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Contents
- 1 2009
- 1.1 December 18, 2009
- 1.2 December 17, 2009
- 1.3 December 16, 2009
- 1.4 December 15, 2009
- 1.5 December 11, 2009
- 1.6 December 7, 2009
- 1.7 November 20, 2009
- 1.8 November 19, 2009
- 1.9 November 18, 2009
- 1.10 November 17, 2009
- 1.11 November 12, 2009
- 1.12 November 6, 2009
- 1.13 November 2, 2009
- 1.14 October 30, 2009
- 1.15 October 28, 2009
- 1.16 October 28, 2009
- 1.17 October 25, 2009
- 1.18 October 23, 2009
- 1.19 October 22, 2009
- 1.20 October 16, 2009
- 1.21 October 15, 2009
- 1.22 October 13, 2009
- 1.23 October 9, 2009
- 1.24 October 8, 2009
- 1.25 October 7, 2009
- 1.26 October 3, 2009
- 1.27 September 25, 2009
- 1.28 September 23, 2009
- 1.29 September 22, 2009
- 1.30 September 19, 2009
- 1.31 September 18, 2009
- 1.32 September 11, 2009
- 1.33 September 8, 2009
- 1.34 September 4, 2009
- 1.35 August 28, 2009
- 1.36 August 21, 2009
- 1.37 August 14, 2009
- 1.38 August 7, 2009
- 1.39 July 31, 2009
- 1.40 July 24, 2009
- 1.41 July 22, 2009
- 1.42 July 17, 2009
- 1.43 July 14, 2009
- 1.44 July 10, 2009
- 1.45 July 3, 2009
- 1.46 June 26, 2009
- 1.47 June 19, 2009
- 1.48 June 18, 2009
- 1.49 June 12, 2009
- 1.50 June 5, 2009
- 1.51 May 29, 2009
- 1.52 May 22, 2009
- 1.53 May 15, 2009
- 1.54 May 14, 2009
- 1.55 May 8, 2009
- 1.56 May 7, 2009
- 1.57 May 1, 2009
- 1.58 April 29, 2009
- 1.59 April 24, 2009
- 1.60 April 17, 2009
- 1.61 April 10, 2009
- 1.62 April 9, 2009
- 1.63 April 3, 2009
- 1.64 March 27, 2009
- 1.65 March 26, 2009
- 1.66 March 25, 2009
- 1.67 March 23, 2009
- 1.68 March 20, 2009
- 1.69 March 19, 2009
- 1.70 March 13, 2009
- 1.71 March 11, 2009
- 1.72 March 10, 2009
- 1.73 March 6, 2009
- 1.74 February 27, 2009
- 1.75 February 20, 2009
- 1.76 February 17, 2009
- 1.77 February 16, 2009
- 1.78 February 13, 2009
- 1.79 February 12, 2009
- 1.80 February 10, 2009
- 1.81 February 9, 2009
- 1.82 February 6, 2009
- 1.83 February 3, 2009
- 1.84 January 30, 2009
- 1.85 January 23, 2009
- 1.86 January 22, 2009
- 1.87 January 16, 2009
- 1.88 Janurary 12, 2009
- 1.89 January 9, 2009
- 1.90 Janurary 8, 2009
- 2 See Also
This page lists all the news that have been on the UO News section in 2009, in reverse chronological order by the date they're posted.
2009
December 18, 2009
- Publish 63.1 has been released to all shards.
- Followed by Publish 63.2 roughly 12 hours later
December 17, 2009
- Publish 63 has been released to all shards and includes:
- Significant changes to the Imbuing skill
- Holiday 2009 gifts are available for characters 30+ days old.
- Sarah the Exotic Goods Trader will trade new Costumes.
- Major rennovation of the global chat system.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.4.3 for the UO Classic Client.
- Client Patch 4.0.4.3 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
- A bug with character transformations has been identified and will be fixed at each shard's next maintenance period.
- Later re-packaged/re-labeled as Publish 63.1
December 16, 2009
- Publish 63 will be released to all shards following their next maintenance period.
