Posted December 31, 1969 by Jonathan Corey

With a new playable race, quest engine, nine new dungeons, fourteen new creatures and over 100 new craftable items, Ultima Online is revamping to appeal to a new generation of gamers.

In a Townhall meeting in Washington D.C. on June 2, the Ultima Online developers announced Mondain's Legacy, the seventh expansion for one of the longest running MMORPGs, Ultima Online. Ultima Online began in 1997, one of very few games of its type. UO, in its early days, helped to define the MMORPG as we know it. Now, with the announcement of Mondain's Legacy, Ultima Online is receiving tons of new content to engage players for years to come.

The chief feature of the expansion is the addition of the Elves, a new playable race. The Elves have a deep history in all of the single player Ultima games and are a welcome addition to the online world. With the Elven race comes the city of Heartwood. This city is home to the Elves and also the source of many of the hundreds of new quests being added to the game. Many of these quests will send adventurers into dungeons to retrieve items or kill certain creatures, however many quests also exist for the crafters of UO. These quests will reward powerful new crafting recipes that will allow crafters to make powerful new items.

Along with the expansion comes a new skill, Spellweaving. The Spellweaving skill allows groups of 2-5 players to pool their magic to cast powerful new spells, many of which will be AoE. Mondain's Legacy also promises the introduction of "Peerless Monsters", the most difficult enemies ever put into UO.

With a release date of August 30, UO:Mondain's Legacy will be a completely digital release. Account codes will be available at uomlstore.com on August 1. The game client is available now, with a 15 day free trial, here.