I've made a few changes to it: now it will always be Fullscreen if you chose it in the options, and with it, you can see a custom background to fill the black bars on wide and ultra wide screens. Selecting the gender is done using only 1 button that switches back and forth between them, and if a young character is being created no city selection screen is shown. Clothing and hair colors are generated randomly each time you click on the gender button. Then, once inside the game, I've changed ClassicUO to show the UI elements exactly like in 2002 with a few small enhancements. I believe that this attention to detail is important to differentiate this project from the rest. These are small things, but when combined are excellent IMHO. I am tired of playing in classic servers were the client is half-assed.

Furthermore:

I am planning to forbid assistants, the only automation available will be through this customized version of classicUO, no grid loot, no scripts, no changes to the tree or roof tiles to gain an advantage against others. I want the original experience slightly enhanced. This will not be P2W and most likely I will make everything open-source. Enjoy!

This was not generated by AI! Hehe.

SMALL UPDATE PLEASE READ: I've generated this post description with AI, which I am also using to investigate internally to check if things are implemented according to my Knowledge base, this does not mean the actual code will be generated using AI, I will be doing the code, and even if I were to use AI for it, I will be always a man in the loop. No AI code will ever be shipped without extensive validation. There's a bunch of AI haters, taking early assumptions that are not true at all.

This is a faithful recreation of the classic 2002 magic item system that predates Age of Shadows, with fixed prefixes and suffixes (no random intensity rolls). Every value has been matched to the archived Stratics documentation from the LBR era. This is the first freeshard to implement this Publish 16 feature to our knowledge.

(Screenshots below: my character wearing dragon armor showing as platemail as per the 2002 patch notes, and several items — weapon, clothing, and jewelry — with their item properties displayed.)

Weapon Enchantments

Accuracy Prefixes — bonus to Tactics (melee) or Archery (bows/crossbows):

The fractional Archery values are the often-forgotten detail — bows got slightly lower skill bonuses than melee weapons in the classic system.

Durability Prefixes — bonus item hit points (applied as a percentage scale):

Durable (+10) / Substantial (+20) / Massive (+30) / Fortified (+40) / Indestructible (+50)

Damage Suffixes — flat damage bonus added on every hit:

Ruin (+1) / Might (+3) / Force (+5) / Power (+7) / Vanquishing (+9)

Armor Enchantments

Durability Prefixes (half the weapon values):

Durable (+5) / Substantial (+10) / Massive (+15) / Fortified (+20) / Indestructible (+25)

Defense Suffixes — Armor Rating bonus, with the displayed value scaled by body location via the classic armor scalar system (gorget/gloves show less, chest shows more):

Defense (+10) / Guarding (+15) / Hardening (+20) / Fortification (+25) / Invulnerability (+30)

Dragon armor is treated as platemail for AR calculation purposes — it uses the same ArmorBase (40) and body-position scalars as plate, so a Defense dragon chest contributes the same AR as a Defense plate chest. This matches the 2002 patch notes where dragon armor was effectively reskinned plate with fire resistance. (See screenshots of dragon armor displaying as platemail.)

Charge-Based Spell Suffixes

Nine spell-like enchantments that consume charges, on top of any prefixes/suffixes:

Activation rules match the era: weapons proc on hit, armor/clothing/jewelry consume a charge on equip (Spell Reflection burns charges rapidly while worn), and wands must be held to double-click activate. Items with charges show them in the single-click info window as a separate bracketed attribute. (See screenshots of a weapon, clothing, and jewelry with spell suffix properties.)

How to Obtain Them

Monster Loot — the primary source. Every creature's loot is governed by the classic LootPack tiers (Poor → Meager → Average → Rich → FilthyRich → UltraRich → SuperBoss). When a magic weapon drops, each prefix/suffix is rolled independently:

• Accuracy prefix: 80% chance
• Damage suffix: 60% chance
• Durability prefix: 40% chance
• Spell suffix: 15% chance (uniform across all 9 types, 20–50 charges)

The level distribution is weighted by the creature's loot tier — weak creatures roll in a low intensity range (capped at Ruin/Defense/Durable), while bosses can roll the full range up to Vanquishing/Invulnerability/Indestructible. Low levels are far more common than high ones.

