Original version By Hermlock on Pac, for the Smith FAQ
Highly Modified by Basara in 2008 to include new information, and modified again for the Tailor FAQ.
Contents:
- What is a BOD (SBOD)?
- How do I get a BOD and how often can I get them?
- How do I fill a BOD and get the reward?
- What kinds of BOD's are there?
- What is an LBOD?
- How do I get an LBOD?
- How do I fill an LBOD?
- There is only one button on my BOD/LBOD gump how do I combine deeds?
- I've tried everything and I still can't get a deed. What's wrong?
- I refused a BOD when offered one will I get another one?
- What Are BOD Books?
- Why are these BODs in this Vendor's books not priced? Is it Legal?
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1. What is a BOD (SBOD)? A BOD is a
Bulk Order Deed. BODs may be offered to anyone with Tailoring skill on request of the character, or when they sell items to NPC Tailors, Weavers or Cobblers. These deeds come in many forms but the one thing they have in common is that they may all be completed and turned in for a reward. The reward depends somewhat on the type of deed you turn in, ranging from special colors of cloth for the easy ones, to magical crafting tools for the rarer ones.
2. How do I get a BOD and how often can I get them? In order to get a BOD just sell any item that the NPC Tailor will buy or
select "Bulk Order Info" from the context-sensitive menu when clicking on an NPC Tailor. The deed you get at and after 70.0 Real Skill is completely random. Supposedly, Grandmaster Tailors are supposed to get 60% exceptional quality, as opposed to 50% exceptional from 70 skill to 99.9, this appears to be bugged, and the actual numbers are closer to 70% normal, 30% exceptional.
Under normal circumstances, you may recieve a BOD only once during a given time period depending on your skill level (based on real skill):
- 0.1-50.0: every one hour (Normal cloth or leather - will be a BOD the character can gain skill from, while making the requested items)
- 50.1-69.9: every two hours (type as indicated in 0.1-50.0)
- 70.0-120: every six hours (All possible types, Large & Small, exceptional or normal - though there still appears to be a tendency, if a cloth or leather BOD, to be one the character can gain on, up until at least 80 skill).
This timer is per character, and it should be noted that a different timer applies to each BOD system. In other words, if a character accepts a Blacksmithing BOD, he must wait the appropriate amount of time before he is eligible to receive another Blacksmithing BOD but is eligible to receive a BOD for Tailoring. One may check in-game approximately how long a specific character will have to wait by selecting "Bulk Order Info" on an skill-appropriate NPC's context-sensitive menu.
In 2005, a change was made in the BOD system, so that if one turns in a BOD, it resets the timer, making the Tailor immediately able to claim another BOD, on turning in a tailor BOD for a reward. This led to a form of BOD collection & filling known as "
BOD Cycling", which will be discussed in the next section of the Tailor FAQ.
3. How do I fill a BOD and get the reward? After receiving your BOD double click it and read it carefully. It should tell you the quantity and quality of the items as well as the leather type needed to complete the order. There are also two buttons on the bottom of the deed, the bottom one is the
Exit button which will close the gump, and the top button combines the item needed with the deed.
Craft (or purchase) the items and add them to the deed. To add an item double click on the deed if it is not already open, choose the
Combine this deed with item button, then target and click the item you wish to add. After you add an item the gump will automatically reappear with updated information to reflect that you have added an item.
After you have filled the deed you may turn it in to any NPC Tailor, Weaver or Cobbler (but not the Tailor Guildmaster) for a reward. To turn in the deed drop it on the NPC and you will receive your reward. Rewards consist of: an item, an amount of gold (placed directly in your bank, and may take the form of a check), and an amount of fame.
Below is a picture of a small Tailor BOD's selection gump from EA's own web page. Smith BODs function exactly the same. If the item requires one of the colored leathers, the line will say so, as in the picture. If the items need to be of exceptional quality, a line saying so will be beneath the materials line.
4. What kinds of BOD's are there? This is a little complicated.
There are
Cloth BODs and
Armor BODs, that come in Large (sets, for a greater reward) and Small (set parts, or stand-alones) types. In turn, each BOD type comes in Normal & Exceptional varieties, in 3 different "counts" - that request 10, 15, or 20 items, respectively. There are also
Footwear BODs, that are needed to fill the Cloth Large BODs, as well as having their own Large BODs. Despite the Cloth large asking for "Cloth" footwear, they use the appropriate footwear small BODs, regardless of leather color.
Armor BODs also come in both "Leather" and "colored" versions (one of the 3 specific colored special leathers in the game).
Effectively, discounting color, there are 6 BOD types for every item that has a BOD. A sandal BOD , for example, comes in these deed forms:
- 10 normal sandals
- 15 normal sandals
- 20 normal sandals
- 10 exceptional sandals
- 15 exceptional sandals
- 20 exceptional sandals
Normal (non-exceptional) deeds may be filled with exceptional items. Exceptional deeds may be filled with only with exceptional items. One must take care not to confuse the two, or a lot of work can be wasted.
Similarly, exceptional small BODs can be combined with a normal large BOD, by accident or deliberately to serve in place of a normal small (and in most cases, the exceptional small would have been a lot more valuable to the tailor, so it should be avoided unless you know the normal large is worth more than the exceptional small or its exceptional large).
Footwear & Armor BODs come in all the leather colors as well so that every armor and footwear BOD comes in 24 different types. One can combine a colored deed small with a corresponding regular leather large, but there are few reasons to ever actually do so (but a lot more reasons than combining a colored smith BOD with its corresponding iron BOD, though).
