<![CDATA[UO Lost Lands Forum - Latest News]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/ Thu, 21 May 2026 01:02:33 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Forum is now locked.]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1537 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 05:17:07 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1537
This includes ALL forums on uolostlands.com, please use Discord rather than posting here.]]>
This includes ALL forums on uolostlands.com, please use Discord rather than posting here.]]> <![CDATA[Hosting change, website rebuild, Survival update]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1510 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:40:15 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1510
uolostlands.com now resolves to 207.148.9.158
login.uolostlands.com now resolves to 207.148.10.6

Most notably, these 2 hosts are now on the same provider and have blazing fast communication speed between each other. On top of this the new host for both game and web server are much faster in every aspect, so this should hopefully help resolve intermittent lag issues with the shard.

If you are having issues connecting with login.uolostlands.com, in the meantime you can use the server IP address above (207.148.10.6) to connect until your DNS resolves the changes.



The UOLL website has been completely rebuilt in Python/Django and does not share any code at all with the previous PHP website. This will improve the speed and reliability of the site, in addition to new features being much easier to develop. There have been many fixes where the old website had things wrong or was just broken. A couple of notable features on the site include:
  • Item history graphs dating back to 2015 (as promised in https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=426 - better late than never)
  • Filtering Bestiary by tamables and world bosses.
  • Bestiary mobs will automatically be added as soon as they are created on the server, meaning no more required coding for this to happen in future.
  • As above, with achievements. Also added a new achievement as a test: "Hidden Gems". With the ease of creating achievements now, I may add some more in the near future.



A few small changes to the server:
  • Added yearly leaderboards and trophies to Survival. The trophies work in the same way the all time trophy does, but for year. So get cracking on those Survival scores and win yourself a gorgeous looking blood red eagle trophy!
  • Hugely cut down the treasure hunting achievements (Level 1-5 maps, "Treasures of the Deep", "Digging Up Britannia"). Nobody had gotten even half way for these achievements. If your level is bumped up from the patch, you will receive the platinum reward automatically.
  • Added new levels for achievements: "TownSavior" and "EmergencyResponseUnit", where many people had long since reached the cap.
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uolostlands.com now resolves to 207.148.9.158
login.uolostlands.com now resolves to 207.148.10.6

Most notably, these 2 hosts are now on the same provider and have blazing fast communication speed between each other. On top of this the new host for both game and web server are much faster in every aspect, so this should hopefully help resolve intermittent lag issues with the shard.

If you are having issues connecting with login.uolostlands.com, in the meantime you can use the server IP address above (207.148.10.6) to connect until your DNS resolves the changes.



The UOLL website has been completely rebuilt in Python/Django and does not share any code at all with the previous PHP website. This will improve the speed and reliability of the site, in addition to new features being much easier to develop. There have been many fixes where the old website had things wrong or was just broken. A couple of notable features on the site include:
  • Item history graphs dating back to 2015 (as promised in https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=426 - better late than never)
  • Filtering Bestiary by tamables and world bosses.
  • Bestiary mobs will automatically be added as soon as they are created on the server, meaning no more required coding for this to happen in future.
  • As above, with achievements. Also added a new achievement as a test: "Hidden Gems". With the ease of creating achievements now, I may add some more in the near future.



A few small changes to the server:
  • Added yearly leaderboards and trophies to Survival. The trophies work in the same way the all time trophy does, but for year. So get cracking on those Survival scores and win yourself a gorgeous looking blood red eagle trophy!
  • Hugely cut down the treasure hunting achievements (Level 1-5 maps, "Treasures of the Deep", "Digging Up Britannia"). Nobody had gotten even half way for these achievements. If your level is bumped up from the patch, you will receive the platinum reward automatically.
  • Added new levels for achievements: "TownSavior" and "EmergencyResponseUnit", where many people had long since reached the cap.
]]> <![CDATA[I am retiring from UO]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1502 Mon, 06 May 2019 01:30:38 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1502

Hail Lost Landers! As of today, I am retiring from UO & the ownership of UO Lost Lands. It's been an awesome few years with everyone! My passion for UO has been dwindling for some time & my availability has as well. You guys have extended my stay far beyond when I had initially decided to make my departure. I couldn't ask for a better community to be a part of!

I will be taking a break from everything for a bit but I will check into Discord now & again & maybe even host the potential event occasionally further down the road.

I am leaving the server in the very capable hands of Leon, our senior staff member. While often in the shadows he has been essential to the continuing operation of our great server & has been plugged into everything behind the scenes since before I became a staff member. He's been my right-hand man & has also taught me a great deal. I know there is much in store for the future here on UOLL's and I look forward to seeing it when I check in from time to time.

