“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

• >>>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
• Re: Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29
• Unexpected downtime
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2018-04-29

• Hosting change, website rebuild, Survival update
  Source: UO Lost Lands NewsPublished on 2019-08-21By <a href="https://uolostlands.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Jack</a>
• Polywood Folding Adirondack Chairs
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2019-08-21
• Reliabilt Closet Doors
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2019-08-20
• Cool Room Stuff
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2019-08-18
• Shard News • Купить деревянный дом
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2019-08-18By TesukLiz
• Peel And Stick Wall
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2019-08-17
• Peony Bridal Bouquet
  Source: UO Origins NewsPublished on 2019-08-17
• Shard News • Re: Thank you Derrick and UOSA Players for a decade+ of fun
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2019-08-02By Annabell Red
• Shard News • Re: Thank you Derrick and UOSA Players for a decade+ of fun
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2019-08-02By AssHattington
• Coming Soon to Renaissance – Future Patch Q&A
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2019-08-02
• Shard News • Re: Thank you Derrick and UOSA Players for a decade+ of fun
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2019-07-31By Annabell Red
• Renaissance Blog – Vendor Advertising
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2019-07-06
• >>>Planned Downtime<<<
  Source: UO Evolution NewsPublished on 2019-06-20
• I am retiring from UO
  Source: UO Lost Lands NewsPublished on 2019-05-06
• Shard News • Re: New Account Support (Lost password/username) process
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2019-05-03By AngelicaNHG