Ultima Online: Adventures on the High Seas

Adventures of the High Seas (from UO Town Hall presentation slide)

Adventures on the High Seas is the latest expansion that will launch on Fall 2010. It is announced during the UO Town Hall Meeting on August 28, 2010.

It will have a retail price of $14.99 USD.

List of New Systems

New Ships

• Three New Boat Types/Styles:
  • Tokuno
  • Orcish
  • Gargish
• Boats are paintable, in different Hues (no glacial colors!
• Introduction of Rowboats

Ship Movement

• Boats move smoothly from tile to tile (like walking)
• Boats can now move at three different speeds
• May be controlled via mouse instead of spoken commands

Ship Weapons

• Boats will have multiple weapon stations where cannon may be placed
• Multi-step firing system(loading, lighting, etc.)
• Two Ammo types
• Cannon and ammo crafting(Blacksmithing skill add-on)

Ship Damage

• Boats will display increasing amounts of damage taken

Ship Repair and Crafting

• May be repaired with a variety of craftable items
• Players with Carpentry skill receive bonus to ship repair

Pirate / Merchant Ships

• NPC waypoints
• Unique crews
• Attackable
• Defend themselves

Boss Encounters

• Scalis the Enforcer
• Island Encounter

Sea Market

• A floating dock-style town at sea
• New NPC's:
  • Fish Monger
  • Dockmaster - to automatically load/unload items from ship holds, for a fee
  • Specialty Merchants
• Pirate bounty quest system
  • Based off a bulletin board
  • Pirates may be captured or killed
  • Captured pirates maybe be placed in manacles on your ship's bow

Fishing Skill Updates

• Location-specific fishing
• 36 new fish, including lobsters
• 16 new buffs(10 minute duration, from eating fish pies)
• 2 new wall-mountable fish
  • One each from Trammel and Felucca
  • Will include the date the fish was caught

Miscellaneous

• House and Bank storage increase
• New methods for boarding ships
• New Cooking recipes