We have staged Publish 80 to be released tomorrow, 12/12 during Maintenance for all servers. The following fixes have been applied to the publish: Chest will now spawn in reachable locations in the Exodus Dungeon Chopping of containers will not delete any items inside of them Players should not feel excessive lag in castles Using Rose of Trinsic will no longer adversely affect your characters str. For more information regarding the publish, please read the Publish 80 notes.

Greetings! We will be bringing the Chesapeake and Catskills shards offline tomorrow, December 11th, at 5:00 am EST (10:00 GMT) for a hardware upgrade. At this time we anticipate that the shards will be back online no later than 10:00 am EST (15:00 GMT). Please be sure to check back here for updates regarding this downtime.

The following updates have been applied to Publish 80: In Fel pvp aggressor will be allowed to board a scuttled ship Players will no longer be booted from your house if you move while customizing your house

There have been some very creative Holiday Contest entries submitted to our friends at UO Stratics. Though the deadline to submit entries has passed, you can now choose the winners by casting votes for your favorite UO Holiday House. Just go to the Holiday Season Contest Voting Page and select your favorite!

Publish 80.0.0 has been patched to TC1. Click on more to see the publish notes in all their bug slaying glory! Publish 80.0.0 Bug Fixes The Ossian Grimoire can now be dyed using Tokuno Dyes Vanilla plants will now display with a light gray color in the plant reproduction and resource gumps Various creatures that were not previously providing spined leather when skinned now provide the correct leather type The Redeemer can now be used to skin animals Jewelers will now purchase all manner of silver rings and bracelets Plain metal chests can now be unlocked using the magic unlock […]

We are experiencing a technical issue with the Veteran Rewards and housing. We are currently working on the issue and hope to have it fixed soon. Thank you for your patience.

Update: Due to some unforeseen technical issues, the upgrade for the Atlantic Shard has been delayed until tomorrow, December 5th at 5:00 am EST (10:00 GMT). At this time we anticipate that the shard will be back online no later than 8:00 am EST (13:00 GMT). This is a reminder that we will be bringing the Atlantic shard offline tomorrow, December 4th, at 5:00 am EST (10:00 GMT) for a hardware upgrade. At this time we anticipate that the shard will be back online no later than 10:00 am EST (15:00 GMT). Please be sure to check back here for updates […]

Update 8:00pm EST: We have resolved the issue with the Christmas Gifts and they will be turned back on tomorrow after maintenance. There is currently an issue with Christmas gifts. We will be disabling them temporarily while we work on a solution. Thank you for your patience. Please keep an eye here for further updates.

Greetings! We will be bringing the Atlantic shard offline, Tuesday December 4th, at 5:00 am EST (10:00 GMT) for essential maintenance. At this time we anticipate that the shard will be back online no later than 10:00 am EST (15:00 GMT). Please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

As many of you already know, one of our Event Moderators joined the development team as an Associate Designer. EM Dudley, aka Kyronix, was recently interviewed by UO Forums. The interview is full of some great information regarding his transition from EM to Associate Designer and what it’s like joining the Dev team. Head over to UO Forums to check it out.