“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

• Upcoming Xen upgrade with reboot
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-06-19
• Possible Disruptions on June 15th
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-06-12
• Re: Scheduled Shard Downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-05-02
• Scheduled Shard Downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-05-02
• Upcoming Maintenance early 4/21
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-04-20

• Upcoming Xen upgrade with reboot
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-06-19
• Welcome Wiz Kid to the UOLL staff team
  Source: UO Lost Lands NewsPublished on 2017-06-18
• Possible Disruptions on June 15th
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-06-12
• Shard News • Join Discord! and Discord Rules
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2017-06-05By Anarcho
• Update: April 3rd, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2017-06-03
• Update: March 15th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2017-06-03
• Update: March 13th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2017-06-03
• Update: April 12th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2017-06-03
• Easter 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2017-06-03
• Shard News • Re: Voting for UOSA (2016 Update)
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2017-05-09By Fox
• Re: Scheduled Shard Downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-05-02
• Scheduled Shard Downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-05-02
• Shard News • Re: Voting for UOSA (2016 Update)
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2017-04-29By Fox
• Server Status – 4-14-2017 – New Server Connection Info
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2017-04-23
• Upcoming Maintenance early 4/21
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2017-04-20