OTB Editor is a common search name for OTItemEditor. This route preserves that exact terminology while documenting the same project lineage, verified dates, source record, and compatibility context under its canonical product name.

The current public record begins with the opentibia/item-editor repository, created on July 23, 2012. Its own documentation defines the core problem clearly: CipSoft changed client-side item IDs between major versions, while servers and tools needed a consistent server-side mapping. OTItemEditor existed to reconcile those two namespaces.

The original project could read Tibia.dat and Tibia.spr, match appearances through image recognition, and add items to OTB data. That repository was archived after its last active period. A later ottools/ItemEditor project continued the same practical category with broader version support and published releases beginning with v0.4 on November 7, 2017.

Evidence classification: Repository-backed. The date shown in the reference box is phrased to match what the surviving source actually proves.

The historical trend is from manual item-table maintenance toward visual comparison and repeatable ID mapping. An operator could inspect client appearances beside server IDs instead of treating items.otb as an opaque binary file. This reduced one class of mismatch, but it did not eliminate the need to coordinate items.xml, client assets, map data, and protocol behavior.

Newer Tibia clients moved beyond the classic DAT/SPR pair toward appearances.dat and compressed sprite packages. That transition split the tool landscape: classic ItemEditor builds remain relevant to older OT protocols, while newer projects such as LapisItemEditor address modern appearance formats.

Common uses include opening an existing items.otb, importing client appearance data, comparing client and server IDs, creating missing mappings, changing supported OTB metadata, and preparing an item set for a specific server/client pair.

Item editors are also used during client upgrades and downgrades. A distribution moving between protocol families may need a new OTB, revised items.xml entries, map validation, and client asset changes. The editor handles one part of that migration, not the entire compatibility problem.

The safest workflow keeps the original OTB and client assets untouched, records the source client version, exports a candidate mapping, and validates item appearance, movement flags, containers, fluids, doors, weapons, and map loading on a disposable server instance.

OTItemEditor's most important contribution is conceptual: it made the client-ID versus server-ID boundary visible to ordinary server developers. Many mysterious invisible-item, wrong-sprite, blocked-tile, or map-load failures are really contract mismatches across OTB, XML, DAT/SPR, and the server executable.

The original repository's archived status and the 2017 successor illustrate a recurring Open Tibia pattern. A familiar tool name can refer to several code lines with different format support, so the repository and release date matter more than a download filename copied into an old forum post.

Choose an editor by exact input formats and supported client range. Confirm whether it reads classic DAT/SPR, modern appearances data, the required OTB revision, and the server distribution's item schema. A tool that opens the file is not automatically safe to save it.

Treat old compiled binaries and repacks as untrusted. Prefer source repositories and signed or checksummed releases where available, scan artifacts, and test output on backups. Never overwrite the only items.otb used by a live server.

This page separates a confirmed public date from an assumed development date. Its release statement is: Public repository created July 23, 2012.

The recorded lineage is opentibia/item-editor followed by community ItemEditor implementations. The source links preserve the repository, release page, official documentation, publisher archive, or contemporary discussion used to support that description.

Project activity, compatibility, and security can change. Readers should use the linked upstream repository or official documentation to confirm current support before adopting the resource.