UOGuide:UO News Archives

Contents

This page lists all the news that have been on the UO News section, in reverse chronological order by the date they're posted.


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2017

June 2, 2017

May 15, 2017

  • Publish 97 Hotfixes... - The following hotfixes will be deployed with each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance!...

April 27, 2017

  • Here Be Dragons... - The appearance of Crimson & Platinum Drakes has stunned Animal Trainers throughout Britannia!  Learn more about these majestic creatures in this latest piece of fiction!...

April 26, 2017

  • Publish 97 - Live World Wide - New pet revamp, Train pets in special abilities and also new tameables.

April 14, 2017

April 13, 2017

April 4, 2017

March 30, 2017

March 16, 2017

  • Publish 97 - New pet revamp on Test Center. Train pets in special abilities, special moves, area effects and magic schools.

March 9, 2017

March 1, 2017

February 24, 2017

February 22, 2017

February 10, 2017

February 9, 2017

  • Publish 96 - World Wide Release, New Doom revamp, New items on the UO Store and Combat Changes.
  • UO 14th Newsletter - See What's New and what's coming soon.

January 26, 2017

  • Publish 96 - Updated Publish goes live to Test Center & Origin, Izumo & Baja

January 25, 2017

January 20, 2017

2016

December 1 - 15, 2016

November 21, 2016

November 18, 2016

November 4, 2016

  • Publish 95 Comes to TC1 - New Veteran Rewards and Holiday 2016 rewards, Artisan Festival, Bulk Order Deed changes and much more.

October 22, 2016

  • Ultima Online Newsletter #10 - Get Excited for the New Artisan Festival, New Backpack Art, Also BOD system will be expanded to include other crafting skills.

October 14, 2016

October 4, 2016

September 29, 2016

September 22, 2016

September 19, 2016

September 8, 2016

August 12, 2016

August 11, 2016

August 9, 2016

August 8, 2016

August 5, 2016

August 4, 2016

August 3, 2016

August 2, 2016

July 29, 2016

July 12, 2016

June 28, 2016

June 22, 2016

June 21, 2016

June 3. 2016

May 31. 2016

May 26. 2016

May 20. 2016

May 19. 2016

May 12. 2016

April 21. 2016

April 8. 2016

March 21. 2016

March 13. 2016

March 3. 2016

March 1. 2016

February 5. 2016

January 27, 2016

January 12, 2016

January 5, 2016

January 4, 2016

  • State of Stratics - UO Stratics Staff outline their plans after purchasing the website

January 1, 2016

2015

December 1, 2015

November 18, 2015

November 17, 2015

November 16, 2015

November 6, 2015

October 23, 2015

October 20, 2015

October 8, 2015

October 7, 2015

October 3, 2015

October 1, 2015

September 29, 2015

September 25, 2015

September 24, 2015

September 21, 2015

September 17, 2015

September 15, 2015

September 12, 2015

  • ChessieFest 2015 - Come Enjoy the hospitality of the Chesapeake Rares Community!

September 11, 2015

September 9, 2015

August 27, 2015

August 20, 2015

August 18, 2015

August 17, 2015

August 3, 2015

July 17, 2015

July 13, 2015

July 7, 2015

July 1, 2015

June 25, 2015

June 19, 2015

June 18, 2015

  • The Lost King - Part II of the Continuing Story leading up to Time of Legends!

June 5, 2015

May 28, 2015

May 21, 2015

  • The Silver Gate - Read here to get ready for the Live Events for Time of Legends!

May 19, 2015

April 2, 2015

March 31, 2015

March 27, 2015

March 23, 2015

March 21, 2015

March 20, 2015

March 17, 2015

March 13, 2015

February 24, 2015

  • Dev Video #1 - New & Exciting Changes for 2015 Including a New Expansion!

February 23, 2015

February 23, 2015

February 20, 2015

February 18, 2015

February 15, 2015

February 13, 2015

February 11, 2015

February 4, 2015

January 14, 2015


2014

December 12, 2014

December 2, 2014

November 24, 2014

  • Publish 88.3 - Publish 88 fixes for the Owl, Grass Tiles, Smithing Press and Sewing Machine...

