Web Map is now working as expected.
Web Map window is now draggable from the title bar
Journal logs are now exported in the game's log folder as txt
Tired of hauling multiple repair deeds or running back to town every time your gear breaks? The new Mobile Repair Kit is a portable tool that handles all your repair needs in the field!
What It Does
How to Craft
Each Repair Deed consumed grants 1 Charge. ⚪ Iron: 5 Ingots / 5 Deeds ➔ 5 Charges 🟤 Copper: 10 Ingots / 10 Deeds ➔ 10 Charges 🟡 Golden: 15 Ingots / 15 Deeds ➔ 15 Charges 🟢 Verite: 20 Ingots / 20 Deeds ➔ 20 Charges 🔵 Valorite: 25 Ingots / 25 Deeds ➔ 25 Charges
*Requires 5/10/15/20/25 each of: Blacksmithing, Carpentry, Fletching, and Tailoring Repair Deeds
Valorite Bonus
Craft once, repair everywhere!
This change will be live after the next server reboot
After the next reboot, existing mage bucklers that couldn't be repaired after the Inscription update should be fixed.
Faction Pillar Conflicts have received their largest update in years. Events are no longer locked to a single thirty-minute ruleset at a random site. Faction players can now configure almost every aspect of a match from their faction stone before it goes live, choose where it is fought, and pick one of three distinct game modes. Portals still open in major cities when an event starts, and the classic pillar arenas remain the battlegrounds — but how you fight there is now largely up to you.
To schedule an event, use Activate Pillar Event on your faction stone. A setup window lets you pick duration, respawn rules, player limits, combat mode, base protection, mounts, bolas, and location. When you are ready, press Schedule Event for a Team Pillar or Free-For-All match using those settings. Capture the Flag is started separately with the CTF Mode button, which applies fixed CTF rules on top of your chosen duration, respawn, mount, bola, and location options. You must select a location before anything can be scheduled. The server also checks that enough players are online; team and CTF events normally require at least two factions represented, while FFA events can be scheduled when only one faction has members online, as long as the minimum total player count is met. A short countdown follows approval, then the announcement goes out and the portals open.
Duration and reward scaling now follow the length you choose. Team and FFA events can run ten, twenty, thirty, forty-five, or sixty minutes. Capture the Flag requires at least twenty minutes; if you had ten minutes selected for a pillar event and switch to CTF, the duration automatically bumps to twenty. Rewards scale with time, using thirty minutes as the baseline at one hundred percent. A ten-minute event pays roughly a third of that, a twenty-minute event about two-thirds, forty-five minutes one and a half times, and sixty minutes double. Team events capped at one player per faction pay twenty-five percent of the scaled amount on top of that. FFA gold payouts use the same duration scaling.
Respawn and stat loss can be set to Zerg (instant respawn, no stat loss), Fast (light stat loss and quicker healer cycles), or Standard (classic delay and heavier stat loss). This applies to all three modes. Player limits for Team and FFA range from Open (everyone can fight), Balanced teams (overpopulated factions may bench extra players as inactive standby), or hard caps from one-versus-one through five-versus-five per faction. CTF always uses balanced teams with a plus-one standby slot. Combat mode for scheduled pillar events is either Team battle, where only rival factions score kill credit and a faction wins by total points, or FFA, where everyone can damage everyone and the top individual player wins the announcement. Faction bases can be Safe, with guards protecting spawn areas as in classic events, or Open, allowing fighting inside enemy spawns. CTF always uses open bases. Mounts can be allowed or disabled; when disabled, players are dismounted on entry and cannot use mounts or ethereal mounts for the duration. Bolas can be allowed or turned off entirely. Locations include Spiritwood Outpost near Skara Brae, Vraal's Mausoleum near Minoc, Deep Forest Ruins in Yew, Samlethe Pass in Wind, and Dragon's Peak on Dagger Isle.
