Master of Arts
Master of the Arts Champion Spawn
Overview
The Master of the Arts is a custom crafting-themed Champion Spawn unique to Banes World Ultima Online. Unlike traditional champion encounters focused purely on combat, this spawn represents the mastery of craftsmanship, labor, industry, and trade. Master of Arts Champion Spawn is located at the crossroads in Trammel.
Players who complete this encounter can earn:
- Crafting Power Scrolls
- Runic Crafting Tools
- Rare Gargoyle crafting tools
- Gold explosions
- Rare decorative rewards
- Champion loot
The spawn culminates in a battle against the powerful boss:
Master of the Arts
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Spawn Theme
This spawn is centered around artisans, automatons, laborers, and corrupted industrial creatures.
Spawn Levels
Level 1 Creatures
- Carpenter Automaton
- Baby Bellhop
These are weaker enemies intended to introduce the spawn mechanics.
Level 2 Creatures
- Tailor Automaton
- Bellhop
More durable enemies with stronger resistances and melee capability.
Level 3 Creatures
- Blacksmith Automaton
- Strong Bellhop
Danger increases significantly here. Strong Bellhops use fiery attacks and Dragon Breath abilities.
Level 4 Creatures
- Fletcher Automaton
- Burnt One
The final wave before the champion. Burnt Ones inflict lethal poison and Fletcher Automatons attack from range.
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Champion Boss: Master of the Arts
The Master of the Arts is an extremely powerful melee champion with massive resistances and high damage output.
Boss Abilities
- Mortal Strike
- Bleed Attack
- Armor Ignore
- High physical and poison damage
- Very high resistances
- Immune to barding
- Auto-dispels summons
- Cannot flee
- Lethal poison immune
Special Features
- Rides a pack mule companion
- Uses a unique war hammer
- Periodically taunts nearby players
- Drops gold explosions across the battlefield upon death
Example Taunts
- "So you really think that crafting is important to ye."
- "I shall not give you these scrolls easily."
- "Only the wise can receive these scrolls of knowledge to excel."
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Rewards
Crafting Power Scrolls
Upon defeating the champion, eligible players may receive crafting-related Power Scrolls in the following skills:
- Blacksmithing
- Tailoring
- Tinkering
- Mining
- Carpentry
- Alchemy
- Fletching
- Inscription
- Cooking
- Cartography
- Lumberjacking
- Lockpicking
- Fishing
- Begging
- Herding
Scroll Levels
Possible scroll values include:
- 110
- 115
- 120
Higher-level scrolls are rarer.
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Runic Crafting Tools
Players also have a chance to receive powerful runic tools including:
Runic Hammers
- Dull Copper
- Shadow Iron
- Copper
- Bronze
- Gold
- Agapite
- Verite
- Valorite
- Blaze
- Ice
- Toxic
- Electrum
- Platinum
Runic Sewing Kits
- Spined Leather
- Horned Leather
- Barbed Leather
- Polar Leather
- Synthetic Leather
- Blaze Leather
- Daemonic Leather
- Shadow Leather
- Frost Leather
- Ethereal Leather
Runic Fletcher Tools
- Oak
- Ash
- Yew
- Heartwood
- Bloodwood
- Frostwood
- Ebony
- Bamboo
- PurpleHeart
- Redwood
- Petrified
Runic Tinker Tools
Includes multiple metal tiers similar to Runic Hammers.
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Rare Drops
The champion also has chances to drop:
- Gargoyle's Axe
- Gargoyle's Pickaxe
- Gargoyle's Knife
- Prospector's Tool
- Personal Statue Deed
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Gold Explosion Event
When the Master of the Arts dies, gold rains across the surrounding area.
Players should quickly gather the scattered piles before others do.
Visual effects include:
- Fire columns
- Explosions
- Fireballs
This creates a chaotic loot scramble after the boss dies.
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Strategy Guide
Recommended Builds
- Sampires
- High-resist melee templates
- Poison-resistant builds
- Tamers with durable pets
- Archers for safer positioning
Important Tips
- Carry Cure and Heal potions.
- Burnt Ones use lethal poison.
- Strong Bellhops use fire attacks.
- The champion hits extremely hard in melee.
- Bring multiple players for faster progression.
- Loot quickly after the gold explosion begins.
Group Composition
Recommended:
- 1 Tank
- 1 Healer/Bard
- 2–4 DPS players
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Spawn Mechanics
Like standard champion spawns:
- White skulls indicate progress within a level.
- Red skulls indicate overall advancement.
- The spawn becomes more dangerous as it progresses.
- If ignored too long, progression can decay.
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Trivia
- The encounter was originally created by daat99.
- The spawn is heavily themed around crafting professions and industrial fantasy.
- The boss references a mysterious figure named Banethorn in his speech.
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See Also
- Champion Spawns
- Crafting System
- Power Scrolls
- Runic Tools
- Gargoyle Tools