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UO:Renaissance News Archive : All 2013


Patch 38 - Camps, Vendor Advertising, Tracking Update

* New Vendor Advertising System - Vendor Advertising Blog
* Spawning Camps and Mage Towers can be found in the world
* Bounty Boards and Player Killer Bounties
* Message & Esort Boards
* New Monsters & Website Updates
And much more. Patch 38 Details

June 6th, 2013 by Chris

Renaissance Website Vendor Advertising System

* Players can now purchase advertising contracts from bankers
* Using these contracts on your vendor will list your vendor on the Renaissance website
* Added an additional menu that can be used to describe your vendor on the website
* Added a webpage showing information about and a map to your vendor
To Learn More Click here

June 6th, 2013 by Chris

Patch 39 - Detect Hidden, BugFixes, World Reg Spawns

* True Britannians Move to Lord Blackthornes Castle
* Detect Hidden Can now detect trapped containers
* Monster Camps are now spawning across the world
* Reagents now spawn in the towns and dungeons of Britannia
And much more. Patch 39 Details

June 11th, 2013 by Chris

June Top Shots Contest Winners

1st Place - Basoosh, Ariande
2nd Place - Raithan Ellis, Zyler
3rd Place - Tater Salad

Make sure to enter next months contest - July Top Shots

July 7th 2013 by Chris

Patch 40 - New Player Program, 4th of July, Commodity Deeds & Bugfixes

* Custom Designed New Player Program
* Happy 4th of July
* Monster Camps are now spawning across the world
* New Menu for News, QuickLinks, Player Info and Registration
* And much more. Patch 40 Details

July 13th, 2013 by Chris

Patch 41 - Item Identification, Mining Fixes, Spellcasting Tweaks

* Item ID can now be used on containers
* Miners can now successfully target any mountain within 2 tiles.
* Adjusted the recast delay for spellcasting.
* Minor tweaks to the bounty board system.
* Update: A Quick fix was applied for LJ on 7/20/13
And much more. Patch 41 Details

July 15th, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place - Neo
2nd Place - Soul Harvester
3rd Place - Iron Blood

Next Tournament on 8/17 at 10pm central time.

August 2nd, 2013 by Liberation

July Top Shots Contest Winners

1st Place - Basoosh
2nd Place - Zeluvius
3rd Place - Zyler, Atraxi

Make sure to enter next months contest - August Top Shots

August 7th 2013 by Chris

Moonglow Magical Explosion

  After a massive explosion was heard on Verity Isle aggressive elementals appeared all over the island attacking indiscriminately.

  A fierce battle ensued and eventually the mages responsible were found dispatched by the brave adventurers.

August 8th, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place - Nyarlathotep
2nd Place - Everything Evil
3rd Place -Jason

Next Tournament on 8/24 at 10pm central time.

August 16th, 2013 by Liberation

The Defense of Cove

  An orcish raiding party has dispatched the cove guards and taken over the town!

  After Lord British called for players to retake and defend the town. After a violent and bloody battle the players were able to beat back the Orcish hoard, not without substantial loses.   Peace has returned to Cove for now.

August 17th, 2013 by Chris

Renaissance Player Profile Upgrade

* Designed by the mental patients in the css department as torture for our php developers, against all odds we were able to complete the project in 5 days.

* Special thanks to Upgrayedd, Liberation & Marquis de Sade for their assistance with the website upgrade.

To Learn More Click here

August 21st, 2013 by Chris

Patch 42 - Fishing Perks, Website Upgrade, Battle Chess & Bugfixes

* Extensive Renaissance website upgrade, new player profiles.
* Fishing net can now fish up a wider range of monsters
* Implemented battle chess for live testing.
* Stable slot expansion, bonded pet skill loss reduction

And much more. Patch 42 Details

August 21st, 2013 by Chris

Treasure Hunt Gone Wrong

  After a pirate naval party fished up a strange pulsating vortex from the depths strange creatures began to appear.

  Many adventurers set out to find and stop the cause of this recent event. After a fierce naval battle a group of brave souls was able to finally defeat the vortex elemental and close the portal.

August 22nd, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place - Smokey
2nd Place - Balian
3rd Place -Knive

Next Tournament on 8/31 at 10pm central time.

August 24th, 2013 by Liberation

1st Anniversary Scavenger Hunt

Congratulations to the scavenger hunt winners.
1st Place - Leggs
2nd Place - Markos
3rd Place Tie - Gideon Jura
3rd Place Tie - Virrachoa
3rd Place Tie - Wulveria

September 2nd, 2013 by Chris

Trinsic Undead Invasion

  The Horror!
 A dark necromancer has emerged from beneath Trinsic Park.
 Now the undead are rising from the ground to terrorize the town.
 The guards have fled their posts!