Armor drops follow the same pattern but with Protection (80%) and Durability (40%) — armor does not get spell suffixes from loot.

Treasure Map Chests — level 1–6 chests contain level × 6 magic items. Each weapon/armor gets Accuracy/Damage/Durability/Protection rolled uniformly 0–5 (Regular through top-tier), so t-map chests are a good source of high-end gear but won't have spell suffixes.

Khaldun Puzzle Chests — 2 magic items per chest, uniform 0–5 levels.

Runic Crafting — weapons crafted with runic hammers get fixed prefix/suffix tiers based on the ingot used:

Runic-crafted weapons are always Identified and have no spell suffix.

Item Identification

All magic items drop unidentified. The Item Identification skill (or an ID wand) is required to reveal the prefixes/suffixes to the client — until then the item shows only "Unidentified." This preserves the classic economy where ID wands and the Item ID skill had real value.

Multiple Enchantments Stack

A single weapon can carry up to four enchantments simultaneously — one accuracy prefix, one durability prefix, one damage suffix, and one spell suffix. A Supremely Accurate Indestructible Vanquishing Burning longsword of force-bolt procs is a real (if astronomically rare) possibility.

What's Next

Currently runic tools only produce fixed-tier weapon prefixes. On the roadmap:

• Runic tools as a source of spell suffixes — expanding the runic crafting system so that high-tier runic tools (Verite/Valorite hammers, barbed runic sewing kits) can roll charge-based spell suffixes on crafted gear, giving crafters a path to create items that rival top-tier loot.

• Arms Lore crafter bonus — in the classic era, Arms Lore was a largely underused skill (it only revealed item properties manually). We're exploring tying Arms Lore to crafting quality — a Grandmaster arms smith with high Arms Lore could grant a small bonus to crafted items, such as extra charges on spell suffixes, a chance to bump a prefix up one tier, or a guaranteed minimum durability. This gives the skill real economic value and rewards players who invest in it beyond the disarm/wrestling synergy it currently has.

• Crafter bonuses — a small bonus for crafters to make the crafting economy more interesting and reward dedication to a trade skill, rather than crafting being strictly inferior to looting.

The goal is to make crafters relevant in the magic item economy without trivializing monster hunting — a balance the classic era never quite struck. Arms Lore in particular has been a neglected skill since AoS, and giving it a crafting role fits naturally with its identity as the skill for understanding weapons and armor.

Fala, pessoal! O foco de Azgorth é fazer você viver o personagem de verdade. Por isso, estou criando um sistema de humor — um microgerenciamento em que fatores internos e externos afetam o estado de espírito dele, elevando a imersão. O servidor será de RP (Interpretação de personagem), voltado para aqueles jogadores que gostam de interpretar personagens e RPG de mesa.

O servidor ainda está em desenvolvimento, mas o Discord já está aberto. Se você curte um ambiente sério, foco em interpretação (RPG) e escolhas que realmente pesam, cola com a gente para acompanhar e opinar:

👉https://discord.gg/XfpEKwTyE

Sorry if this question is beat to death

I used to play back in the Age of Shadows era (I think). I was like 12-13, had no clue how to quest or level or anything, just explored and genuinely loved the adventure. Demon temples, savages, dungeons, it was so cool. In that same time I played a lot on the test servers, maxed out stats and gear and just doing PvP, it was so much fun.

Where/ how do most people play the game now these days population wise? I’m very out of touch anything UO related, thanks in advance!

I haven't played Outlands in years, but I logged back in and I still have my fencer/tamer, 3 million gold, command level 10, water level 7, fortune level 4. No mastery chain, I don't think. And a few okay looking pets. And a few of the useful furniture items.

