By: EM Drosselmeyer His blade clashed against that of the renegade swordsman, each strike forcing him back pace after pace, never ceasing in his advance. As the swordsman caught one of Sir Dupre’s strikes on his shield, Sir Dupre lashed out with his own shield and struck him hard in the face, feeling the mans nose break before the impact. Helmets are worn for a reason, novice… he thought to himself as he disengaged his blade, stamped on the man’s foot, and ran him through. With a sudden jerking back of his sword he let him fall, staining the dusty […]

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 […]

Written by EM Drosselmeyer The city had been a nicer place once. It had been busier, filled with bustling life and mages learning and earning their keep amidst masters and grandmasters. But that was many years ago, he reminded himself…and despite the ferocity of those remaining in these lands, so many had already moved on to calmer waters. He’d been warned against going at all by his Royal Guard, with them finally relenting when he agreed to take two with him as protection, but he told them as simply as he understood it himself; If he found who he was […]

Author:  EM Drosselmeyer      The crystal crackled and sputtered in her hands as she poured her considerable magic into it, causing the ground around her to tremble with the power…but soon enough it calmed, and nothing had happened. She had assumed as much might happen…a focal point was needed, and the crystal alone couldn’t do it. It needed something stronger, something more powerful…and that was when she thought of the perfect spot. And the best part was, almost nobody was ever there. With a wicked smile adorning her face, she gestured over to Shanty. “Attend me, Shanty; I may have […]

Revenge of the Enchantress The next phase of the current content arc finds Britannia’s Loyalty cities under attack! Loyalty Cities (Britain, Trinsic, Minoc, Yew, Jhelom, Moonglow, New Magincia, Vesper, and Skara Brae) in Trammel and Felucca are under attack! A random loyalty city in Trammel and Felucca will be under attack at any given time. Invasion forces consist of a Captain and a group of minions. Minions must be killed off before the Captain becomes vulnerable to attack. Minion groups are chosen randomly at the beginning of a city invasion and remain persistent for the duration of that City’s invasion. […]

Ultima Online’s 16th Anniversary Party Date: September 21st, 2013 12:45 till 5:00 pm CST Location: TC1 – Luna Fairgrounds Agenda 12:45 pm CST – Opening Ceremony at the Luna Fair grounds 1:00 to 2:00 pm CST – Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt (see details below) 2:00 to 2:15 Return to Luna for announcement of winners for the Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt 2:15 to 3:00 pm CST – Fool Hardy –Join us to preform and show how creative you are 3:00 to 3:30 pm CST Award prizes for the judging of the Cultural Center Design Contest and Story Contest 3:30 to 4:30 […]

     The waves lapped against the side of the BSV Menagerie as they made their way across the ocean, but Isaiah had eyes only for the storm front that cast shadows across their intended destination. It’d been two long months since he’d last seen Isabelle, and the ring he was twirling inside his pocket had taken most of his pay to buy…but he knew it was the perfect ring for her. It was everything he’d ever wanted to give her and knew she’d love it. The only problem was the look of the storm ahead…if it was as bad as […]

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 […]

We are putting out a publish to fix a few bugs that have been called to our attention.  These changes will be seen after your next maintenance cycle, Corrected an issue which prevented the imbuing of the Gargish Amulet and the stone Gargish Amulet. Corrected an issue which broke auto-defending attackers once a player had multiple aggressors and had healed themselves. Corrected  an issue with north facing Compassion Virtue tile. Looting rights distribution update Healing now only applies aggression towards a healed targets aggressors,  if the healed target is not a pet, the healed target is not the healer, and […]

Publish 82.0.0 Publish 82 is being published on TC1 today, it will be on Origin and Izumo on Thursday/Friday during their maintenance.  The publish will go live on Monday June 24th during morning maintenance. King’s Collection Theme Pack • The King’s Collection theme pack will be available for purchase from the Origin store on Monday, June 24th, 2013. • The King’s Collection provides an entitlement code to be applied to your account and also a code to redeem a token to claim in game items. • Your account must have the King’s Collection entitlement to use the King’s Collection token […]