“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

• EGG BASH RETURNS !! 2025
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2025-03-21
• St Patrick’s & Easter combined event 2025
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2025-03-16
• Announcement to All Ultima Online Renaissance Players
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2024-12-12
• Merry Christmas 2024
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2024-12-02
• Achievement Rewards!
  Source: UO Renaissance NewsPublished on 2024-11-22
• Shard News • Cranky Christmas 2023
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2023-12-07By Boomland Jenkins
• Shard News • Halloween Trick or Treat 2023
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2023-11-01By Anarcho
• Shard News • Re: Welcome new Game Master Lynx
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2023-09-28By Blade Spirit
• Shard News • Re: Welcome new Game Master Lynx
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2023-09-25By Lynx the Loved
• Shard News • Re: Welcome new Game Master Lynx
  Source: UO Second Age NewsPublished on 2023-09-25By Blade Spirit
• Forum is now locked.
  Source: UO Lost Lands NewsPublished on 2021-04-22By <a href="https://uolostlands.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=4">Jack</a>
• The North Pole
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Update: December 7th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Update: December 11th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15
• Update: December 18th, 2017
  Source: The Wakened NewsPublished on 2020-07-15