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Ambassador Spotlight: Mogdone
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A New 5v5 Tournament Starts This Weekend
Following the excitement of the recent 20v20 community tournament, Albion’s competitive fire burns bright with another high-stakes player-run event – and it’s all going down this weekend!
The renowned guild The Lonely Men has stepped up to organize a 5v5 double-elimination showdown, where skilled teams will clash in a fierce contest of strategy and skill.
Tournament Schedule:
- February 22:
- Opening rounds & lower bracket matches between 19:30 and 21:30 UTC
- February 23:
- Upper & lower bracket matches between 19:30 and 20:30 UTC
- 3rd place match at 21:00 UTC
- Grand Finals at 22:30 UTC
Looking to catch the action live? Join the official tournament Discord to stay updated and find stream links with giveaways! Key matchups, including the Semifinals and Grand Finals, will also be uploaded to the AO5v5Tournament YouTube for those who want to relive the action.
This tournament promises electrifying battles from start to finish, so get ready to witness Albion’s top contenders clash for victory – this is one showdown you won’t want to miss!
Smallscale Cup: The Results
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).
Check Out Our Faction Warfare Guide
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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The Smallscale Cup Grand Finals Are Here!
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).
Guide: Your First Steps in Albion Online
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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Changelog: Rogue Frontier Patch 1
This patch follows up on previous combat balance changes, enhances some less prominent weapons and abilities, and introduces additional changes and fixes.
Changes
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%
Combat Balance Changes
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
Fixes
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
Stream the New Smuggler’s Den Music
This brand-new piece was composed by Albion Online’s Lead Audio Designer Marie Havemann especially for the Rogue Frontier update, and you can find it on your preferred streaming platform via this link.
And in case you didn’t know, you can stream all of the game’s previous soundtrack releases too – find them at these links:
New Wallpaper Available
If you want to fully immerse yourself in the shady atmosphere of a Smuggler’s Den, you can download the Rogue Frontier artwork as a wallpaper too. Just visit our Wallpapers page where you can find this and a huge array of other official Albion Online artwork for your desktop, and give your desktop a makeover to suit your mood!
Smallscale Cup: The Semi-Finals
And then there were four… The Smallscale Cup is approaching its climax, and today the semi-finals begin!
Teams are battling it out in this 20v20 tournament for their share of over 500 million Silver in prize money, as well as vanity sets for the winners and mount skins for the runners up. The semi-finals run until February 14, before the grand finals take place on the weekend of February 15-16.
Here’s how things are unfolding (click to expand):
And for regular highlights and clips, subscribe to the dedicated Smallscale Cup YouTube channel (youtube.com/@SmallscaleCup).
Season 26 Starts Saturday
The Rogue Frontier update is live, and players are diving into Smuggler’s Dens, trading their wares on the Smuggler’s Network, and planting Kill Trophies in the open world. And things are about to step up another gear in Albion, as Season 26 kicks off this Saturday, February 8!
Season Changes
This season is the first to use the new, shorter Guild Season format. The length of a season has been reduced to 59 days, and there will be three Invasion Days – at the beginning, middle, and end of the season. This promises to make seasons even more intense and action-packed, with opportunities for guilds of all sizes to rise up the rankings.
The Might requirements for the various Guild Challenges have been reduced in accordance with the shortened season, and the Season Points for PvE, Gathering, and Corrupted Dungeons have been increased significantly. For a full rundown of these changes, see the ‘Season Changes’ section in the Rogue Frontier patchnotes.
Watch the Season Start Live
As always, we’ll be bringing you the action from the opening weekend of the season live on AlbionTV (twitch.tv/AlbionOnline). Tune in at the following times to watch the action on all three servers:
- Albion Asia: February 8, 14:00 UTC
- Albion Europe: February 8, 18:00 UTC
- Albion Americas: February 9, 01:00 UTC
We’re excited to see Albion’s guilds rushing forth to claim territories and work their way up the season rankings in this new format, so see you then!
For the full season schedule, check this forum post.