June’s Treasure Hunt Challenge – Drachenfels vs. Legends Submitted by UO_Herald on May 31, 2012 at 10:05 PM CDT Originally posted 31 May 2012 12:17:52 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: The Treasure Hunt Challenge is going international! Last month the Gold Diggers of Legends Shard won a record third competition in a row by defeating a former two-time champion, the Blue Beetles of Catskills. The match was a close affair, with some added drama in the form of a surprise rule change designed to challenge the two veteran teams. Unbeknownst to the Legends team, however, another shard was already waiting for their turn… Dearest Miko and Helios, I hope everything's fine with you and the people of Legends. For a considerable time now I have followed Legend’s story of success in the Treasure Hunter Challenge. It made me think that the time has come to give you a real formidable opponent! For weeks Drachenfels has had Treasure Hunter team, waiting. After weeks of heavy training, The Pink Pickers are prepared to challenge you! Let’s say it quick and easy... Herewith I want to challenge you to compete with my Drachenfels Treasure Hunter Team! We are prepared for you! Anytime, and anywhere! Hopefully we get a positive response from you soon. Sincere regards, The Pink Pickers & EM Borbarad Helios and Miko responded without hesitation: This matchup should prove to be an interesting one, as it marks the first time a shard from outside North America will participate. Is Drachenfels up to the pressure of beating a three time champion? Will Legends be able to sustain their winning ways? Come to the Chessboard in Nujel’m and watch Drachenfels take on Legends to find out! Date: Sunday, June 3rd Time: 4pm EST, 10pm CEST Place: Nujel’m Chessboard, Test Center Shard Spectators are encouraged to come and cheer on their favorite team! Gates will be provided from the New Haven bank prior to and during the event. [Discuss This Article]

New UO Player Guide Submitted by UO_Herald on May 30, 2012 at 9:28 PM CDT Originally posted 30 May 2012 15:32:48 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: We had spent a large amount of time sifting through all the guide information on the UO Herald to consolidate and streamline the UO Play Guide. Through diligence and dedication we are proud to announce we have finished the newly revamped player's guide and published links to download the pdf document. Whether you're a new player looking for answers to your questions or a veteran player looking to brush up some of your knowledge, the guide is full of great information! Follow the Playguide link in the navigation bar or click here to check it out. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 76 Fixes Submitted by UO_Herald on May 26, 2012 at 12:17 AM CDT Originally posted 25 May 2012 10:03:33 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Fixes for publish 76 had been staged for the maintenance that was completed last night. The following issues have been corrected: You can now place castle ladders. An issue with Cauldrons of Transmutations was corrected. The issue with house addons not returning to their original location after house customization was fixed. [Discuss This Article]

An Easier Way to Retrieve Your Passwords Submitted by UO_Herald on May 24, 2012 at 6:16 PM CDT Originally posted 24 May 2012 17:09:45 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Today’s Account Center maintenance came with an important change to the retrieval of your Master and Game account passwords. You no longer need your old passwords to change them. If you forgot your EA/Origin account password, you can request a new password on the front page of the Account Center as long as you know the associated email address. If you don’t have an EA account yet and forgot your Mythic account password, you can request a new password on the front page of the Account Center as long as you know the account name and email address. If you forgot your Ultima Online game password, just login to the Account Center and click on ‘Change Password’ of the product you want to change. If you encounter any problems, please sent us a mail to support@ultimaonline.com. [Discuss This Article]

The Lore of Sudiva Submitted by UO_Herald on May 24, 2012 at 6:14 PM CDT Originally posted 24 May 2012 11:14:03 EST by The UO Team on the UO Herald: And where is she going? You could be the one to tell us! Enter the Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest currently hosted on Stratics. A collaboration between BioWare UO, UOGuide and UO Stratics, with support from UOForums. More details here: UO Stratics *New* | Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest [Discuss This Article]

Account Center Maintenance - 05/24 Submitted by UO_Herald on May 24, 2012 at 3:04 AM CDT Originally posted 23 May 2012 18:07:33 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Thursday May 24th, at 9:30am EDT (15:30 CEST). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription or redeem game codes. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 12pm EDT (18:00 CEST). Thank you for your understanding. [Discuss This Article]

