⚔️ Dear friends, our beloved Zuluhotel server is launching very soon — the same assembly with New Year’s artifacts, lock captures, throwing knives and even machine guns.

What has been changed and improved:

• Anti-abuse: removed “sos bottles” and other loopholes (no free necroregents/imbedded items at the start), disabled the sale of junk by crafter bots.
• Farm is PvE only: Resource farming/drops are used exclusively for killing monsters.
• Class balance: aligned to the physical. and mag. protection.
• GM artifacts are available to all classes: even a mage can wear heavy armor if it’s a GM Artifact.
• Leveling is easier: scrolls for skills up to 90 drop in the dungeon of the starting city.
• Ferocious Lion armor (made of meteorite ore): create from an crafter; enchanted with stones — you choose the type of protection, and the amount of protection is random.
• The same stones enchant jewelry — collect unique assemblies.
• The help menu has been redesigned and new perks have been added.
• A minimum of “loot—free zones” – full loot almost everywhere. Kill and kill lovers, your time has come!
  Status: the server is in test — everything can be seen and tested before launch.
  Staff: there will be constant events in the season, activity, less “wild macro”, more live gameplay.

Start: September 12, 20:00.

What to do now:

1. Download the client’s files.
2. Specify the address of the game server.
3. Set up for the start.

Files: https://zuluhotel.com/update/Zuluhotel_en.zip
Temporary IP address of the server: 63.179.153.91,2593

Hi All!

Shard is moving to new location, if you can’t login please use direct ip address 141.95.72.151,2593 instead of game.zuluhotel.com,2593 in orion server profile settings. or just wait for DNS update, usually it takes 1-2hours, but for some providers it may take up to 24hrs.

We have added some new graphics, plenty of new houses and map fixed. To be able to see all that beauty please update client files.

To update, download ServerConfig.xml to the Orion Launcher folder (if you haven’t done that before). The Orion Launcher folder is located in the folder to which the game was set up. We’ve updated the function of upgrading the client’s files in Orion, so that you wouldn’t have to download the client after each update. Just launch the Orion Client and update the files with one click of a button. So, after you’ve downloaded the file to Orion Launcher folder, reboot the client. There you will see a new tab Uo Files Updates. Click Check updates to search for updates and apply them. To make the process successful, please close all the windows having to do anything with Ultima Online (stealth, injection etc.).

Unpack zip-file in the link to get the updates file.

https://zuluhotel.com/update/ServerConfig.rar

The Missing Caravan
Since ancient times Lord Richard from Yew has been engaged in trading with other lords of Britain. His merchants would bring valuable goods from various parts of the world. The merchants were famous for mighty and invincible steeds in their caravan.
One time a horrible incident occurred during the journey. A well-known group of horse thieves of Kalaberden inserted their spy among the caravan guards. Shortly after they acquired the information about the merchants’ map root. During an uneven battle, half of the best horses were stolen. The other half spread in the nearest woods.
Find the missing horses, but beware: the woods are full of mutants and robbers.

Friday the 13th What to say? Whether you believe it or not, stay aware of troubles on this day!

Barely having recovered from the pumpkin invasion, an unpleasant surprise shook the Royal Guard. Recently imprisoned troublemaker turned out to be a follower of an ancient cult of Sargon. During the search, a message was discovered. It says about a conspiracy between the cult and the filthiest creatures of two worlds: living and dead. In the message, it was also mentioned that an attack on a fair city of Skara Brae was being prepared on Friday. For that reason, the Lord of Britain encourages all heroic warriors, mages, and even always drunk bards to defend the city from the foe!

The mages of the kingdom will protect the city with an invisible dome that won’t let looters and greedy assassins steal your goods during the battle. Its powers should last for about 2 hours. The battle begins at 7 p.m CET. To get there, use a blue Moongate in the Market.

Dark Magic. Part 1.

