“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

• Shard News • Re: New Account Support (Lost password/username) process
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2021-04-17By Blood
• Shard News • Re: Welcome Nomad
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2021-04-15By Derrick
• Shard News • Re: New Account Support (Lost password/username) process
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2021-04-15By Acid Rain GnR
• Shard News • Welcome Nomad
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2021-04-15By Anarcho
• Renaissance Christmas 2020 – Dark Magic Awakens – Dec 13th to Jan 4th
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2021-02-16
• The Renaissance Large House Raffle – Part 2
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2021-01-29
• Epic Dungeon Events
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-12-07
• Happy Halloween 2020 Renaissance!
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-11-16
• Night of Horrors 2 – The City of the Dead – Opens 10-18-20
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2020-11-10
• 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
• 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>