Spring is back, and the Keepers of Albion are beginning to awaken... and for the entire month of March, you can take the Keeper Challenge to collect fantastic rewards! Earn points for open-world activities, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Grizzly Bear mount.
Timeless Treasures are Yours to Claim
GRIZZLY BEAR: This month's Challenge brings back the popular Grizzly Bear, a huge, intimidating mount with an arsenal of powerful spells. In addition to its Intimidating Aura toggle spell, it also gains a temporary speed boost when attacked, giving its rider an edge when enemies are in pursuit. AVATAR RING: Reach your goals to unlock the Keeper Challenge avatar ring, which gives your chosen avatar the stone-and-leather look of Albion's true guardians. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or can be traded for one Adventurer's Token at the Vanity Merchant. SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month, reach weekly goals to unlock Keeper Challenge chests. In addition to valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes, Silver bags, and rare resources, this month's chests contain various Keeper-themed furniture and capes.
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. So log in, head out into the open world, gather points, and claim your rewards!
Albion Online is Coming to the Steam Deck!
Exciting news: live testing for controller support in Albion Online is coming soon! Beginning March 2, you'll be able to play Albion Online with a wide range of standard PC and console controllers, as well as via the newly launched Steam Deck.
The introduction of controller support marks the next step toward our goal of bringing Albion Online to as many players and platforms as possible, and we plan to continue optimizing this feature in anticipation of a full controller support release. Once testing begins, compatible controllers will be usable on all desktop versions of the game, and can be activated during this first phase via chat commands. (Those playing via the Steam client on Steam Deck will be able to use the device controllers by default.)
We'll be publishing more information about controller testing in a new dedicated subforum. We're looking forward to hearing your feedback on this feature, so once you've had a chance to try it out, leave a comment on the forum!
The Crystal League Championship Starts Saturday
The wait is almost over: the Crystal League Championship is this weekend! Starting Saturday at 17:00 UTC, tune in to AlbionTVto watch all the action live. Winners will receive huge Gold rewards and rare mounts, with the first-place team walking away with the ultra-rare Sabertooth Rex Swiftclaw Skin.
Join hosts Shozen, Lewpac, and Tazzik as they bring you live coverage and commentary on these high-action fights. Here's the weekend's schedule:
Check out detailed brackets below (click to expand):
(Note: the above end times are approximate, depending on how long matches run.)
For team breakdowns, full rules, and the final schedule, keep an eye on this forum post.
Season 15 Starts March 5
Albion's milestone fifteenth Guild Season kicks off March 5, with increased Might and Favor, updated Might Level progression, an updated Crystal League map with hugely increased rewards, and more. Read on for details, or for the complete Season 15 schedule, click here.
More Might and Favor, and Faster Might Leveling
To further reward players and guilds who partake in riskier activities, the overall Might and Favor earned in various categories has been greatly increased. Here are a few examples:
Additionally, the threshold for early Might Levels has been lowered for a wide range of activities available at all times. And as these thresholds now increase faster with higher levels, reaching the highest levels requires significantly more Might for the same Season Point output, ensuring the competition remains intense at the higher levels of guild warfare.
Crystal League Changes: New Map, Big Rewards
5v5 Crystal League matches now use an updated map based on the popular former "Steppe Territory" map. This new map makes it significantly harder for one team to hold three orbs, offering increased comeback potential for more exciting matches. Respawn timers are now more normalized throughout the match, which allows early kills to remain impactful without making late-kill respawn timers too punishing.
Crystal League rewards for both 5v5 and 20v20 have been improved significantly, with massively increased Silver as well as big Fame increases at nearly all levels. Together with the new map, we hope this will incentivize more players to try out the Crystal League and experience thrilling PvP matches.
Unique Season Rewards
Players who gain enough Might will receive unique season-specific Avatar Sets, as well as battle mounts and 90-day Fame Buffs. Might can be gathered for a huge range of PvP-adjacent activities in the Conqueror's Challenge, which was introduced in Season 14 as a way for guilds of all sizes – as well as players who are not in guilds – to earn rewards without requiring passive territory control. And as always, there are additional bracket rewards for guilds who reach at least Iron Rank, and the grand prize of a permanent statue in Conquerors' Hall for the season's number one guild.
For the full list of season rewards, check out this forum post.
Watch the Season Kickoff Live
The action starts Saturday, March 5 and will be broadcast live on AlbionTV starting 17:30 UTC, with hosts Shozen, Lewpac and Bogul bringing full coverage of Invasion Day.
At 18:00 UTC all territories will be reset for guilds to claim them and launch attacks. Those in the North and South American time zones can also tune in for the second round of territory resets on Sunday, March 6 at 00:30 UTC, when hosts Shozen, Robinhoodrs and Bogul will cover the next round of invasions from 01:00 UTC. All open-world fights are broadcast live with a 15-minute delay.
