Albion Online News

Wild Blood is drawing close: October 16 sees the release of Albion’s latest content update, unleashing its primal side. Shapeshifter Weapons allow players to embody fearsome creatures in combat, while Tracking lets you hunt them across the open world. New, powerful potions can be crafted from their remains, and Awakened Items with unique attributes can be developed through combat. With improvements to player islands and farming, visually reworked Randomized Dungeons, and more, Wild Blood brings new layers to Albion’s sandbox world.

[h3]Take on New Forms[/h3]


Wild Blood brings some of Albion’s most primal magic to the fore, which can be harnessed with the all-new Shapeshifter Weapons. This Staff weapon line lets players metamorphosize into fantastical creatures mid-combat, expanding the limits of Albion’s ‘you are what you wear’ system. Meanwhile, these beasts can be pursued across the open world in the Tracking system, and can drop new artifacts and ingredients to successful hunters, imbued with their magical essence.

[h3]Awaken Your Power[/h3]
The rare, alchemical ingredients dropped by each of these rare beasts can be used to craft brand-new potions with their own formidable effects, introducing further new combat possibilities, while rare Arcane Extracts can enchant potions to levels not seen before. And Awakened Items are coming, which can be imbued with more powerful attributes through their use in combat, becoming records of their own illustrious past. And while these risk being lost in combat, their unique traits live on, persisting through Albion’s history as it is written.

[h3]Lands Enriched[/h3]


Players can now own multiple Personal Islands, which are each linked to a specific city and have stunning new visuals to reflect the distinctive atmosphere of each biome. Each of these now has its own farming bonuses for crops, herbs, and animals, bringing further economic depth to Albion and encouraging trade across the far-flung corners of the Royal Continent. Meanwhile, Randomized Dungeons have expressive new visuals, reworked layouts, and new enemies. And numerous further improvements are coming too, like the Death Recap, which allows players to review and learn from their defeats in combat, becoming ever more fearsome warriors.

Wild Blood expands the possibilities of life in Albion in new ways, opening up exciting avenues to all types of players. For more details on all this, check the official update page:

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With the Wild Blood update on the way, exciting new changes are coming to Personal Islands and Farming. Players will be able to own multiple personal islands, and each of these will have its own biome, linked to a specific city, with bonuses to crops, herbs, and animals.

With this in mind, a window is open for you to move your personal island in advance of these changes, allowing you to select the location which best suits you. This move period runs until October 16, during which time you can move your island only once.

There are some further important rules to acknowledge:

• Islands must have been created before maintenance on September 16 to be movable
• Islands cannot be moved to or from Brecilien
• Island moves are final and irreversible

For full details, including an overview of the new local farming bonuses, see this forum post.

Another Guild Season is over, and it’s time to announce the winners. So congratulations to Escalation, who won Albion West Season 20, and Winter, who took Albion East Season 2! Read on for a rundown of each server’s season.



[h3]Albion West: Escalation Claim Second Crown[/h3]

Season 20 started where Season 19 had left off, as the war between the POE coalition and the XXX coalition raged on. This would carry on throughout the season, as POE pushed back, and towards the end of the Season the XXX alliance folded, with the FFlow alliance taking over the coalition to spearhead the fight going into Season 21.

In the north, the Grap3 alliance held their territories against countless attacks throughout the Season, and were able to keep pushing forward as they ended the season with three of their guilds hitting Crystal rank.

Escalation came into the Season declaring victory would be theirs, and they lived up to their word, grinding out open-world objectives and paying out huge amounts of Silver to their Crystal League teams. This led to their second season win, but their greatest achievement was claiming the top spot on the all time Guild PvP Fame charts, ending the season with a total of 125.3 billion PvP Fame.



[h3]Albion East: Winter Go Out On Top[/h3]

As Albion East’s second season got underway, Winter (pictured below - click to expand) announced that they would push for top spot, and they started with a bang, grinding out all the objectives they could in the open world. While that was going on, the battle for second place was going on between GOBLINS and Order of Ares, and as the season drew to a close this contest really heated up.

