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The battlefield is a wasteland. All around, the earth is parched and littered with hundreds of trashed, useless weapons. Rats pick at what they can before scuttling away into the shadows. For a second, it seems like all life has ceased. Then the smoke clears, the earth shakes, and across the carnage steps the meanest, scariest pony you’ve ever seen in your life.

It’s the Heretic Warsteed, and you can claim this nightmarish nag this month with just a single referral. With armor fashioned from thick slabs of scavenged wood, coarse leather strewn across its back, and a candle stuck to its head, this will be the last sight your enemies want to see coming towards them - and for many, it will be the last. The Heretic Warsteed can be used on your Armored Horse base mount and, once unlocked, can be used by any characters on that particular server (either Albion East or West).

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[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 November 30, so invite your friends and enjoy these rewards!

Allhallows is in full swing, and the Grim Challenge is back! For the entire month of November, earn points for open-world activities, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Pest Lizard.
[h3]Pestilential Prizes For Intrepid Adventurers[/h3]

PEST LIZARD: This month’s Challenge offers another chance to claim the popular Pest Lizard. This sleek, slithery mount comes with a Toxic Cloud ability that causes enemies who touch it to become temporarily disoriented, and can be used to disrupt enemy players in numerous situations.


AVATAR RING: Adventurers who rack up enough total Challenge Points will also earn the Grim Challenge Avatar Ring, featuring a spooky skull-topped iron frame. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or can be traded to the Vanity Merchant for one Adventurer’s Token.



SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month long, reach weekly point totals to unlock Grim Challenge Chests. Along with valuable rewards like Adventurer’s Tomes, Silver, resources, and other loot, you’ll also have a chance to unlock four furniture items: the Empty Coffin, Grim Gravestone, Grim Lantern, and Weeping Woman Statue.

As always, you can earn Challenge Points by gathering, fishing, farming, and killing monsters. Points count simultaneously toward a daily bonus, a weekly unlockable chest, and the monthly mount and avatar ring reward. So log in, head out into the open world, gather points, and claim these rewards while they last!

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Wild Blood went live on October 16, and players have been busy Tracking terrifying beasts, crafting Shapeshifter Staffs, and awakening their weapons to previously unseen levels. So we’ve delved into the data, and come out with this new infographic to give a snapshot of what’s been going on in Albion since the update released! (Click to expand)



We’re thrilled to see so many of you out there trying out these features, bringing new dimensions to the world of Albion, and we can’t wait to see how things develop further! Meanwhile, the Allhallows event is on now, so grab your gear and dive into those dungeons for some spooky rewards…

It’s the spookiest time of the year - and the Allhallows event is here! For its duration you can run the limited-time Hallowed Ground dungeon for the chance to grab the very rare Jack o’ Donkey and Horse Macabre mount skins!

This dungeon can appear randomly in T4-T8 zones across the open world, and can be entered through special portals adorned with pumpkins. Once inside, you’ll find it filled with blood-curdling mobs, bone-chilling decorations, and the abominable final boss: Bob. Should you withstand its horrors and defeat this pumpkin-headed nuisance, you’ll find a special Hallowed Ground chest which, along with those ultra-rare mount skins, may contain some special Allhallows Treats. These grant a temporary boost to all non-PvP Fame - but don’t save them for too long, you wouldn’t want them to go bad would you?



Allhallows runs for the following times on each server:

• Albion East: October 26 at 23 UTC to November 15 at 23 UTC
• Albion West: October 27 at 10 UTC to November 16 at 10 UTC

So arm yourselves up, head down into the dungeons, and go put the frighteners on old Bob!

The Wild Blood update is live, and players are out there tracking monsters, crafting Shapeshifter Staffs, and awakening their weapons. So if you’ve got Wild Blood on your mind, why not decorate your desktop with the official wallpaper, which you can download now!

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All artwork can be downloaded in 4K format, which fits regular HD and 4K screens and can be cropped to fit a variety of widescreen monitors - simply click on the thumbnail images to expand, then right-click and "Save As".

The collection currently includes:

• Content Update Splash Art
• City and Biome Loading Screens
• Dungeon and Hideout Loading Screens
• Factions of Albion
• Seasonal Events

We're regularly adding more wallpapers, so check back often!