When an event goes live, faction members who enter the arena receive the Faction Event buff automatically if they are eligible. While under that effect you do not consume reagents, bandages, or arrows, though you must still carry them. On death you drop only magical equipment and volatile spellbooks. Recall and gate travel are blocked, skill gains are paused, and after a short delay you teleport to your faction's event healer, which resurrects on a timer depending on the respawn mode you chose. Bonded pets teleport with you; healers generally will not resurrect pets unless they are mountable. If death teleport fails, the /basereturn command sends your ghost and pets back to your faction base while you are dead. Players suffering event stat loss are not worth silver and cannot earn kill silver until it wears off. Under Standard respawn, expect roughly ninety seconds of reduced stats and slower movement, scaled by the selected preset. Factions with more active players than the smallest faction may suffer increased stat loss over time. If safe bases are enabled, enemies who enter a guarded enemy spawn are killed by guards; that protection does not apply in CTF or when open bases are selected.
A draggable event HUD shows the mode, faction standings, your kills, deaths, and captures where relevant, the options in effect, and in CTF the flag status including a respawn countdown when the flag is returning to the pillar. The plus button opens the leaderboard. When balanced teams are active and one faction is overpopulated, extra members join as plus-one Inactive standby. Standby players are in the event but cannot fight for score and cannot pick up the CTF flag; they are activated automatically when team sizes even out. Balance benching does not apply when fewer than three players are in the match. Please note that Minax characters are temporarily blocked from joining live pillar and CTF events, though staff may still spectate; this restriction may be lifted in a future update.
Team Pillar remains the default classic mode. Every thirty seconds the pillar ticks if at least two factions have active fighters present. One faction controlling the pillar earns two faction points and two individual points for nearby members. Two factions contesting earn one point each. Three factions present, or nobody holding the pillar, earns nothing. Kills steal a portion of the victim faction's points when that faction has points to lose, with the top damager credited on the leaderboard. Same-faction kills do not score. Kills between characters on the same machine do not score. Repeat kills on the same opponent within two minutes do not score, except in one-versus-one team events where that cooldown is skipped because there is only one enemy. Valid rival kills during the event pay kill silver through the pillar system rather than normal overworld faction payouts. The faction with the most points when time expires wins.
End-of-event rewards for Team Pillar and CTF require meaningful activity in the match: at least two total kills across all players for team events, or at least one flag capture plus two opposing factions having been present for CTF rewards. If the gate fails, everyone is told that no rewards were given. Winning faction members receive faction coins and silver scaled by duration, with bonuses if your faction controls Cove. Losing faction members who earned individual points receive a participation silver payout. The top five players by individual points receive tiered silver bonuses if they meet presence and participation requirements; team mode requires sufficient combat involvement and, for top rewards, kills on multiple unique opponents (one unique opponent suffices in one-versus-one team events). The number-one player by points also has a ten percent chance at a rare faction pillar prize, but only on events scheduled for thirty minutes or longer. Presence requirements are fifty percent of the event for team pillar and twenty-five percent for CTF. Standby players generally do not receive win or lose payouts unless activated onto the fighting roster. You must still have the Faction Event effect when rewards are processed at the end.
Free-For-All mode removes faction victory. There are no pillar faction points and no kill point stealing between teams. Individual score comes from your share of damage on kills, and same-machine and repeat-kill restrictions are relaxed so scrimmages flow more freely. The top individual player wins the end announcement, with ties possible. FFA does not pay faction coins, silver, or the rare prize, but it now pays gold to the top five players deposited into your bank. At a full thirty-minute event the winner receives fifteen thousand gold, with second through fifth place receiving twelve thousand, nine thousand, six thousand, and three thousand respectively, following a five-four-three-two-one split. Shorter or longer events scale those amounts with the same duration multiplier used elsewhere. FFA requires at least two total kills in the match for any gold to be paid, and eligible top players must have scored points or sufficient combat participation and meet the twenty-five percent presence requirement. Scheduling an FFA event only requires one faction to be online rather than two.
