Thief Protection 101

Thief Protection 101

Player thieves in UO can take items from your backpack. Here is a quick rundown of how thievery works in UO.

Thieves CANNOT STEAL…

• Thieves cannot steal from your bank account.
• Thieves cannot steal an item if it is equipped.
• Thieves cannot steal items that stay with you after death (newbie items or blessed items.)
• Thieves cannot steal from a secured container in a house. Only friends, co-owners, and owners can access these containers.

Thieves CAN STEAL…

• Thieves can steal from your backpack or an unlocked, non-trapped container within your backpack.
• Thieves can steal from your pack horse or pack llama.
• Thieves can steal from NPC humans and monsters.
• Thieves can steal house keys, boat keys, and keyrings.
• Thieves can steal runebooks.

Theft Protection Methods

There are a few known tricks to keep your items safe among thieves, but even if you follow this advice, it is still recommended to keep valuable items in the bank or in a secure container.

• Always reveal before taking a valuable item out of your bank.
• Always use detect hidden before opening your house door, and after You enter and close the door. Don’t forget the lock your door.
• Split stackable items, such as reagents and bandages into multiple piles, to limit how much a thief can steal in a single attempt.
• Keep valuable items in secured containers, lock down the item directly, or keep it behind a locked interior door, or a table wall. Read more about homeowner and boat security.
• Keep valuable items equipped, in your bank account, in a locked container, or even in a trapped pouch nested within another container.
• Paranoid? Put a container within a container within a container within a container within a container, containing your items. Stack items on top of other items within the same bag to make it a little more difficult for them to find your valuables.