Runic magic/Undocumented spells

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Most of the runic spells in Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss and Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds are listed in the game documentation but a few must be discovered in-game. This page lists those spells and where to find them.

Usefulness

To cast runic spells in the Underworld games you only need to select the runes in the proper order. The runes can be obtained from Runic Magic for both documented and undocumented spells. The game doesn't track whether a player has found in the spell in game, so why do these locations matter? Mostly for a player doing an "in-character" or "no-meta" game where they don't want to use knowledge their character doesn't have access to. Also, in the PSX-port of Ultima Underworld, runes cannot be selected, spells are selected from a list of known and rune-available spells, and undocumented spells cannot be used until found.

Ultima Underworld

Circle	Runes	Spell	Words	Icon	Floor	Location
1st Circle		Jump	Uus Por		L1 Imp Room	On a scroll in the imp room Southwest of the green goblin settlement.
2nd Circle		Curse	An Sanct		L4 Pit	On a scroll in the bottom of the pit near Sethar Strongarm.
3rd Circle		Thick Skin	In Sanct		L2 Orb Room	On a scroll in a chest in the orb room with the skeletons.
4th Circle		Water Walk	Ylem Por		L3 Red Lizardmen	On a scroll held by Iss'leek.
5th Circle		Smite Undead	An Corp Mani		L5	On a scroll on a ledge across the lava river, off the path to the mine dispatch chamber.
6th Circle		Sheet Lightning	Vas Ort Grav		L6	Told by the Talking Door after asking about it.
7th Circle		Monster Summoning	Kal Mani		L6 Vilus Domain	On a scroll in a box in the Vilus domain, in the lava flow room.
8th Circle		Armageddon	Vas Kal Corp		L8	Told by the Wisps after asking about it.

Ultima Underworld II

Codes for the worlds:

• BR: Britannia
• TA: Tarna
• KK: Killorn Keep
• AD: Anodunos
• TS: Talorus
• SA: Scintillus Academy
• PC: Pits of Carnage
• RH: Rhiannon
• EV: Ethereal Void

The number behind it states, on which level in the world in question the spell is found. (BR3 = Britannia level 3)

Circle	Runes	Spell	Words	Icon	Floor	Location
1st Circle		Bouncing	Uus Des Por		BR2	In a box inside Nystul's laboratory.
1st Circle		Locate	Bet Wis Ex		AD2	Found inside the magic shop in the city itself.
2nd Circle		Dispel Hunger	Quas Mani Ylem		PC1	Learned from Zaria when talking about how she no longer eats.
2nd Circle		Valor	Quas An Corp		PC1	Learned from Zogith after giving him a FLAM rune stone.
3rd Circle		Repel Undead	An Kal Corp		KK1	Learned from the merchant Merzan after giving him the agreed upon sum.
4th Circle		Frost	In An Flam		PC1	In the remains of an unfortunate mage in the frozen eastern room.
4th Circle		Thick Skin	In Sanct		AD2	Found inside the magic shop in the city itself.
5th Circle		Mending	Rel Sanct Ylem		TA5	In the belongings of the Goblin Blacksmith after he's dead.
5th Circle		Rune of Stasis	In Tym Jux		KK1	Learned from the merchant Merzan after giving him the agreed upon sum.
6th Circle		Map Area	Wis Ex		AD1	In the remains of the failed expedition near the entrance.
7th Circle		Enchantment	Vas Ort Ylem		KK1	Learned from Altara after killing the Listener.
7th Circle		Summon Daemon	Kal An Mani		PC2	Deduced by the three rune stones lying around the summoning pentagram.
7th Circle		Tremor	Vas Por Ylem			This spell is nowhere documented. Instead, the player has to use knowledge from the previous game.
8th Circle		Smite Foe	Vas Jux Mani			This spell is not learned, instead one has to deduce that the Bleeding spell can be enhanced with the VAS-rune.
8th Circle		Armageddon	Vas Kal Corp			This spell is nowhere documented. Instead, the player has to use knowledge from the previous game.

Trivia

• UW1 has exactly one undocumented spell in each circle.
• UW1 has exactly six spells in each circle, five documented and one not.
• UW1 has one undocumented spell found on each floor, except two on six and none on seven.

See Also

• For a list of all spells in UW1 and UW2 see Runic magic/All spells
• For a list of rune stone locations see Rune stones/Locations