Ships in Ultima IV

[Klaus Eder]

Hi!

I've been playing Ultima IV for a while now, but now I can't proceed,
because I have no ship. I've run up and down the coasts, but failed to
run into any pirate ships to conquer.

Is there any other way to get a ship, possibly buy one, or do I have to
continue searching the coasts until I find one? (probably boring me so
much in the process that I'll stop playing... :(

Thanks
Klaus Eder

[Bill (no, that other one) Bradley]

No, in Ultimas 3 and 4, the only way to procure a boat is to wait for
pirates to show up and take possession of theirs.

I remember waiting for boats as being one of the more frustrating parts
of each game (along with waiting for Brass Buttons in Ultima 2).

Sorry to disappoint,
Bill

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[Klaus Eder]

Bill (no, that other one) Bradley wrote:

> No, in Ultimas 3 and 4, the only way to procure a boat is to wait for
> pirates to show up and take possession of theirs.
>

Darn!!!

Thanks :)
Klaus Eder

[kusne]

Klaus Eder wrote:

You don't have to wait too long if you use "pass", the space bar -- it
should only take a couple minutes. Make sure you've got a lot of food
though.

Ensorceleur-Moine Dragon

[gr...@aux.com]

kusne <ku...@trib.infi.net> wrote:

: You don't have to wait too long if you use "pass", the space bar -- it

: should only take a couple minutes. Make sure you've got a lot of food
: though.

It's a good idea to do that on an island, like Jhelom's, so that
land-based monsters won't spawn and attack you while you're waiting.

[Ranger Fox]

Klaus Eder wrote in message <361A49E0...@mail.oih.rwth-aachen.de>...

>I've been playing Ultima IV for a while now, but now I can't proceed,
>because I have no ship. I've run up and down the coasts, but failed to
>run into any pirate ships to conquer.

Instead of running up and down the coasts, plant yourself in one spot that
is surrounded as much as possible with a lot of open water. <PASS> time
away and a ship will come along shortly.
Don't *search* for it, let it come to you.

>Is there any other way to get a ship, possibly buy one, or do I have to
>continue searching the coasts until I find one? (probably boring me so
>much in the process that I'll stop playing... :(

As the game progressed for me, I kept running into so many pirate
ships which i had defeated and parked all over the world in key locations
that the surface world of the game started running out of memory (at least
I'm told that this was the cause) and deleting my old ships to make
room for newer ones!

- Ranger Fox

[Andrees Buckow]

Once you have got one ship you can ´make´ dozens of them with a little
trick. Sail down to avatar island (south of moonglow) and look for the
pirate´s nest. Show up on the entry, wait a turn and then sail north.
You´ll have to watch the wind of course. Dont try to fight them or let them
fire cannons, keep them moving north. At least two or three ships will
follow you. Enter the port of moonglow and immediately exit the ship, once
your on the coast. Now fight the pirates one by one. You can repeat this as
often as you like.

Ace

[Klaus Eder]

Thanks a lot for your help. Thanks you guys I've completed U4 now (it took me
all night, till 5:30am to complete the Stygian Abyss).

Klaus Eder, ready to virtuosly take on a good nights sleep.
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