Albion Online News

A new Referral Season is here, and a maniacal laugh echoes alongside the clanging of iron forges. Once a wild predator, the Ironjaw Hyena has been reinforced with brutal metalwork – its jaw built to crush the toughest bones. With its menacing grin and relentless drive, it’s ready to charge into battle at your side, mocking your enemies with its laughter.

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You can transform your Direwolf mount into this ferocious companion by referring a friend. Once unlocked, the Ironjaw Hyena skin can be used by all your characters on that server.

Now’s the perfect moment to summon your pack – invite more friends and you can earn additional rewards of Gold and Fame:

• Refer 1 Friend: Ironjaw Hyena mount skin
• Refer 3 Friends: A T7 Pile of Tomes worth 100,000 Fame
• Refer 5 Friends: A T8 Pile of Tomes worth 200,000 Fame
• Bonus for your first-ever referral: A T8 Pile of Tomes worth 200,000 Fame
• Additionally, for each friend you refer, you'll receive 500 Gold!

Getting your friends in on the action is as simple as following these steps:

• Step 1: Share your referral link with a friend, which you can find here when logged into the website with your game account
• Step 2: Your friend signs up to Albion Online
• Step 3: Your friend purchases at least 30 days of Premium status, unlocking your rewards

This Referral Season ends on February 28 at 23:59 UTC! Assemble your pack and let the Ironjaw Hyena’s ferocity be your weapon of war.

Rogue Frontier, Albion Online’s next major update, arrives February 3. Having looked at many of its features in our previous Dev Talk, today we explore Kill Trophies, new Crystal Weapons, a new Albion Journal category, new Dynamic Resource Hotspots, and a new economic stabilization mechanism. Game Director Robin Henkys and Head of Production Moritz Bokelmann took a moment to bring you the details.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube] [h3]Kill Trophies[/h3]
Kill Trophies are new furniture items that immortalize your PvP victories.

• When you kill another player, a Kill Trophy may drop
• They display stats about about the encounter, such as:
  • Who you killed
  • Their equipment
  • When and where the kill occurred
• Each Trophy’s look is determined by where the kill happened
  • Open world: a triumphant standard
  • Hellgates and Corrupted Dungeons: a demonic monument
  • The Mists: a knightly statue
• Kill Trophies are tradable

[h3]New Crystal Weapons[/h3]
Three brand-new Crystal Weapons become available when Rogue Frontier launches.

• Rotcaller Staff (Cursed Staff): Summon a cursed spectre which spews deadly a mist
• Skystrider Bow (Bow): Jump into the air and fire up to three shots onto your enemies below
• Forcepulse Bracers (War Gloves): Dash towards a target, infusing your auto-attacks and Q and W abilities with additional magical damage

[h3]New Journal Category[/h3]
Rogue Frontier introduces a new Albion Journal category: Creatures.

• A bestiary containing most of Albion’s enemies
• Shows their appearance and describes where to find them
• Offers unique rewards, such as
  • Hunting-themed wardrobe skins
  • The Emerald Basilisk Swamp Dragon mount skin

[h3]Dynamic Resource Hotspots[/h3]
Three new types of Dynamic Resource Hotspot are coming.

• Medium Resource Hotspots
  • Larger gathering zones with a single resource type
  • Found in Tier 5 to Tier 8 regions
  • Open-world Resource Guardians are now exclusively found in these
• Resource Mists
  • Accessed via a new type of Wisp
  • Temporary regions rich in one resource type
  • Coming in two variants
    • Small Resource Mists are for solo players
    • Medium Resource Mists allow multiplayer encounters

Additionally, small Dynamic Resource Templates can now spawn Resource Mobs.
[h3]Season Changes[/h3]
Changes are coming to the Guild Season structure from Season 26.

• Guild Seasons will now last roughly two months, rather than three
• A content update will be released every other season
  • This extends the production cycle, for more impactful updates
• Seasonal challenge requirements and rewards have been updated for this new schedule

For more on the Season 26 changes, click here.


[h3]Gold Market Stabilization[/h3]
A new self-balancing economic mechanism will soon be introduced to help stabilize the prices of Gold and Premium when purchased with Silver, ensuring a healthy economy over the long run.

• This makes daily adjustments to the prices of certain ingame services, and the amount of Silver generated ingame
• The rate of change will be slow, and decrease further over time
• Prices will gradually stabilize at a reasonable level for each server
• Slow, gradual adjustments prevent economic shocks and overreaction to temporary trends

We can’t wait to see all of Rogue Frontier’s new features in action when the update launches on February 3, and we hope to see you ingame then!

It’s time for another AlbionTV interview! Environment Artist Johannes Geier joined Shozen to talk about Albion Online’s artistic style, environmental storytelling, and recent new approaches to environment design in the game.

(Note: This video is only available in English.)

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In case you missed our other interviews, check them out in our Videos section, and be sure to follow AlbionTV on YouTube (youtube.com/@albiontv) and Twitch (twitch.tv/albiononline) for more content!

A new 20v20 tournament with high-octane action and big prizes begins today – the Smallscale Cup!

This massive, er, smallscale tournament starts today, and runs until the finals on February 15 and 16. There are more than 20 teams signed up, and more than 500 million Silver in prize money on offer. In addition, the winners will each receive a full vanity set of their choice, while the runners-up each get a mount skin. With all of this up for grabs, this tournament promises high-stakes, high-intensity fun!

The matches will be streamed live by members of the Albion Online Creators Program – for details on channels and times, join the official Smallscale Cup Discord here: https://discord.gg/5rGgHVGM2x. And for regular highlights and clips, subscribe to the dedicated Smallscale Cup YouTube channel (youtube.com/@SmallscaleCup).

Here’s the tournament schedule:

• Jan 28 - Feb 1: Pool phase
• Feb 3 - Feb 6: 1st knockout round
• Feb 7 - Feb 10: 2nd knockout round
• Feb 11 - Feb 14: 3rd knockout round
• Feb 15 - Feb 16: Finals

Be sure to tune in to see these dramatic fights play out, and good luck to all the teams!

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with us and welcome good fortune and prosperity into your adventures! Until February 10 at 10 UTC, you can get the brand-new Jade Guardian Swiftclaw skin in our Lunar New Year Bundle.

This exclusive bundle includes:

• Jade Guardian Mount Skin: Transform your Swiftclaw into a majestic guardian lion
• 3,888 Gold: A fortuitous amount symbolizing prosperity and wealth

This offer is available on all platforms, but you can get the best price when you get it from the Albion Online Web Shop or native client.

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The Jade Guardian is more than just a mount skin – it’s a symbol of protection and prosperity. Its design, inspired by the revered guardian lions, embodies the Lunar New Year’s spirit of renewal, luck, and fortune. And with 3,888 Gold, you’re starting the year with a lucky number and enough riches to unlock Premium, trade for Silver, or to buy more skins for your collection.

Don’t let this chance pass – this unique skin is only available until February 10.

May your year be filled with the brilliance of jade and the wealth of gold!