Publish 106

**Publish 106 - Forsaken Foes** was released to the Test Center on 14 & 28 August, to Origin/Baja/Izumo on 10 September, and worldwide on 17 September 2019.

## Highlights

A few highlights in Forsaken Foes include –

* 22nd Anniversary Rewards – *Ultima Online* turns 22 this year, a special gift for our dedicated players!
* Treasures of the Sea – collect souls using Ethereal Soulbinders and redeem them for brand new equipment recipes!
* Scalis, Charybdis, and Corgul – updated loot including brand new equipment recipes, the hungry coconut crab pet, and a re-introduction of Leurocian's Mempo of Fortune!
* Aquarium Update with over 50 new creatures to collect and 3 new aquariums to build!
* Halloween favorites coming October 1st – Trick or Treating, Carveable Pumpkins, and Zombie Skeletons!

## Huntmaster's Challenge update

New rewards have been added to the Huntmaster's Challenge!

* Grilled Serpent Steak Recipe
	+ Raw Sea Serpent Steak – harvested from sea serpents with a bladed object
	+ fresh seasoning – dried herbs & salt (purchasable from the sea market)
* BBQ Dino Ribs Recipe
	+ Raw Dino Ribs – harvested from dinosaurs with a bladed object
	+ fresh seasoning
	+ sack of sugar
	+ Samuel's Secret Sacue
* Waku Chicken Recipe
	+ raw bird
	+ dried herbs
	+ Samuel's Secret Sauce
* Bake Kitsune Hat
	+ Can be imbued with exceptional bonus
	+ Base Resists: 1, 3, 8, 3, 9

## Treasures of the Sea (Forsaken Foes event)

Creatures have become Soulbound! Use a soulbinder to capture souls and redeem them for rewards from the Fellowship!

* Ethereal Soulbinders are craftable via glassblowing
	+ 20 Sand
	+ 5 Ethereal Sand
* Ethereal Sand can be collected from Corgul the Soulbinder upon his death
* Limited quantities of Ethereal Sand can be purchased from the Mining Cooperative in Minoc
* Quantities are limited by account
* The Mining Cooperative vendor will restock anytime Corgul is defeated
* All Rising Tide creatures, including Corgul, Scalis, and Charybdis can have their souls bound into ethereal soulbinders.
* Non-tameable creatures spawned as treasure guardians from treasure chests will also be "Soulbound"
* Soulbound creatures will be identified via an orange hue and the "Soulbound" item property.
* Ethereal Soulbinders must be in the top level of your backpack to function
* Treasures of Halloween Rewards
	+ These rewards will be available on a timed release throughout the run of Forsaken Foes
	+ Pumpkin Cannon – a large pumpkin styled blundercannon, can be placed on a ship and fires all ship weapon ammo types
	+ Pumpkin Rowboat – a large pumpkin rowboat
	+ Admiral Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale – an equippable bottle of Admiral Jack's favorite beverage
	+ Jack o' Lantern Helm – equippable Jack o' Lantern helm that's also a light source
	+ Exploding Jack o' Lantern – put one in your backpack, give one to your friend and have fun launching them at each other! Kaboom!
	+ Reward Title Deeds
		- Ensign, Commander, Captain
	+ Recipe Scrolls
		- All recipes crafted via tailoring
		- Mage's Hood of Scholarly Insight – new mage's hood equippable with the stats of the Scholarly Halo
			* 5 Yards of Cloth, 5 Leather, 1 Scholar’s Halo, 10 Void Core
		- Cowl of the Mace & Shield – new assassin’s cowl equippable with the stats of the Mace & Shield Glasses
			* 5 Yards of Cloth, 5 Leather, 1 Mace & Shield Reading Glasses, 10 Vile Tentacles
		- Elegant Collar of Fortune – new elegant collar equippable with the stats of Leurocian's Mempo of Fortune
			* 5 Yards of Cloth, 5 Leather, 1 Leurocian’s Mempo of Fortune, 10 Fey Wings
		- Crimson Dagger/Sword/Mace Belt – 3 different weapon belt equippables with the stats of the Crimson Cincture \*decorative, cannot store a weapon\*
			* 4 Yards of Cloth, 5 Leather, Crimson Cincture, 10 Lodestone

## New rewards on Scalis, Charybdis, & Corgul

* Scalis
	+ Recipe for the generic version of the Mace Belt
	+ Recipe for the generic version of the Assassin's Cowl
* Corgul
	+ Recipe for the generic version of the Sword Belt
	+ Recipe for the generic version of the Mage's Hood
* Charybdis
	+ Recipe for the generic version of the Dagger Belt
	+ Recipe for the generic version of the Elegant Collar
	+ Hungry Coconut Crab Statuette
		- Pet that will eat leather, can be trained up to 2 slots and is "exoskeletal"
	+ Captain's Hearty Rum
		- Collectible equippable rum bottle with the name of one of Britannia's favorite ships.
	+ Leurocian's Mempo of Fortune

