Albion Online News

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It’s the height of Carnival season, and a new referral season has begun! From now until April 1, referring a friend can get you the brand-new Jester Horse mount skin. In jovial red and white attire, this skin for your Riding Horse base mount comes with its own cap and bells, drawing attention from passersby as you trot through the streets of Albion. And once you've unlocked the skin, it can be used by all characters on your account.

You can also earn huge amounts of Fame for your third and fifth referrals: three referrals scores you a T7 Pile of Tomes worth 100,000 Fame, and five referrals gets you a T8 Pile of Tomes granting a colossal 200,000 Fame. And as always, your first-ever referral grants an additional T8 Pile of Tomes along with the mount skin.

The current referral season lasts until maintenance on April 1, so you've got until then to refer your friends and claim these rewards!


[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.

The Carnival Challenge is back! For the whole month of February, earn Challenge Points, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Saddled Terrorbird.
[h3]Join the Carnival[/h3]
SADDLED TERRORBIRD: This month's Challenge brings back the charming, lightning-fast Saddled Terrorbird, a speedy mount that will carry you quickly across the lands of Albion. With an above-average base move speed and an additional invincibility/speed burst spell, it's the perfect ride for those who need to cover some ground quickly and safely.

AVATAR RING: Along with the Saddled Terrorbird, you'll unlock the Carnival Challenge Avatar Ring when you reach this month's Challenge Point goal. Give your avatar a colorful, festive look all year round! 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: Unlock weekly Carnival Challenge chests to get valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes, resources, and silver bags, along with a chance at carnival-themed Wardrobe Skins. You can also get three furniture items: the Carnival Firework, Carnival Arch, and Carnival Costume Cart.
 
Log in now and start gathering, fishing, farming, and killing monsters to earn Challenge Points and unlock your rewards!

Lands Awakened Patch 4 is now live! This patch brings some important quality-of-life improvements, extensive combat balance changes, adjustments to Static Dungeon mobs, and much more. Read on for details…
[h3]Quality-of-Life Improvements[/h3]
This patch sees some very welcome quality-of-life improvements introduced, for example:

• Party markers now persist when changing zones
• An overhead message displays when the effects of food expire
• Silver piles now behave like loot bags with their visual effects, no longer showing the "rising particle" effect until lootable
• Certain visuals in Royal Cities have been reworked and improved, in line with the reworked biomes that came with the Lands Awakened update
• And much more…

[h3]Static Dungeon Mob Rebalancing[/h3]
In order to better balance the performance of certain Static Dungeon mobs, and allow more counterplay opportunities, some adjustments have been made to their abilities. For example:

• Gifted Sorceress (Morgana): Enfeeble Blades damage reduced by 33%
• Earthdaughter (Keeper): Frenzy spell adjusted to put more pressure on tanks
• Various alterations to cast times, cooldowns and areas of effect for Morgana, Keeper and Undead Factions

In addition, across all factions a number of Static Dungeon mobs have had their avatars updated to better reflect their characteristics visually.


[h3]Combat Balance Changes[/h3]
This patch sees the largest combat balance update since Lands Awakened launched. Firstly, certain combat systems – Resilience, AoE Escalation, Crowd Control, and Diminishing Returns – have been adjusted, broadly in favour of smaller groups in combat. In light of these adjustments, changes have also been made to some weapons and armors - such as Cursed Staff and Cleric Robe - in order to keep their gameplay fair and competitive.

Numerous further changes have also been made, including:

• Various War Glove E-abilities improved
• Rain of Arrows channel duration decreased and damage increased
• Capes with effects triggered by auto-attacks no longer activate while Hostile Dismount status is active

[h3]Other Changes and Improvements[/h3]

• New Loadouts and Wardrobe buttons added to the Player Inventory Screen
• "Appearance" menu now opens to Wardrobe by default
• Players can now use "escape dungeon" (Hotkey: A) while in active combat (though getting hit will interrupt it)
• Energy Surge Season statue furniture items are now placeable
• …and much more

As always, you can read the complete list of changes in the official patchnotes.

Territories will be reset this weekend, Season Points earned will be doubled... and we'll be broadcasting all the action live!

Tune in to the AlbionTV Twitch channel starting Saturday at 17:30 UTC, where hosts Shozen, Bogul and Lewpac will be broadcasting live with a 15-minute delay.

Starting at 18:00 UTC, guilds will have new opportunities to claim territories and launch attacks. Those in the North and South American time zones can also tune in for the second round of territory resets on Sunday at 00:30 UTC with hosts Bogul, Shozenwon and Robinhoodrs, with territories becoming claimable at 01:00 UTC.

Between the two reset broadcasts, we'll also be broadcasting Level 5-7 Crystal League fights with no delay at 20:30, 21:00, and 21:30 UTC.

For the complete season schedule, check out this forum post.

Check out highlights of the last Invasion Day:

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The brand-new Shadowcat skin is now available in the ingame store! This skin for your Swiftclaw base mount, with its night-grey fur and cold, piercing blue eyes, is perfect for tearing across the open world or stalking stealthily through Albion’s cities.

Swiftclaws are prized for their speed and agility, and the Shadowcat’s sleek yet fearsome appearance befits a vicious yet loyal hunter. With a number of Swiftclaw skins already available, this is a great new option for those who favor this mount for their build.

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Like all mount skins, once the Shadowcat is unlocked it can be used by all characters on your account. So ride out upon its back, and turn the heads of friend and foe alike with this breathtaking skin!