Since people always tend to come on here and complain about being poor - I thought I'd document some easy ways to make gold in UO.
Part I - Mining
Character : 100 Mining, 70 Chiv other skills not needed
Pet : Fire beetle, bonded
Armor : 100% LRC suit with +5 mining gloves
Equipment: Gargoyle Pickaxes, Book on Mining Gems
Macros: (1) Last Object
(2) Last Object Last Target
Location/Process: Cove Fel city (in guardzone), dismount beetle, use pickaxe on mountain, hold down macro 2 until pack full or no more ore, smelt ore on beetle, go to next spot - repeat. If run out too quickly - then use macro 1 and target next location 5 tiles away. Virtually no risk since you are always in guardzone and guards insta kill any elementals.
I took current Great Lakes prices for Special Gems and best price for Ingots (some of these might be low as there were some vendor deals). The regular gem prices are lowest NPC price for them.
I mined for 10 min straight and then captured my results.
Multiply times 6 for a full hour = 997k per hour
Granted I was a bit lucky with find 2-3 val spots - but unlucky in number of special gems found in 10 min. 2 more special gems would offset the Val finds.
This is a way to pretty easiliy generate 1mil gold in value per hour of play with little to no risk and resources. Gargoyle pickaxes easy to come by if you turn in completed iron ex bods.
Part I - Mining
Character : 100 Mining, 70 Chiv other skills not needed
Pet : Fire beetle, bonded
Armor : 100% LRC suit with +5 mining gloves
Equipment: Gargoyle Pickaxes, Book on Mining Gems
Macros: (1) Last Object
(2) Last Object Last Target
Location/Process: Cove Fel city (in guardzone), dismount beetle, use pickaxe on mountain, hold down macro 2 until pack full or no more ore, smelt ore on beetle, go to next spot - repeat. If run out too quickly - then use macro 1 and target next location 5 tiles away. Virtually no risk since you are always in guardzone and guards insta kill any elementals.
I took current Great Lakes prices for Special Gems and best price for Ingots (some of these might be low as there were some vendor deals). The regular gem prices are lowest NPC price for them.
I mined for 10 min straight and then captured my results.
Code:
Item Value Amount Mined Total Gold Value
Iron Ingots 12 410 4920
DC Ingots 70 372 26040
Shadow Ingots 80 56 4480
Copper Ingots 90 32 2880
Bronze Ingots 130 42 5460
Gold Ingots 200 13 2600
Aggy Ingots 200 0 0
Verite Ingots 600 63 37800
Valorite Ingots 600 106 63600
Perfect Emerald 28000 0
Turquoise Gem 25000 0
Dark Saphire 37500 0
Fire Ruby 14000 1 14000
Blue Diamond 20000 0
Ecru Citrine 6000 0
Star Sapphire 125 4 500
Tournmaline 75 5 375
Ruby 75 2 150
Amber 50 6 300
Citrine 50 0
Amethyst 100 12 1200
Emerald 100 6 600
Sapphire 100 2 200
Diamond 200 6 1200
[B]Grand Total 166,305[/B]
Granted I was a bit lucky with find 2-3 val spots - but unlucky in number of special gems found in 10 min. 2 more special gems would offset the Val finds.
This is a way to pretty easiliy generate 1mil gold in value per hour of play with little to no risk and resources. Gargoyle pickaxes easy to come by if you turn in completed iron ex bods.