## Blackthorn's dungeon

* As part of the continuing event arc, Blackthorn's dungeon has become obstructed and will become home to a mini-quest having to do with the arc.
* Minax Artifacts can continue to be turned in to the agent in Blackthorn’s Castle
* Minax Artifacts can continue to be collected via the Captain’s and the Beacons
* Characters logging into the areas outside of the beacon areas will be magically teleported out of the dungeon

## Aquarium update

### New aquarium house addons

3 new styles of aquariums have been added as craftables from the Carpentry skill by GM Carpenters

* Recipes can be purchased from an NPC Fisher
* Small Aquarium – Recipe ~375k GP
	+ 20 Wood
	+ 2 Workable Glass
	+ 5 Sand
	+ 1 Live Rock (New ingredient found in Ancient SoS Chests!)
* Wall Aquarium – Recipe ~750k GP
	+ 50 Wood
	+ 4 Workable Glass
	+ 10 Sand
	+ 3 Live Rock
* Large Aquarium – Recipe ~1.25m GP
	+ 100 Wood
	+ 8 Workable Glass
	+ 20 Sand
	+ 5 Live Rock

### New aquarium creatures

Ancient SoS can now contain "Ancient Aquarium Fishing Nets" that can be used to fish up one of a variety of new sea creatures!

* Common, Minimum Fishing Skill: 50
	+ Sergeant Major
	+ Humpback Grouper
	+ Spotted Parrotfish
	+ Squirrelfish
	+ Black Durgeon
	+ Rock Beauty
	+ French Angelfish
	+ Spadefish
	+ Arrow Crab
	+ Sea Urchin
* Uncommon, Minimum Fishing Skill: 80
	+ Moorish Idol
	+ Clown Fish
	+ Clown Triggerfish
	+ Yellow Boxfish
	+ Gray Angelfish
	+ Spiny Lobster
	+ Queen Trigger
	+ Scorpion Fish
	+ Beaugregory
	+ Horseshoe Crab
* Rare, Minimum Fishing Skill: 100
	+ Mantis Shrimp
	+ Octopus
	+ Fireclam
	+ Lion's Mane Jelly
	+ Bangai Cardinalfish
	+ Spotted Blue Ray
	+ Banded Coral Shrimp
	+ Feather Duster
	+ Barrel Sponge
	+ Tree Coral
	+ Blue Hermit Crab
* Exceedingly Rare, Minimum Fishing Skill: 105
	+ PJ Cardinalfish
	+ Shrimp Goby
	+ Frogfish
	+ Picasso Triggerfish
	+ Pygmy Seahorse
	+ Squid
	+ Filefish
	+ Porcupine Fish
	+ Giant Anemone
	+ Sea Fan
	+ Fire Coral
* Exotic, Minimum Fishing Skill: 115
	+ Elkhorn Coral
	+ Leafy Sea Dragon
	+ Hippo Tang
	+ Chironex Jelly
	+ Chocolate Chip Seastar
	+ Eagle Ray
	+ Flamingo Tongue
	+ Staghorn Coral
	+ Mandarin Fish
	+ Orange Elephant Ear Sponge
	+ Cleaner Shrimp

## SOS Chest updates

* Ancient SoS Chests can now contain Ancient Aquarium Fishing Nets & Live Rock
* SoS Chests will now be created based on the “level” of the SoS where,
	+ 1 – Rusty Chest
	+ 2 – Legacy Wood/Metal Chest
	+ 3 – Gold Chest
	+ Ancient – Chance of either legacy white wood/metal chest OR barnacle encrusted chest
* Ancient SoS Chests will take on the name of the shipwreck as do other salvage items

## 22nd Anniversary rewards

In appreciation for 22 amazing years of continued support the Ultima Online team would like to say thank you with an anniversary gift token!

*Tokens only will be available via dispenser stones on TC1*

* All characters at least 30 days old logging in between Sunday, September 1, 2019 12:01:00 AM ET and Monday, November 18, 2019 11:59:00 PM ET will receive an anniversary card and a token that can be redeemed for an anniversary gift.
* Copper Wings
	+ Symbolizing Glory During 1 of 26 famous battles in Britannian History
* Copper Portrait Set
	+ Relief of 1 of the pirates found throughout Britannia’s High Seas
* Copper Sunflower
	+ Cast From Flowers Grown in the Warm Sun of 1 of 27 locations through Britannia
* Copper Ship Relief
	+ Depicting the Maiden Voyage of 1 of 18 different ships from Britannia’s History
* Rare chance to receive an “Antique” version of one of the above which sets a special hue and item property on the gift item

## Halloween activities update

* During the months of October and November the following Halloween activities will be active,
	+ Trick or Treating – added new crystal skulls to collect!
	+ Carvable Pumpkins – added new carving designs to collect!
	+ Zombie Skeletons return!

