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Britannia,
faithful again.

One persistent Britannia, built back to the bones: non-instanced, skill-based, and dangerous on purpose.

Backed by a small indie studio and a Patreon of veteran Ultima Online players and the private-shard nomads who have waited thirty years for a world worth logging back into.

No NDA · monthly dev logs · first playtests late 2026.

The one-line truth

One persistent Britannia, built back to the bones: non-instanced, skill-based, and dangerous on purpose.

What we won’t change

Three promises, drawn from the Britannia every veteran remembers.

Each pillar has at least a working prototype in the studio. Nothing here is a slogan yet to ship.

  1. Pillar 01
    Deeds · locks · neighbors

    Sandbox housing

    Buy a tower, plant a deed, lock the door — and watch the neighborhood breathe. Player-built towns, not instanced apartments stacked on a server mesh.

  2. Pillar 02
    Wanted · hunted · consequential

    Risk-real PvP

    The wilderness has consequences on purpose. Murderers are a sentence, not a stat — and the blues who hunt them are a role a city can hang a banner on.

  3. Pillar 03
    Open · persistent · shared

    Non-instanced world

    One shared Britannia. No phasing, no lobbies, no theme-park funnel — every player sees the same road, the same moongate, the same contested gate.

Back the Project

Three tiers. Real money, real work.

Patreon keeps the studio shipping month-over-month. Pick a tier, change it any time — every cent funds salaries, server bills, and art contracts, not marketing.

Where the money goes

  • ·Salaries for the four-person team
  • ·Server, storage, build hardware
  • ·Tile artists, sound designers, copy editors
  1. per month

    Apprentice

    $5/ mo

    For curious onlookers.

    • Monthly dev log, mailed the day it ships
    • Backer-only Discord channels
    • Name in the world credits roll
    Join on Patreon
  2. Most chosen

    per month

    Townsman

    $15/ mo

    For the regulars.

    • Everything in Apprentice
    • Monthly closed playtest build
    • In-game founder house plaque
    • Vote on the next skill to polish
    Join on Patreon
  3. per month

    Lord

    $50/ mo

    For the deep backers.

    • Everything in Townsman
    • Quarterly video call with the team
    • Custom NPC or vendor in a town square
    • Signed, hand-stamped parchment map
    Join on Patreon

FAQ

The four questions backers ask first.

More questions, more nuance, and a few myths — all on the full FAQ page.

Quick answers
The most-asked, in one minute.

Back the Project

Help us put Britannia back on the map.

One click on Patreon keeps the dev log monthly, the playtests open, and the studio out of marketing debt.

Or reach the studio

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