Albion Online News

Knightfall is here! This major patch expands and improves on the features introduced with the Beyond the Veil update - and to mark the occasion, we've produced a brand-new trailer:

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To celebrate the launch, we’re also holding a contest where you can share your perfect Knightfall build. Head over to The Albion Online Subreddit and submit yours for a chance to win!

And to keep the celebration going, we're also offering double Twitch Drops from May 8-15. These additional drops can be earned by watching any Albion stream that has Drops enabled. (To learn more about Twitch Drops, click here.)

Read on to learn what's new with Knightfall…



[h3]The Mists: Opportunity and Mystery[/h3]

Knightfall brings some major new features and improvements to the Mists, offering players of all types and levels a chance at big rewards. Coffers are treasures that only reveal their location to nearby players, and Caches offer individualized loot for clearing mob camps. Knightfall Abbey, a mysterious dungeon hidden within the Mists, is an atmospheric realm of crumbling stone and beautiful stained-glass windows. Seek out treasures and ancient shrines that offer powerful buffs, because you'll need all the help you can get - not only against other adventurers, but against the dungeon’s former residents as well.



[h3]New Items, Traders, and Standing[/h3]

Knightfall also brings brand-new items and crafting components, plus a new face in Brecilien, Eralia Wayfarer, who will trade with adventurers with sufficient standing. New Avalonian and Brecilien Capes offer unique defensive capabilities, Mystic Owl mounts carry you swiftly through the world, and new currencies and items await your discovery. The Roads of Avalon have also been updated with new enemies, new paths, and greater mob density, with some mobs now dropping Avalonian Energy to further link the Roads to the new cape lines.



[h3]Major Quality-of-Life Improvements[/h3]

• Extensive combat balance changes
• Optional WASD movement system
• Characters' gender can be changed for Gold
• New "Travel Mode" offers transparent map overlay while traveling
• Items can now be repaired directly via the Marketplace UI
• New guild logos, Season Winner statues, and skill icons
• Major optimizations to mobile and controller gameplay
• …and much more

For the complete list of changes, see the official patchnotes.

It’s Invasion Day this weekend, with territories reset on both Albion East and Albion West. This time around, points will be doubled on Albion West and tripled on Albion East - and we’ll be broadcasting both events live on AlbionTV!

At 13:45 UTC on Saturday 6 May you can join hosts Robinhoodrs, Shozen, and Bogul for coverage of the final round of invasions in Albion East’s first Guild Season. Then, at 17:55 UTC, Shozen, Lewpac, and Bogul will bring you coverage of the first round of territory resets on Albion West. Finally, at 00:45 UTC on Sunday 7 May, Robinhoodrs, Shozen and Tazzik will present the second round of territory resets on Albion West. It’s going to be an action packed day, so tune in and watch the madness unfold!

For current season schedules for Albion West and Albion East, see this forum post.

The Knightfall patch is just around the corner, and will bring some big new features and changes to Albion, like new Mists objectives, Roads changes, and more. In this Dev Talk, Game Director Robin Henkys looks inside one of the most exciting of these new features, the Mists dungeon known as Knightfall Abbey (subtitles are available for all supported languages):

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[h3]Knightfall Abbey[/h3]
Knightfall Abbey is a dungeon that can be found within the Mists:

• Was once a stronghold of King Arthur’s knights, now lost in the Mists and filled with Undead
• Entrances shimmer into existence temporarily
• Features stained-glass illustrations of Albion’s history, and brand-new music

[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Each room contains a statue; once all enemies there are defeated, the statue reveals its reward
• Some statues reveal treasure, but most grant a blessing based on one of three knightly virtues: Justice, Valor, and Compassion
• These blessings are effects that trigger once a player falls below 40% health
• Each blessing also grants a temporary strength buff

The dungeon also features Coffers of loot which reveal their location to nearby players, and shortly before the dungeon closes a Treasure Chest reveals itself to tempt those still within.

Knightfall Abbey will provide a rewarding new gameplay opportunity to those exploring the Mists, which is rare enough that it can’t simply be played on repeat but will still appear regularly enough during an extended Mists session.



Knightfall releases on May 8, when you can check out Knightfall Abbey and all of the other new and improved features. Meanwhile, Albion’s next major content update is in the works, so stay tuned for a new Dev Talk on that soon.

It’s been a little over one and a half months since the full launch of Albion East, and that time has flown by! Player numbers in Albion have soared, and show no sign of waning. With that in mind, we thought it would be interesting to take a fresh look at the stats for Albion East that we shared after the first 14 days and put them together into a new handy infographic for you (click to expand):



As you can see, things are thriving on the new server, and in fact it’s only gotten busier since we last looked! It’s fantastic to see such a committed community of players old and new populating this server and building it from the ground up. In the meantime, check out our latest Dev Talk on the upcoming Knightfall content patch for a taste of what’s coming to Albion next.

Another Referral Season has begun, and until June 1 you can claim the Ironjaw Hyena with a single referral!

This skin transforms your Direwolf base mount into a wild, warlike canine girded in iron - and once you’ve unlocked it, it can be used by any of your characters on that particular server (either Albion East or West).

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Please remember that Referral Seasons now last one month rather than two, and end on the last day of every month at 23:59 UTC.

[h3]How to Earn Seasonal Referral Rewards[/h3]

• Send your referral link, which you can find here, to a friend. (You must be logged into your account on the website to view this page.)
• Your friend registers an account and starts playing Albion Online (preferably along with you!).
• The first time your friend purchases at least 30 days of Premium, they will trigger a reward for you.
• On top of that, for your very first referral ever, you'll receive a T8 Recruiter's Pile of Tomes, worth a massive 200,000 Fame.

This Referral Season lasts until 23:59 UTC on May 31, so invite your friends and enjoy these rewards!