Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss
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The Stygian Abyss will be UO's ninth expansion. Originally, it was to have been launched a few months after Kingdom Reborn, which meant in the late summer of 2007. However, as with Ultima X: Oddessy, the game developers were asked to move to a new location after Electronic Arts purchased Mythic Entertainment on June 20, 2006.[1] The release was subsequently delayed. According to a Stratics Forum post made by EA Mythic employee, Walt Yarbrough, "As of [July 5, 2007], [EA Mythic] will remove all official references to Stygian Abyss’s launch date from our sites. We’ll announce a new launch date in the future." [2]
Eventually, the expansion will feature a new playable race of Gargoyles and a new dungeon named Stygian Abyss. The dungeon will be the largest in UO to date, with new monsters, tricks, and treasures. The expansion will also come with new skills, pets, craftables, items, and housing designs.
Details
- The Kingdom Reborn client will be required to access the new areas.
- The new dungeon Stygian Abyss will be the largest and most complex UO has ever seen.
- The only way to have a Gargoyle character is to make a new one, at this time a quest to change race to gargoyle is not planned.
Announcement Message
The expansion was announced a week early with an accidental posting, which is no longer available, on the Japanese Ultima Online website. The following message has been translated by athos_uo on the Stratics forums and may not be exact:
"Ultima Online Stygian Abyss" is the first expansion that will be released a few months later after the launch of "Ultima Online Kingdom Reborn". You can buy it in a package on the shelf or downloading it.
New features and contents
- Gargoyle race comes back to Sosaria, having escaped from the subordination that lasted hundreds years in the harsh land, unfortunately through which a part of the harsh land was brought to Sosaria. The Stygian Abyss opens its mouth and unfamiliar and bizarre creatures stalk on the ground. But you can find adventures only there, where there are risks. Abyss would offer the treasures beyond imagination to the braves who made their way into it.
The new playable race that players can select to play: The Gargoyle race
- They appear already in a part of the story since Ultima III and are mystic and thoughtful race which is known for their ability to control, infuse or transform energy.
The largest dungeon in the history of UO: Stygian Abyss
- It was through Abyss that Gargoyle race came back from the underworld. This dungeon is several times as large as any other current dungeons in UO and offers various dangers, new monsters, new tricks and new treasures.
Concept Art
The following was distributed to the press for the announcement message. It should be noted that works of concept art are not actual images from the game, but an artist's rendering of possible game elements. Click for full view.
