It is time for another Ask and Answer and this week we answer a lot of great questions from UO Mania. UO Mania clorenz – Are there any plans to add books to store Scrolls of Alacrity or Powerscrolls similar to the books for Scroll of Transcendence? Mesanna:  When we did the SOT book we had planned to add these other ways to store items.  There are just so many things we want to get done we have to take them one at a time.  Please be patient they are coming. UO Mania clorenz – Are there any plans to […]

Choosing winners from the Atlantic shard was extremely tough. We had received 22 entries from the shard and enjoyed every one! We hope you enjoy our top 5 winning selections: The Kindness of Friends & Strangers. There has been so many memorable moments in my years of playing Ultima Online that it is difficult to pick only one. Foremost in my mind are the friends and just random people that I have met. These people really enhance the experience of this world we call Sosaria. During the Earth Year 1998, my goal was to place my first house. Placing even […]

The Oceania shard’s contestants remind us that though some moments are full of strife, it’s the people with which we share the challenge that make the moment special. We had three entries from the Oceania shard so all of them are winners! Most Memorable Moment in UO In all my time of playing UO, there have been quite a few memorable moments, But to be honest nothing really captures the very first time I logged in (On my very first account – way back in 1998) It was Chespeake, the shard I first played on; because Oceania didn’t exist yet. […]

It is time to announce the next set of winners in the Memorable Moments Contest. Players on the Formosa shard mixed it up with entries containing poetry, epic battles and a holiday event. We hope you enjoy their tales as much as we have! We received four entries from the Formosa shard and, once again, all entries are winners! It was the year 2006, almost a year had passed by and business had picked up that year since the relocation of the Chocolit Shoppe in Formosa. With the year at end and the joyous atmosphere in the air, I had […]

We are patching out a new client this afternooon for an art  and cliloc updates. A new publish version will arrive with the next regular maintenance to update in-game links to the new website. See you in the game!

Another former producer of Ultima Online took the chance to share his memorable moments. Starr Long who was our special guest at the 15th anniversary party used the speech after the coronation of Lord Blackthorn to answer several questions including some of his fondest memories. Here are some more: My fondest recollections are always about the unexpected ways our incredible players were able to create their own experiences. Each one of them illustrated how we had moved from makers of this world to the caretakers. The players were as much the makers as we were now, if not more. One […]

In the past few weeks your entries have tickled our funny bones, tugged at our heart strings and stirred up many enjoyable memories. In some shards the competition was fierce and forced many of us to diligently scour through many entries. Other shards the choice was much simpler. In either case, we would like to thank all of players for their amazing memories and announce our winning picks for your memorable UO moments. The first moments we would like to publish are the ones from the Balhae Shard. We received only four entries, so all of the entries are winners! […]

It is Monday again. Although the Dev team already answered a ton of questions during the Anniversary Party on Saturday (a recording of this will be eleased later this week), they took the time to address these questions gathered on the different fan sites, too. Slayer properties on instruments: Was wondering if we could ever get a way to craft slayer musical instruments. Either thru runic saws or possibly new recipes for carpenters to make? (Xalan Dementia) Could maybe someday imbuing move to instruments? (JamesC ) I’d like to be able to imbue GM instruments with slayer properties using the […]

Written by the EM Team     Looking out over the water from his balcony, Lord Blackthorn steepled his fingers in front of his face. It had been a long time since he’d seen these waters and had the chance to enjoy the gentle movements caused by the current, and he savored it. Heckles had certainly done a good job of having the place repaired, and even had it furnished the way that he himself likely would have. Looking to the left, he glanced at the travel chess set he’d carried with him all this time, and once again his thoughts […]

Another Memorable Moment comes from Anthony Castoro, Producer for Ultima Online from 2022 to 2005. “So, I thought a lot about different stories I could tell about UO, the people, the players, the game itself.  I’ve decided to stick with this one story. The first time I worked on UO, I became co-lead designer with Todd “MadToad” Bailey. We encountered a problem on several of the servers where the forests had become completely barren. For some reason, not enough creatures and monsters were spawning, but we couldn’t figure out an obvious cause. We tweaked the spawner settings on the live […]