Cheating in Ultima IV

Ultima IV has surprisingly few ways to cheat the program, yet some exploits are present.

The Status-Trick
This cheat takes advantage of the way that status effects hit characters. In the game, enemies that send your characters alseep (like Reapers and Balrons) are the most annoying of the lot. However, it is possible to completely negate this magic by just having your character being poisoned. The game engine can only handle one status aliment (asleep, poisoned, dead) at a time, so a poisoned character can never fall asleep. Since poison is not much of a problem inside of dungeons, create a poison field and poison your characters, before entering rooms with sleep-casting monsters. Of course, you do need Cure spells after the battle is done, but it saves you lots of nerves.

Money through Mystics
Just like in Ultima III with the Exotics, it is possible in ultima IV to find and sell the Mystic Armour and Mystic Arms repeatedly for money. Of course it is harder, since you first need to be an 8-part Avatar before it is possible to find them in the first place.

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