Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss
Sygian Abyss will be UO's ninth expansion. It is expected to be launched a few months after Kingdom Reborn, which means late summer or early fall of 2007. It features a new playable race of Gargoyles and a new dungeon named Sygian Abyss. The dungeon will be the largest in UO to date, with new monsters, tricks, and treasures.
Announcement Message
The expansion was announced a week early with an accidental posting on the japanese Ultima Online website. The message has been translated by athos_uo on the Stratics forums. This may not be an exact translation.
"Ultima Online Sygian 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 unnfamiliar 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 thougtful 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.
More will be revealed about this at the Town Hall meeting on January 27, 2007.
See Also
- http://ultimaonline.jp/home/pr/uosa.html - Japanese announcement message