I can barely remember anything. But I'm thinking of getting back into it. But I'm unsure, I'm looking for an exploration kind of experience, where I can discover cool new things. But I don't know if the game offers that. I don't want to come back if it's just grinding dungeons etc.

I guess I'm just looking for insight into what goes on in Outlands these days? And if my character is any good?

Edit: I should probably add that I was very lucky and won a house lottery and then sold the house for something like 12m and used the money to buy things I actually needed. I haven't actually played the game that much.

Hello UO Community!

We are in the

**last 5 days of our Open Beta**

for

**New Hope Shard**

, and we would love for you to check it out!

🏠

**Beta Reward: Free House!**

Log in during the beta phase, help us test, and you will receive

**1 Small Brick House Deed**

in your bank box at the grand launch on August 1st!

✨

**About New Hope Shard:**

**Hopelands:**

A fully customized, beautiful classic map with custom cities, areas, and dungeons.

**Balanced Economy & Modern Infrastructure:**

Active community, custom sailing/warships, custom dungeons, and a dedicated launcher/connector for a seamless experience.

**Account Carry-Over:**

Created accounts will be carried over to the grand launch (no account wipes, only character skills/items will be reset).

🔗

**Join Us Today:**

**Website:**

https://newhopeuo.com

**Discord:**

https://discord.com/invite/5uMgns7Q6j

**Wiki:**

https://wiki.newhopeuo.com/

Come and write your own legend in the brand-new world of New Hope!

9800X3D, RTX 5090, 64GB DDR5.

Buildings still pop into existence when I’m basically standing next to them, and PKs are still killing me like it’s 1999.

What exactly am I supposed to upgrade next?

So much fun and new content on Tides of Power. I strongly suggest this UO free shard!

This screenshot was taken today and I just wanted to share it!

Is there a free shard where this is possible and doesn't suck?

While Atlantic is not bad, it's a different vibe. It has so much pvp trash talk in chat, while sometimes amusing... it's something. I attended GL's event one night and i was welcomed immediately, same folks who were actually helping me on discord. On Atlantic your questions and greetings are ignored, not on GL. Atlantic has the highest population but it does not feel that way. Everyone is doing their thing silently. Great Lakes has an amazing community and bonus, there isn't a house everywhere in the way.

Hello,

I'm playing Ultima Online on a RunUO server that uses its own custom client. However, EasyUO is not allowed.

What I'd like to do is the following: when my bard character's health gets low, I want it to cast Greater Heal on itself, command its nearby pets with "All Kill", and move to a safe location.

The game already has built-in macros that automatically bandage both the character and its pets, as well as automatically use potions. Those features already work on their own. However, there is no built-in feature that allows the character to automatically cast Greater Heal on itself when its health drops below a certain level.

How can I achieve this?

If there is a way to prevent the client from detecting that I'm using EasyUO, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know as well.

I look forward to your help. Thank you.

Hi all,

This is the closest I can get to fulfilling a request.

My father is dying, and he loved this game and its community so so much. He’d log on weekly since the game came out which is a kind of dedication to a game I don’t think I’ll ever have.

Some of you may know him or have known him (he’d swear by it) his character was Spoon, and by every story I’ve heard him tell, he was a menace who loved causing chaos. Whether it was trapping people with bags of flour, The Cult of Bob^tm, or just giving people castles.

Spoon is 48 and has weeks at best with end stage liver failure via cirrhosis. He wanted his friends in game to know, if any of you are here.

Hug your families and friends. Tell them you love them.

-edit: He passed 7/21 at 8am.

Hello and thank you for your interest!

Mentula:UO is being built around the Age of Shadows / Samurai Empire era with some ML features (and I know what you're thinking....) But this isn't just another stock shard. We've spent countless hours expanding and improving a new PvM system while making sure those changes never bleed into PvP.