With Winter announcing that they'd be folding at the end of the season, many of its members were already joining a new guild: send. GOBLINS saw an opportunity to secure Winter’s inner-ring territories, which had around 40,000 Season Points in storage, and launched into them, not expecting a strong defense. But Order of Ares were one step ahead, having gotten wind of their plans, and called on their allies to drop their territories for them. Order of Ares held onto sixty territories total on the final day of points payouts, with Winter also massing for one last time as players came back into the guild for one last call to arms, fighting back the attackers and keeping hold of their territories. After the fighting subsided, Winter handed the 40,000 Season Points over to Order of Ares with the territories, allowing them to secure a whopping 110,000 Season Points from territory payouts and launching them into second spot, closing out the season 50,000 points ahead of GOBLINS.



At the end of the Season, Shy, Winter’s Guildmaster and Shotcaller, had this to say:

"Season 2 on Albion East will be an unforgettable memory for me, and I will always be grateful to all the guild members who followed me. Even though I’m leaving, I hope my fellow Winter members will always be successful."

Top ten guilds - Albion West Season 20:

1. Escalation (963,910 points)
2. Sex and Flex (685,661 points)
3. Fax (606,658 points)
4. Crabs Horde (441,015 points)
5. | Guess What | (384,898 points)
6. Smurfing Monkeys (371,916 points)
7. SUN (371,449 points)
8. Contingent (320,198 points)
9. The Lonely Men (318,990 points)
10. Free Beer (302,091 points)

Top ten guilds - Albion East Season 20:

1. Winter (1,068,533 points)
2. Order of Ares (828,804 points)
3. GOBLINS (773,492 points)
4. S I A M (535,115 points)
5. White Bears (469,962 points)
6. PLAC (371,591 points)
7. One Gin (323,393 points)
8. Just Hold (323,242 points)
9. Squirtle Army (322,997 points)
10. FarmingLife In Albion (319,375 points)

[h3]Watch the Final CLC This Weekend[/h3]
The next Guild Season starts on September 23, but before then there is the final edition of Albion’s Crystal League Championship coming up this weekend! Tune in to AlbionTV to watch the top 5v5 teams battling it out, and see who takes the crown for the last time along with the rare Saber Tiger Rex Swiftclaw skin. Broadcast times are as follows:

• Albion East: Saturday 16 September, 10:00 UTC
• Albion West: Sunday 17 September, 17:00 UTC

Check out this forum post for full details, and join us for what promises to be a thrilling tournament!

We are excited to announce the launch of a new version of Albion’s Round Table! This is going to be open to more players than ever before, while still sticking to our original vision of giving our most experienced and well-accomplished players a way to share their knowledge.

[h3]What is the Round Table?[/h3]

At its core, the Round Table is a place for discussion and feedback about the game and its various types of content, where experienced and knowledgeable players come together in a constructive dialogue. The feedback gathered is then forwarded directly to our developers, giving them the opportunity to hear the joys and pains of gameplay first-hand.

With this rework, we’re looking to include experts in as many different playstyles and features as possible.

Applications are now open! The new iteration starts with the next Guild Season.

We are looking for people who:

• Specialize in specific aspects of the game
• Have long-term experience in the game
• Are motivated to help improve the game in every way possible
• Can write feedback in a polite and constructive way

If this describes you, please head over to this Forum post for more details.

We look forward to seeing you there!

This weekend is a significant one for Albion Online, as it sees the staging of the final Crystal League Championship. But it promises to be a thrilling tournament, as Albion’s 5v5 teams battle for the crown for the last time - and you can watch the drama unfold on AlbionTV!

From 10:00 UTC on Saturday 16 September, hosts Shozen, Lewpac, and Tazzik will bring you the Albion East championship. And then from 17:00 UTC on Sunday 17 September, you can watch all the action on Albion West. Along with the prestigious title, teams will be fighting for the very rare Saber Tiger Rex Swiftclaw skin as well as huge amounts of Gold. With so much to play for the combat will be fierce, so don’t miss the chance to see this tournament for the final time!


[h3]Twitch Drops[/h3]
We’ll also be running Twitch Drop campaigns for the duration of the tournament. Details are as follows:

East CLC: Drops are active September 16, 10-16 UTC West CLC: Drops are active September 17, 17-23 UTC

On both dates an Epic Community Chest is available after 30 minutes watchtime, and a Legendary Community Chest after a further two hours. Drops will be active only on the albiononline and mrslovely_ao channels.

For team breakdowns, rules, and the final schedule, check out this forum post. We hope you can join us for this momentous occasion, and help give the Crystal League Championship a memorable send-off - see you then!