Greetings, We will bring back ReForging to Test Center and Origin today, along with the mandatory Classic Client patch 7.0.23 and Enhanced Client patch 4.0.23. These are the additional Publish notes: If you want to do normal runic crafting then be near a regular forge, if you want to use the Reforging Tool then you must be near a soul forge.  To use the Re-Forging option of your runic tool you must have a minimum of 65 Imbuing skill.  The higher your Imbuing skill the more options available to you. Concentration and Focus were removed from the options of the […]

Update 12:10 pm EDT: All shards are back online. We will be bringing down the west coast shards for an extended maintenance Monday the 6th of of August at 8am EDT. At this moment we expect the shards to be back online no later than 11am EDT. Shards: Lake Austin Baja Napa Valley Sonoma Pacific Origin   As always keep an eye on the Herald for updates regarding this maintenance.

Issue 3 WORLD NEWS Prankster Strikes Again Law officials are on the lookout for the individual responsible for a recent prank, which left many with lower back injuries and hernias.  With the land being absent of a monarch for far too long, the miraculous appearance of a sword in a stone seems to have addressed the people’s cries for order.  Etched writing on the blade not concealed by the stone reads “Whosoever shall pulleth this sword from this stone shall become..”  There are few citizens of the land not familiar with the old tale of how a squire once won […]

We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday August 7th, at 8am EDT (14:00 CEST). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription or redeem game codes. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 11:45am EDT (17:45 CEST). Thank you for your understanding.

Written by the EM Team It had been quite some time since the man had awoken, before the machine bothered to address him. And when it finally did, it came with such suddenness that the man would have likely lost his balance had he been standing…as it was, it threw him from a reverie of meditation into an already foul mood as soon as it started.      “Congratulations are in order for you I suppose, Lord Blackthorn.” His title was thrown at him in a mechanic approximation of contempt and dissatisfaction…one that Lord Blackthorn found surprisingly well imitated.   […]

Greetings, We will push Publish 76.0 to all shards during the next early morning maintenance cycle on May 22. In preparation for the publish, the map files in Ver Lor Reg will be out of sync until then. For your reading pleasure, here are the completed notes: Publish 76.0.0 Global Arc – The Awakening The Awakening – Act VI Quest added This quest will be active during Act VI of “The Awakening” beginning July of 2012 and will end August 12th, 2012.  The NPC will tell you how much time is remaining each time you turn an item in on […]

Vendor owners should be aware that in coming days we will publish a fix next week for an issue with vendors. This issue allowed any item to be placed on vendors as Not For Sale. The only items that are allowed to be Not For Sale are: books, key rings, bulk order deed books, farspeakers, and containers. After the publish of this fix, all items that are not allowed to be Not For Sale will be automatically re-priced to their default vendor price. Players are urged to review their vendor inventories and set prices on any items that are not […]

Published: 18 May 2012 18:53:08 EST Kai Schober, Bonnie ‘Mesanna’ Armstrong and many others from the Mythic team joined Rob ‘Grakulen’ Lashley and Hillary ‘Pokket’ Nicole for their Wayback Wednesday series on MMORPG.com’s Twitch TV channel.  They grouped up to face the various hordes inhabiting the newly redesigned Covetous Dungeon on TC1. The live stream took place on Wednesday, 5/16 and lasted for over two hours!   Did you miss it? If so, MMORPG posted the videos on their site: Video 1 Video 2

Update: Due to the current issues we advice you not to resize or decorate your house at the moment. Please keep an eye on the Herald for updates. The house placement tool currently encounters a delay of up to a few minutes on all shards. Our teams are investigating the situation right now and will try to solve it as soon as possible. If you want to use this tool at the moment, please display patience. Thank you for your understanding!

MMORPG.com’s Twitch TV channel is going to visit Ultima Online tomorrow night, 05/16, in its Wayback Wednesday series. The session will launch at 9:30pm EDT (3:30am CEST). The hosts Rob ‘Grakulen’ Lashley and Hillary ‘Pokket’ Nicole will be joined by Bonnie ‘Mesanna’ Armstrong and other members of the Ultima Online team to explore the game on Test Center 1 and talk about its 15 years of history. Join us on the channel tomorrow night!