First TC1 Release – 7/24/2017
2nd TC1 Release – 7/26/2017
Origin, Izumo & Baja Release – 8/8/2017
World Wide Release 98.1 – 8/15/2017
World Wide Release 98.2 – 10/17/2017
Publish 98.2
Veteran Rewards
- 4 Year – Monster Statuettes that play a sound when locked down and activated within a house,
- Stratos
- Hydros
- Pyros
- Lithos
- 7 Year – Enchanted Writing Desk
- House addon crafting power tool for Inscription that allows up to 5000 charges to be stored. Animation can be toggled on and off via item context menu.
- 10 Year – Koi Pond
- Animated house addon available in three sizes
- 20 Year – Rideable Ethereal Serpentine Dragon
Holiday Rewards
- All players logging into a production shard that are at least 30 days old between December 1, 2017 at 12:01am ET and December 31, 2017 at 11:59pm ET will receive a holiday gift token
- Each gift comes with a gingerbread cookie inside one of 8 common gift boxes and 1 rare gift box available in a variety of hues, including 8 rare hues.
- Holiday Bells – each “embossed with the likeness” of one of 36 different characters from Ultima history
- Holiday Ribbon – each “hand tied” by a member of the Event Moderator team
- Candy Cane – each “hand dipped” by a member of the UO Development Team
- Firefly Garland – each “hand strung” by one of 26 different creatures
- Animated item that is also a light source which can be toggled on an off by double clicking.
- Jewelry Box
- House add on that must be locked down to use.
- Can be dyed with furniture dyes, natural dyes, and pigments
- Holds up to 500 pieces of jewelry and requires 1 lockdown
Artisan Festival
The Artisan Festival returns for another year with new rewards, reverse city order and revised submission thresholds!
- New Virtue & Vice-themed rewards
- Sculptures – animated item that can be toggled on and off by double clicking
- Chalice, Tear Drop, Moon, Skull
- Lanterns – animated item that is also a light source which can be toggled on and off by double clicking.
- Scales, Crook, Coin, Sceptre
- Pillow – decorative throw pillow with updated art, replacing previous versions of the pillow
- Swords, Ankh, Mask, Axe
- Painting – decorative wall painting
- Heart, Hand, Broken Shield, Unbalanced Scales
- Sculptures – animated item that can be toggled on and off by double clicking
- This year the festival will begin in Yew and loop backwards through all loyalty cities.
- City treasuries must have at least 1,000,000gp to kickoff the event, this remains unchanged from last year.
- Adjusted the cooldown between cities from 24 to 17 hours
- Reduces the requirement for points needed to advance the tree to the final two tiers.
Bug Fixes
- Grizzled Mares can now use advanced pet training.
- Added cancel option to the advanced pet training menu.
- Added option to scale the size of Generic Gumps in the Enhanced Client.
- Enhanced Client particle filters now properly filter out location based effects.
- Resolved issue with pet Skree AI spamming Greater Cure.
- Resolved spawning issue with Treasures of Halloween on those shards impacted.
Publish 98.1
20th Anniversary Gifts & Veteran Reward Titles
- All players logging into a production shard that are at least 30 days old between September 1, 2017 12:01am ET and November 18, 2017 11:59pm ET will receive a 20th Anniversary Token.
- The token can be used to redeem one of the following,
- Confetti Cannon, fires a confetti bomb into the air when used.
- Platinum Dragon Statue, animates when used and is engraved with 1 of 30 different events throughout Britannia’s history.
- Codex of Virtue Deed
- Ultima Banner Deed
- Scroll of Alacrity Book
- Scroll of Transcendence Book
- Powerscroll Book
- Sands of Sosaria, updated with Earth Years 2013-2016
- Ask and Answer Ball
- Sweet 16 Anniversary Pony Mount
- Display Case (South)
- Display Case (East)
- White Leather Dyetub
- Harpsichord Deed
- Shadow Token
- Crystal Token
- Veteran Reward Titles – selected via the titles menu
- 16 & up: Survivor of Pagan
- 18 & up: Ascendant of the Guardian
- 20 & up: Wanderer of the Lost Odyssey
Halloween – Treasures of the Sorcerer’s Dungeon
- The popular Halloween Treasures event returns! This year, the Sorcerer’s Dungeon has been taken over by the Pumpkin King!