After the celebration of Halloween the darkness has fallen onto the world… The Greatest Mage of the tower has dropped the bell. Rumor says that people encounter invisible obstacles that immobilize them. The Mage is sure that dark and dangerous powers are rising. The entire guild has been sent for the search of Dark Matter. The messengers who were sent by mages have arrived but not even one of them could show the meeting point on the map. Mysteriously, all men have lost their memory and couldn’t even tell their names.

Task: Find the participants of the expedition and bring the information to the Greatest Mage by sending him the message “QUEST”. Pay attention, you may be haunted as the reward forces people to take desperate actions.

The shard has moved to another location, re-direction to the new location should do everything automatically, but if you still can not log in using previous settings, please change shard’s IP Address to the direct one: 46.165.217.147 the port remains the same – 2593

If you still cannot log in, you can easily get our assistance in Discord

As you have heard, Zuluhotel started it’s work on October 16, 2020. At this moment there are more than 200 active players from all over the world. A week after the start we implied automatic updates of the client’s files via Orion Launcher. (By the way, we recommend using the Orion Launcher only, which is also a part of our installation pack.) Several map bugs were fixed. The website was launched and all its functions are fine now, including the Info vault. This informational section contains all the server’s game knowledge among which you can find the answer to every question you might have during the game. Also, the shard’s stuff helps all new players in our Telegram. Everything on the website is functioning both in English and Russian. We are currently working on a Spanish version of the website. Another thing we did is launching targeted advertising in our groups on Facebook and Instagram.

Some simple quests were held this week. Every day we give away 2 skills to the players (one skill per winner at a time). The winner is picked randomly on the server and if the player is by the computer at the moment of drawing, the player receives any skill raise that he/she wants. The first week from the start the skill level can be increased to 80, the second week to 90, the third week to 100, the following weeks up to 110.

We kindly remind you, that we have built Newbie-town for an easy game start. It’s a completely self-standing and safe place. It has everything you need: a mine to dig ore, a forest to chop logs, a pond for fishing, and even an easy dungeon. There your skills can be trained up to 90 and the training speed is 30% higher than in the main world. No one and nothing can harm your character in Newbie-town, since all the aggressive actions are turned off there. Moreover, if you accidentally die in Newbie dungeon, all of your items are put back in your backpack.

CHECK IN EASY!

1. We have carefully worked out the classes’ balance in PvP battles co-working with of TOP players.

2. We have thoroughly worked on the usefulness of the Crafters’ products. From now on, Crafter is not a useless unit who is only capable of mining gold in the beginning. Armors and weapons made by Crafters will be valuable, but at the same time they will not be able to completely replace items obtained during hunting for Mobs.

3. We have developed the way to make any weapon in the game even better. You will have to make certain steps and have the required ingredients to improve it. There are 5 enhancement levels in total. Keep in mind, if the improving ritual fails, the item will be destroyed.

4. We have added Bosses and Champions. Find more about them using the “Info Vault” on the website.

5. A random spawn of high-loot Mobs has been added to the world. Now even a spawn of a wolf in a forest has a certain chance of spawning, for example, a Golden Dragon. However, this does not apply to spawns located within the cities and safe zones.

6. Mutant mobs have been added to the game, which are much stronger than ordinary mobs. In the loot that they drop you can find the alternative game currency Zulu Coins. With Zulu Coins you can discover new features of your character. However, it is worth mentioning, that these features will not give you a considerable advantage in PvP or PvM battles, but they can make your life easier. You can also get Zulu Coins by selling the received from hunting GM items (weapons, armors and clothes). 

Some more information about mutant mobs: in each mob’s spawning spot a mutant of the same kind can be possibly spawned as well. For example, in a skeleton spawning spot a mutant skeleton with improved characteristics can appear.

7. We have worked all of the mobs out. They are now smarter, stronger and faster.

8. We have created a system of automatic events: 4 fortresses and 1 main fortress city have been built in the world. To capture the fortress city, you need to control 2 out of 4 fortresses. The attack on each fortress takes place once a week at a certain time. All players are notified of the time of capturing the fortress beforehand. To capture the fortress, you need to destroy the fortifications, defeat the defenders of the fortress and seize the artifact. The player who captured the artifact becomes the keeper of the fortress and can decide on his own who of the players has the right to enter the fortress. Capturing each of the fortresses has certain advantages.

