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fix: Stop treasure chest guardian spawn farming via stack splits (#2568)
### Summary

Players reported an exploit: decipher a treasure map, then run a ClassicUO/Razor organizer agent that pulls the gold out of the chest in small amounts. Each pull spawned more monsters, turning one chest into an unbounded farmable spawn generator.

### Root cause

`TreasureMapChest.OnItemLifted` grants a 10% guardian spawn roll per first-time-lifted item, deduplicated by the instance-keyed `_lifted` set. But a partial lift goes through `Mobile.LiftItemDupe`, which re-adds the stack remainder to the chest as a **brand-new item instance** (engine-side `AddItem`, bypassing the `CheckHold` block on refilling). Every subsequent pull lifts an instance the `_lifted` set has never seen, so each one re-rolls the 10% spawn chance:

- A level 4 chest holds 4,000 gold → pulled coin by coin, ~400 spawned creatures (plus more from reagent stacks), hands-free, per chest.
- Spawns use `guardian: false`, so nothing tracks or caps them.
- Legit full-stack looting yields roughly 5–8 bonus spawns per chest for comparison.

The code is inherited from RunUO, so descendant shards likely share the hole.

### Fix

Mark every item that enters the chest **after the initial fill** as already lifted, via an `OnItemAdded` override gated by a non-serialized `_filled` flag (set at the end of the constructor and in `[AfterDeserialization]`). Ordering makes this exact: `LiftItemDupe` re-adds the remainder *before* the chest's `OnItemLifted` runs, so the lifted original still gets its one legitimate roll while the remainder is pre-marked.

This also covers packing items *into* the chest (e.g., merging gold back in to lift it out again) and bounce-backs — anything not part of the original loot can never grant a spawn roll.

### Tests

- `PartialLift_MarksSplitRemainderAsLifted` — drives the real `Mobile.Lift` path with a 1-coin pull and asserts the split remainder is marked (failed before the fix).
- `ItemAddedAfterFill_IsMarkedLifted` — post-fill additions are marked (failed before the fix).
- `OriginalFillLoot_IsNotMarkedLifted` — original loot keeps spawn-roll eligibility.

Full `UOContent.Tests` suite: 701 passed.
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.config feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
.github fix: Require only runtime packages on Linux, and check ICU and tzdata the way the runtime does (#2561) 2026-08-07 15:03:08 -07:00
branding feat(build-tool): add application icon and refresh MUO.ico (#2487) 2026-06-14 11:59:54 -07:00
dev-docs fix: harden idle-sleep scheduling against bad config and misattributed saves (#2567) 2026-08-09 22:05:18 -07:00
Distribution/Data fix(throwing): grant Str/Dex stat gains for the Throwing skill (#2514) 2026-07-02 23:07:36 -07:00
Projects fix: Stop treasure chest guardian spawn farming via stack splits (#2568) 2026-08-10 09:01:29 -07:00
tools feat(network): allowlist false-positive IPs, escalate on behavior (#2556) 2026-07-30 23:12:17 -07:00
.cursorrules chore: Adds AI instructions and SKILLs for ModernUO codebase (#2347) 2026-03-01 11:42:19 -08:00
.editorconfig chore(docs): Adds UnmanagedDataReader & BinaryFileReader documentation (#1968) 2024-10-01 17:07:51 -07:00
.gitattributes fix: Adds migration checks to CICD, updates dependencies, adds Fedora 37, alpine 3.17 support (#1309) 2022-12-22 12:12:47 -08:00
.gitignore perf: Sleep the event loop when idle. Fixes networking micro-stalls. Adds event loop instrumentation. (#2559) 2026-08-09 13:24:59 -07:00
AGENTS.md chore: Adds AI instructions and SKILLs for ModernUO codebase (#2347) 2026-03-01 11:42:19 -08:00
azure-pipelines.yml chore: Cleans workflows for NodeJS 24 (#2394) 2026-03-28 21:55:29 -07:00
CLAUDE.md perf: Sleep the event loop when idle. Fixes networking micro-stalls. Adds event loop instrumentation. (#2559) 2026-08-09 13:24:59 -07:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 2020-05-05 08:51:39 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md chore(license): Removes CLA requirement. All contributors moving forward will retain copyright. (#2038) 2024-12-31 02:52:58 -08:00
Directory.Build.props perf: Sleep the event loop when idle. Fixes networking micro-stalls. Adds event loop instrumentation. (#2559) 2026-08-09 13:24:59 -07:00
FAQ.md docs: Updates FAQ for time zone issues. (#1368) 2023-03-10 00:18:36 -08:00
GEMINI.md chore: Adds AI instructions and SKILLs for ModernUO codebase (#2347) 2026-03-01 11:42:19 -08:00
global.json feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
LICENSE Fixes more line ending issues (#267) 2020-09-27 13:54:56 -07:00
ModernUO.slnx feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
publish.cmd feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
publish.ps1 fix: Adds stamp check for build tool versioning (#2400) 2026-04-06 16:18:02 -06:00
publish.sh fix: Adds stamp check for build tool versioning (#2400) 2026-04-06 16:18:02 -06:00
README.md perf: Sleep the event loop when idle. Fixes networking micro-stalls. Adds event loop instrumentation. (#2559) 2026-08-09 13:24:59 -07:00
rider-settings.zip Cleanup/Housekeeping (#242) 2020-09-12 15:31:21 -07:00
Rules.ruleset chore(docs): Adds UnmanagedDataReader & BinaryFileReader documentation (#1968) 2024-10-01 17:07:51 -07:00
SPONSORS.md chore: Updates readme files (#2247) 2025-07-27 11:04:32 -07:00
stylecop.json Updates formatting rules (#199) 2020-08-25 18:00:51 -07:00
THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES docs: Adds RunUO-Encryption notice attribution to DarkStorm (#2369) 2026-03-12 23:35:47 -07:00
version.json feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00

