Tag: Wurm Online

One thing I always look forward to each year is the Christmas event over at Wurm Online. They always put out a new collectable item, and there’s buffs that we all get that increase the skill gains and typically have a chance at gaining an affinity as we work.

This year we received a crate, wine bottles, and a tray for fancy glasses, along with the glasses. Typically, once you’ve collected the items for the current Christmas, there’s an opportunity (for those who are premium at least with a subscription) for you to collect gifts of years gone by. This year, however, they opted out of that.

This year started out with a great idea, a game-wide secret Santa. I loved this idea. On paper. In practice, it was bad.

The way it worked is you would visit your Christmas tree and donate something you had made, that had your signature on it. For priests this is a bit difficult, as they cannot make high quality items. Anything a priest donated to the tree was almost always going to be poor quality. You had to do these donations in order to get even the basic gifts, so I only did it with my main.

Once you had obtained the new items for this year, you would, each time you donated, receive a gift back from another player. An item they had donated. Some players went all out, and donated things like magic chests. I donated a bunch of 90ql tools and items.

Unfortunately, everything I received back was 20ql. A lot of plates. Some spoons. I felt it unfair that I had taken the time do donate fair quality gifts, enchanted items and archaeology components that I would have loved to receive myself. In return, I got garbage. I ended up throwing it in the compost.

Good idea in theory, but made horrible by other players. I did enjoy obtaining the new items to add to my growing museum collection, but I wish there had of been some sort of compensation for those who went above and beyond with their thoughtful gifts.

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.

Each year, Wurm Online does a single large sale on their subscriptions, and that’s when I tend to purchase game time for my active accounts (that’s 2 accounts at the moment of this post, but in the past it has been more) and I top up the deeds to make sure they’ll be sticking around (at the moment I have 3 deeds). If you’re premium you can also claim a skin this month for a Thunder Forge, which looks pretty awesome (thanks to Moumix for letting me borrow his for the screenshots).

In the meantime, I’m making goals for 2026 (something I do each year, but they usually fall by the wayside) such as reaching 70 skill in meditation on my main (this has been a huge work in progress) and maybe MAYBE finishing off the buildings at Quail Landing. Will I get there? Who knows. Still, having these little goals always brings me a lot of joy, and gives me some purpose while I play.

Speaking of, there’s an Impalong happening not too long from now, on Hermit Island, which is where I live. My neighbour is going to be hosting it, so that should bring about a few visitors to my area, and of course I’ll also be attending.

As always, happy gaming no matter where you find yourself!

You might have missed it, but I’ve been posting a Wurm Online series over on YouTube called Finders Keepers. I created a new character named Fynder over on the Cadence server (Northern Islands) and the premises of the series is that we start completely from scratch – including giving up all of our gear / tools that we start with, and we can only use items that we actually find. No crafting.

In episode one I wander around doing a bit of foraging and botanizing, and trying to find my way out of the populated areas so that I can potentially stumble into some salvage. We find a shaft, some cotton, and 5 whole copper. One of the ‘rules’ of this challenge is that we CAN use merchants, but we can’t do direct trades with other players. We can also only spend what we find. No premium, no deed – unless it’s paid for with coins that we find. Assembling items with found bits is OK, but crafting them from scratch, not OK. The goal is to live light, and not carry around too much. So we started with zero gear, zero tools, and where are we now after the second episode?

In episode 2 we stumbled into a really nice bit of items that were decaying from a fallen deed. We found a shield, a sword, and some tools. Still missing armor, and we don’t have a pickaxe (pretty high up on my list in case we get stuck some place and need to mine our way out). We also have no rope, so no way to lead animals. We have no tent, but for now we are still protected by the beginner buff and our aggro range is reduced.

We also stumbled into a whole silver piece as far as coins go! Botanizing has really been paying off. I spent some time looking for a merchant to potentially spend this silver, without luck. I’d really like a compass. We have no maps available to us, and I’m pretty sure we’ve been walking in circles.

If you’re interested in watching these episodes (and the rest of them) you can find them over on YouTube. Production quality is low, but I’m still learning, so just hang tight as I deal with sound issues and all of the rest. As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

Episode 1

Episode 2

I’ve owned my main deed on the Independence server for a number of years now. It’s called Quail Cove (not to be confused with Quail Landing, which is a whole other deed I own), and it’s rather small compared to some of the big deeds out there, but I think it’s very functional, and even has room to grow. It’s on Hermit Island, and while I do have neighbours, we all tend to keep to ourselves.

Most of the mine is off-deed, with two entrances (land and water) that are on the deed itself. I have a building with a locked door that leads to the rest of the mine. This gives me security so that folks won’t accidentally ruin the mine (trust me, I have wandered through many a drop shaft in my life). There is a high fence surrounding the place because I did have people coming through and griefing (whether on purpose or not, I don’t know). The market remains outside of the fenced portion (along with the token) so that people can access the merchants and can still withdraw money if they need.

I have a large building on a second tier that I call The Archives. It’s filled with all of the precious collectables that I’ve acquired over the years, and each section of the building is dedicated to a specific holiday that has been celebrated in game. It’s probably one of my favourite places on the deed. Most of the buildings are more functional than decorative, decorating is one thing that I’d like to work a bit more on. I’ve been building ceilings, adding lights, and trying to add more little cozy touches that really make a deed ‘yours’. There really is no ‘end’ to the game, just when you think you’ve completed a major project, another one comes up. Still, that’s just part of the fun.

If you happen to be nearby, stop by and say hello! As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.