A New Shard for a New Legacy
Greetings everyone,
First I would like to apologize for missing the Pacific Meet and Greet with the Devs. Due to trying to get out the publish and a few members out sick we totally overlooked it. So tomorrow we are going to do the one for Asuka at their normal time and we are going to do Pacific tomorrow night at 9 pm ET.
Thank you!
UO Team
Greetings Everyone,
Below are the issues we have fixed for publish 88.3. This publish will be during your next regular scheduled maintenance cycle. All Japanese shards will receive it this afternoon during their maintenance cycles.
I would also like to point out that if you place and raise or lower the new house add ons with goza mats etc they will break. If you do this and axe any part of these items you will break the item, we are not replacing these if that occurs. If you do axe one of these items and it is not raised please do not destroy both halves, wait for a GM to come to assist you with this.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
UO Team
Greetings Everyone,
Starting this afternoon, the Japanese shards will get Publish 88 during their normal maintenance cycle. Please remember that this causes problems with character transfers until we have all the shards on the same server version.
On behalf of myself, and the UO Team, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. The office will be closed (except for GM coverage) on November 27th and 28th.
Huntmaster’s Challenge
The Huntmaster at the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild now offers a monthly challenge for hunting various species throughout Britannia.
• Visit the Huntmaster NPC at the Ranger’s Guild outside Skara Brae to obtain a hunting permit via the Huntmaster’s context menu.
• Permits cost 5,000gp, the funds must be available in the player’s bank box.
• Trophies throughout the Ranger’s Guild indicate which species can be hunted, and include:
o Grizzly Bear
o Gray Wolf
o Cougar
o Turkey
o Bull
o Boar
o Walrus
o Alligator
o Eagle
• Double click on the hunting permit and target the corpse of a valid species to record the kill.
• The Permit will display the Hunter’s Name, Date of the Kill, Location of the Kill, Species of the Kill, and a measurement for the Kill.
• Taxidermy Kits can be used on the hunting permit to create a trophy for display.
• Return to the Huntmaster to submit a kill for consideration in the monthly competition.
• If a submission has the greatest wormeasurement for a species, the kill will be displayed on the trophy inside the Ranger’s Guild.
• If a submission ties the greatest measurement for a species the display on the trophy will not update, however the submitting player will be eligible for reward when the contest concludes each month.
• If a submitted kill has the greatest measurement at the end of the month, the submitting player(s) will get points for each submission to redeem rewards from the Huntmaster.
• Kills can only be submitted from the current month and year.
• The Huntmaster’s month will be updated on server maintenance, each new month the contest will reset.
• Rewards can be redeemed by double clicking on the Huntmaster, and include,
o A Harvester’s Blade
o A Horn of Plenty
o A Reward Title Deed: Huntmaster’s Champion
o A Sash – “Member of the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild”
VvV Leaderboards
Leaderboards have been added to VvV.
New Horn of Plenty Items
A new house plant has been added to the Cornucopia.
• The house plant must be locked down to grow.
• The house plant will grow each day on server up.
• Once the house plant has reached its full growth state, it will produce fruit.
• Fruit can be harvested from the house plant by double clicking on it.
• House plants are maintenance free.
2014 Holiday Items
Characters that are at least 30 days old that log in between 12/1/2014 12:01 AM ET and 1/1/2015 12:01 AM ET will receive a randomly hued gift box that contains the following:
• New green, blue, or gold fireplace.
o Fireplaces can be ignited and doused by double clicking on the center piece.
• A grinder that can be used to grind various plant products.
• A steam powered beverage maker that can be used in conjunction with the cooking system to create new items listed in the “Beverage” section of the cooking menu.
• A Power Scroll Book
o The powerscroll book can hold 300 power scroll, no more of 99 than any specific scroll.
o The book be must locked down in a house in order to add scrolls.
o Stat power scrolls cannot be added to the book.
Vet Rewards
The following items have been added as new vet rewards,
• 1 Year
o Flesh Renderer Statuette
• 2 Year
o Crystal Elemental Statuette
• 3 Year
o Dark Father Statuette
• 4 Year
o Platinum Dragon Statuette
• 7 Year
o Sewing Machine & Smithing Press
• The Sewing Machine & Smithing Press are house-addons that can be used in conjunction with the tailoring and blacksmithy skill, respectively.
• The machines will hold 5000 charges of their respective tools.
• Add charges to the Sewing Machine by dropping sewing kits on the stool.