While the fortress is under control of the players, they have access to their own mini-dungeon, a mine with ore and a forest for chopping logs. All of the aforementioned stands inside the fortress and belongs to the keeper and his friends until the next capture. Gaining control over the main fortress-city also provides a full set of city vendors on the territory of the fortress.

9. On the way from Minoc to Britain we have built a lovely convenient market. The market is a completely safe zone. This is an area of free trade and a place for communication between players. The market also has a pavilion for holding auctions. An auction will take place once a week.  There you can buy one-of-a-kind items for GP, as well as clothes of beautiful colors and unique decorations that cannot be made by a game character. As a usual rule for all the auctions, the player who offers the best price wins the auction.

10. We’ve rebuilt the cities. You are probably sick and tired of their old look, so we’ve upgraded them.

11. We have created a noob factory: an absolutely safe city where all new characters appear. No harm can be done to other players in the city and all the conditions are suitable for training: skills increase 30% faster up to 90 skill level, comparing to the main world. There is a mine where you can dig ore. However, high ore cannot be obtained there. There is a forest for getting logs, ponds for fishing and an easy dungeon. You can get out and back to the city via portal. Though, no matter how trained your character is, when you return to the newbie city your skills will work as if they were at level 90.

12. We have built a new prison for violators. Now the prison is not an unapproachable place for others. It is situated in the main world for everyone to see. To get out of prison, it is not enough just to serve the sentence. From now on you will have to chop a certain number of logs (smiley) Other players will be able to entertain themselves by watching this exciting process under the walls of the prison.

13. We’ve come up with a system of total control over the staff’s actions. Currently absolutely each their action is recorded. The chances of corruption tend to zero.

14. We have fixed all the bugs that were available to users of third-party programs, such as Injection. You can use them, but you will not get any benefit from it. Moreover, when you try to use bugs that we know of, you either won’t be able to do this or your account will be automatically banned (depending on the bug). For a comfortable playing, we recommend using a modern client based on the ORION UO program. Together with its developers we have adjusted our client and it is included in the distribution kit and is installed along with our client software.

 15. Lots of items with new graphics have been added to the game.

16. We have prepared a full description of all game features and created a handy INFO VAULT. We’ll continue updating the information there as new patches are released.

17. A new Zuluhotel.com website has been developed from scratch.

18. The project’s account was created in various social networks in order to attract new players (Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitch). By the way, right now you can watch video reviews of what we have done for you at Zuluhotel on Youtube!

FINISHED. Winners: Yellow, RaiVo, Little Devil

Today we found out that somebody intruded in a secret lab of Felucca’s Healthcare Ministry. During the investigation it was revealed that important reagents are missing. They are intended to be a part of a vaccine from alcohol dependency a new type of flu. All the clues lead to the adepts of anti-vaccine movement. If the reagents aren’t found soon, the pandemic will ravage the world.

Your task is to break into this anti-social lair, but for this you will need to figure out the secret code. Its traces are all over  the main cities. Get the code and track down the thieves.

Update. Day later.

This morning Royal Intelligence reported of a letter interception, which stated:

“Our plan has worked. I have obtained the reagent with no resistance whatsoever. I am heading to the hideout now. There is one last thing to do in Papua, I’ll visit it for a day. I will be at the spot on Sunday at noon. I hope you haven’t changed the password yet.

Could you also pick another place for headquarters next time? Somewhere not as far and less stinky?! This damp is a real pain for my joints. Have you tried it yourself, sleeping while these ugly serpents are roaring?”

The security agents  suppose, that the clues in the letter refer to an abandoned sewer, but they have no other ideas of how to get there, since the entrance to British catacombs was lost many years ago. Anyway, before setting off to the specified place you need to search for all the letters from the password in the main Kingdom’s cities.