"Players with a sufficient skill in blacksmithy or tailoring will have a random chance to receive bulk order requests from NPC Armorers and Blacksmiths (blacksmithy) and NPC Tailors and Weavers (tailoring)"

A player can receive a BOD (Bulk Order Deed) by left clicking the NPC and selecting Bulk Order Deed Info.

The BOD timer is 6 hours. This timer can be reset by turning in a filled BOD.
*Note: Do not turn in 10 filled BODS one after another and then request 10 BODS. It wont work. You must turn in 1 Bod, Request 1 Bod, Rinse, Wash & Repeat.

"The level of the character's blacksmithy or tailoring skill will affect the level and complexity of any BOD offered to that character; as the character's ability increases, so may the difficulty of the BODs increase."

"Small orders, the only ones given to players with less than 70 skill, will request items that will allow the player to gain skill."

Quoted info from Ultima Online Playguide



BOD Resources

Ultima Online Playguide - BODS

I have found over the years these reward calculators from Tower of Roses to be very handy.

Smithing Bods

Tailoring Bods

UOBOD

Please share your BOD tips *cough* Merth!

very helpful - i was lookin for links. thanks ;D

Well about the timer.. That depends on your skill. If you have 0.1 tailoring/smith you can fetch a bod, and can come back for another 1 hour later => the higher your skill, the longer you have to wait up to 6 hours for legendary. A way to improve the odds of getting a higher lvl bod, is by stocking up on bods, filling them all, and turning them in in one run (at least this always worked for me with tailoring). Except the "turning-in part' you want to do on a 120 smith or tailor. Thank you for the links ;)

Thanks for the info McJiff!@