Albion Online News

When you first set foot on the shores of Albion, a world of limitless possibilities stretches out before you. Will you become a fearless warrior, a tireless trader, a humble farmer – or a combination of the above? The choice is yours!

But to give you the best possible start on your journey, we’ve put together a new guide to your first steps in this world, with some useful tips to get you up to speed in no time. Whether slaying mobs in the open world or gathering resources to sell at the market, this guide introduces you to some fun early activities that will set your character on the path to glory.

Check it out here, and good luck!

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This patch follows up on previous combat balance changes, enhances some less prominent weapons and abilities, and introduces additional changes and fixes.

[h3]Changes[/h3]

Item Destruction

• Items can no longer be destroyed if a player is ejected from the Roads of Avalon
• Many item types that previously did not create a trash item upon destruction (e.g. consumable items) began to do so with the Rogue Frontier update
  • This has been reverted, and those items once again do not generate trash
• In addition, we would like to clarify the changed rate of item destruction in the Rogue Frontier update
  • Equipable items had their destruction rate increased from 30% to 33%
  • Non-equipable items had their destruction rate decreased from 36% to 33%
  • These rates have not changed at all in this patch

Other Changes

• Energy destruction from Territory Raiding has been increased from 10% to 20%

[h3]Combat Balance Changes[/h3]

Axes

Relentless Assault’s damage has been increased, to help Crystal Reaper find its place in the meta.

• Relentless Assault (Crystal Reaper)
  • Damage: 90 → 105

Bows

Skystrider Bow’s Sky Bolts now deal more damage and hit more easily, especially against close-range targets.

• Sky's Fury (Skystrider Bow)
  • Dash range: 7m → 10m
  • Buff duration: 3.5s → 3.75s
  • Damage per bolt: 130 → 140
  • Bolt hit delay: 0.6s → 0.4s

As Undead Arrows is a toggled ability with a significant downside while active, its cooldown has been reduced to make it less punishing to toggle off.

• Undead Arrows (Whispering Bow)
  • Cooldown: 12s → 10s

Frost Staffs

Hoarfrost has received a significant buff to increase its baseline effectiveness.

• Avalanche (Hoarfrost Staff)
  • Snowball damage: 60 → 120
  • Snowball Knockback distance: 5m → 10m (knockback duration unchanged)
  • Increased slow trail width: 4m → 5m

Shapeshifter Staffs

Pulse Shock is intended to support melee-oriented transformations, but not so strong as to be the default damaging Q. Therefore, its damage has been reduced.

• Pulse Shock (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
  • Damage: 109 → 97

Following the recent range increase to Sinister Swipes, Prowling Staff has gained a lot of stickiness, and no longer requires such a strong baseline movement speed increase.

• Shadow Panther Transform (Prowling Staff)
  • Transformation movement speed: 6.5 → 5.5

War Gloves

Purifying Combination's cooldown has been increased to remove some of Fists of Avalon’s power as a non-commital mobility option.

• Purifying Combination (Fists of Avalon)
  • Dive Kick cooldown: 20s → 25s

Helmets

Circle of Inspiration’s maximum targets have been increased to make Druid Cowl more suitable for large groups.

• Circle of Inspiration (Druid Cowl)
  • Max targets: 5 → 10

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

Spell Fixes

• Evasive Jump (Royal Shoes): Fixed issue where immunities could incorrectly be purged
• Infernal Boulder (Hellfire Hands): Fixed issue where a line of sight was required
• Sky Bolt (Skystrider Bow): Fixed issue where a line of sight was required

UI Fixes

• Fixed issue where islands would sometimes not be selectable in the Travel Planner UI
• Fixed issue where linking Kill Trophies in chat would not display correctly
• Fixed issue where it was not possible to reach Elite Levels on the Destiny Board using the Learn button
• [MOBILE] Fixed issue where chat channel buttons would not work
• [MOBILE] Fixed issue where long-pressing in various UIs would fail to bring up tooltips

Other Fixes

• Fixed issue where Small Treasure Chests had gone missing from red zones

The Rogue Frontier update brought Smuggler’s Dens to Albion Online – havens for roughnecks and rebels in the Outlands. And along with all the conveniences a dedicated contraband-carrier could need, these dens have their very own sinister soundtrack, which is available for streaming now!

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This brand-new piece was composed by Albion Online’s Lead Audio Designer Marie Havemann especially for the Rogue Frontier update, and you can find it on your preferred streaming platform via this link.

And in case you didn’t know, you can stream all of the game’s previous soundtrack releases too – find them at these links:

• Beyond the Veil EP
• Lands Awakened OST
• Albion Online OST

[h3]New Wallpaper Available[/h3]
If you want to fully immerse yourself in the shady atmosphere of a Smuggler’s Den, you can download the Rogue Frontier artwork as a wallpaper too. Just visit our Wallpapers page where you can find this and a huge array of other official Albion Online artwork for your desktop, and give your desktop a makeover to suit your mood!

And then there were four… The Smallscale Cup is approaching its climax, and today the semi-finals begin!

Teams are battling it out in this 20v20 tournament for their share of over 500 million Silver in prize money, as well as vanity sets for the winners and mount skins for the runners up. The semi-finals run until February 14, before the grand finals take place on the weekend of February 15-16.

Here’s how things are unfolding (click to expand):



And for regular highlights and clips, subscribe to the dedicated Smallscale Cup YouTube channel (youtube.com/@SmallscaleCup).

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The Rogue Frontier update is live, and players are diving into Smuggler’s Dens, trading their wares on the Smuggler’s Network, and planting Kill Trophies in the open world. And things are about to step up another gear in Albion, as Season 26 kicks off this Saturday, February 8!

[h3]Season Changes[/h3]
This season is the first to use the new, shorter Guild Season format. The length of a season has been reduced to 59 days, and there will be three Invasion Days – at the beginning, middle, and end of the season. This promises to make seasons even more intense and action-packed, with opportunities for guilds of all sizes to rise up the rankings.



The Might requirements for the various Guild Challenges have been reduced in accordance with the shortened season, and the Season Points for PvE, Gathering, and Corrupted Dungeons have been increased significantly. For a full rundown of these changes, see the ‘Season Changes’ section in the Rogue Frontier patchnotes.

[h3]Watch the Season Start Live[/h3]
As always, we’ll be bringing you the action from the opening weekend of the season live on AlbionTV (twitch.tv/AlbionOnline). Tune in at the following times to watch the action on all three servers:

• Albion Asia: February 8, 14:00 UTC
• Albion Europe: February 8, 18:00 UTC
• Albion Americas: February 9, 01:00 UTC

We’re excited to see Albion’s guilds rushing forth to claim territories and work their way up the season rankings in this new format, so see you then!

For the full season schedule, check this forum post.