Holiday & Other Gift Items

Holiday & Gift items

Most of the holiday items were given to every player, with the exceptions being the items you had to steal or pick up at British Castle.
The ones NOT owned by Iceweasel (i.e., the ones we WANT!!) are marked with a RED font.
The ones we have are in the black font.

Christmas 1997

Unfortunately, all of the Christmas 1997 items are "newbied" rather than "blessed", so they can NOT be locked down. These will decay FAST if you set them on the ground.

Item	Picture	Description
Black Leather Gloves		Black Leather Gloves which are a unique shade of black. Stolen from Santa Claus in 1997.
Chainmail Tunic, Red		The rumor states that "during Christmas of 1997, many Seers and GMs played Santa Claus characters. On each shard, hundreds of Santas were around, but only 6 per shard actually had real tunics. Most were lost." Not sure if this is true or not.. there were red chainmail tunics on the "Santa's Slay" shard that was up during the holiday season of 1998 - you were either Santa Claus, Mrs. Santa Claus or a reindeer and no guards were around.. I did see tons of Santa Claus type figures and reindeer hanging around in the towns for Christmas 1997, though.
Champagne		Full bottle of Champagne to toast the New Year.
Champagne Glass		One of the gifts given on Christmas 1997 - one each of Green and red. These say "champagne glass" when single clicked and are newbied.
Christmas Bag		Bag given on Christmas 1997 with gifts inside. Reads "Happy Holidays!" when single clicked. If you were bad, you received a grey bag that said, "You were naughty this year!".
Coal		A gift on Christmas 1997 for characters with negative fame/karma. Came in the "You were Naughty This Year!" bag, newbied.
Dates		Given in the 1997 "Happy holidays!" bag, newbied.
Eggnog		One of the gifts given on Christmas 1997, newbied.
Fireworks Wand		Given out in Christmas 1997, 1998, Mondain's Defeat 300 year anniversary and as a newbie ticket item. Newbied.
Fruitcake		Given to those with positive notoriety for Christmas 1997. If you double stack fruit cake, then remove one, one will turn into Spam. Newbied.
"Maybe next year you will get a nicer gift" Card		Christmas Card that looks like a deed. Given on Christmas 1997 to people with negative karma with the message "Maybe next year you will get a nicer gift". Given in Red, Green and Silver. Newbied.
Season's Greetings Card		Christmas Card that looks like a deed. Given on Christmas 1997 with the message "Season's Greetings!" Given in Red, Green and Silver. Newbied.
Spam		Given to those with negative notoriety for Christmas 1997. Newbied.
Switches		Given to those with negative notoriety for Christmas 1997. Newbied.
Wrist Watch		Christmas gift given on Christmas 1997 inside the "Happy Holiday's!" bag. Newbied.

Christmas 1998

In December 1998, each character received "half a prize ticket" containing a number. The text on the ticket is: "This is half a prize ticket! Find and target the ticket that matches this serial number: #xxxxx. This ticket will only work for YOU, so don't give it away!" Gifts were a choice of six different items, listed below.

Item	Picture	Description
Black Dye Tub		Christmas present in 1998, now considered a rare item. Dyes cloth and clothing true black. These will be one year veteran rewards.
Fireworks Wand		Given out in Christmas 1997, 1998, Mondain's Defeat 300 year anniversary and as a newbie ticket item.
Hair Restyle Coupon		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System prize at a cost of 30k tickets. These were also Christmas prizes in 1998 and are still "newbie ticket" gifts. I have deeds facing both directions, the deed from Christmas is facing as shown. All others are facing the other way.
Holiday Tree Deed		Optional Christmas gift in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Ranger Armor		Christmas present in 1998, also available through New Player Tickets. Available as a studded gorget, studded sleeves, studded gloves, studded tunic or studded leggings.
Spyglass		These are facing the opposite direction from spyglasses that are purchased or made. They used to say "an spyglass", but that tag was fixed with localization.

