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<font color=purple>1.) Why would you waste skill points on Taste ID?
2.) What NPC trains Taste ID?
3.) What are some complementary skills to Taste ID?
4.) How do I raise skill?
5.) How do I make a UO Assist macro to train Taste ID?</font color=purple>
<font color=green>1.) Q: Why would you waste skill points on Taste ID?</font color=green>
A: There are several reasons, most notably RP purposes. Taste ID is useful for determining what type of potion that is, or what's in that keg. It will also tell you if a food item is poisoned. You may also want the challenge of training a difficult skill and the satisfaction of being an accomplished taste tester. Or maybe you just like to taste a lot of things....
<font color=green>2.) Q: What NPCs train taste ID?</font color=green>
A: The two NPC types that train Taste ID are Alchemists and Cooks. Cooks are found in taverns and alchemists are found in Mage/Alchemy shops.
<font color=green>3.) Q: What are some complementary skills for Taste ID?</font color=green>
A: Some good skills to have along with taste ID are cooking, alchemy, and poisoning. The cooking is obvious, the alchemy and poisoning are because you'll need a lot of poison to poison all those fish steaks.
<font color=green>4.) Q: How do I raise skill?</font color=green>
A: Taste ID is simple to raise, simply taste all potions and foods. Taste ID is target based so once you get a gain all your targets reset.
First you need to get 100 poisoned fishsteaks (preferably lesser poison) and place them in columns within a backpack so you are able to target all of the steaks. Then start at the beginning and taste ID every fishsteak until you get a gain, then start at the beginning again.
You will be able to raise your skill into the mid-high 60's just on those 100 fishsteaks. Once you go through all of those fishsteaks without a gain you need to make another bag with 100 poisoned fishsteaks and start going through them. Again, when you get a gain go back to the beginning of the first bag and work your way through them all again.
Below 72 Taste ID there is a good chance you will get poisoned from raising Taste ID. I recommend going to any shrine (preferably without any spawn) and when you get poisoned double click on the Ankh and the poison will be removed. This is much more efficient and cheaper than either casting cure or drinking a cure.
<font color=green>5.) Q: How do I make a UO Assist macro to train Taste ID?</font color=green>
A: Once you have your backpack of 100 poisoned fishsteaks stacked in columns, go to a shrine and stand next to the Ankh (you will only be able to carry 24 items with you since you have a pack full of fishsteaks.) Start recording the macro. Now Use Taste ID, Target the first fishsteak, then double click the Ankh. Then Use Taste ID and target the next fishsteak, and double click the Ankh. Continue this while targetting the next fishsteak in line until you've finished the fourth column. Stop the macro from recording. Your macro will look like this:
Use skill/Cast Spell (Taste ID)
Target (Fishsteak)
Use Object (Ankh)
Use skill/Cast Spell
Target
Use Object etc...
With this macro you will taste each fishsteak and if you get poisoned you will be immediately using the Ankh which will remove the poison from you, and you won't even lose 1 HP. Now place a 2 second pause after each Use Object line so your macro will run smoothly. Your macro will now look like this:
Use Skill/Cast Spell (Taste ID)
Target (Fishsteak)
Use Object (Ankh)
Pause 2000
Use Skill/Cast Spell
Target
Use Object
Pause 2000 etc...
Make a macro for every 4 columns of poisoned fishsteaks you have and then just work through them until you get a gain, then start back with the first one.
Once you're above 72 skill you will rarely get poisoned and then you can remove the use object line.
Thoughts, comments suggestions, questions?
<center> JP: Your favorite lil' Musical Cooking Begging Bowyer of Chessy</center>
2.) What NPC trains Taste ID?
3.) What are some complementary skills to Taste ID?
4.) How do I raise skill?
5.) How do I make a UO Assist macro to train Taste ID?</font color=purple>
<font color=green>1.) Q: Why would you waste skill points on Taste ID?</font color=green>
A: There are several reasons, most notably RP purposes. Taste ID is useful for determining what type of potion that is, or what's in that keg. It will also tell you if a food item is poisoned. You may also want the challenge of training a difficult skill and the satisfaction of being an accomplished taste tester. Or maybe you just like to taste a lot of things....
<font color=green>2.) Q: What NPCs train taste ID?</font color=green>
A: The two NPC types that train Taste ID are Alchemists and Cooks. Cooks are found in taverns and alchemists are found in Mage/Alchemy shops.
<font color=green>3.) Q: What are some complementary skills for Taste ID?</font color=green>
A: Some good skills to have along with taste ID are cooking, alchemy, and poisoning. The cooking is obvious, the alchemy and poisoning are because you'll need a lot of poison to poison all those fish steaks.
<font color=green>4.) Q: How do I raise skill?</font color=green>
A: Taste ID is simple to raise, simply taste all potions and foods. Taste ID is target based so once you get a gain all your targets reset.
First you need to get 100 poisoned fishsteaks (preferably lesser poison) and place them in columns within a backpack so you are able to target all of the steaks. Then start at the beginning and taste ID every fishsteak until you get a gain, then start at the beginning again.
You will be able to raise your skill into the mid-high 60's just on those 100 fishsteaks. Once you go through all of those fishsteaks without a gain you need to make another bag with 100 poisoned fishsteaks and start going through them. Again, when you get a gain go back to the beginning of the first bag and work your way through them all again.
Below 72 Taste ID there is a good chance you will get poisoned from raising Taste ID. I recommend going to any shrine (preferably without any spawn) and when you get poisoned double click on the Ankh and the poison will be removed. This is much more efficient and cheaper than either casting cure or drinking a cure.
<font color=green>5.) Q: How do I make a UO Assist macro to train Taste ID?</font color=green>
A: Once you have your backpack of 100 poisoned fishsteaks stacked in columns, go to a shrine and stand next to the Ankh (you will only be able to carry 24 items with you since you have a pack full of fishsteaks.) Start recording the macro. Now Use Taste ID, Target the first fishsteak, then double click the Ankh. Then Use Taste ID and target the next fishsteak, and double click the Ankh. Continue this while targetting the next fishsteak in line until you've finished the fourth column. Stop the macro from recording. Your macro will look like this:
Use skill/Cast Spell (Taste ID)
Target (Fishsteak)
Use Object (Ankh)
Use skill/Cast Spell
Target
Use Object etc...
With this macro you will taste each fishsteak and if you get poisoned you will be immediately using the Ankh which will remove the poison from you, and you won't even lose 1 HP. Now place a 2 second pause after each Use Object line so your macro will run smoothly. Your macro will now look like this:
Use Skill/Cast Spell (Taste ID)
Target (Fishsteak)
Use Object (Ankh)
Pause 2000
Use Skill/Cast Spell
Target
Use Object
Pause 2000 etc...
Make a macro for every 4 columns of poisoned fishsteaks you have and then just work through them until you get a gain, then start back with the first one.
Once you're above 72 skill you will rarely get poisoned and then you can remove the use object line.
Thoughts, comments suggestions, questions?
<center> JP: Your favorite lil' Musical Cooking Begging Bowyer of Chessy</center>
