Ultima III: Exodus/Enemies

In the table below, The characters can only get to lv. 5, unless they find the Mark of Kings in a dungeon.

The NES version features less enemies than the other versions. "Lv." refers to the characters level at which the enemies start appearing.

Land enemies

Names	HP	Exp	NES names	NES HP	Lv.	Notes
Orc Goblin Troll	30-44	3	Orc Goblin	48-62	1	Weak against the A-rank wizard spell, Repond/Repel.
Skeleton Ghoul Zombie	50-64	4	Skeleton Zombie	80-94	1	Weak against the A-rank cleric spell, Pontori/Undead.
Thief Brigand Cutpurse		5	Thief Brigand	128-142	3	They can steal unequipped weapons and armors.
Giant Golem Titan	80-94	6	Giant Golem Titan	112-126	3	-
Fighter		8	-	-	-	-
Daemon Mane Gargoyle	135-149	8	Daemon Mane Gargoyle	180-194	5	They attack with magic. In the NES port, Daemons may also poison, but manes and gargoyles use no magic.
Wizard		10	-	-	-	They attack with magic.
Bradle Snatch Pincher	144-158	10	Bradle Snatch	192-205	7	They may poison players.
Griffon Wyvern Dragon	228-242	15	Griffon Wyvern Dragon	224	9	They attack with magic. In computer ports, they can shoot fireballs before combat!
Devil Balron Orcus	180-194	20	Devil Balron	224	11	They attack with magic and poison.

Sea enemies

Names	HP	Exp.	NES names	NES HP	Lv.	Notes
Pirate ship & pirate	144-158	8	Ship & pirate	150-164	5	They fire cannons before combat (not NES port). Fight and defeat them to obtain a ship.
Sea serpent	195-206	15	Sea serpent	224-238	5	They shoot fireballs in combat. They drop nothing.
Man-O-War	145-154	20	Man-O-War	240-254	9	They attack with magic and poison. They drop nothing.

Combat strategies

General tips

The enemies are always leveled to your party experience level. In other words, gaining levels increases the characters HP only, but it also makes stronger enemies appear, and they have stronger overall attributes. In order to gain levels, characters have to gain experience and then talk to Lord British. You can choose to gain experience and wait before talking to the King.

At the beginning of the game, raise experience and gold using the rank A spells, that wipe out weak enemies, but don't raise level. Keep doing this until you collect enough money for all the following:

Expensive ranged weapons (bows) from the shop in Dawn;
Enough offers to max out the WIS of your Cleric or the INT of your Wizard at the Shrines in Ambrosia;
A certain amount of Gems and Powder.

When you collect all this, talk to Lord British and he'll raise your characters to Level 5. This means 500 HP more for your characters and pirate ships sailing the seas. Now you can travel to Ambrosia and raise your other attributes.

Battle strategy

Put your enemies in a square formation, so that characters with ranged weapons are in the back row. This way, two characters gang up against one enemy.

Fighting from pirate ship is not convenient: despite the favorable battle terrain, you will spend much more food.

NES battle strategy

Put your characters in a vertical row and attack one enemy at a time with ranged weapons.

Capture a pirate ship, then fight the enemies along the coast: the water between the ship and the land will give you tactical advantage. In fact, enemies will queue on the plank, and attack you only one by one. Counter-attack with ranged weapons.