Five on Friday - July 17, 2026
Five on Friday - July 17th, 2026
Smashing Crystals
Question
When using the hammer on Crystals – Will you get more clothing items and turn in items with more luck?
Answer
Parallax: Passing a luck roll when smashing a crystal can provide you with a small bonus to your chance to receive Moon-Touched Clothing. The other element that determines whether you will get a special item or not is the rarity of the crystal being smashed. The rarer the crystal (both in style and hue), the higher chance you have.
Luck does not impact the amount of fragments you get from smashing, or their value. That is determined solely by the rarity of the crystal you smash.
Fishing in Bubbles
Question
When fishing in the bubbles – How does luck affect this? Do you get rare colors or more items?
Answer
Parallax: Luck can provide a bonus to the type of crystal you get from most activities, including fishing. If you pass a luck roll, you have a chance to improve the rarity of the crystal you get. Luck does not influence the hue of the crystal. You can also receive a 1000 luck bonus to your luck role if you are on the Felucca facet.
The only activity luck does not impact is ship cargo holds due to the way those are filled.
Revisiting Older Content
Question
With all the decades of ultima lore out there, is there any plans on revisiting some of the older content that is in game still but not actively played?
Answer
Parallax: Revisiting existing and older content is part of our broader design goals as we continue to move forward with new events and publishes. The recent seasonal events have all incorporated components from older content to get players to revisit it. Whether that's killing Peerless for crafting materials and extra event currency, wandering the far corners of the world hunting mushrooms, walking the old paths to the virtue shrines, or heading out onto the high seas for some fishing and pirating!
We plan to continue this trend as we move forward and incorporate older content into newer content as we can and where it make sense.
Shardfall
Question
Do you have anything you can share about Shardfall like the theme or when it will be?
Answer
Parallax: Shardfall is our next seasonal event and will start with the release of Publish 124! Shardfall takes a look back at the history of Britannia as citizens take this time to celebrate the fall of Mondain the Wizard and the shattering of the Gem of Immortality. The event has multiple paths of participation and is filled with references to old lore.
Our artists have done a phenomenal job with some new art that will be available during this event as well! I don't want to give away too much just yet, but let's just say you will have the chance to prove yourself as a true Avatar of Sosaria.
You can look forward to Shardfall hitting Test Center 1 sometime in August.
Bubble Density
Question
Why are the Moonveil bubbles different between Tram/Fel and Tokuno?
Answer
Parallax: The size of the map plays a huge factor in bubble density. Trammel and Felucca actually have over 3x the amount of bubbles that can spawn in each facet vs Tokuno, they are just spread out over a wider area.
External links
- Five on Friday - July 17th, 2026 on Discord