Publish 121
| Publish 121 | |
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| TC1 Publish 1 release date: | Oct 3 2025 |
| TC1 Publish 2 release date: | Oct 8 2025 |
| Origin, Izumo, Baja release date: | Oct 9 2025 |
| Worldwide release date: | Oct 14 2025 |
| Official publish notes: | Publish 121 on uo.com
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Publish 121 is the third publish of 2025 and includes The Draconic Awakening event.
The Draconic Awakening Event
Following the Siege of Mistas, Britannian forces stormed the dungeon below in pursuit of Victor Blackthorn. But rather than face justice, Victor fled through the Ethereal Void, leaving behind devastation in his wake. However, the damage to the veil between worlds is far from healed. Victor's reckless use of void magic tore fractures across Sosaria. Through these rifts, a new threat has emerged: the Umbrascale, a twisted lineage of dragons born from void and flame.
These dragons have overtaken several dungeons deep within Sosaria and now expand their influence, building hidden nests throughout the world to increase their numbers. Now, a call to arms rings out across Sosaria. Brave souls must delve into overrun dungeons or hunt down the dragon nests hidden across the realm, before the Umbrascale matriarch rises to bring ruin upon the world!
Draconic Incursions
Live on production shards from publish day to February 2, 2026.
- Random dungeons are taken over by the Umbrascale as they attempt to assert their dominance:
- Felucca dungeons have their Champion Spawn replaced with a new Umbrascale Champion Spawn.
- Earn Artifacts "Of The Umbrascale" by defeating dungeon creatures.
- Artifacts in Felucca will be cursed.
- Use the Potion of Glorious Fortune to increase artifact drop chances.
- Turn in Artifacts at the reward vendor to claim new rewards.
Hidden Chests
- Use Detect Hidden to locate and reveal chests throughout the dungeons invaded by the Umbrascale.
- Chests may reward artifacts, dragon eggs, dragon nest maps, reagents, one of five uber-rare stealables, or an extremely rare chance to get a Mature Dragon Egg in unique color.
- Luck increases your odds of finding rare stealables.
- Chests are locked to the revealer and their party for 2 minutes before becoming free-for-all.
- Chests will no longer re-lock themselves once they have been picked.
- Greatly increased the success chance of Remove Trap on hidden chests.
- Greatly increased the damage of traps on hidden chests that are triggered without being removed.
Dragon Nest Hunting
- The Umbrascale are building hidden nests across the Sosarian overland.
- Use Dragon Nest Maps and a Decryption Cypher to reveal locations.
- Decryption Cyphers are crafted by skilled Cartographers.
- A Cypher must be in your backpack to decode a map.
- Once decoded, anyone can read the map.
- Digging requires a shovel or pickaxe in your backpack.
- Map difficulty affects digging precision.
- Defeat nest guardians to loot the contents.
- Nests may contain:
- Dragon Eggs – multiple styles, hues, and qualities.
- Creature Bones – with over 100 name combos and 50 item types.
- Thematic Equipment – "Chewed", "Dissolved", and "Charred" sets.
- Pages of Lore
- New Dragon Mount:
- Rare chance to find a Mature Dragon Egg.
- Hatches into the mountable Juvenile Umbrascale.
- 3 Control Slots, Trainable to 5, requires Animal Taming.
- Matches the hue of the egg it hatches from.
- Orb of Ethereal Transcendence can convert it into an ethereal mount for anyone.
- Players can quietly dismantle or burn nests (requires lit torch).
- Level 4 and 5 Dragon Nest Maps have a chance for a tamable Umbrascale Ascendant to spawn.
Dragon Matriarch
- The Matriarch appears at nests once enough have been burned.
- Quietly dismantling nests will not trigger the Matriarch.
