Gift box

Removed feature

The feature described here has been removed from Wurm Online. This page is retained only for historical purposes.

Gift Box

Creation
This item cannot be crafted.
Result
Gift box
Skill and improvement
Uses miscellaneous items skill Cannot be improved

Description

A gift box with nice decorations.

Ability to create item removed from game, see here: http://www.wurmonline.com/2014/01/08/slew-of-bugfixes/

The gift box was a player-made gift that could be addressed to other players. Unfortunately it became widely abused to avoid decay on many items, especially food, which devs found to be undesired behavior.

Creation/Wrapping Method

• First, activate a wood scrap, right-click the item to be wrapped into a present, and select "Wrap". Next, 'rename' the gift box with the name of the recipient. The gift itself will then carry the name: "From [creator] to [receiver]".

• Wrapping Event Text:

You start to wrap the <item> in a nice package. You will have to destroy the package to retrieve it afterwards.
You create a box side.
You create another box side.
You create yet another box side.
You create the last box side.
You create a bottom.
You create a top.
You paint the package.
You add some decoration and put the <item> in it.

Additional Notes

• To open the gift box, right-click it and select "Open". Opening will destroy the box, while just the contents will remain. Only the named recipient or the creator can open the box in this way.
• Players with long names were reported to have problems opening the box. It wass therefore suggested that players experiment with the process before wrapping something of considerable value.
• The gift box is created at a quality of 99. It decays slowly, only if left off-deed, and it cannot be repaired or improved.
• The gift box will always say, "It is made from birchwood", despite the wood scrap type used in creation.
• Items unable to be gift wrapped include: wood scrap, edible items, ores, lumps, rock shards, and leather.
• Gift boxes will not burn if placed in a fire, forge, or oven. Instead, they will glow red, much like a metal lump, not incurring any decay/fire damage. However, players can use a gift box as fuel by selecting the "burn" option on the burning vessel with the gift box activated. The results of this action are not yet confirmed.
• Players can destroy a gift box in a trash heap, along with its contents.
• Gift boxes can no longer cross server borders, either via ship, or through the mail.
• An examine action performed on some of the gift boxes will then refresh them and allow the intended recipient to open them.