Extended Maintenance for Mugen Only
Greetings everyone,
Mugen only will be down today 12/12/2014 for approx 1 hour longer, this is only for some extended maintenance on the shard.
Happy Holidays,
UO Team
Meet and Greet Update
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
Publish 88.3
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
- Coral the Owl can now be claimed from the Vet Reward system.
- Minor pigments can no longer be combined with themselves.
- A Chest has been placed near the West Britain Bank to convert non-stackable grass and snow tiles into their stackable counterparts. Grass and snow tiles must be in a container before they can be dropped inside the chest. There are four different versions of each tile, only like versions will stack.
- The Smithing Press and Sewing Machine will no longer have their charges reset to 300 on server maintenance.
- Fixed issue where vases were not spawning in Doom. Vases will continue to spawn for the remainder of the month of November.
Publish 88.2
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.
Publish 88.2 World Wide 11/19/2014
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.
Publish 88 to Origin and Izumo
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.
Publish 88 to TC1
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
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:
- Grizzly Bear
- Gray Wolf
- Cougar
- Turkey
- Bull
- Boar
- Walrus
- Alligator
- 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 measurement 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,
- A Harvester’s Blade
- A Horn of Plenty
- A Reward Title Deed: Huntmaster’s Champion
- A Sash – “Member of the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild”
Vice vs Virtue Leaderboards
Leaderboards have been added to VvV. Leaderboards are accessed from guild menu.
New Horn of Plenty Items
A new house plant has been added to the Horn of Plenty.
- 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.
- 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
- The powerscroll book can hold 300 power scroll, no more of 99 than any specific scroll.
- The scroll be must locked down in a house in order to add scrolls.
- Stat power scrolls cannot be added to the book.
Vet Rewards
The following items have been added as new vet rewards,
- 1 Year
- Flesh Renderer Statuette
- Coral the Owl (Town Crier)
- 2 Year
- Crystal Elemental Statuette
- 3 Year
- Dark Father Statuette
- 4 Year
- Platinum Dragon Statuette
- 7 Year
- 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.
- Sewing Machine & Smithing Press
- 15 Year
- 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, Pristine 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.
- VvV Sigil stolen stat is now tracking correctly.
- Fixed issue with Runic Reforging budgets being incorrect.
- House placement tool will now always display conformation gump
Enhanced Client Bug Fixes
- Player profiles now operate correctly
- Opening bank box for the first time no longer defaults to list view.
- Fixed issue where vendor search gump would not function.
- Fixed issue when a player’s primary target is more than 10 tiles away from the player many of their hotbar icons become un-usable.
An Honorable Vow
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.
Producer Update
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,
- At the beginning of each battle three altars will spawn within the City.
- Shortly after the match begins, the action feed will display a message to “Fight for the Altar!”
- An arrow will direct you towards the location of the altar.
- The objective is to be the only guild or alliance on the altar and successfully prevent enemies from stepping onto the altar.
- As time passes columns of fire will shoot up from the altar, igniting the four braziers surrounding the altar.
- When all 4 braziers have been lit, the guild or alliance that successfully held the altar will receive points.
- If at any time an enemy guild steps onto the altar progress will be reset.
- After a short period of time the action feed will display a message to again, “Fight for the Altar!” and the process repeats.
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!
Patcher Maintenance
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