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Publish 121 Comes to TC1

Posted on October 3, 2025 by UO Dev Team

10/3/2025 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 121 is now available on Test Center 1. Please read the publish notes here and be sure to patch up your client to the latest version. We look forward to your feedback – feel free to engage all of our social media platforms to share your thoughts! Ultima Online Twitter/X – https://twitter.com/UOTownCryerUltima Online Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/uotowncryer/Ultima Online Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/UltimaOnline/Ultima Online YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@ultimaonlineofficialUltima Online Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/BroadswordUOUltima Online Discord – http://discord.gg/ultimaonlineUltima Online Forum – https://forum.uo.comUltima Online Email- uo@broadsword.com See you in Britannia, UO Team

Login Server Issues

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 by UO Dev Team

10/3/2025 Greetings, Update: Login servers are back online. We’ve identified additional login server issues and are investigating. We are currently investigating an issue with the login server. We appreciate your patience while we address these issues. We will update this post accordingly. See you in Britannia, UO Team

Celebrating 28 Magnificent Years!

Posted on September 24, 2025 by UO Dev Team

9/24/2025 Greetings Britannians, It is with great honor and joy that we celebrate 28 incredible years of Ultima Online! Since 1997, Britannia has been home to countless adventurers spanning generations—and for your unwavering support through the decades, we say thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Starting today, veteran players can log in and claim this year’s anniversary rewards, featuring a collection of orchid-themed delights to commemorate the occasion! We invite you to join us later today for our Anniversary Celebration! For those unable to attend, the festivities will be streamed in full on our YouTube and Twitch channels—don’t […]

28th Anniversary Gifts Live Tomorrow!

Posted on September 23, 2025 by UO Dev Team

9/23/25 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that 28th Anniversary Gifts will be live on all shards beginning 9/24/2025! You can read about the 28th Anniversary Gifts in the Publish 120 notes and include, Orchid Corsage Potted Orchid Orchid Waterfall Enjoy! See you in Britannia, UO Team

Scheduled Database Maintenance

Posted on September 12, 2025September 17, 2025 by UO Dev Team

9/12/2025 9/17/2025 – Update 12pm ET – All services are now back online. 9/17/2025 – Update New logins, Veteran Rewards, In-Game Ultima Store, and Housing are now back online. Character Transfers remain unavailable while we complete maintenance on that system. Thank you for your patience. Greetings, Beginning on Wednesday, September 17th at 9 AM ET we will be performing database maintenance. We expect the maintenance to last several hours. During this period the following will be unavailable: New logins Veteran Rewards Character Transfers In-Game Ultima Store Housing See you in Britannia, UO Team

28th Anniversary Celebration!

Posted on September 12, 2025September 11, 2025 by UO Dev Team

9/12/2025 Greetings! Celebrate 28 Years of Ultima Online! Join us on September 24th, 2025 as we mark this incredible milestone with an epic day of events across TC1, Discord, YouTube, and Twitch! The festivities kick off at 10:00am ET at The Barnacle in Minoc on TC1 with a warm welcome and a nostalgic look back at 28 unforgettable years of Britannia. Then it’s time for the Bagball Battle! Players will compete for a shard-bound trophy and the ultimate prize—a chance to take on the Dev Team themselves! At 11:30am ET / 12:00pm ET, return to The Barnacle for UO History Trivia! Be the fastest to answer correctly, rack up the most points, and […]

UO.com Upgrade Complete

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 by UO Dev Team

9/9/2025 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the backend upgrade of UO.com is now complete. Thank you for your patience during this process. Please report any issues to the Official UO Discord. Thank you for your patience. See you in Britannia! UO Team

UO.com Upgrade

Posted on August 21, 2025September 9, 2025 by UO Dev Team

8/21/2025 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that UO.com will be getting an upgrade! This upgrade will begin next week on August 25th, 2025. We expect the upgrade & migration to last up to 1-2 weeks with intermittent downtime. During that time please see our other social media outlets, linked below, for game updates: Ultima Online Twitter/X – https://twitter.com/UOTownCryer Ultima Online Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/uotowncryer/ Ultima Online Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/UltimaOnline/ Ultima Online YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@ultimaonlineofficial Ultima Online Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/BroadswordUO Ultima Online Discord – http://discord.gg/ultimaonline Ultima Online Forum – https://forum.uo.com See you in Britannia, UO Team

New Legacy Publish 3

Posted on August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 by UO Dev Team

8/20/2025 Greetings, We anticipate New Legacy Publish 3 will be going live next week. New Legacy Publish 3 will include the The Shattering and so we want to share with you some important updates related to this publish, New Legacy Publish 3 – Important Dates August 26th, 2025 New Legacy Publish 3 goes live. Prologue quest for the Fractured Veil event can be completed. September 2nd, 2025 The world begins to shatter. The Fractured Veil event begins. Creation of NEW CHARACTERS will be DISABLED. Any pre-existing characters will still be playable. IF YOU INTEND TO EXPERIENCE THE NEW LEGACY SHARD […]

Happening Now – Roadmap Roundtable!

Posted on July 29, 2025 by UO Dev Team

7/29/2025 Greetings, Happening now! Join the UO Devs from 6:30pm ET to 8:30pm ET in the Official Ultima Online Discord to talk about what’s next for Ultima Online! We’ll also be doing some giveaways for awesome UO Store items, so don’t miss out! http://discord.gg/ultimaonline -UO Team