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The first Guild Season of 2024 has reached its conclusion, and it’s time to congratulate the winners! So hats off to IFures, who claimed their first title on Albion Americas, and PLAC, who successfully defended their crown on Albion Asia. Read on for a rundown of how the seasons played out…

[h3]Albion Americas: IFures Rise to the Top[/h3]
Season 22 began with a flurry of activity, as two major forces announced they'd be gunning for top spot. Both IFures & Superiore charged into the season battling it out over castles, cores, vortexes, and anything else that would give Season Points. It soon became clear that this clash of the titans wouldn't just involve these two guilds, though, and it wasn't long until coalitions were formed on both sides.

But within the first week Superiore suffered a devastating defeat in their homeland, Sunfang Cliffs, with IFures able to break through their lines and raid the territory, claiming the Raw Energy and causing a massive rift within Superiore. Within twenty-four hours this led to the guild’s collapse, seemingly opening the way for IFures to steamroll their way through the rest of the season.



It wasn't all plain sailing from here though, as another contender for the top prize, FAX, stepped up and threw their gauntlet into the ring. This sparked conflicts across multiple timers, but IFures were up for the fight and, in the final month of the season, managed to breach FAX’s homelands and raid their energy. This didn't come without its costs, though, as the FAX coalition was able to evict Contingent from their home of Darkbough Snag in the process.

On the final Invasion Day, IFures managed to secure the title, ending their season with just over 1 million points, with FAX coming in second with 869,000 points, and B l a c k-L i s t third with 581,000 points.

[h3]Albion Asia: PLAC Hold their Title[/h3]
Season 4 got off to a quieter start than previous seasons on Albion Asia, due to the hangover from the season-long war of Season 3. With guilds settling down and making pacts, PLAC was set for a straightforward victory.

It wasn't long until things spiced up, though, and with the SQUAD alliance still out for blood against the LIGHT alliance, pockets of action flared up. Raids gradually gathered pace, along with battles for castles and vortexes, and it wasn't long until a full-scale war broke out again. This lasted until the end of the season, with both sides putting up some incredible battleboards.



But, midway through the season, it wasn't SQUAD that LIGHT were looking to blind, but rather Vermin and their comfortable hold on second place. RADIANT looked to loosen their grip and, after a week of raids, Vermin soon conceded and RADIANT were on the way to second spot.

The final Invasion Day was another bloody one, as RADIANT looked to secure their homeland of Sunfang Cliffs, a territory holding 60,000 Season Points. With everyone’s gaze fixed here, RADIANT claimed the territory after a thirty-minute battle, and with that secured second place for the season.

In the final reckoning, PLAC took first place with a million points, followed by RADIANT in 2nd with 635,000 points and Vermin in third with 585,000 points.

Top ten guilds: Albion Americas Season 22

1. IFures (1,057,231 points)
2. FAX (869,576 points)
3. B l a c k-L i s t (581,648 points)
4. | Guess What | (514,478 points)
5. Contingent (436,311 points)
6. Mono Con Navaja (368,319 points)
7. Make Albion Great Again (362,441 points)
8. Kool Aid (332,780 points)
9. The Lonely Men (326,614 points)
10. Outlimits (295,956 points)

Top ten guilds: Albion Asia Season 4

1. PLAC (1,000,650 points)
2. RADIANT (635,633 points)
3. Vermin (585,498 points)
4. Malicious Crew (448,004 points)
5. One Gin (445,542 points)
6. Agila (435,636 points)
7. Forever Night (341,719 points)
8. Challenge (316,075 points)
9. China (314,293 points)
10. Castle Black (296,403 points)

Season 23 (as it will be known across all servers) kicks off April 20, bringing Fortifications, Siege Banners, Territory Activity Chests, and more new features introduced with the Foundations update. It also ushers in some important changes to the way seasons operate in Albion - for details about these changes, click here, and for the full season schedules, see this forum post.

The Albion Europe Open Beta is now here, for anyone who wants to join! Until April 23, players can earn the new Duelist vanity set, play on a condensed version of Albion with massively buffed progress, and experience the new server before it officially launches - and it’s completely free to play. Read on for more details…

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[h3]The Beta Challenge[/h3]
In the Beta Challenge, you can unlock a brand-new, exclusive vanity set: the Duelist. This razor-sharp fighter is not available in any store, and once unlocked can be used on any server.



Performing open-world activities will grant players challenge points, which you can use to unlock each of the vanity items. The milestones for each item are as follows:

• 25,000 points: Duelist’s Boots
• 50,000 points: Duelist’s Cape
• 75,000 points: Duelist’s Hat
• 100,000 points: Duelist’s Armor
• 100,000 points and Founder Status: Duelist’s Lynx

At the same time, the Albion Europe Beta Season is running, giving guilds the opportunity to earn more unique rewards like custom guild logos and a custom season statue.

