Events
Shard Events & Celebrations
Britannia's official seasonal celebrations, anniversary jubilees, open-world champion encounters, and competitive realm tournaments.
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About Shard Events
Throughout the year, UO:Renaissance hosts major realm events, anniversary jubilees, holiday encounters, and competitive tournaments. Each celebration brings unique mechanics, rare collectible items, specialized hues, and open-world community interaction.
Annual Event Calendar
| Month | Celebration | Type | Dedicated Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | Valentine's Event: Cupid Returns! | Open-World Champion Altar & Boss Encounter | View Valentine's Guide → |
| August | Peace & Samorite Jubilee | Shard Anniversary & "Where's Waldo" Scavenger Hunt | View Jubilee Guide → |
| Spring & August | Fishing Tournaments | Competitive Maritime Angling (Plunderfish & Jubilee) | View Fishing Tournaments → |
| October | Fall Harvest & Halloween | Seasonal Quests & Haunted Encounters | Seasonal Archive |
| December | Winter Holiday & New Year | Winter Gifts, Holiday Rares & Festivities | Seasonal Archive |
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Featured: Peace & Samorite Jubilee
🎉 Peace & Samorite Jubilee (Celebrate MMXXVI!)
The grand anniversary celebration of UO:Renaissance, held every August. Replaces the traditional September anniversary with a realm-wide scavenger hunt, official commemorative hues, and the Jubilee Store.
- "Where's Waldo" Scavenger Hunt: Private Discord clues guide players to secret Jubilee Stones across Britannia without gates or recall.
- Tokens & Rewards: Earn up to 11 non-tradable Anniversary Tokens to spend in the Jubilee Store on exclusive items.
- Official Festival Hues: 1363 (Deep Royal Blue) and 2165 (Shadow Silver).
- Jubilee Gift Bags: Delivered to every player account with commemorative clothing, jewelry, and decor.
Featured: Fishing Tournaments
🎣 Fishing Tournaments
High-stakes competitive maritime angling tournaments staged from the Moonglow Docks, including the inaugural Plunderfish Tournament and the annual Jubilee Fishing Tournament.
- Automated Weigh-In NPC: Real-time logging of fish weight, timestamp, angler name, and turn-in character name.
- Token Economy: Every turned-in catch earns event tokens (Lotto Tokens or Pieces of Eight) for house lotteries and dockside Wishing Well rolls.
- Category Champions: Top catches across Biggest Fish, Smallest Fish, and Highest Total Weight win 100 Platinum Coins, bonus tokens, blessed hued fishing poles and nets, and commemorative champion trophies.
Featured: Valentine's Event: Cupid Returns!
🏹 Valentine's Event: Cupid Returns!
Running annually from February 7th through February 22nd outside Wrong Dungeon.
- Pagan Camps & Champion Altar: Battle corrupted minions in an open-world champion spawn with 16 red candle tiers.
- Spells of Forbidden Love: Accelerate spawn candle progression with rare ritual scrolls.
- Tactics & High Ground: Utilize stone battlements for archery and spells, or hold melee choke points below.
- Confronting Cupid: Defeat the fallen herald to banish his curse and claim event rares and Cupid's Trusty Steed mount.
