Ultima Online: Sorta Going Free-to-Play (Revive your old accounts)

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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:

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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 Justice Virtue	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 from Champ 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, 2018 by atomheartbevo

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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/

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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

 

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

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.

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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, 2018 by atomheartbevo

[Hellraiser97 181]

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, 2018 by Hellraiser97

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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, 2018 by atomheartbevo

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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. 

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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.

 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

I have an old account.  I remember the account name but not sure my old email works. 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

It want's me to activate a key.  Where I do I get a key?

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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. 

[whitleyjane 0]

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

 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

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. 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

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/

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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.

[elfenix 34221]

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 by elfenix

[ztejas 43411]

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 by ztejas

[Izhmash 562]

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).