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	Homes :: Decorating :: Tools :: Taxidermy Kits \| Interior Decorator \| Land Surveying Tool

Trophies facing East.

Taxidermy Kits [160301]
Taxidermy Kits will allow players to use corpses of certain creatures to create trophy deeds, which can be used in houses to generate a wall-mounted trophy.

Taxidermy Kits will be found on NPC Tanners, usually found within “leather and hide” shops in towns. Only master and above carpenters can use the kit itself, as those without master or grandmaster status in carpentry will be unable to figure out the kit’s workings.

A master carpenter is defined by UO as a player with 90.1 or above base carpentry skill (base skill, visible by clicking “show real” in the skill window).

The player will need the following items to create a trophy:
Selecting the facing.

a Taxidermy Kit
10 wood
a corpse of either

Orc
Gorilla
Troll – “a troll trophy deed”
Brown Bear
Polar Bear
Great Hart – “a stag trophy deed”
Big Fish (note that “big fish” that have been stacked with other fish will not be usable by the taxidermy kit)

When the player with enough carpentry skill and materials listed above uses the taxidermy kit, they will get a targeting cursor. This cursor is targeted on the corpse of the creature (or big fish) intended to be the trophy. Thus, the player will need to be at the corpse of one of these creatures to successfully use the taxidermy kit. The taxidermy kit will disappear upon successful use and a deed for a trophy will be placed in the player’s pack.

The player attempting to place the trophy will need to be a owner or co-owner of the house. The trophy will need to be locked down to prevent decay or other players taking it. Double-clicking the trophy if it is not locked down will cause it to return to deed form in the player’s backpack.

You would not understand how to use the kit.

That does not look like something you want hanging on a wall.

This item was added to the Volunteer Shard 200101.

Kits and Trophy Deeds are “blessed”.

I could use the Kit with 90.1 “adjusted” carpentry (86.8 “real” with 100 Str and 100 Dex).

You cannot purchase the kit without the required skill to use it.

The kit does not work with cats, cows, goats, hinds, llamas, pigs, rabbits and sheep. (I know it’s irrelevant now, but I did the testing before the official announcement.)

The trophy will face the proper direction when mounted on a wall. If mounted in a corner, you will get a menu allowing you to decide the facing.

	Homes :: Decorating :: Tools :: Taxidermy Kits \| Interior Decorator \| Land Surveying Tool

Interior Decorator [160301]
Players will be able to use a House Decoration Tool to assist them with the decoration of their houses within UO. The tool has the following abilities:

The tool will be sold on Architect NPC’s
Has the ability to turn certain objects to face south-to-east, or east-to-south. An example of an object that is able to be turned would be a wall clock. Not all objects can be turned.
Has the ability to raise or lower certain objects, thus allowing for items such as the wall clock to be “hung” on a wall. Not all objects can be raised or lowered.

The tool itself operates in the following manner:

The player using the tool must be the owner or a co-owner of the house where the tool will be used.
The player must actually be in the house to use the tool.
When the player double-clicks the tool, targeting the tool with the target cursor will bring up a menu. The menu choices are “turn”, “up”, and “down”. This changes the operating mode of the tool to the choice that is made.
Upon selecting turn, up, or down, the player will be able to target an item in the house to apply that effect.
The player can either double-click the tool again and then the house object to apply the last movement style chosen on the tool, or the player can use the target cursor on the tool itself to choose another movement style (such as selecting down instead of up).

The house objects being moved must be locked down, and will remain locked down during the Decoration Tool movement process.

Sold by architects for ±9,000 gold.
Anyone who has tried getting the facing right on chairs will really appreciate the turn option.
This item just made obsolete our (already out-of-date) Decorating Tips page.
Attempting to raise a locked-down house add-on (I tried a small forge) will get you the message “That item is too heavy”.
Screenshot

	Homes :: Decorating :: Tools :: Taxidermy Kits \| Interior Decorator \| Land Surveying Tool

Land Surveying Tool [24012k]
This tool will allow players to check land without have to buy a house deed, thus allowing multiple people in a group to search different locations. To use the tool:

Double-click the surveying tool.
A window will appear listing the different house types, select the house type you wish to check.
A small description of the house type and the number of lockdowns it can hold will appear.
To evaluate the area, click the “E” in the window.
The house type you selected will appear in front of you. Move the house to the location you want to test and single-click.
You will receive a message telling you whether the area can hold that house type.

If the area is acceptable, a temporary house of the type you selected will appear for approximately 10 seconds to let you see what a house would look like in that location.
If the area is not acceptable, then you will simply receive a message telling you that the house type will not fit.