• Add charges to the Blacksmith Press by dropping smith’s hammers, sledge hammers, or tongs on the crates.
• Runic, Ancient, or specialty crafting tools cannot be added to the power tools.
• Security can be set on the power tool to limit who can use and deposit tools into the attached stool or crates.
• 15 Year
o Ethereal Hell Hound Mount
Bug Fixes & Misc Changes
• The crystal portal will now teleport players to the Trinsic Royal Bank instead of the Bank of Britannia: Trinsic Branch.
• Magic items generated from treasure chests have had their base budgets increased based on the difficulty of the treasure chest.
• The following items are now stackable: Grass & Snow Tiles, Dread Horn.
• Trade Crates will now accept 1000 stones.
• Paladins have returned to the City of Trinsic
• Lifestealers now have the correct karma.
• Delivering trade orders will no longer increase karma if it is locked.
• Treasures of Doom has been reactivated and extended until server up on 12/6/2014.
• During Governor elections “Governor, “ will be prepended to the name of the incumbent on the various voting gumps.
• Minor pigments can now be combined up to 50 charges.
• The Grinder can now work when locked down in a house
• Fireplaces now function as a fire source for cooking.
• Hunting Permits can no longer be used on living animals.
• Unused tiles inadvertently created by hunting permits will be deleted on server up.
• VvV Score Points have been reduced by a factor of 100 to accommodate their values in the Leaderboard gump.
• VvV Score points will be awarded on a 1:1 basis for guilds that win or tie the max points in a VvV battle.
• VvV Score points will be awarded on a 0.5:1 basis for guilds that do not win or tie the max points in a VvV battle.
Greetings Everyone,
Starting this afternoon, the Japanese shards will get Publish 88 during their normal maintenance cycle. Please remember that this causes problems with character transfers until we have all the shards on the same server version.
On behalf of myself, and the UO Team, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. The office will be closed (except for GM coverage) on November 27th and 28th.
Click ‘More’ to see Publish 88.2 details
Huntmaster’s Challenge
The Huntmaster at the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild now offers a monthly challenge for hunting various species throughout Britannia.
• Visit the Huntmaster NPC at the Ranger’s Guild outside Skara Brae to obtain a hunting permit via the Huntmaster’s context menu.
• Permits cost 5,000gp, the funds must be available in the player’s bank box.
• Trophies throughout the Ranger’s Guild indicate which species can be hunted, and include:
o Grizzly Bear
o Gray Wolf
o Cougar
o Turkey
o Bull
o Boar
o Walrus
o Alligator
o Eagle
• Double click on the hunting permit and target the corpse of a valid species to record the kill.
• The Permit will display the Hunter’s Name, Date of the Kill, Location of the Kill, Species of the Kill, and a measurement for the Kill.
• Taxidermy Kits can be used on the hunting permit to create a trophy for display.
• Return to the Huntmaster to submit a kill for consideration in the monthly competition.
• If a submission has the greatest wormeasurement for a species, the kill will be displayed on the trophy inside the Ranger’s Guild.
• If a submission ties the greatest measurement for a species the display on the trophy will not update, however the submitting player will be eligible for reward when the contest concludes each month.
• If a submitted kill has the greatest measurement at the end of the month, the submitting player(s) will get points for each submission to redeem rewards from the Huntmaster.
• Kills can only be submitted from the current month and year.
• The Huntmaster’s month will be updated on server maintenance, each new month the contest will reset.
• Rewards can be redeemed by double clicking on the Huntmaster, and include,
o A Harvester’s Blade
o A Horn of Plenty
o A Reward Title Deed: Huntmaster’s Champion
o A Sash – “Member of the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild”
VvV Leaderboards
Leaderboards have been added to VvV.
New Horn of Plenty Items
A new house plant has been added to the Cornucopia.
• The house plant must be locked down to grow.
• The house plant will grow each day on server up.
• Once the house plant has reached its full growth state, it will produce fruit.
• Fruit can be harvested from the house plant by double clicking on it.
• House plants are maintenance free.
2014 Holiday Items
Characters that are at least 30 days old that log in between 12/1/2014 12:01 AM ET and 1/1/2015 12:01 AM ET will receive a randomly hued gift box that contains the following:
• New green, blue, or gold fireplace.
o Fireplaces can be ignited and doused by double clicking on the center piece.
• A grinder that can be used to grind various plant products.