December 15, 2009
- Publish 63 has been released to the Origin shard.
- Includes significant changes to the Imbuing skill as well as numerous bug fixes
- Spoiler: Holiday 2009 gifts.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.4.2 for the UO Classic Client.
- Client Patch 4.0.4.2 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
December 11, 2009
- Publish 63 has been released to the TC1 shard.
- Includes significant changes to the Imbuing skill as well as numerous bug fixes
- Spoiler: Holiday 2009 gifts.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.4.0 for the UO Classic Client.
- Followed by Client Patch 7.0.4.1
- Client Patch 4.0.4.0 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
- Followed by Client Patch 4.0.4.1
- Client Patch 7.0.4.0 for the UO Classic Client.
December 7, 2009
- Publish 62.3.7 has been released to the TC1 shard.
- Primarily includes significant changes to the Imbuing skill.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.3.1 for the UO Classic Client.
- Client Patch 4.0.3.1 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
November 20, 2009
November 19, 2009
- An official warning has been posted regarding purchasing imbued ecru rings.
- Publish 62.3 has been updated with several Bug Fixes.
November 18, 2009
- Publish 62.3 has been released to all shards.
- Includes the Thanksgiving 2009 Quest.
November 17, 2009
- Publish 62.3 has been released to the Origin shard.
- Includes the Thanksgiving 2009 Quest.
November 12, 2009
- Publish 62.3 has been released to the TC1 shard.
- Includes the Thanksgiving 2009 Quest.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.3.0 for the UO Classic Client.
- Client Patch 4.0.3.0 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
November 6, 2009
- Five on Friday - "We're Jammin'" - Red crystal and future events, veteran reward statues, Enhanced Client improvements and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
November 2, 2009
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.2.2 for the UO Classic Client.
- Unnamed patch for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client(version still displayed as 4.0.2.1)
October 30, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Happy Halloween!" - Next UO story arc, dyeable Spring Cleaning reward armor, owner names on soulstones and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
October 28, 2009
- Publish 62.2 will be released to all shards following their next daily maintenance.
October 28, 2009
- Publish 62.2 will be released to all shards following their next daily maintenance.
October 25, 2009
- Publish 62 will be released to all remaing shards following their next daily maintenance.
- Halloween 2009 items, activities and a quest will be included with the publish.
October 23, 2009
- Five on Friday - "ooOOOooooOOOoo" - Search issues on MyUO, reds in Trammel, Factions revamp under consideration and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
- Publish 62 has been released to the Origin shard.
October 22, 2009
- Publish 62 has been released to the TC1 shard.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.2.1 for the UO Classic Client.
- Client Patch 4.0.2.1 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
October 16, 2009
- Five on Friday - "C:/DOS, C:/DOS/RUN, RUN/DOS/RUN" - The Virtue System, Codex of Virtue status, swapping Vetern Rewards and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
October 15, 2009
- Publish 61.1 has been released to all shards.
- Players have been warned about Decorative, Non-Functional Soulforges
October 13, 2009
- Players have been warned to Not Use An Axe To Re-Deed the Anniversary Virtue Floor Deed
October 9, 2009
- Publish 61 has been released to all shards.
- Five on Friday - "Pub 61 is Out the Door" - Loyalty, high item durability loss rate, Mortal Strike bug and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
October 8, 2009
- Publish 61 has been released to the Origin shard.
- Client Patches have been released:
- Client Patch 7.0.1.1 for the UO Classic Client.
- Client Patch 4.0.1.1 for the UO Enhanced(SA) Client.
October 7, 2009
- Publish 61 is now on the Test Center shard.
- Players have been warned to Not Place Items in Gargish Dressers
October 3, 2009
- Five on Friday - "No Wammy No Wammy Big Bux Big Bux" - Weighted modifers when unraveling, elf hats displaying, Cleansing Winds overpowered and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
September 25, 2009
- Today is Ultima Online's 12th Anniversary! Happy Birthday, UO!