NPC Spawn and House Customization Issues Submitted by UO_Herald on May 24, 2012 at 3:01 AM CDT Originally posted 23 May 2012 17:02:57 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Greetings, It has come to our attention that there is a double NPC spawn issue as well as a house customization issue. We are investigating the situation and should have a fix in place soon. Thank you for your continued support. [Discuss This Article]

THE YEW TIMES - A Newspaper for Sosaria Submitted by UO_Herald on May 24, 2012 at 2:59 AM CDT Originally posted 23 May 2012 15:22:09 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Written by members of the UO community Issue 3 WORLD NEWS Prankster Strikes Again Law officials are on the lookout for the individual responsible for a recent prank, which left many with lower back injuries and hernias. With the land being absent of a monarch for far too long, the miraculous appearance of a sword in a stone seems to have addressed the people's cries for order. Etched writing on the blade not concealed by the stone reads "Whosoever shall pulleth this sword from this stone shall become.." There are few citizens of the land not familiar with the old tale of how a squire once won a kingdom by pulling a similar sword from a stone. As word spread, the crowds began to gather, as determined individuals would try their hand at the task of drawing the sword, with no avail. Disgruntled citizens finally descended upon the boulder with sledgehammers and pickaxes in hand, revealing that the sword was reinforced with several pieces of rebar and the remaining writing on the sword stating "Cheater! LOL!" [Discuss This Article]

Halberds from Covetous Submitted by UO_Herald on May 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM CDT Originally posted 22 May 2012 12:37:21 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: The revamp of Covetous introduced with Publish 76 came with a small bug. If you happen to find etheral halberds please don't consider yourself too lucky, because you are not supposed to get them and we'll remove all of them in an upcoming fix. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 76.0 Comes to All Shards - 05/22 Submitted by UO_Herald on May 21, 2012 at 5:18 PM CDT Originally posted 21 May 2012 16:55:03 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will push Publish 76.0 to all shards during the next early morning maintenance cycle on May 22. In preparation for the publish, the map files in Ver Lor Reg will be out of sync until then. For your reading pleasure, here are the completed notes: To read the full publish notes on the forums, click HERE.

Wayback Wednesday Review Submitted by UO_Herald on May 19, 2012 at 7:27 AM CDT Originally posted 18 May 2012 18:53:08 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Kai Schober, Bonnie 'Mesanna' Armstrong and many others from the Mythic team joined Rob 'Grakulen' Lashley and Hillary 'Pokket' Nicole for their Wayback Wednesday series on MMORPG.com's Twitch TV channel. They grouped up to face the various hordes inhabiting the newly redesigned Covetous Dungeon on TC1. The live stream took place on Wednesday, 5/16 and lasted for over two hours! Did you miss it? If so, MMORPG posted the videos on their site: Video 1 Video 2 [Discuss This Article]

Ultima Online at Wayback Wednesday Submitted by UO_Herald on May 15, 2012 at 7:50 PM CDT Originally posted 15 May 2012 17:33:15 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: MMORPG.com's Twitch TV channel is going to visit Ultima Online tomorrow night, 05/16, in its Wayback Wednesday series. The session will launch at 9:30pm EDT (3:30am CEST). The hosts Rob 'Grakulen' Lashley and Hillary 'Pokket' Nicole will be joined by Bonnie 'Mesanna' Armstrong and other members of the Ultima Online team to explore the game on Test Center 1 and talk about its 15 years of history. Join us on the channel tomorrow night! [Discuss This Article]