Unlike Smith BODs, EVERY Tailor small has at least one Large Bulk Order Deed (LBOD) that it will help complete. For a while, the colored footwear LBODs did not spawn, but that was fixed in late 2007 or early 2008. But, even in the 5 years they did not spawn, you could still combine them with the matching cloth LBODs.
5. What is an LBOD? LBOD stands for Large Bulk Order Deed. It is a bulk order deed that requires other BODs to complete. An LBOD may be turned in after it has been combined with the appropriate small BODs. There are five types of of Leather LBODs: The Footwear set, Studded Leather suit, Bone Armour suit, Male Leather suit, and the Female Armor collection (which includes 2 types of female legwear, and 4 types of female torso armour). There are also 9 Cloth LBODs - a set of 4 hats that do not fit an outfit, and 8 Outfit sets. Two of each outfit set share the same footwear requirement (for example, the sets referred to as the Gypsy set & the Town Cryer set, both require a Thigh Boots small BOD of the appropriate count and quality, but of any type of leather).
6. How do I get an LBOD? The same way you get a BOD (see above). They are randomly given out to tailors of 70.0 Real skill or higher. Approximately 7.5% to 8% of all BODs will be LBODs.
7. How do I fill an LBOD? To fill the LBOD you must match EXACTLY what is on the LBOD with the appropriate BOD. However, just as you may use exceptional items to fill normal BODs, you may use exceptional BODs to fill normal LBODs (though, depending on the comparative rewards, you may not want to).
When you receive your deed click on it and you will see all the information you need to complete the deed. It should look similar to a small Bulk Order, instead of listing one item, it will list 4 to 6 items.
When you double click it the gump will show what deeds are required to fill the deed. Only completed BODs of the proper count (and quality/material, as appropriate) will be able to be combined with the LBOD.
As you combine the appropriate filled small BOD, the 0 will become a 15.
Here is what is required to fill each LBOD:
An LBOD Footwear deed needs the following BOD's: Sandals, Shoes, Boots, Thigh Boots
An LBOD Studded Leather deed needs the following BOD's: Studded Gorget, Studded Gloves, Studded Sleeves, Studded Leggings, Studded Tunic (note: the "Studded Armor" is part of the female armor LBOD set below)
An LBOD Bone Armor deed needs the following BOD's: Bone Helmet, Bone Gloves, Bone Arms, Bone Leggings, Bone Armor
An LBOD Male Armor suit deed needs the following BOD's: Leather Cap, Leather Gloves, Leather Gorget, Leather Sleeves, Leather Leggings, Leather Tunic
An LBOD Female Armor deed needs the following BOD's: Leather Skirt, Leather Shorts, Leather Bustier, Studded Bustier, Female Leather Armor, Studded Armor
An LBOD Hat deed (the only cloth LBOD that does not requre footwear)needs the following BOD's: Cap, Tall Straw Hat, Wide-Brim Hat, Tricorne Hat. This is the type pictured above.
This webpage shows the various Cloth outfits as modeled (though take the leather ones with a grain of salt - it has the female leather model wearing shorts and skirt at the same time, which is impossible)
Quantities (10, 15, 20) must match to place a BOD in an LBOD, as well as, leather type, and only exceptional BODs can be combined with an Exceptional LBOD.
Once you get an LBOD you must find the appropriate BOD's to fill the order. To fill the deed you combine them in the same way as a BOD. Use the
Combine this deed with another deed button on the LBOD to combine with the completed BOD. Target the BOD and the deeds will combine. The information should change on the LBOD.
8. There is only one button on my BOD/LBOD gump how do I combine deeds? A BOD/LBOD must be in your pack to combine with items or other deeds. place the deed anywhere in your pack then double click it, the second button should be there.
9. I've tried everything and I still can't get a deed. What's wrong? There are three typical reasons why you have not received a deed. Either, you do not have enough skill, you have not waited long enough, or you have too many items in your pack.
Remember your REAL skill must be .1 or above. You must be sure that you have waited long enough (see #2 above). Also, if you have too many items in your pack this will prevent you from being offered a deed.
10. I refused a BOD when offered one; will I get another one? If you refuse a BOD it is just like accepting one. You will not be able to get another one until your time is up again, or you turn in a completed BOD for a reward. See #2 above for times.
11. What are BOD Books? BOD Books were added to the game, to free up space for smiths and tailors, and are a craftable for scribes (Inscription skill). The book and the first 4 BODs placed inside count as one item, with each additional 5 BODs (or fraction thereof) counting as an additional item. They can hold up to 500 BODs. (taking up only 101 items in containers that only can hold 125 items). BODs can only be placed in or taken out of a BOD book when it is in someone's backpack.
One can also price individual BODs for sale inside the book, allowing someone to place multiple books in a vendor to sell. the purchaser then opens the book and hits the gem to the right of the price to purchase the BOD. One feature from this is that one doesn't have to pay rental based on the value of the BODs inside the book (which was one of the main problems prior to the books, as it could cost a seller thousands of gold a day just to sell a few BODs on a vendor, quickly adding up to more than their worth).
An in-depth explanation of how to use them is located at this official
UO Web Page. The following picture is what BODs look like in a BOD Book.
12. Why are these BODs in this vendor's BOD Books priced Zero? is it legal? Yes, it's legal. If you've found this, you've found a true professional of the crafting trades. It means that those are either his BODs for trade (there are typically signs or named given to the vendor or book to this effect), or he is storing his BODs on the vendor. In either case, it is a sign that the person has so many BODs, that he has no normal room for most of his BODs in his house(s). If you need one of the BODs that are stored that way, look around the house (sign, message board, locked down books or books inside the vendor, etc.) for contact information. That person might be willing to make you a trade, or a private sale.