The Herald

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Spring Roadmap Update

Posted on by UO Dev Team

4/29/2025

Greetings,

We hope you are enjoying Spring wherever you are! We’d like to give you an update on what you can look forward to in Publish 120 and beyond!

Publish 120 is currently slated for Word Wide Release this June – we hope to bring the first batch of Publish 120 to Test Center 1 later into May as it makes its way through development and QA. Some of the highlights include,

The Rifted Crown – Britannia has enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity but the war drums will not remain silent forever. This exciting new live event will bring intrigue and surprises at every turn with:

  • The Siege – Forces have taken control of a strategically important city – where will you stand? This multi-faceted battle will be sure to test the mettle of even the most courageous. But, for those who survive great reward awaits!
  • The Clydesdale – ride into battle on this mighty steed, are the rumors of this creatures enchanted origins true?

Included in Publish 120 will also be our 28th Anniversary gifts which are slated for release in September – this year’s theme is orchids! Our talented art team has created some beautiful orchid arrangements to dress up both your house and character!

From the engineering front we are pleased to share our planned Classic Client upgrade is progressing on track and we expect a testable version later this summer.

Over the next few months we will be performing some required upgrades to both the UO.com website and UO Forums. The transition for the website will be seamless for the most part, except for our player wiki. There is a necessary migration for how we support our wiki and as such, it will take us some time to polish any formatting and layout issues following that migration. The UO Forums will require a necessary migration as well and will keep you posted on when this is planned. Our goal is to make these upgrades as seamless as possible for all users.

Following Publish 120, we return to New Legacy for Publish 3, where The Shattering event will begin to unfold! Followed by Publish 121 and a host of holiday fun that is slated for this fall.

We are also pleased to announce a new series, The Roadmap Roundtable. Unlocked through the unrelenting research of mages at the Lycaeum, we will be broadcasting live from Britannia as well as through the ethereal void thanks to the power of the Interdimensional Communication Crystal! We’ll be talking about New Legacy Publish 2, Publish 120, and taking your questions on all things Ultima Online on May 6th from 6-8pm ET on TC1 as well as our Twitch & YouTube channels.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

New Legacy Publish 2

Posted on by UO Dev Team

April 9, 2025

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that New Legacy Publish 2 will be released on April 10th, 2025 with that shard’s normally scheduled maintenance.  We are extremely excited to see the legacy you will forge with exciting new opportunities with,

  • The Vesper Antiquity Hunt
  • Family Heirlooms
  • And…The Forsaken Bloodline!

Be sure to check the full publish notes for all the details!

With this release to New Legacy we want to outline how the deployment process will work for this and future publishes. Publishes to New Legacy will go live and there will then be a week long “evaluation” period. During this period there may be unintended issues that may result in changes or rollbacks. We do not expect these to be common nor frequent but wanted New Legacy players to be aware. We look forward to hearing your feedback and thank everyone who has participated in forging their new Britannian Legacy!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Announcing: New Legacy Japan

Posted on by UO Dev Team

3/21/2025

こんにちは！
日本でこの春、ニューレガシーをローンチすることを発表できることを嬉しく思います！
ニューレガシー日本サーバーは、日本のプレイヤーに自分たちのレガシーを偽造する機会を提供します！フェネ子とリョウコがウルティマオンラインで彼らの冒険に参加しましょう！
ブリタニアで会いましょう、

UO チーム

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce we will be launching New Legacy in Japan this spring!  The New Legacy Japan server will offer our Japanese players the chance to forge their own legacy!  Join Fenneko & Ryoko on their adventures in Ultima Online!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 

UO Herald - Hotfix

Database Maintenance

Posted on by UO Dev Team

3/17/2025

Greetings,

Beginning at 9 AM ET on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 we will be performing necessary database maintenance.  During this time the account center and game logins will be unavailable.  We expect this downtime to last less than 1 hour.  We will update this post when maintenance has been complete.

Update 3/18/2025 @ 10:30 AM ET: Maintenance is now complete.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Hotfix

Pub 119 Hotfixes

Posted on by UO Dev Team

2/27/2025

Greetings,

Beginning with the US Shards regularly scheduled maintenance on February 28th, 2025 the following hotfixes will be deployed to all shards,

  • An issue impacting the available hues of pets has been resolved and those impacted creatures will be reverted to their default hues.
  • Resolved issue where the Ethereal version of the Moldering Ursine would not properly hue upon creation.
  • Resolved issue where the entrance to the Wreck of the Ararat would not properly open upon completion of the winch assembly puzzle.
  • Resolved issue preventing the new Paladin armor pieces from being refined with Armor Refinements.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 119 World Wide

Posted on by UO Dev Team

2/24/2025

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce Publish 119 will be deployed on February 25, 2025 beginning with all US shards during their regularly scheduled maintenance.

Publish 119 brings the conclusion of our Echoes of the Blighted Realm event series with Eclipsed Dawn, new Veteran Rewards, and exciting new cosmetics in the Ultima Store.

Special thanks to everyone who participated in the testing & feedback phase.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 119 to Origin, Baja, and Izumo

Posted on by UO Dev Team

2/20/25

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 119 will be deployed with each shard’s regular maintenance beginning with Origin on February 20, 2025.  The Arcane Outfitter will remain on Test Center for continued testing and is slated for deployment after our world wide deployment next week.  Thank you all for the feedback.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team