Mythic have released an itinerary for Ultima Online’s 16th Anniversary party on the game’s website. The events will kick off on September 21st, at 12:45 PM CST, at the Luna Fairgrounds on TC1.

12:45 pm CST – Opening Ceremony at the Luna Fair grounds

1:00 to 2:00 pm CST – Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt (see details below)

2:00 to 2:15 Return to Luna for announcement of winners for the Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt

2:15 to 3:00 pm CST – Fool Hardy –Join us to preform and show how creative you are

3:00 to 3:30 pm CST Award prizes for the judging of the Cultural Center Design Contest and Story Contest

3:30 to 4:30 pm CST Trivia Contest

4:30 to 5:00 pm CST Magic Show

Some of these events (Fool Hardy, the Cultural Center Design Contest, the Story Contest, and the Trivia Contest) require pre-entry, or require content for consideration to be submitted prior to September 21st.

Fool Hardy will take the form of a series of player-performed, six (6)-minute skits, which will be judged by three (3) developers. Story Contest submissions must complete the third part of the Mesanna’s Ascension saga (see: part 1, part 2), completing the tale of how a former Twin Oaks Tavern servant girl becomes a famous and powerful goddess. Naturally, then, the story must star Mesanna, and must be set in at least one unique area on any Ultima Online shard.

As well, it was announced that Publish 83 will be pushed to the Origin and Izumo shards today. Several changes made to the Publish since it was pushed to TC1 are described in the news post:

A New Quest & Encounter have been added. Visit Hepler the Salvager Master at the Sons of the Sea in Trinsic. This is the first part of a three part content Arc which will be developing over the next few months.

• Luck plays an influence throughout various portions of the quest, including the chance at receiving an artifact from the final boss encounter

New Item Property, Bane, is found on certain weapons. This on hit property will only trigger when the targets health is below 50%. As the targets health decreases the chance for the property to fire will increase along with the damage inflicted. Bane has the potential to damage the target for up to 30% of the targets max hit points in physical damage. This damage cannot exceed 350 physical damage.

Added a new title upon completion of the Exploring the Deep quest.