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- Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
- Table of Contents
- Gameplay
- Walkthrough
Table of Contents
Gameplay
- Controls
- Companions
- Equipment
- Items
- Magic
Walkthrough
- Starting the Quest
- The Shrines of Virtue
- The Strongholds of the Principles
- Side Quests
- Dungeons:
- Dungeon Hythloth
- Dungeons Destard and Shame
- Dungeons Wrong and Deceit
- Dungeons Despise and Covetous
- The Great Stygian Abyss
Appendices
- Britannia Yellow Pages directory
- Moongates
- Enemies
- Text transcript by subject
Keyboard controls[edit | edit source]
- See also Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (NES)/Controls
The following commands are based on the Amiga version.
Button | Command | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
↑ | North or Advance | Attempt to move north (surface) or to advance (dungeon). | Used after certain actions to indicate target direction north. |
↓ | South or Retreat | Attempt to move south (surface) or to retreat (dungeon). | Used after certain actions to indicate target direction south. |
← | West or Turn Left | Attempt to move west (surface) or turn to the left (dungeon). | Used after certain actions to indicate target direction west. |
→ | East or Turn Right | Attempt to move east (surface) or turn to the right (dungeon). | Used after certain actions to indicate target direction east. |
Space | Pass | Wait a turn without attempting any movement or action. | Food will be consumed and Hit Points and Magic Points will be restored as usual. Command is automatically chosen after a while if no input is received. |
Sorted in the order of the Sega Master System port menu, that is close to the usefulness of the command.
Letter | Command | SMS | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
T | Talk | 1. Talk | Begin talking to characters. | Requires a direction. You can always "look" at them or start a conversation about a character's "name", "job", or "health". You may ask them about words they or other characters mention, and they may ask you a question. You may ask some characters to "join" your party. You may "give" gold to some characters. Say "bye" to end a conversation. |
A | Attack | 2. Attack | Perform melee or ranged attack. | Requires a direction. |
F | Fire | 2. Attack | Fire a ship's cannons. | Must board ship to use. Requires a direction, which must be one of the ship's broadsides. |
C | Cast spell | 3. Magic: cast | Cast a spell using magic. | Always requires the first letter of the desired spell to cast (see spell list). Will consume spell reagents, which must be mixed before use. Requires a character's number (1-8) if done during battle. |
M | Mix reagents | 3. Magic: mix | Prepare the reagents required for a spell to be cast later. | Prompts for first letter of spell to prepare, then prompts for letters corresponding to reagents to mix (see spell list). Press Enter or Space to finalize mixture; in the SMS port, select the "MIX" word at the top to finalize mixture. |
G | Get chest | 4. Get chest | Open a chest, attempting to disarm any traps. | Higher Dexterity increases the chance of disarming a trap. Requires a character's number (1-8) if done during battle. |
I | Ignite torch | 5. Use equipment | Lights a torch to see in dungeons. | Must have a torch, which will be consumed. |
J | Jimmy lock | 5. Use equipment | Use a "magic key" (a lockpick) to unlock a door. | Requires a direction. Must have a key, which will be consumed. |
P | Peer at a gem | 5. Use equipment | Look into a gem. | Must have a gem, which will be consumed. Shows your position on a map. |
L | Locate position | 5. Use equipment | Determine your present position. | Requires a certain item discovered by talking to inhabitants: the sextant, which gives coordinates |
U | Use | 5. Use item | Use an item found through searching. | |
R | Get a weapon ready | 6. Ready: weapon | Have a character switch to a specified weapon. | Requires a character's number (1-8) unless used in combat or in a dungeon room. Prompts for letter corresponding to weapon. Present weapon will be unequipped. Weapon must be owned, cannot be shared, and character must be able to use it (see weapon list). |
W | Wear armour | 6. Ready: armour | Have a character switch to the specified clothing. | Requires a character's number (1-8) unless used in combat or in a dungeon room. Prompts for letter corresponding to armor. Present armor will be unequipped. Armor must be owned, cannot be shared, and character must be able to wear it (see armor list). |
S | Search | 7. Search | Inspect your present location carefully for hidden items. | Different from "get chest": if you search a chest, the chest will remain closed. |
H | Hole up & camp | 8. Camp: rest | Make camp and rest, recovering health. | Healing benefit requires resting 100 moves since last camp was made (move counter divided by 100, then checked). Party can be attacked while camping. Can be used in dungeons and on the over world. |
N | New order | 9. Camp: new order | Rearranges order of characters in party. | Requires two characters' numbers (2-8). Party leader must remain 1. |
Z | [Z]tatus | 10. Camp: status | Display character status or inventory. | Requires a character's number (1-8) or 0 for inventory. Use arrow keys to view pages of inventory. Turns do not pass while reading this menu, but moon phases and wind directions do. |
Q | Quit & Save | 11. Camp: save | Save the game to disk. | Must be on the world surface. Game will continue. |
B | Board | Button A | Board a ship or mount a horse. | |
X | e[X]it | Button B | Get off a horse or ship and travel on foot. | Can be used to camp at sea. |
E | Enter | (Automatic) | Enter a settlement, dungeon, or shrine. | Used on the world surface. |
O | Open | (Automatic) | Attempt to open a door. | Requires a direction. |
K | Klimb | (Automatic) | Climb up a ladder in a dungeon or building. | Used in dungeons and buildings. Will return to the surface if at the topmost level of a dungeon. |
D | Descend | (Automatic) | Climb down a ladder. | Used in dungeons and buildings. |
Y | Yell | (Automatic) | Command a horse to "giddyup" or "whoa". | Actually used to advance though a specific point in the plot. |
V | Volume | N/A | Adjusts volume | Amiga, Atari ST: full, 1/2, 1/4, off. MS-DOS: on, off. |
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- Gameplay
- Controls
- Companions
Table of Contents
Gameplay
- Controls
- Companions
- Equipment
- Items
- Magic
Walkthrough
- Starting the Quest
- The Shrines of Virtue
- The Strongholds of the Principles
- Side Quests
- Dungeons:
- Dungeon Hythloth
- Dungeons Destard and Shame
- Dungeons Wrong and Deceit
- Dungeons Despise and Covetous
- The Great Stygian Abyss
Appendices
- Britannia Yellow Pages directory
- Moongates
- Enemies
- Text transcript by subject
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