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New Ultima Store Item: Deluxe Starter Pack

Posted on April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 by UO Dev Team

Looking to jump start your Endless Journey in Britannia? The Deluxe Starter Pack is the perfect way to get right into the action! Available from the Ultima Store, the Deluxe Starter pack includes, A Runic Atlas (a high capacity runebook) that comes pre-loaded with recall runes to Britannia’s Vaults, Banks, and Points of Interest A Runic Hunter’s Atlas that allows recalling to a variety of hunting grounds friendly to the training adventurer, complete with location descriptions and tips A full complement of full spellbooks for all magic schools including Bushido, Chivalry, Magery, Mysticism, Necromancy, and Ninjitsu A Token of Skill […]

Spring Has Sprung! A Special Gift For You!

Posted on April 4, 2018 by UO Dev Team

Greetings, To celebrate the dawn of the season of rebirth an “Enchanted Wheelbarrow” can be claimed on all shards after 2pm ET on April 5, 2018 by veteran accounts for the next 5 days by visiting the Britain Commons and using the genie statue. Enjoy! The genie statues will be placed manually, so please allow some time for placement before visiting the commons. Happy Spring!

Publish 99 Update

Posted on April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 by UO Dev Team

Greetings, Origin, Izumo & Baja will be brought down by 11:00am ET on April 3, 2018 for an update to Publish 99. Please see the publish notes for the latest updates. We anticipate Publish 99 will be going World Wide on April 5, 2018. This update will be done manually, and not during regularly scheduled maintenance. Regularly scheduled maintenance for all shards will be cancelled beginning on April 5th and will resume on April 6th. Shut messages will commence at 10:00am ET and shards will be brought down at 10:30am ET. We anticipate the downtime will last approximately 3 hours. […]

All Accounts Upgraded through Stygian Abyss

Posted on March 29, 2018 by UO Dev Team

We are happy to announce that all accounts have received complimentary access to Stygian Abyss! Stygian Abyss introduced tons of new content and features including Gargoyles as a playable race, the expansive Stygian Abyss, Imbuing, Mysticism, Throwing, and more! Enjoy!

Publish 99 Comes to Origin, Izumo & Baja

Posted on March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 by UO Dev Team

Greetings, We are pleased to announce Publish 99 will be deployed to Origin, Izumo, and Baja occurring after 1:00pm ET March 29, 2018. We will be manually taking down these shards at approximately 12:30pm ET. This release only includes the following features, Towncrier update & related quests Global Chat (Please note this feature will require a database update and will not be immediately available when shards are back online) Miscellaneous bug fixes Endless Journey access will not be available until Publish 99 is deployed world wide. While Origin, Izumo and Baja are being updated Vendor Search, Character Transfer, and Housing […]

Publish 99 Release 2 Comes to TC1

Posted on March 14, 2018 by UO Dev Team

Greetings All, We are pleased to announce the second TC1 release of Publish 99 will be available for testing on TC1 by 3pm ET March 14, 2018. Publish 99 is full of new features, so make sure you patch up your client and head over to TC1 to check out the latest update which includes Endless Journey restrictions, new Ultima Store Items, and Miscellaneous Updates. Please note that some features will not be available on TC1, check the notes for full release details. As always, we look forward to your feedback. Also, if you haven’t already please signup for the […]

Publish 99 Comes to TC1 & UO.com Forums!

Posted on February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 by UO Dev Team

Greetings All, We are pleased to announce the first of several TC1 Publish 99 releases will be available for testing on TC1 by 2pm ET February 28, 2018. Publish 99 is full of new features, so make sure you patch up your client and head over to TC1 to check out the latest update. Please note that some features will not be available on TC1, check the notes for full release details. As always, we look forward to your feedback. Also, if you haven’t already please signup for the Ultima Online newsletter to get the latest updates! Look for the […]

Account Center & Ultima Store Maintenance

Posted on October 24, 2017 by UO Dev Team

Greetings, Beginning at 9:00am ET on October, 25th, 2017 the Account Center & Ultima Store will be down for maintenance. We expect this maintenance period to last approximately 1 hour. Thank you for your patience. See you in Britannia, UO Team

Publish 98.2 Hotfixes

Posted on October 17, 2017 by UO Dev Team

Greetings All, Beginning at 1pm ET we will be bringing all shards down to correct a critical issue with Publish 98.2 related to missing doors and teleporters in certain locations. We expect this downtime to last no more than one hour. Thank you for your patience. -UO Team

Publish 98.2 World Wide

Posted on October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 by UO Dev Team

Greetings, Beginning this evening with the Japanese shards and continuing through each shard’s normal maintenance cycle, Publish 98.2 will be released world wide. Read the full notes here. Also remember, tonight on Catskills at 7pm ET we have our Dev Meet and Greet. See you in Britannia, UO Team