You really shouldn't. It will likely screw up the game for both servers.

Create separate copies of the clean game client, and make sure to only connect to Uthgard with one of these clients.

You can read about OpenID here: OpenID Explained

We use OpenID to save you from entering a password each time you use your account. Instead of having to remember a set of account names and passwords, all you have to know is your primary email address (which you hopefully already do).

You can apply previous Uthgard emails to your master account to reserve old character names. Look for the Reserved Names tab at the bottom of your Account page for more information.

• Each family member playing on a separate computer should have their own Master Account.
• For ease, each of you should play from the same computer each time; switching between computers might cause you to be locked out of your accounts temporarily.
• Please make sure that if you are playing together and one of you goes AFK that they log out. Not doing so risks you as being considered a buff bot, which is a rule violation.
• Players playing from the same IP that look suspiciously like buff-bots will be tested periodically!

If you have really strong feelings about using an external OpenID provider (which we very much recommend!), you can still create a legacy password account during the creation process. Note, however, that we will provide no support for password accounts, and we will not process account recovery requests.

No, we do not recommend doing this. Using DAoC Portal might prevent you from connecting when dolserver.net is having an outage, which has happened rather frequently in the past.

This error means you do not have the .NET Framework 4.6 installed, which is required to use the launcher. You can find it here: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

You need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 for x86 to play on Uthgard.

You need to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6. You may be able to download it with your Windows Updater, or you can otherwise find it here: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

You will also need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 for x86.

If you still keep seeing this issue, try disabling your anti-virus temporarily

No. Windows XP has been deprecated, and should no longer be used since it represents a security risk. Please update your OS if you want to play on Uthgard. You need to be able to run Microsoft .NET 4.6, and your operating system must support TLS 1.2.

According to the Steam Software Survey, only about 2% of remaining gamers use Windows XP, which is a marginal group we can no longer support.

Try re-installing the Uthgard Launcher using a freshly downloaded setup first.

In order to be able to use the play button on the main page, you need to start uthgard.exe once manually to perform the necessary setup.

Some browsers will ask you if you want to launch an external application when clicking the button. For the launcher to work, you will have to select "yes" if asked.

If issues persist, try following more in-depth steps listed at the bottom here.

You probably need to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6. You may be able to download it with your Windows Updater, or you can otherwise find it here: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

If you are still receiving errors, try installing the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 for x86.

It's not, but you will probably have to white-list Uthgard.exe with whatever anti-virus program you use. The launcher starts the DAoC game client via memory patching, which is considered malicious by a few anti-virus programs.

We're targetting 1.65 and there are no plans to ever change that.

Our goal is to launch with as few custom features as possible. After release, if the situation calls for it, we may introduce small non-gameplay influencing custom features. Do not expect any custom features that would effect balance in the slightest way. The few custom features we do have are things like slightly more advanced housing options compared to what existed in 1.65.

No, the XP rate is better now due to working camp bonuses, area bonuses, and the new keep bonuses. Type /bonuses in game for a summary.

This is a very good one: Nixian's Character Builder Note that this planner is not maintained by the staff so there may be small mistakes at times. To view Old RAs, look for the "oldRA" button at the top of the Realm Abilities section.

There is no ETA at this time, but we plan to release them, potentially zone-by-zone.

Yes! We're the only free shard to do so. For those that don't know, defensive penetration is a elusive but real aspect of DAoC's melee system where a players defensive skills like Block, Parry or Evade are lowered by the Weaponskill and other factors of the attacker.

No, they were single charge and non-stacking in 1.65. However, the staff has implemented a nice helper feature so that you don't have to place the same type of potion on your quick bar after each use. Instead, place the potion that is the lowest in your inventory on your qbar. When you use the potion, the game will start at the top of your inventory and go down, consuming the first potion of that kind that it finds. This way, the potion stays on your quick bar until it is finally consumed and you have no more of those potions in your inventory.

Yes, but only if you can offer substantial evidence: Memory counts for nothing because we have all had times where what we remember has been blurred by previous Uthgard, other free shards, misconceptions and time.

If you're serious about this the types of evidence you should look for are videos, patch notes, grab bags, live testing, TL reports and old forum posts. Keep in mind that in testing we've found that ANY of these sources have been wrong at times so the more collaborating evidence the better.

You can find a handy table of that information here: Tradeskills. Also keep in mind that Spellcrafters and Alchemists don't get Siegecrafting!

Yes. These drop only in the frontier zones and frontier dungeons, but will also be available from Shrouded Isle zones when they are added.

• Characters that were level 50 had their character names reserved to the email the account was associated with.
• If no email was associated with the account, the names are not reserved.
• In order to claim those names, you can go to Manage Account, click the Reserved Names tab at the bottom of the "Manage Account" page, and enter any emails you used for accounts on Uthgard prior.
• Reserved names will be held for two weeks after launch.

Indeed we do. While some think pathing is a PvE issue, it's actually incredibly important for RvR with pets and keeps. Real pathing means monsters won't just walk through walls in dungeons either.

