March 30, 20187 yr Note: it’s now live This is just priming the pump: Wait until Endless Journey is officially live before creating a new account or reviving your old one. Vet accounts have to be closed for 120 days when Endless Journey starts before you can convert them to EJ accounts, and creating new accounts - you should just wait. Endless Journey is a part of Publish 99, and it's not live worldwide, but will be soon - probably next week - it's already up on a handful of shards for testing. Follow https://uo.com to know when Endless Journey is live worldwide. Note: If you've never played, start unlearning everything you know about MMORPGs, and start reading up on the links below. Some links that maybe important to you: Returning Players: https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/a-summary-for-returning-players/ Getting Started: https://uo.com/getting-started/ UO Guide: http://www.uoguide.com/Main_Page - Hasn't been updated since last August (long story), but still very relevant. Official Wiki https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/ Returning Vets: if you want to recover your old accounts, go through this page: https://uo.com/account-login-guide/ and look down the page at recovering old accounts. You will have to create a new EAMythic account to link your old UO accounts to, and you will need to know your old email addresses (but not necessarily have access to them) if you don't know your old UO accounts. It was a nightmare when EA rolled this EAMythic account thing out, but it shouldn't be too hard to recover your passwords these days, and/or get you up and running. You know you want some of this (okay, there is a better client - we have two clients, the original old-school one with slightly higher resolution interface, and a newer, better ones, but the gameplay is very similar either way). If you have problems recovering your accounts, PM me here, but don't include any account information. I know people, well a person, who still actively works on UO and I know some others who are very active in the community (and tight with the UO team), who can get you help, and I can point you their way with the right email addresses for you to contact folks. Publish 99 is about to roll out. All accounts are upgraded to Stygian Abyss. Those who played UO a long time ago, who have closed their accounts all the way up to the last 120 days, can reopen those accounts for free under "Endless Journey", a new system. There are restrictions - see the long table below, or click on the "Publish 99" link above, or the "Endless Journey" link below. There are official forums once again, for the first time in over 15 years, so you can avoid Stratics, etc. We can join existing guilds, but cannot create new ones with the free accounts. If there is enough interest, I am kicking around subscribing my oldest account and can create a Surly guild just for us. Endless Journey is: Quote For over 20 years Ultima Online has given thousands the ability to live in a world born of mystic arts and ancient sorcery. Endless Journey will allow players past and present to return to Britannia and rekindle the magic of the most venerable MMO of all time! Ultima Online: Endless Journey is a way for players to experience the core features of Ultima Online without a paid subscription. New accounts and previously paid veteran accounts that have been closed for at least 120 days are eligible for Endless Journey. Endless Journey accounts receive complimentary access to all Ultima Online expansions through Stygian Abyss. Other expansions can be purchased and applied to an Endless Journey account. Endless Journey accounts have access to Ultima Online’s core features and can enjoy exploring Britannia,training character skills, Endless Journey accounts can access Quests, Community Collections, The Virtue System (except Justice), City Loyalty (except elections), Bulk Order Deeds (except bribing), Cleanup Britannia, Zoo Donations, The Void Pool and much more! Account Restrictions Veteran Endless Journey Features Access Requirements Monthly Subscription New accounts or 120 days after a veteran account becomes inactive. No subscription required. Skill Cap 720 720 Ultima Store Yes Yes Veteran Rewards Can claim rewards in game and gain new rewards Cannot claim rewards in game or gain new rewards Use Veteran Reward Items Yes Yes Holiday Gifts Yes No Housing Placement Yes No Co-Owner or Traded/Friend Yes Cannot co-own or be traded a house. Can be friend to house only for wall safe security. Access Normal Public Houses Only Place Vendors Yes No Rental Vendors Yes No Wall Safe Yes Yes Lockdown/Secure Containers Yes No Access Mailboxes Yes No Interact with Player Vendors Yes Yes Drop logs/ingots (and other stackable items) on a locked down pile