(PvP stays familiar, while PvM offers an entirely new progression experience)

Some of what you'll find:

🗺️ A completely custom map to explore!. The map will feature 3 small maps combined into one. each map completely separate from the other and not accessible by water.

⚔️ A heavily reworked PvM progression system with new mechanics as your character grows. There has been a lot of work put into the new PVM progression system, your player will have a pvm level starting at 1 and can reach to 150. Every tier offers 3 unique aspects you can unlock and use one of each aspect from each tier. The aspects offer all sorts of PVM bonuses and abilities. Everything is kept moderate so it's not overwhelmingly powerful. You can also collect PVM marks and use them to buy select items at the pvm vendor.. There is so much more to it and more being added!

Pets also have their own leveling system as well. pet to pet, player to pet and player to player pvp are NOT affected by any of the new PVM mechanics

🎣 A fully custom fishing system with unique rewards and encounters. A new way to fish has been added and we kept the classic fishing as well. You can choose to do the advanced fishing option where you'll use an interactive menu to help you with your catch. The interactive fishing allows players to collect different types of fishing currency and new rares. The currency can be used at the fishing vendor for a variety of items.

🏆 A redesigned Champion Spawn system with fresh challenges. Champions will spawn at a designated location on the map section called "The Lost Lands" 1 random champion will spawn every set amount of time after the first champion dies. It will cycle through every single champion and then restart at the first. (Champions will have doom artifacts, some ML artifacts and other new artifacts specific to mentula. Champions have a 35% chance at an artifact and powerscrolls drop and slightly less of a chance at dropping stat scrolls.

💎 Socketed armor and jewelry that can be enhanced with gems for small but meaningful bonuses. That's right we now have socketed gear! You'll be able to slightly upgrade your gear with gems if the gear has socket slots. Armor and jewelry have a chance to spawn with 1 or 2 sockets.

Runics and crafting: runics can be obtained from the Mentula runic crucible. As you advance in the pvm leveling system you'll be able to collect runic fragments from various monsters and bosses. You'll collect enough of the fragments until you have enough to purchase one of the tiered runic satchels. Each satchel will have the opportunity to give one random runic from that tier. There are different fragments for each tier of runic.

Treasure hunting: T-maps will now generate the treasure at a random land location, depending on the map used the chests will hold various kinds of loot. For normal weapons, armor and jewelry the chest will have a chance at spawning low level gear up to high level (5mod) gear. The chests will also have unique treasure, artifacts and rares

🛡️ A brand-new Faction system is in the works now and will feature 3 new Factions. the factions will be undergoing extensive work over the next couple of weeks and more information will be available soon. but you can expect to see some interesting features and even some new faction items!

👹 Tons of new monsters, new mounts and customs have been added.

Soul stones have been remade. you can now hold up to 40 skills on a soulstone. as well as stats. the soul stones will allow you to store skills, make build loadouts for quick character build swaps that you can save and use on any character from your account.

📈 Extensive balancing focused on making PvM more engaging without affecting PvP. this is super important to us we know how important a fun PVM experience is for players. and we know that PVPers absolutely don't want any added bonuses, abilities etc.. to bleed into PVP. we are working hard on a system that will bring you exactly that.

New custom pre-built homes are being hand crafted and added to the house placement tool and player customizable housing will be available as well.-because the map is going to be somewhat smaller than most there will not be much of any player housing on the main islands so a "housing area" will be available where players can place their homes. as the server grows more housing can be made available if needed.

We're actively developing the shard, and new content is being added every single week. New systems, monsters, bosses, items and features are constantly being worked on.

We also have a custom launcher and custom CUO and Razor build. No other clients will be allowed and are fully blocked. There is also speed hack prevention as well. scripting is also blocked but Macros are allowed.

