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Rules of Conduct

The full Service Rules of Conduct are included below:   While you are a member of the Ultima Online service, you must abide by the following rules.   IF YOU BREAK ANY OF THESE RULES, YOUR ULTIMA ONLINE ACCOUNT, AND YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE ULTIMA ONLINE SERVICE, MAY BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY BY BROADSWORD. IF THIS HAPPENS, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REFUND OF ANY AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO USE THE ULTIMA ONLINE SERVICE AND YOU WILL FORFEIT ALL OF YOUR UNUSED ACCESS TIME.   THE RULES ARE:   You may not victimize, harass, threaten, or cause […]


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Letter from the Producer

Hello everyone, There is a lot going on in UO, so let me tell you all about it.  First, there is Publish 78 which is on its way to all shards soon. We have revised Despise, placed the artifacts on Siege only on Cora and level 3 in Covetous, relocated some of the monsters everyone is missing in other areas, and for the younger players we have earth elementals and more! The Anniversary rewards will be given out starting the month of September. As some of you know the Harpsichord is among one of the items; additional music can be […]


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Happy Birthday Stratics and Ultima Online

As Ultima Online, forerunner and pathfinder of the MMORPG genre, rapidly approaches it’s 15th Anniversary, so too does www.stratics.com, possibly the oldest continuously active MMORPG fan site on the internet. Why is it the oldest? Because it was launched in October 1997 by Ryan(Den Dragon)Finlay to support this awesome game and its players. The ‘tree’ that is Stratics has developed other ‘branches’ over the years, supporting later games and is now owned by George Vanous of TGN. The strongest, and oldest, ‘branch’ is still uo.stratics; continuing its staunch support of Ultima Online over its full 15 year history through comprehensive […]


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Publish 78.0 Comes to All Shards – 08/31

We will push Publish 78.0 to all shards during the maintenance this evening.  For your reading pleasure, here are the completed notes: Publish 78.0.0 Anniversary Items Anniversary items for the 15th Anniversary of Ultima Online have been added. Considering these are a gift from us to you, we will drop a few sneak peeks in the upcoming weeks. All Characters older than 30 days will be eligible to receive Anniversary Items beginning September 1st, 2012 and ending September 30th, 2012 List of Anniversary Gifts Harpsicord and Harpsicord Rolls Heritage Token (due to request for ladders) Sands of Sosaria (16 unique […]


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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 […]