Yes No Safe logout in houses Yes Inns & Taverns Only Auction Safe Placement Yes No Dungeons Felucca Dungeons & Felucca T2A Yes Yes Chat General Chat Yes Yes Help Yes Yes Global Direct Messaging Yes Yes Character Character Transfer Tokens Yes, with purchase of token Yes, with purchase of token Character Creation All All shards, limited to 2 characters on new Endless Journey accounts Character Copy & TC1 Access Yes No/Yes Expansions, Boosters, and Theme Packs Up to Mondain’s Legacy Yes, included Yes, included Stygian Abyss Yes, included Yes, included (not active yet) High Seas If purchased If purchased Gothic/Rustic If purchased If purchased King’s Collection If purchased If purchased Time of Legends If purchased If purchased Miscellaneous Bank Box Yes No Guilds Yes Cannot create new guilds but can join existing ones Resource Harvesting Restrictions None Yes -No 2x Felucca Bonus -Only basic ore & wood -No sand or stone Vice vs Virtue Yes Can participate in VvV but do not gain occupation points in active towns Do Repeatable Quests Yes Yes Use the Bag of Sending & Chest of Sending Yes No Use the Bracelet of Binding Yes Yes Use Pet Summoning Balls Yes Yes Do Community Collections Yes Yes Use Commodity Deeds Yes No Use Scrolls of Alacrity, Power, Stat, and Transcendence Yes Yes Protect or be Protected by Another Player via the JusticeVirtue Yes No Use the Justice Virtue Yes No Gain Justice Points Yes No Use Valor, Compassion, Honesty, Honor, Humility, Sacrifice,and Spirituality Virtues Yes Yes Receive Scrolls from Champ Spawns Yes No Use Power Scrolls Yes Yes Receive Rewards, Monster Kill Points, or Virtue Points fromChamp Spawns Yes No Receive Mondain’s Legacy Resource Rewards Yes Yes EM Event Items Yes No Attack EM Event Creatures All None Board Ships All All, High Seas ships if purchased City Loyalty Yes Yes City Elections & Governorships Yes No Treasures of Tokuno Style Events Yes Yes Bulk Order Deeds Yes Yes, cannot bribe up Use Pack Animals Yes Yes Cleanup Britannia Yes Yes Zoo Donations Yes Yes Covetous Void Pool Yes Yes Edited April 7, 20187 yr by atomheartbevo
April 3, 20187 yr Author We are getting very close - they are finishing the Publish 99 rollout this week (April 5). In fact, it could be open on the 5th once the shards come back online. https://uo.com/2018/04/02/publish-99-update/ Quote 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
April 3, 20187 yr Lets see I think I quit in the fall of 2004. I'll probably need some help getting the account back, if it's possible.
April 6, 20187 yr Author It is live. Full details. And they beefed up their account recovery details and tutorials if you can’t recover after looking at those, post here or PM me https://uo.com/endless-journey/ Edited April 6, 20187 yr by atomheartbevo
April 6, 20187 yr On 3/30/2018 at 1:36 PM, atomheartbevo said: We can join existing guilds, but cannot create new ones with the free accounts. If there is enough interest, I am kicking around subscribing my oldest account and can create a Surly guild just for us. Greatest group of assholes in Britannia? I'm in. So I had an account when it first launched. I played for a few months, never got very far in it or did anything special with my character. Would it be worth it to try to revive this, or just do a new account? Edited April 6, 20187 yr by Hellraiser97
April 6, 20187 yr Author Yes, I would try to revive it. You might have some old items that are now rares worth a lot these days. Check the tutorials in the link above. Edited April 7, 20187 yr by atomheartbevo
April 7, 20187 yr Author Got this email today. Check your old email accounts or whatever email is associated with your old UO accounts. If you get this, you’re mostly ready to go. Quote Broadsword Online Games Ultima Online Account Change Notification Greetings, This mail contains important information on changes to your Ultima Online account. All Ultima Online accounts that have been closed for more than 120 days can be used to access Endless Journey. The Endless Journey account allows play (with some restrictions) for free without an end date. In addition, all accounts now have access to the Stygian Abyss expansion. More information on the new Endless Journey account type and on the Stygian Abyss expansion can be found here. UO Team This is an automated email from the Account Management site for Broadsword Online Games. © 2018 Electronic Arts Inc. All Rights Reserved.
April 20, 20187 yr I have an old account. I remember the account name but not sure my old email works.
April 21, 20187 yr Author On 4/20/2018 at 12:05 PM, EvilCaseMcCoy said: I have an old account. I remember the account name but not sure my old email works. On 4/20/2018 at 12:42 PM, EvilCaseMcCoy said: It want's me to activate a key. Where I do I get a key? PM sent.