Capture the Flag is a entirely new way to fight at the pillar. Use the CTF Mode button on the faction stone rather than Schedule Event. CTF uses balanced teams with plus-one standby, open bases, flag captures as the only scoring, no pillar control ticks, and no kill-based point stealing. Kills still matter tactically because they drop the flag, and rival kills during an active CTF now pay kill silver the same way team pillar kills do, without affecting capture points. The flag spawns at the central pillar. An active fighter uses the flag to pick it up, wearing it as a flag quiver on their back, and carries it to their faction healer base within capture range to score. Each capture awards ten points to your faction and to you personally. After a capture the flag respawns at the pillar after two minutes, with a countdown shown on the HUD. If the carrier dies the flag drops where they fell. If the carrier leaves the event the flag returns to the pillar after two minutes. Carriers can pass the flag to a teammate through the quiver's transfer target, but cannot mount, and sigil or siege key holders cannot carry the flag. Standby players cannot pick up the flag. To prevent solo abuse, the flag cannot be picked up or captured until at least two different factions each have one active fighter on the roster; the HUD will show when the flag is waiting for another faction. End rewards follow the same coin and silver structure as team pillar, with CTF-specific presence and participation rules tied to captures and roster membership rather than kill counts.
When an event ends, the pillar deactivates, healers are removed, rewards are calculated, leaderboards are shown, and the Faction Event effect remains briefly so payouts can finish before normal rules return. Staff who stop an event early end it with no rewards for anyone.
Whether you are organizing a quick ten-minute skirmish, a full-hour siege for maximum payout, a free-for-all gold hunt, or a capture-the-flag grudge match, the faction stone is now your war table. Rally your faction, choose your rules, and meet your enemies at the pillar.
A few minor updates that will go live after the next server restart.
Couple of minor updates.
Thanks folks
We have pushed a focused Inscription update aimed at improving spell utility and clarifying crafting progression.
Mage Buckler crafting has been moved from Inscription to Blacksmithy to allow runic mage bucklers to be crafted for mages.
Current Mage Buckler requirements:
Players can now edit an existing reflection instead of deleting and recreating it. Editing a reflection costs 50,000 gold and overwrites that reflection’s saved stats, skills, and related flags with the character’s current build, while keeping the same reflection slot and name.
This change should be live after the next server reboot.
Greetings, adventurers!
We're introducing a new balance feature to the Seeker Raven, the bounty hunters' trusty tool for tracking murderers and orcs.
What's New:
The Seeker Raven now enters a 10-minute cooldown after engaging in harvesting activities or PVE combat. Affected Activities: Harvesting: Mining, lumberjacking and fishing. Combat: PVE fights with monsters (excluding PvP and pets). During the cooldown, attempting to use the Seeker Raven will display a message explaining the restriction. Why This Change: This encourages strategic use of the Seeker Raven, preventing spamming after resource gathering or monster slaying, while maintaining its role as a powerful tracking tool for bounty hunters.
Happy hunting! 🦅
The siege gate fortification is a new feature that allows faction players to temporarily boost their gate’s defenses. Only members of the defending faction with at least 100 blacksmithing skill can perform this action. To fortify a gate, you must have a hammer in your backpack or equipped and 50 valorite ingots in your inventory. Simply walk up to the siege gate and select the “Fortify Gate” option. This consumes the 50 valorite ingots and immediately boosts the gate’s health from 15,000 to 30,000. The gate’s appearance will also change to a fortified valorite hue, and its name will display a countdown timer such as “Siege Gate (Fortified: 3h 45m)”. The initial fortification lasts for 4 hours. To keep the gate fortified, it requires regular maintenance. You can refortify the gate starting 10 minutes before the current fortification expires. Each successful refortification adds another full 4 hours to the timer. If you let the fortification expire without refortifying in time, the gate’s health drops back to normal, its appearance returns to the standard hue, and you will be unable to fortify it again for a full 24-hour cooldown period. For best results, keep an eye on the timer shown in the gate’s name and plan to refortify every 3 to 4 hours. Stock up on valorite ingots and hammers so your faction mates can help maintain the defense. This system adds more strategy and teamwork to faction sieges, as defenders must actively protect and maintain their fortifications during conflicts. If you have any questions, reach out to your faction leaders for assistance!