[h3]A Unique Experience[/h3]
Players in the Albion Europe Beta receive a number of additional benefits to help them progress quickly through the stages of the game. These are:

• Premium status for the whole beta
• 2000 Learning Points
• +100% Fame from gathering, farming, and PvE
• +200% Resources from gathering and fishing
• +200% Silver from mobs
• Resource weight reduced by 66%

The game world has a reduced scale, giving a unique, condensed version of Albion - the Royal Continent includes only the Highland and Steppe biomes, along with the city of Caerleon, while the Outlands is also considerably smaller than usual.

Please also note that the ingame store and Gold Market will be unavailable in the Beta.



The Albion Europe Open Beta runs until 10 UTC on April 23, so take this opportunity to experience a fresh rush on the new server, and earn your Duelist vanity set!

The first Guild Season of 2024 has come to an end, and players are receiving the first Crystal Weapon artifacts from their Conqueror’s Chests! This means that across Albion those who earned these items through their season prowess can begin crafting, and fighting with, the first weapons in this new and prestigious series.

With that in mind, we thought we’d take a look at these three new weapons, to see what you can bring to the battlefields of Albion.

Infinity Blade

Infinity Blade is a Crystal Weapon in the Sword line, with the devastating Limitbreaker spell.

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Limitbreaker lets your character rush at whirlwind speed towards your enemies, until you unleash two lethal swipes of the weapon. The first silences and damages your victim, while the second deals an additional dose of damage for good measure.

Rift Glaive

Rift Glaive is a Spear weapon which can decimate crowds with the Razor’s Edge spell.

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Casting this spell drives your character forward into your enemies, knocking them back and dealing some serious damage. This damage increases the more Spirit Spear charges your character has, giving you the potential to unleash some serious devastation.

Astral Staff

For those who embrace the arcane arts, Astral Staff is an Arcane Staff Crystal Weapon, and its unique spell is the awe-inspiring Starfall.

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Starfall calls down a shower of shooting stars around you, periodically inflicting magical damage on your adversaries. This celestial storm cannot be interrupted, and also increases your character’s Resilience Penetration as it imbues you with the power of the heavens.

The Foundations update on April 15 will introduce the next three Crystal Weapons: Arctic Staff (Frost Staff), Phantom Twinblade (Quarterstaff), and Crystal Reaper (Axe). Players can begin to earn the artifacts for those in Season 23, which also sees some huge developments arriving in the form of Fortifications, Siege Banners, and Territory Activity Chests. For some of the other changes coming to Guild Seasons, click here, and for a full season schedule, see this forum post.

The current Guild Season is reaching its climax, and it’s time to start preparing for the next. With the launch of the Albion Europe server on April 29, some significant changes are coming to the way seasons operate. Read on for an overview of these changes, so you can get ready to assemble your forces and fight your way to glory.

Season Names

Starting with the upcoming Guild Season, we’re simplifying the naming conventions for seasons across the three servers. For this reason, next season will be called Season 23 on all servers, avoiding a confusing situation where the season has a different name on each server.



Prime Times

With the launch of Albion Europe, we’re taking the opportunity to rework Prime Times across all three servers in order to better suit activity periods on each. Each server will now have six Prime Time slots (rather than seven), and the windows on Albion Americas are now more condensed, encouraging constant action from start to finish. Albion Europe’s Prime Times fit this pattern, covering ten hours in total.

Here is an overview of Prime Times across the servers (click to expand):



As you can see, Castle and Castle Outpost chests unlock one hour before each server’s Prime Time window, one hour after, and on every hour between Prime Times. With this in mind, the lock duration of Castle chests has been reduced from 120 to 60 minutes.

Additionally, it should be noted that World Bosses on Albion Asia will now spawn every even-numbered hour (UTC), to avoid colliding with the maintenance window.

Season Winner Statues

With three servers from Season 23 onwards, Season Winner Statues will be the same across all servers, and will no longer be designed by the guilds themselves but rather by the Sandbox Interactive art team.



With Fortifications, Siege Banners, and all the other changes coming to territory warfare with the Foundations update, Season 23 promises to be truly action-packed. For the season schedule and rewards, check out this forum post. See you on the battlefield!

An exciting Guild Season is about to reach its conclusion, with the final Invasion Day is this weekend. And you can watch the denouement on AlbionTV as guilds struggle for their spot in the final rankings!

At 13:50 UTC on Saturday 6 April, hosts Robinhoodrs, Shozen, and Bogul will bring you coverage of the final round of invasions on Albion Asia. Then, at 17:50 UTC, Lewpac, Shozen, and Bogul will usher in the first round of invasions on Albion Americas. Finally, at 00:50 on Sunday 7 April, Robinhoodrs, Shozen, and Tazzik will be your hosts as the action ramps up with the second round of invasions on Albion Americas.

With the window to earn this season’s Crystal Weapon artifacts running out, and energy payouts coming up soon after Invasion Day, there’s a lot at stake out there. So tune in this weekend to watch the climax to this thrilling season!