July 11, 20187 yr I'm so heart broke trying to get into my Ultima account I've found my username but now i need an activation key! anyone know how to get an activation key before i go nuts
July 11, 20187 yr 17 hours ago, whitleyjane said: I'm so heart broke trying to get into my Ultima account I've found my username but now i need an activation key! anyone know how to get an activation key before i go nuts We're supposed to email a lady. I never did. Let me know if you try and if it works.
November 29, 20187 yr Anybody looking to kill some time, a new shard just came out about a month ago. It's completely free with an all new map. I've been playing and it's actually refreshing and not as frustrating as the other few times I've restarted this game Check it out: https://uooutlands.com/
August 15, 20241 yr Author Ultima fan: We should crowd fund you buying UO back form EA, so you can restore it to its former glory and we can finally have the best MMO made back, meaning we can dive back into it and forget about all this real world insanity that's grinding at our smiles. Richard Garriott: I believe I will get it back "soon" Ultima fan: Wait...WHAT? Are you able to speak about that?? Richard Garriott: Nope Another Ultima fan: "soon" as in sarcastic or "soon" as in like maybe this could happen "soon"? Richard Garriott: I have reason to be honestly hopeful.
August 15, 20241 yr UO thru gold might have been the most fun game I've ever played. I was also owning Q2 CTF on a Pentium pro, 6 mb voodoo card, and UT dorm Ethernet at the time. My best gaming ever. Edited August 15, 20241 yr by elfenix
August 15, 20241 yr 23 minutes ago, elfenix said: UO thru gold might have been the most fun game I've ever played. I was also owning Q2 CTF on a Pentium pro, 6 mb voodoo card, and UT dorm Ethernet at the time. My best gaming ever. You should check out the book Masters of Doom (if you havent already). Bet you'd love it. Edited August 15, 20241 yr by ztejas
October 19, 20241 yr On 8/14/2024 at 11:49 PM, elfenix said: UO thru gold might have been the most fun game I've ever played. I was also owning Q2 CTF on a Pentium pro, 6 mb voodoo card, and UT dorm Ethernet at the time. My best gaming ever. We might be long lost friends. Me and my buddy (both engineering students) went to the UO launch party at Paradox Night Club. That shit was epic....miss those days of gaming. Got to play alongside Lord British (Richard).
February 18Feb 18 Author There's been this weird buzz lately. Not sure if something is going on. Bonnie/Mesanna has stepped down as producer after over a dozen years of running the show, and the lead designer (one of only two designers) is now the producer as well, and he was best suited to take over. I wouldn't read much into that - she's taken a reduced role (head of GMs/customer support), but it's clear she's basically retiring (she's of the age to). The buzz seems to be some YouTubers have generated some interest, and there appears to be some older sites in the process of making a comeback (they never went away, just weren't being updated since the 2010s). But at the same time, the dev team is small as hell, with only one programmer, two artists, and a designer and designer/producer. At least publicly they are, based on the credits from the last few expansions. It took them 4-5 years to get this up and running, it's the first new official shard in almost 20 years, and it's focused on roleplaying, with "seasons" or whatever. https://uo.com/ultima-online-new-legacy/ Quote Ultima Online: New Legacy is a new server that launches with the original map of Britannia using a customized ruleset focused on a core RPG experience. We have completely rethought, reworked, and redesigned several core gameplay experiences with the goal of rekindling the classic feel of Ultima Online – focused on keeping true to the roots of Ultima as an RPG! At the core of this experience is your new Britannian Legacy. Throughout gameplay you will be living your avatar’s quests throughout Britannia with each adventure. Where will you go? What battles will you fight? Will you rejoice in victory or taste bitter defeat? What friends will you make? What enemies will you best? The choice will be yours as you forge your new Britannian Legacy – a legacy that will be told for generations to come! It's not been much of a hit with longtime bank sitters players from what I can tell, and I have no idea if it's bringing people back, but overall there is definitely a buzz that hasn't been around in a while. Could be just something temporarily ginned up by some positive YouTube coverage. Meanwhile some of the free shards are more popular than ever. Nothing major on the horizon, at least not until the summer when they are teasing an major event that could boot out King Blackthorn (which be interesting if they brought back Lord British): https://uo.com/2025/01/21/2025-roadmap-update/
