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.
Guild Season Wrapup: 20 West / 2 East
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.
Albion West: Escalation Claim Second Crown
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.
Albion East: Winter Go Out On Top
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:
Escalation (963,910 points)
Sex and Flex (685,661 points)
Fax (606,658 points)
Crabs Horde (441,015 points)
| Guess What | (384,898 points)
Smurfing Monkeys (371,916 points)
SUN (371,449 points)
Contingent (320,198 points)
The Lonely Men (318,990 points)
Free Beer (302,091 points)
Top ten guilds - Albion East Season 20:
Winter (1,068,533 points)
Order of Ares (828,804 points)
GOBLINS (773,492 points)
S I A M (535,115 points)
White Bears (469,962 points)
PLAC (371,591 points)
One Gin (323,393 points)
Just Hold (323,242 points)
Squirtle Army (322,997 points)
FarmingLife In Albion (319,375 points)
Watch the Final CLC This Weekend
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 postfor full details, and join us for what promises to be a thrilling tournament!
Round Table Reboot: Seeking Quality Feedback!
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.
What is the Round Table?
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!
Watch the Final Crystal League Championship this Weekend
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!
Twitch Drops
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!
Albion’s Next Guild Season Begins Soon
The last Guild Season is drawing to a close and the Crystal League Championship is coming up, but there’s no time for Albion’s guilds to rest on their laurels. Because on September 23, the next season will kick off on both servers!
Great rewards are on offer, including some new prizes available for Albion’s top guilds, and there are also some significant changes to the Crystal League. Read on for more info…
Season Rewards
This season introduces two brand-new rewards: the Epic and Legendary Guild Season Winner Direwolf Skins. These eye-catching new skins are rewards for guilds who have won multiple seasons, and can be claimed at the vanity merchant when you have an existing Guild Season Winner Direwolf Skin and a Guild Season Winner unlock item. With these extremely rare skins, guilds who have won either two or three seasons since Guild Season Winner Skins were introduced in Season 19 can proudly display their achievements to the world.
There are, of course, also some fantastic rewards on offer in the Conqueror’s Challenge, like the Crystal Phalanx Beetle, Pyromancer Avatars, and Fame buffs. For a complete rundown of the prizes on offer, as well as full season schedules, see this forum post.
Crystal League Changes
As previously announced, this season sees some big changes to the Crystal League:
The Crystal League will no longer grant Season Points
The Lethal Crystal League has been removed entirely, and all 20v20 Crystal League matches are now non-lethal
At the end of the season, there will no longer be a Crystal League Championship
Times and Broadcasts
The season kicks off on September 23 at 00:00 UTC on Albion East (that is: 08:00 on September 23 in Singapore; 20:00 on September 22 in Washington, D.C.), and 11:00 UTC on Albion West. And as always, you can watch it all kick off on AlbionTV.
At 13:30 UTC on September 23 we’ll be broadcasting Invasion Day on Albion East. Then at 17:30 UTC we’ll bring coverage from Albion West ahead of the first round of territory resets there. Finally, at 00:30 UTC on September 24, those in the North and South American time zones can tune in for the second round of territory resets on Albion West. All open-world fights are broadcast live with a 15-minute delay.
Check this forum post for a full season schedule, and join us to see the season kickoff!
As summer turns slowly to autumn in Albion, shepherding season is just beginning. And those unflagging farmers out there have another chance to get an able assistant to their work. Yes, a new referral season is upon us, and you can get yourself a Sheepdog with just one referral!
This skin for your Direwolf base mount proves that you can be smart, hard-working, and cute all at once, and its thick fur and drooping tongue make it beloved by even the most hard-hearted warrior. Once the skin is unlocked, it can be used by any of your characters on that particular server (either Albion East or West).
How to Earn Seasonal Referral Rewards
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 September 30, so invite your friends and enjoy these rewards!
The Heretic Challenge Returns
The chill of fall is beginning to creep into the air... and the Heretic Challenge is back! For the entire month of September, earn points for open-world activities, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Heretic Combat Mule.