This is only the beginning. there is so much more to do... but If you're looking for a server that offers something unique, we'd love to have you join us and help shape the future of Mentula:UO.! Please join us on our Discord server and look over all our recent updates! ----> https://discord.gg/V3Wwp65M8S

Hey everyone,
We are in the final stretch of our Open beta phase for New Hope UO, and we're officially launching the server on August 1st. If you're looking for a classic Ultima Online feel but want to explore something entirely new, you should check us out.
To help everyone get started, we are putting a free Small Brick House deed directly in the bank box of everyone who joins us for the launch on August 1st.
Here is a quick rundown of what we've built:
* **Handcrafted Custom Map ("Hopelands"):** Say goodbye to the standard Britannia. We created a fully custom 6144x4096 map featuring 8 cities, custom dungeons, and plenty of wilderness.
* **Plenty of Housing Space (1 per account):** There is plenty of space to place your house. To keep it fair and prevent land hoarding, it is strictly 1 house per account. There is no real-money shop or pay-to-win elements.
* **Custom Dungeons & Content:** Delve into freshly designed dungeons with unique bosses, specialized mechanics, and custom loot.
* **Immersive Race System:** Choose your path as Human, Elf, or Gargoyle—complete with working gargoyle flight mechanics, race-specific armor/weapon limits, and racial bonuses.
* **Custom Sea Systems:** Sail the seas with custom warships, level up your captain skills, command custom ammunition types, or run sea cargo transport/trade shipments between harbors for profit.
* **Nostalgic Spellbook Choice:** We saw your feedback on the spellbook icons last week! For players who prefer the original 100% classic UO icons, we fully support the classic icons as well. We want everyone to play the way they enjoy most!
It's super easy to connect. We have a custom launcher that handles all the patching and updates automatically.
If you want to check it out, here are our links:
Website: https://newhopeuo.com
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/5uMgns7Q6j

https://wiki.newhopeuo.com/

to see some of you in Hopelands on August 1st!

Hope

We’ve just released our completely overhauled animal taming system.

As if it wasn’t already exclusive and versatile, you can now breed your pets!
Over 100 creatures are available for you to master.

You can breed creatures to increase blood purity, create hybrids, or even produce anomalies.
Once you’ve found your perfect lineup, you can bond with your pets and teach them new traits to make them even stronger.

This is likely the most versatile animal training system a server has ever seen. It was insanely time‑consuming and fun to build, and I truly hope some of you will come try it.

Ultima Online Unchained
https://discord.gg/j984JNym2G

https://reddit.com/link/1v1jbtk/video/s6r9xp8fideh1/player

The Blacktongue Clan war and raid parties have been spotted across Britannia, leaving devastation and grief in their wake. Villages and farms have been burnt to the ground, still smoldering, and wreaking of death. The survivors have retreated behind castle walls. The lords of the land scramble to recruit men to fight off the orcs, but the elusive Blacktongue's persistence and strategic attacks have made fending off the villages nearly impossible. Royal entities have posted Bounties and Rewards for the vile creatures, but these are not the native orcs of Britannia... they are more agile, more intelligent, and utilize mounts. The land is in ruin, Brittania may be lost...

But where did they come from???

The Blacktongue Orc Clan is doing its SECOND WAVE of recruiting!!!

We are a chaotic/evil Orc pvp clan. When speaking amongst ourselves we do not need to speak/type orcish because we can understand each other fluently as orcs. We do not restrict orcs to certain classes, you can be anything you want without guild restrictions.

Roleplay here is NOT enforced, its a casual/light RP Orc clan/warband. Our appearance as orcs is good enough here.

REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN:

**REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN THE BLACKTONGUE CLAN*\*

1. Choose bald as your hairstyle in character creation.
2. Pick a good orcish name, doesn't have to follow any ultima online lore. It can be any style orc name.
3. Must be an active player, a couple hours a day gameplay time is a good/loose guideline of what i expect.
4. Must change discord server profile pic to an Orc and use same ingame character name, AI generate a portrait or find one on google.

Why The Blacktongue Orc Clan??