Soul collection now scales based on mob difficulty, up to a maximum of 10 Souls per mob.
Torpefy
Noxious Decay
Noxious Cloud
Transfusion
Greater Transfusion
Please report any bugs if anything does not behave as described above.
Runic instruments can now be crafted using a runic dovetail saw :)
The Faction Siege Warfare patch is now live. We will be scheduling the first siege event in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, faction players can begin preparing by harvesting resources to build siege equipment.
Faction players can now mine catapult rocks inside the Faction Dungeon. These rocks can be loaded into catapults and fired at opposing faction players, siege equipment, and protection towers.
GM Alchemists can apply Greater Poison Potions to catapult rocks to create Poison Rocks. These deal initial damage and release poison that affects surrounding players. GM Alchemists can also apply Greater Explosion Potions to create Explosive Rocks, which leave puddles of fire on impact.
Players can now kill pigs and harvest their corpses. These can be fired from catapults. On impact, they cause affected players to start vomiting and the effect is contagious.
Siege bolts can be looted from monsters inside the Faction Dungeon. These bolts are required to craft siege weapons such as battering rams and catapults.
A new boss has been added to the Faction Dungeon. It drops a Magic Scroll that opens a cache filled with siege bolts, as well as Faction Bless Deeds.
Faction bases now have several ballistas installed. These can be used to shoot at battering rams that are attacking the gate.
Ladders have been installed in faction bases. These provide an additional way to enter and exit the base, allowing players to avoid using the main gate during a siege.
Players can craft Battering Ram Kits. These kits can be used at the siege mechanic inside your faction base to purchase a battering ram. Battering rams are used during sieges to smash open the opposing faction’s siege gate and gain entry into their base.
Important note: Battering rams can only take damage from ballistas, catapults, and player weapons. Magic spells and pets cannot damage them.
When a siege event begins, one faction will act as the Defenders while the other faction or factions will be the Attackers. The defending base will have a force field protecting the siege gates, generated by a Protection Tower.
To breach the gate, attackers must destroy the force field by firing catapult rocks at the Protection Tower and destroying it. Once the force field is down, they can use the battering ram to smash open the siege gate.
Defenders can use Siege Repair Tools on the Protection Tower to keep the force field active. All faction players can use the same Siege Repair Tools to repair catapults, ballistas, and battering rams. Defenders can also use the installed ballistas to attack and damage incoming battering rams.
Mages can summon Water Elementals to extinguish fire puddles, which is very useful when trying to repair the Protection Tower. Up to 5 defenders can brace the siege gate at once. This significantly reduces the damage taken from the battering ram.
Recipes for faction bombs can be found in siege warfare rewards and faction pillar rewards. These bombs can be crafted and thrown at enemy siege weapons to inflict damage.
Special items can also be obtained from Siege Warfare rewards and Faction Pillar rewards, including talismans that reduce catapult reload time and a drum that increases the battering ram’s damage output when played.
If the attacking faction breaches the gate and enters the base, they must locate the Faction Chest. It takes 60 seconds to open the chest. Inside is a Key that functions similarly to a sigil. The carrier of the key cannot fast travel and is visible on the minimap. If the key carrier is killed, the key is automatically transferred to the killer.
The first faction to secure the key and return it to their faction’s Siege Warfare Stone wins the event and receives a chest full of loot. This includes the defending faction if they win.
The event lasts 1 hour. If the defenders successfully keep the attackers out for the full hour, they can open the chest inside their own base to claim victory and receive bonus loot for a successful defense.
The Faction Siege Warfare patch is now live. We will be scheduling the first siege event in the coming weeks. In the meantime, faction players can begin preparing by harvesting resources to build siege equipment. Preparing for the Siege
Catapult Rocks: Faction players can now mine catapult rocks inside the Faction Dungeon. These rocks can be loaded into catapults and fired at opposing faction players, siege equipment, and protection towers. Enhanced Rocks: GM Alchemists can apply Greater Poison Potions to catapult rocks to create Poison Rocks. These deal initial damage and release poison that affects surrounding players. GM Alchemists can also apply Greater Explosion Potions to create Explosive Rocks, which leave puddles of fire on impact.