Valentine's Day - February 14th, 1999

Item	Picture	Description
Champange Flute		Valentine's Day gift, 1999. Two of these were included in the "Happy Valentine's Day!" bag.
Pink Champagne		Valentine's Day gift given in 1999.
Valentine's Day Bag		Valentine's Day bag with gifts inside given on Valentine's day 1999. When single clicked reads "Happy Valentine's Day!" These contained 2 red champagne flutes, a bottle of pink champagne, 5 candies and 5 cards.
Valentine's Day Candy		Random colored gift given on Valentine's Day, 1999. Be careful, they are edible! Five different colors available: Pink, Blue, Red, Orange and Yellow. Each candy has one of 12 different messages: Cool Guy, Just 4 U, Happy Heart Day!, In The House, Super Friend, Sweet Dreams, Too Cool, 4 Da Best, Two of Hearts, Too Sexy, Hot Lady, From Me 2 U. If you put these into a bag, they will autostack. When stacked, the stack will still say the last candie's message when single clicked... until you try to unstack them. Then they become "a muffin", although they remain colored.
Valentine's Day Card		Given on Valentine's day 1999 in a bag (Happy Valentine's Day!) Along with your 2 red champagne flutes, pink champagne and five candies, you received FIVE tickets that were a random color with a random message. There are 20 different colors and 13 different messages, in the format "message", from "character name". The possible messages are: Who loves you?, I'm your biggest fan, Happy Valentines!, Won't you be my Valentine?, Please Be mine, You're My favorite, You're too cute, To a great guy, For the best of the best, To a great girl, For a special friend, It's Great to know you, and For a beautiful person..

St. Patrick's Day -- March 1999

Item	Picture	Description
Green Mug of Ale		Obtained from the bodys of dead leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day, 1999.
Leprechaun Boots & Clothes		The boots are a rare shade of dark blue, almost black. The color can't be duplicated by any dye tub. [Look very closely at the picture]

Easter weekend -- April 1999

Item	Picture	Description
Easter Eggs		Given out by the Easter Bunny on Easter 1999. Small colored rabbits dropped these eggs behind them while wandering through towns. At least 10 different colors. I have the turqoise, navy, dark purple and red.

September 24th, 1999 -- 2nd UO Anniversary

Item	Picture	Description
300th Aniversary Bag		Given to all players on the 300th year after Mondain's defeat (September 24th, 1999 - the 2nd anniversary of UO.) Includes a Q&A crystal ball, fireworks wand, commemerative coin, and Janna's Hangover Remedy. When single clicked reads "Happy 300th Aniversary!" There were also plates available, but you had to go to Castle British to get them when they were being handed out.

"Clean up Britannia" Ticket System, October 15th - 29th, 1999

During this phase of "Clean up Britannia", characters obtained "tickets" by putting things in trash barrels. The maximum number of tickets each character could have at one time was 1,000,000. (Then the tickets had to be spent on prizes or sold!) After this phase was over, items in houses had to be locked down or they would decay.

Item	Picture	Description	Ticket Cost
Beard Dye, Neon		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System. Can dye your beard colors that are not available on normal hair dye. Referred to as "Neon". These are used mostly as display now that you can get your beard dyed at an in-game "hairdresser" in an alchemy shop.	10,000
Hair Dye, Neon		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System. Can dye your hair colors that are not available on normal hair dye. Referred to as "Neon". Now these are used mostly as display since you can get your hair dyed by an in-game "hairdresser" at an alchemist's shop.	10,000
Beard Growth & Sculpting Cream		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System. Double click it to "grow" or "sculpt" your choice of facial hair.	30,000
Hair Restyle Coupon		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System. These were also Christmas prizes in 1998 and are still "newbie ticket" gifts.	30,000
Furniture Dye Tub		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System prize at a cost of 100k tickets. This will also be a first year veteran reward.	100,000
Monster Statues		1999 Clean Up Britannia Ticket Sytem gift. One random statue cost 100,000 tickets. Now a very desirable item. When locked down and turned on, they make the sounds of the monster which the statue is in the form of. The statues include: Crocodile, Daemon, Dragon, Earth Elemental, Ettin, Gargoyle, Gorilla, Liche, Lizard Man, Ogre, Orc, Ratman, Skeleton, and Troll. These will be one year veteran rewards.	100,000
Phoenix Armor		Blessed, orange ringmail armor from the 1999 "Cleanup Britannia Ticket System". Since the pieces were random, a lot of trading had to be done to obtain the full suit. Highly desirable.	100,000 per piece
Singing Crystal Ball		Plays random noises from within the game when turned on and locked down.	100,000
Bless Deed, Item		Can be used to bless any one item (except containers or whatnot). Obtained through the "Clean up Britannia" ticket system. Very desirable.	500,000

