Publish 15 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 15 on January 9, 2002. Housing and Lockdown Updates Selecting YES on the gump to clear you as a co-owner of a house will now remove your co-owner status, allowing proper house transfers. Fixed an issue concerning flawed tile art while placing a house. Trading a house to a player who is co-owned to a house will be a two-step process. The receiver will first have to select YES to remove his co-owner status and then the other party will need to initiate the trade again, at which […]

Publish 14 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 14 on November 30, 2001. New Player Experiences It can be difficult to start off in a new world, with only the tools of your craft and no training in how to use them. We are in the process of adding several “directed experiences” to the early game, as a way to help those players new to Ultima Online learn their craft and be better prepared to excell in their chosen profession. Blacksmith This Haven-based tutorial will focus on helping new players to develop the abilities and skills […]

Publish 12 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 12 on July 24, 2001. Veteran Rewards The Ultima Online Rewards program is designed to reward our long-term players for loyalty to the UO community. It is our way of thanking you and showing our appreciation for your long-term support of UO, and for your contribution to making UO the most popular virtual world in existence today. Screenshots for most of the rewards can be found at the end of this update. Determining Account Age The age of an account will be determined in the following manner: Any […]

Publish 11 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 11 on March 14, 2001. The Lands of Ilshenar Ilshenar is a third facet in the world of Britannia. Ilshenar will have different conditions from the facets of Felucca and Trammel. Player interactions on Ilshenar will be just like Trammel with the following exceptions: Players who are within “murder” status will be able to travel to Ilshenar under the following guidelines: Murderers will be able to go to Ilshenar once per month. If a player’s murder status wears off, and then they return to a murderer state, the […]

Publish 10 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 10 on February 1, 2001. Nobles Hire Henchman Nobles and Seekers of Adventure will have the following changes: When a Noble or Seeker of Adventure is attacked outside of town limits, they will call “henchmen” for assistance. Henchmen that can come to the aid of a Noble or Seeker of Adventure will have increased fighting ability. Some will use archery. The Noble or Seeker of Adventure cannot be killed until the henchmen are dealt with (killed). Henchmen will carry some of the gold from the noble or seeker […]

Publish 7 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 7 on September 3, 2000. Stealing Changes Players will again be able to steal random items from players without getting the “too heavy to be stolen” message. The random steal will still check the weight of the random item and factor that into the success or failure of the steal attempt. New Player/Character Changes “Young” player items will be changed in the following ways: Ranger armor (green armor) will be removed from the “young” player ticket options In the place of Ranger Armor, “young” players will have the […]

Publish 5 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 5 on April 27, 2000. This publish was known as the Renaissance Publish. Cure Potions Cure potions will now cure poison based on the relative strength of the cure potion and the poison afflicting the character. A lesser cure will have virtually no chance of curing a deadly poisoned character, while a greater cure will cure greater poison much more often than not. All other cure and poison levels will scale accordingly. Monster Looting and Fame/Karma Looting rights for monsters will be based on a point system. The […]

Publish 1 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 1 on November 23, 1999. Co-owners Co-ownership will allow you to select trusted friends and allies to control some of the important functions of a house. This will allow more flexibility for house owners and provide a method for additional storage for those players who share houses. Selecting Co-owners Other characters on the same account as the house owner will be treated as co-owners unless: They are already an owner or co-owner of another house. You may select up to eight characters to be co-owners: A co-owner may […]

Publish – September 22, 1999 The following was released as the September 22nd Publish on September 22, 1999. Smelting Armor and weapons can be smelted back into ingots. Items you wish to smelt must be in your back-pack. Smelting will be tied to the mining skill. The higher your skill in mining, the more ingots you will get back. The more wear and tear on an item, the less ingots it will return. Items purchased from an NPC will yield only one ingot when smelted. Smelted magic items will yield regular ingots. Smelting special metals will yield ingots of that […]

Client updates November 19 1998 Second Age players have received a client patch which will make the automatic translation feature function using default values even if UO.CFG lines are not present. Players who have not upgraded to Second Age have received a client patch which merely changes their LOGIN.CFG file to point to the login servers introduced with the Second Age. You should not notice any difference in play from this change.