Public Alpha Live
A persistent world with a charter at its heart. CivCharter remains the civic layer: proposals, records, stewardship, public memory, and shared purpose. The shard is the living world where citizens gather, explore, build, trade, archive, and turn those agreements into play.
Shard status
Status checks the local ServUO TCP listener from the web host. Public reachability still depends on network routing.
Current access
The shard is live beside CivCharter on the Pi and reachable through the Playit TCP relay. Open alpha account creation is enabled for testers.
Design direction
The goal is peaceful collaboration: roles, public works, field reports, archives, settlement building, exploration, stewardship, and structured conflict only where it has meaning.
ClassicUO profile
For the current public alpha, use ClassicUO with the Playit relay endpoint below. Do not distribute copyrighted client files. Testers must use their own legally obtained UO Classic client data.
API status endpoint: /api/uo/status
Public TCP access is now online through the Playit relay. The shard still runs locally on the Pi, while testers connect through the public endpoint.
Account creation is open for alpha testers. Enter a new username and a test-only password on first login. The owner/admin account is private and must not be published.
The account cap prevents Playit relay IP collisions; it is not a promise of 100 concurrent players.
World premise
Citizens arrive in a fresh world and begin building the civic layer from scratch. The Hall of Accord anchors the first commons. Field reports become public memory. The archive records what is discovered, built, debated, and preserved.
In-game systems live now
Founding objective
This is the first visible bridge between CivCharter.org and the persistent shard. The current milestone is live public alpha onboarding with open account creation, screenshots, founding chronicles, and live archive summaries next.