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                  <========= Ultima 8 Hints     ========>
 
Version 1.2 released 3/30/94

Helpful Mouse Clicks
====================

o To walk in a direction, press and hold the second mouse button while the
  cursor is pointing in the direction you want to move.
o To pick up an object, press and hold the first mouse button on top of the
  object. If a shadow of the object appers, this means to are holding the
  object in your hand. If a red x appears, it means the object can't be
  moved (too heavy, immovable, etc). To add the grasped item to your
  inventory, drag the grasped object over your character and let go of
  the first mouse button. If a red x appears, you are carrying to much weight
  and the object can't be held. If the object dissapears off the screen and
  no red x appears, you are now carrying the object.
o Press the second mouse button and hold then press the first mouse button
  shortly after. Your man will attempt to jump to where you have the mouse
  cursor positioned. This is useful in caves where you have to hop from
  stone to stone to cross a bed of water and in other areas where jumping.
  You can also jump towards a ledge and your man will grasp on to the ledge
  and climb up if it is possible to do so. You cannot jump immovable objects
  like walls, fences, tables, dead bodies, and any other object that generally
  can't be walked through
o When walking (second mouse button held down), press the first button to
  do a running jump!
o To initiate battle mode click the second mouse button twice on top of
  your character. The mouse pointer should turn red and the musical score
  should change tempo and mood. You are now in battle mode.
o The battle mode commands are as follows:
     - Single click the first button to jab at your enemy with your weapon.
     - Double click the first button to lash out with your weapon
     - Single click the second button to advance in the direction that the
       mouse cursor is facing. This can also be used to turn around while
       in battle mode to face your enemy.
     - Double click the second button to kick at your enemy. This is a
       good way to hit your enemies from a distance, while the weapon is good
       for close range combat.

Additional Hints and Tips
=========================

o Wana get drunk? Just drink a lot of wine or any other liquid, then try
  to walk around. Your character will stumble, audibly yell "whhooaaahhh",
  and fall over.
o Wana start trippin'? (We know all you guys love 'shrooms, so check this
  out!). Eat a lot of the mushrooms (edible ones, NOT the fire mushrooms)
  that are found in the kitchens and barrels throughout the land (blue and
  green in color). Eat enough of them and the entire screen will start
  glowing in all these different hues.. kinda a neat plasma effect.. haha..
  now you're trippin.. (the effect will only last about a minute.. buy
  some tabs for the real effect).
o Sell your gems that you collect to the woman who buys them in Tenembrae.
  You can make quite a lot of money rather quickly by doing this. A lot of
  dead bodies and slayed monsters have gems.
o Go to weapons trainers as soon as you have the money (usually around 50
  chips to start out). You will have a hard time in battle without the 
  stat increases that these people will give you. (Don't worry, when you
  fight a weapons trainer, and blood flies all over the place, neither of
  you are getting hurt.. where's the blood come from? Beat's the fuck outa
  me.. ask Origin!)
o Try to get a lot of Detect Trap scrolls and use them any time you suspect
  that a chest might be a trap. Wasting a scroll is a helluva lot better
  than getting hurled 20 feet through the air when a chest explodes in your
  face.
o Books suck.. I never have read them in Ultima's of the past.. the only
  books you should look for are ones that you can tell are special.. like
  "Journal" and such.. other books with no titles are kinda useless.. read
  them if you want to, you might find something out, but I don't need um.
o Be sure to check EVERY dead body and skeleton you come across you useful
  items. The programmers stuck cool stuff in almost every skeleton like 
  coins, battle equipment, lotsa gems and potions, and other stuff.
o For a lot of chests the keys are laying right near the chest. I know this
  is stupid but it's like this in every Ultima game of the past and in this
  one too. This is usually only the case for chests in the residential areas
  and in the houses.
o Ever open a drawer and say "Damn, it's just clothes". Well, in Ultima VIII,
  it's not. A lot of times you can move the clothes around and money is lying
  underneath! A cool idea.
o If you see a pile of wood and debris, try moving all the scrap out of the
  pile it's in. Usually they'll be something very important beyond or under
  the pile.
o You can jump up onto the grey mountain ledges where the edge is broken off.
  If you walk around the edges of the out-skirts of the city and jump up on
  the ledges, there are caves you can enter. These caves usually contain
  good items like weapons, armor, and gems. One of these caves is located
  to the far west of Tenembrae, above the thundering waterfall (in the
  north-west).

Combat Clues
============

o The easiest way I've found to defeat standing monstors such as the
  skeleton warriors and the zombies is to stand at a distance and kick them.
  The zombies are a waste of time since they carry no treasure but monstors
  like the skeleton warriors carry cool weapons, money, gems, and other
  neat things.
o Don't enter combat mode unless you are facing the enemy. It is MUCH easier
  to turn around in walking mode than it is in combat mode.

Potions
=======

o Here is what each of the potions do:
     - Yellow Potion: Restores health
     - Green Potion: Poision.. you don't want this
     - Blue Potion: Puts you to sleep, gives a small amout of energy back 
       but be careful where you use it. Some examples: I used it on a 
       stepping stone and when I woke up I rolled over and fell into the 
       water. On another occasion I was at the edge of a cliff and drank 
       it.. when I woke up and stretched I fell backwards off the cliff.. 
       hehe...
     - Purple Potion: Gives you energy for battle. Very helpful.
     - Black Potion: Turns you invisible for sneaking though places 
       undetected.
o DON'T use the invisibility potion for combat. It does nothing for you.
  ONLY use it when you need to sneak through somewhere undected. That's its
  purpose and that's all it's good for.
o Try and save the purple potions for the harder monstors. Since purple
  potions are hard to come by, they can't be used to fight every single
  zombie you run across. Use them for harder goals.

Major Discoveries
=================

o Walk directly north of the city of tenembrae and find the dirt path
  that leads to a cave. Enter the cave and jump from stone to stone until
  you get to the far left side. Get out, jump up onto the plateau and fight
  your way through all the zombies. Walk through the electified gate and
  jump up on the next plateau towards the left. Continue on and cross the
  wooden bridge. This is the lever room. 
     *** NOT YET SOLVED ***
     *** How do you get passed this? The levers move but the gate doesn't
     *** open. Please E-Mail me if you get this.
o Walk all the way north of Tenembrae .. continue directly north until you
  reach the mountain cliffs. Walk along until you see a lot of wood piled
  up and looking out of place. Click and drag all this wood out of the way.
  Enter the cave and go inside. Once inside, fall though the hole in the
  floor. Get the shield from one of the dead bodies. Get back up and walk
  over to the doors.
     *** NOT YET SOLVED ***
     *** How the fuck do you unlock doors in this game? I can't find lock
     *** picks, and the weapons don't hurt the door. E-Mail me if you
     *** solve this.

Well, I guess that's about it.. please don't edit this textfile without
me knowing about it. If you have something cool to add to it, E-Mail me on 
any good board or on Lords of the Underground and I'll add it along with 
your name (I give credit where credit's due). And obviously more versions 
will be coming out of this guide as more is found out about this great game.
                    - Hitman [ISA Coder/ATOMiC President/iNFiNiTY Courier]
-= Greets go out to: NeXuS, TRSi, and the former ISA.

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