“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

• Shard Disruptions
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-06-01
• Re: Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Re: Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Join UO Evolution’s DISCORD SERVER!
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-11-30

• Shard News • Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2018-06-22By Apocalypse
• Shard News • Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2018-06-21By Spitfire
• Shard Disruptions
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-06-01
• Re: Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Re: Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Coming Soon to UO Renaissance – Future Patch Q&A
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2018-04-08
• Renaissance Achievement System
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2018-03-17
• Renaissance Code of Conduct – Updated 7/15/14
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2018-03-17
• Anti Afk Gather/Sell System
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2018-03-16
• Cupid Returns! A Valentines Event – Feb 13th – Feb 24th
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2018-03-12
• Shard News • Re: New Account Support (Lost password/username) process
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2018-03-03By drifter
• Shard News • Re: my acct is registered and i have username but no passwor
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2018-03-03By Orion GM B^D
• Shard News • my acct is registered and i have username but no password
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2018-03-02By drifter
• Winter Spawn Event 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2017-12-18