The /level command was partially introduced to help lower population servers. Since Uthgard is a single server, we do not ever want to potentially exclude a portion of the game content, and as such the /level command will never be implemented.

The staff may introduce incentive bonuses to specific realms if a huge population disparity ever exists.

At this time, maps are currently disabled until we fix something with them. In game maps actually didn't exist in 1.65. We have allowed the use of /map because any custom UI can be made to open and show the images but it will not track your and your groups location.

Yes, there are a lot out there but not all of them may be compatible with live or Uthgard. Bob’s UI, v6.0 (for 1.110 DAoC) gives you a lot of options and has been used by many players successfully on Uthgard.

You can find that here: http://bobsui.koamon.com/downloads.html

You are probably using a custom UI. That's fine, you can fix this:

1. Find the skl_1600 bitmap file in your DAoC folder that Uthgard uses, for example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Dark Age of Camelot\icons\skl_1600

2. Copy that file and replace the a file with the same name that lives somewhere within your: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Dark Age of Camelot\ui\custom

This way your custom UI will use the old icons that Uthgard provides and not an incomplete set.

This could be caused by several issues.

1. Do you use a custom UI? If so, try disabling it and logging into that character again. If this fixes the problem the UI may be incompatible with Uthgard.

2. Are you playing on a device with a touch screen, drawing board, or digital drawing pen? If so, please check for driver updates and check if you can log in your character on another computer. Often touchpad drivers or touchpad services (such as "WTouch Service" or "tablet PC input service") cause the client to crash, sometimes even only for characters level 25 or higher. Also "TipTap.exe" is known to cause this problem. This is a known issue that will be fixed in the future.

3. If you are using Symantec Endpoint Protection, disable the service and try again.

4. Have you used this installation of DAoC on another Freeshard? If so you should install and use a separate instance of DAoC for Uthgard. Please follow the instructions starting at 2. Download the Client in the top left of the page.

Usually this issue is caused if your client cannot correctly receive UDP packets from the game server. As a first step, try enabling UDP traffic to remote port 10400 in your firewall and router. Having a correct UDP setup is preferable, since it decreases your lag, and allows you to have a smoother RvR experience when a lot of players are around.

If you cannot get UDP to work and you keep seeing this issue, you can go to the Launcher preferences by clicking on "Edit" > "Preferences". In the preferences dialog, you will notice a white textbox labelled Other. If you enter +noUdpForMe in this box, we will never try sending you UDP packets. Note that this might increase lag and make your RvR experience slightly worse.

You can change realms in one of two ways:

1. The first and immediate way is to delete all pre-existing characters on your current realm. Then close the game completely and reopen it.
2. The second way is to initiate a realm transfer by clicking the Realm Transfer tab at the bottom of the "Manage Account" page. This process takes 7 days, and during that time you can continue to play on your existing realm, except for the last 8 hours of the transfer.

While any kind of protection can eventually be bypassed the hassle is a lot greater than you think. It will take a lot of work to do so, but only a tiny amount of work to ban those accounts. While anti-cheat features are not a priority right now, we will re-visit our automated detection in the future again, and will ban abusive players as we see fit. If you do not want to get caught in a future ban wave, and loose all of your characters, we recommend sticking to the rules.

Buff bots were a high point of contention back in 2003 and they are also a drain of resources on the server. Unlike in 2003, nowadays most computers can run multiple instances of DAoC meaning that over time literally half of the players would have a buffbot, doubling the server load, but also giving players with less money an unfair advantage. We also strongly feel that buffbots are a hindrance to building a strong community for players.

Much better than other servers. We pride ourselves on the measures we've put in place. We're also planning on investing more time into this in the future. Don't cheat. You will be caught eventually.

Keeps were not worth RPs in 1.65. However they provide lots of bonuses for your realm and your guild. Here is the patch that introduced keep bonuses to DAoC: Patch 1.47

Only courier missions which do not grant RPs.

The porters will port every 15 minutes, going faster when the server population is lower. In addition, a 2nd port happens within 30 seconds of the main port to help those that forgot to equip their necklaces.

• Endurance regeneration potions last 2 minutes and have only a 5 second reuse timer like other buff potions.
• Endurance heal potions have a re-use timer of 60 seconds like Health and Power heal potions.
• This is important because endurance is a key part of DAoC, and by trivializing endurance regeneration you seriously disrupt the balance of the game.

No, only the realms that had those items in their classic areas during 1.65. This includes areas like Darkness Falls, but not Shrouded Isles.

The /lfg channel did not exist in 1.65. However there is a LFG tool and you can find a tutorial to it here: here

The lack of global channels will help drive people to form meaningful groups and alliances to help facilitate communication.

Here is a Uthgard specific guide to Siege weapons: coming soon

Coin was added to RvR kills as part of New Frontiers, well beyond 1.65.

Yes, although very very little, just as they did during 1.65. This is part of the risk/reward of leveling in the frontiers.