Ultima III: Exodus/Enemies

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Enemies

In computer ports, enemies with different names but the same sprites are functionally identical.

The NES version features less "enemy names", but many more different sprites; enemies with different sprites also have slightly different attributes (e.g. ghouls are slightly more powerful tha skeletons). "Lv." refers to the characters level at which the enemies start appearing in the NES port.

Land enemies

Names	HP	Exp	NES names	NES HP	Lv.	Notes
Orc Goblin Troll	30-44	3	Goblin Orc	48-62	1	Weak against the wizard spell "Repond" (A) (NES "Repel": effective when weapons are low).
Skeleton Ghoul Zombie	50-64	4	Skeleton Ghoul	80-94	1	Weak against the cleric spell "Pontori" (A) (NES "Undead": effective when weapons are low).
Thief Brigand Cutpurse		5	Thief Brigand	128-142	3	They steal unequipped weapons and armors.
Giant Titan Golem	80-94	6	Giant Titan Golem	112-126	3	-
Fighter		8	-	-	-	-
Daemon Gargoyle Mane	135-149	8	Daemon Gargoyle Mane	180-194	5	Magic flash attack. In the NES port, Daemons cast poisonous flash, but Manes and Gargoyles use no magic.
Wizard		10	-	-	-	Magic flash attack.
Bradle Snatch Pincher	144-158	10	Bradle Snatch	192-205	7	Poisonous bite.
Dragon Wyvern Griffon	228-242	15	Dragon Wyvern Griffon	224	9	Magic flash & fireball attacks. They shoot fireballs before combat (not NES port).
Devil Balron Orcus	180-194	20	Devil Balron	224	11	Poisonous flash attack.

Sea enemies

Names	HP	Exp.	NES names	NES HP	Lv.	Notes
Pirate ship Pirate	144-158	5-8	Pirate ship Pirate	150-164	5	They fire cannons before combat (not NES port). Fight and defeat them to obtain a ship. 5 exp. on computers, 8 on NES
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

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: enemy spawning rate is lower, so 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.

NES field strategy

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:

Blowguns (PC: bows) from the weapons dealers;
Enough gold 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.