From 6cd2f766da432617c1c661dcbed4a8b5cf903373 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WarrentyExpired <warrentyexpired@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:23:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] #W# Added: New player area at the entrance of the dungeon.
 Added some npcs.

---
 .../Spawns/Overworld/NewPlayerArea_NPCs.json  | 72 +++++++++++++++++++
 Distribution/Data/regions.json                | 13 ++++
 Projects/UOContent/Skills/SkillCheck.cs       |  4 +-
 3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Distribution/Data/Spawns/Overworld/NewPlayerArea_NPCs.json

diff --git a/Distribution/Data/Spawns/Overworld/NewPlayerArea_NPCs.json b/Distribution/Data/Spawns/Overworld/NewPlayerArea_NPCs.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78399ff6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Distribution/Data/Spawns/Overworld/NewPlayerArea_NPCs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+[
+  {
+    "$type": "Spawner",
+    "guid": "62ea3b2f-2896-4684-8b0b-06d12a790b22",
+    "location": [1620, 2074, 22],
+    "map": "Veridia",
+    "count": 1,
+    "minDelay": "00:05:00",
+    "maxDelay": "00:10:00",
+    "spawnBounds": { "x1": 1620, "y1": 2074, "z1": 22, "x2": 1621, "y2": 2075, "z2": 128 },
+    "walkingRange": 4,
+    "entries": [
+      { "name": "provisioner", "probability": 100, "maxCount": 1 }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "$type": "Spawner",
+    "guid": "fd2c78f7-cb34-483c-bb9d-b17b037337e1",
+    "location": [1618, 2079, 22],
+    "map": "Veridia",
+    "count": 1,
+    "minDelay": "00:05:00",
+    "maxDelay": "00:10:00",
+    "spawnBounds": { "x1": 1618, "y1": 2079, "z1": 22, "x2": 1619, "y2": 2080, "z2": 128 },
+    "walkingRange": 6,
+    "entries": [
+      { "name": "healer", "probability": 100, "maxCount": 1 }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "$type": "Spawner",
+    "guid": "13a41f80-6c46-4c0a-95e1-6407f1db6507",
+    "location": [1619, 2084, 22],
+    "map": "Veridia",
+    "count": 1,
+    "minDelay": "00:05:00",
+    "maxDelay": "00:10:00",
+    "spawnBounds": { "x1": 1619, "y1": 2084, "z1": 22, "x2": 1620, "y2": 2085, "z2": 128 },
+    "walkingRange": 4,
+    "entries": [
+      { "name": "mage", "probability": 100, "maxCount": 1 }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "$type": "Spawner",
+    "guid": "cad4963a-d076-4280-966b-aa983a077388",
+    "location": [1621, 2084, 22],
+    "map": "Veridia",
+    "count": 1,
+    "minDelay": "00:05:00",
+    "maxDelay": "00:10:00",
+    "spawnBounds": { "x1": 1621, "y1": 2084, "z1": 22, "x2": 1622, "y2": 2085, "z2": 128 },
+    "walkingRange": 4,
+    "entries": [
+      { "name": "armorer", "probability": 100, "maxCount": 1 }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "$type": "Spawner",
+    "guid": "fb4c508a-be8b-4a59-9b83-7b1eb7a84025",
+    "location": [1623, 2074, 22],
+    "map": "Veridia",
+    "count": 1,
+    "minDelay": "00:05:00",
+    "maxDelay": "00:10:00",
+    "spawnBounds": { "x1": 1623, "y1": 2074, "z1": 22, "x2": 1624, "y2": 2075, "z2": 128 },
+    "walkingRange": 4,
+    "entries": [
+      { "name": "alchemist", "probability": 100, "maxCount": 1 }
+    ]
+  }
+]
diff --git a/Distribution/Data/regions.json b/Distribution/Data/regions.json
index d1256342d..3335ae579 100644
--- a/Distribution/Data/regions.json
+++ b/Distribution/Data/regions.json
@@ -2421,6 +2421,19 @@
       { "x1": 3415, "y1": 3702, "x2": 3425, "y2": 3717 }
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "$type": "GreetingTownRegion",
+    "Map": "Veridia",
+    "Name": "the New Player Area",
+    "Priority": 60,
+    "Area": [
+      { "x1": 1605, "y1": 2063, "x2": 1638, "y2": 2101 },
+      { "x1": 1638, "y1": 2072, "x2": 1642, "y2": 2100 },
+      { "x1": 1641, "y1": 2071, "x2": 1652, "y2": 2072 },
+      { "x1": 1642, "y1": 2072, "x2": 1652, "y2": 2082 },
+      { "x1": 1642, "y1": 2082, "x2": 1650, "y2": 2096 }
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "$type": "NewbieDungeonRegion",
     "Map": "Underworld",
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Skills/SkillCheck.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Skills/SkillCheck.cs
index 721f400ac..714d791ae 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Skills/SkillCheck.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Skills/SkillCheck.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public static class SkillCheck
             {
                 Gain(from, skill);
             }
-            else if (AllowGain(from, skill, amObj))
+            else if (success && AllowGain(from, skill, amObj))
             {
                 var gc = (double)(from.Skills.Cap - from.Skills.Total) / from.Skills.Cap;
                 gc += (skill.Cap - skill.Base) / skill.Cap;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public static class SkillCheck
 
                 if (from.Region is NewbieDungeonRegion)
                 {
-                    gc *= 3.0;
+                    gc *= 2.5;
                 }
                 else if (DailyDungeonManager.IsActive(from.Region))
                 {