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This Referral Season, a mythical Unicorn emerges from the mists of legend. Its coat gleams like morning frost, its golden eyes hold the wisdom of ages, and upon its brow, a horn of pure light. Invite a kindred spirit to Albion and transform your lowly Riding Horse into a fairy tale fantasy for all characters on that server.

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But why let the magic end there? Turn this fable into an entire saga – the more allies you bring, the greater the gifts that await:

• Refer 1 Friend: Unicorn mount skin
• Refer 3 Friends: A T7 Pile of Tomes worth 100,000 Fame
• Refer 5 Friends: A T8 Pile of Tomes worth 200,000 Fame
• Bonus for your first-ever referral: A T8 Pile of Tomes worth 200,000 Fame
• Additionally, for each friend you refer, you'll receive 500 Gold!

Getting your friends in on the action is as simple as following these steps:

• Step 1: Share your referral link with a friend, which you can find here when logged into the website with your game account
• Step 2: Your friend signs up to Albion Online
• Step 3: Your friend purchases at least 30 days of Premium status, unlocking your rewards

Whether you dream of galloping into battle like a fabled hero, or you just want to prance around looking fabulous, don’t miss your chance to claim your very own Unicorn before April 30 at 23꞉59꞉59 UTC.

The Hunter Challenge calls all master predators to the wilds for the ultimate test! Prove your skill, and you’ll be rewarded with the Black Panther, a formidable beast that boasts a powerful burst of speed, propelling its rider across vast distances in a heartbeat – silent, swift, and relentless. Earn Challenge Points, claim your prize, and show the world you’re the apex predator!

[h3]Hunt Down Fantastic Items[/h3]

BLACK PANTHER: This month's Challenge sees the return of the mighty Black Panther, a sleek feline mount with a fearsome appearance. It boasts a powerful speed boost spell that can propel its rider across large distances – helping both hunters and hunted alike.

AVATAR RING: Reach your goals to unlock the Hunter Challenge avatar ring to give your favorite avatar a hunting-themed border. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or can be traded for one Adventurer's Token at the Vanity Merchant.

SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month, reach weekly goals to unlock Hunter Challenge chests. In addition to valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes, Silver bags, and rare resources, this month's chests contain various hunting-themed statues and furniture items.

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[h3]How to participate in the Adventurer's Challenge[/h3]
The Adventurer's Challenge is a monthly event where you can earn exclusive rewards such as mounts, Tomes of Insight, bags of Silver, and more. By gathering, fishing, farming, and defeating monsters, you'll earn Challenge Points that fill daily, weekly, and monthly progress bars. To track your progress, open the Adventurer's Challenge UI by clicking on the Activities menu.



While only Premium players can unlock the Monthly Rewards (Avatar Ring, Mount) and Weekly Rewards (Challenge Chests), anyone can claim the Daily Rewards, which include 10 Learning Points and a Tier 4 Tome of Insight. Non-Premium players also make progress on all reward tracks, so when you’re ready to unlock Premium, your earned rewards will be waiting for you!

AlbionTV (twitch.tv/albiononline) is currently running a series of interviews with the AOCP Ambassadors, and this Friday is MomoMonii’s turn in the spotlight. Tune in Friday 28 at 20:00 UTC for a chat that promises chaos, karaoke, and PvP insights in equal measure. Check out this profile to get to know her before the show kicks off.

[h3]MomoMonii[/h3]

• YouTube: youtube.com/@momomonii
• Twitch: twitch.tv/momomonii
• Main Focus: Instanced PvP

Meet Momomonii, one of the newest AOCP Ambassadors – and already a standout in Albion’s streaming scene. In just a short time, she’s built a name for herself as one of the most entertaining PvP creators out there. Why? Because she does what most players wouldn’t dare: singing mid-fight while throwing hands.

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Specializing in Corrupted Dungeons and 2v2 Hellgates, Momomonii thrives in Albion’s instanced PvP, where soft caps level the playing field and put the spotlight on skill, game sense, and creative tactics. Healing is her tune, but she’s just as dangerous on DPS – especially when using wild off-meta builds that keep every fight unpredictable and explosive (for her opponents, mostly).

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Her work as an Ambassador focuses on making Albion’s PvP more accessible, especially for newer players. She’s quick to hit pause on the karaoke to answer questions – in English, Polish, and Russian – offer practical advice, and share insights on everything from healing mechanics to build matchups and reading your opponent’s next move.

Who said being a healer was boring? Definitely not Momo. So if you want sharp PvP tips, a chill stream atmosphere, and the sheer joy of watching someone hit both enemies and high notes at the same time, you've just found your new favorite content creator.

Albion Online is a social game at heart, with players banding together, forming parties, guilds, and alliances, trading their wares, or just taking a moment to shoot the breeze. But this just wouldn’t be possible without the ingame chat feature – which is why we’ve put together this guide to show you everything you need to know about this system.

Get to know your tabs from your channels, find buyers for your items, and customize your window exactly as you want it – everything you need to know is here, so check it out now and elevate your experience in Albion!

