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Publish 120 Hotfixes

Posted on by UO Dev Team

7/7/2025

Greetings,

With each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance beginning July 8, 2025 the following hotfixes will be deployed to Publish 120:

  • Resolved an issue that could cause the Mistas entry barriers to not properly clear after a reset.
  • Resolved an issue that could cause players to become permanently frozen while using siege catapults.
  • All Dreadguard Skull items can now be turned with an interior decorator tool.
  • The recipe scrolls purchased from the event vendor should now properly identify as shard bound.
  • Resolved an issue that was causing an excessive amount of Riftborne artifacts to sometimes drop from the phase 2 mini-bosses.
  • Healers that spawn in the event area should no longer spawn as paragons and attack players.
  • The Clydesdale “Last Stand” ability will no longer trigger from a PvP attack.
  • The Mawling adds from the Riftborn Monstrosity will now spawn with fewer hit points and resists, and spawn less often.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 120 Worldwide

Posted on by UO Dev Team

6/17/2025

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 120 has been deployed World Wide beginning with North American shards on June 17th, 2025.  All shards will be published following their normally scheduled maintenance.  This includes a mandatory client patch, so please patch up your game client before accessing the server.

We also want to extend an invitation to the UO community to join the newly launched OFFICIAL ULTIMA ONLINE DISCORD!  Please feel free to share the join link with your friends across the world: https://discord.gg/ultimaonline

We look forward to building new ways to interact with our amazing UO community.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 120 to Test Center 1

Posted on by UO Dev Team

6/5/2025

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 120 is now available for testing on TC1.  We are excited to bring you “The Rifted Crown” which is certain to test the mettle of even the bravest of adventurers!  Patch up your client and review the publish notes for full details.  We look forward to your feedback.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Mounts & Makeovers In May Sale!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

5/7/2025

Greetings!

That tired old hairstyle got you down?  Ready for a fresh color to brighten your day?  Have you been riding the same mount for long enough your guildies are starting to snicker?  Take advantage of big savings in the Ultima Store on Hair Restyle Tokens, Hair Dyes, and Vanity Mounts to spring into the season with a fresh new look!

Now through May 31st!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Roadmap Roundtable – Tonight!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

5/6/2025

Greetings,

Tonight will be our first Roadmap Roundtable – an opportunity to hang with the UO Dev Team and ask questions and talk about all things Ultima Online!  You can tune in via our Twitch and YouTube channels and also join us on TC1 at the Barnacle Tavern in Minoc.  A gate will be provided from the Britain Commons in Trammel.  Join us from 6pm – 8pm ET!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Spring Roadmap Update

Posted on by UO Dev Team

4/29/2025

Greetings,

We hope you are enjoying Spring wherever you are! We’d like to give you an update on what you can look forward to in Publish 120 and beyond!

Publish 120 is currently slated for Word Wide Release this June – we hope to bring the first batch of Publish 120 to Test Center 1 later into May as it makes its way through development and QA. Some of the highlights include,

The Rifted Crown – Britannia has enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity but the war drums will not remain silent forever. This exciting new live event will bring intrigue and surprises at every turn with:

  • The Siege – Forces have taken control of a strategically important city – where will you stand? This multi-faceted battle will be sure to test the mettle of even the most courageous. But, for those who survive great reward awaits!
  • The Clydesdale – ride into battle on this mighty steed, are the rumors of this creatures enchanted origins true?

Included in Publish 120 will also be our 28th Anniversary gifts which are slated for release in September – this year’s theme is orchids! Our talented art team has created some beautiful orchid arrangements to dress up both your house and character!

From the engineering front we are pleased to share our planned Classic Client upgrade is progressing on track and we expect a testable version later this summer.

Over the next few months we will be performing some required upgrades to both the UO.com website and UO Forums. The transition for the website will be seamless for the most part, except for our player wiki. There is a necessary migration for how we support our wiki and as such, it will take us some time to polish any formatting and layout issues following that migration. The UO Forums will require a necessary migration as well and will keep you posted on when this is planned. Our goal is to make these upgrades as seamless as possible for all users.

Following Publish 120, we return to New Legacy for Publish 3, where The Shattering event will begin to unfold! Followed by Publish 121 and a host of holiday fun that is slated for this fall.

We are also pleased to announce a new series, The Roadmap Roundtable. Unlocked through the unrelenting research of mages at the Lycaeum, we will be broadcasting live from Britannia as well as through the ethereal void thanks to the power of the Interdimensional Communication Crystal! We’ll be talking about New Legacy Publish 2, Publish 120, and taking your questions on all things Ultima Online on May 6th from 6-8pm ET on TC1 as well as our Twitch & YouTube channels.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team