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UO Herald - Special Announcement

The Black Gate Now Live on Origin

9/16/2020

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that the Black Gate is now live on Origin.  We invite you to begin this adventure by seeking Julia at the mining camp outside of Minoc.  Happy adventuring!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team


UO Herald - Hotfix

Vendor Search Database Maintenance

9/16/2020

Greetings,

Over the next 24 hours the vendor search database will be undergoing maintenance as the database is repopulated.  During this time you will experience intermittent search failures.  Vendor owners may opt-out and re-opt-in their vendors to accelerate the process, but this is not required.  We appreciate your patience.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team


Publish 109.1

9/15/2020

Greetings,

Beginning with each  shard’s regular maintenance on September 16, 2020 we will be releasing an update to all shards which includes our new dynamic quest system as well as some miscellaneous changes and bug fixes,

  • Account bound items can no longer be placed on vendors or auction safes
  • Items that cannot be moved by players that are in IDOC loot will be deleted
  • Resolved issue where ridden pets do not reflect the notoriety of their riders
  • Transmogrification Potion
    • The potion is no longer available on Siege Perilous
    • Resolved issue with Hooded Shroud of Shadows that were altered by the potion
    • We will be re-adding the potion to the Ultima Store once all shards have gone through maintenance after 12pm ET on September 16, 2020
  • Quest System Updates
    • Added support to add quest dynamically
    • In the quest gump, items required for “obtain” and “delivery” quests will now be displayed graphically in the list of the required items.

The Black Gate

We are excited to announce, with this release, we will now have support for dynamic quest implementation!  The first will be “The Black Gate”.  We will be releasing more information on The Black Gate tomorrow once the quest has been setup.  Our current release schedule for the Black Gate is,

September 16, 2020 – Origin

September 21, 2020 – Izumo, Legends, Baja, Chesapeake

September 22, 2020 – Atlantic, Great Lakes, Hokuto Formosa

September 23, 2020 – Catskills, Seige Perilous, Pacific, Yamato, Sonoma

September 24, 2020 – Sakura, Drachenfels, Lake Austin, Napa, Lake Superior

September 25, 2020 – Europa, Oceania, Mugen, Wakoku, Mizuho, Asuka, Arirang, Balhae

 

The quest will be available for the foreseeable future, so everyone will have plenty of time to participate in this and all the other exciting events we have planned for the fall and winter!

This release also includes a mandatory client patch, so make sure you patch your client before accessing any shard.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team


UO Herald - Special Announcement

Temporarily Removing Robe Transmogrification Potion from the Store

Good afternoon everyone,

Due to some issues that have surfaced with the Robe Transmogrification Potion we are going to temporarily remove it from the store until we can publish out a fix.  If you have questions or concerns about the potion that you used please contact me at Mesanna@broadsword.com.  Do not contact a GM regarding this issue.

Mesanna

 

 

 


UO Herald - Community

23rd Anniversary Gifts Now Available!

9/1/2020

Greetings!

To celebrate the 23rd Anniversary of Ultima Online all veteran characters at least 30 days old logging in between Tuesday, September 1, 2020 12:01:00 AM GMT-04:00 and Thursday, October 1, 2020 12:01:00 AM GMT-04:00 will receive a 23rd Anniversary Gift card and token that can be redeemed for,

  • Silver Plated Lamppost
    • Randomly delivered as 1 of 4 types of lamp posts that can be turned on and off and functions as a colored light source.
  • Silver Plated Bubbling Cauldron
    • Blessed house addon deed that has a rare chance to be delivered in 1 of 7 rare hues.  Otherwise is a random common hue.
  • Silver Plated Tome
    • Can be turned in 4 directions using the Interior Decorator.
    • Randomly named as the “Tale of…” with a random nobility title and city name.
    • Rare chance to be delivered in 1 of 6 random hues.  Otherwise is a random common hue.

We want to thank all of you for your loyal support for all these years!  Anniversary gifts are always a huge hit every year and we look forward to seeing the amazing collections players put together! Will you collect the entire set?

We look forward to September being an exciting month for UO!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team


UO Herald - Special Announcement

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 109 publish notes for full details on the Dynamic Treasures system.

The event will be available on Lake Superior, Sakura, Oceania, and Europa following regularly scheduled maintenance  on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:01:00 AM GMT-04:00 DST.  The event will conclude on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:59:00 PM GMT-04:00 DST.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 


UO Herald - Special Announcement

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 109 publish notes for full details on the Dynamic Treasures system.

The event will be available on Origin & Izumo following regularly scheduled maintenance  on July 22, 2020 EDT.  The event will conclude on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 11:59:00 PM GMT-04:00 DST.

This current soft launch is limited to Origin & Izumo.  Keep an eye on UO.com for future soft-launches on additional shards.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 


Publish 109 – World Wide Release

7/20/2020

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that as of each shard’s normal maintenance beginning July 21, 2020 Publish 109 will be deployed worldwide.

Publish 109 includes systems that we will be soft launching in the next few days, so keep an eye on UO.com for when and where to participate in those events.

Be sure to check out the publish notes for full details.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 


UO Herald - Special Announcement

Invasion Update & Treasures Soft Launches

7/17/2020

Greetings,

As of July 21, 2020 we will be deactivating the Invasions.  This is in anticipation of the soft launch of our new dynamic Treasures events.  Our current plan is to scale up our soft launch through various shards in the coming weeks.  Please keep an eye on UO.com for updates and how to participate in these new Treasures events!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team


Publish 109 Comes to Origin, Izumo, & Baja

7/14/2020

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 109 has come to Orign, Izumo & Baja.  If you haven’t already, please check out the publish notes.  Many of the systems that are included in Publish 109 are related to our new dynamic encounters, so please keep an eye on UO.com for when we will be soft-launching these systems.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team