Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress/Enemies

Gold earned from defeated enemies is a random amount ranging from 1 to 17. Earned experience is a similar random value, too, but experience has no effect in this game.

Overworld enemies

An enemy that can drop an item will always drop one item upon defeat.

HP are inversely proportional to the frequency of encounter. E.g. an enemy with few HP will appear very often, while one with lots of HP will appear seldom.

Player-type characters (thief, fighter, wizard) can be met both in the wilderness and in town. In town they are peaceful (exceptions exist). Clerics are met in town only.

Land enemies

Sprite	Name	HP	Special	Loot	Text
	Orc	16	-	-	-
	Thief	32	Steals items	One of 17 items	"Psst, wanna buy a watch?"
	Daemon	64	Casts "leg paralysis" (range=2) (defend with magic boots)	-	-
Rare enemies
	Fighter	128	-	Torches, m.helms	"Ugh, me tough!"
	Devil	192	Casts "arm paralysis" (range=2) (defend with magic cloak)	-	-
	Wizard	224	Casts "magic missile" (range=3)	Staves, wands	"Hex-e-poo-hex on you!"
	Balron	255	Casts "sleep" (range=2) (defend with green idol)	-	-

Note that sea enemies appear with fixed frequency: one pirate ship every two sea serpents.

Sea enemies

Sprite	Name	HP	Special	Loot	Text
	Sea serpent	64	-	-	-
	Pirate ship	160	Can be boarded if you own a Blue Tassle	Ship	-

Townsfolk

These characters are met in towns, and they will not attack the Stranger. If the Stranger attacks any townsfolk, then all the guards in town will attack her. Defeating a guard is the only way to earn keys, but guards are one of the strongest opponents in the game. The HP of townsfolk is variable (except for guards), but usually quite high.

Sprite	Name	Text	Special	HP	Loot
	Jester	Sings: "Ho ho ho!"	-	?	-
	Cleric	"Believe!"	-	?	-
	Merchant	"Will you buy my apples?"	Many sell goods, others give hints	?	Red gems
	Guard (serious)	"Pay your taxes!"	-	255	Keys
	Guard (amusing)	Funny, no response!	Invincible: all attacks miss	N/A	N/A
	King	"Welcome my child! First, my 50 GP tribute! And for it I raise thee 300 HP."	Raises health points	?	-

Dungeon enemies

Orcs, daemons and balrons that dwell in dungeons are more resistant than their counterparts that are met in the wilderness.

In most ports of Ultima 2, dungeon monsters have a monochromatic white/grey sprite. In the DOS port, instead, they are tri-chromatic (3 colors).

Monsters are always met starting from a specific floor. The two major obstacles are the ghost (need lots of torches) and the gremlin (if the Stranger runs out of food, she dies instantly).

Floors	Sprite (DOS)	Name	Special	HP
0-15		Orc	-	32
2-15		Ghost	Can cause darkness	64
4-15		Carrion creeper	-	128
6-15		Viper	-	160
8-15		Gremlin	Steals 100 meals per attack	192
10-15		Daemon	-	224
12-15		Balrog	Casts "powerful sleep" (green idols are ineffective)	255