Vetus Mundus

[nimble pewter]

Application

Version: 1
Status: pending
Creator: @raven basalt
Created At: 2025-07-01T19:52:48.083Z
Link: https://play.classicuo.org/shard-management/shard-application/55

Shard

Name: Vetus Mundus
Phase: Live
Staff: @slate sparrow,@raven basalt
Url: https://vetus-mundus.de
Population: 3 - 24

Description: Vetus Mundus has been the home of passionate Ultima Online players since 2004 and is probably the oldest German freeshard. But unlike the traditional UO servers, VM has additional custom game content (e.g. Sockets on items, Bio-Engineering, Pet-Level-System, Castle Siege, individual house construction, etc.), over 200 Quest NPCs and lovingly designed events. PvE content is available on all facets whereas PvP is only available on Felucca

Comments/Requests:

What happens now

1. The team will review the initial application to check its genuine and if the web client is compatible at first-glance.
2. We will initiate a connection test to verify your shard is accessible to the public.
3. The shard will be approved depending on the above, at which point you can test and verify the web client works correctly.
4. When you are ready we will also verify by logging into the shard.
5. If everything works the shard will be moved to the Active list for players.

Please be patient as we review applications in our own free time, we try to be quick but cannot guarantee any timelines.

[slate sparrow]

Hi, just checking in to see if there have been any updates.

[nimble pewter]

:sparkles: Shard passed the connection test check initiated by @novel trout.

This test uses the Free shard protocol 0xF1 stats packet to verify your shard is reachable, if the check fails you may need to verify your shard supports the packet.

Raw Response: ```
{clients:7,items:1972380,chars:97150,age:1264,memory:0,ping:6,fetchedAt:1757164821104}

**Note:**
- If the response is all `0` this indicates the shard failed to respond to the query.
- You can use this [powershell script](https://gist.github.com/jabinb/1dc076839f2fae808c13ebbc1de911c6) to manually test your shard before asking us to re-test.
- The ping is as seen from New York, and is based on the time it took for your shard to reply to the 0xF1, not an ICMP ping.