AzeriteUO is an AOS-era Ultima Online shard built around one idea: sharpen the character you already play, don’t replace it. UO has always been classless — a Tamer, a stealth Dexxer, a bandage-healing warrior are all valid builds on day one. AzeriteUO’s new systems are designed to make those existing builds feel stronger and more purposeful in group PvM, without forcing anyone into a rigid class or a mandatory tank/healer/DPS queue.
The three systems this wiki covers
- Azerite Dungeon — a repeatable, Keystone-scaled dungeon for parties of 3–5. This is where almost everything else in this list is earned.
- Minor Artifact Upgrade System — tradable itemization that drops from the dungeon and grows stronger as you spend a currency called Ichor on it.
- PvM Talent System — a character-bound progression path from level 1 to 50 that adds passive power and, eventually, a specialization — Guardian, Lifebinder, or Reaver — on top of your existing build. It is completely separate from PvP.
How they fit together
Running the Azerite Dungeon earns you Ichor and a chance at a Minor Artifact. You spend Ichor to upgrade artifacts you already own. Fighting anything — in the dungeon or out in the world — earns PvM experience toward your talent levels. None of this touches PvP in any way: every Azerite bonus is disabled automatically if you’ve recently fought another player.
What’s actually testable right now
This wiki is written against the current build, not the long-term design. Every page carries one of three status badges so you always know where a feature stands:
Live in private testing implemented and being exercised in private testing — go try it.
Implemented — awaiting full validation implemented in the build, but leadership hasn’t finished live validation on it yet. It may change before it’s considered final.
Design approved — not yet active a leadership-approved design that has no in-game effect yet. Don’t expect it to do anything if you try it.
Read Private Test Overview next for how to actually participate, or jump straight to How the PvM Progression Loop Works for the short version of the whole game loop.