September 5th, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire (2v2)

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Team Trammel- NYARLATHOTEP- AEQUITAS
2nd Place Team Card Ramrod- Marten Broadcloak - Rizopas
3rd Place Team Crew - Medic - Roman

Next Tournament on 9/13 at 11pm central (server) time.

September 6th, 2013 by Liberation

August Top Shots Contest Winners

1st Place - Basoosh
2nd Place - Jupiter
3rd Place - Atraxi

Make sure to enter next months contest - Septermber Top Shots

September 12th, 2013 by Samorite

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Perseus
2nd Place Narsae
3rd Place Schmooblydong

Next Tournament on 9/20 at 11pm central (server) time.

September 13th, 2013 by Liberation

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Roman
2nd Place Chayka Kaqlla
3rd Place Iron Blood

Next Tournament on 9/27 at 11pm central (server) time.

September 20th, 2013 by Liberation

The Undead Attack Jhelom

  A necromancer has been spotted entering the graveyard in Jehlom!

  Immediately hordes of undead creatures begun pouring out of the graveyard and attacking the town!   Thanks to the valiant efforts of our brave adventurers the necromancer was defeated after a fierce battle.

September 21th, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Roman
2nd Place Falanor
3rd Place Ormulf

Next Tournament on 10/4 at 11pm central (server) time.

September 28th, 2013 by Mes

Guide Writing Contest - August/September 2013 Edition

Congrats to the winners of Gideon Juras Guide writing contest!
1st Place - Basoosh - Treasure Hunting
2nd Place - Peep - House Decorating
3rd Place - Atraxi - Detect Hidden
Honorable Mention - Pirul - Treasure Hunting
Honorable Mention - Cynic - Home Invasion

If you missed this contest make sure to submit an entry for Octobers contest.

October 3rd, 2013 by Gideon Jura

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place HateCrimeX
2nd Place Dank Nuggest
3rd Place Caramon Majere

Next Tournament on 10/11 at 11pm central (server) time.

October 4th, 2013 by Mes

September Top Shots Contest Winners

1st Place Tie - PiequalsThree  Basoosh 1   2   3
2nd Place - Dalavar
3rd Place - Jupiter  Vlar

Make sure to enter next months contest - October Top Shots

October 9th, 2013 by Samorite

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Black Mamba
2nd Place Roman
3rd Place Young Nasty Man

Next Tournament on 10/18 at 11pm central (server) time.

October 11th, 2013 by Mes

Patch 43 - October 13th 2013, Happy Halloween! Extensive List of Bugfixes

* Designed a new challenge event for Halloween. Details Here
* Designed 23 new monsters, several with advanced custom AI
* Stealing bug fixes and re-balancing.
* Massive list of bug fixes!

And much more. Patch 43 Details

October 13th, 2013 by Chris

Zylers 4th Fishing Tournament

Congrats to the winners of the fishing tournament!
1st Place Tie with a 189 stone fish goes to barbosa and Big Hoss
3rd Place with a 188 stone fish goes to Dayne Corvas
4th Place with a 180 stone fish goes to Niki
5th Place Tie with a 160 stone fish goes to Black Bart and Phisher
Smallest Fish Award goes to Dayne Corvas.

October 14th, 2013 by Zyler

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Roland of Gilead
2nd Place Perseus
3rd Place Young Nasty Man

Next Tournament on 10/27 at 11pm central (server) time.

October 18th, 2013 by Mes

Skara Brae attacked by the undead!

Skara Brae Evacuated!
Hoards of undead have been flooding the town.
Town guards have evacuated as many people as they could before fleeing themselves.
The island has been completely overrun and there have been reports of a Black Knight roaming the island at night.

October 19th, 2013 by Chris

The Night of Horrors Event Has Begun

Congratulations to the event winners so far!
Round 1 on 10/19 - Tmep with 139 Points
Round 2 on 10/20 - Yub Grug
Round 3 on 10/20 - Gila Tequila with 124 Points
Round 4 on 10/21 - Menace with 95 Points
Round 5 on 10/22 - Menace with 103 Points
Round 6 on 10/22 - Aviendha with 107 Points

October 19th, 2013 by Chris

Patch 44 - October 20th 2013, Happy Halloween Maintenance, Bugfixes

* Variety of maintenance on the Night of Horrors Event Details Here
* Guild chat coloring fix.
* Adjustements to Forensic Evaluation
* Short list of bug fixes!