The Awakening – Act IV Part 2 Submitted by UO_Herald on May 11, 2012 at 9:29 PM CDT Originally posted 11 May 2012 12:44:19 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: It hadn’t ever seemed like such a long journey from Ver Lor Reg to the moongate before, but their group had never been so haggard either. As the humans in Ilshenar had increased in numbers the strain on the city of Ver Lor Reg had grown to the point that it was no longer sustainable for some of the businesses and families. Prices had increased to the point that many of the gargoyles who’d lived there for ages could no longer afford to remain. Queen Zhah’s offer had tempted many away, and even some of the town guards had taken it up and left. With the pressure of the humans in the desert sifting and drawing in monsters of all sorts, combined with the opening into Exodus dungeon emitting the mechanical monsters regularly, the situation had quickly started devolving. Vas-Wen helped to drag along one of her fellow gargoyles as they made their way through the desert towards the moongate, with a gargoyle child in her other arm. The few among them with weapons were tasked with clearing a path through the dangerous areas. She was one of the few who had managed to escape uninjured when the end had started, and now she was doing everything she could to help her fellow gargoyles get away from what was left of their once glorious and beautiful city. It had just happened so fast, it still all seemed like a dream… To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Pub 76.0 Comes to Origin Submitted by UO_Herald on May 8, 2012 at 6:24 PM CDT Originally posted 7 May 2012 18:10:12 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, Publish 76.0 comes to Origin tonight. These are the changes to the Publish 76.0 Notes: Publish Notes to Origin Fixed the issue with Health Bars disappearing Players will no longer be able to summon harbingers on Test Center Vela was moved to Cove since Minoc is a faction town. Void Pool will provide additional information such as who much longer till the spawn starts and what wave you are on. Patch notes to both Classic and Enhanced Client Cliloc changes See you in the game! [Discuss This Article]

Oceania Maintenance - 05/08 Submitted by UO_Herald on May 7, 2012 at 5:02 PM CDT Originally posted 7 May 2012 16:03:56 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will bring down Oceania for service provider maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday May 8th, at 3 pm EDT (21:00 CEST). Only the Oceania shard will be affected during this time. At this moment we anticipate the shard to be back online no later then 6 pm EDT (24:00 CEST). Thank you for your understanding. [Discuss This Article]

Pub 76.0 Arrives on TC1 Today Submitted by UO_Herald on May 4, 2012 at 8:17 PM CDT Originally posted 4 May 2012 15:51:15 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: We'll will bring Pub 76 to TC1 today at 5pm EDT (11pm CEST). The shard should be back online no later than 6pm EDT (12am CEST). These are the changes to the previously posted Publish Notes: Expect cliloc errors on TC1 till early next week when we put out a new client. Added Gargoyle Artifacts in Covetous Unique hues were added to the Artifacts Adjusted the strength of the monsters in level 3 Adjusted the number and properties of the artifacts found in Covetous and purchased from Vela To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

UO Forums Interviews TheGrimmOmen Submitted by UO_Herald on May 2, 2012 at 5:37 PM CDT Originally posted 2 May 2012 15:17:13 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: The Ultima Online Forums recently published an excellent interview with TheGrimmOmen, UO Lead CG Supervisor. What is your official job title? What does it cover/involve? My official title is Lead CG Supervisor. Generally, a Lead CG Sup is in charge of tools (evaluation, creation, implementation, and support) and pipeline (the processes that artists follow to create art and get that artwork into the game) development. Since I’ve been doing UO art for… a long time now, my responsibilities currently also include Art Lead/Director responsibilities, which include schedule development for the art team, as well as writing up reviews and feedback for artwork being developed for UO. I also get to do concept artwork and on a good day, animation for our creatures. I’m also responsible for processing all the artwork we create to get it in the game. Whether you're an artist, gamer or just want to learn something about kilts, be sure to check out the complete interview. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 76 comes to TC1 Submitted by UO_Herald on May 1, 2012 at 4:34 PM CDT Originally posted 1 May 2012 16:08:14 EST by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Here are the publish notes for publish 76 comming to TC1. Enjoy! Publish 76.0.0 Gardening System Vanilla has been added to the Gardening System Vanilla seeds can be found on Exodus mobs inside Exodus Dungeon Vanilla plants will produce vanilla and additional vanilla seeds Vanilla plants cannot be crosspollinated with other plants It is possible to get mutant colored vanilla plants using conventional gardening techniques Covetous Dungeon Revamp To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.