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Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 10/11/2012 R2/2016/2019/2022/2025 MacOS 14+ Debian 12+ Ubuntu 22+ LTS
Alpine 3.22+ Fedora 42+ RedHat 9+ CentOS Stream 9+ AlmaLinux 10 openSUSE 15.6+ SUSE Enterprise 15 SP6 Linux Mint 21+ Arch

Required Frameworks

All Operating Systems

.NET

Windows

VC++ Redistributable v14

Hardware

Use vCPU RAM Storage
Development / test 2 dedicated 2 GB SSD
Small live shard (< 50 concurrent) 4 dedicated 4 GB NVMe
Medium (50200) 48 8 GB NVMe
Large (200+) 8+, high clock 16 GB+ NVMe

Game logic is single-threaded, so single-core clock speed matters more than core count, and dedicated vCPU matters more than either — burstable or shared plans throttle once credits run out, which is the most common cause of unexplained lag spikes. Save size drives RAM more than player count does.

See dev-docs/server-requirements.md for the reasoning and tuning options.

Development

git .NET

Supported IDEs

Jetbrains Rider 2025.3+ space VSCode space Visual Studio 2026

Getting Started

  • Install prerequisite requirements
  • Clone this repository (or download the latest):
    • git clone https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO.git
  • Open ModernUO.sln to start developing

Building/Publishing

Run ./publish.cmd (Windows) or ./publish.sh (Linux/macOS) with no arguments to launch the guided build tool. It will:

  • Check prerequisites (.NET SDK, native libraries)
  • Walk you through configuration and platform selection
  • Build and publish the server to the Distribution directory
  • Show deployment instructions for cross-compiled builds

Command Line

./publish.cmd [release|debug] [os] [arch]

Linux Prerequisites

Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky, etc

dnf upgrade --refresh -y
# RHEL-family distributions (CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky, RHEL) need CRB and EPEL enabled.
# Fedora skips this block.
dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
dnf install -y epel-release
# Prerequisites
dnf install -y findutils libicu libdeflate libargon2 tzdata

Ubuntu, Debian, etc

apt-get update -y
# The ICU runtime package carries the ABI version in its name (libicu74, libicu76, …) and has no
# stable alias, so match it by pattern rather than pinning a release-specific name.
apt-get install -y '^libicu[0-9]+$' libdeflate0 libargon2-1 tzdata

Only the runtime libraries are needed — the -dev/-devel packages are not. Run ./build-tool --check-prereqs to check the current machine and print the exact packages your release needs.

zstd is not listed because ZstdNet bundles libzstd for every platform, and liburing is not listed because IORingGroup issues io_uring syscalls directly.

If the shard's configured time zone is a legacy alias such as US/Eastern, Debian 12 and Ubuntu 24.04 also need tzdata-legacy. See Platform Prerequisites for what each dependency is for and what breaks without it.

OSX Requirements

brew install icu4c libdeflate argon2

Running the Server

  • Follow the publish instructions
  • The Distribution directory is portable — copy it to your production server for deployment
  • Run ModernUO.exe or dotnet ModernUO.dll from the Distribution directory
  • On first run, the server will prompt you to configure game data file locations

Troubleshooting / FAQ

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Thanks

  • RunUO Team & Community
  • Voxpire, the ServUO Team & Community
  • Karasho, Jaedan and the ClassicUO Community



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