The Herald

87.1 Patch Notes

Greetings Everyone,

We have published the following adjustments to some issues with VvV and some client issues.  These were published this morning with your maintenance cycles and the Japanase shards will receive it during their normal maintenance cycle this evening.

  • VvV silver points awarded for kills, altar claims, and sigil returns has been increased by a factor of 5 for individuals and their guild mates, and a factor of 2 for non-guild mates.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the  hidden player to be revealed along with all players around them.
  • Japanese Clilocs
  • Fixed Enhanced Client Skill Tracker on Siege
  • Fixed Enhanced Client Issue when toggling between legacy grid containers and non legacy grid containers

UO Herald - Game Updates

Important Notice!!

Update 10/24 3:03 pm ET

Promotional Code system has been turned back on.  You can redeem codes in game again! 

Thank you for your patience.

UO Team

Update 10/24 1:13 pm ET

Vendor Search has been turned back on but we need an extended amount of time on the Promotional code system.  Until further notice this system will be down.  Please do not try to redeem any promotional coupons.

We will post as soon as the system is back up.

Thank you!

UO Team

Greetings Everyone,

    Vendor Search and the Promotional Code Data Base will be taken off line tomorrow from 11 am to 2 pm ET for maintenance.  Please do not attempt to redeem any promotional codes during this period of time.  If we are able to bring it back earlier we will keep you informed of our progress.

Thank you!

UO Team


Publish 87 To All Shards

Greetings Everyone,

We will be publishing all shards starting tomorrow morning, all shards will receive Publish 87 during your normal maintenance cycles, European shards will get this tomorrow afternoon during their normal maintenance cycles.  Since we have been so late this year with Halloween and Anniversary rewards we have turned them back on.  The 17th Anniversary Gifts will be turned back on and can be claimed until November 18, at 11:59 pm.  Halloween Trick or Treating will be available until server up on November 19, 2014.  Treasures of Doom will continue until server up on December 1, 2014.  Enjoy everyone!!!

Halloween – Treasures of Doom

  • Visit the Research Camp located outside of the Dungeon Doom in Malas to learn about an archeological investigation. You can also resurrect at the camp.
    • Slaying monsters inside Dungeon Doom gives a chance for an Artifact of Doom to drop in the players backpack. Luck and creature difficulty will positively influence the chance at receiving an artifact of doom, being hidden will decrease the chance at receiving an artifact of doom.
  • Artifacts of Doom can be turned into the NPC at the research camp in exchange for,
    • [Your Character’s Name]’s Lantern of Light
    • Tincture of Silver – can be applied to weapons, spellbooks, and certain instruments to give a slayer bonus against creatures within Doom, while becoming vulnerable to undead.
    • Antique Documents Kit – crafting ingredient required for the crating of “Prophetic Manuscripts”
    • Reward Title Deeds – Usable deed that will grant the users various titles
      • The Atoned
      • Defender of the Living
      • Preserver of the Faith
    • Crook of Humility – A Shepherd’s Crook
      • Veterinary +10
      • Wolf Slayer
      • Spell Channeling
      • Intelligence + 10
      • Damage Increase -20%
    • Scepter of Pride – Scepter
      • Demon Slayer
      • Undead Slayer
      • Hit Stamina Leech 70%
      • Hit Life Leech 70%
      • Hit Mana Leech 70%
      • Swing Speed Increase 30%
    • Cloak of Light – Cloak
      • Hit Point Regeneration 2
      • Night Sight
      • Hit Chance Increase 5%
    • Boots of Escaping
      • Dexterity Bonus 4
      • Stamina Regeneration 1
    • Sterling Silver Ring
      • Meditation +20
      • Hit Point Regeneration 3
      • Mana Regeneration 5
      • Damage Increase 75%
      • Additional +20 skill bonus applied by double clicking the ring and selecting from the available skills
  • Prophetic Manuscripts
    • Craftable via the Inscription menu under “Other”
    • Requires ancient parchments (10), wood pulp (10), antique documents kit (1), and beeswax (5).
    • Failure will only consume ancient parchments, wood pulp, and beeswax.
    • There are 5 different prophetic manuscript texts, randomly assigned when successfully crafted.
  • Treasures of Doom will be available for a limited time during the Halloween season, and recur with various tweaks in successive years.

Halloween – Trick or Treating

  • Three new monster skulls have been added to Trick or Treating! Trick or Treating will be available during the remainder of the month of October.

