Over on the Ultima Forever forums, community manager Gene Makely has posted some brief details about the most recent update of the game released on the iOS App Store:

This evening, a new version (1.6.56) of the game was made available on the App Store, whereby Leaderboards are now inclusive of character progress in the Vaults of Fear, Lies and Hate!

Additionally, separate from the abovementioned client update, we’ve made available new Winter Vanity items (chest and headpiece)! As with previous Vanity items, these are available in Town Chests, so check them out! Each class and gender has a unique set.

We’ve also made a few minor tweaks to potions, health orbs, vault difficulty and some monster abilities:

• Drop rates for potions and green health orbs have been reduced
• Monster damage within the Vaults has been increased per completed floor
• The following NPCs have had the usage of some of their abilities capped: Lich lords, Madcap Morel, and the Slime King

And finally, a handful of bug fixes:

• Some erroneous error messaging (when grouped) have been fixed in the Vault of Lies
• A Tutorial progression blocker that prevented some players from continuing/completing the Tutorial was identified and removed

We continue to work on other bug fixes and our next content update, so stay tuned!

Additionally, Mythic have announced, via Facebook, that the studio will be on hiatus for the next two weeks, so that staff may mark Christmas and the New Year…and take a much-needed break after a very busy year.