November 19, 2014

November 17, 2014

November 14, 2014

  • Publish 88 to TC1 - Huntmaster Challenge, Leaderboards for Vice vs Virtue, Holiday Items & Vet Rewards...

November 13, 2014

October 29, 2014

October 24, 2014

October 23, 2014

October 20, 2014

  • Publish 87 to All Shards - Happy Halloween Ghouls & Goblins...Publish includes Treasures of Doom, Trick or Treat and many Scary Bug Fixes...

October 16, 2014

October 11, 2014

October 2, 2014

October 1, 2014

September 29, 2014

September 28, 2014

September 26, 2014

September 25, 2014

  • Publish 86 - Loot Revamp, Vice vs Virtue, Enhanced Client Revamp
  • MyUO is Back! - Check it out: search.uo.com
  • Return to Britannia - Starting next week, come see the new changes
  • 17th Anniversary Gifts - Login before October 15 to get yours

September 23, 2014

September 22, 2014

September 19, 2014

September 19, 2014

September 18, 2014

September 18, 2014

September 15, 2014

September 12, 2014

September 11, 2014

September 4, 2014

August 29, 2014

August 21, 2014

August 21, 2014

August 15, 2014

August 15, 2014

August 12, 2014

August 6, 2014

July 24, 2014

July 21, 2014

  • Publish 86 TC1 - 徳と悪徳 – 第一段階 (Vice vs Virtue – phase 1)

July 17, 2014

July 10, 2014

June 26, 2014

June 17, 2014

May 29, 2014

May 28, 2014

May 20, 2014

  • Publish 85.5 - Government Changes & Virtue vs Vice Focus Group...

May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

May 7, 2014

May 3, 2014

May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

April 30, 2014

April 21, 2014

April 16, 2014

April 2, 2014

March 21, 2014

March 20, 2014

March 18, 2014

March 17, 2014

March 13, 2014

February 25, 2014

February 24, 2014

February 19, 2014

February 18, 2014

February 14, 2014

February 12, 2014

February 12, 2014

February 11, 2014

February 10, 2014

February 4, 2014

January 29, 2014


2013

December 19, 2013

December 13, 2013

December 6, 2013

December 3, 2013

December 1, 2013

November 22, 2013

November 21, 2013

November 20, 2013

November 19, 2013

November 18, 2013

November 14, 2013

November 12, 2013

October 31, 2013

October 30, 2013

October 21, 2013

October 16, 2013

October 16, 2013

October 15, 2013

October 7, 2013

October 1, 2013

September 24, 2013

September 19, 2013

September 18, 2013

September 16, 2013

September 12, 2013

September 11, 2013

September 9, 2013

September 9, 2013

September 4, 2013

September 1, 2013

September 1, 2013

August 26, 2013

August 1, 2013

July 30, 2013

July 1, 2013

June 25, 2013

June 24, 2013

June 24, 2013

June 19, 2013

  • Publish 82.0.0 - Publish 82 is being published on TC1 today, it will be on Origin and Izumo on Thursday/Friday during their maintenance. The publish will go live on Monday June 24th during morning maintenance.

June 13, 2013

May 23, 2013

May 6, 2013

April 29, 2013

April 26, 2013

April 24, 2013

  • Publish 81.0.1 - A Client Update, the Siege City Stone and Bug Fixes.

April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013

April 11, 2013

April 9, 2013

April 5, 2013

March 25, 2013

  • Ask & Answer No. 18 - Greater Dragons and the Moonglow Zoo, Spellweaving Scrolls, Increased uses on Tools, and Tags/Labels for Reforged Items & Enhancing.

March 20, 2013

March 19, 2013

  • Ask & Answer No. 17 - Vorpal Bunnies, Puzzle Timer adjustment, New visual effects for Leech Effect , and Vendor Search promised for October 2013.