- Fight the Matriarch for special rewards:
- Artifacts "Of The Umbrascale"
- Dragon Eggs
- Special hued clothing items
- Battle-ravaged trees with unique names and colors
- Very rare Mature Dragon Egg in a unique Matriarch-only hue
New Pumpkins
- Once again face off against the Butchers of Britannia's Cemeteries to obtain carving kits
- Battle against the Grimm in Britannia's fields to obtain carveable pumpkins
- 3 new pumpkin types with new carving designs:
- Tall Oval Orange – Serpent, Raven
- Short Round White – Cat, Silly Face
- Short Oval Green – Victor Blackthorn Insignia, Happy Face
Skeletons
- Both skulls & skeletons will be available from graveyard skeletons this year!
- New hues are available from past events
Huntmaster's Challenge Rewards
New rewards at the Huntmaster outside Skara Brae:
- Stag Tapestry – South and East facing house addon
- Huntmaster's Throne – A stylish hunting chair
- Rustic Campfire – Can be toggled on/off, used for cooking
- Foothold Trap – Snaps shut when stepped on in houses
- 3-line Sign – Now available by popular demand
Holiday Rewards
- All veteran characters 30+ days old receive a 2025 Holiday Gift Token.
- TC1 Only: Use the gate at Britain Commons to set character age.
- Redeemable for:
- Holiday Sled – multiple common and rare hues
- Holiday Sash – 1 of 3 types, dyeable with all dye types
- Decorative Igloo – house addon, South and East facings
- Delivered in 1 of 8 new Holiday Gift Bags.
- Redemption Window: Monday, December 1, 2025 12:01:00 AM ET GMT-05:00 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:59:00 PM ET GMT-05:00
Artisan Festival
- The 2025 Artisan Festival will be live between Sunday, December 7, 2025 12:01:00 AM ET GMT-05:00 and Sunday, January 11, 2026 11:59:00 PM ET GMT-05:00
- New rewards have been added for this year's collection!
Event Moderator Tool Updates
- New tools have been created for the Event Moderator team enhancing their event design capabilities!
- Introducing new boss mob body types and special attacks, additional art for decorating, enhanced roleplay character options and more!
Bug Fixes & Changes
- Ward Removal Talisman
- Max range set to 10 tiles.
- Using on a PvP target now flags the user.
- Talisman uses now share a cooldown timer in PvP.
- No longer recharges when placed on a Mannequin.
- Mininova Fireworks Wand
- The mininova fireworks wand will no longer spawn automatically in a character's bankbox, and is instead available from Cleanup Britannia
- Pet Rescue
- Additional system messages have been added when pets are waiting to be rescued
Origin, Izumo & Baja changes
- Ward Removal Talismans now have a 5-minute recharge and global cooldown (reduced from 20 minutes).
- Mana Shield is now 70% as effective in PvP (e.g., a Mastery 3 Mana Shield that absorbs 50% in PvM will now absorb 35% in PvP).
- Added Gargish Glasses versions of:
- Umbrascale Champion's Aegis
- Hexweaver's Visage
- Added Gargish weapon variants to the reward vendor:
- Gargish Katana version of the Riftwarden's Blade
- Gargish Talwar version of the Riftwarden's Eviscerator
- The Brittle tag has been removed from all Armor and Accessory items.
- Brittle remains on Weapons.
- Dragon Nests (especially Grand and Massive sizes) have had their difficulty adjusted.
- Umbrascale Matriarch difficulty has been adjusted.
- Umbrascale Hatchling stats have been adjusted.
- Dragon Topiary can now be dyed with Promotional Dyes.
- Difficulty of various Umbrascale dungeon mobs has been adjusted.
- Dragon Nests can now be burned even if they are empty.
- Hidden Event Chests now display a visual effect (instead of system message) when passively detected.
- Opening a Hidden Chest may now trigger a non-disarmable trap that hits nearby players.
- Healers should now spawn outside event dungeons (except in Felucca).
Hotfixes - Oct 28
Beginning with each shard's regularly scheduled maintenance on October 28th we will be deploying the following hotfixes:
- Dragon Robes & Dress can now be blessed with clothing bless deeds & dyed via dye tubs and natural dyes
- Resolved issue where hidden chests could spontaneously relock themselves after being unlocked
- The Choral Crucible Instrument should now replenish charges correctly
- Yacht Club titles from New Legacy should now be available to those that earned them
- Treasures of the Umbrascale event mob corpses will now quick decay