Housing Queries et al

[Avanthar]

Greetings

I never got around to writing the "introductory" post for my character...so I shall lead off with here with a short introduction..

I play an Elven character by the name of Avanthar. I tend to try to roleplay as often as possible and speak in character when face to face with other players. It has been about 6 years since I played UO last. All my experience exists within the "Second Age" verison. I have recently been granted some free time so I figured I would dust off my love of the simplistic UO and rejoin a free shard. I can certainly say that I have enjoyed my two weeks here so far and I have nothing negative to say, which is always good. Everyone has been extremely helpful and my sometimes ridiculously simple questions get answered quickly and efficiently and for that I am appreciative.

My character has progressed to the point that I know need additional storage for my various crafting endeavors. My bank box is just not big enough anymore. So my focus is to now secure more storage. I would think there are two obvious ways. 1. to build a house. I know that I would need to purchase a housing locator deed thingy from an architect but after that I am a bit clueless...In my past experiences I have always purchased a static house in Yew for a specific price point. Is it still a viable option to purchase a static house within a city? or must I build one from scratch. It would seem most houses are in Luna..is that a requirement? or can I place it in/near Yew. I chose Yew based on being Elven and that has always traditionally been the elven conclave although it does not seem WP adheres to that. 2. Buy a chest(s) in someone elses dwelling. Would it be possible for someone to sell me a quantity of lockable chests within their house or shop? At this point I am more interested in spending my gold on my crafting needs than building a "palace".

Please let me know my options and how I need to proceed towards housing/storage.

Thanks

Avanthar

[GhostRiderGrey]

Avanthar, welcome to WP. I am glad that you are enjoying your time here.

In WP there are no houses to buy. You buy (or borrow) a house placement tool and pick a location where you want to place your house. There are premade houses on the tool, or it can also make a custom house as well. the tool will show you the cost for the type of house you would like to make.

As far as location, you can build anywhere in WP that the tools says is a valid location. Yew is perfectly fine. As we are a relatively new shard, many, but not all, players have congregated in the Luna area. It is not that we do not adhere to the "Elf enclave in Yew", its just that there have not been enough elves to make an enclave yet, lol.

It might indeed be possible to purchase secure space at someone elses dwelling. I will leave to the players to speak up on that topic.

See you on the shard!
GhostRiderGrey