Publish 85 to Test Center 1

Castle Blackthorn Dungeon The dungeon of Castle Blackthorn is open for exploration! The dungeon is accessible from Castle Blackthorn in Trammel and Felucca. The Invasions within the Loyalty Cities have been magically sealed inside the dungeon. Minax artifacts can be found by destroying Minax’s beacons and her minions within Castle Blackthorn Dungeon and also engaging other creatures within. Blackthorn Artifacts are available from Agents of the Crown and will accept Minax Artifacts for turn in. Agents of the Crown can be found in Castle Blackthorn in Trammel and within the loyalty cities in Felucca. City Election Changes Each account may […]


Publish 83 on TC1 August 30th, 2013

Publish 83.0.0   Happy 16th Year Anniversary!!!!!!!! Ultima Online’s 16th anniversary gift bag will be delivered between midnight Monday, September 15th, 2013 and midnight October 14th, 2013. Characters need to be 30 days or older to receive the gift bag which contains : • a 16th anniversary pony statuette (no it is not a pink pony) • 16th anniversary gift card • 16th anniversary plant deed • 16th anniversary silver serving tray. New Potted plant deed will create a specially hued Japanese maple tree, a wall mount staghorn fern deed, a potted dieffenbachia plant or a specially hued enormous Venus […]


Ask and Answer

1. UO Stratics From Pub 81 : – The looting rights threshold has been lowered for all mobs. Can you give us some more details on this change? How it works in compare now then before pub 81. With some % would be nice to make us better to understand. (Kelly O’Brian of Drachenfels.) Bleak: As mentioned before loot rights are broken up into three separate totals (damage dealt, healing done, and damage received ) which are combined to equal the players looting right score. The looting right threshold is based on the highest looting right score which is use […]


Producer Letter

I wanted to take a few moments to fill everyone in on a few things we are doing.  I have heard rumbling from the community that the  sky is falling.  I promise that is not true.  We still have a team that is dedicated to UO and is excited about what is to come.    The Event moderator program is here and still going strong. As for the future of UO, I would like to share with you some of the ideas we have and want to see happen this year. • New Theme Pack “The Kings Collection” • Vendor Search […]


Ask & Answer No. 17

In this week’s Ask and Answer we have some very informative answers from the developers including a holiday appropriate question about bunnies. Enjoy! UOForums Easter is coming. So… Would you consider adding Vorpal Bunnies to the loot system that powers Shame/Covetous/Wrong? Perhaps equivalent to a mid-level monster to recognize how agonizingly slow it is to grow green thorns? Would you consider adding a (very) rare Vorpal Bunny statue drop? Would you consider adding Vorpal Bunnies to the list of sources for the upcoming release of armor system-related ingredients? Would you consider adding various imbuing ingredients to the list of Bunny […]


Account Center Maintenance – 02/21

Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Thursday February 21st, at 8am EST (14:00 CET). During the maintenance you will not be able to log in, change subscription, redeem game codes, select vet rewards or place new houses. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 9:00am EDT (15:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding.


Ask & Answer No. 14

In this week’s Ask & Answer we received many questions requesting changes and our developers give a glimpse of what is being planned. UO Auctions Question: Have the dev team considered adding further to the high seas content? it seems most gave up a life at sea when they realized the resources it takes to run a ship. but piracy/bounty hunting are fantastic parts of the game. do you think that perhaps a hand in system for titles might bring attention back? perhaps items gained from merchant/pirate vessels could be handed in at Serpents Hold/Buccaneers Den for the Pirate/ the […]


Atlantic Rollback

Due to issues beyond our control, I am sorry to have to inform all of Atlantic that we had to revert to a Dec 5, 2012 7:00 am EST back up. We have tried to retrieve a more current back up but we have been unable to do so due to corruption issues. We are very sorry this has happened and any Atlantic player that is being impacted by this revert will be compensated with 30 days free game time. If you are having any issues with Vet Rewards or In game codes please page a GM. They will be […]



Ask & Answer No. 12

As we move into the twelfth month of the year we bring you Ask and Answer number 12. It is a season for giving and your questions have the developers making plans to bring all sorts of changes to the game. Enjoy! UO Auctions Can anything be done about the freezing screen when you use house customising and or the packing create with EC? (Rupert Avery) We actually discussed this over lunch for approx 20 minutes to try to figure out the best way to do this, bottom line is yes it can be redone but it is not Just […]