“Ultima Online servers have been referred to as “shards” for a long time. The reason for this was the lore behind the original Ultima Online. In that game, the wizard Mondain bound the world of Sosaria into a crystal orb in order to magically control its destiny. When the Avatar defeated Mondain, the orb was shattered into “shards”, each of which contained a perfect copy of Sosaria that continued to exist in parallel. These shards represented the individual servers of the game world.” –UO Trivia

UO Freeshard News

The Ultima Online Freeshard News Feed displays current shard posts from the news section of your shard forums

• NEW Forum and NEW WIKI
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2019-12-01
• Server Upgrades Friday
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2019-09-17
• >>>Planned Downtime<<<
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2019-06-20
• Planned Downtime on Sept 14
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-09-13
• Shard Disruptions
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-06-01

• Happy 8th Anniversary Renaissance | Global Event Starting September 5th
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-09-08
• Renaissance Blog – Perfecting Stone Crafting aka Masonry
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-08-26
• Epic Dungeon Events
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-08-08
• Winter Spawn Event 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Update: December 18th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Update: December 11th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Update: December 7th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• The North Pole
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Anti Afk Gather/Sell System
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-04-13
• The Daily Chop: Which prospects might the Braves deal this winter?
  Source: UO Lost Lands NewsPublished on 2020-03-12By <a href="https://uolostlands.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=1229">Alcantara</a>
• The Renaissance Large House Raffle – Part 2
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-03-10
• How Long Is A Loveseat
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2020-01-19
• Rain Barrel Electric Pump
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2020-01-18
• Augusta Carpet Cleaning
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2020-01-17
• White Ceramic Garden Stool
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2020-01-17