Rules and FAQ

This page lists New Bradford's rules and answers the questions new players ask most about life in New Bradford. If you haven't installed the game yet, start with Getting Started.

Rules

New Bradford is a community, and these rules keep it fair and fun for everyone. Playing on New Bradford means you agree to them. Game Masters (GMs) have the final say on anything the rules don't cover.

Accounts

Two accounts per internet connection. Up to two accounts may be played from the same IP address.
One house per account.

Multiple clients

Multi-client PvP is not allowed. Player-versus-player fights should be one person against one person. If you run a second character to heal you, cast for you or gang up on someone, your opponent is fighting two characters while you're still one player, and that isn't a fair fight. When you fight other players, use one character at a time.
Multi-client PvM is allowed. Fighting monsters with more than one of your own characters (for example a tamer with a healer behind them) only affects your own progress and takes nothing away from anyone else, so you're welcome to do it. The dungeon rule below still applies.

Dungeons

Only one of your characters may be in a dungeon at a time. This rule is strictly enforced. If you're caught getting around it, whether by VPN, an exploit or any other method, you will be banned.
If you find an exploit that lets players get around this rule and you report it to staff, you will be rewarded.

Housing

One house per account.
No offensive designs or shapes. Let's act like adults.
Leave room to walk. House placement must leave space for characters to walk between houses. Getting around the house placement rules will result in the house being deleted, and everything in it may be lost.

Unattended play and third-party tools

Part of the fun of Ultima Online is knowing the game keeps running while you're away, and looking forward to coming home to see how much progress your character has made. Unattended play is welcome, with one rule:

You may only use the Razor assistant that comes with the official New Bradford Launcher. Using any other tool that "assists" or "integrates" with the client is strictly prohibited.

Character names

Character names on New Bradford are unique, so let's keep the world looking clean.

No offensive names.
Please skip names like "uberl33tPlayer". Take pride in how your name looks, and capitalize that first letter. Everyone will thank you!

Guilds and groups

Guilds and groups focused on hate will be disbanded. No hate speech, no threats and no law breaking.
No guilds based on real-life topics such as presidents, countries, wars, stocks or crypto. Keep guilds about New Bradford. This world is an escape from real life, so let's keep it that way.

Griefing, scamming and doxxing

Griefing is allowed. If it becomes extreme or excessive, a GM will review the incident, and their decision is final.
Scamming happens, so be careful. For the most part, staff stay out of deals between players. In extreme cases a GM may step in, and again their decision is final.
Doxxing (sharing another player's real-life personal information) is strictly prohibited. Any player who tries to dox another player will be banned, and all records will be given to local law enforcement.

Real money

Trading in-game items, gold or characters for real-world money (including crypto) is not allowed.

New Bradford's files

You may not use New Bradford's files, such as the map or other artwork, for anything other than playing on New Bradford's servers.

The law

Every connection to our servers is logged. Hacking attempts, DDoS attacks and similar activity will be investigated and reported to the authorities.
You may not break any laws. All illegal activity will be reported to law enforcement. Your actions are your own, and New Bradford and its staff hold no liability for them.

Accounts and characters

Where do new characters start?

Every new character begins in the town of Frederickson.

What do I start with?

Every new character gets 1,000 gold, a book, a dagger and a candle, plus the gear that comes with the skills you picked. Your starting items are blessed, so they stay with you when you die.

How many characters and accounts can I have?

Each account holds up to 5 characters.
Up to 2 accounts can be created from the same internet connection.
A character has to be at least 7 days old before you can delete it.

How do I protect my account?

Click Help on your paperdoll, then Email, and link an email address to your account. The game sends a code to that address, which expires after ten minutes. Once your email is linked, you can recover your account from the login screen.

I'm stuck. How do I get out?

Click Help on your paperdoll, then I'm Stuck. You're moved to the town of Baxter.

Skills and stats

What is the skill cap?

700 skill points in total.
100 (Grandmaster) in any one skill.
Power scrolls can raise a single skill's cap to 110, 115 or 120. See Are there power scrolls? below.

For a guide to each skill, see Skills.

What is the stat cap?

225 points for Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence combined.
125 in any one stat.
When you create a character, each starting stat must be between 10 and 60.

Scrolls that raise your total stat cap to between 230 and 250 drop only from the Harrower.

How fast do skills go up?

