The Jury has spoken and the winners of the Sudiva Contest have been chosen. Thank you and congratulations to all participants. It was great to read all the different stories, but there can be only … three. And here they are:     THIRD PLACE ‘Sudiva Enshrined’ by Jhym Sudiva stopped in her endless pacing and shivered in the darkness. She had heard… something. A distant, keening, fitful wail, almost as though a puff of smoke had extinguished the last of the embers remaining from a conflagration that had almost destroyed the world. She raised an eye ridge in thought, […]

Three weeks ago, we posted a reminder about account safety and mentioned the option to set up a secret word to add extra security to your account. The secret word will identify you as the true owner of the account in case your details got lost or changed. If you don’t have a secret word, you should go to the account center and add it to your account right now. If you don’t remember your secret word, send an to email support@ultimaonline.com, supply them with your account name, email address, cc info, and any other information (e.g. game codes), and […]

Written by members of the Community Issue 5 WORLD NEWS Homeowners On Alert Yew homeowners are up in arms following a scam where several families were hustled from their homes while colleagues with picks and shovels tore up kitchens and living rooms, leaving all in disarray before departing. The Yew Times has been asked by authorities to keep the public informed of parties posing as officials associated with a non-existing agency calling itself the Bureau of Building Foundation Structural Integrity. According to accounts, a number of disheveled characters bullied themselves into the households of several Yew citizens insistent upon checking […]

Hello Everyone,    I was asked to judge the Sudiva fiction writing contest and recruit more judges to join in. The first person I asked to read the entries was Mike “Phoenix” Moore. But there are other people even outside of the UO team who have a lot of knowledge and love for the UO history – one of them is Kate Flack, one of our Lead Designers who also has a great collection of the old UO games. I respect her opinion and love her creativity, so Kate was a logical choice to be a judge. With that said […]

Written by the EM Team     “Now, charge its left flank, and aim for the seams! Mages, lightning and energy bolts, but focus on keeping up our knights!” Dupre shouted out the orders from behind his plated helm, even as his cadre of knights swarmed one of the monstrosities that laired within Exodus dungeon. With the backup of the mages keeping them healed, they weren’t in any threat at the moment from the beast in front of them. Lord Dupre had heard the noises and gotten glimpses of things from inside what was left of Ver Lor Reg and it […]

Greetings everyone,    We are looking for 6 players that are creative, outgoing, and love to make events come to life on Japanese shards. These positions require you to be 18 years of age, and able to put in 20 hours a month. A small amount of English is a must to be able to communicate with the team. If you are interested in being a part of the Event Moderator team; please fill out the following application and return it to barmstrong AT ea.com. Name: Age: Shard/shards you play on: What language (s) do you speak? Account names (no […]

The following fixes were staged for the maintenance that was completed last night. Covetous level 3 will spawn correctly now. Fixed point decay for city loyalty and virtue.

Associate Producer Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong is discussing plans for the near future of UO on UOStratics: In approx 2 weeks we will be putting the following on TC1, I hope you guys have time to go check out the changes and give us your feedback. Faction armor distribution – Faction Armor will now cost silver and we removed faction rank restrictions for wearing faction artifacts Faction point system distribution – Points will now be distributed to multiple faction members when participating in killing faction enemies via healing and direct damage. Three (3) new ways to gain City loyalty. A new […]

  The Treasure Hunt Challenge is going international!   Last month the Gold Diggers of Legends Shard won a record third competition in a row by defeating a former two-time champion, the Blue Beetles of Catskills. The match was a close affair, with some added drama in the form of a surprise rule change designed to challenge the two veteran teams. Unbeknownst to the Legends team, however, another shard was already waiting for their turn… Dearest Miko and Helios,   I hope everything’s fine with you and the people of Legends. For a considerable time now I have followed Legend’s […]

We had spent a large amount of time sifting through all the guide information on the UO Herald to consolidate and streamline the UO Play Guide. Through diligence and dedication we are proud to announce we have finished the newly revamped player’s guide and published links to download the pdf document. Whether you’re a new player looking for answers to your questions or a veteran player looking to brush up some of your knowledge, the guide is full of great information! Follow the Playguide link in the navigation bar or click here to check it out.