Ask & Answer No. 2

The Ultima Online team has received another set of questions last week. Here are the answers. Concerns People using high Seas boats, moored along side each other, to ‘house hide’ in PvP.   Mesanna: We have written this up as a bug and hope to have it fixed soon.  Questions Are there any plans to make gargoyle horn dye and/or restyle available on hairdressers? Daslo, Neverplay UO, Cerwin Vega Mesanna: After speaking with the team we think Horn Dressers is a good idea…Thanks  for the suggestion. Are there any plans to revamp Doom? By this I mean changing or evolving […]


Judging the Sudiva Fiction Writing Contest

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 […]


Publish 74.0 Comes to All Shards – 01/31

Greetings, We will push Publish 74.0 to all shards during the next maintenance cycle, in the early morning of January 31. Here are the complete notes for your reading pleasure, enjoy and see you in the game! Publish 74.0   Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone! Yes, love is in the air so please celebrate this day with our gift to you to remember it. You will find a cupid statue in your packs and a cupid arrow. Use the arrow by double clicking and targeting anything mobile. The arrow will then retain the name of your true love. Use it wisely because this arrow will […]


THE YEW TIMES – A Newspaper for Sosaria

Written by members of the community Issue 6 WORLD NEWS Time Running Out for Gargoyle Cure With every tragedy, comes both the do-gooders and the exploiters of said tragedy, and the recent epidemic afflicting the gargoyle race is no exception. When humans first made contact with the gargoyles there were those nay-sayers who said that we’d end up dealing with all of their baggage as well, and they were right. The bulk of the gargoyle race are homeless refugees squatting on the outskirts of the royal city as evil blobs of black jelly pick them off at random. Some cynics […]


Publish 78.0 Comes to All Shards – 08/31

We will push Publish 78.0 to all shards during the maintenance this evening.  For your reading pleasure, here are the completed notes: Publish 78.0.0 Anniversary Items Anniversary items for the 15th Anniversary of Ultima Online have been added. Considering these are a gift from us to you, we will drop a few sneak peeks in the upcoming weeks. All Characters older than 30 days will be eligible to receive Anniversary Items beginning September 1st, 2012 and ending September 30th, 2012 List of Anniversary Gifts Harpsicord and Harpsicord Rolls Heritage Token (due to request for ladders) Sands of Sosaria (16 unique […]


Publish 75.0 Comes to All Shards – 03/27

Greetings, We will push Publish 75.0 to all shards during the next maintenance cycle, in the early morning of March 27. Here are the complete notes for your reading pleasure, enjoy and see you in the game! Publish 75.0.0   Global Arc Acts 3 and 4 for the awakening have been completed.  Please keep an eye on your Town Criers for upcoming news.  Continue on with this quest and you too can have your own heirlooms.  As always watch the herald for future fiction. Clean up Britannia – 4 new dyes Glossy Fuchsia Deep Blue Vibrant Seagreen Murky Amber Faction […]


THE YEW TIMES – A Newspaper for Sosaria

Written by members of the UO community Issue 2 – Edition 3 WORLD NEWS Alchemist Labors for Naught It was 12 years ago, that the great intellect and alchemist, Vig Parthus the Accomplished addressed the public before barring the door to his lab. He bid that no one disturb his work, for when he finally emerged from his bailiwick, he would present to the people that which mankind had been searching for since the beginning of time. After a decade of respecting the mages request, a concerned citizen determined that something was amiss, since no one had been bringing food […]