08/03/2025:

Friendly reminder to vote for the shard! You can use the [vote command to bring up the list of voting sites in game, and click the arrow to receive vote tokens as a reward. Please note, you must actually follow through with voting on the sites that open up for your vote to be counted. 

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08/01/2025:

The hunting event is now live for the month of August! See the Quest Grove to get teleported to the NPC to purchase your hunting deeds. May the best hunter win :) 

The donation bonus has also been changed for the month of August to House Slot Deed. 

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07/23/2025:

Good morning everyone,

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I wanted to take a moment to provide a status update on the shard.

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While we were previously considering shutting things down due to a sharp drop in player activity and limited resources, I’ve ultimately decided to keep the shard running—at least through the next couple of years while I finish school. Even if it doesn’t bring in much financially, keeping it up feels worthwhile, and any support we do receive is still better than none.

We did suspend donations recently, as we had been debating whether to shut down entirely. At the same time, we moved the server back to home hosting to cut costs, since donations weren’t covering the expense of external hosting. While this setup is less ideal, it has allowed us to keep the shard online without needing outside funding. There are still some stability concerns—such as Windows updates causing downtime overnight, or occasional longer power outages—but overall, the shard has remained stable. In fact, our current uptime is reading 98.2% on UOGateway.

As far as development goes, it is currently paused while I focus on a heavy academic workload. That said, I still plan to return to the projects that were in progress whenever I have breaks or some spare time. We also recently had a few staff members step down, simply due to real-life responsibilities. There was no drama or conflict involved, and they’re always welcome back whenever they’re ready. Given my limited availability, we aren’t actively recruiting new staff at this time, but we’re always happy to accept applications if anyone is interested in helping out in other ways, especially outside of development.

I really appreciate everyone who has stuck around or checked in from time to time. The shard is still here, and I hope it can continue to be a fun and welcoming place for anyone who wants to pop in—whether you're a returning player, a new face, or just feeling nostalgic. Thank you all for your support and patience.

-Castiel & Belphegor

06/06/25:

Recently, we decided to make a change and stopped hosting the shard externally due to ongoing issues with the hosting company and dissatisfaction with the service we were receiving. Since we’re no longer paying for external hosting and are now running the shard on private resources, there’s currently no need for ongoing financial support. As a result, we’ve decided to pause accepting donations for the time being.

We’re incredibly grateful for all the help and generosity players have shown over the last 3.5 years. For now, we’re keeping things running casually and will reassess if anything changes down the road. In the meantime, game-play will continue as usual — thank you to everyone for being part of the shard!

1/08/25:

Merchant Coins are being phased out and will no longer accumulate in existing Merchant Pouches. Instead, gold will be automatically deposited into bank accounts. An NPC will be left at the Britain bank to allow players to sell off the contents of their pouches.​​​​​