Question 1

True or false: The game's 'Felucca' facet was intentionally designed to be a lawless PvP zone with no guards.

Accepted Answer

True. Felucca was the original open-PvP world, while Trammel was added later as a safe zone, splitting the player base.

Question 2

True or false: Lord British, the game's creator, was famously killed during an in-game beta test by a single fireball.

Accepted Answer

True. During a 1997 beta, a player named Rainz cast a fireball spell on Lord British, who had forgotten to toggle invulnerability.

Question 3

True or false: The game’s housing system allowed players to place houses anywhere, leading to entire cities built by players.

Accepted Answer

True. Players could place houses on nearly any open land, creating sprawling player towns—a revolutionary feature at launch.

Question 4

True or false: Ultima Online had a fully player-driven economy with no NPC vendors for basic goods.

Accepted Answer

False. There were always NPC vendors selling basic items like food and arrows, though player-run shops dominated trade.

Question 5

True or false: Ultima Online was the first MMORPG to ever reach 100,000 concurrent players.

Accepted Answer

True. It hit 100k subscribers in 1998, a major milestone for any online game at the time, proving MMOs could be a commercial hit.

Question 6

True or false: The game originally allowed players to kill any NPC, including quest-givers, with no permanent consequences.

Accepted Answer

False. Killing key NPCs could cause long-term loss of services, but the game did have guards and reputation systems to prevent chaos.

Question 7

True or false: Ultima Online was originally designed to have permadeath for player characters, but it was removed before launch.

Accepted Answer

True. Richard Garriott wanted permadeath, but playtesters hated losing months of progress, so death became a stat loss instead.

Question 8

True or false: You could tame and ride a dragon as a mount in the original release of Ultima Online.

Accepted Answer

False. Dragons were tamable but not rideable as mounts until the 2002 'Age of Shadows' expansion introduced mounted combat.

Ultima Online Trivia Questions