Ultima Shards: Renaissance Is Launching In An Hour! View this email in your browser UOR IS HERE! Hello everyone!



In one hour, our Ultima Shards: Renaissance will be live!



Check out the Launch Trailer below! Check Out The Launch Trailer! New Content Additions And Changes From T2A + Previous Donations As many of you know, we originally began with a T2A Launch and had decided to wipe the server and relaunch into UOR. For those of you who had played during the T2A server, your donations will be recorded and re-given out to the accounts that had set to receive the donation. Because of our recent launch of the ML server, we will be allowing players to claim their donations on EITHER ML or UOR. Donations will be turned off for the first couple days to ensure players are on even footing for the gold rush.



In UOR, we are doing something a little different. First and foremost, we are making magic items much more difficult to come by, as most of the monsters in the game can drop magic items but they will be rare, and it will be pretty rare to obtain a vanq or power weapon as well.



We will be adopting the currency vendors that we have done on ML, where players will be able to purchase various items including runics via Gold and Bod Tickets, and Guild Armories. This means we will be adding BODs into the game, runic hammers, sewing kits, fletching kits, and dovetail saws. Weapons and Armor will be able to be crafted using runics and they will increase in strength the higher the runic. There will be a 6th level of accuracy obtainable only through valorite runic hammers called "devastatingly accurate" (+30). Players will also be able to craft weapons with slayers via runics as well from agapite, verite, and valorite hammers, heartwood and yew wood kits. The last change to weapons we made is that the Resource used when crafting (or enhancing) a weapon with automatically affix a mod on the weapon that increases that damage in PvM called a "Material Damage Bonus [+x]". This was done to increase the reason to craft with higher materials and to keep them high in demand.



Previously, slayers were only obtainable via Slayer Plans and Monster Essence Infusers which were obtained from Paragon Boss Mobs and Champ Spawn Raffles. This has been changed. Now slayers can spawn on weapons from any mob (rare), lesser chance of slayer plans from champ spawn raffles, and also on crafting as well.



Additionally, Master Scrolls have been removed from the game and now normal scrolls will drop directly from Mage AI monsters.



Furthermore, as we have asked the community what they'd like to be changed, we have enabled the ability to recall and gate into and out of dungeons directly with the exception to a select few dungeons (Orc Cave and Wind).



Lastly, but definitely not least, we have decided that we'd like to try to focus PvP into specific areas. While Town Capturing was a nice addition, we have learned that having so many Town Capture altars spread out the PvP too much and made it difficult bring in PvP activity. The only available Town Capture altars will be Battle for Britain and Battle for Buccaneer's Den. Britain will be a main capture point that will reward Guilds with a massive amount of Resources and Guild XP per hour. Buccaneer's Den will be a weekly capturable altar that will reward the winning guild a massive amount of Guild Gold and Experience, as well as Bloody Teeth and Event Currency. We will be making sure this time around that we allocate our time fixing things that have priority to them instead of lumping important bug fixes inside major patches.



If there is a bug that affects gameplay in some way, we will address it, fix it, and patch very quickly. Launch Events And Items

In celebrating our launch, there will be a server birth rare scavenger hunt . Chests will be placed in random locations in Felucca and those that find them can loot our Server Birth Rare items inside! This will occur the moment that the server opens. It may take hours, days, or even weeks to find them, there is no time limit. Once an item has been found, it will announce in game and to discord and delete the chest.



1v1 Duel arenas will be placed at the time of server launch while CTF and FFA will be activated one week after launch. The Battle for Bucs will be available after a week to be claimed.



Our very first invasion will be held on the day after launch.

This will be a mini invasion with the rare chance of obtaining some skill scrolls, alacrity scrolls, and event tokens. There will be no "boss" as players will likely not be ready for that yet.

Keep an eye out as random events will likely be activated throughout the week.





We will be looking to activate a weekly 1v1 tournament after the first week of launch. These tournaments will be anything goes for now as we obtain feedback from the auto tournament and perfect it. When it is perfected, we will be scheduling various 1v1 PvP tournaments regularly and will be holding a leaderboard system to acknowledge the best pvpers around. Custom Content & Features Enhanced Guild System

Guild Levels, Quests, Missions, Companions, Perks and More! Level up your Guild to 25 and reap the benefits! Kill monsters and complete quests and companion missions to earn bonus XP and Guild Gold/Resources! Levelable Pets

Have a favorite pet? Level it up to a max of 10! Once your pet reaches level 5, it will automatically bond with your character. Leveling up your pets will also increase their stats by 2.5% per level up to a max of 25%! Go Battle Chickens! Instanced Dungeons

Take part in our ever expanding chain of challenging and innovative instanced dungeons! These dungeons scale from newbie dungeons to up to 10 player raids. Join the fun for a chance at epic loot and awesome deco! Automated 1v1 Tournies

Is PvP glory your thing? Join our automated 1v1 Tournament Battles and test your might! Through Tournaments, you can earn statues of glory, special aesthetic loot and dyes, custom decorations, and more! Auto PvP Battles

For those blood hungry players, join your friends or strangers in a multitude of battle types including Capture The Flag, Free For All, Team Vs Team, 1v1, 2v2, and more! Special Currency awaits those who participate! Achievements

For those looking to get your fill with everything that Ultima Shards has to offer, immerse yourself in the world and battle to be the first to complete all achievements! Awards await those who complete specific achievements! Transmogrification

There has never been a better time to roleplay! We've taken a proven customization system from different games and applied it to Ultima! Like to play as a savage or orc? Customize your gear's look to bone armor! Nub Humies! Spell Hue Scrolls

We've added the ability to customize your spells hues! Whether you enjoy a black moongate, a pink energy bolt, or a purple flamestrike, your free to customize your spells how you like! There is even built in rarity as well! + Much More! A True Player Driven Economy!



We've designed Ultima Shards: UOR to be fully economically driven! Vendors will not sell resources like cloth, ingots, wood, leather, etc. Every major crafting skill has been improved to offer a way for a player to generate revenue. Blacksmithy

Armor/Weapons





Tailoring

Armor/Clothing





Fletching

Bows/Arrows





Cooking

Food

Armor/WeaponsArmor/ClothingBows/ArrowsFood Carpentry

Boats/Galleons/Furniture







Tinkering

Tools/Weapons/Kegs/Slayer





Inscription

Rune/Spellbooks





Alchemy

Potions/Transmutations

Boats/Galleons/FurnitureTools/Weapons/Kegs/SlayerRune/SpellbooksPotions/Transmutations Larger Boats can ONLY be crafted via carpentry and require some additional skill in tinkering / blacksmithy / tailoring depending on which item or ship you are creating, small rowboats can still be purchased at the shipwright.



Alchemists can transmute ingots into their higher tier after obtaining a recipe found only on the harrower.



Take part in our totally revamped Friendly Craft UI, allowing players to create bulk items, view items they are creating before they do so, and even check out some wiki links to those items themselves! Remember Vets!



Every month of game-time there will be different rewards and possible items to be obtained!

So keep playing and keep having fun!

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