UO:20th Anniversary Event

20th Anniversary Global Event Arc

The Shattered Obelisk was scheduled to begin on August 16th, 2017 at approximately 11:00am ET. Due to a shard crash issue with Publish 98, the start was delayed to August 17th, 2017.

Additionally, The Town Cryer has been resurrected for the first time since 2017 for new in-game fiction.

Part I – The Not-So-Ordinary World

"It is just another day in Britannia, or is it? In an effort to stimulate trade and bolster city treasuries his Royal Highness has announced a reduction in tariffs, giving a large bonus to all city trade deliveries. With an increase in trade traffic, royal trade carts are finding themselves ambushed on Britannia’s roads. Who are these unknown attackers and what is their intent? Are they merely highway men looking to score some easy coin or are there more sinister forces at work…"

Official fiction

2017-08-10: The Shattered Obelisk: The Oracle and the Bard

2017-08-16: The Shattered Obelisk: Enlightenment

The Town Cryer

2017-08-17: Feeling Pressure, Crown Announces Tariff Reduction to Spur Trade

New unusual items are being reported as rare drops from doing trade quests:

• A Daemonic Amulet
• A Soul Trapped Within A Phylactery
• Ritual Tome
• A Mysterious Rolled Map
• Dried Incense
• Scourge
• 'a dark green/blue Hooded robe'
• 'a dark green bear mask'
• Leather Sleeves (hue 1345)
• Leather Gloves (hue 1345)
• Ringmail Tunic (hue 1510)

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