The new Ask and Answers has arrived! The holidays and a business trip had caused a delay in our answers. We now return to our regularly scheduled Ask and Answer posts with a very creative set of questions and answers. UO Stratics Moonstone Jewelery – Can a dev please make another statement on this drop? Specifically where does it actually come from now? Is it Fezzik the Chef or a cannibal mage or a chest in Fezzik’s area? all ove the previous? Has the drop % been altered because of the increase in difficulty of the target now? Thank you. […]

Written by members of the community Issue 10 WORLD NEWS FROSTMAN We have just received a report from Castle Blackthorn, to be on a lookout for a LIVING snowman? It seems that Captain Julius has hired a team of old retired mages from the Mage Tower to make use of all of the snowmen that have been turned in from the Clean Up Britiannia campaign. We were not informed of what the mages were actualy working on, or for what purpose. The walking snowman was named “Snowy the Frostman” which later escaped the castle and was last seen heading into […]

Publish 80.0.0 has been patched to TC1. Click on more to see the publish notes in all their bug slaying glory! Publish 80.0.0 Bug Fixes The Ossian Grimoire can now be dyed using Tokuno Dyes Vanilla plants will now display with a light gray color in the plant reproduction and resource gumps Various creatures that were not previously providing spined leather when skinned now provide the correct leather type The Redeemer can now be used to skin animals Jewelers will now purchase all manner of silver rings and bracelets Plain metal chests can now be unlocked using the magic unlock […]

Written by members of the community Issue 10 WORLD NEWS GRAVESITE PLUNDERED The town guard is looking for information regarding the recent disinternment of a local man’s body from the Yew cemetary. Jethro Mctavish had been buried three days prior, and there is no indication that the corpse had been defiled in any way. However, locals are convinced that the responsible party was looking for McTavish’s coveted fried turkey recipe which he swore that he’d take to the grave with him. No additional leads have been pursued so far in the case. BOWYER CRAFTS LEDENDARY CROSSBOW Fervent bowyer, Yohan Yorguson […]

In addition to the normal set of Ask and Answer questions this week, there is also an interview! UO Forums did a very informative interview with the Ultima Online producer, Bonnie (Mesanna) Armstrong. There are questions that range from a typical day in the studio to future plans for Ultima Online, so be sure to check it out. UO Auctions Question: The new 15yr Robes are a fantastic addition and reward for players being creative. i’d like to see this bcome more than just a 15yr event. have you ever considered holding art based competitions as well as writing? it’d be […]

We have staged Publish 79 to be released on Sunday evening, 11/18 during Maintenance for the European servers and Monday morning, 11/19  during Maintenance for the US servers.  Please note we are turning housing decay back on when this publish goes live. For your reading pleasure, here are the completed notes:   Publish 79.0.0 New Veteran Rewards 15th Year: Garden Shed House Add-On Contains two secure containers that do not count towards house storage limits Each container holds 125 items with no weight limit The shed has standard house security settings controlling container access To access the containers, stand near […]

In this week’s Ask and Answer we have a interesting mix of questions that the developers answered. Here they are for your reading pleasure: UO.stratics Has there been any thought as to letting us use any of the boats in the huge lake in Malas near Umbra, or sail in any of the waters in Ilshenar? (Bazer – Apr 2011) Could rowboats only be allowed in Dungeons, Ilshenar, Ter Mur and Malas? (Basara – October 2012) Will you allow us to use rowboats in dungeons please? There is so much wasted water in like ice dungeon and I need to […]

Publish 79.0.0 New Veteran Rewards 15th Year: Garden Shed House Add-On Contains two secure containers that do not count towards house storage limits Each container holds 125 items with no weight limit The shed has standard house security settings controlling container access To access the containers, stand near the door of the shed and double-click it 13th Year: Exodus Statuette 11th Year: Navrey Night-Eyes Statuette 9th Year: Virtuebane Statuette 8th Year: Davies’ Locker This is based on a real-life glass top table containing a three-dimensional map of Britannia, created by Alan Davies. The table resides in the front lobby of […]

Over the past weeks we have had the immense pleasure of reading through your most memorable moments. Every entry was very entertaining, heartfelt and reminds all of us how amazing Ultima Online truly is. We have reached end our Most Memorable UO Moment contest, but are happy to share with you the final winners. We received 12 entries from the Sonoma shard and had another tie! Here are the 7 winning UO memories from Sonoma: A Fish Tale My most memorable UO moment happened a couple years ago at the Capt’n EM Rumbelly’s Deep Sea Fishing Adventure on Sonoma. A […]

We received 12 creative entries from the Origin shard. Of those entries there were 5 memories that received the most votes from our judges. Here are the 5 winning UO memories from Origin: My most memorable moment in UO is when I achieved the title Grandmaster Fisherman.  It may not seem all that special anymore, but back when I was working 65+ hours a week, I could only dedicate 5 – 15 hours a week to Ultima Online.  The magic of fishing up items from a shipwreck or the highly desirable message in a bottle seemed like a fairy tale […]