I wish you all the best!

Much love,
Wiz Kid]]>

Hail Lost Landers! As of today, I am retiring from UO & the ownership of UO Lost Lands. It's been an awesome few years with everyone! My passion for UO has been dwindling for some time & my availability has as well. You guys have extended my stay far beyond when I had initially decided to make my departure. I couldn't ask for a better community to be a part of!

I will be taking a break from everything for a bit but I will check into Discord now & again & maybe even host the potential event occasionally further down the road.

I am leaving the server in the very capable hands of Leon, our senior staff member. While often in the shadows he has been essential to the continuing operation of our great server & has been plugged into everything behind the scenes since before I became a staff member. He's been my right-hand man & has also taught me a great deal. I know there is much in store for the future here on UOLL's and I look forward to seeing it when I check in from time to time.

I wish you all the best!

Much love,
Wiz Kid]]> <![CDATA[Welcome TKE MFO to the UOLL Dev Team!]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1487 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 01:12:06 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1487 <![CDATA[Monster of the Day Update]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1474 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:55:07 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1474 <![CDATA[Welcome Sugar to the UOLL staff team!]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1453 Sun, 15 Jul 2018 03:03:35 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1453 Hail Lost Landers! Please join me in welcoming Sugar to the UOLL staff team! She will be bringing in some new world events pretty soon here for all of you to enjoy.  Big Grin]]> Hail Lost Landers! Please join me in welcoming Sugar to the UOLL staff team! She will be bringing in some new world events pretty soon here for all of you to enjoy.  Big Grin]]> <![CDATA[New T2A Banker & Stable]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1394 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 05:18:37 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1394
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[Image: t2a_bank_stable_camp.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Welcome Grimoric to the UOLL dev team!]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1390 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:32:40 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1390 <![CDATA[Halloween 2017 is now live!]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1388 Wed, 25 Oct 2017 03:37:32 +0000 Wiz Kid]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1388
https://uolostlands.com/posts/halloween-2017]]>
https://uolostlands.com/posts/halloween-2017]]> <![CDATA[I am retiring as owner of UO Lost Lands]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1379 Mon, 14 Aug 2017 06:50:11 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1379
This day is long overdue as I have had limited interaction with UO Lost Lands for quite some time now, however up until now I have still been somewhat of a "gate" to get patches, content, fixes, etc through for the shard, as well as handling administration tasks. Today I am retiring from the staff of UO Lost Lands.

To players, this really doesn't mean much. For the last year I have had very little to do with adding content to the game or doing any coding. The shard has for the most part, run smoothly with no interaction at a code level or having to keep watch on the shard's status. Perhaps in the future, UO Lost Lands will see more code changes, possibly even changes in direction, but these will not be at my discretion. I do not wish to have any further input toward the future of UO Lost Lands and would rather see those decisions go to someone who still has a passion for the game that I did when I began working on this shard.

I will be passing ownership and the current shard finances over to Wiz Kid to take over my role. Wiz Kid has for a long time been a passionate player and staff member on UO Lost Lands, and one I feel has a very similar vision of what a UO shard should be.

Please everyone welcome Wiz Kid as the new owner of UO Lost Lands.

I'd like to give a huge thank you to our players who have been tremendously supportive of the shard throughout the years. I love the community that has been built on UO Lost Lands, a shard is nothing without a caring community. Thank you to all the staff of UO Lost Lands who have managed despite my day to day ignorance of the shard for the last year.

For me personally, I will still be around in Discord to give advice and help if anything goes catastrophically wrong, but I will no longer be staff. If you ever want to hit me up, feel free. I still play video games, I have just worn myself out on Ultima Online for now. I put an incredible amount of hours into the shard between 2014-2016 that many in the community did warn me would wear me out. But there was a lot of passion for the shard that kept me going until I did eventually grow tired.

Lots of love to you all,
Jack (your old pal nightshark)]]>
This day is long overdue as I have had limited interaction with UO Lost Lands for quite some time now, however up until now I have still been somewhat of a "gate" to get patches, content, fixes, etc through for the shard, as well as handling administration tasks. Today I am retiring from the staff of UO Lost Lands.

To players, this really doesn't mean much. For the last year I have had very little to do with adding content to the game or doing any coding. The shard has for the most part, run smoothly with no interaction at a code level or having to keep watch on the shard's status. Perhaps in the future, UO Lost Lands will see more code changes, possibly even changes in direction, but these will not be at my discretion. I do not wish to have any further input toward the future of UO Lost Lands and would rather see those decisions go to someone who still has a passion for the game that I did when I began working on this shard.