Pig Corpses: Players can now kill pigs and harvest their corpses. These can be fired from catapults. On impact, they cause affected players to start vomiting — the effect is contagious. Siege Bolts: Siege bolts can be looted from monsters inside the Faction Dungeon. These bolts are required to craft siege weapons such as battering rams and catapults. A new boss has been added to the Faction Dungeon. It drops a Magic Scroll that opens a cache filled with siege bolts, as well as Faction Bless Deeds.
Faction Bases & Siege Equipment
Faction bases now have several ballistas installed. These can be used to shoot at battering rams that are attacking the gate. Players can craft Battering Ram Kits. These kits can be used at the siege mechanic inside your faction base to purchase a battering ram. Battering rams are used during sieges to smash open the opposing faction’s siege gate and gain entry into their base.
Important Note on Battering Rams: Battering rams can only take damage from ballistas, catapults, and player weapons. Magic spells and pets cannot damage them. How a Siege Event Works When a siege event begins:
One faction will act as the Defenders, while the other faction(s) will be the Attackers. The defending base will have a force field protecting the siege gates, generated by a Protection Tower.
To breach the gate, attackers must:
Destroy the force field by firing catapult rocks at the Protection Tower and destroying it. Once the force field is down, use the battering ram to smash open the siege gate.
Defenders can:
Use Siege Repair Tools on the Protection Tower to keep the force field active. All faction players can use the same Siege Repair Tools to repair catapults, ballistas, and battering rams. Use the installed ballistas to attack and damage incoming battering rams.
Additional Mechanics:
Mages can summon Water Elementals to extinguish fire puddles — very useful when trying to repair the Protection Tower. Up to 5 defenders can brace the siege gate at once. This significantly reduces the damage taken from the battering ram.
New Items & Rewards
Faction Bombs: Recipes for faction bombs can be found in siege warfare rewards and faction pillar rewards. These bombs can be crafted and thrown at enemy siege weapons to inflict damage. Special items can also be obtained from Siege Warfare rewards and Faction Pillar rewards, including: Talismans that reduce catapult reload time. A drum that increases the battering ram’s damage output when played.
Winning the Siege If the attacking faction breaches the gate and enters the base, they must locate the Faction Chest.
It takes 60 seconds to open the chest. Inside is a Key (functions similarly to a sigil). The carrier of the key cannot fast travel and is visible on the minimap. If the key carrier is killed, the key is automatically transferred to the killer.
The first faction to secure the key and return it to their faction’s Siege Warfare Stone wins the event and receives a chest full of loot (this includes the defending faction). The event lasts 1 hour.
If the defenders successfully keep the attackers out for the full hour, they can open the chest inside their own base to claim victory and receive bonus loot for a successful defense.
Calling all testers! Help us test the new Resource Map system on Test Center We’ve just added a brand new feature to Test Center: Resource Maps! These special maps will guide you to hidden resource camps full of ore, lumber, or leather across Britannia. We need your help to thoroughly test them before they go live. How to participate:
Log into the Test Center Grab some Resource Maps (they’ve been added to vendors and loot for easy testing) Bring a spyglass and the correct harvesting tool (pickaxe, hatchet, or skinning knife) (Also on the vendor) Follow the guide below to locate and harvest the resource camps
You can find the full Ultima Resource Map Guide in the testing thread. Please use this link for testing feedback and discussion: https://discord.com/channels/369023244038045697/1487976682592800808/1487977711522549822
We’re especially looking for feedback on:
How well the maps guide you to the correct locations Clarity of the map messages Balance of resource quality and quantity Any bugs or confusing steps
Thanks in advance for helping make this system better! Your testing makes a real difference. See you in Britannia!
Have you been looking to spar with your friends safely? Want to practice your combat skills without destroying your best weapons or accidentally slaying your sparring partner? We've added four new Training Weapons to help you hone your skills!