- Five on Friday - "Extra Extra Read All About It" - Top Mysticism spell scroll drops, guild system bug, experimental room reward, Font of Fortune info, gargoyle Meditation vs. gargoyle jewelry, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
September 23, 2009
- Client Patch 7.0.0.4 has been released for the UO Classic Client to resolve a desktop setting issue.
- Client Patch 7.0.0.3 has been released for the UO Classic Client.
September 22, 2009
- Return to Britannia! - All former UO players who left their accounts in good standing may now login to UO for free through October 16th
September 19, 2009
- All players should re-deed veteran reward statues or risk losing them.[1]
September 18, 2009
- Five on Friday - "I'll take Stygian Abyss for $200 Alex" - Guard Zones on Siege Perilous, event lag, Vollems held in crystal balls, acquiring Soul Forges and other questions answered.
- Publish 60.1 has been released to all shards and has numerous bug fixes for Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
September 11, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Woo Hoo Stygian Abyss is Here" - Item properties alteration plans, pet armor, "making people jerky" and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
September 8, 2009
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss has officially launched!
- Publish 60 has been published to all shards to enable Stygian Abyss.
- The Publish Notes are extensive and fairly comprehensive.
September 4, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Only a Few More Days!" - Gargoyle tokens, no castles in Ter Mur, buying the expansion, Enhanced Client status, Mimic+Puzzle Room vs. Casters, harrassment call procedure, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
August 28, 2009
- Five on Friday - "TGIF" - Silver Saplings, entering Ter Mur, new PvP areasand other Stygian Abyss questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
August 21, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Imbuing Imbuing Imbuing" - More information on Stygian Abyss including Imbuing properties, Throwing mechanics and the new Champion Spawns.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
August 14, 2009
- The Stygian Abyss expansion has entered open beta, and can be accessed via the Retribution shard. Users of the 2D Client will need to install a special version from here.
- Five on Friday - "Open Beta FAQ " - More information about the Stygian Abyss open beta.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
August 7, 2009
- Five on Friday - "01010011 01000001" - Tamer pet slots, Throwing skill, Custom House Ladders and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
- EA's official Enhanced Client Desktop Screenshot Contest ends tomorrow - vote today!
July 31, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Gargoyles Can Fly" - EA interns, reds still stuck in Fel, Peerless in SA, Gargoyles and pack animals, 2D & SA patching, Announcements.
- This week's [2] Community Spotlight is up.
- Update to Publish 59 to be published to all shards during next daily maintenance, including the end of Treasures of Tokuno III.
July 24, 2009
- Five on Friday - "01010101 01001111" - Cloaks of Silence info, Spirit Speak jewelry bug, new UO installer app and more
- Win free game time! The Enhanced Client Desktop Screenshot Contest has been announced
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
- Another round of Stygian Abyss Beta invitations has been emailed to selected players. It's still not to late to register for an invite
July 22, 2009
- A partnership between EA and NetDragon to develop a new MMO game based on UO for the Asian market has been reported in the media
- Due to popular demand, the Shadowlords event and Treasures of Tokuno III have been announced as extended until July 31, 2009.
July 17, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Blackrock Rocks Your Socks!" - Uses of Blackrock, a comment on Bless Deeds, Honorable Execution code and more.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
- The Stygian Abyss client has entered open beta!
July 14, 2009
- Publish 59 published to all shards! The Shadowlords come out in the open!
July 10, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Jack of All Trades" - Llama Energy Vortexes, champ/skill titles, Harrower title display issues, new stealables in SA, info on Jack of All Trades, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
July 3, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Happy 4th of July" - Faction stat loss, Champ Spawn titles, Eval Int vs. Spellweaving spells, gargoyle flying and Dismount, SDI vs. positive Magery spells, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
June 26, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Summer Summer Summer Time" - Gargoyles and dismounting/throwing, Tokuno and Blackrock, monster rebalancing and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
June 19, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Three Times a Charm" - Pet navigation, gargoyle flying, opposing faction healing, Despise, ghosts, and Exorcism, global chat in SA, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
June 18, 2009
- UO's third Treasures of Tokuno event is active, and scheduled to run until July 18th! Leurocian's Mempo of Fortune and new dyes have been introduced.