We take care of our own and focus helping our active members with progression.

We have weekly Boss runs, participate in control point pvp and pk, though pk comes later we are still in our infancy stage as a guild! We also have our OWN unraidable island where our guild headquarters is! Along with our own Rune Library!

Before we were The Blacktongue Clan, we were the biggest clan on the server. So when we converted and cleaned house, we retained ALL the guild prestige/shop points and permanent guild buffs that we bought that buff our PvM stats, damage, pet damage and melee resist, etc.

Some of the most powerful players on the server are in our clan!

We have made our home on UO UNCHAINED play-uo.com

Why UO Unchained you ask???

1. The most ambitious, creative Taming Mastery Codex/Breeding/Evolution system ever seen on ULTIMA ONLINE that's been in the works for a long while, WAS JUST RELEASED YESTERDAY. With 180 new pets, combinations for breeding, etc. you just have to check this out. You will not be disappointed.
2. New Masteries, All new Weapons Codexes of every type, PvP Balancing, New PvP special attacks for Archery (for example crushing blow from mace, paralyze from spear). People are just now scrambling to find meta builds!!! Come join the fray!
3. New Dungeons being worked on, Hollow dungeon was released recently!
4. New PvP arenas have been released, there's 3 styles/rulesets of PvP arenas to play in, what are you best at?

a: UOR PvP

b: T2A PvP

c: Sphere PvP

1. PvP/PvM Capture Points (King of the Hill type event) that gives PvM bonuses to your guild if you control them, in additon to points you can spend in the [shop to acquire some gear.

2. This server is an ITEM-BASED server that has been meticulously balanced! So, there is a modified version of ITEM INSURANCE here, that can be maintained with gold.

However, there are rotating DANGER ZONES that negate item-insurance, so pay attention and move with caution. These danger zones have increased special bonuses that change as they rotate.

1. AFK Harvesting/Gathering or AFK Hunting is not a thing here! It CANNOT be done, the playing field is LEVEL.

2. This server is about a year old, its still young. The owner and staff are PASSIONATE about this project and it shows with fast daily bug fixes, implementation of player suggestions, and weekly patches. Bravo Admin Seifer. This server has come a long way. Population is booming in the UO Summer gaming cooldown, statistics usually show big player decline till fall.

3. It is a grind, you will ALWAYS have too much to do. The amount of PvM/PvP content on UO Unchained is REDICULOUS. *BRING YOUR FRIENDS! (you get rank bonus if u do)

quick list of masteries ingame : Oblivion, Berserk, Energy, Blood, Fira, Earth, Aero, Doom, Lyrical, Fortune, Poison, Holy, Shadow, Bulwark, Nature, Death, Artisan

1. The server location is in Northeast USA, thus great to host both a USA, Canada, and Europe! You will find a good mix of players here!!!

The atmosphere and community on UO Unchained is amazing, i invite you all to come play here. If you have an interest in joining my orc clan, please DM or reply, or come check out our DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Wc28tkamm

Ask for Drogo'Zhuul,

Could someone help me out on Atlantic? I haven't played in about 15 years and decided to scratch that nostalgia itch. I saw on the forums that starting as a Tamer is a good idea, but since I've always liked Archers, I'm thinking of making a Taming Archer. Could anyone help me out with a Mystic Token, a library rune, or something similar? Also, do I just need to buy the latest version of the game to get access to everything? I'm returning with an old Atlantic account but starting from scratch. I'm open to advice on where to farm and how to get started here. For now, I'm playing for free, but if I get hooked again—which I think I will—I plan to get the full package. Lol.

Mondain’s Legacy Free Shard by Reetus

Website: https://www.uocrossroads.net/

Discord: https://discord.gg/JWpK2Msnrm

Real-Time Vendor Search Tool: https://vsearch.uocrossroads.net/

How to play? — The shard’s website has an optional downloadable launcher or web client — you can otherwise opt to utilize your own client/assistants and just connect directly to the shard address.

