We are going to reinstate the Counselor Program back into UO!  At this time I would like to know if we have any players that would be interested in volunteering for these positions.   Below are the requirements: Must be 18 years old Must have an active account Must have an account in good standing Have great game knowledge Desire to help and work with others We are making a few alterations to make the program work with all the changes that have been made currently so it will not be active for a bit but if you are interested in being considered for […]

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!    We have confirmed an issue related to a conflict between house customization and vendors within the houses.  Until further notice we are asking everyone not to customize their houses if they have vendors in their homes. Thank you

We will be publishing Publish 85.3 to all shards in the morning during maintenance. Japanese shards will be published this evening during your regular maintenance cycles. Happy Valentines from the UO Team!! Be sure to keep an eye on your EM’s for the next 6 days, they will be doing a small event that gives out this years’ Valentines present. We hope you enjoy them! Bug Fixes: • Corrected issue where only the character that placed the house is allowed to customize the house. • Corrected issue where goza mats were becoming unusable. • Discordance is now considered a hostile […]

Greetings everyone! We are so thrilled to read all the feedback from our recent announcement and I wanted to share this great interview MMORPG.com did with a few of us at Broadsword to give you some insight as to what’s in store for the future. http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/8212/General-Broadsword-Online-What-It-Means-For-UO-DAOC.html   I am also happy to announce that we are actively looking for candidates to fulfill the position of Assistant Producer for Ultima Online. Interested persons may send their cover letter and resume’ to Mesanna@broadsword.com Some of the requirements for the Associate Producer position include, • Fluency in Japanese and English • Willingness to […]

Greetings Everyone! I come to you with some exciting news!  Since its humble beginnings at Origin Systems Incorporated in 1997, through development at EA Redwood Shores and for the last 7+ years at Mythic, Ultima Online™ has been enjoyed by millions of devoted players around the world. Beginning February 1st, 2014, Mythic Entertainment Co-Founder Rob Denton’s new studio: Broadsword Online Games (http://www.broadsword.com) will partner with EA’s Mythic Entertainment to operate, support and develop Ultima Online on EA’s behalf.  Electronic Arts will continue to provide billing and account services through its Origin™ portal.   Broadsword and Electronic Arts will work closely together […]

Test Center Patch Notes Vendor Search Improvements Players will not see these improvements for the first 3 hours until the data base has been rebuilt. • Added the ability to search “Artifact Rarity” values =  Know issue, Search returns artifacts of that rarity and above instead of just that rarity.   Vendor Maps: • Added message when vendor map is placed in backpack. • Removed ability to sell vendor maps to mapmakers. • Removed ability to use vendor maps to teleport during combat. • Increased distance allowed for teleporting around house sign. • Added the ability to pay for teleporting […]

Vendor Search For the initial release it will take approximately three hours for the vendor database to update.  If you do not find your item, please check back after that time frame.  After the initial database update all vended item additions/deletions will be available through searches within five minutes. Players will now be able to search for specific items on player run vendors while in-game.  Players will be allowed to opt out of the system on a per vendor basis. Trial accounts will not be allowed to use the vendor search system.  Maps can be obtained for vendor locations.  Players […]

By: EM Drosselmeyer “You don’t actually think this is going to work, do you?” Anon scoffed at King Blackthorn’s suggestion. “Well if you don’t think you have the ability to do it, I guess you can continue to be known as the second best mage of the realm…” Anon slammed a hand down on the table, causing Dupre to give him a glare from his seat. “I still am afraid I don’t understand…why are we not simply destroying the source of these?” “Because we cannot without condemning untold numbers of lives. Anon and I have come to the conclusion that […]

During normal maintenance schedules all shards will receive Publish 85 tomorrow. We hope you enjoy the holiday gifts and have a  safe holiday. UO Team!

We are putting Publish 85 on Origin and Izumo today.  The shards will be going down at approximately 2 pm EDT. One point I would like to make clear is regarding the Vet reward – The Light house Once the lighthouse is deeded it will unlink from any boat and owner it is linked to.  When you replace the lighthouse you will have to relink it to keep any ships from decaying.  It will NOT automatically relink once the light house is replaced. Thank you and Enjoy! UO Team