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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!

Well well well... if it isn’t our old pumpkin-headed adversary. Yep, Bob has returned to Albion, and the Allhallows event is back!

From 10:00 UTC on October 27 through to 10:00 UTC on November 10 you can find him in the limited-time Hallowed Ground dungeon, accessible through special, pumpkin-strewn portals that appear randomly in T4-T8 zones across the open world. Here you can battle your way past creepy mobs, through tunnels filled with grotesque decorations, until you finally come face-to-face with Bob himself.



But that’s not all. Defeat Bob and you can find special Allhallows Treats within the final chest, which grant a temporary boost to all non-PvP Fame. But be sure to eat them all before Allhallows is over, or they might go bad!



And last but not least, the Hallowed Ground chests once again have a very rare chance of dropping the seasonal Jack o’ Donkey and Horse Macabre mount skins. So go find the dungeon, confront Bob, and see what he’s been guarding!

Our last Dev Talk announced the forthcoming Beyond the Veil update, and introduced the Roads of Avalon rework that will be coming with it. In the second Dev Talk taking a closer look at this update, Game Director Robin Henkys introduces a massive and much-awaited feature: the Mists.

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[h3]Wisps and Portals[/h3]
When Beyond the Veil goes live, ghostly Will o’ Wisps will be found drifting through the open world and the Roads of Avalon:

• These will retreat when approached, and open a portal to their home - the Mists
• These portals are open for a short time, and chasing a Wisp through one will bring a player to this new realm
• Most portals allow only one player through before closing, but some will allow a second player to enter
• These two portal types are separate, meaning solo players will never encounter duos in the Mists.

[h3]Mobs, Treasures, and Resources[/h3]
The Mists are a magical realm full of dangers and treasures:

• Heretic, Morgana, and Undead mobs roam the Mists
• Treasures and resources can also be found, as in the open world
• Unique creatures can be killed for Hides, and three special types of creature exist: the Griffin, the Mistcrawler, and the Fey Dragon
• Similar to solo dungeons, some Mist regions are enchanted, with more powerful but more valuable enemies

[h3]PvP in the Mists[/h3]
Exploring the Mists comes with the possibility of encountering other players, and engaging in combat:

• The Mists have both lethal and non-lethal areas
  • Entrances to lethal Mists areas can only be found in other lethal areas of Albion
• Combat within the Mists does not affect reputation on the Royal Continent
• Players have access to their mounts

[h3]Rising Mists[/h3]
The tides of the Mists are constantly rising and falling:

• Any region will be consumed by the growing Mists at some point
• Players can follow Wisps through a new portal to a different Mists region
• Those who do not will become ‘lost’, and returned to the place where they first entered the Mists
• This ensures players cannot band together for long within the Mists, as their groups will always be separated

In addition to all this, players in the Mists can encounter Wisps who have been endangered by the influx of new adventurers and are in need of aid. Helping them will earn their gratitude, which may have some benefits…

The Mists offer a whole range of PvE and PvP possibilities similar to the open world, but dedicated exclusively to solo or duo players. We can’t wait to launch this feature and let you explore this magical realm and its mysteries, whatever it is you seek there. See you soon!

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Allhallows is just around the corner, with Albion’s adventurers preparing their scariest outfits and getting ready to cause a fright. And just in time, the horrifying Demonic Warrior Vanity Bundle is now on sale until October 31 at 10:00 UTC!

This premiere bundle contains a full costume set, along with the infernal Saddled Hellhound Mount Skin for your Direwolf base mount. As you approach encased in dark, jagged armor upon the back of this snarling beast, you’re sure to strike terror into the hearts of your foes.



The Demonic Warrior Bundle includes the following skins, which work on male and female characters alike:

• Demonic Warrior's Helmet
• Demonic Warrior's Armor
• Demonic Warrior's Boots
• Demonic Warrior's Cape
• Saddled Hellhound mount skin for your Direwolf base mount

(As with past bundles, you can use all costume, weapon, and mount skins with all characters on an account, and they are never lost or destroyed. All items will be unlocked in the ingame "Appearance" menu after purchase.)

This offer is available to all players through the new Albion Online Shop, the native client, Steam client, or Google Play. Check out the store now and take advantage of this deal while it lasts!

Albion’s next major content update is just around the corner, and we can announce it will be called Beyond the Veil. Today, in the first of several in-depth looks at some of the new features and changes coming with this update, Game Director Robin Henkys introduces some significant improvements to the Roads of Avalon.

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[h3]Changes to Hideouts in the Roads[/h3]
A number of new features will help players to make their homes in the Roads:

• Hideouts in the Roads will be able to be declared Headquarters
• Hideouts will require power to be maintained
  • There will be an initial three-day grace period before this applies
• Power Cores can be found in the Roads, but cannot be carried to or from the open world
• Guilds seeking to control entire Hideout regions within the Roads will have to be considerably more active to do so
• Hideout construction can be accelerated

[h3]Logout Changes[/h3]

• Logging out in the Roads will return you to the place you first entered the Roads
  • This causes durability damage to equipment, and the loss of some stacked items
• Players who are disconnected will have an extended window to reconnect before being removed from the Roads
• This will prevent players staying in high-value locations to scout them constantly, making the Roads more competitive and rewarding exploration

[h3]New Objectives[/h3]
The types of objectives found in the Roads have been expanded:

• Open-world treasures will randomly appear
• Mobs will upgrade over time if untouched, as they do in the open world
• Crystal Spiders will also be found

[h3]Large Group Content[/h3]
The reworked Roads will provide challenging and rewarding content for groups:

• Mobs have been strengthened overall
• The areas between Hideout regions will contain high-value content for large groups
• Large portals are now exclusive to these ‘raid regions’, while small portals have been removed entirely

These changes should reinvigorate the Roads of Avalon as an area for small group play and independent guilds, providing a variety of PvE and PvP options and rewarding exploration. We hope to encourage new guilds to enjoy this content, and can’t wait to see who makes their home in the Roads.

Stay tuned for our next Dev Talk, where we’ll delve into some more mysterious content coming with Beyond the Veil.