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Does anyone remember how to get down Castle British basement ?

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I remember going down there long ago, I still have a recallection of all the chests lined up along the wall.... but I do not remember any longer how to get down there. I think I remember through the kitchens but cannot remember exactly how. Something with the ovens ?

Anyone remembers ?
 

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Yeah. Run around the outer walls and find the stairs down. Not that hard.
 

popps

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Yeah. Run around the outer walls and find the stairs down. Not that hard.
Well, I tried, both to the right side (the kitchen side) and to the left side (where the archery is) of the throne room but saw no stairs going down. I also walked inside the external walls but neither saw any stairs going down.

Where exactly is located the entrance to the Castle British basement ?
 

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You did not look then.
 

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theres a basement?
 

popps

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You did not look then.
Well, I run around all Castle 3 times and even with the circle of transparency on thinking the stairs leading down to the basement might be hidden behind a wall but nothing.

Thing is, my memory keeps telling me the entrance has got something to do with the kitchens and something to do with the ovens but I cannot remember.

Anyone does ?
 

popps

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No, Kelmo is having fun at Popp's expense.
But I do have a memory of it, I remember a long wall with a number of metal chests lined up along it. Is it possible that I remember something which never existed ?

And actually, I also remember getting into a Tower in Castle British where I think was Nystul (a Mage or an Alchemist NPC) but it was way too much time ago to remember how I did. This was all in the now called Felucca facet as back then it was the only one existing....
I should even have marked runes to these places somewhere that no longer work as it now is the Britannian Stronghold.....
 

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But I do have a memory of it, I remember a long wall with a number of metal chests lined up along it. Is it possible that I remember something which never existed ?

And actually, I also remember getting into a Tower in Castle British where I think was Nystul (a Mage or an Alchemist NPC) but it was way too much time ago to remember how I did. This was all in the now called Felucca facet as back then it was the only one existing....
I should even have marked runes to these places somewhere that no longer work as it now is the Britannian Stronghold.....
Maybe you're thinking of that Yew Courtyard Basement?
 

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Maybe you're thinking of that Yew Courtyard Basement?
Don't think... I wished I had saved a screenshot of it just to check out whether my memory is making it up or I do really remember it. It was quite a line of metal chests and I think I remember training lockpicking there back then... I also have this thing of the kitchens and the ovens like one had to interact somehow with one of the ovens to access it but I could be mixing up different memories as it is a long time since this all happened......
 

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But I do have a memory of it, I remember a long wall with a number of metal chests lined up along it. Is it possible that I remember something which never existed ?

And actually, I also remember getting into a Tower in Castle British where I think was Nystul (a Mage or an Alchemist NPC) but it was way too much time ago to remember how I did. This was all in the now called Felucca facet as back then it was the only one existing....
I should even have marked runes to these places somewhere that no longer work as it now is the Britannian Stronghold.....
Maybe you are thinking behind the stairs in the Warriors Guild, first floor?
 

Muck

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I might have found it... there are stairs behind his throne! (See Picture in attachment)
(I'm at work right now, cant check it)
 

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We could go behind the throne in the past, sort of behind the walls, but they plexi-glassed the throne area off to prevent player interference during EM events, so I don't think we can get back there anymore.

That may be what you are remembering.
 

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Well, I run around all Castle 3 times and even with the circle of transparency on thinking the stairs leading down to the basement might be hidden behind a wall but nothing.

Thing is, my memory keeps telling me the entrance has got something to do with the kitchens and something to do with the ovens but I cannot remember.

Anyone does ?
Yes, the kitchen. You turn on the gas oven and then open it. Stick your head into the oven and after 20 minutes if you are still conscious, strick a match and you will be teleported to the basement.
 

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I think this was part of the Lost & Found event story: http://uo.stratics.com/uoherald/news/news.php?newsid=1064
and we got there through a mousehole?
Yes this is exactly right. That hole was contained later and has never worked since. It was when we went and killed all the rats down there and got all the copper, silver and gold pieces. Which I still have several of... but that was for an event ages ago and the way is shut.
 

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Sigh.

The area under the castle has never been accessible to players, though NPCs have been stored down there (Sherry's friend from Trinsic, for example). There is NO secret entrance. (I have heard from EMs that the area has severe movement issues)

The "stairs" behind the throne end at the floor just like the ones at the front.

The mouse holes in the castle just teleported polymorphed players to other holes, they never led anywhere new.

The coins came from the rats in the Britain sewers.
 

popps

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Sigh.

The area under the castle has never been accessible to players, though NPCs have been stored down there (Sherry's friend from Trinsic, for example). There is NO secret entrance. (I have heard from EMs that the area has severe movement issues)

The "stairs" behind the throne end at the floor just like the ones at the front.

