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UO Herald - Special Announcement

Spring Fever Live on All Shards

Posted on by UO Dev Team

3/23/2022

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce our latest event, Spring Fever, is live on all shards!  Check out the latest edition of the Town Cryer to learn about this exciting series of events!

Visit the fields of Britannia to collect curiously adorned eggs!  Think you can find them all, including the uber-rare ones?

Keep an eye out for colorful rabbits wandering the lands!  Increase your odds of finding a rare colored rabbit with the Totem of Chromatic Fortune!

The champ spawn will conclude on or about April 22, 2022. The next phase of the event, Wrath of the Fey, will begin shortly thereafter.

Oracles & Quest NPCs will conclude on or about July 1, 2022.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 

UO Herald - Hotfix

Publish 112 Hotfixes

Posted on by UO Dev Team

2/17/2022

Greetings,

As of each shard’s normally scheduled maintenance, the following hotfixes have been deployed:

  • Dead bonded pets will now teleport with their owners
  • Resolved issues related to players wearing reflect physical damage items and using traps
  • Resolved issues related to players wearing reflect physical damage items while fighting specific AIs

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 112 Worldwide

Posted on by Bleak

02/07/2022

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 112 will be released Worldwide starting this evening with the European shards then the rest during normal maintenance on February 8th, 2022.  If you haven’t already, make sure to check out the release notes.

Please note that vendor search will be unavailable beginning February 7th, 2022 @ 4 pm ET. Vendor Search will return once all shards have been published, approximately  February 8th, 2022 at 1 pm ET.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 112 Coming to Origin, Izumo & Baja, TC1 Updated

Posted on by UO Dev Team

2/2/2022

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce Publish 112 will be deployed to Origin, Izumo, and Baja during their next regularly scheduled maintenance.  We have also updated TC1.  Check out the full publish notes for full details, highlights include –

  • Refactored the Monster-Proof Chest to the Chalice of Pilfering Protection, an elegant sculpture that will grant the user protection from monster looting once per 24 hours.
  • Updated the Potion Vat to hold up to 10 different types of potion kegs, 10 of each type for a total of 100 kegs.
  • Pet costumes will now automagically re-equip upon resurrecting a dead pet.
  • Pre-resist damage is no longer reflected by reflect physical damage.
  • You may now transmogrify the Hildebrandt shield with gargish shields.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Contest

Custom Castle Winners

Posted on by Mesanna

Greetings Everyone,

Below are the winners of the recent Castle Contest on TC1.  Thank you for all that came to TC1 and showed off just how creative you all are.

Heorot by Is’Madin

The Township by Christmas Magic

Castle of the Resistance by Jamie

Congratulations and look for these new designs when Publish 112 goes live next week.

Thank you,

UO Team

 

 

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Castle Design Contest Update

Posted on by Mesanna

Greetings Everyone,

We have reset all votes for the Custom Castle contest.  All eligible houses have been added to the voting list by us so there is nothing you need to do.  The voting dates have not changed so be sure to cast your vote for your favorite castle.

We apologize for all the confusion with the Castle Contest.  This was an error on our part.  We have brought TC1 down to fix the issue and it will return within 30 minutes.  We appreciate your patience with us!

Good Luck,

UO Team

 

 

UO Herald - Contest

Castle Design Contest Important Dates

Posted on by UO Dev Team

1/19/2022

Greetings Everyone,

We are aware there are still issues with entries missing from the master contest stone,  if your house is not listed please list it on the forums.  We are watching it closely and will add your house so it may be voted on.

The first round of voting ends on 1/25/2022

The Second round of voting starts on 1/25/2022.

Thank you,

UO Team

 

1/14/2022

Greetings Everyone,

There was an issue with the House Contest stone on TC1.  The issue has since been resolved but we need to make sure that you make sure to enable your house is contest enabled before the 18th of January.

Good Luck!

UO Team

 

 

 

 

1/4/2022

Greetings and Happy New Year Britannia!

To kick off the year we invite Britannia’s most talented architects to enter their castle designs for consideration in the next contest!

Instructions on how to enter the contest on TC1 can be found by visiting the contest link above on UO.com!

Important Dates

Start Date Tuesday, January 4, 2022 1:38:16 PM GMT-05:00
First Round of Voting Starts Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:44:56 PM GMT-05:00
Second Round of Voting Starts Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:44:56 PM GMT-05:00
End of Contest Friday, January 28, 2022 1:44:56 PM GMT-05:00

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Server Maintenance

Posted on by Mesanna

Happy Holidays Everyone,

It is that time again to do maintenance on all warehouses.  At 8 am ET on 12/24/2021  we will be bringing down the log in servers, character transfers, housing, and the in game store.  These will be down for approx. 2 hours at the most.  If anything happens to delay this we will let you guys know as soon as possible.

From our UO family to yours, we wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  See you in 2022!

Keep an eye out for Santa his Elf’s are a little sneaky!

UO Team