Ultima VII Part Two: The Silver Seed
This article is about a game add-on. For the Silver Seed sought during the quest, see Silver Seed.
Ultima VII Part Two: The Silver Seed is an add-on disk to Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle, published by Origin in 1993.
Gameplay[edit]
The Silver Seed offers a new quest, which can be played at any time during the game. It does announce itself when the player talks to Karnax – even after resurrection – and learns of the prophecy of Balance. Solving the quest not only grants Experience, but also numerous useful items as well as training opportunities for the entire game. The add-on is included in most post-release compilations containing Ultima VII, including The Complete Ultima VII and Ultima Collection, fully integrated into the main game.
Included with it is the The Silver Seed Play Guide pamphlet (in PDF format in later releases), which contains the complete solution to the dungeons.
The Story[edit]
The Xenkan Monks find a mysterious amulet, the Amulet of Balance, which they give the Avatar. Using it on a serpent gate, the Avatar and companions travel to the past, into the time of the War of Imbalance. The Avatar has to find and plant the Silver Seed, to prevent the imbalance from destroying the world. Finding many fine artifacts on the way, like the Ring of Reagents and the Belt of Strength, the Avatar succeeds in this task, thus saving the world from ultimate destruction and learning that the Guardian has exerted his malevolent influence on the land already many centuries ago.
Locations[edit]
- Serpent's Fang, the main keep, called “DeathWatch” by the residents
- Issik's Maze
- Abandoned Outpost
- Aram-Dol’s lair
- The Fiend's Domain
Items[edit]
There are several new items in The Silver Seed that help the Avatar's quest.
- Keyring
- Gauntlets of Quickness (gloves of Karas the Quick)
- Erinon’s axe
- Belt of Strength (Loriel's Gift)
- Helm of Light
- Ring of Reagents (Ring of Shal)
Trivia[edit]
- For the German, French, Korean and Chinese languages, the documentation was fully translated.
- The Silver Seed was never officially translated into German, but the fan-made Ultima VII Part Two auf Deutsch does.
- The expansion did get a Spanish release, but not as a separate product, only included in the Spanish CD version.
- The original painting of the cover art showing a silver serpent was found and is shown in the gallery below.
Gallery[edit]
Game box back
The items
European back cover
Original cover art
The original title screen before installing the expansion
