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
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
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
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 […]
8/17/2026 Greetings, We want to thank everyone who participated in the first, limited edition, weekender event – Echoes of Exodus! Many hard battles were fought, foes defeated, and great treasures collected! Our plan moving forward is to host these types of events periodically on a rotating selection of shards. Keep an eye on UO.com and all our social media channels for announcements on future limited edition Weekender events. See you in Britannia, UO Team
8/14/2026 “Close enough” is never what you want to hear when performing a summoning spell. The Lycaeum’s Shardfall rehearsal has gone sideways, and now something wicked walks on Great Lakes! An evil has risen, and the mages would very much appreciate your help putting it back where it came from. Join in on the adventure and if luck is on your side, you just might walk away with the coveted Finery of Fair Fortune luck doublet, along with dozens of participation rewards! Sharpen your blades, ready your spells, and head to Great Lakes to join the fight. It is live […]
8/14/2026 “Close enough” is never what you want to hear when performing a summoning spell. The Lycaeum’s Shardfall rehearsal has gone sideways, and now something wicked walks on Wakoku! An evil has risen, and the mages would very much appreciate your help putting it back where it came from. Join in on the adventure and if luck is on your side, you just might walk away with the coveted Finery of Fair Fortune luck doublet, along with dozens of participation rewards! Sharpen your blades, ready your spells, and head to Wakoku to join the fight. It is live now! Visit […]
8/13/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 124 has been deployed to Origin, Izumo, and Baja with each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance. Thank you to everyone who participated in testing and feedback. Be sure to check out the full Publish 124 patch notes. Shard Transfers will be disabled to and from these shards until Publish 124 is World Wide. See you in Britannia, UO Team
8/4/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the first release of Publish 124 is now available on Test Center 1! Publish 124 includes, Shardfall & The Echoes of Mondain Encounter! New Stealables Hair Dye Unlock System 29th Anniversary Rewards Halloween Carveable Pumpkins Trick-or-Treat Updates Graveyard Skeletons Ultima Store Items Runebook & Runic Atlas Updates Hair Dye Unlock System Lady Melisande Update Huntmaster’s Challenge Update Bug Fixes & More! Be sure to check the full Publish Notes for all the details! We also look forward to your feedback in the Official Ultima Online Discord! Extended Server Downtimes Over the next week, […]
7/31/2026 Greetings, Over the past few months we have seen much excitement throughout Britannia! Fungus frenzy gripped the realm as explorers set out to catalog and collect mushrooms from lands near and far and celebrate Spritelight. Moonveil called to the pilgrim in us all, walking the path of Virtue and reminding us of the majesty and mystery of the celestial heavens above. Now, we look ahead as Summer winds down and we slip into Fall. Publish 124 Publish 124 is scheduled for its initial Test Center release next week, and a planned World Wide launch later in August. This publish […]