• A steam powered beverage maker that can be used in conjunction with the cooking system to create new items listed in the “Beverage” section of the cooking menu.
• A Power Scroll Book
o The powerscroll book can hold 300 power scroll, no more of 99 than any specific scroll.
o The book be must locked down in a house in order to add scrolls.
o Stat power scrolls cannot be added to the book.
Vet Rewards
The following items have been added as new vet rewards,
• 1 Year
o Flesh Renderer Statuette
• 2 Year
o Crystal Elemental Statuette
• 3 Year
o Dark Father Statuette
• 4 Year
o Platinum Dragon Statuette
• 7 Year
o Sewing Machine & Smithing Press
• The Sewing Machine & Smithing Press are house-addons that can be used in conjunction with the tailoring and blacksmithy skill, respectively.
• The machines will hold 5000 charges of their respective tools.
• Add charges to the Sewing Machine by dropping sewing kits on the stool.
• Add charges to the Blacksmith Press by dropping smith’s hammers, sledge hammers, or tongs on the crates.
• Runic, Ancient, or specialty crafting tools cannot be added to the power tools.
• Security can be set on the power tool to limit who can use and deposit tools into the attached stool or crates.
• 15 Year
o Ethereal Hell Hound Mount
Bug Fixes & Misc Changes
• The crystal portal will now teleport players to the Trinsic Royal Bank instead of the Bank of Britannia: Trinsic Branch.
• Magic items generated from treasure chests have had their base budgets increased based on the difficulty of the treasure chest.
• The following items are now stackable: Grass & Snow Tiles, Dread Horn.
• Trade Crates will now accept 1000 stones.
• Paladins have returned to the City of Trinsic
• Lifestealers now have the correct karma.
• Delivering trade orders will no longer increase karma if it is locked.
• Treasures of Doom has been reactivated and extended until server up on 12/6/2014.
• During Governor elections “Governor, “ will be prepended to the name of the incumbent on the various voting gumps.
• Minor pigments can now be combined up to 50 charges.
• The Grinder can now work when locked down in a house
• Fireplaces now function as a fire source for cooking.
• Hunting Permits can no longer be used on living animals.
• Unused tiles inadvertently created by hunting permits will be deleted on server up.
• VvV Score Points have been reduced by a factor of 100 to accommodate their values in the Leaderboard gump.
• VvV Score points will be awarded on a 1:1 basis for guilds that win or tie the max points in a VvV battle.
• VvV Score points will be awarded on a 0.5:1 basis for guilds that do not win or tie the max points in a VvV battle.
Greetings,
We will be publishing Pub 88 to Origin and Izumo today, due to the late time of publish Izumo will not experience another maintenance today. We expect to start the publish at 2:30 and both shards should be back by 3:30 at the latest. As most of you have discovered the Treasures of Doom was accidently turned off early, we will be publishing the fix for this out with the World Wide publish. We appreciate all the feedback and look forward to hearing more.
Thank you everyone!
UO Team
• Treasures of Doom has been reactivated and extended until server up on 12/6/2014.
• During Governor elections “Governor, “ will be prepended to the name of the incumbent on the various voting gumps.
• Minor pigments can now be combined up to 50 charges.
• The Grinder can now work when locked down in a house
• Fireplaces now function as a fire source for cooking.
• Hunting Permits can no longer be used on living animals.
Greetings Everyone,
We are publishing to TC1 this afternoon. We will be publishing this out to Origin and Izumo on Monday, 17th. Publish 88 will go World Wide on the 20th. Please make sure you check out all the new content and give us your feedback.
UO Team
The Huntmaster at the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild now offers a monthly challenge for hunting various species throughout Britannia.
Leaderboards have been added to VvV. Leaderboards are accessed from guild menu.
A new house plant has been added to the Horn of Plenty.
Characters that are at least 30 days old that log in between 12/1/2014 12:01 AM ET and 1/1/2015 12:01 AM ET will receive a randomly hued gift box that contains the following:
The following items have been added as new vet rewards,
Written by EM Drosselmeyer
“Sir, I wouldn’t advise…”
“Then don’t.” The reply was simple as he stepped out onto the battlefield, surveying where human, elf, and gargoyle alike had fought and fallen. He picked up a broken sword, missing an insignia…and had no way to tell to which side it had belonged. The battle here had been fierce, and it was still being fought, and he knew it would continue to be fought…long after he had once again departed. It was one that had to be fought though; the forces of Vice and Evil must always be opposed, or else there would be nothing left.