June 12, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Have a great weekend! " - Jewelry and Imbuing, the Feint move explained, Lumberjacking damage bonuses and other questions answered.
- Fansite Contests for Beta entry - Enter now to win your way into the Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss beta! UOGuide's competition page can be found here.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
June 5, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Beta Launch" - Extra character slots with Stygian Abyss, Gargoyle Flight, Skill points on jewelry and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
May 29, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Fantastic Friday" - Rune spot blocking and the z-axis, bamboo stool spawns, Stygian Abyss and 2D graphics and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
May 22, 2009
- Five on Friday - "I'll Be Back" - SA macros, Ninjitsu with Poison effects and other questions answered.
- Invitations to participate in the Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss Beta program have yet to be sent out. It's not too late to apply here.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up. * This week's Community Spotlight is up.
- The Official UO Fansites Program has resumed.
- Updates have been made to the Official Stygian Abyss FAQ at UOHerald.com
May 15, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Summer is Around the Corner" - SA's camera view, issues with the Vorpal Blade, HLA on glasses, new tilesets in SA, CTRL-based macros in the SA client, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
May 14, 2009
- Applications are available to become listed as an Official UO Fansite
May 8, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Factions Factions Factions" - Questions about Factions-related issues, Dread War Horses and the Fey Slayer property.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
May 7, 2009
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss Beta tester applications are now being accepted at UOHerald.com. This is a Closed Beta and testing is scheduled to begin by the end of May 2009.
May 1, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Uno De Mayo!" - Several questions, and answers, about the Gargoyle Flying Ability, recent proposed potion changes to PvP and more
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
April 29, 2009
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss has been officialy announced for Summer 2009 via a Press Release
April 24, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Summer is around the Corner" - Fey Slayers, Zoo Turn in's, the Mark spell and other questions.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
April 17, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Tweet Tweet Tweet" - Imbuing, KR client, Recall destination and Gargoyle Slayers in PvP questions answered as well as a hint on Stygian Abyss housing.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
April 10, 2009
- Five on Friday - "It's Friday, Go Frolick" - Archery vs. Throwing, Doom points abridged edition, Faction item durability, a possible future red reprieve, Draconi admits that collection turn-ins frequently suck, Announcements.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
April 9, 2009
- The 11th Year Collection is once again available for sale to all UO players.
- The official, new Live Events Page has been created to host all of the scheduling and lore of current and future live events and serve as a repository for event-related lore of the last 11 years. An RSS feed is also available.
April 3, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Spring Showers" - Stygian Abyss Tameables, The Avatar and other questions answered.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
March 27, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Happy Friday!!" - Imbuing information, faction/non-faction alliances, dex and Stealing, info on Focus Groups, possible future use for Forensic Evaluation, Announcements, and a call for "bugged" quivers.
- This week's Community Spotlight is up.
- The schedule for the next event has been posted.
- New BNN: Conversations
- New BNN: Salvation
March 26, 2009
- An Update has been made to Publish 58 on all shards.
- The official UO PlayGuide has been updated, and is now searchable.
March 25, 2009
- New BNN: Platinum Dragons
March 23, 2009
- New BNN: Crimson Dragon
March 20, 2009
- Five on Friday - "More Live Questions" - GM Lumberjacking vs. GM Mining, Honoring by multiple people, a trio of event item questions, Enchanted Apples + Enhanced Bandages = To Be Fixed, dropping party for peerless loot, a hint at possible Tinkering runics in SA, Announcements.
- The new, weekly Community Spotlight] is out.
- The schedule has been posted for the Fire and Ice event this weekend.
- New BNN: Tales of Ice and Fire
March 19, 2009
- Publish 58 has been published to all shards.