Features:
Crafting Requirements:
Because they are specialized tools, they require a Grandmaster (100) Crafter to create.
Resource Cost:
Training Sword & Kryss: 15 Verite Ingots & 15 Iron Ingots
Training Mace & Bow: 15 Frostwood Boards & 15 Boards
(Note: The Training Bow still requires arrows to fire, just like a normal bow!)
We have deployed a hotfix to address an unintended mechanical issue regarding the Unwavering Stance ability.
Bug Fix:
Developer Note: We understand that some players may notice a significant drop in their overall tanking stats and survivability after this update. Please know that the previous behavior of infinitely growing, permanent stats was entirely unintended and a bug.
This fix is necessary for the long-term health of the game and ensures that Unwavering Stance functions exactly as its tooltip and design describe, returning encounters back to their intended difficulty.
Attention all faction players! As part of the upcoming Factions Siege Warfare patch, we've pre-released faction mining inside the faction dungeon!
Faction Miners with 80+ skill can now harvest catapult rocks — stockpile them now and be ready for your first siege event! Mining has a chance to spawn Rock Giants, which drop both faction coins and additional catapult rocks. The dungeon now features a new boss: the Ancient Wyrm. Defeating this powerful foe grants a magic scroll that unlocks the weapon cache inside the dungeon. The weapon cache contains essential parts needed to craft siege weapons!
Stay tuned for more siege-related updates coming soon. Make sure your faction characters are trained up and ready for battle!
The Herding skill has been completely transformed! We’ve replaced the manual "Aggression" power with a persistent passive system that empowers your pets just by having the right tools in hand.
🐾 Passive Herding System Players no longer need to manually activate abilities to buff their pets. Instead, your pets are empowered automatically whenever you have a Shepherd's Crook equipped.
📈 Skill Progression
🛠️ Equipment & Manuals
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Bounty Hunter Distress System. This feature provides innocent players with a reliable way to call for help when under attack by murderers.
Innocent players who are being attacked can summon assistance in one of two ways. They can use a Conch Shell of Distress, which is available for purchase from the Bounty Hunter Guildmaster in Britain Castle. This option is specifically for players who do not have an active Lord's Boon — you cannot use a Conch Shell if you currently have a Lord's Boon. Alternatively, players can switch their Boon to Distress Call mode. Switching to Distress Call mode prevents the use of Lord's Boon for the next 24 hours.
When a distress call is placed, eligible Bounty Hunters receive a dialog prompt asking if they wish to respond. If a hunter accepts, they teleport to the victim's location after a brief 5-second delay. If the Bounty Hunter successfully defeats the murderer or murderers and turns in their head or heads to the guild, the victim who placed the call automatically receives 20% of the bounty reward as a token of appreciation.
If no local Bounty Hunters are available and the player used their Boon to make the call, the system falls back to the standard Lord's Boon teleport — assuming the player has a bound location set.
To maintain balance, Bounty Hunters have a 10-minute cooldown between accepting summons, while victims have a 5-minute cooldown between placing distress calls.
To further reward participation, we've introduced the Distress Kill Points mechanic.
Bounty Hunters earn 1 Distress Kill Point each time they successfully respond to a distress call and turn in a murderer's head to the guild. These points acknowledge their vital role in protecting the innocent and upholding justice.
On the flip side, if a murderer kills a Bounty Hunter who has accumulated points, the murderer steals 1 point from the hunter's total. This adds meaningful risk and consequence for both sides, promoting skilled and strategic gameplay.
Players can check their current Distress Kill Point balance at any time by speaking with the Bounty Hunter NPC in Britain Castle.
These points will soon unlock access to exclusive items and rewards available only through the Bounty Hunters Guild and the PK Gear NPC. Stay tuned for more details on what you can purchase as the system continues to expand.
The Bounty Hunters Guild welcomes new members. If you're interested in protecting the innocent, earning rewards for taking down murderers, and building your point total for unique gear, head to the Guildmaster in Britain Castle to join today.
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