Test Center Shard

9/2/2021 Greetings, In preparation for Publish 111 we will be bringing TC1 internal until Tuesday, September 7, 2021.  Until that time TC1 will be unavailable.  Keep an eye on UO.com for the full Publish 111 release notes. See you in Britannia, UO Team  


The Black Market Merchant

The Black Market Merchant Initially arriving during the Rising Tides event, this disreputable person is found lurking outside Buccaneer’s Den Bank, he offers to buy maritime cargo for doubloons, and then reclaim the doubloons from you in exchange for his goods. There is a limit to the number of doubloons he will allow you to have in your account. When you reach 300,000 doubloons he insists that you buy from him before he will buy any further cargo from you. His valuing of your cargo is a little eccentric, but he will pay, approximately: Grandmaster cargo 100 – 200 doubloons […]



Treasures of Deceit

8/4/2020 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the next soft launch of our dynamic treasures system with Treasures of Deceit! Players on Lake Superior, Sakura, Oceania, and Europa can battle creatures in Deceit to obtain Artifacts of Undead Kin!  These artifacts can be exchanged for rewards from the Artifact Trader located outside the Dungeon Deceit.  You can visit Felucca or Trammel and artifacts can be exchanged with both traders. Creatures eligible to drop minor artifacts will be identified with a “Treasures of Deceit” item property.  Existing spawn will need to be killed before Treasures creatures will spawn.  Check the Pub […]


Dynamic Champion Spawns

Publish 109, in the summer of 2020, saw the introduction of 26 dynamic champion spawn locations that may be activated for the duration of a global or EM event. These spawns function in the same way as the established, permanent, champion spawns with waves of increasingly difficult creatures leading to a final ‘boss’ monster, champion boss spawn scales based on player density, up to two Champions spawning per encounter. Dynamic Champion Spawns do not drop any scrolls but instead will drop participation and top contributor rewards relevant to the story line of the event that the spawn is an integral […]


Treasures of Orcish Kin

7/21/2020 Greetings, We are pleased to announce the soft launch of our dynamic treasures system with Treasures of Orcish Kin! Players on Origin & Izumo can battle creatures in the Orc Dungeon to obtain Artifacts of Orcish Kin!  These artifacts can be exchanged for rewards from the Artifact Trader located outside the Orc Dungeon.  You can visit Felucca or Trammel and artifacts can be exchanged with both traders. Creatures eligible to drop minor artifacts will be identified with a “Treasures of Orcish Kin” item property.  Existing spawn will need to be killed before Treasures creatures will spawn.  Check the Pub […]


Artifacts – Exodus Encounter (inc “The Awakening” Event)

The Awakening Event parts V and VI (publish 76) introduced three new artifacts and a special stat scroll, replica versions of which are also available from the Exodus encounter. Three other items are exclusive to Exodus. Item Awakening Version Exodus Replica Asclepius  20% bandage healing bonus (When equipped during a complete healing cycle) 15% Bandage Healing Bonus Hygieia’s Amulet Alchemy Bonus 15% Alchemy Bonus 10% Bracers of Alchemical Devastation (NOTE hit fireball changed to hit lightning publish 80) Hit Lightning 40% (damage based on Wrestling or Anatomy & Evaluating Intelligence) Mana Regeneration 5 Faster Cast Recovery 5 Physical Resist 15% […]


UO Status Update

Greetings everyone, We will be publishing 108, Tuesday March 24th to all shards. All updates will be active after normal scheduled maintenance. We know many of you are asking us to turn off Housing Decay. We will not be doing that at this time due to the fact there is a 90 day grace period after closing an account for the houses to fall. After 2 months we will review the status of where everyone is at due to the virus and make our decision at that time.  Please understand when we turn off housing decay this makes it so […]