5/12/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 123 will be deployed World Wide today to Oceania & Japan during their next regularly scheduled maintenance.  All other shards will be updated during their regularly scheduled maintenance cycles with North America beginning May 13, 2026. Please be sure to check out the Publish Notes for all the updates, including: Spritelight – Live with each shard’s WW publish! Moonveil – Begins July 1, 2026 New wooden weapons PvP Updates Harrower Update Spoils of War Cleanup Britannia Update Ultima Store – Neck Transmogrification Potion Help Menu Update QoL & Bug Fixes Character […]

5/7/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce Publish 123 has been deployed to Origin!  We will also be publishing Baja & Izumo during their next regularly scheduled maintenance. Please be sure to checkout the Publish 123 notes for details on all the updates! This release also includes mandatory client patches for the Classic & Enhanced Clients, so be sure to patch fully before trying to access the game servers. Transfers will be unavailable on Origin, Baja, and Izumo until all shards are updated with Publish 123.  We expect world wide deployment of Publish 123 next week.  Thank you to everyone […]

5/1/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the next release of Publish 123 is available on Test Center 1!  This update includes our newest seasonal event, Moonveil, as well as some additional PvP balance changes.  You can read all the latest changes in the publish notes.  We look forward to your feedback!  Continue the conversation in the official Ultima Online Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline See you in Britannia, UO Team

4/21/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the next TC1 Update of Publish 123 is now available for testing.  We want to thank the entire community for participating in the discussion and feedback around this release.  We understand how passionate our players are, and want to reassure everyone that our primary goal is to iterate on these changes in such a way that we can achieve success, respond to community feedback, and meet our long term development goals.  Check out the latest publish notes for full details.  We invite everyone to continue the conversation in the official Ultima Online discord […]

4/9/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the first iteration of Publish 123 has been released to Test Center 1!  Updates in this release of Publish 123 include, A New Britannian Holiday – Spritelight New Wooden Weapons PvP Balance Changes Harrower Update, including the new Spoils of War Cleanup Britannia Update Ultima Store Items – Transmogrification Neck Slot Quality of Life & Bug Fixes For full details, check out the latest patch notes. Be sure to patch up your client to the latest version before testing any new content.  We are looking forward to the discussion on Publish 123 in […]

2/9/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 122 will be deployed World Wide to North American shards during their regularly scheduled maintenance cycle beginning February 10, 2026.  All other shards will be updated during their regularly scheduled maintenance cycle following North America. Please be sure to check out the Publish Notes for all the updates, including: New Veteran Rewards New Champ Spawn New Draconic Awakening Turn-In Rewards via Caldur’s Watch Kindlehart and much more! Vendor Search will be coming down for maintenance until all servers are published.  Character transfer will be disable until all shards are updated to […]

2/5/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce Publish 122 has been deployed to Origin!  We will also be publishing Baja & Izumo during their next regularly scheduled maintenance. Please be sure to checkout the Publish 122 notes for details on all the updates. This release does not include mandatory client patches for the Classic & Enhanced Clients, so be sure to patch fully before trying to access new content on Origin, Baja, or Izumo. Transfers will be unavailable on Origin, Baja, and Izumo.  We will update this post when transfers are re-enabled between those shards. See you in Britannia, UO […]

1/29/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce Publish 122 Update 2 is ready for testing on TC1.  Please be sure to check out the publish notes for the latest changes.  We thank everyone who has taken time to provide feedback, and don’t forget to join the official discord to take part in the conversation: https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline See you in Britannia, UO Team

1/21/2026 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 122 has been deployed to Test Center 1!  Check out the full publish notes here.  This publish is packed full of updates including, Post-IDOC House Placement Updates Updates to the Draconic Awakening via Caldur’s Watch A New Orc Champion Spawn A New Seasonal Event – Kindlehart New Veteran Rewards New items in the Ultima Store Quality of Life Changes & Bug Fixes We hope you’ll take some time to join us on TC1 and preview some of these updates.  As always, we look forward to your feedback!  Join the conversation on […]

10/10/2025 Greetings, Barring major issues, the world wide deployment of Publish 121 will begin on Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 beginning with North American shards and continuing on with each shard’s normally scheduled maintenance. Following all shards being updated to Publish 121 (earliest October 15th) we will also, Be releasing new mandatory versions of the Classic & Enhanced Client.  You will need to patch up your client at this time to access game servers. Bringing the Vendor Search database down for maintenance Enabling the character transfer process from New Legacy shards We appreciate all the feedback everyone has provided and look […]