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This patch improves the Conqueror's Challenge reward system with better tracking and reward claiming for past seasons. It also includes combat balance changes, bug fixes, and gameplay improvements.

[h3]Changes[/h3]

Conqueror’s Challenge Changes

A new Conqueror’s Challenge History Tab has been added, allowing players to track their past seasons and claim rewards more easily.

• Players can now view their stats and rewards from previous seasons by selecting them from a dropdown menu

Within this new tab, rewards can be claimed through an improved UI:

• Conqueror’s Chest rewards now appear as a list of claimable items instead of a single chest
  • Players can claim items individually or use ‘Claim All’ to collect as much as their inventory space allows
• Knight’s Vows and Avatars are sent directly to the inventory when claimed

Other Changes

• Personal and Guild tabs within a Guild Bank are now visually distinguished

[h3]Combat Balance Changes[/h3]

Frost Staffs

To increase the consistency of Arctic Volley, each icicle has been adjusted to slow all targets hit, making it easier to land multiple volleys.

• Arctic Volley (Arctic Staff)
  • Slow per hit: 10% for 1s (stacks up to 6 times)

Holy Staffs

As Holy Staff has been a dominant option in the 2v2 meta, the energy cost of Desperate Prayer has been increased to make energy denial a possible counter.

• Desperate Prayer (Holy Staff)
  • Energy cost: 12 → 15

Nature Staffs

Since Druidic Staff has fallen out of the meta following previous nerfs, the additional cooldown for recasting Spiritual Seed has now been removed to increase its healing output in group play.

• Spiritual Seed (Druidic Staff)
  • Recast cooldown: 25s → 20s

Shapeshifter Staffs

Bloodmoon continues to be a problem for larger groups to deal with. To give enemies a better chance at bursting a Werewolf down, their max health while transformed has been reduced.

• Werewolf Transformation (Bloodmoon Staff)
  • Transformation health: 1100 → 1000

Swords

Infinity Blade’s popularity has increased since Limit Breaker stopped consuming its damage buff. To reduce its brawling power somewhat, its long buff duration has been reduced.

• Limitbreaker (Infinity Blade)
  • Damage buff duration: 7s → 5s

Helmets

Smokebomb has been adjusted to no longer silence party members, as this behavior was difficult to control and led to frustrating gameplay experiences.

• Smokebomb (Hellion Hood)
  • No longer silences group members

Shoes

The stun duration for Crush Charge – a highly telegraphed ability – has been increased to make it more rewarding, especially since it takes the place of a traditional mobility option.

• Crush Charge (Duskweaver Boots)
  • Stun: 2.35s → 2.5s

Capes

Capes that primarily scale their cooldowns with Item Power have not provided enough value to warrant their increasing cost per tier. With significantly shorter cooldowns at higher tiers, these capes can now become a more reliable build component.

• Berserk (Keeper Cape)
  • Base cooldown: 112.5 → 150
  • Cooldown reduction: 2.5s → 7.5s (95s → 98s at 700 IP, 73s → 30s at 1600 IP)
  • Buff duration: 6s → 5s
• Devious Trap (Heretic Cape)
  • Base cooldown: 112.5 → 150
  • Cooldown reduction: 2.5s → 7s (95s → 101s at 700 IP, 73s → 38s at 1600 IP)
• Mark of the Raven (Morgana Cape)
  • Cooldown reduction: 3.1s → 6s (98s → 78s at 700 IP, 70s → 24s at 1600 IP)
  • Buff duration: 8s → 5s

Miscellaneous

• Hellgates
  • Rising Lava stacks now persist after being knocked down while inside the lava
  • Rising Lava stacks now break shields and cause immunity against shield effects

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

Spell Fixes

• Enfeeble Blades (Lifecurse Staff)
  • Fixed issue where enemies would continue having their buffs purged shortly after leaving the target area
  • Fixed issue where enemies could become invisible within the target area
• Fixed issue where Holy Beam (Holy Staffs), Hover (Sandals of Purity), and Levitate (Cultist Robes) could have their channeled effects purged

UI Fixes

• Fixed issue where removing an item from either the Main Hand or Off-Hand slot in the Loadouts menu would clear both slots
• Fixed issue where Tracking Toolkits could be placed in the weapon slot when creating a Loadout
• Fixed issue where the Overcharge confirmation pop-up could appear twice when using a hotkey
• Fixed issue where Crystal Weapon combat and crafting specializations on the Destiny Board displayed incorrect bonus values
• Fixed issue where the item icon in the furniture UI was selectable but not clickable with a controller
  • The icon is now clickable across all inputs to open the furniture item's details UI

Other Fixes

• Fixed issue where the following mobs would deal significantly higher damage than intended:
  • Earthkeeper Shaman
  • Avalonian High Priestess
  • Sir Bedivere
  • Castle Mortar
  • Champion of Fort Sterling
  • Bandit Ringleader
• Fixed issue where items that cannot drop as loot could be listed for sale on the Black Market
• Various additional graphical, animation, terrain, audio, UI, and localization fixes