure you all will be made aware of those times.
 
===Automated Events===
 
The following events are currently disabled:


Town Invasion
== Custom Systems ==
Angel Island hosts a variety of custom systems, some of which extend or refine classic mechanics. 
For a complete list, see [[Custom Content]].


Kin Ransom
== Staff-Hosted Events ==
Angel Island emphasizes player-run events, with staff generally taking a hands-off approach. 
On rare occasions, staff may host events, and players will be notified when this occurs.


Fight Night
== Donations ==
The Angel Island family of shards does not accept donations, sell in-game items, or offer any form of pay-to-play or pay-to-win mechanics.


Crazy Map Day
All shards are provided freely to players, with no expectation of remuneration of any kind. There are no gift shops, no in-game tokens, and no monetized advantages.


===Donations===
Every player participates on equal footing at all times. Progress, power, and success are determined solely by gameplay within the world, not by external contributions.
There are no [[Donations]] on Angel Island.


==Why Play on Angel Island?==
== Why Play on Angel Island? ==
Angel Island was created to provide high-quality content without interfering with the classic gameplay elements that made early Ultima Online memorable and rewarding.


Angel Island is a classic Ultima Online Shard circa Publish 15 with enhancements set in a Felucca ruleset. More important than the era though, is the philosophy behind the design. The Angel Island team has set out to build a solid and robust incarnation of Ultima Online that embodies all the things we loved about early UO while still growing and expanding to create an ever-interesting shard for everyone to play.
The shard introduces alternative templates such as the Summoner and Slayer, offering viable paths beyond traditional tamer-based gameplay. For long-time Angel Island veterans, the world also contains familiar challenges and nostalgic content inspired by the shard’s history.


Angel Island is the brain child of Adam Ant. Angel Island facilitates the need for higher quality content that doesn't interfere with the elements of classic gameplay which make it so fun and solid. We brought the Summoner and the Slayer templates - giving you alternatives to the traditional tamer money making templates. For the true old school AI vets, we have added a few interesting things into the world that are sure to bring back the nostalgia that is AI.
Angel Island runs on dedicated server-class hardware (bare metal, not virtualized) with a high-bandwidth fiber connection and generator-backed power to ensure reliable, continuous availability.


Our Angel Island shard runs on a brand new server-class machine running 20 cores. Angel Island will not be running on a VM shared with any other processes, it'll be running on the bare metal of this server-class box. The internet connection to the box is a 1000 megabits per second symmetrical fiber optic line. The diesel generator backed power system ensures you will have 24/7 access to your UO account! I hope you all enjoy Our UO (or OWO for short). We’ve had a lot of fun putting the machine and the shard together, so we hope you will enjoy it!
== Differences Between OSI (Publish 15) and Angel Island ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; width:75%;"
|+ '''Shard Rules Comparison'''
|-
! Feature !! OSI (Publish 15) !! Angel Island
|-
| Accounts per IP || Paid / Unlimited || 3
|-
| Characters per account || 5 || 5
|-
| Houses per account || 1 || 1
|-
| Stat cap || 225 || 225
|-
| Skill cap || 700 || 700
|-
| Facets || Felucca + Trammel || Felucca only
|-
| Mounts || Yes || No
|-
| Recall || Yes || Yes
|-
| Gate travel || Yes || Yes
|-
| Item insurance || No || No
|-
| Factions || Classic factions || [[Kin System]]
|-
| Resource drop rates || Normal || Normal
|-
| Skill & stat gains || Normal, difficulty-based || Normal, difficulty-based
|-
| NPC skill training || Yes || Yes
|-
| Animal taming difficulty || Normal || Normal
|-
| Blade Spirits / Energy Vortex || Normal || Normal
|-
| Telekinesis on trapped chests || Yes || Yes
|-
| Item wear || Normal || Normal
|-
| NPC shopkeepers buy items || Yes || No
|-
| NPC shopkeeper prices || Normal || Normal
|-
| NPC resource sales || Yes || No
|-
| Hireling fees || Normal || Normal
|-
| Housing prices || Normal || Normal
|-
| [[Balanced Buyback System]] || No || Yes
|-
| Murderers allowed in town || No || No
|-
| Healing murderers in town || Criminal flag + guards || Criminal flag + guards
|-
| Instant logout / housing ban for reds & greys || No || Yes
|-
| Poisoned arrows || No || Yes
|-
| Thieves Guild murder restrictions || Standard || Standard
|-
| [[Stealth]] mechanics || Normal || Normal
|-
| Weapon enchantments || Yes || No
|}

Latest revision as of 08:28, 4 January 2026

Angel Island Overview

Angel Island is a classic Ultima Online shard based on the Publish 15 era, with enhancements, running under a Felucca ruleset. More important than the era itself is the philosophy behind the design: to preserve what made early UO compelling while continuing to grow and evolve the world.

The Angel Island team focuses on building a solid, robust incarnation of Ultima Online that emphasizes meaningful gameplay, risk, and long-term interest.

Core Rules

  • 1 house per account
  • 3 accounts per IP
  • 5 player characters per account
  • 225 stat cap
  • 700 skill cap
  • Felucca ruleset
  • No mounts

Custom Systems

Angel Island hosts a variety of custom systems, some of which extend or refine classic mechanics. For a complete list, see Custom Content.

Staff-Hosted Events

Angel Island emphasizes player-run events, with staff generally taking a hands-off approach. On rare occasions, staff may host events, and players will be notified when this occurs.

Donations

The Angel Island family of shards does not accept donations, sell in-game items, or offer any form of pay-to-play or pay-to-win mechanics.

All shards are provided freely to players, with no expectation of remuneration of any kind. There are no gift shops, no in-game tokens, and no monetized advantages.

Every player participates on equal footing at all times. Progress, power, and success are determined solely by gameplay within the world, not by external contributions.

Why Play on Angel Island?

Angel Island was created to provide high-quality content without interfering with the classic gameplay elements that made early Ultima Online memorable and rewarding.

The shard introduces alternative templates such as the Summoner and Slayer, offering viable paths beyond traditional tamer-based gameplay. For long-time Angel Island veterans, the world also contains familiar challenges and nostalgic content inspired by the shard’s history.

Angel Island runs on dedicated server-class hardware (bare metal, not virtualized) with a high-bandwidth fiber connection and generator-backed power to ensure reliable, continuous availability.

Differences Between OSI (Publish 15) and Angel Island

Shard Rules Comparison
Feature OSI (Publish 15) Angel Island
Accounts per IP Paid / Unlimited 3
Characters per account 5 5
Houses per account 1 1
Stat cap 225 225
Skill cap 700 700
Facets Felucca + Trammel Felucca only
Mounts Yes No
Recall Yes Yes
Gate travel Yes Yes
Item insurance No No
Factions Classic factions Kin System
Resource drop rates Normal Normal
Skill & stat gains Normal, difficulty-based Normal, difficulty-based
NPC skill training Yes Yes
Animal taming difficulty Normal Normal
Blade Spirits / Energy Vortex Normal Normal
Telekinesis on trapped chests Yes Yes
Item wear Normal Normal
NPC shopkeepers buy items Yes No
NPC shopkeeper prices Normal Normal
NPC resource sales Yes No
Hireling fees Normal Normal
Housing prices Normal Normal
Balanced Buyback System No Yes
Murderers allowed in town No No
Healing murderers in town Criminal flag + guards Criminal flag + guards
Instant logout / housing ban for reds & greys No Yes
Poisoned arrows No Yes
Thieves Guild murder restrictions Standard Standard
Stealth mechanics Normal Normal
Weapon enchantments Yes No
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