How to lock down house keys?

[Range]

Hi
I am back in the game after several years and just bought my first house. How do I lock the keys down outside so I don't have to carry them on me? I seem to remember being able to do this and have seen a lot of houses done like this, probably so friends and/or co-owners can get inside.

Also trying to figure out the trash barrel security system. Does everyone just carry an ax or ax like tool on them? I tried locking one down and it was unusable. I tried putting it in a container and a grey player could remove it. Any tips?
It's a small house so I don't have the luxury of multiple secure containers.

[Pirul]

Hello! Welcome to UOSA, and congrats on the new house!


To lock down a house key you have to:
1.- Put key in keyring
2.- Place 3 small tables on your steps
3.- Place 1 book, fishsteak, bottle, bloodmoss (whatever as long as it raises the spot 1 on the z-axis)
4.- Put the keyring ontop of that
5.- Lock it down and walk away

Easiest way to set up the trash barrel system is indeed with a secure container next to the trash barrel. Some people roll mostly tank mages so will always carry a halbred wich also gets the job done. Otherwise, always carry a hatchet or axe.

[Budner]

Why bother locking it? Just make it open to the public. Your stuff is still secure.

[Light Shade]

Easiest way to set up the trash barrel system is indeed with a secure container next to the trash barrel. Some people roll mostly tank mages so will always carry a halbred wich also gets the job done. Otherwise, always carry a hatchet or axe.

If you pick the right 3rd skill when you create a new character and give that 3rd skill 1 point...you'll get a newbie hatchet.

Quite useful for axing those trash barrels even after an untimely death.

-L/S

[MatronDeWinter]

Locked down keys usable only by friends of the house are not only "not era accurate" they are a vile exploit running rampant through uosa-brittania! GM's, please fix this.

[Range]

Why bother locking it? Just make it open to the public. Your stuff is still secure.

Somehow I find this hard to believe...

[armybyz]

How does this work then, if you lock it down up high like everyone does? You just double click key ring while locked down to unlock, open door, then relock?

[Pirul]

Why bother locking it? Just make it open to the public. Your stuff is still secure.

Somehow I find this hard to believe...

Actually, a small with a proper table barrier is quite secure. Our guild "vault", where we store our guild's treasure, is a public small house.

[Budner]

OK wait a minute. How can you loot a public house with secure containers?