A skill below 10 goes up nearly every time you use it.
Above that, gains come faster the lower the skill is and the further your total is below the 700 cap.
Tasks that challenge you give better gains than ones that are too easy.

Use the up, down and lock arrows in your skills window to choose which skills rise and which fall once you reach the cap.

How do stats go up?

Stats rise when you succeed at using a skill, and each stat can go up at most once every 10 minutes. Once your total reaches the cap, raising one stat lowers another. Use the stat arrows on your status bar to choose which stats go up, go down or stay locked.

Death and resurrection

What happens when I die?

You become a ghost.
Everything you were carrying stays on your corpse, except blessed items, such as your starting gear, which stay with you.
There is no item insurance. Anything that isn't blessed can be looted by whoever reaches your corpse first, so get back to it quickly.
After about 7 minutes, your corpse turns to bones. About 7 minutes after that, the bones and anything left on them disappear.

How do I get resurrected?

Healers: walk up to any healer in town or a wandering healer, and they offer to resurrect you. Healers won't resurrect criminals or murderers.
Evil healers resurrect anyone, even criminals and murderers.
Ankhs: walk next to an ankh, or use its Resurrect menu option within 2 tiles.
Another player:
- A healer with at least 80 Healing and 80 Anatomy can bring you back with a bandage.
- A mage can cast Resurrection, an eighth-circle spell. See Magery.

You can't be resurrected on a spot where you wouldn't have room to stand.

Can I loot other players' corpses?

Yes, but taking items from an innocent (blue) player's corpse makes you a criminal, unless they're in your party and have allowed party members to loot them.

Criminals and murderers

What does it mean to be grey (criminal)?

You turn grey when you commit a crime against an innocent, such as attacking them, stealing from them or looting their corpse. Being a criminal lasts 2 minutes after your last crime. While you're grey:

Anyone can attack you without becoming a criminal themselves.
Town guards can be called on you. If a townsperson is nearby, they call the guards for you, and guards kill on the spot.
Bankers won't let you open your bank box or do business with you.
Town healers won't resurrect you.

What are murder counts, and what does being red mean?

If you help kill an innocent player, they can report you as their murderer, which gives you a murder count. With 5 or more counts you are a murderer and your name shows in red.

As a murderer:

Guards can be called on you as soon as you step into a guarded town.
Town healers won't resurrect you. Use an ankh or an evil healer instead.

How long do murder counts last?

Counts wear off with time spent logged in:

Short-term counts drop by one every 8 hours of play.
Long-term counts drop by one every 40 hours of play. These are the ones that decide whether you're red.

To check your counts, say i must consider my sins.

How do I call the guards?

In a guarded town, say guards. Guards come for any criminal or murderer close by.

Banking and gold

How do I use the bank?

Stand near a banker and say:

Say	What happens
bank	Opens your bank box.
balance	The banker tells you how much gold is in your bank box.
withdraw amount	Puts that much gold from your bank in your backpack, up to 5,000 at a time. Example: withdraw 2000.
check amount	Turns gold in your bank box into a bank check worth between 5,000 and 1,000,000 gold. Example: check 50000.

Bankers won't serve criminals.

How do I make gold early on?

You start with 1,000 gold.
Hunt creatures for the gold and loot they carry. The Bestiary lists what each creature drops.
Craft or gather things and sell them to shopkeepers. See Skills for the crafting and gathering guides.

Guilds

How do I start or leave a guild?

Buy a guild deed from a provisioner for 12,450 gold.
Use it inside a house you own to place the guildstone and name your guild. A house can hold only one guildstone, and you have to leave your current guild before you can found a new one.
To leave a guild, say i resign from my guild.

Champions and power scrolls

Are there power scrolls?

Yes. When a champion is defeated, it hands out 6 power scrolls among the players who did enough damage to earn a share of the loot.

About 60% are 110 scrolls, 35% are 115 and 5% are 120.
Reading one raises that skill's cap to the number on the scroll.
Champion scrolls can be for any of these skills: Anatomy, Animal Lore, Animal Taming, Archery, Evaluating Intelligence, Fencing, Healing, Mace Fighting, Magery, Meditation, Musicianship, Parrying, Peacemaking, Provocation, Discordance, Resisting Spells, Swordsmanship, Tactics, Veterinary and Wrestling.

The champions include Barracoon, Lord Oaks, Mephitis, Neira, Rikktor and Semidar. The Harrower drops the stat cap scrolls.