And much more. Patch 44 Details

October 20th, 2013 by Chris

Alert! Jhelom overrun with the undead!

The Horror!
The undead have risen in Jhelom and are attacking the townsfolk!
The guards have secured the south part of town but everything north is overrun.
Exercise extreme caution when traveling to Jhelom as a Necromancer and Black Knight have been seen.

October 22nd, 2013 by Chris

Alert! Serpents Hold overrun with the undead!

The Horror!
The undead have risen in Serpents Hold and are attacking the townsfolk!
The guards have fled the town and left the towns people to fend for themselves.
Exercise extreme caution when traveling to Serpents Hold as Vampires have been seen.

October 27nd, 2013 by Chris

Pirate Stronghold Discovered

Alert! A shipwrecked sailor has washed up on the shores of Trinsic telling a strange tale! Before he succumbed to his injuries he told a harrying tale of marauding pirates They are reportedly digging for something on Bald Island and have setup a base of operations southwest of Trinsic deep in the jungles. Seafaring players are advised to travel with extreme caution.

October 27th, 2013 by Chris

The Night of Horrors Event Continues

Congratulations to the event winners so far!
Round 7 on 10/23 - Sir Orrin with 97 Points
Round 8 on 10/25 - Smokey with 107 Points
Round 9 on 10/25 - Aviendha with 159 Points
Round 10 on 10/26 - Ormulfr with 104 Points
Round 11 on 10/26 - Halberd with 164 Points
Round 12 on 10/27 - Alonius with 104 Points

October 28th, 2013 by Chris

The Night of Horrors Event Concludes

Congratulations to the event winners so far!
Round 13 on 10/28 - Sir Orrin with 137 Points
Round 14 on 10/29 - Gimpy Healer with 110 Points
Round 15 on 10/30 - Caramon Majere with 105 Points
Round 16 on 10/31 - Sir Orrin with 133 Points
To see a complete listing of all of the Night of Horror Leaderboards click here

October 31st, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night - Stormhold Edition

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Akasha
2nd Place Perseus
3rd Place Liberation

Next Tournament on 11/8 at 11pm central (server) time.

November 1st, 2013 by Vlar

Halloween 2013 - Achievement Awards

Thanks to everyone who helped make the Night of Horrors a huge success this year!
Death Dealer Award - Perseus with 49 Boss Kills
Full of Holes Award - Perseus with 126 Deaths by Boss
Challenge Point Award - Aviendha with 708 Points
Hard Work Award - Valentine with 242 Points in 15 Rounds
Jail Break Award - Snap Dragon
To see the complete listing of event statistics and player awards click here

November 8th, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Perseus
2nd Place Young Nasty Man
3rd Place Roman

Next Tournament on 11/15 at 11pm central (server) time.

November 9th, 2013 by Liberation

October Guide Writing Contest

Congrats to the winners of the writing contest!
1st Place - Basoosh - Guide to Everything Boats
2nd Place - Markos - Guide to Champion Spawns and the Harrower
3rd Place - Cynic - The Peacemaking Dexer and You
If you missed the deadline for October make sure to submit an entry for Novembers Contest.

November 10th, 2013 by Gideon Jura

October Top Shots Contest Winners

1st Place Snap Dragon - Entry - Post
2nd Place - Basoosh - Entry - Post
3rd Place Tie - Wise - Entry - Post
3rd Place Tie - Corruption - Entry - Post
3rd Place Tie - Rezon - Entry 1 - Entry 2 - Post
Make sure to enter next months contest - November Top Shots

November 13th, 2013 by Samorite

Friday Fight Night at Stormhold/Grimoire

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
Stormhold Gladiator Contest Winner Iron Blood
1st Place Akasha
2nd Place Virgin Mary
3rd Place Syphilis

Next Tournament on 11/22 at 11pm central (server) time.

November 15th, 2013 by Godric

Patch 45 - November 22nd 2013, Happy Thanksgiving, Duel System & More

* Happy Thanksgiving Renaissance, Festivities Begin on 11/26/13
* The Duel System is now live. For more information click here
* Website expansion to incorporate the new dueling system data.
* Extensive list of world maintenance and bugfixes.

And much more! Patch 45 Details

November 22nd, 2013 by Chris

Friday Fight Night at Stormhold

Congratulations to the tournament winners.
1st Place Perseus
2nd Place Cynic
3rd Place Young Nasty Man

Next Tournament on 11/29 at 11pm central (server) time.