## Commission vendor

A new type of vendor is available for purchase from all merchants that sell vendor contracts.

* Race of the vendor is dependent on the race of the character who places the vendor
* Vendor will not charge an hourly commission, but instead will take a 5.25% commission fee on each purchase.
* The Commission Vendor will be linked to the house where it is placed and have its contents count against total house lockdowns.
* No lockdowns will be counted unless an item is added to the vendor.
* The vendor is limited to its backpack limit
* Gold cannot be deposited into the Commission Vendor’s gold account

## Miscellaneous updates

* Updated list of randomly generated pirate names
* Removed the turn-in NPCs from 2017 & 2018 iteration of the Treasures of Halloween as first indicated in the Publish 101 patch notes.

## Quality of life updates

* The Tithing menu on Shrines has been updated to provide for a better user experience
* Words of Power from Animal Training Mastery abilities will now only bark to the pet owner, instead of all nearby players
* Players can now use a context menu on containers within their house to move them to other locations within the house – players will need to secure the container after it is moved!
* Added a new security setting to secure containers for "Alliance" that will allow Guild and Alliance members access to that container
* Added a trash can to the Luna bank for all your garbage needs
* Updated the cost of rewards from the Fellowship shop
* Based on player feedback, added "Soulbound" status to non-tameable creatures that spawn from treasure maps
* Optimized visual effects on Corgul to increase client performance

## Bug fixes

* Resolved issue where Treasure Map package names were added to MIBs stored in a Davies' Locker
* Body parts recovered from shipwrecks will now be worth 100 Cleanup Britannia points instead of 0.1 points
* Resolved issue where the BOD book filter would be inaccurate when dealing with Fletching and Carpentry (bloodwood and heartwood)
* Resolved issue where Plunderbeacons could continue to fire their cannons after the crew has been killed
* Resolved issue where Davies' Locker would not fit Japanese text size
* Resolved issue with the height of plants placed in Garden Fields
* Resolved issue where Tinker scrolls could be erroneously collected from Ranger Treasure maps
* Resolved issue where some characters could not participate in governor elections
* Resolved issue where some treasures maps could have display issues that would give them erroneous titles
* Resolved issue where players who are removed from VvV guilds could not quit VvV unless they joined another guild
* Resolved issue where some NPC ships could lose their contents while sailing
* Resolved issue where the well from the Ultima Store Decorative Farm Set could not be used while locked down

## Client updates

* Added new option in the Classic & Enhanced Client to toggle the display of the contents of public houses.
* Classic Client: Increased the size of the book gump
* Enhanced Client Book Update
	+ Resolved issue where books opened in the EC would break viewing in the Classic Client due to saving incorrectly
	+ Enhanced Client books now follow text editing rules that mimic the Classic Client
	+ Enhanced Client books now use a Unicode font to support multiple languages
	+ Known Issue: There are some line width differences when viewing books written in the EC via the CC
* Added new Castle designs to the Classic & Enhanced client.

## Changes between Test Center & Origin releases

* Update to the popup Town Cryer when players login!
* A new article is available in the Town Cryer from Town Cryer NPCs!
* Based on player feedback, reduced the requirement of dried herbs in fresh seasoning from 3 to 1
* Added the "Silver Tincture" to the Fellowship Shop, which will provide slayer bonus to Soulbound creatures. Using the effect makes a player vulnerable to reponds.
* Based on player feedback, adjusted the drop rate of resources found on creatures in the Cavern of the Discarded, specifically those that have a chance to drop the "lodestone"
* Based on player feedback reduced the amount of time an Oracle of the Sea is fixed on a single Charybdis spawn location from 24 hours to 1 hour. This change results in a single location being valid to summon Charybdis for 1 hour at the location provided. Multiple Charybdis can be spawned on a shard at any given time presuming valid locations are available for the creature to spawn.
* Resolved issue where newly crafted equipment could erroneously get the "green" prefix during crafting
* Based on player feedback added the "Leurocian’s Mempo of Fortune" to the Charybdis reward list
* Based on player feedback added "Soulbound" status to non-tameable creatures that spawn as treasure guardians while doing treasure maps.
* Based on player feedback updated the "fill" thresholds on Ethereal Soulbinders to give a more accurate indication of how "full" the soulbinders are,
	+ Grand Soul – ~1% full
	+ Exalted Soul – ~25% full
	+ Legendary Soul – ~50% full
	+ Mythical Soul – ~90% full
* Based on player feedback updated the cost of rewards from the Fellowship Shop