Written by the EM Team        There was hardly anything left after they were done. He’d borne witness to the frantic looting of the castle and had found himself only able to escape with his life. It was unthinkable, and as such it had caught him and seemingly everyone else completely unawares. Explosions were set off throughout the capital city…though there wasn’t much point in even calling it the capital city anymore at this point. Britannia was on the brink of collapse into a fully-fledged group of independent city-states, like Nujel’m had always been. All he had […]

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Greetings! We would like to take a moment to remind players to be wary of efforts from outside sources to compromise your account security. Please remember, BioWare Mythic will never ask for your Master/Play Account password through in game communication. Additionally, please be mindful of websites you are visiting. Please remember that you will never be asked to enter your account information anywhere but the Mythic Account Center (https://accounts.eamythic.com/), and in the Mythic Patcher when launching the game. As always, we encourage our players to be safe and secure with your account information by never sharing your account information with […]

On June 5th, the Ultima Online website encountered a critical failure and lost its database. We were able to restore its content up to March 28th and we’ll continue to update the rest of the content as soon as possible, prioritizing publish notes first. Thanks for bearing with us.

Update 01/16: Housing decay will be reactivated in TOMORROW. Update 01/11: Housing decay will be back on in SIX DAYS. Since Monday, January 16 is a holiday in the US (Martin Luther King Day) have decided to extend the grace period by another day. Housing decay on will be re-activated on Tuesday, January 17. Please note that even if your account has been inactive for more than 90 days, you still have 5 days after housing decay is back, before your house is gone. We will turn on housing decay on Monday, January 16. Please take the necessary steps to […]

The 15th birthday of Ultima Online is approaching in 2012. MMORPG.com started the year doing a short interview with UO Associate Producer Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong. Ultima Online has been on the market for almost 15 years, can you tell us why you think it has such longevity? Ultima Online is the ultimate Sandbox. We have something for everyone from designing your house from the foundation up to slaying dragons. We are probably the only game on the market that you can still run on a low end computer, in addition to the personal one on one interaction with the players […]

Greetings! As promised, the site dedicated to the long and storied heritage of Ultima, www.ultimaforever.com, has been updated today. Make sure to have a look through the history pages, and don’t forget to download and play the full, original PC version of Ultima IV from our friends at Good Old Games. And Happy New Year! -UO Team

 Written by members of the community Issue 7   WORLD NEWS Summer Games Draws Crowds The crowds are gathered for the spectacle called the Britannian Summer Games. This year’s sponsors of the games is Serpent Cross Frozen Tavern Treats, all your 80 proof favorites on a stick to beat the summer heat. Athletes are present from all eight major cities along with participants from the Royal City in Ter Mur, so we expect some fine competition this year. The event took off with a bit of an upset, when the torch runner disappeared en route and was never seen again. […]

Written by the EM Team      “Sir?”     “Er…Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts. Are you Ter-Val of the Royal City?”     “Ter-Val is this one’s name, yes. This one is to be your guide to the road that leads to the sick camp, but no further. It is good that you are armed…the area is not without its dangers. It is this one’s great sorrow that this one cannot escort you into the city, but this one has strict orders from Queen Zhah.”     Dupre gave Ter-Val a curt nod as he gestured ahead. […]

We have corrected the following issues on the Origin shard:  Infected gargoyles will no longer spawn. The raiders will no longer spawn in Ilshenar and/or Malas. Players should no longer be teleported into invalid locations when answering the Call to Arms. Players should no longer be ejected from the Despise boss encounter if they enter specific regions of Despise Level 4. Negative karma inhabitants of Despise will no longer aggress onto negative karma players, however they will still fight back if attacked. Andros and Adrian encounter changes There should now be a leash on their wisp lieutenants. There should now […]