- Event will be active on production shards through November 14th, 2017.
- Slay creatures inside the Sorcerer’s Dungeon to summon the Pumpkin King’s Minions!
- Defeat the minions to face the Pumpkin King himself!
- Recover Artifacts of Enchanted Origin to keep, or exchange for rewards from the Researcher outside the dungeon entrance,
- Jack’s Bag of Tricks
- Usable during the month of October, this bag of tricks can be used once per day to see what goodies are inside Jack’s bag!
- Collect candy, or if you’re lucky a rare item including,
- Rancid Reindeer Meat
- Glass Candy Cane
- Severed Elf Ears
- Exploding Gift Box
- Ugly Bear Doll
- Spiked Egg Nog
- Serpent’s Jawbone
- A teleporter that can be used to teleport to various locations throughout Ilshenar
- Jack in the Box
- A grizzly take on the classic children’s toy
- Shackled Heart of the Pumpkin King
- Use it if you dare!
- Reward Titles
- Hero of the Unloved
- Savior of the Demented
- Slayer of the Pumpkin King
- Sterling Silver Ring
- Talons/Boots of Escaping
- Jack’s Bag of Tricks
Halloween – Trick or Treating
- Trick or Treating returns with a new treat – the flaming scarecrow!
- Saying “Trick or Treat” to an NPC will have a chance at a variety of tricks and treats!
- Trick or Treating will be active through November 14th, 2017 on Production
- Visit the gates in New Haven on TC1 before testing.
Halloween – Zombie Skeletons
- Beware of graveyards this Halloween – zombie skeletons return with new skeletons to add to your collection!
- Players who face death through November 14th, 2017 have a chance to see their spirit reincarnated as a skeleton in one of Britannia’s graveyards.
- Skeletons come in a variety of styles with a chance of rare hues!
Halloween – Jack o’ Lanterns
- The pumpkin patches of Britannia are once again fertile with pumpkins to carve and add to your collection!
- Look for a new round pumpkin to carve into two new designs, an owl and cat!
- Pumpkins and Butchers will be active during the month of October on Production.
Horn of Plenty
- The Horn of Plenty has been updated with a new rare item – the Ale Table!
- House addon that animates and serves a tasty ale when used!
Huntmaster’s Challenge
- New creatures and trophies have been added to the Huntmaster’s Challenge,
- Triceratops & Lion
- Newly hunted and taxidermied tigers will now produce a trophy matching the animals color.
20th Anniversary Arc
- A multi-part arc will be active on production shards during the months of August & September, 2017. Keep an eye on UO.com for new fiction and updates.
Pet Adjustments
- Pets with Magery no longer teleport to player target when out of range or cast Mind Blast on player targets.
- Advanced Pet Training Process: Pet slots are no longer adjusted by the pet training process. Pet slots are only adjusted when tamed.
- Removed SDI cap damage vs Pets.
- Players can now parry pet special moves.
- Increased Pet damage reduction vs Players from 30% to 50%.
- Direct damage cap for pets is now based on Pet’s HP and can exceed 35.
- Special move AI now properly sets a 30 seconds cooldown for pets vs players.
- Advanced Pet Training Process: Special Move Bladeweave now requires the additional Bushido skill when trained.
- All pets which have been exploited by releasing or death will have the following stats reset and incur a penalty to their advanced pet training. Strength, intelligence, dexterity, hit points, stamina, mana, base damage, and all resists will be reset to defaults.
Bug Fixes
- Taming Mastery Combat Training can now be broken when the caster is out of range, dead, or paralyzed.
- Taming Mastery Combat Training Consume Damage is now capped on pets at 45 HCI and 30 HPR.
- Enhanced Client: Decreased the default scale of all generic gumps from 1.5 to 1.06.
- Classic Client: Resolved issue with non players moving north on block tiles which resulted in jumping positions.
- Pet skills which are required for AIs will now be set to their required minimums.
- Classic Client: Resolved issue with quantity text entry not working when dragging stacked items.