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Publish 118.1 Hotfixes

Posted on by UO Dev Team

11/7/2024

As of its regularly scheduled maintenance on November 7th, 2024 we have deployed the following hotfix to Origin only:

  • 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

We plan on deploying these changes worldwide next week.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 118.2 to TC1

Posted on by UO Dev Team

11/6/2024

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 118.2 will be coming to Test Center 1!

We anticipate updating Test Center 1 tomorrow, November 7th.

Publish 118.2 includes the second phase of Echoes of the Blighted Realm: Shattered Sanctum.  Also included are updates to the Huntmaster’s Challenge, and the Artisan Festival.  New Holiday rewards can be claimed as well as new items in the Ultima Store!  Check out the full publish notes here.

We are targeting later this month for a world wide release of Publish 118.2 and look forward to your feedback!

Please be sure to update your client to the latest version before checking out any new features!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

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Test Center 1 Server Migration

Posted on by UO Dev Team

11/5/2024

Greetings,

Over the next several months we will be migrating all shards to newer hardware with our cloud service provider. The process will start tomorrow, November 6, 2024, with Test Center 1.  We expect downtime to last at least 3 hours and will update this post once the migration is complete.

Update 11/6/2024 @ 12:57 PM ET: The migration is now complete.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 118.1 World Wide

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/28/2024

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that beginning October 29, 2024 (Eastern Time) Publish 118.1 will be deployed with each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance.  Deployment will begin with US shards, with all other shards to follow.  Please be sure to check out the latest publish notes.

Character transfers will be unavailable until all shards are updated to Publish 118.1

Please be sure to patch up to the latest clients,

Classic Client 7.0.105.0

Enhanced Client 4.0.105.0

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 118.1 Comes to Origin

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/23/2024

Greetings,

Beginning with Origin on October 24, 2024 we will be releasing Publish 118.1 to Origin, Izumo & Baja during each shard’s normally scheduled maintenance.  Character transfers from these shards to other shards will be disabled until Publish 118.1 is deployed world wide.  We expect Publish 118.1 to deploy world wide early next week.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 118.1 to Test Center

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/16/2024

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 118.1 will be coming to Test Center 1!  We anticipate updating Test Center 1 tomorrow, October 17th.

Publish 118.1 includes the first phase of Echoes of the Blighted Realm: Shadow’s Awakening.  Also included are new pirate flags in the Black Market, new skulls and Halloween masks and rare colors of the nightmare!  Check out the full publish notes here.

We are targeting later this month for a world wide release of Publish 118.1 and look forward to your feedback!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Ultima Online: New Legacy Launches Today!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/15/2024

Greetings,

We are thrilled to announce that Ultima Online: New Legacy will launch today at noon eastern!

During times of high demand users may experience queuing during login.  If queuing occurs,

  • If you’re placed in a queue, your position is based on the time of your initial login attempt.
  • The official Classic & Enhanced clients will display your estimated wait time.
  • After the estimated wait time, your spot in the queue is not guaranteed.

In preparation for launch a new client patch is available for both the Classic (7.0.105.0) & Enhanced (4.0.105.0) clients.  This patch is mandatory and will be required to login to both New Legacy & Production shards.

This patch also includes a very special update in preparation for our upcoming live event, Echoes of the Blighted Realm.  We have updated the texture of the enhanced client model of the Nightmare to allow rare colors of this powerful pet to spawn during the upcoming event.  This will only impact the enhanced client.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

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ClassicUO Web Client Veteran Preview Weekend

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/11/2024

Greetings,

With the upcoming release of Ultima Online: New Legacy and the launch of the ClassicUO web client sanctioned for use on official UO shards, we would like to invite our veteran players to preview the client this weekend!

You can access the client here: https://retail.classicuo.org

You may use this client on any OS that supports a chrome-like browser.

ClassicUO web client support for Endless Journey accounts will come online following the release of Ultima Online: New Legacy

Any feedback and/or bug reports related to the ClassicUO web client can be directed here.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team

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Updated FAQs

Posted on by UO Dev Team

10/10/2024

Greetings,

In anticipation of the upcoming release of Ultima Online: New Legacy we have updated the New Legacy FAQ.  We will continue to update the FAQ with new questions and answers as we come across them from the community.

The release of New Legacy will also include the launch of the ClassicUO Web Client sanctioned for use on official shards.  We have put together an FAQ for using that client, and will also update it with any additional questions from the community.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team