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 […]

8/13/2026 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, […]

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 […]