Check out AlbionTV's latest Invasion Day coverage:
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The Season 14 Crystal League Championship is Coming
The Season 14 Crystal League Championship takes place February 26-27, with Albion's top Crystal League players facing off for tremendous prizes including the ultra-rare Sabertooth RexSwiftclaw Skin. The tournament will be open to the top 8 Crystal League teams of the season, based on the following:
Additional rules:
Watch the Action Live on AlbionTV
As always, you can watch the action all weekend long on AlbionTV, the official Albion Online Twitch Channel. Join hosts Shozen, Lewpac, and Tazzik as they bring you live coverage and commentary on these high-action fights. The reigning champions will be crowned and receive their prizes at a ceremony after the final match on Sunday.
Get ready for Albion's next high-stakes tournament, and keep an eye on our forum for updates! In the meantime, check out last season's Grand Finals:
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Starter Bundles Now Available!
If you're looking for a great deal on vanity items, Gold, and Premium, now's your chance: for a limited time, Starter Bundles are available to all players in the in-game store! These bundles offer a combination of vanity items, Gold, and Premium at a huge discount, and are normally only available to players who have never bought Premium on an underlying character. But from now until February 28 at 10:00 UTC, this offer is available in-game to all players.
To purchase one or more of these bundles, just log in on the native client, Steam client, or Google Play and click the "Starter Bundles" tab in the in-game store. Any bundle with a skin not yet unlocked on your account will be available.
This offer will only be open to all players until February 28, so take advantage of it today!
The latest entry in our growing series of video guides is here, this time covering everything you need to know about the Arena.
Check out the video below, which includes subtitles for all our supported languages:
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These video guides are created in conjunction with AO FAQ with the goal of presenting Albion's game mechanics in a concise and detailed manner. All guides are published on the official Albion Online YouTube Channel, so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any upcoming content. While you're there, leave us a comment to let us know what you think of the guide and which topics you'd like us to cover next.
It’s the height of Carnival season, and a new referral season has begun! From now until April 1, referring a friend can get you the brand-new Jester Horse mount skin. In jovial red and white attire, this skin for your RidingHorse base mount comes with its own cap and bells, drawing attention from passersby as you trot through the streets of Albion. And once you've unlocked the skin, it can be used by all characters on your account.
You can also earn huge amounts of Fame for your third and fifth referrals: three referrals scores you a T7 Pile of Tomes worth 100,000 Fame, and five referrals gets you a T8 Pile of Tomes granting a colossal 200,000 Fame. And as always, your first-ever referral grants an additional T8 Pile of Tomes along with the mount skin.
The current referral season lasts until maintenance on April 1, so you've got until then to refer your friends and claim these rewards!
How to Earn Seasonal Referral Rewards
The Carnival Challenge Returns
The Carnival Challenge is back! For the whole month of February, earn Challenge Points, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Saddled Terrorbird.
Join the Carnival
SADDLED TERRORBIRD: This month's Challenge brings back the charming, lightning-fast Saddled Terrorbird, a speedy mount that will carry you quickly across the lands of Albion. With an above-average base move speed and an additional invincibility/speed burst spell, it's the perfect ride for those who need to cover some ground quickly and safely.
AVATAR RING: Along with the Saddled Terrorbird, you'll unlock the Carnival Challenge Avatar Ring when you reach this month's Challenge Point goal. Give your avatar a colorful, festive look all year round! This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or can be traded for one Adventurer's Token at the Vanity Merchant.
SEASONAL SPECIALS: Unlock weekly Carnival Challenge chests to get valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes, resources, and silver bags, along with a chance at carnival-themed Wardrobe Skins. You can also get three furniture items: the Carnival Firework, Carnival Arch, and Carnival Costume Cart.
Log in now and start gathering, fishing, farming, and killing monsters to earn Challenge Points and unlock your rewards!
Lands Awakened Patch 4 is Here
Lands Awakened Patch 4 is now live! This patch brings some important quality-of-life improvements, extensive combat balance changes, adjustments to Static Dungeon mobs, and much more. Read on for details…
Quality-of-Life Improvements
This patch sees some very welcome quality-of-life improvements introduced, for example:
Static Dungeon Mob Rebalancing
In order to better balance the performance of certain Static Dungeon mobs, and allow more counterplay opportunities, some adjustments have been made to their abilities. For example:
In addition, across all factions a number of Static Dungeon mobs have had their avatars updated to better reflect their characteristics visually.
Combat Balance Changes
This patch sees the largest combat balance update since Lands Awakened launched. Firstly, certain combat systems – Resilience, AoE Escalation, Crowd Control, and Diminishing Returns – have been adjusted, broadly in favour of smaller groups in combat. In light of these adjustments, changes have also been made to some weapons and armors - such as Cursed Staff and Cleric Robe - in order to keep their gameplay fair and competitive.
Numerous further changes have also been made, including:
Other Changes and Improvements
As always, you can read the complete list of changes in the official patchnotes.
