Ultima Online’s Publish 125 starts rolling out on November 5, 2026. The first shards to get it are Origin, Baja and Izumo, and the update arrives with each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance rather than at one fixed moment. If you play on one of these three, expect the new publish to be there after your shard’s usual maintenance window on that day.
What to know before you log in
The announcement itself is short and does not list what is in the publish. The UO Team points players to the full release notes for the details, so that is the place to look if you want to know what changed before you play.
The team also thanked everyone who gave feedback and sent in bug reports during testing. That means Publish 125 has already been through a round of player testing before reaching live shards.
Character transfers are paused
The part that could catch people out is the transfer restriction. Character transfers to and from Origin, Baja and Izumo will be unavailable until all shards have been published worldwide. The team says it anticipates this will happen next week, meaning the week after the November 5 start.
In practice, that gives you a few things to keep in mind:
- If you were planning to move a character onto or off one of these three shards, you will need to wait.
- The pause lasts until the publish is live on every shard, not only these three.
- The timing for the worldwide release is an expectation from the team, not a firm date, so plan with a little flexibility.
Staggering a publish like this is a common way to roll out an update, with a few shards going first and the rest following. It also explains why transfers are blocked in the meantime: characters would otherwise move between shards running different versions of the game.
For players on the other shards, nothing changes yet. The worldwide rollout is expected to follow within the next week, and when it does the transfer restriction should lift with it.
The team closed its note with its usual sign-off, “See you in Britannia.”
Source: Ultima Online official news.