March 15, 2013

  • Server Latency Update - Bonnie Armstrong announces major cause for lag found so a Patch fix is imminent.

March 9, 2013

March 5, 2013

  • Ask & Answer No. 16 - Clean Up Britannia Cap, Mythic Account Management Step by Step Guide, Trash barrel promised at the Queen's Soulforge, and Criminal Status.

March 5, 2013

  • Developer Interview - An interview with Ultima Online's Lead QA, Michael "Misk" Armstrong by UO Forums.

February 26, 2013

  • Updated Publish 80 - Bonnie Armstrong outlines important changes to Publish 80 including battling the lag monster.

February 22, 2013

February 14, 2013

February 11, 2013

  • Ask & Answer No. 15 - Karma titles & Exodus, Stackable Items & Potions, Veteran Account Status, and Davies Locker Wish List.

February 8, 2013

February 4, 2013

February 4, 2013

  • Ask & Answer No. 14 - High Seas enhancement, Player Book decay, Blacksmith smelting, and Container securities.

February 1, 2013

January 25, 2013

  • Ask & Answer No. 13 - Moonstone jewelry drop rate, journal colors, bookcases, and Ter Mur loyalty.

January 18, 2013

January 16, 2013

January 1, 2013

  • Fireflies.gif Happy New Year 2013 from UOGuide!

2012

December 18, 2012

December 17, 2012

December 15, 2012

December 12, 2012

November 27, 2012

November 22, 2012

  • Turkey platter.png Happy Thanksgiving!

November 19, 2012

November 12, 2012

November 10, 2012

November 8, 2012

November 6, 2012

November 5, 2012

November 2, 2012

November 1, 2012

October 31, 2012

October 30, 2012

October 24, 2012

October 23, 2012

October 22, 2012

October 21, 2012

October 19, 2012

October 18, 2012

October 16, 2012

October 15, 2012

October 11, 2012

October 9, 2012

October 5, 2012

October 3, 2012

October 2, 2012

October 1, 2012

September 29, 2012

September 28, 2012

September 27, 2012

September 26, 2012

September 25, 2012

September 24, 2012

September 21, 2012

September 18, 2012

September 17, 2012

September 10, 2012

September 6, 2012

September 4, 2012

  • Sneak Peek III
    • Return to Britannia will run for a month from September 5th to October 5th.
    • Ultimaonline 150 white.gif The new UO.com will hopefully be up and running by the end of September.
    • Some of the issues with dungeon Despise will be fixed after tomorrow morning's maintenance.
    • Two more pieces of the 15th Anniversary Jigsaw Puzzle are revealed.

September 1, 2012

  • 15th Anniversary gift bags are handed out to all characters older than a month.

August 31, 2012

August 30, 2012

August 29, 2012

August 25, 2012

August 24, 2012

August 23, 2012

August 21, 2012

August 20, 2012

August 15, 2012

August 14, 2012

August 13, 2012

August 10, 2012

August 9, 2012

August 7, 2012

August 5, 2012

August 2, 2012

July 30, 2012

July 25, 2012

July 24, 2012

July 23, 2012

July 20, 2012

July 18, 2012

July 16, 2012

July 13, 2012

July 12, 2012

July 11, 2012

July 10, 2012

July 7, 2012

  • Bamboo 2.png Tanabata decorations in Zento! 七夕の飾り付け in Zento は7月7日(土)夜8時から! 好きな飾りを持って来てね!

July 6, 2012

July 3, 2012

July 2, 2012

June 30, 2012

June 27, 2012

June 26, 2012

June 25, 2012

June 22, 2012

June 21, 2012

June 19, 2012

June 18, 2012

June 15, 2012

June 14, 2012

June 13, 2012

June 11, 2012

June 10, 2012

  • Grand Reopening of The Baja Museum on Sunday, June 10th, 2012 at 2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST.

June 8, 2012

June 5, 2012

  • Ultima Online website has encountered a critical failure. The content is currently being restored.

