Ultima Offers Character Transfer Between Shards

Players can buy a code to move 1 avatar

Electronic Arts is allowing players to purchase a Character Transfer Code which will allow them to move one Ultima Online character to a new shard (server).

According to the EA Web site (http://www.uogamecodes.com/store/index.asp) "This program is in a test phase and only applies to these eight shards: Atlantic, Lake Superior, Pacific, Napa Valley, Chesapeake, Great Lakes, Baja and Sonoma. That means you can only move a character from one of the identified test shards to another of these shards. This program is scheduled to be available on all shards, excluding Siege Perilous and Mugen, by the beginning of April."

Characters with "Young" status cannot be transferred. (If you wish to transfer this character to another shard, remove your young status by saying "I renounce my young player status" and begin again.)

The following items can be transferred:

• Your character, including: name, appearance (skin, hair, facial hair), stat & skill points, reputation (Fame, Karma, murder counts), virtue points and virtue title, any custom title your character may have (such as those awarded during some past OSI events), all the "monster points" your character has accumulated by participating in champion spawns, as well as any special champion spawn title your character has achieved.

• The current status of any quest in which your character has been participating.

• Everything your character has equipped (both wearing and holding)

• Your character’s backpack

• Your character’s bank box

• All of your character’s stabled pets (Note: If you cannot control a stabled pet, it will transfer to the destination shard but cannot be removed from the stables until your character has the appropriate control slots available.)

• All your character’s pets that are within the immediate vicinity, and their associated contents* (Note: Temporary "followers," such as hirelings, escorts, and animated dead, will not be transferred)

The following items can not be transferrred:

• Houses, their secured items, their vendors, and their barkeeps will not be transferred to the new shard.

• You cannot transfer your character if it is currently in a party.

• If your character is part of a guild, it will be removed from that guild, even if you are the guild master. (You can join or start a new guild as normal after the transfer to the destination shard)

• If your character is in a Faction, it will be removed from that Faction, even if a Faction officer. (You can join a Faction as normal after transferred to the destination shard)

• You cannot transfer your character if it is in possession of a Town Sigil.

• Companion and Volunteer status (the latter applicable only to our Asian region, which still maintains Volunteers)

• Bracelets of Binding and Balls of Pet Summoning will have their links cleared upon transfer to the new shard. They will not be automatically re-linked upon transfer to the destination shard; you will have to re-link them yourself after the transfer is complete.

• Bulletin Boards will have all of their current messages deleted (but can continue to be used as normal on the destination shard).

• You will have to recreate any custom game macros for that character after the transfer to the new shard.

The cost of the transfer code is $19.99

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