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Drachenfels and Europa Maintenance – 08/31

Update 11:25am EDT: Both shards are back online. We are taking down the shards Drachenfels and Europa at 10:45am EDT (16:45 CEST) today to re-publish Publish 78.0 which didn’t get to these shards during the regular maintenance. We expect the shards to be back online no later than 11:45am EDT (17:45 CEST). At the same time we will visit each shard and unlock the gates to the casino. See you in the game!


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Account Center Maintenance – 09/04

Update 11:50am EDT: The Acount Center is back online. We will bring down the Account Center for maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday September 4th, at 10am EDT (16:00 CEST). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription or redeem game codes. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 12pm EDT (18:400 CEST). Thank you for your understanding.  


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Return to Britannia

Edit: Return to Britannia start on Wednesday, September 5th. For fifteen years Britannia has been a world of arcane arts and cold steel, a world where the Apprentice can become Legendary, a world where Warriors become Champions. Throughout its rich past Britannia has been a place where histories have unfolded, where new friends have become family, and where each new adventure can lead to great fortune. We once again invite old friends to Return to Britannia for the month of September! Simply log in using any past Ultima Online account information and begin your adventure! If you have forgotten your […]


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Sneak Peek III

Here is another Sneak Peek, as promised in the Producer’s letter: If all goes well we will have UO.com up and running by the end of September. ‘Return to Britannia’ starts tomorrow at 9am EDT, sorry for the confusion on this date.  It will run from September 5th to October 5th. After tomorrow morning’s maintenance: Despise healing mobs healing Andros or Adrian will be fixed. You and your pet should no longer be teleported to a location that you cannot get out of. Gargoyle Faction armor will no longer immediately disappear when fighting a monster in Trammel. And we have two […]


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Publish 78.1 Despise Fixes

We have made the following fixes and changes that will be seen after maintenance tomorrow. We have made the following changes to the game mechanics of Dungeon Despise (Trammel)   When a player damages any orb-controlled creature, that player will receive retaliatory damage Players now do less damage to orb-controlled creatures Orb-controlled creatures now receive a damage bonus against players   Fixed issue resulting in Despise artifact distribution not rewarding players involved in killing the Despise boss. Fixed issue resulting in looting rights not being given to players involved in killing the Despise boss.  


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Ask & Answer No. 1

You ask and we answer. In the last days our team took the time to address some of the questions that keep coming in. If you have something you want to know about Ultima Online and the team, post your questions on your fansite. All interesting questions will be collected and send to our team, so we can continue to answer them. Here are the first seven: 1. Would it be possible to convert the older quests to the new Quest system? The older system only allows one quest to be active at a time. (Drachenfels, General Chat) Mesanna: Are […]


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Service outage for Asia/Pacific

Update 10pm ETD (2am GMT): All shards are available again. Greetings,  We’re currently experiencing an issue with our UO servers that is affecting the Asia/Pacific region. We are working to bring them back online as soon as possible.   Thank you for your patience  


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Hot Fix Notes – 7/13

We have corrected the following issues on all shards: Client Update Fixed issues related to the Enhanced client being stuck at log in screen Bug Fixes Faction players erroneously entering stat loss has been fixed The issue with altered faction items disappearing has been fixed  


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Faction Item Warning

Please do not purchase any altered faction items. We are aware of an issue with them and currently working on a fix. There will be an update when the fix is published to all shards. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Mesanna