June 4, 2012

May 30, 2012

May 28, 2012

May 26, 2012

May 25, 2012

May 24, 2012

May 22, 2012

May 17, 2012

May 15, 2012

May 13, 2012

May 11, 2012

May 9, 2012

May 7, 2012

May 4, 2012

May 1, 2012

April 30, 2012

April 28, 2012

April 26, 2012

April 23, 2012

April 22, 2012

April 20, 2012

April 19, 2012

April 17, 2012

April 16, 2012

April 12, 2012

April 11, 2012

April 10, 2012

April 6, 2012

April 4, 2012

April 1, 2012

March 29, 2012

March 28, 2012

March 27, 2012

March 26, 2012

March 23, 2012

March 21, 2012

March 20, 2012

March 19, 2012

March 15, 2012

March 14, 2012

March 12, 2012

March 10, 2012

  • Oceania.gif Oceania is down.
    • Oceania is back online.

March 9, 2012

March 2, 2012

March 1, 2012

February 29, 2012

February 29, 2012

February 24, 2012

  • Incoming Changes to Faction Points
    • All faction points will be wiped to fix the issue regarding the deterioration of faction points properly.
    • The fix will soon be available for testing on TC1.

February 22, 2012

February 14, 2012

February 13, 2012

February 10, 2012

February 7, 2012

February 6, 2012

  • Account Center Maintenance to take place from 10:00 am EST (16:00 CET) to 1:00 pm EST (19:00 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

February 3, 2012

  • Publish 74.0.2 to go live at next shard maintenance to resolve the issues related to containers in the Wrong prison and a few issues with the rioters.
  • Account Safety Reminder to setup a secret word on your UO account to help identify you as the true account owner.

February 2, 2012

February 1, 2012

January 31, 2012

  • Producer's Letter informs us that new EM events are on the way and they are planning to relaunch UO.com later this year with an all new look.
  • Publish 74 released to all shards.
  • UOJournal.com is being updated again, be sure to check out their articles

January 30, 2012

  • Account Center Maintenance for 8 hours to take place January 30, 2012 at 11:45pm EST (04:45 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

January 24, 2012

  • Account Center Maintenance for 5 hours to take place January 25, 2012 at 8am EST (14:00 CET) during which subscription changes, character transfers or code redemptions will be unavailable.

January 20, 2012

  • Reminder: House decay is now active and accounts inactive more than 90 days have two days left to resubscribe or lose their house.

January 18, 2012

January 17, 2012

January 11, 2012

January 10, 2012

January 9, 2012

2011

December 14, 2011

December 7, 2011

  • Account Center Maintenance for one hour to take place December 8th at 10am EST (16:00 CET), during which subscription changes, game codes or character transfers will be unavailable. Account Age issues are to be fixed as part of the maintenance.

December 6, 2011

November 30, 2011

November 17, 2011

November 15, 2011

November 3, 2011

  • Publish 73 has received a small update.
  • An issue with UO player account ages not updating correctly has been identified.

November 2, 2011

November 1, 2011

October 28, 2011

October 27, 2011

October 13, 2011

  • Arenas are now available to try out for dueling on a special test shard: TC Arena Test

October 10, 2011

  • It has been announced that players may consolidate multiple UO game accounts to one master billing account by contacting UO billing support.

September 21, 2011

September 14, 2011

September 13, 2011

September 12, 2011

September 8, 2011

September 2, 2011

September 1, 2011

August 29, 2011

August 25, 2011

  • The Ultima Online Account Center has once again enabled key code activations for gametime, items, etc.
    • A PDF file is available to explain different options for key code activations.

August 22, 2011

August 21, 2011

August 15, 2011

  • The Ultima Online Account Migration has additional advisories today.

August 13, 2011

  • Issues associated with the Ultima Online Account Migration, including character slot problems, are being fixed during server downtime.

August 12, 2011

  • The Ultima Online Account Migration has additional advisories
    • Upon conclusion of the migration, the quick Return to Britianna period will be over.

August 10, 2011

  • The Ultima Online Account Migration continues with a few advisories
    • Return To Britannia: all inactive, non-banned UO accounts may temporarily login to UO for free.