The mouse holes in the castle just teleported polymorphed players to other holes, they never led anywhere new.

The coins came from the rats in the Britain sewers.

Well, I can't help but having these mixed up memories of doing something in Castle British kitchen and then accessing this area with a long wall and lots of metal chests alined along it....... ain't it strange that in the whole Castle British currently there is no large treasure with a large cash of vaults which a royal Castle would normally have ?

Also, I do remember at some point getting into Castle British Tower, where there was, this I cannot recall exactly, Nystul.

Well, it looks my memory is not yet to be thrown away, at least not totally...... doing a search I found this paragraph http://uo.stratics.com/secrets/uo2/britain2.shtml.......
At least for the Tower I was not remembering so wrong.... andI did get inside it.....

So, perhaps there really was also a basement large Treasury down at Castle British, at least a long time ago.....

Near the center of Castle Britannia stood a tall, slender bell tower. It rose high above the surrounding rooftops, its snow-softened peak aglow like a second moon in the night sky. The open belfry sang bittersweet notes in the frigid wind.
Just inside, near the giant bell, a cloaked figure appeared. Blackthorn shivered and flipped up his hood against the cold.

"You came sooner than I thought you would," said Nystul's gruff voice. The old wizard seemed to congeal from the darkness. He wore a tall hat with a wide brim, which shielded his face from the wind. "You must have been prepared."

Blackthorn spoke from the shrouds of his rippling cloak. "I'm taking the lens away from here. Or you can surrender it now and forget all about the Spell of Rejoining."

"You're afraid," said Nystul, "because you are not aligned with the Virtues."

"I fear your recklessness." Blackthorn flung his cloak off one shoulder, revealing his sword arm. "And I suppose we may as well start this." The slender sword in his hand could have been forged of red moonlight. Its hilt contained a length of clear crystal, banded by iron. Inside the crystal was a small, gray shape.

"By Justice and Honor! That's a finger of Mondain! You've had that all this time?" Nystul scowled. "I know your methods are reprehensible, but I never imagined you would debase yourself with such a vile artifact. You sicken me, Blackthorn."

"I call this sword Shadowghast. I think it's a rather appropriate use of such a vile artifact." He tilted up the point of the ghostly crimson sword. "Your trouble, Nystul, is that you have no sense of irony."

Then the bell tower screamed with a nightmare wind. Around them howled a sudden cyclone, inside of which tendrils of flame streamed in golden spirals. Whips of lightning smashed against the tower's exterior, but the stones held firm. The wooden floor grumbled with the thunder of the assault. The great bell swayed and moaned.

"It's pointless!" shouted Nystul, his long beard dancing around him. "Your elements can't pierce the castle's enchantments!"

Blackthorn said nothing, but his eyes glittered yellow. He glanced up at the sky. From the midst of high clouds appeared many specks of light, growing larger with passing moments. A shower of flaming boulders plummeted from the stars. Nystul stepped to the window and lifted his hands, in which globes of icy radiance formed. He gauged the approaching firestorm.

To observers on the far banks of Brittany Bay, across the water from Castle Britannia, the thunderstones sparkled in a dazzling show moments before the drums of impact were heard. Arcs of frost-cold light dashed in the air to meet them. The display twinkled brilliantly on the wind-ruffled waters of the lake.

In the city of Britain, lamps blinked out fearfully.

In the bell tower Nystul slung orbs of icy flame at the incoming fireballs. With a shout Blackthorn lunged forward, his cloak sweeping behind him, and thrust Shadowghast's red blade at the old wizard. But the sword struck an unseen wall. A metallic peal stabbed through the cacophony of whirlwinds and thunderstones. A crack formed in the air.

A sudden burst of sparks flung the nobleman backwards, where he slammed into the hard mass of the bell. Below him was the steep plummet down the tower's long shaft. He pushed off the iron surface and tumbled back onto solid ground. In a crouch he hissed another spell. A flick of his wrist launched a scintillating bolt of emerald at Nystul. The old man's eyes opened wide; his gnarled hand gestured quickly. The emerald bolt careened off and zigzagged back toward Blackthorn. The nobleman swept Shadowghast in the bolt's path, smashing it out of the air.

Blackthorn charged again, drawing his sword back for another blow. Nystul lifted his arms like a vulture's wings and snarled with blazing red eyes. From his mouth lashed a streak of gleaming white. Blackthorn parried the bolt with his hand in a cascade of bright embers. With Shadowghast he blocked another white lash from the wizard's mouth.

Nystul's long hair whirled around his face like a demonic mane. He pressed his attack, adding strikes of flame from both hands. Blackthorn retreated, batting the spells with hand and blade.