November 22rd, 2013 by Godric

2v2 Friday Fight Night at Stormhold/Grimoire

Congratulations to the 2v2 tournament winners.
1st Place Perseus/ Drakos
2nd Place Maximus/Young Nasty Man
3rd Place Blast Hardcheese /Lefty

Next Tournament on 12/13 at 11pm central (server) time.

December 6th, 2013 by Liberation

Assault on the Post Office

Warriors and Heroes of the realm!
A raving band of Lunatics is assailing the Post Office!
The forces are too great for the fledgling post office!
Warriors are rallying at the trinsic moongate.

December 7th, 2013 by Jupiter

1v1 Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the 1v1 tournament winners.
1st Place Soul Harvester
2nd Place Perseus
3rd Place Young Nasty Man

Next Tournament on 12/20 at 11pm central (server) time.

December 13th, 2013 by Liberation

November Top Shots Contest

1st Place Tie - Basoosh - Entry - Post
1st Place Tie - Snap Dragon - Entry - Post
2nd Place - Rezon - Entry - Post
3rd Place - Avery - Entry 1 - Entry 2 -Post
Honorable Mention - Boothby - Entry - Post
Make sure to enter next months contest - Decembers Top Shots

December 15th, 2013 by Samorite

Village of Paws vs Lord Xerxes the Black Mystic


After discovering a strange tower in the northern lands a fierce battle ensued between the Village of Paws and Lord Xerxes.

After a valiant battle with casualties on both sides the Black Mystic was finally defeated.

December 19th, 2013 by Chris

[cA] Chicken Fight!

Whip out your best trained chickens and fight them in a complex battle to the death!
Lord chum hath decree that the land of Sosaria is run a-fowl with stray chickens!
It is up to YOU to help eliminate these fiends in order to prevent chicken-overpopulation!
Congratulations to tonights winners!
1st Place - Liberation with the Bruiser Egggggsterminate
2nd Place - Gareth Greycliff with Vlar the Mighty
Make sure to check the player run events forum for the next [cA] ck Fight!

December 19th, 2013 by SnapDragon

1v1 Friday Fight Night at Grimoire

Congratulations to the 1v1 tournament winners.
1st Place In Nox
2nd Place Smoke Manmuscle
3rd Place Snap Dragon

Next Tournament on 12/27 at 11pm central (server) time.

December 19th, 2013 by Liberation

Patch 46 - December 20th 2013, Merry Christmas, Holiday Event & Much More

* Merry Christmas Renaissance, Festivities Begin on 12/21/13
* Dark Magic Awakens challenge event added. * Massive updated to our website integration system.
* Extensive list of world maintenance and bugfixes.

And much more! Patch 46 Details

December 20th, 2013 by Chris

Trinsic Attacked!

After a large force of Dark Elves attacked Trinsic the adventurers of Britannia rallied together to push them back.

There were many casualties on both sides but eventually the Dark Commander was engaged and defeated by a group of brave warriors.

December 21st, 2013 by Chris

The Dark Magic Awakens Event Begins

Take part in a unique event and attempt to defeat the dark elf army!
* December 21st 10pm cst (11pm est, 8pm pst)
* December 22nd 5pm cst (6pm est, 3pm pst)
* December 22nd 11pm cst (12pm est, 9pm pst)
* December 23rd 9pm cst (10pm est, 7pm pst)
* December 24th 1pm cst (2pm est, 8pm pst)
* December 25th 2am cst (3am est, 12am pst)
* December 25th 11pm cst (12am est, 9pm pst)
* December 26th 5pm cst (6pm est, 3pm pst)
* December 27th 3pm cst (4pm est, 1pm pst)

December 22nd, 2013 by Chris

Patch 46A - December 22nd 2013, Maintenance patch

* This morning a quick maintenance patch was applied to the server.
* Drop rates for the various holiday monsters have been adjusted.
* A small list of bugs were addressed

And much more! Patch 46A Details

December 22nd, 2013 by Chris

The Grinch sighted in Cove!

The elves are currently attacking the town of cove!

A green creature has been seen slipping into houses with a bag over his shoulder!

After a fierce battle the presents the grinch stole were recovered, and immediately spirited away!

December 23rd, 2013 by Chris

The Dark Magic Awakens Event Continues

Take part in a unique event and attempt to defeat the dark elf army!
* December 28th 12pm cst (1pm est, 10am pst)
* December 29th 6pm cst (7pm est, 4pm pst) *Special Hard Mode Event
* December 30th 10am cst (11am est, 8am pst)
* December 31st 3pm cst (4pm est, 1pm pst)
* January 1st 9pm cst (10pm est, 7pm pst)
* January 2nd 4pm cst (5pm est, 2pm pst)

December 28nd, 2013 by Chris