Tag: Wurm Online

When I started Wurm Online back in 2010, I lived on the Deliverance server. It was a great place, but as the years went on I started feeling like it was a bit small for me. I moved around, living pretty much every server in the SFI cluster and eventually 6 years ago I settled down on Independence, which is where my main deed is (and remains today) along with my secondary deed. The thing is, the Independence server is HUGE, and I’ve never really enjoyed running treasure maps on that server.

So when Moumix started talking about his Deliverance get away, I decided to take a peek and see if I could find anything that suited me.

Turns out, the perfect location (for me) happened to be open. If I sail straight South from my deed on Independence, I end up at this island on Deliverance. It had been undeeded for only 4 days, and so I decided right then and there to claim Quail Point.

I decided it would be a sort of ‘holding’ deed, for my priests. That I could leave them here to pray and spam treasure maps, and I could decide if maps were worth it for me, and if I enjoyed doing them over here any more than on Independence. So far I’ve collected almost 20 maps, but I haven’t actually made a run to complete them – yet. Instead I’ve been working on building the deed up. I want it to be a castle rising from the water. Unlike my main deed, this one is not really for things like farming or animal husbandry. Instead I wanted it to be a safe haven to hang out in for my priest characters.

On that same note, I actually joined an alliance over on Deliverance. I have not belonged to one for many MANY years, preferring to keep to myself. It’s very nice to see chatter happening, and to make some new friends. I’m also trying not to rush forward and just take my time and let things come naturally. In any case, lots of building is happening, gaining lots of skills, and I’m having a blast playing (as I always do). Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Wurm Online and part of the celebrations included a get together on the SFI islands (Independence, in specific) while there is an NFI gathering today (that I expect will surpass the numbers we saw yesterday). The dev team was there to guide us through some events – including the first time we’ve ever seen a PURPLE dragon. We all got a bit of purple scale and drake from this unique, which we could then combine into a larger piece and make armour from – and yes, the armour is in game, and it is VERY purple and awesome looking.

Unfortunately I do not own enough scale or drake to have a set of this made, I do not even have enough of the basic colours to own a set, but it has always been a goal of mine “one day”.

The event was fun, it included the slaying, building some monuments, a game of musical chairs, and even a fashion show. I know putting on things like this can be difficult and time consuming, so a huge thank you to the team for organizing it.

Afterward, I took my priest characters to the Magranon fissure currently active on the Independence server, while Stargrace went off to Deliverance. Now, Deli is where I started my Wurm Online adventures, all those years ago. I moved to various servers after that, until in 2020, when I settled on the Independence server – and I’ve been there ever since. My Wurm bestie, Moumix, has a deed on Indy but also started one up on Deliverance and I thought it might be nice to see if I could find a casual place nearby too.

So yesterday after all of the events were done I sailed around, looking for the perfect spot for a deed (that wasn’t too far from my place on Independence) and I actually found it.

Over the years, I’ve written a LOT of blog posts about my number one MMORPG love – Wurm Online. When I first started playing, I had never seen a game quite like this one before. I think that still holds true. Before the days of Minecraft (Notch would later move from Wurm to – well, we all know this story) we were terraforming and building deeds in Wurm.

I have not been playing for those full 20 years but I have played for many of them. I’ve sunk a lot of hours into the game, proudly. It fits a niche that no other game that I’ve ever played has fit – and I’ve met some of my closest friends in this game. Some are even still my friends now.

It was the game where I first became interested in community – and I was in fact their first community manager. I boldly volunteered myself for the role after learning that there was so such person. There has been such a person ever since. My name is still on the credits, and while I was just a kid back then who knew absolutely nothing about the gaming industry, I moved on to then work for Carbine Studios and NCSoft, and while those games I worked on may no longer be around (I miss you, Wildstar!) Wurm is still here.

If you happen to be playing, give me a nudge! I’m Stargrace, on the Independence server.

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

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.