“Sir, we should…”
Lord British sighed, standing and brushing off his cloak, turning back to begin the walk to the moongate. The guard had good intentions, but he had not wished to have him along at all…but King Blackthorn had insisted, and told him that it had been too long since he had been in these lands…and that even a King would not be likely to see mercy from those that roamed the old lands. He looked out one last time before he turned his back on Felucca once more, knowing it may be some time before he laid eyes upon them again.
“Sir Dupre, it is good to see you victorious…and better to see how little you have changed. Especially in your taste for excellent drink and companionship.” Lord British grinned to his friend across the table at the Keg and Anchor, who was celebrating with some of his knights, despite many of Minax and Anon’s forces escaping to lick their wounds and fight once again.
“There are many things inconstant in this world, M’lord, but Trinsic’s liquor will always be a safe haven.” The knight took a long drink before placing it down. “But it seems to me that you would ask to meet with me for more than to congratulate me…with as pressing as the business you tend to have usually is. So lay it on me, and let us not waste time, so that once the business is done we can return to our revelry.”
“It is good that you have never given up on Felucca…on the ways of old, and the lands that people hold dear. It seems that too many have taken the easy route, of simply avoiding strife and conflict, abandoning their beliefs because to support them means to fight…and fight we must.” Lord British paused for a moment, gathering his thoughts, and continued on. “These followers of Minax…and Anon, sad as it is to have confirmation now of his betrayal…must be opposed. The Vices they espouse cannot be allowed to hold sway over our lands, and Virtue must once again be upheld across Britannia. You have always been the most honorable man I have ever known, Sir Dupre…and I would ask of you to take a vow, an oath to the Kingdom and King and Virtue as you once did before…but now under your new King.”
Dupre had set down his glass by now, listening more soberly to Cantabrigian’s words, and spoke. “I have never given any reason for King Blackthorn to…”
Lord British interrupted him before he could go further. “Nor do I think you would…but it is a symbol, and vows have power. By officially pledging yourself to the cause of Virtue, many will flock to it’s banner under the power of your name; Many whom still view King Blackthorn with hesitancy, or distrust due to the machinations of Minax and Exodus. You are well respected and loved whether you admit it or not, and you have a responsibility to live up to it.”
Dupre looked down into his drink for a long time, before taking the cup and finishing it, going to answer Lord British.
The pack on his shoulders weighed heavily on him as he walked through the city of Britain, passing by the entrance to his castle and lingering for just a moment to stare at it longingly. It still sat, empty and waiting, eager to see life once more…but Lord British continued on, heading south. He passed the bank and overheard as the town criers were shouting out through the streets.
“Extra! Extra! Sir Dupre pledges to stamp out the forces of Vice and any who follow the traitoress, Minax! Volunteers are encouraged to assist with his efforts, and all able bodied citizens who wish to fight will be accepted!”
A smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he passed by, his large hooded cloak hiding his identity and preventing him from drawing attention…not that he might have drawn that much, with so many around him preparing armor, weaponry, and beast and spell alike to take up the cause. He could hear the fading voice of the town crier shouting something about strange things turning up in the dungeon of Doom in Malas, and he followed the old road to the moongate. While he could not lead the fight or take up the cause himself, with so much left to do elsewhere…he knew that King Blackthorn and Sir Dupre would not let the lands fall to Minax. And he knew he would return…even if he did not know how long the journey might be, or where else it might take him.
Good Afternoon everyone,
The UO team wants to wish everyone a Happy Labor Day on Monday, please be safe if you are driving!
We are excited to release an update to TC1 for Vice vs Virtue. In this update we have introduced the following,
Please note there is a known issue with the EC and how the arrow is displayed pointing to the location of the altar, this will be fixed in the next publish to TC1.
We look forward to hearing your feedback on this new VvV mechanic!
Thanks everyone!
Greetings Everyone,
You are going to notice a few client patches this week, these are due to patcher maintenance we are doing to upgrade the patcher. If you have any issues please let us know. Thank you in advance.
We hope you have a safe Halloween!!
UO Team
Greetings everyone,
We have discovered a conflict with the delivery of the old and new artifacts in Doom. To resolve this conflict we are temporarly turning off the ability to get the old artifacts in Doom until after the Treasures of Doom Event. We appoligize for any inconvience this may have caused anyone, they will return after the current event is over in December. This will be fixed tomorrow after normal maintenance cycles on all shards.
Thank you,
UO Team
