Frequently Asked Question:

Description of Weapons

In ultima each type of weapons has its special propieties and bonus , which influence damage and special propietis , bonus are expressed in % of standard damage . They work on each successful hit
Special properties are additional propereties of weapons expressed in magic effects .
Bonus :

Archery
0-10 from bowcraft 
0-4 depending on your feeding status
0-4 from anatomy skill

Fencing
0-4 from feeding status
0-4 from anatomy
0-10 from tailoring

Mace Fighting
0-4 from feeding status
0-4 from anatomy
0-10 from blacksmithing
0-10 from animal taming ( works only with Black staff, Quarter staff, Gnarled staff)

Swordsmanship
0-4 from feeding status
0-4 from anatomy 
0-5 from armslore ( doesn't apply to axes )
0-11 from lumberjacking ( axes only ) 
All weapons are going to deal lower damage if the weapon it's not full repaired , also higher combat skill increase the total bonus and chance to hit your opponent

Additional Bonuses
these bonuses works only on computer characters ( NPC ) 
Silver weapons deal extra damage to all forms of undeads
they can be distinguished by the color of the blood , it is green.
Golden weapons deal extra damage to all forms of draconics.
There are also additional bonuses given by the outfit of your character and they act on all type of weapons.

Bow :
Elven Cloack 10
Gauntlets of weapon skill 20
Optical mask 20
Ring of archery 10
Full Crystal armor 55
Full Lava armor 40
Full Black Rock armor 35
Full Mytheril armor 15

Heavy Crossbow :
Elven Cloak 15
Gauntlets of weapon skill 25
Optical Mask 25
Ring of archery 10 
Full Crystal armor 60
Full Lava armor 45
Black Rock armor 40
Mytheril armor 20

You can replace a part of armor with one item from the list and the bonus will still be given completely but if you for example wear a Full Crystal and one part is not dressed you will not get the extra bonus . Female and Male chests are equivalanet , complete set consists of 6 objects.
The calculation of bonus occurs according to the following diagram:
1) Crystall Of full Of armor 60 + Of elven Of cloak 15 + Of gauntlets of Of weapon Of skill 25 + Of optical Of mask 25 + Of ring of Of archery 10 = of 135 units of bonus for Heavy crossbow.
2) the weapon dmg is calculated with % of Bowcraft , anatomy and feeding status
3) After this the equip bonus is added and you obtain final damage

Special Properties of weapon

Golden Weapon : 3 multiple dmg on dragons

Silver Weapon : 3 multiple dmg on undeads

Mytheril Weapon : Has an increased chance after hit to decrease your opponent stamina

Valorite Weapon : weapon that can be poisoned , read more about this on " everything about skill of poisoning "

Lava Weapon : Has a chance to apply additional damage by the magic of Flame Strike

Crystal Weapons : Has a chance to apply additional dmg by the magic of Lightning

Wood's Red Bow, Wood's Red Heavy Of crossbow: Has chance, to decrease the level of stamina, to your opponent.

Eldar Of bow, Eldar Of heavy Of crossbow: Has increases chance, to decrease the level of stamina, to your opponent.

Blackwood Of bow, Blackwood Of heavy Of crossbow: Has chance, to decrease the level of mana, to your opponent.

Silver Of bow, Silver Of heavy Of crossbow: Brings 3 multiple dmg on the corpses.

Golden Of bow, Golden Of heavy Of crossbow: Brings 3 multiple dmg on draconics.

Wood's Light Bow, Wood's Light Heavy Of crossbow: Strongest type of arms.

Plus weapon:
Plus weapon are so called magic weapons.
It is possible to obtain them from the monsters, or by exchanging Bukazoid's.
These weapons have the color of magic inconts.
This kind of weapons have before the name and then an index saying what's the Power of the weapon . According to this table


+1 “the name of weapon, for example Scimitar” of Ruin
+3 “the name of weapon, for example Scimitar” of Might
+5 “the name of weapon, for example Scimitar” of Force
+7 “the name of weapon, for example Scimitar” of Power
+9 “the name of weapon, for example Scimitar” of Vanquishing

The higher index of the weapon weapon, the stronger it is.
of Vanquishing is the strongest class of weapons.
Charges after the name reflect the total Bonus from your skills ( it is descripted in the beginning of this article )