- Some issues have arisen where normal accounts could be flagged as trial accounts.
March 13, 2009
- Five on Friday - "It's Friday!" - TC1 changes and production shards, BoD drop rates, a plea for Personal Attendant functionality, new crate stealables in SA, timetable for the end of the current invasions, and a complicated analysis of Luck.
- Clainin has suddenly awoken from his coma following an accident with Blackrock two years ago. The Royal Arch-Mage was immediately the target of an assassination.
March 11, 2009
- Publish 58 is now live on the Test Center shard.
March 10, 2009
- Client Patches were released today to remove the snow from the lands and fix missing KR crafting gumps:
March 6, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Friday Friday Friday" - Questions answered regarding Stygian Abyss and Kingdom Reborn clients as well as statloss and Fan Site News.
- UO Forums has posted an in-depth and revealing interview with Draconi, UO's Lead Designer.
February 27, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Fun Friday Facts" - Hacked Account reporting steps covered, Spellweaving questions answered, Item Identification to be useful in Stygian Abyss expansion, Fan Site News.
February 20, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Faction Questions this Friday" - SA access for 2D client users, Mage Armor on Platemail Samurai Armor, more silver spots, Factions and Character Transfers, additions for Inscription in SA, info on Damage Conversion, a fix for Bags of Sending, Fansite News, Announcements.
- The Bank Renovation Contest results are in!
February 17, 2009
- The 11th Anniversary Collection was released outside Japan, but later had some difficulties.
February 16, 2009
- Draconi has outlined his plans for trial account changes.
February 13, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Valentine Cupids" - Some crafting info for SA, unravelling info (magic item Salvage Bag), SoT looting rights drop info, champion spawn points vs. leaving the subserver, champion spawn level creature clarification, paragon champions, Fansite News, EM events.
February 12, 2009
- An update to Publish 57 was published today.
February 10, 2009
- The login servers went down for maintenance, and were then promptly brought back up.
February 9, 2009
- Boats had some issues on Origin, but were then fixed.
- Congratulations are in order for several in-game couples who tied the knot in EM-run weddings.
February 6, 2009
- Five on Friday - "More Than Five This Friday" - Macro info for the SA client, info on HLD, a clarification and then a rescindment on Woodland Armor, test center commands, Magincia vs. CoM, Magincia rebuild timeline, Fansite News.
February 3, 2009
- The schedule for the next round of EM events has been released.
January 30, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Horde Minions and Pink Bunnies" - Discussion on high-resolution art in the SA client, clarification on horde minions' purpose, hint of a replacement for Valentine's rabbits, setting delays in 2D macros, foreshadowing of a ghost cam fix, Fansite News, general Announcements.
January 23, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Chrissay's First FoF!" - First mention of Windows 7 compatibility, Scrolls of Transcendence = permanent, application of DCI from quivers, update on a possible future Spring Cleaning event, buying skills in New Haven, Fansite News.
January 22, 2009
- Ultima Online is graced with a new permanent Community Coordinator.
January 16, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Virtue and Weddings" - The dyability of replicas, a hint at possible work on the Virtue system, a "no" on changing Heartwood weapon intensities, reminder about the Bank Rennovation Contest, a trio of wedding questions, and Fansite News.
- The schedule for the Casca Events is now posted.
Janurary 12, 2009
- A Royal Decree hath been issued declaring Casca King of Britannia.
January 9, 2009
- Five on Friday - "Exactly Five on Friday" - Serious Masonry bug discussed, Acid Slime problems on Siege Perilous, a hint on Blackrock and other questions answered.
- Balance Testing Changes have been made to the Test Center shard.
- From Rags to Riches - Former adversaries find common ground in a prison cell in this next chapter of War of Shadows fiction...
Janurary 8, 2009
- Slime Invasion Fixes will extend the Acid Slime invasion as well as fix issues with Dragon Barding Deeds used with Swamp Dragons. All neon-dyed swamp dragons will be reverted to iron color.
See Also
- UOGuide:UO_News_Archives - full news archive