Enhanced Client Bug Fixes

  • Switching to legacy containers no longer makes the contents invisible
  • Fixed odd visible lines above the targeting window
  • Vendor Search Gump now functions properly
  • Container auto loot no longer breaks after you use it for awhile
  • Disabled icons no longer prevent users from using spells/skills/actions on hotbar
  • Advanced health bars are no longer locked by default
  • Bug report window once again closes when submitting issues
  • Advanced health bar properly changes hue based on health bar state
  • Borders can once again be placed on hotbar items
  • Buff/Debuff Icons now properly scale with bar
  • Buff/Debuff icons no longer display over all UI elements
  • Maneuvering the atlas around the world no longer will crash client
  • Fixed long pause when opening containers
  • Paperdoll window, target window, buff bars, and status bar can no longer go outside of the game window
  • Default UI Scale is now set to 1 from 0.85
  • Enable auto run is set on by default
  • Main menu action is now on the hotbar for newly created user profiles

Bug Fixes

  • All players who are currently flagged as Vice vs Virtue participants will have a one time reprieve and the flag will be removed.
  • Non Vice vs Virtue players that find themselves in a VvV battle city will have a new option on the warning gump to teleport them to the nearest moongate.
  • VvV participation flag for non-VvV players will now be removed after 8 hours, or the participant is killed by a VvV player, whichever comes first.
  • The “Unwieldy” (Items with higher than normal weights) will no longer have a chance to spawn in MIB chests.
  • The loot in MIB chests will now have a higher base budget for creating magic items.
  • Some situations where traps and locks were being applied to containers inside of City & Justice regions will no longer happen.
  • Trade Quest crates will now be able to hold up to 550 stones and have 75% weight reduction.
  • Silver points are no longer awarded to VvV players when occupying a city.
  • VvV Cannon Turret cost has been reduced from 5000 to 3000 silver points.
  • VvV Trap cost has been reduced from 500 to 250 silver points.
  • VvV Mana Spike cost has been reduced from 2500 to 1000 points.
  • VvV Mana Spike effect duration has been increased from 20 to 60 seconds.
  • Trader Quest participants will no longer be able to sacred journey to a ship rune.
  • Trade orders should no longer have a chance to include items with duplicate names
  • Items inside a trade order crate will no longer be purchased by shop keepers.
  • Spellweaving summons no longer cause a player to flag as a criminal when they are attacked by a VvV player
  • Ship cargo containers will no longer be locked or trapped.
  • Certain items that had missing default names will no longer be improperly placed inside of a trade crate when using “Fill from Backpack.”
  • The “Unwieldy” property will no longer spawn on items that can be stolen from various containers.
  • Claiming an Alter and Returning a Sigil in VvV matches have been equalized.
  • The cooldown between gaining VvV match and silver points from kills has been reduced from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.
  •  VvV Players who are hidden will not count towards occupying a city.

UO Herald - Game Updates

Publish 87 to Origin and Izumo

Good afternoon,

  We are publishing and patching a client out for Publish 87 to Origin and Izumo today, we look forward to your feedback.  This will go World Wide on the Tuesday 21st.  .

Pub 87 to Origin & Izumo

  • Treasures of Doom

    • The NPC at the Research Camp outside of Doom will now resurrect players.
    • The drop rate for artifacts of doom has been increased substantially. Luck and creature difficulty will positively influence the chance at receiving an artifact of doom, being hidden will decrease the chance at receiving an artifact of doom.
    • As a result of the increased drop rate, some turn in reward prices have been adjusted and are still subject to change based on feedback before WW release.
  • Ship cargo containers will no longer be locked or trapped.
  • Certain items that had missing default names will no longer be improperly placed inside of a trade crate when using “Fill from Backpack.”
  • The VvV participant flag will now be removed after 8 hours.

Enhanced Client Bug Fixes

  • User Setting “Block War on Guild” has been updated to “Block War on Friendly”
  • Save Journal Option is functional once again
  • Removed hotbar item disabling on player death, low mana, minimum skill requirements, and paralyzed
  • Hotbar context menu options for Polymorph, Spell Trigger, and Enchant Spell are now functional
  • Corrected issue where bank boxes do not show full contents in grid view. Known Issue bank boxes do not show grid view option when first opened
  • Corrected contents information when displaying weight
  • Improved performance of hotbars while they are hidden
  • Temporarily disabled heartbeat on low health

UO Herald - Game Updates

Publish 87 TC!

Happy Friday Everyone,

   Since we will be out of the office for Columbus Day on Monday we are publishing TC1 today.  We hope you enjoy our little tricks and treats we have for you this year. 

Enjoy!

 

Halloween – Treasures of Doom

  • Visit the Research Camp located outside of the Dungeon Doom in Malas to learn about an archaeological investigation.

  • Slaying monsters inside Dungeon Doom gives a chance for an Artifact of Doom to drop in the players backpack. The more monsters a player kills, as well as a player’s luck influence the chance at getting and Artifact of Doom.

