Albion Online

• Albion Europe: The race for top spot on the European server started off fiercely contested, with both Road Block and Woof Woof declaring their intent to claim the crown. And, oh boy, did the action deliver! Massive battles erupted over Vortices, Castles, and Territories as both guilds deployed their full forces in an all-out war. For the first month, the contest was neck-and-neck. However, the race took a dramatic turn when Road Block announced their withdrawal, allowing Woof Woof to surge ahead. Now, with an 80,000-point lead, they stand uncontested at the top – unless another guild steps up to challenge them in the final stretch...
• Albion Asia: Peony Flower has once again asserted dominance on the Asia server, leading with 384,000 Season Points, followed closely by their ally fumass with 305,000. While the top spot seems secured, the Outlands remain an intense battleground as multiple alliances clash in an ongoing coalition war spanning several timers. Could this internal strife lead to Peony Flower’s downfall, or will they solidify their rule once again? With a month left, anything is possible.
• Albion Americas: IFures entered Season 26 determined to claim their third gem, a feat they were denied in Season 24 when D R U Y D S betrayed them at the last moment to steal victory. Now, IFures sit atop the rankings with 386,000 Season Points, while Outlimits trail in second place with 286,000. Unlike previous seasons, diplomacy has taken precedence over war, and the usual large-scale conflicts have quieted down. But with 30 days remaining, will peace hold, or is another last-minute betrayal on the horizon? We’ll be watching closely.

Watch the Battles Play Out Live

• Albion Asia: March 8, 14:00 UTC
• Albion Europe: March 8, 18:00 UTC
• Albion Americas: March 9, 01:00 UTC

• Refer 1 Friend: Ol’ Betsy mount skin
• Refer 3 Friends: A T7 Pile of Tomes worth 100,000 Fame
• Refer 5 Friends: A T8 Pile of Tomes worth 200,000 Fame
• Bonus for your first-ever referral: A T8 Pile of Tomes worth 200,000 Fame
• Additionally, for each friend you refer, you'll receive 500 Gold!

• Step 1: Share your referral link with a friend, which you can find here when logged into the website with your game account
• Step 2: Your friend signs up to Albion Online
• Step 3: Your friend purchases at least 30 days of Premium status, unlocking your rewards

Timeless Treasures are Yours to Claim

How to participate in the Adventurer's Challenge

Rogue Frontier

• The Bank Overview, Personal Island Chests, and Kill Trophies have all been very popular
• Smuggler’s Dens and Smuggler’s Activities have made the Outlands more lively than ever
• Solo players and all sizes of groups are thriving in the open world

Albion’s Next Update

• The next update will address community concerns with Corrupted Dungeons and Hellgates
  • Additionally, these will be made directly accessible from major cities
• A new PvP dungeon aimed at 2-3 player groups will be introduced
  • This is inspired by Knightfall Abbey, but with fewer exits, deeper levels, and greater consequences
  • Players can weigh up whether to escape with their loot, or dive deeper for more rewards

• The next update also aims to help new players once they’ve finished the tutorial
• A new, dedicated Albion Journal category will offer structured milestones
  • These start simple, and gradually encourage self-sufficiency
• There will be additional improvements aimed to help early-to-mid level players

Looking Further Ahead

• High repair costs
• Difficulty finding consistent action
• Lack of variety in objectives

• Albion Asia: Thursday, February 27 at 23 UTC – Sunday, March 2 at 23 UTC
• Albion Americas & Europe: Friday, February 28 at 10 UTC – Monday, March 3 at 10 UTC

This patch adds further polish to the Rogue Frontier update, along with several combat balance changes and additional fixes.

Season Winner Statues Added

Changes

• Portal Towns can now be set as Home
  • Players now receive a warning when leaving a Portal Town for the Outlands if the Homesick debuff will be triggered
• The cooldown on Hideout Headquarters Boosters has been reduced from 90 days to 60 days, reflecting the new, shorter Guild Season duration
  • Guilds which have already used their Booster this season will find its current cooldown also reduced by 30 days after this patch
• Smuggler Coins no longer leave trash when destroyed
• Trash once again has a 100% destruction rate when killed or ejected from the Roads of Avalon (as was the case before the release of Rogue Frontier)
• Added new Albion Journal missions for Kill Trophies in the Social & Guild category, under the Player Interactions subcategory

Combat Balance Changes

Astral Staff had been too powerful in group fights, so Starfall’s damage output has been reduced to bring it more in line with other AoE pressure weapons.

• Starfall (Astral Staff)
  • Damage per tick: 66 → 63

Razor Cut’s lifesteal effect has been significantly buffed to increase its impact.