February 18Feb 18 Author I've been playing around on Atlantic with the free version on a new account just showing my kid some stuff (I'm nervous about re-activating one of my main accounts), and when I roll into a vendor mall in Malas or near the Yew Gate or wherever, and I see vendors selling lots of stuff for 175 million gold... And I had 3 different people, when they found out I was looking at coming back for a bit, just hand me a few million in gold to help me out. Strangers. I mean, a few million gold does not go very far at all, but it was very generous, and one outfitted me with some armor and weapons, rulebooks, etc. I was also told that if I transferred all of my rewards and old stuff over to Atlantic, I could easily be rolling in half a billion or far more in gold easily (well, translated to platinum because the bank can't go that high in gold). A whole lot of stuff from the 90s and early 2000s is worth an insane amount these days. I can remember when $10 would get you a million gold, now $10 will get you 50 million in gold. But it makes me wonder how the hell a truly new player could get started. Atlantic is the busiest, with I think Pacific and Catskills trailing, and everybody else outside of the Japanese shards doing a lot less. And it's quite clear that a shitload of people are playing on unofficial clients - people even joke about it in game, and I watched a few PVP events and it's clear that...I won't say they are scripting hard, but...some of them are. I could not PVP in this day and age. They did add official support on the official shards for a 3rd-party web-based client (you still need to have an original install on your computer for the data files) - https://classicuo.org For those wanting to play unofficial shards, Outlands is probably your best bet.
February 24Feb 24 Author Well holy shit, it plays just fine on my Mac using Chrome, without having to copy any client installs from Windows. Just load Chrome, login to a discord account, and click on the link below. You can use either a paid account, or a new free account, or a veteran account that kicked over to Endless Journey for free. And yes, this is approved by the Powers That Be at Broadsword/UO https://retail.classicuo.org/
September 10Sep 10 Author On 2/18/2025 at 8:17 AM, atomheartbevo said: But it makes me wonder how the hell a truly new player could get started. Atlantic is the busiest, with I think Pacific and Catskills trailing, and everybody else outside of the Japanese shards doing a lot less. So played a bit in the spring, then played with my son in July, and then a little bit over the past few months, on the official UO shards. Impressions. The event they held over the summer was pretty fucking cool, and it was a demonstration of a new quest/event/dungeon system that was just implemented. The "New Legacy" speciality/seasonal shard is cool (the rewards are worth it). It's also the test-bed for new code that's being written to replace the old "spaghetti" code. Atlantic completely, utterly sucks ass. A decent-sized house in a decent location (not even max-storage mind you) runs into the hundreds of millions. With that said, you can place 9x14s and 10x15s here and there when houses fall (Ye Olde IDOC) but there's always a dozen people also trying unless you stay up really late. But Atlantic is over-run with middle-aged 12 year-olds talking shit to each other in general chat, and the best housing plots that are available were placed by scripters who had automated bots place the micro-second an IDOC spot was available for placing. Apparently 1-2 people have placed about 90% of the best spots that have opened up over the past few years. Developers say they are going to deal with them harshly, soon (2 weeks?). Prices also suck on a lot of things, and it seems to be populated by shit-talkers, item collectors, and people trying to sell stuff for real-life money. Lake Superior, Catskills, Chesapeake, Baja, Pacific, and the Japanese shards are the best shards - not as much activity as Atlantic, but not overrun with shit-talking and scripters, and you can place 18x18s (And even towers and keeps). They ran the events this summer just fine (the events required cooperation from several players to even have a shot at making it through all 5 steps). Luna no longer matters as far as housing because we have a shard-wide vendor search system you can access from your home or in a city. People still hang in Luna a bit, because the bank has all of the NPC shops around it, but it's not like it was. According to a friend who has gotten me re-engaged with UO, UO is slowly being rewritten to address various issues (it has 5-6 person team doing coding/design/graphics). This summer, the back-end of the Classic Client was migrated to "modern tools" (guessing the same as the Enhanced Client). Right now they are working on making the Classic Client run at 60fps or more, and with a resizable window. If you are wanting to play production shard, I'd go with Lake Superior. I'm on there and can help anybody who is interested. It seems to run on a central time zone, and the reason why I originally picked it back in the 90s was because of how many Austin-area players were on it (it had a really good ping, I think it was located in Origin's offices here in town). Yeah, there's Lake Austin, but that came later. Edited September 10Sep 10 by atomheartbevo
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