April 2018

General Updates Submitted by UO_Herald on April 19, 2018 at 7:32 PM CDT Originally posted April 19, 2018 by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings Everyone, The Endless Journey limited bank storage has been published to all shards. As stated earlier we will be making additional changes in the near future to complete the system. All but 2 of the winners of the Human/Gargoyle houses in Ter Mur have been claimed and I would once again like to congratulate those winners. Below is a list of the actions and the numbers of people we have banned since the first of April. 4/1-4/8 12 disruptive behavior 18 macroers 14 multiboxers 12 solicitation 4/9 – 4/15 14 macroers 7 solicitation 6 disruptive behavior Mesanna [Discuss This Article]

Endless Journey Bank Storage Update Submitted by UO_Herald on April 16, 2018 at 2:15 PM CDT Originally posted April 16, 2018 by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings Everyone, As stated last week we will be publishing Endless Journey limited bank box storage today 4/16/2018 by approx 3 pm ET. All Endless Journey accounts will receive a base amount of 20 items ( bank expansions can increase the max item count to 28). Any account over the max limit will be able to view their full banks but will not be able to remove any items at this time. In the near future we will be adding the ability to remove items from the bank that are over the set max limit. Please check it out and give us your feedback, if all goes well we will be putting this out to Origin tomorrow and WW by Wednesday. UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Origin, Baja, and Izumo Storage Update Submitted by UO_Herald on April 14, 2018 at 7:27 PM CDT Originally posted April 17, 2018 by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings Everyone, We will be bringing down Origin, Baja, and Izumo at approx. 1 pm ET today 4/17/18 for the Endless Journey Bank Storage update. The shards should only be down for approx an hour. UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Ter Mur Raffle House Winners Submitted by UO_Herald on April 12, 2018 at 8:25 PM CDT Originally posted April 12, 2018 by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings Everyone, We would like to congratulate the winners of raffle for the houses in Ter Mur. Please note these are not grandfathered houses. Below is a list of the shard and character names of the winners. Legends – Styx Baja – Carrick Hokuto – RAVE Formosa – Flaps el Unic Izumo – Yasuo Mizuho – Mercury Asuka – Keib-Wan Thank you in advance and have a great day in Britannia! Mesanna [Discuss This Article]

Endless Journey & Storage Submitted by UO_Herald on April 11, 2018 at 9:59 PM CDT Originally posted April 11, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: Greetings, We would like to update you on storage options that will become available for Endless Journey accounts. All Endless Journey accounts will have access to their bank box providing a reduced amount of secure storage. Former Veteran accounts that return as Endless Journey accounts that have more items than the reduced limit allows will be able to view the contents of the bank, but will not be able to remove any items at this time. We are working on ways to provide access to these items and will update you as these options become available. We hope to have these changes live on Test Center sometime next week, and deployed World Wide as soon as testing permits. Remember you can gain access to all the items in your bank by subscribing at any time. Endless Journey has brought a new era to Ultima Online and we appreciate your continued patience and feedback while we fine tune the experience to best meet everyone’s needs. Thank you and see you in Britannia, UO Team [Discuss This Article]

The Town Cryer Submitted by UO_Herald on April 11, 2018 at 9:53 PM CDT Originally posted April 11, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: The Town Cryer is a valuable tool that allows City Governors and Guild Leaders to communicate news to the citizens of the realm. To celebrate the Town Cryer we are happy to share Ink Slinger: Ink Slinger by EM Malachi The magic quill transcribed faster than any human, and the dancing feather point left the ink dry and the page slightly warm. Bundor Bard skimmed a final time for mistakes before adding the paper to the pile. He handed the full bundle of The Town Cryer off to a courier. “Get these to West Britain immediately.” Bundor had nearly finished editing a retrospective on the Time Between Crowns, when Lady Machiavelli recalled into his office. She unceremoniously dropped a bag of mismatched pages on his desk. “A brief summary of the Governors’ Meeting, the Yew farm report, an interview with a goblin, and my letter of resignation.” “Good lady, you cannot quit. We would be lost without your keen observations. Please do stay.” “Flattery will only get you so far, Bundor. I’ve already visited two other cities before breakfast. We need more people.” “I have a plan for that. I hired someone to cover the beat in each town, and the guilds can report on themselves. This will let the rest of us focus on whatever the next crisis is.” Lady Machiavelli pulled her resignation letter and a cranberry muffin out of her bag. “I’ll mull things over during my next interview. A mayor is discussing his sixty-point plan for Cove. Should be plenty of dead time.” “That’s all I ask.” “And I would hate for someone else to get the story before I do.” As Lady Machiavelli wandered off to finish her late breakfast, Bundor looked at the pile of edits before him. These were interesting times. Smiling, he pulled out a fresh quill and started a new piece, The Endless Journey. [Discuss This Article]

Town Cryer Quests Submitted by UO_Herald on April 10, 2018 at 1:02 PM CDT Originally posted April 10, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: We have corrected an issue preventing redemption of rewards from the dungeon related quests from the Town Cryer. Players who have completed these quests should visit the last NPC in the quest and approach them to redeem their reward. All shards have been published, with the exception of Oceania which will receive the fix following their next scheduled maintenance. [Discuss This Article]

Moonglow Zoo Submitted by UO_Herald on April 6, 2018 at 8:06 PM CDT Originally posted April 6, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: The Moonglow Zoo will temporarily cease accepting donations while we resolve an issue. The Zoo will begin accepting donations following each shard’s normal maintenance. [Discuss This Article]