  • Artifacts of Doom can be turned into the NPC at the research camp in exchange for,

    • [Your Character’s Name]’s Lantern of Light

    • Tincture of Silver – can be applied to weapons, spellbooks, and certain instruments to give a slayer bonus against creatures within Doom, while becoming vulnerable to undead.

    • Antique Documents Kit – crafting ingredient required for the crating of “Prophetic Manuscripts”

    • Reward Title Deeds – Usable deed that will grant the users various titles

      • The Atoned

      • Defender of the Living

      • Preserver of the Faith

    • Crook of Humility – A Shepherd’s Crook

      • Veterinary +10

      • Wolf Slayer

      • Spell Channeling

      • Intelligence + 10

      • Damage Increase -20%

    • Scepter of Pride – Scepter

      • Demon Slayer

      • Undead Slayer

      • Hit Stamina Leech 70%

      • Hit Life Leech 70%

      • Hit Mana Leech 70%

      • Swing Speed Increase 30%

    • Cloak of Light – Cloak

      • Hit Point Regeneration 2

      • Night Sight

      • Hit Chance Increase 5%

    • Boots of Escaping

      • Dexterity Bonus 4

      • Stamina Regeneration 1

    • Sterling Silver Ring

      • Meditation +20

      • Hit Point Regeneration 3

      • Mana Regeneration 5

      • Damage Increase 75%

      • Additional +20 skill bonus applied by double clicking the ring and selecting from the available skills

  • Prophetic Manuscripts

    • Craftable via the Inscription menu under “Other”

    • Requires ancient parchments (10), wood pulp (10), antique documents kit (1), and beeswax (5).

    • Failure will only consume ancient parchments, wood pulp, and beeswax.

    • There are 5 different prophetic manuscript texts, randomly assigned when successfully crafted.

  • Treasures of Doom will be available for a limited time during the Halloween season, and recur with various tweaks in successive years.

Halloween – Trick or Treating

  • Three new monster skulls have been added to Trick or Treating! Trick or Treating will be available during the remainder of the month of October.

Enhanced Client Bug Fixes

  • Switching to legacy containers no longer makes the contents invisible
  • Fixed odd visible lines above the targeting window
  • Vendor Search Gump now functions properly
  • Container auto loot no longer breaks after you use it for awhile
  • Disabled icons no longer prevent users from using spells/skills/actions on hotbar
  • Advanced health bars are no longer locked by default
  • Bug report window once again closes when submitting issues
  • Advanced health bar properly changes hue based on health bar state
  • Borders can once again be placed on hotbar items
  • Buff/Debuff Icons now properly scale with bar
  • Buff/Debuff icons no longer display over all UI elements
  • Maneuvering the atlas around the world no longer will crash client
  • Fixed long pause when opening containers
  • Paperdoll window, target window, buff bars, and status bar can no longer go outside of the game window
  • Default UI Scale is now set to 1 from 0.85
  • Enable auto run is set on by default
  • Main menu action is now on the hotbar for newly created user profiles

Bug Fixes

  • All players who are currently flagged as Vice vs Virtue participants will have a one time reprieve and the flag will be removed.

  • Non Vice vs Virtue players that find themselves in a VvV battle city will have a new option on the warning gump to teleport them to the nearest moongate.

  • VvV participation flag for non-VvV players will now be removed after 2 hours, or the participant is killed by a VvV player, whichever comes first.

  • The “Unwieldy” (Items with higher than normal weights) will no longer have a chance to spawn in MIB chests.

  • The loot in MIB chests will now have a higher base budget for creating magic items.

  • Some situations where traps and locks were being applied to containers inside of City & Justice regions will no longer happen. ((existing trapped and locked containers will not be affected until their traps and/or locks have been removed)

  • Trade Quest crates will now be able to hold up to 550 stones and have 75% weight reduction.

  • Silver points are no longer awarded to VvV players when occupying a city.

  • VvV Cannon Turret cost has been reduced from 5000 to 3000 silver points.

  • VvV Trap cost has been reduced from 500 to 250 silver points.

  • VvV Mana Spike cost has been reduced from 2500 to 1000 points.

  • VvV Mana Spike effect duration has been increased from 20 to 60 seconds.

  • Trader Quest participants will no longer be able to sacred journey to a ship rune.

  • Trade orders should no longer have a chance to include items with duplicate names

  • Items inside a trade order crate will no longer be purchased by shop keepers.