Halloween -- October 1999

Item	Picture	Description
Bow of the Undead		On Halloween 1999 the "Three Brother's of Evil" (Green Zombie Lords) attacked three different cities... The bow was from the corpse of the Zombie Lord which attacked Skara Brae. It has two sister weapons, one is the Longsword of the Undead, the other is the Quarterstaff of the Undead (see below.) I heard that the owner of this weapon lost connection while fighting orcs. When he came back, he was dead and the weapon was gone. Either it was eventually picked up from an orc corpse by a player or it is gone for good.
Liche Skull Candle		First prize given for a Costume Contest held on Halloween, 1999 in Skara Brae. When single clicked it reads 'a liche skull candle'. Blessed.
Longsword of the Undead		On Halloween 1999 the "Three Brother's of Evil" (Green Zombie Lords) attacked three different cities... The Longsword was from the corpse of a Zombie Lord which attacked Trinsic (my home town!!) It has two sister weapons, one is the Bow of the Undead (see above) and one is the Quarterstaff of the Undead (see below.) This weapon is on display in Castle Iceweasel, however, like all IGM created weapons, it was effected by localization. GM's can tell that they are labelled "of the undead", but players can not. GM Roryn told me that they will not fix them individually (like Starblade did with the Quarterstaff); the dev team is aware of the issue and will make a fix for it. Someday.
Quarterstaff of the Undead		On Halloween 1999 the "Three Brother's of Evil" (Green Zombie Lords) attacked three different cities... The Quarterstaff was from the corpse of a Zombie Lord which attacked Britain. It has two sister weapons, one is the Bow of the Undead (see above) and the other is the Longsword of the Undead (see above.) Currently owned by Gilgamesh, but it was for sale on eBay. GM Starblade fixed the name for this weapon after localization by turning it into a regular quarterstaff and renaming it, so its magical properties are gone.
Tarot Cards of Ill Fortune		Third prize given for a Costume Contest on Halloween, 1999 in Skara Brae. Blessed.
Vial of Daemon's Essence		Second prize given for a Costume Contest held on Halloween, 1999 in Skara Brae. Blessed.

Christmas 1999

In December 1999, you again received "half a prize ticket". Text on the ticket is: "This is half a prize ticket! Find and target another ticket. This ticket will only work for YOU, so don't give it away!" Gifts were again a choice of six different items, listed below.

Item	Picture	Description
Clothing Bless Deed		Can be used to bless any one article of clothing. Most people use them on their colored sandals. Optional gift from Christmas 1999. Rumored to be blessed.
Fireworks Wand		Given out in Christmas 1997, 1998, Mondain's Defeat, and as a newbie ticket item. Rumored to be blessed.
Holiday Timepiece		Optional Christmas gift in 1999. Blessed.
Holiday Tree Deed		Optional Christmas gift in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Rumored to be blessed.
Potted Plants		Christmas gift in 1999 - if you chose the potted plant option, you received a potted plant deed, which would give you one of 5 random plants. The deed is blessed, the plants are not.
Snow		Ticket System gift for Christmas, 1999. Blessed.

Valentine's Day 2000

Item	Picture	Description
Pink Champagne		Valentine's Day gift given in 2000.
Whispering Rose		Given to all players on Valentine's Day 2000. When single clicked reads 'a whispering rose from player name'

Christmas 2000

In December 2000, your character received a prize ticket that was one of four colors - red, blue, yellow or green. Text on the ticket is: "This is a prize ticket! It will on ly work for YOU, so don't give it away!" Gifts were a choice of four different items, listed below.

Item	Picture	Description
Holiday Bell, A		Optional Christmas gift in 2000. The 22 names available on the bells are: Adrick, Alai, Bulldoz, Evocare, FierY iCe, Greyburn, Hanse, Ignatz, Jalek, Lady MOI, Lord Krum, Melantus, Nimrond, Oaks, Prophet, Runesabre, Sage, Stellerex, Tajima, T-Bone, Tyrant, and Vex. There are 15 colors available. There are 14 different noises that the bells can produce. Each name, color and noise is random, so there is a possibility of 4620 different combinations.
Holiday Tree Deed		Optional Christmas gift in 1998, 1999 and 2000. This year, however, the deeds now allow placement of the regular tree or the "modern" tree (shown to left.)
Snow		Optional gift for Christmas, 1999.
Snow Globe of ..., A		Optional gift for Christmas 2000. There are 19 globes available: Britain, Buccaneer's Den, Cove, Delucia, Empath Abbey, Jhelom, Magincia, Minoc, Moonglow, Nujel'm, Occlo, Papua, Serpent's Hold, Skara Brae, The Lycaeum, Trinsic, Vesper, Wind and Yew.

