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The Smallscale Cup, a community-run 20v20 tournament, came to a head with the grand finals last weekend, and we can announce the winners – MILFGAARD!

After a seesaw, best-of-three final, MILFGAARD defeated rivals Asgard in the deciding match to claim the crown. The members of MILFGAARD each walk away with a full vanity set of their choosing, while the members of Asgard each receive a mount skin for their valiant efforts. Congratulations to both!

This competition ran for more than two weeks in total, and saw over 500 million Silver handed out in prize money. Thanks to the participants and organizers for making this tournament such a success, and we look forward to more tournaments like this in the future!

Here’s how the knockout stages played out (click image to enlarge):



You can watch footage of the exciting battles that took place at the dedicated Smallscale Cup YouTube channel (youtube.com/@SmallscaleCup).

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Are you looking for an easy way to get involved in exciting, group PvP on the Royal Continent? Or maybe you want to earn some additional rewards while you’re out gathering and slaughtering mobs? Then Faction Warfare is for you!

Faction Warfare offers a wealth of gameplay possibilities for beginners and veteran adventurers alike, so we’ve created a new guide which tells you all you need to know. Check it out here, and then go visit your friendly local Faction Warmaster to enlist. Glory awaits!

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After almost two weeks of high-energy action, we’ve reached the moment of truth, as the Smallscale Cup grand finals begin today!

Over the course of the weekend, we’ll see who comes out on top in what’s been a thrilling 20v20 tournament. The winning team will each receive a full vanity set of their choice, while the runners-up will each receive a mount skin.

Here you can see how things have played out (click to expand):



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

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