An instant later the final thunderstone rocketed at the tower, unimpeded by Nystul's defense. When it hit, the world roared and toppled around both combatants.

Blackthorn rolled to his feet. Around him flames and cinders were strewn across the floor. One corner of the belfry was demolished. The bell itself hung precariously on broken timbers. To one side lay Nystul, his tattered clothes oozing curls of smoke. The old man stirred. Blackthorn tensed.

The wizard leapt up and sailed over him like some ragged spirit, arms outstretched like wings, talons of lightning slashing from his eyes. The first strike hit Blackthorn hard, knocking him on his back. His chest seared and sizzled. The second strike he parried with Shadowghast, and by the third he had found his feet. His crimson blade slashed at the floating wizard. At the last moment Nystul revolved away. Shadowghast struck the giant bell, which wailed as it cracked. The blow pushed it from its damaged supports. It groaned as it fell for several seconds. By the time it hit the base of the tower, its iron body shattered like a brittle gray eggshell, corrupted by the foul touch of Blackthorn's vile blade.

Shadowghast leapt again at Nystul, tearing the rags of his cloak. Then Blackthorn conjured a glowing chain and wrapped it like a tentacle around the wizard. The old man slammed to the tower floor, pinned.

An eerie quiet settled over the scene. Blackthorn stood above Nystul. Wrapped in luminous chains, the old wizard gasped for breath.

"Something's wrong," he panted, glancing around in confusion. "You've -- you've dispelled the castle's defenses! It's not possible!"

Blackthorn's voice rasped from his wounds. "No, it isn't possible. No one could take Castle Britannia that easily." He grinned. "We're not at Britannia anymore."

The world fluttered and changed. They were on a crenellated tower, above a different castle, surrounded by a lake. To the north lay wilderness; to the south, the glittering lights of Britain. The winter stars soared majestically overhead. "I had no hope of beating you at your home," said Blackthorn, "so I've brought you to mine."

"How -- when did ---"

"Nystul, you furry old prune, you approach sorcery like a mathematician. You're powerful but predictable. Myself, I think of sorcery as art. And art is the realm of emotion and perception." He knelt over the bound wizard and presented the hilt of his sword. "Did Shadowghast give you a fright? Were you distracted, trying to work out what exactly it might do? I brought it for that very reason. You were so busy worrying about my sword that you didn't notice when we teleported away, just as the thunderstone hit."

"Then you weren't after the Vortex Lens. You were after me."

"I'm betting British needs you to perform that spell."

The wizard ground his teeth. "Lord British will demand my release. You may have beaten me, but you can't beat him."

"Don't be so sure," said Blackthorn with a stern glare, "but it doesn't matter, because you're going to give me your word that you won't perform the Spell of Rejoining. And if you're true to the Virtues, then I know you'll keep it."

"I'll give you no such promise!"

Blackthorn lifted his blade. "Then I'm going to kill you."

The wizard bared his teeth. "Kill me then!"

"Don't be a fool, Nystul! There's no resurrection after Shadowghast bites." He swayed and coughed. He touched his chest wound and examined bloody fingers. "Dammit, I'm doing this for the good of everyone! That means you and British as well. Can't you see that?"

"I'll give you no such promise."

"Nystul, don't make me do this!" He circled the tip of Shadowghast around the wizard's throat. "I won't let you throw me into the future I've seen!"

From behind him shot a sound like cracking wood. Blackthorn choked on a word and doubled over, collapsing beside Nystul. The glowing chains around the old wizard vanished.

At the far end of the tower was an apparition in a white hood and billowing white cloak. Lady Gavrielle stood motionless. A coil of smoke rose from her palm where she had cast a spell at Blackthorn.

Grunting with pain, Nystul struggled to his feet. "You? Here?" But he saw tears glisten on her cheeks as the winter wind froze them, and he said no more. They shared a look filled with silent comprehension. Then the sorcerer murmured a strained spell, and he and the fallen Blackthorn vanished. Only the crimson Shadowghast remained.

After a long while Gavrielle crouched over the sword, picked it up and walked back to the stairwell leading down into the bowels of the haunting, lordless Castle Blackthorn.
 

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That's just a story...apparently about UO2...so not even remotely relevant. The vault of British's castle has only ever been mentioned in stories, never actually seen.

I think you're remembering the "deep sewer," which was accessible during the rat infestation. It still IS accessible, if you know the password and like to die a lot...

The tower you're thinking of is in Fel. Nystul had the top floor of the northern tower as you enter the castle proper on most shards. If you're in TB, you should still be able to see the decoration. There is no current way into that room.
 
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