Endless Journey is Here Submitted by UO_Herald on April 5, 2018 at 7:04 PM CDT Originally posted April 5, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: Greetings, Publish 99 has been deployed World Wide, introducing a host of new features – most notably Endless Journey! The transition for closed accounts to Endless Journey accounts has begun and will continue until all accounts have been processed. We appreciate your patience as we work through this process. You will not be able to login until the account has been processed. Update 4/5/2018 6:00pm ET: The account transition process is continuing. Based on current processing rates we expect this process to take as long as the next 48 hours to complete. We will update this post when the process has fully completed. Thank you for your continued patience while we work through this process. We look forward to your feedback, and welcome new and returning players back to Britannia! Be sure to check out the forums for the latest conversation on all things Ultima Online. The raffle stones for the Human & Gargoyle Abyss houses that have been available on select shards will be removed today. We will be announcing the winners on Monday! Good luck! Please also note that Vendor Search on Origin, Izumo & Baja will not populate properly until vendor owners opt-in/opt-out or those shards go through their next regularly scheduled maintenance. See you in Britannia, UO Team [Discuss This Article]

New Ultima Store Item: Deluxe Starter Pack Submitted by UO_Herald on April 5, 2018 at 6:51 PM CDT Originally posted April 4, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: Looking to jump start your Endless Journey in Britannia?  The Deluxe Starter Pack is the perfect way to get right into the action!  Available from the Ultima Store, the Deluxe Starter pack includes, A Runic Atlas (a high capacity runebook) that comes pre-loaded with recall runes to Britannia’s Vaults, Banks, and Points of Interest A Runic Hunter’s Atlas that allows recalling to a variety of hunting grounds friendly to the training adventurer, complete with location descriptions and tips A full complement of full spellbooks for all magic schools including Bushido, Chivalry, Magery, Mysticism, Necromancy, and Ninjitsu A Token of Skill Alacrity that allows you and your party members to experience an increased rate of skill gain for an entire week.  This token is bound to the character that purchases it. A Deluxe Journeyman’s Armor token that outfits the adventurer in a starter set of human/elf or gargish leather armor providing 70% in all resists, +15 Hit Points, +17 Mana, +17 Stamina, +30 Lower Mana Cost, +6 Hit Point Regeneration, +6 Mana Regeneration, +10 Stamina Regeneration, +5 Strength, +5 Dexterity, +5 Intelligence, and 100% Lower Reagent Cost A Community Collection Point Award token that can be redeemed at the Moonglow Zoo, Vesper Museum, or Britain Library for 500,000 points A Dungeon Point Award Point Token that can be redeemed for 100 Blackthorn Dungeon points, 1000 Dungeon Crystal Points of Despise, and 1000 Covetous Points A direct deposit of 100,000 gold into your currency account All items are account and shard bound. [Discuss This Article]

Spring Has Sprung! A Special Gift For You! Submitted by UO_Herald on April 4, 2018 at 8:25 PM CDT Originally posted April 4, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: Greetings, To celebrate the dawn of the season of rebirth an “Enchanted Wheelbarrow” can be claimed on all shards after 2pm ET on April 5, 2018 by veteran accounts for the next 5 days by visiting the Britain Commons and using the genie statue. Enjoy! The genie statues will be placed manually, so please allow some time for placement before visiting the commons. Happy Spring! [Discuss This Article]

Account Center Downtime Submitted by UO_Herald on April 3, 2018 at 6:12 PM CDT Originally posted April 3, 2018 by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings Everyone, The Account Center will be down Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 10am ET for updates. We expect this downtime to last approximately 2 hours. This is in addition to scheduled downtime on Thursday while we have the shards down publishing Endless Journey. Please note this does not mean Endless Journey will be activate on Wednesday. Endless Journey will not be active until Publish 99 is deployed world wide. I would also like to take this time to warn everyone that we will be actioning accounts that are caught scripting and/or multiboxing. We are not going to be giving out any warnings for this if you are caught. We are also going to be posting monthly the number of accounts that were actioned due to illegal program use, macroing, or harassment/disruptive behavior. Thank you in advance for your patience with us while we get the Account Center and the shards updated tomorrow and Thursday. Mesanna [Discuss This Article]

Publish 99 Update Submitted by UO_Herald on April 2, 2018 at 6:04 PM CDT Originally posted April 2, 2018 by UO Dev Team on the UO Herald: Greetings, Origin, Izumo & Baja will be brought down by 11:00am ET on April 3, 2018 for an update to Publish 99. Please see the publish notes for the latest updates. We anticipate Publish 99 will be going World Wide on April 5, 2018. This update will be done manually, and not during regularly scheduled maintenance. Regularly scheduled maintenance for all shards will be cancelled beginning on April 5th and will resume on April 6th. Shut messages will commence at 10:00am ET and shards will be brought down at 10:30am ET. We anticipate the downtime will last approximately 3 hours. Keep an eye on UO.com for updates on publish status. Beginning at 10am on April 5, 2018 the Account Center will be brought down in preparation for Publish 99. The account center will return at the time Publish 99 is released world wide. Please also note that when Publish 99 goes World Wide the rewards available from the 20th Anniversary Elemental Titan arc will no longer be available to claim. See you in Britannia, UO Team [Discuss This Article]