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Custom Weapons and Armor System

Every piece covers all 8 equipment slots: helm, chest, gloves, arms, legs, boots, shield, and weapon (weapons are pulled from a pool of 122 different weapon types, including Gargoyle-race-locked weapons like the Gargish Katana and Glass Sword, unlocked for every race on this shard — only wands and gathering tools are excluded as non-combat).

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How a drop is generated

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Each item independently rolls:

  1. A skill affinity — pulled from all 55 UO skills (Swordsmanship, Magery, Necromancy, Stealth, etc.), which drives the item's bonus and its name.

  2. A tier, weighted:

    • +5 "Novice" — 65% of drops

    • +10 "Swift" — 25% of drops

    • +20 "Master" — 10% of drops

  3. Stat bonuses scaled to tier — for armor, roughly +3 to +8 per stat (Str/Dex/Int) at Novice tier, scaling up to +20–28 physical resist and proportionally higher stat/HP/mana/stamina bonuses at Master tier, plus Luck and HP/mana regen.

  4. Resistances across all five damage types, scaled the same way (e.g. armor resist bonuses roughly double from Novice to Master tier).

  5. A hue from a tier-appropriate color palette, and an auto-generated name combining slot, tier, and the rolled skill's associated "role" (Archer, Swordsman, Mage, Necromancer, Paladin, Samurai, Ninja, and so on for all 55 skills).

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Naming examples, straight from the system:

  • +5: Forgotten Helm of the Novice Archer

  • +10: Swift Chestplate of the Mage

  • +20: Ancient Greaves of the Master Necromancer

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     Older pre-existing item sets on the shard (Dragon/Fire/Earth/Water/Air elemental armor, the Knight's set, Sorcerer's set, Lunar Guardian and Wolfsbane sets, and various custom shields/robes) were folded into this same randomization system — they kept their unique looks and graphics, but now roll stats the same way as everything else in the Forgotten line, instead of having fixed stats.

 

Unique named weapons

     A handful of one-off legendary weapons exist outside the randomized system, each with its own fixed identity and special ability:​

  • Widow Maker — a two-handed Giant Battle Axe. Primary ability Concussion Blow, secondary Whirlwind Attack.

  • War Tomahawk — a two-handed thrown weapon with a 20% headshot chance on hit (bonus 50–80 physical damage plus a brief enemy freeze), and like all thrown weapons it flies back to your hand after each throw.

  • Runic Sword of the Damned — a Swordsmanship weapon with Crushing Blow and Shadow Strike abilities, which also rolls the same random skill-bonus tier as the rest of the Forgotten loot line.

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Weapon Leveling — making a weapon grow with you

     Separately from the randomized drops, any eligible weapon can be turned into a leveling weapon using a Weapon Leveling Deed. Double-click the deed, target a weapon in your pack or equipped, and it gains the ability to level up.

     From that point on, the weapon earns XP automatically every time you help kill a creature while it's equipped — XP is based on the creature's fame/skill value, shared fairly if you're in a party, and reduced somewhat by "leech" effects. Leveling up plays a sound/visual effect and awards points every 10 levels (the point award doubles every 10 levels), up to a default max level of 100. Use [wlvl on the weapon any time to check its current level and XP progress.

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