8/24/2026
Greetings,
We are pleased to announce that Publish 124 will be deployed World Wide today starting with Oceania & Japan during their next regularly scheduled maintenance. All other shards will be updated during their regularly scheduled maintenance cycles with North America beginning August 25, 2026.
Please be sure to check out the Publish Notes for all the updates, including:
- Shardfall & Echoes of Mondain – Live with each Shard’s WW publish!
- New Stealables
- Hair Dye Unlock System
- 29th Anniversary Rewards – Available September 24th, 2026
- Pumpkins, Trick or Treating, and Skeletons – Available October 1, 2026
- New items in the Ultima Store
- Runebook & Runic Atlas QoL Updates
- Lady Melisande Update
- Huntmaster’s Challenge Update
- And more!
Character transfer will be disabled until all shards are updated to Publish 124. Please note this release includes a mandatory client patch, so be sure to patch your client before accessing the game world. Vendor Search will go through regular maintenance following all shards being published.
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
See you in Britannia,
UO Team