Blue moongate locations

Shown here are the locations of the eight moongates and their respective moon phases.

Locations

Locations in Sosaria

Only in Ultima III, the gates appeared in the following locations (note that most versions of Ultima III used the numerical representation of the moon phase listed below):

New Moon (0): Just NE of Moon

Crescent Waxing (1): Just outside the Snake Dungeon

First Quarter (2): Tiny mountain enclosure by towne Devil Guard

Gibbous Waxing (3): S edge of map, S of the hidden city of Dawn

Full Moon (4): Tiny mountain enclosure by towne Devil Guard (S of (2))

Gibbous Waning (5): On the Isle of Fire (location shown, but not Isle itself)

Last Quarter (6): Just E of the towne Devil Guard

Crescent Waning (7): Just S of the Dungeon of Time

Locations in Britannia

Starting with Ultima IV, each moon phase is bound to one of these specific city gates:

New Moon: Moonglow

Crescent Waxing Moon: Britain

First Quarter: Jhelom

Gibbous Waxing Moon: Yew

Full Moon: Minoc

Gibbous Waning Moon: Trinsic

Last Quarter: Skara Brae

Crescent Waning Moon: New Magincia

Lore

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Under the auspices of Lord British, studies of the properties of the Moon gates are beginning to yield a clearer understanding of the Gates' mystical workings. People forecast that future citizens will use these gates as a normal means of distant travel. The destinations of the gates appear to be rigidly bound to the phases of the twin moons Trammel and Felucca. The appearance and disappearance of the gates are represented on most maps of the realm as phases of the moons. The gate active is indicated by the phase of the moon Trammel. Once a gate is entered, thy destination is indicated by the phase of the moon Felucca. – from The History of Britannia (Ultima IV)

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Blue moongates, generated by moonstones, generally focus on destinations in but a single world - the world in which they appear. Their power, awesome though it may seem, is limited, allowing the traveler to teleport only from the location of one moonstone to that of another. The moonstone the user travels to is determined by the phase of the moon that appears directly overhead in the sky. Through experimentation and observation, the moongate traveler can correlate the phases of the highest moon with the destination the gate will select. – from Compendium (Ultima VI)

“	During this time of magic, a strange form of travel existed, through doorways of light that were often called "Moongates." There were at least two types of Moongates - blue and red. Blue Moongates sprang up wherever fragments of extraterrestrial rocks called "moonstones" were buried. These gates allowed magical travel from one gate to another. – from The Book of Fellowship (Ultima VII)