The Herald

New Legacy Soft Launch Now Available!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/1/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that the soft launch of Season 2 of New Legacy is now available!

New Legacy Season 2 brings with it a large amount of new content and updates, including:

– Player Onboarding Experience
– Player Tutorials
– New Skill: Chivalry
– New Family Heirlooms
– Pure Mage Improvements
– Crafter QoL and Improvements
– New Antiquities
– Animal Taming Updates
– New and Updated Legendary Foes
– And More!

Please be aware that a final server wipe will happen on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 in preparation for the full launch of Ultima Online: New Legacy on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

Be sure to check out the full publish notes for all the details. Don’t forget to join in on the conversation on the Official Ultima Online Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

Also, please be sure to patch your client before joining New Legacy.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

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New Legacy Update

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/29/2026

Greetings,

In anticipation of the soft launch of New Legacy Season 2, we will be bringing the shard internal-access only.  Please keep an eye on UO.com for when the shard is available for public access.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

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The Reaping – Live on Europa

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/25/2026

Due to popular demand, we are launching an additional Weekender event on Europa

It was a fat harvest, the finest in a generation.  Wheat to the shoulder and orchards heavy with fruit.  And in their greed, the folk of Yew took every last stalk, sweeping the fields bare and leaving nothing at the field’s edge: no bread, no ale, not even the last sheaf owed to the spirit of the harvest.

The land keeps its accounts. And what was denied has come to collect.
The fields have risen. The grove has turned. The wild has come in from the forest, and above it all a storm now walks the reaped earth and it will not stop at the field’s edge. The Reaping is live now on Europa!

Gather your allies and aid in the fight and walk away with your spoils – if you can quell the storm.

Visit the farms of Yew to start the adventure!

This weekend exclusive event will be available until Monday morning’s server maintenance on Europa.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

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The Reaping – Live on Legends

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/25/2026

It was a fat harvest, the finest in a generation.  Wheat to the shoulder and orchards heavy with fruit.  And in their greed, the folk of Yew took every last stalk, sweeping the fields bare and leaving nothing at the field’s edge: no bread, no ale, not even the last sheaf owed to the spirit of the harvest.

The land keeps its accounts. And what was denied has come to collect.
The fields have risen. The grove has turned. The wild has come in from the forest, and above it all a storm now walks the reaped earth and it will not stop at the field’s edge. The Reaping is live now on Legends!

Gather your allies and aid in the fight and walk away with your spoils – if you can quell the storm.

Visit the farms of Yew to start the adventure!

This weekend exclusive event will be available until Monday morning’s server maintenance on Legends.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

The Reaping – Live on Sakura

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/25/2026

It was a fat harvest, the finest in a generation.  Wheat to the shoulder and orchards heavy with fruit.  And in their greed, the folk of Yew took every last stalk, sweeping the fields bare and leaving nothing at the field’s edge: no bread, no ale, not even the last sheaf owed to the spirit of the harvest.

The land keeps its accounts. And what was denied has come to collect.
The fields have risen. The grove has turned. The wild has come in from the forest, and above it all a storm now walks the reaped earth and it will not stop at the field’s edge. The Reaping is live now on Sakura!

Gather your allies and aid in the fight and walk away with your spoils – if you can quell the storm.

Visit the farms of Yew to start the adventure!

This weekend exclusive event will be available until Monday morning’s server maintenance on Sakura.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

UO Herald - Community

Ultima Online Turns 29!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/24/2026

Greetings,

Every year, on September 24th, we celebrate the launch of Ultima Online!  For nearly three decades, Britannia has been our home for adventure and excitement. For those of you who still roam the realms of Sosaria, it is an opportunity to celebrate with one another and remember those friends of ours who do not.  On September 24th, 1997, Ultima Online launched as an experiment about what the internet could be and how it could change gaming forever.  What was only supposed to last a few years has endured for 29. That is only possible because of you – a community that is not only bound together by encounters, adventures, and monster loot, but the friendships we form along the way.  Today, we celebrate not only the game we all love, but the people who bring it to life.

Over the past week, we have introduced the Ultima Online team so you can get to know us a little better.  We are all so grateful for the privilege of bringing stories to life for you to enjoy.  We could not do this without you and want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts and for the continued support.

As a token of our thanks, today also kicks off the first day for 29th Anniversary Gifts, which can be claimed by any veteran character when logging in.

To celebrate the day, Fenneko will be hosting a special 29th Anniversary Stream with guest appearances by members of the team to talk about New Legacy Season 2, Publish 125, the Classic Client Update, and more! We hope you will tune in 3-5pm ET on Twitch and YouTube and join in on the discussion in the official Ultima Online Discord.  Be sure to join the discord so you do not miss out on the exciting give-a-ways we have planned!

https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

We will be streaming live from Castle Blackthorn on TC1, so stop by and say hello!

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

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The Reaping – Weekender Event Launches 9/25

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/3/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce our next Weekender Event, The Reaping, will launch September 25th, 2026 exclusively on Legends & Sakura.  Ready your spells and sharpen your blades to face off against Britannia’s toughest foes – to the victor go the spoils!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

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Publish 124 Hotfixes

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/2/2026

Greetings,

With each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance, beginning September 2, 2026 the following hotfixes will be deployed:

  • Optimized particle effects from Summon Reaper to improve performance
  • Invalid results from the Echoes of Mondain encounter leaderboard have been cleaned up
  • Echo of Mondain scoreboard now correctly tracks all damage done by players.
    • Note: No difficulty adjustments have been made. Damage numbers may show higher than previous encounters due to all damage not previously tracking.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

New Legacy Season 2 Launches 10/15

Posted on by UO Dev Team

9/1/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce Season 2 of Ultima Online: New Legacy will launch on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

We look forward to sharing what’s new for NLS: Season 2 in the leadup to the soft launch on Thursday, October 1, 2026.  Final wipe before the beginning of Season 2 will be Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

The final date for transfers off New Legacy will be Monday, September 28th, 2026 before the shard is wiped in anticipation of Season 2.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team