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UO Herald - Special Announcement

Age Verification – Brazil Only

Posted on by UO Dev Team

6/4/2026

Greetings,

EA is working to comply with the Digital ECA Law which will effectively update features and services in EA titles for players in Brazil.  This includes Ultima Online.  Today, a new age verification workflow was introduced for players who are located in Brazil. If a player in this region has not yet verified their age, they will be prompted to login to the account center to go through a verification process to verify their age.

Players in this region who do not meet the age requirements will not be able to play the game.

Below are links to EA articles around these updates and changes:

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Arirang Revert

Posted on by UO Dev Team

6/1/2026

Greetings

Due to issues affecting the underlying cloud instance, Arirang was reverted to the morning of May 29, resulting in a loss of player progress since that point. We understand how frustrating this can be and sincerely apologize for the disruption. Thank you for your patience and for continuing to report issues that help us maintain shard stability.

For any issue related to Ultima Store purchases on Arirang during the revert window please contact support by June 8, 2026.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 123 World Wide

Posted on by UO Dev Team

5/12/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce that Publish 123 will be deployed World Wide today to Oceania & Japan during their next regularly scheduled maintenance.  All other shards will be updated during their regularly scheduled maintenance cycles with North America beginning May 13, 2026.

Please be sure to check out the Publish Notes for all the updates, including:

  • Spritelight – Live with each shard’s WW publish!
  • Moonveil – Begins July 1, 2026
  • New wooden weapons
  • PvP Updates
  • Harrower Update
  • Spoils of War
  • Cleanup Britannia Update
  • Ultima Store – Neck Transmogrification Potion
  • Help Menu Update
  • QoL & Bug Fixes

Character transfer will be disabled until all shards are updated to Publish 123.  Please also note this release includes a mandatory client patch, so be sure to patch your client before accessing the game world.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 123 to Origin

Posted on by UO Dev Team

5/7/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce Publish 123 has been deployed to Origin!  We will also be publishing Baja & Izumo during their next regularly scheduled maintenance.

Please be sure to checkout the Publish 123 notes for details on all the updates!

This release also includes mandatory client patches for the Classic & Enhanced Clients, so be sure to patch fully before trying to access the game servers.

Transfers will be unavailable on Origin, Baja, and Izumo until all shards are updated with Publish 123.  We expect world wide deployment of Publish 123 next week.  Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback and testing!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 123 TC1 Release 4

Posted on by UO Dev Team

5/1/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce the next release of Publish 123 is available on Test Center 1!  This update includes our newest seasonal event, Moonveil, as well as some additional PvP balance changes.  You can read all the latest changes in the publish notes.  We look forward to your feedback!  Continue the conversation in the official Ultima Online Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Happening Now – Roadmap Roundtable!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

4/28/2026

Greetings,

Join us in the Official Ultima Online Discord to participate in our Roadmap Roundtable!  You can also catch the stream on our official Twitch & YouTube channels.  Spend some time with the Ultima Online Dev Team as we talk about Publish 123 & 124, New Legacy Season 2, and answer some of your questions.

Ultima Online Discord:  https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

Ultima Online Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/BroadswordUO

Ultima Online YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@ultimaonlineofficial

You can also visit us on Test Center 1 at the Barnacle Tavern in Minoc!

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Special Announcement

Roadmap Roundtable 4/28 @ 5pm ET – Join us!

Posted on by UO Dev Team

4/23/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce our next developer Roadmap Roundtable!  Join us in the Official Ultima Online Discord at 5pm ET on Tuesday, April 28th.  You can also catch the stream on our official Twitch & YouTube channels.  Spend some time with the Ultima Online Dev Team as we talk about Publish 123 & 124, New Legacy Season 2, and answer some of your questions.

Ultima Online Discord:  https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

Ultima Online Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/BroadswordUO

Ultima Online YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@ultimaonlineofficial

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 123 TC1 Publish 3

Posted on by UO Dev Team

4/21/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce the next TC1 Update of Publish 123 is now available for testing.  We want to thank the entire community for participating in the discussion and feedback around this release.  We understand how passionate our players are, and want to reassure everyone that our primary goal is to iterate on these changes in such a way that we can achieve success, respond to community feedback, and meet our long term development goals.  Check out the latest publish notes for full details.  We invite everyone to continue the conversation in the official Ultima Online discord at: https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

Publish 123 Comes to TC1

Posted on by UO Dev Team

4/9/2026

Greetings,

We are pleased to announce the first iteration of Publish 123 has been released to Test Center 1!  Updates in this release of Publish 123 include,

  • A New Britannian Holiday – Spritelight
  • New Wooden Weapons
  • PvP Balance Changes
  • Harrower Update, including the new Spoils of War
  • Cleanup Britannia Update
  • Ultima Store Items – Transmogrification Neck Slot
  • Quality of Life & Bug Fixes

For full details, check out the latest patch notes.

Be sure to patch up your client to the latest version before testing any new content.  We are looking forward to the discussion on Publish 123 in the Official UO Discord at https://discord.com/invite/ultimaonline

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

UO Herald - Hotfix

Classic Client Patch 7.0.114.2

Posted on by UO Dev Team

2/24/2026

Greetings,

We’ve released Classic Client Patch 7.0.114.2 which addresses the following,

  • Resolves issue with out of synch animations in the Paladin of Air armor set
  • Resolves map issues related to New Legacy Shards

See you in Britannia,

UO Team