Publish 118 – Ultima Online

Publish 118 will be released in phases over the next few months. Stay up to date with the latest changes with the publish notes listed below.

Publish 118.2

TC 1 Release – 11/7/2024

Origin, Izumo, Baja Release – 11/14/2024

Changes from TC1 to Origin

Towns that are currently experiencing an Artisan Festival will be exempt from Invasion
An additional cloak has been added to the reward pool
Invasion paragons will no longer be immune to life leech, but instead have the amount of life than can be leeched capped

Treasures of the Shattered Sanctum
- Necromatic powers are causing the undead to rise within the towns of Britannia!
- Town invasions will be active in both Trammel and Felucca (same town on both facets)
  - Guard zones are disabled within towns that are actively invaded
- Earn artifacts bearing the Crest of the Shattered Sanctum from defeating mobs
- A Vile Necromancer Lord mini-boss will spawn randomly within a town being invaded — defeat them for a higher chance at receiving artifacts!
- Shadow Reaver cultists have hidden cursed objects within towns in order to assist the Necromancer Lords in raising the dead!
  - Utilize the Detect Hidden skill to locate and reveal these hidden chests within an invasion town
  - Cunning adventurers who can reveal the chests, overcome the traps, and pick the lock on these chests may be rewarded with a variety of gems, reagents, artifacts, uncommon deco, or even rare stealables within!
Huntmaster’s Challenge
- New creatures can now be targeted as quarry in the Huntmaster’s Challenge
- Desert Ostard, Frenzied Ostard, T-Rex
Krampus
- Krampus will be active from 12:01 AM ET Sunday, December 15, 2024 through 11:59 PM ET Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Artisan Festival
- The Artisan Festival will once again run from Saturday December 7th through Saturday January 11th
- New themed rewards for 2024: vases & wall shields
Holiday Gifts
- All veteran characters at least 30 days old logging in between 12:01 AM ET Sunday December 1 and 11:59 PM ET Tuesday December 31 will receive a Holiday Gift Token
- Holiday Gift Tokens can be redeemed for,
  - 3 Styles of Ornament Garlands
  - Candy Cane Lantern with a chance for uncommon colors
  - 3 Styles of Stained Glass Windows
- Each token comes with a candy cane and gingerbread cookie
Ultima Store Items
- Wearable Backpack
  - A new style backpack that can be equipped in the cloak slot and will open the inventory when used. Can be dyed with regular, pigment, and promotional dyes.
- Transmogrification Potion – Cloak Slot
  - Allows transmogrification of cloak slot items
- Orb of Ethereal Transcendence
  - Allows conversion of the following vanity pet statuettes into ethereal style, normally hued mounts: Windrunner, Lasher, Eowmu, Skeletal Cat, Capybara, Coconut Crab, Grizzled Mare, and Moldering Ursine
Cu Sidhe Spawn
- The Totem of Chromatic Fortune will now work with Cu Sidhe spawn

Publish 118.1

WW Release – 10/29/2024

Hotfixes
- Shadow’s Awakening
  - The time to kill the manifestation of Evil will dynamically adjust based on how fast it is dying
  - Treasure Hunters that help contribute to summoning the Manifestation of Evil will have a chance at a drop when they are present for the kill
  - Shadow Hounds now have a chance to spawn from Cache, Hoard, and Trove maps in all facets
- Nightmares / Totem of Chromatic Fortune
  - Players not in the same party or guild as the totem owner will be unable to damage rare colored spawns for a short duration after they spawn
  - Nightmares will now leash to their spawn location if pulled too far away
  - Additional spawn locations have been added to the southern Lost Lands areas in Trammel and Felucca

Origin Release – 10/24/2024

Mob Changes
- Slightly reduced the health of Shadow Reaver adds
- Reduced the health of spawned Portals
- You can no longer life leech from the Shadow Reaver adds

Reward Changes
- Added 10% LRC to the Codex of Shadows
- Increased LMC from 5% to 8% on Bulwark of Shadows
- Increased LRC from 10% to 15% on Bulwark of Shadows
- Trinket bag is now called “Shadow Satchel” instead of “Bag”

TC 1 Release – 10/17/2024

Black Market Update – New pirate flags are available in the black market! Collect 3 different flags can be placed on the addon pad on Britannia ships.
Player Death Skulls – unlucky enough to face death this Halloween season? You’re in luck! Exact your revenge on zombie skeletons and collect 3 new styles of skulls depicting different unfortunate ways of having met your maker!
Decorative Halloween Masks – Fresh collectible masks are available as an rare drop on Grimms found in pumpkin patches across Sosaria! Collect all 3!
Rare Colored Nightmares – Evil magics corrupt the lands! Tame 5 new rare colored Nightmares to add to your pet collection. Additional Nightmare spawns have been added to the Covetous Mountains (Fel & Tram), Hythloth Level 4 (Fel & Tram), The Southern Lost Lands (Fel & Tram)
Echoes of the Blighted Realm – Shadow’s Awakening
- Treasure Chests will have a chance to contain a Cursed Antiquity within
  - The antiquities will appear in treasure chests with a frequency based on the difficulty of the chest. The higher the level of the chest, the more antiquities you can find!
  - Antiquities come in a variety of random prefixes and suffixes
  - Antiquities come in a variety of common and rare hues
- Opening Treasure Chests will have a chance to spawn the Manifestation of Evil
  - All players will contribute towards the spawning of the boss by opening treasure chests of any level.
  - Progress towards spawning the boss increases with the difficulty of treasure chests opened.
  - Players can battle the Manifestation of Evil for a chance to collect special rewards, including rare items in rare hues.
  - When the Manifestation of Evil is summoned, players that have been treasure hunting will be notified of the boss’s location
  - Town Criers will also notify players when the Manifestation of Evil has been spotted
- New Tamable: Shadow Hound
  - This pet has a chance to appear during the battle with the Manifestation of Evil

Publish 118

TC1 Publish #1 – 9/17/2024

Origin – 9/19/2024

WW – 9/24/2024

27th Anniversary Rewards
- All veteran characters 30-days or older that login between publish day and Friday, November 1, 2024 will receive an Anniversary Gift Bag.
- Each gift bag will include an anniversary card and a 27th Anniversary Gift Token
- Gift Tokens can be redeemed for 1 of 3 types of Sculptures
  - King Blackthorn
  - Queen Zhah
  - The Burning Regent
    - can be turned on and off, acts as a light source
- Each statue comes in a variety of colors
  - 9 common hues
  - 8 rare hues
  - 1 uber-rare hue
Plunderin Pirate Hats
- Plunderin’ Pirate Hats will no longer drop
- Plunderin’ Pirate Hats can be turned in to the Cleanup Britannia System for 10.0 points each

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

Blood will no longer block house placement