I will be passing ownership and the current shard finances over to Wiz Kid to take over my role. Wiz Kid has for a long time been a passionate player and staff member on UO Lost Lands, and one I feel has a very similar vision of what a UO shard should be.

Please everyone welcome Wiz Kid as the new owner of UO Lost Lands.

I'd like to give a huge thank you to our players who have been tremendously supportive of the shard throughout the years. I love the community that has been built on UO Lost Lands, a shard is nothing without a caring community. Thank you to all the staff of UO Lost Lands who have managed despite my day to day ignorance of the shard for the last year.

For me personally, I will still be around in Discord to give advice and help if anything goes catastrophically wrong, but I will no longer be staff. If you ever want to hit me up, feel free. I still play video games, I have just worn myself out on Ultima Online for now. I put an incredible amount of hours into the shard between 2014-2016 that many in the community did warn me would wear me out. But there was a lot of passion for the shard that kept me going until I did eventually grow tired.

Lots of love to you all,
Jack (your old pal nightshark)]]> <![CDATA[Welcome Wiz Kid to the UOLL staff team]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1367 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:31:24 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1367
Wiz Kid has long been a passionate player about UOLL and very supportive of the server. I have no doubts he will do great things on UOLL as a staff member. Please join me in welcoming him to the team.]]>
Wiz Kid has long been a passionate player about UOLL and very supportive of the server. I have no doubts he will do great things on UOLL as a staff member. Please join me in welcoming him to the team.]]> <![CDATA[Welcome Leon as a Game Master]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1232 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:58:53 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1232 <![CDATA[Welcome Elk & Fagabeefe to the UOLL dev team]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1101 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:56:06 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1101
With my limited time recently, Elk & Fagabeefe will be a great help in keeping UOLL moving forward.


Please join us in welcoming them aboard.]]>
With my limited time recently, Elk & Fagabeefe will be a great help in keeping UOLL moving forward.


Please join us in welcoming them aboard.]]> <![CDATA[Possible service interruption]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=979 Sun, 29 May 2016 22:09:00 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=979 A message from our hosting:


Quote:Between 2:30am CDT and 5:30am CDT on Tuesday, May 31, we plan to bring down our Equinix peering connection briefly in order to upgrade it from 10G to 20G. We expect for this to only cause a short period of increased latencies or a short disconnection for certain clients, but there is the possibility of a wider period of downtime (such as 5-15 minutes) for all clients if the router needs to be rebooted or reconfigured further as part of the maintenance.
]]> A message from our hosting:


Quote:Between 2:30am CDT and 5:30am CDT on Tuesday, May 31, we plan to bring down our Equinix peering connection briefly in order to upgrade it from 10G to 20G. We expect for this to only cause a short period of increased latencies or a short disconnection for certain clients, but there is the possibility of a wider period of downtime (such as 5-15 minutes) for all clients if the router needs to be rebooted or reconfigured further as part of the maintenance.
]]> <![CDATA[Website and Server move.]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=856 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:46:26 +0000 Jack]]> https://uolostlands.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=856
Today we have moved over to a new, dedicated web host, so we are no longer on shared hosting. This will resolve some ongoing problems with the website since the end of 2015.

In a few days (or maybe tomorrow if I have time), there will be shard maintenance to move the shard from New York to Chicago. I believe this will help a lot with some of the lag issues that have been plaguing the shard the last several months. Fingers crossed.

In other news, I plan to spend some time researching and working on the shard's SEO in the hopes of better getting our name out there. I know there are a lot of players who want to see UOLL succeed, and we have been on a downward slope since the end of 2015. I don't really believe this has much to do with game patches so much as a complete lack of new blood coming to the shard. Hopefully work on the shard's SEO will help out with that.]]>
Today we have moved over to a new, dedicated web host, so we are no longer on shared hosting. This will resolve some ongoing problems with the website since the end of 2015.

In a few days (or maybe tomorrow if I have time), there will be shard maintenance to move the shard from New York to Chicago. I believe this will help a lot with some of the lag issues that have been plaguing the shard the last several months. Fingers crossed.

In other news, I plan to spend some time researching and working on the shard's SEO in the hopes of better getting our name out there. I know there are a lot of players who want to see UOLL succeed, and we have been on a downward slope since the end of 2015. I don't really believe this has much to do with game patches so much as a complete lack of new blood coming to the shard. Hopefully work on the shard's SEO will help out with that.]]>