• Razor Cut (Bear Paws)
  • Lifesteal: 10% → 20%

Bows had fallen out of the meta following previous nerfs, so a portion of their power has been restored.

• Enchanted Quiver (Bow)
  • Attack damage increase: 220% → 230%

Twin Slayers have been performing well, but since it never feels good to be unable to recall your daggers due to a lack of energy, the entire energy cost is now paid up front.

• Ring of Death (Twin Slayers)
  • Cast energy cost: 6 → 12
  • Recast energy cost: 6 → 0

Infernal Staff has struggled to find its place in the meta. As a result, its fear duration has been increased to allow more set-up time on the primary target, and require enemies to pay more attention to its fiery trail.

• Combustion (Infernal Staff)
  • Fear duration: 0.75s → 1.25s

Fireflash Orb’s damage bonus has been increased to further reward Hellfire Imp players for hitting targets from greater distances.

• Fireflash Orb (Hellspawn Staff)
  • Bonus damage per tick: 30 → 33

Clarent Blade had been affected by multiple tangential nerfs, so in order to revitalize it, the value of its secondary effect has been increased across all stack counts.

• Crescent Slash (Clarent Blade)
  • 1 stack slow duration: 2s → 2.25s
  • 2 stack silence duration: 2s → 2.25s
  • 3 stack damage: 155 → 160

Soulless Stream’s long casting time has struggled in modern Albion. It has now been reduced slightly, but not so much that it loses its identity.

• Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair)
  • Cast time: 1.1s → 0.9s

Earth Crusher’s knock-up duration has been extended to further highlight its utility.

• Earth Crusher (Ravenstrike Cestus)
  • Knock-up duration: 1s → 1.2s

In addition to some hitbox and hit detection improvements, Shockwave's damage has been significantly increased to better accommodate mid-range fighting builds.

• Shockwave (all Gloves)
  • Damage: 106 → 122

While Firebreath is a popular solo PvE item, its damage has been increased to improve its success in PvP encounters.

• Firebreath (Mage Cowl)
  • Damage per tick: 33 → 36

All Gathering Caps now have the Emergency Shield spell to help gatherers remove lingering DoTs before consuming an Invisibility Potion or mounting up.

• All Gathering Caps
  • Additional ability: Emergency Shield (same as the Guardian Helmet ability)

While the adoption of Demon Boots following its previous buffs has been satisfying, they now offer too much mobility at higher health percentages. Therefore, their buff duration and move speed bonus per stack have been reduced slightly.

• Vengeful Sprint (Demon Boots)
  • Move speed bonus per stack: 25% → 22%
  • Duration: 6s → 5s

Toxic Reaction has been removed, as it had the potential to put the mount's rider into combat unintentionally, hindering their ability to flee.

• Toxic Reaction (Pest Lizard) has been removed

Fixes

• Dodge (all T4+ Shoes): Fixed issue where immunity could be purged
• Interrupt (Swords): Fixed issue where the buff icon did not match the spell icon
• Toxic Cloud (Pest Lizard), Energy Cloud (Tower Chariot), Boulder Crash (Earthrune Staff), Sky’s Fury (Skystrider Bow), and Infernal Boulder (Hellfire Hands) now have more accurate spell indication areas
• Fixed several spell tooltips with more accurate descriptions

• Fixed issue where sorting options in the Guild Rights Management UI behaved incorrectly
• Fixed issue where filtering the Bank Overview by all tiers would filter out all tiers, rather than including them
• Fixed issue where several categories in the Rankings UI were not displaying in the correct order
• Fixed issue where some T3 weapons had their abilities displayed in the wrong order on the Item Details UI
• Fixed issue where Hellion Hood spells were displayed in the wrong order on the Item Details UI
• Fixed issue where hovering over an item’s Average Price or Market History at the Marketplace would not display the exact amount
• Fixed issue where different travel costs could be displayed for the same journey, depending on the UI
• Fixed issue where the region map would not display City Plot details if opened while changing regions
• Fixed issue where the Arena Match invitation pop-up could be closed with the ESC key without canceling the match, preventing entry
• [CONTROLLER] Fixed issue where Marketplace category filters could not be changed

• Fixed issue where missions to free Captured Smugglers would not grant progress to party members
• Fixed issue where missions to defeat Ghouls and Brawlers did not count all types
• Fixed issue where defeating Archers within Avalonian Dungeons counted towards the wrong Albion Journal mission

• Fixed issue where items recovered to a city bank could not be accessed from a corresponding island bank
• Fixed issue where the Smuggler’s Den and Hideout Fame buffs could stack
• Fixed issue where having an Awakened Item in equipment or inventory would trigger spell cooldowns when changing regions
• Various additional graphical, animation, terrain, audio, UI, and localization fixes

• 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