Newbie Tickets

When you have a new account, each character will get what we fondly term a "newbie" ticket. The text on that ticket is: "This is half a prize ticket! Double-click this ticket and target any other ticket marked NEW PLAYER and get a prize! This ticket will only work for YOU, so don't give it away!" There is a choice of six items. A piece of Ranger Armor USED to be a choice, but is no longer. The best bet, imo, is the Hair Restyle Coupon as that can be sold for a fairly high price.

Item	Picture	Description
Dyes & a Dye Tub		Regular dye and a dye tub. Nothing special.
Fireworks Wand		Given out in Christmas 1997, 1998, Mondain's Defeat 300 year anniversary and as a newbie ticket item.
Hair Restyle Coupon		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System prize at a cost of 30k tickets. These were also Christmas prizes in 1998 and are still "newbie ticket" gifts.
Sextant		I haven't chosen it to see if it is reversed or not. Otherwise, not very rare. Can be purchased, made by tinkers and comes on your character if you choose cartography as a skill.
Spellbook with Circles 1-4		Spellbook filled with all spells from circles one through four.
Spyglass		These are simply normal spyglasses. They can be crafted by a tinker or purchased from a shipwright.

Veteran Rewards

First Year

Item	Picture	Description
Bronze Cloak	No Picture
Bronze Robe	No Picture
Copper Cloak	No Picture
Copper Robe	No Picture
Black Dye Tub		These were first obtained using a bug. They were so popular that Origin gave them out as a Christmas present in 1998. Dyes cloth and clothing true black. These will be one year veteran rewards.
Furniture Dye Tub		1999 Cleanup Britannia Ticket System prize at a cost of 100k tickets. This will also be a first year veteran reward.
Monster Statues		1999 Clean Up Britannia Ticket Sytem gift. One random statue cost 100,000 tickets. Now a very desirable item. When locked down and turned on, they make the sounds of the monster which the statue is in the form of. The statues include: Crocodile, Daemon, Dragon, Earth Elemental, Ettin, Gargoyle, Gorilla, Liche, Lizard Man, Ogre, Orc, Ratman, Skeleton, and Troll. These will be one year veteran rewards.
Special Dye Tub		This will have dye colors that are not available in normal dye tubs. (Referred to as "oils" by the tailor community.) This will be a one year veteran reward.

Second Year

Item	Picture	Description
Agapite Cloak
Agapite Robe
Banner Deed		Fourteen different styles. Here is a picture of all of them.
Flaming Skull deed		This will make noise and flame when someone walks near it. Picture of it in motion
Gold Cloak
Gold Robe
Leather Dye Tub		Dyes leather in shades of Shadow, Dull Copper, Gold, Copper, Bronze, Agapite, Verite, Valorite, Red, Blue, Green and Gold. There are many hues to each shade.

Third Year

Item	Picture	Description
Cow Statue		These were awarded to random players for helping out on the Test Shard. This will also be one of the three year Veteran Rewards.
Ethereal Horse		Third year veteran reward. When not riding, it appears as a horse statuette.
Ethereal Llama		Third year veteran reward. When not riding, it appears as a horse statuette.
Ethereal Ostard		Third year veteran reward. When not riding, it appears as a horse statuette.
Llama Statue		Given randomly to players for helping out with the Test Shard. This will be a third year Veteran Reward (or you can choose an ethereal llama -- when you are not riding it, it will appear the same as the statue.)
Verite Cloak
Verite Robe
Valorite Cloak
Valorite Robe
Zombie Statue		Given randomly to players who helped out with Test Shard. This will be a third year Veteran Reward.

Fourth Year

These have just changed! I will update someday.

Fourth year hasn't been decided upon yet. So far what I have seen looks pretty good:

Dyeable spell book with all 64 spells (disappointed that it would be dyeable with only the leather tub. I want PURPLE!)
Magic Hat (able to use once a day to pull out small things, including a rabbit?)
House Decoration kits (Day of the Dead, Gardener's Delight and a Bartender theme.

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Holiday & Gift items

Most of the holiday items were given to every player, with the exceptions being the items you had to steal or pick up at British Castle.The ones NOT owned by Iceweasel (i.e., the ones we WANT!!) are marked with a RED font. The ones we have are in the black font.