August 8, 2011

August 3, 2011

July 29, 2011

July 28, 2011

July 21, 2011

July 19, 2011

July 13, 2011

July 9, 2011

July 5, 2011

July 1, 2011

June 22, 2011

June 21, 2011

  • TC1 will be taken down for a Moongate red transparent.png PVP update. Check Stratics tomorrow for full details of all the upcoming changes.

June 17, 2011

June 15, 2011

June 14, 2011

June 10, 2011

June 8, 2011

June 6, 2011

June 4, 2011

June 3, 2011

June 1, 2011

May 31, 2011

  • One Talents of Sosaria artwork will be released here per day for the next two weeks.
  • Dry dock your boat if you are having issues with not being able to complete the Fishmonger Quests or not being able to recall to your boat.

May 30, 2011

May 28, 2011

May 25, 2011

  • Gothic and Rustic theme pack related pages are added to the guide.

May 20, 2011

May 16, 2011

May 14, 2011

May 13, 2011

May 12, 2011

April 25, 2011

April 20, 2011

April 15, 2011

April 8, 2011

April 5, 2011

April 1, 2011

March 31, 2011

March 30, 2011

March 29, 2011

  • Test Oceania server is opened for players to test a copy of Oceania shard.
    • It is located regionally in Australia and Test Center rules apply to this test shard.
    • It will not affect your actual Oceania characters.

March 28, 2011

March 25, 2011

March 24, 2011

March 19, 2011

March 17, 2011

March 15, 2011

  • Publish 70 delayed to go live in production shards in light of the recent events in Japan: [1].

March 12, 2011

March 11, 2011

March 10, 2011

March 9, 2011

March 1, 2011

February 25, 2011

February 24, 2011

February 22, 2011

February 17, 2011

February 10, 2011

February 8, 2011

February 7, 2011

January 25, 2011

January 19, 2011

January 16, 2011

January 13 2011

January 5, 2011

2010

December 16, 2010

December 15, 2010

December 9, 2010

December 7, 2010

December 6, 2010

December 5, 2010

November 30, 2010

November 29, 2010

November 24, 2010

November 12, 2010

November 9, 2010

November 8, 2010

November 3, 2010

November 1, 2010

October 29, 2010

October 28, 2010

October 26, 2010

October 24, 2010

October 22, 2010

October 20, 2010

October 15, 2010

October 14, 2010

October 13, 2010

October 12, 2010

  • All Aboard! Shards are being brought down at 10:00AM EDT for Publish 68 and High Seas updates, downtime is expected to last about 4 hours
  • New 3 and 6 month gametime codes are available in the official uogamecodes.com store

October 8, 2010

October 7, 2010

September 28, 2010

  • Ultima Online: Adventures on the High Seas is being launched on October 12
  • Return to Britannia - Until October 11, former players may login on their inactive accounts to try out the game and see the upcoming features in UO's first booster pack

September 24, 2010

August 28, 2010

August 4, 2010

July 28, 2010

July 22, 2010

July 13, 2010

June 24, 2010

June 22, 2010

June 15, 2010

June 12, 2010

June 10, 2010

June 4, 2010

May 26, 2010

May 25, 2010

May 20, 2010

May 19, 2010

April 14, 2010

April 5, 2010

March 30, 2010

March 25, 2010

March 4, 2010

  • Publish 64.0.2(aka Publish 64.0.0.2) has been released to all shards.
    • Improved shard stabilility.
    • Fixed some functions in Factions.

February 12, 2010

February 10, 2010

February 4, 2010

February 2, 2010

January 19, 2010

January 14, 2010

January 12, 2010

  • A mysteriously named Publish 63.0.0 has been released to all shards.
    • Introduces an NPC vendor by which characters can re-hue their skin for 2,500 gold
    • Fixed a vendor exploit regarding skill/stat changes.
  • Client Patches have been released:

2009

See UOGuide:UO_News_Archives/2009

2008

See UOGuide:UO_News_Archives/2008