Mighty Mules and Heretic Decor
HERETIC COMBAT MULE: This month's Challenge brings back the Heretic Combat Mule, a war machine from the twisted minds of Heretic saddlers. The Combat Mule fires a powerful cannon shot that knocks back and slows targets, but watch out for its massive recoil!
AVATAR RING: Adventurers who rack up enough total Challenge Points will also earn the Heretic Challenge Avatar Ring. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this crazed, ramshackle 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 goals to unlock Heretic Challenge Chests. In addition to valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes, Silver, and resources, you'll also have a chance to unlock special furniture items like the Heretic Lantern, Heretic Junkpile and Heretic Scarecrow.
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 rewards. So log in, head out into the open world, gather points, and claim these rewards while they last!
The Crystal League Championship is coming September 16-17, and as always, there are big prizes up for grabs! But this will be a bittersweet event, as unfortunately this will be Albion’s last CLC. Read on for more info…
Crystal League Changes
We’ve seen some fantastic moments in these tournaments, and we truly appreciate the passion and joy with which our players took part. But it’s time to move forward, and following this tournament the Lethal Crystal League will be removed from the game altogether. Furthermore, the Crystal League will no longer grant Season Points from the beginning of next season, in order to place a greater emphasis on other guild activities.
While this is of course a big change for our Crystal League players, we trust that our community can stage their own exciting tournaments and perhaps other competitive formats, and we’ll support Custom Matches with a new Observer Mode to encourage this.
In the meantime, let’s look ahead to what’s sure to be another exciting Crystal League Championship, and send it off with a bang!
Times and Prizes
The tournament will take place at the following times on each server:
Albion East: September 16 at 10:00 UTC
Albion West: September 17 at 17:00 UTC
The following prizes are available to each member of the top four teams in each tournament:
First place: Saber Tiger Rex Swiftclaw skin and 10,000 Gold
Second place: Recruiter’s White Tiger Swiftclaw skin and 5,000 Gold
Third place: Recruiter’s Giant Frog mount and 5,000 Gold
Fourth place: Occult Cougar Swiftclaw skin and 5,000 Gold
Changes
This edition of the CLC sees a few changes from the previous one:
A team must have five consistent players to earn points; so, any changed line-ups during the season count as a separate team with its own points. (Note: during the tournament, substitutes are still permitted).
This time, the top six Non-Lethal and top two Lethal Crystal League teams on each server will qualify.
To make the tournament progress faster, teams now have one minute to accept their match invitation, or they will receive a strike
Watch Live on AlbionTV
And of course, you can tune in to see the final edition of the CLC on AlbionTV across the weekend! Hosts Shozen, Lewpac, and Tazzik will be bringing you live coverage of the tournaments on Albion East and West, from 10:00 UTC on September 16 and from 17:00 UTC on September 17. And as always, the champions will be crowned and receive their prizes at a ceremony after the event.
We hope you join us for what’s sure to be an emotional but unforgettable event. Keep an eye on the forum for updates, and we’ll see you for the tournament!
The update will bring those features mentioned above, plus much more besides, and will launch in October 2023. To get ready for its arrival, we’ve created a brand new video:
We can’t wait to bring you this update, and to see you enjoying all the new content we’ve been working on. Stay tuned for more details!
The Assassin Vanity Bundle is Here
The Assassin Vanity Bundle is here! This brand-new premiere bundle is available to buy now, and includes a full costume set along with the Assassin’s Panther Mount Skin for your Swiftclaw base mount.
The Assassin is a stealthy, savage killer, springing from the shadows without remorse. Tough yet agile, with face concealed, you will strike fear into the heart of any foe - at least, any who see you coming. The Assassin’s Panther is equally swift and deadly, darting through the darkness in its shadowy coat of fur, letting you pounce upon your enemies with a ruthless efficiency.
The Assassin bundle includes the following vanity skins, which work on male and female characters alike:
Assassin's Mask
Assassin's Armor
Assassin's Boots
Assassin's Swords
Assassin's Panther
As with past bundles, you can use all costume and mount skins with all characters on your account, on both servers, and they are never lost or destroyed. All items will be unlocked in the in-game "Appearance" menu after purchase.
Grab this premiere bundle today and become Albion’s most vicious killer!