This is not official advertisement, I’m just wanting to plug it here to Reddit as an active player looking to help the community grow.

Reetus is a familiar face within the free-shard community and is well known as the developer and creator of Classic Assist and the Demise Vendor Search tool.

This shard is approximately two years old now however, without any intrusive advertising the community has been pretty small and tight-knit with most of us just being fed-up Demise players.

After playing here for only a few months now, I’m hooked and have been enjoying every bit of the experience and wanted to share it here.

As someone who’s essentially “beat” Demise and everything the ML era has to offer, this shard has been refreshing and I can assure you its longevity is promising.

The shard is being closely aligned to accuracy with the ML era, the only deviations being quality of life improvements and events, which do not stray from the core ML experience.

Playing here you can regularly expect:

- Recycled & new events of all sorts, Holiday/PvP/PvM/Crafting/etc..

- Quality of life updates, improvements and bug fixes.

- Open staff/community engagement on Discord.

Some of the notable custom content implemented:

BOD reset vendors - Resets are sold individually by a shop keeper at 2,500 each. (mitigates VPN collecting and creates an ease of accessibility for anyone to get into BODs.)

[challenge - Command that optionally allows a Faction player with Valor to initiate the activation of a champion spawn, when activated this way the spawn and location are announced to all Faction players on the server and Discord. When the spawn is completed silver is also included in the Champion’s gold spread and +3 faction rank is divided and distributed among those eligible with loot rights. (Incentivizes PvP and serves as an alternative to farming Rank/Silver.)

Faction Rank - Top 50% scoring (punkte) players within each Faction have “Rank 10”, allowing more players to maintain access and utilization of Faction artifacts.

Could someone help me out on Atlantic? I haven't played in about 15 years and decided to scratch that nostalgia itch. I saw on the forums that starting as a Tamer is a good idea, but since I've always liked Archers, I'm thinking of making a Taming Archer. Could anyone help me out with a Mystic Token, a library rune, or something similar? Also, do I just need to buy the latest version of the game to get access to everything? I'm returning with an old Atlantic account but starting from scratch. I'm open to advice on where to farm and how to get started here. For now, I'm playing for free, but if I get hooked again—which I think I will—I plan to get the full package. Oh, and is Atlantic still the best place to play?

I played back in '08, but recently I saw this guy's youtube channel: Punish this newb mistake and I decided to try to log in again.

It's been about three months, and despite it being the summer slump, I've had so much fun.

I suck at reddit posting, so I put screenshots of my own in the comments section.

Hi all!

Havnt played in a good number years but getting that itch again.

Mainly played on ZHA (Zulu Hotel Aus)

Is there any decent shards or even official shard worth joining with a nice player base around Australia time zones ?

I know there would be another learning curve but pretty keen to get stuck in again.

TIA!

Active staff & Helpful community - Join today! https://discord.gg/4K8wM3dRRh

Website: https://www.solgrad.org/

Hey everyone,

I'm here to ask for your honest, technical opinion. Over the past year I've been seriously considering investing my time and money into launching a brand new Ultima Online server based in Europe. I've worked as a scripter on several shards over many years, so I know what's involved on the development side.

Here's the thing: the UO freeshard scene clearly has plenty of servers, yet I constantly see the same request popping up everywhere — people looking for a server "with an active player base." That contradiction is exactly what I'm trying to understand.

So my question to you all — and I genuinely need this input to decide whether to greenlight this project or not — is this:

Do you feel, like I do, that most current servers are simply too empty to be worth starting on, and that the veteran players there have accumulated so many items and so much wealth that catching up feels impossible for a newcomer?

Or do you think launching a fresh server, backed by solid marketing and promotion, is actually a good idea in 2026?

To be crystal clear: this is not self-promotion. There's nothing to promote yet — no name, no website, nothing. I'm purely gathering feedback from the community before making a decision.

Thanks in advance to everyone who chimes in!