  • Spellweaving summons no longer cause a player to flag as a criminal when they are attacked by a VvV player

UO Herald - Support

懐かしのブリタニア アカウントの問題

わたしはあなた方のうち何人かがReturn to Britanniaのためのアカウントにログイン出来ないという問題が発生している事を理解しています。
システムは膨大な量のアカウントを開くために取り組んでいる事をみなさんに知ってもらいたいと思います、しかしそれは今夜遅くまたは明日の早朝までには完了するはずです。
明日の午後になってもアカウントにログイン出来ない場合は、support@ultimaonline.comまでご連絡下さい。
問題を調査して、アカウントにログイン出来るようにしてくれるでしょう。
もしアカウントが昔にバンされて、それを覆したいと思っているのならば、それらをケースバイケースで検討します。
dispute@ultimaonline.comまでお問い合わせください。

Thank you
UO Team


UO Herald - Game Updates

RTB Account issues

I know some of you are experiencing some issues with getting into your accounts for Return to Britannia.  I wanted to let everyone know that the system is still working to open the massive amount of accounts and should be finished by late tonight or early tomorrow morning.  If you are still unable to open your account by tomorrow afternoon, please put in a ticket to support@ultimaonline.com .  They will look into the issue and help you get the account open.  If your account was banned way back when, and you feel you would like to have it over turned , we will review those on a case by case bases,  if you will email us at dispute@ultimaonline.com

Thank you
UO Team


Publish 86.1 – Halloween Part 1

The following has been published when all shards during their regular maintenance cycles:

  • The Butchers are back! Visit graveyards throughout Britannia and slay the Butchers to have a chance at a Pumpkin Carving Kit.
  • Carveable pumpkins can be harvested in fields across Britannia. Watch out for the Grimms as you try to harvest a pumpkin!

Bug Fixes

  • VvV steeds can no longer be mounted while dead.

UO Herald - Contest

Facebook Backpack Art Winners

Greetings Everyone,

I would like to take a few moments to announce the winners of the Backpack Art contest we had on Facebook recently.  If these people will get in touch with me at Mesanna@broadsword.com and set up a time and date for me to meet you in game I will turn the houses over to you.  Please make sure you do not own a house on the account you are taking ownership of the house with.

Napa Valley Winner Character name Dartmoor
Sonoma Winner Character name Emilie Autumn
Yamato Winner  Character name Nougat
Wakoku winner Character name Capelito

Congratulations to all the winners!


UO Herald - Game Updates

懐かしのブリタニア

キングブラックソンは、みなさんがブリタニアを訪れるのが初めてだとしてもベテランだとしても歓迎します!
ブリタニアの街を訪問し様々な場所へ行ってみる事をお勧めします。
街の銀行は交易と社会の中心となっています。
タウンクライヤーからの最新ニュースに耳を傾けるのと同時に、街の首長からのニュースがないかどうかも各街の掲示板でチェックしてみてください。
また、ニューヘイブンとルナにあるギルドリクルートステーションを訪れてみてください。 多くのギルドが新メンバーを歓迎しています!

ブリタニアの地への訪問を楽しみながら、新しく加わった徳と悪徳システムをチェックしてみてください。
このシステムとその他の情報はパブリッシュ86の記事で見る事ができます。
ゲーム内での疑問や簡単な問題の解決を手助けをするためにアドバイザーを導入しました。
アドバイザーがオンラインの場合、ペーパードール上のヘルプボタンを押して“アドバイザーに相談する”という項目を選択すると、アドバイザーとコンタクトを取る事ができます。
※現在、“アドバイザーに相談する”が“カウンセラーに相談する”になっております。
また、私たちは優秀なプレイヤーの一人と共に、EC(SA)クライアント用の新しいUIを作りました。
あなたが最後にブリタニアを訪れてから時間が経過しているのであれば、船の簡単な操作機能などを含み、未踏の航路拡張パッケージで新しい海の冒険追加しましたので、今回の訪問中に航海に出てみてください!
王のコレクションブースターパックで新たなハウスアドオンを利用すれば、今やあなたも王様のような気分になれます!
多くの新たな出会いを体験をする事になると思いますが、これまでのパッチノートを見ればその全てが分かると思います。

ゲームに慣れるまでに問題があった場合は、プレイヤーズガイドで調べる事が出来ます。
アカウント管理ページやクレジットカード情報の変更で助けを必要とする場合、私たちが用意したチュートリアルビデオを利用すれば支払い情報の更新やアカウント復旧などの手助けになると思います。
ゲームをプレイする準備が整ったら、あとはEC(SA)クライアントかクラシック(2D)クライアントのいずれかをダウンロードするだけです。
懐かしのブリタニアは2014年10月1日から10月31日までです。(米国時間)
ウルティマ・オンラインをプレイしてくださってありがとうございます! Long Live Britannia!