Professions

Ultima Online has no classes — but players still talk in professions: “I’m a tamer,” “she’s a smith,” “he runs a treasure hunter.” A profession is a cluster of skills, a playstyle, and a way of making a living. This section is the by-profession view of the wiki: each page is a hub that pulls together everything for one career — the skills it uses, the build template to get there, the how-to guides for its day-to-day, and the items and tools of the trade.

It’s the answer to “I want to be a ___ — where do I start and what do I need?”

Professions vs. Templates vs. Skills

• Professions (here) — the career overview: what the job is and links to everything for it.
• Character Templates — the detailed build + progression storyline (stats, skill order, where to hunt at each stage).
• Skills — the reference page for one individual skill.

Adventuring professions

Profession	In a line	Core skills
Warrior	Sword, shield, bandages — the front-line fighter.	Swords/Mace/Fencing, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing
Archer	Death at a distance with bow and crossbow.	Archery, Tactics, Anatomy, Healing
Mage	The eight circles — burst damage and Recall mobility.	Magery, Eval Int, Meditation, Resist
Tamer	Command legendary beasts to fight for you.	Animal Taming, Animal Lore, Veterinary, Magery
Bard	Turn monsters on each other with music.	Provocation, Peacemaking, Discordance, Musicianship

Faith, shadow & steel (expansion casters)

Profession	In a line	Core skills
Paladin	Holy warrior — Chivalry spells fueled by tithed gold.	Chivalry + a weapon, Tactics
Necromancer	Dark magic, curses, and wraith form.	Necromancy, Spirit Speak
Samurai	Bushido stances and honorable strikes.	Bushido + a weapon
Ninja	Stealth, forms, and shuriken from the shadows.	Ninjitsu, Hiding, Stealth
Mystic	Gargoyle-era mysticism and elemental focus.	Mysticism, Focus
Spellweaver	Arcanist nature magic and word-of-power circles.	Spellweaving
Sampire	The famous hybrid — vampiric weapon + Bushido + Necromancy.	Bushido, Necromancy, a weapon, Tactics

Roguish professions

Profession	In a line	Core skills
Thief	Take what isn’t yours and vanish.	Stealing, Snooping, Hiding, Stealth
Treasure Hunter	Decode maps, dig up chests, fight the guardians.	Cartography, Mining, Lockpicking, Remove Trap

Crafting & gathering professions

Profession	In a line	Core skills
Blacksmith	Mine ore, forge arms and armor, run a shop.	Mining, Blacksmithy, Tinkering
Tailor	Cloth and leather into clothing and armor.	Tailoring
Carpenter & Bowyer	Wood into furniture, instruments, and bows.	Lumberjacking, Carpentry, Bowcraft/Fletching
Tinker	Tools, traps, clocks, and clever gadgets.	Tinkering
Alchemist	Brew potions from reagents.	Alchemy
Scribe	Scribe spell scrolls and runebooks.	Inscription, Magery
Fisher	The sea’s harvest — fish, nets, and SOS bottles.	Fishing

Player-vs-player

Fighting other players is its own discipline, with its own builds — the tank mage, the nox mage, the stun mage, the dexxer, the stealth archer. See PvP Builds for the classic player-killer and duelist templates and how they differ from PvM characters (and Notoriety & PvP for the rules of engagement).

You are a blend

Most players are a blend — a tamer-mage, a warrior-smith, a stealth archer, a sampire. The 700-point skill cap (seven Grandmaster skills, see 7x GM Templates) is what forces the interesting choices.