Runic magic/Ultima Underworld spells

This sub article lists all the documented runic magic spells of Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss grouped by spell circle.

For a list of undocumented spells and their locations, see: Runic magic/Undocumented spells

Notes[edit]

The spells documented here match how they are presented in the game's documentation manual, with these exceptions:

Type: The spell types in the maunal were a bit ambiguous, so here they have been given as:
- Duration: A spell that stays active for a certain period of time, leaving an icon in the appropriate area of the display.
- Missile: A spell that will spawn a missle and provides the user an aiming cursor () to select a vector for it's trajectory.
- Targeted: A spell that provides the user a targeting cursor () to select a target by touch, either out in the 3d world or in the inventory. The target must be within an arm's reach unless a telekinesis spell is active.
- Instantaneous: A spell that has an immediate effect, no duration, and no user targeting needed.
Icon: An icon has been provided to help visually represent some of the spells.
- Duration spells icons have a dark cyan background, similar to the color of the in-game spell shelf they will be seen on.
- Missile spells have an image of the projectile they create
- Some other spells have an icon picked from the game's graphics to represent the action or effect of the spell.
Notes: Clarifications about the spell in addition to the provided documentation.

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Create Food	In Mani Ylem	Causes a fine bounty of food to appear	Instantaneous	Creates a single piece of fresh food
Light	In Lor	Illuminates a darkened area	Duration	Provides illumination greater than that of a torch but less than a lantern
Magic Arrow	Ort Jux	Fires a magic arrow at your opponent	Missile	Can also be used to toggle switches.
Resist Blows	Bet In Sanct	Has the same effect as wearing a suit of head-to-toe armor	Duration
Stealth	Sanct Hur	Briefly prevents you from making any noise, making it less likely that creatures will notice you	Duration

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Cause Fear	Quas Corp	May cause an opponent to lose heart and flee	Instantaneous	auto-targeted
Detect Monster	Wis Mani	Reveals the presence of hidden or unperceived enemies	Instantaneous
Lesser Heal	In Bet Mani	Heals your minor wounds	Instantaneous
Rune of Warding	In Jux	Places an enchantment in an area which will report if anything disturbs it	Instantaneous	There is no visual indication of when this rune is in place. Once in place it remains until disturbed.
Slow Fall	Rel Des Por	Briefly allows you to float in the air like a feather	Duration	Allows the caster to fall slowly and to avoid injury when jumping or falling from great heights

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Conceal	Bet Sanct Lor	Briefly obscures you, so you might remain unseen	Duration
Lightning	Ort Grav	Hurls a bolt of arcane energy at your opponent	Missile
Night Vision	Quas Lor	Allows you to see without benefit of torch or candle	Duration	vision distance is greater than a lantern but vision is mostly grayscale
Speed	Rel Tym Por	Slows down your enemies relative to your speed	Duration
Strengthen Door	Sanct Jux	Spikes a door	Instantaneous

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Heal	In Mani	Heals you of grievous wounds	Instantaneous
Levitate	Hur Por	Briefly allows you to rise vertically into the air	Duration	gives vertical control at the cost of reduced horizontal velocity
Poison	Nox Mani	Poisons your opponent with toxic venom	Instantaneous	poisons all nearby creatures, hostile or not, even through walls
Remove Trap	An Jux	Negates the targeted snare	Targeted
Resist Fire	Sanct Flam	Briefly grants a partial resistance to damage from flame	Duration	called Resist Fire in documentation but Flameproof everywhere else

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Cure Poison	An Nox	Acts as an antidote to any poison	Instantaneous
Fireball	Por Flam	Hurls a mighty flaming missile at your opponent	Missile
Missile Protection	Grav Sanct Por	Renders you invulnerable to missiles	Duration
Name Enchantment	Ort Wis Ylem	Reveals the true nature of the object on which you cast the spell	Targeted	identifies magical items and bones
Open	Ex Ylem	Unlocks a locked door or chest	Targeted

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Daylight	Vas In Lor	Provides bright illumination for extended periods of time	Duration	the brightest light in game
Gate Travel	Vas Rel Por	Allows you to travel instantly to a moonstone	Instantaneous
Greater Heal	Vas In Mani	Brings you back to your original vigor (full Vitality)	Instantaneous
Paralyze	An Ex Por	Prevents target from moving	Instantaneous	auto-targeted
Telekinesis	Ort Por Ylem	Allows you to pick up a single item and use it from a distance	Duration	can also be used on objects like doors and switches, and extends the range of touch spells

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Ally	In Mani Rel	Causes the ensorcelled being to fight the last enemy he or she saw you attack	Instantaneous
Confusion	Vas An Wis	Causes foes to act as if drunk	Instantaneous	sets all nearby monsters to upset state
Fly	Vas Hur Por	Allows you to fly through the air for a time, and then glide gently to the ground	Duration
Invisibility	Vas Sanct Lor	Causes you to become nearly impossible to see	Duration
Reveal	Ort An Quas	Reveals hidden objects and concealed exits from current location	Instantaneous

Spell	Words of Power	Description	Type	Notes
Flame Wind	Flam Hur	Casts multiple flaming missiles into the area	Instantaneous
Freeze Time	An Tym	Stops the flow of time for all but you	Duration
Iron Flesh	In Vas Sanct	Greatly increases your resistance to damage	Duration
Roaming Sight	Ort Por Wis	Allows you to see the world from a birdâ€™s-eye view	Duration	allows caster to move their point of view at will, regardless of physical constraints
Tremor	Vas Por Ylem	Causes the ground to quake and rocks to burst	Instantaneous