Has anyone seen a Flayer, Shadow Dweller, Mimic, Homunculus, or Soul Slave?

BrianFreud · Apr 16, 2017

If anyone has any screenshots or animal lore readings from these, recent or old, I'd appreciate seeing them.

Nexus · Apr 16, 2017

Bet if you go look HERE you can find one :gee:

Petra Fyde · Apr 19, 2017

Not sure about Flayer or Soul Slave, but the other 3 never made it into the live game, they were part of SA, publish 60 Publish 60 8th September Stygian Abyss – Ultima Online

Mimic - Hunter's Guide - UO Stratics
Homunculus - Hunter's Guide - UO Stratics
Shadow Dweller - Hunter's Guide - UO Stratics

BrianFreud · Apr 19, 2017

Thanks @Petra Fyde, I figured it was something like that for those. I still include them in the Hunter's Guide, under the same type of 'extinct (for now)' reasoning as the old Hunter's Guide - never know; they'll finally be adding the Dragon Wolf to the live game with the current publish, and it was added back in pub 60 as well.

Soul Slave is the one oddball; I have a record of a mob with that name, but that's about it; all I have is the name, no info, pic, etc. for it. The only UO site that has an entry for it is the UO Bibliotek, but their entry isn't enlightening either: UOB - Ultima Online Bibliothek -: Alphabetisch

As for the Mimic and Homunculus, those images you added to the old Hunter's Guide were the only ones I could find, other than loading them locally from the data files. The Mimic picture looks like a Paralithode; but the name kind of suggests it might have had multiple body shapes ala a Changling... The Homunculus entry in the old Guide is a little confusing; the demon image on the right matches the Homunculus graphic, but I wasn't sure about the human image on the left.

I couldn't find a pic or info on the 'Shadow Dweller', but it also exists in the data files. That animation # is the one which was used for the Dream Wraith; I'd guess that 'Shadow Dweller' was the original name for the Dream Wraith. The same is true for the 'Flayer'; the animation with that name in the raw data has been used for the Maddening Horror, so that may be an earlier name for those mobs.

The other oddball mobs/animations are the "Tunnel Spirit", "Tunnel Spirit Tentacle", "Phoenix Bird" and "Parrot Bird", also added with UOSA. If those have been used for a mob yet, I'm forgetting it; they haven't been used for the Parrot or Phoenix mobs, I think, though the Parrot Bird was used for a Chessie EM event prize ("Mamma Duck"), and four of those can be found on Chessie. (@Riyana) (There were also "Water Spirit" and "Water Spirit Tentacle" animations; they are bluish versions of the Tunnel Spirit graphics, and those have been used.)

Some images from the raw data files:

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While we're at it, here's one other, much older mob that's changed... The original Kraken, aka the Sea Entity, who had both his name and graphic changed back around T2A:

Acid Rain · Apr 19, 2017

Still my favorite mimic

BrianFreud · Apr 19, 2017

My fav mimic:

S_S · Apr 19, 2017

The Shadow Dweller/Dream Wraith graphic was used once for a Boss at a GL EM Event.

Riyana · Apr 19, 2017

Yes, I believe it's the parrot bird that was used as the Ches prize. They are located in front of:

the Vesper Auction House (just north of Vesper cemetary, Tram)
the Shrine of Sobriety (a little northeast of Britain, Tram iirc)
4gregu's castle by the Britain swamp
one of the Malas hidden valley areas I think, but I don't recall which one
the example one at the Luna Fairground

With all of them except the example one, you can say "greetings" to it and it will tell you who won it and what place they won.

Here is the example one at the Fairground, called "Momma Duck":

MalagAste · Apr 19, 2017

The Parrot Bird isn't anything but a rehued Phoenix from Eodon..

Riyana · Apr 19, 2017

MalagAste said:
The Parrot Bird isn't anything but a rehued Phoenix from Eodon..

Eodon didn't exist yet when they were used as prizes. But yes, I think they are the same.

BrianFreud · Apr 20, 2017

MalagAste said:
The Parrot Bird isn't anything but a rehued Phoenix from Eodon..

The base graphic is that blaze color; if the Eodon one uses that graphic, it's actually the rehue.

But I'd forgotten that the Eodon one uses that graphic. Is that the Greater Phoenix? (I haven't done the Turtle more than once or twice since it was added.)

MalagAste · Apr 20, 2017

BrianFreud said:
The base graphic is that blaze color; if the Eodon one uses that graphic, it's actually the rehue. But I'd forgotten that the Eodon one uses that graphic. Is that the Greater Phoenix? (I haven't done the Turtle more than once or twice since it was added.)

To be honest I haven't done it either for a very long time but yes pretty sure that's the same graphic as the Eodon Turtle Spawn Phoenix.

Petra Fyde · Apr 20, 2017

the page I made says the homunculus was part of the primeval lich spawn. I notice the images were supplied by Crysta. I believe the 'human' version was CC while the other was EC. Possibly one was placeholder art without our being aware of that.

Archnight · Apr 20, 2017

MalagAste said:
To be honest I haven't done it either for a very long time but yes pretty sure that's the same graphic as the Eodon Turtle Spawn Phoenix.

Same bird but different hue, you are correct

MalagAste · Apr 20, 2017

Is that Mimic not the graphic for those things in the water under Gravewater Lake? Are they not down there? Been awhile since I've gone down there.

BrianFreud · Apr 20, 2017

That'd be the Paralithode;

Looks to be the same graphic, but I'm not sure if it was intended to be some different mob back when it was called a Mimic in UOSA beta. (There was a Mimic in the old Ultima games; it could copy things like a Changeling, though normally appeared as a treasure chest, ala Nethack's Mimics).

BrianFreud · Apr 20, 2017

Ok, on a somewhat different topic... how about NPCs? I'm looking for any that are 'notable' - used in quests, global arcs, lore, whatever, just not EM or shard-specific NPCs. Here's the list I have so far; I'm sure I've missed quite a few.

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