The wait is almost over: the Season 13 Crystal League Championship is this weekend! Starting Saturday at 17:00 UTC, tune in to AlbionTV to 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 Saber Tiger 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.
Week-Long Fame Boost
The Mists of Albion are back! Between now and maintenance on September 20, get 25% additional Fame for all ingame activities.
Here are the details:
Take advantage of this week-long Fame Boost to level up your combat, crafting, and gathering!
Prowl Albion on the Mistwolf!
The brand-new Mistwolf skin is now available in the ingame store! This premiere mount skin transforms your Direwolf base mount into an ethereal beast born from the shadows of Avalon.
With their high overall speed and maneuverability, Direwolves have been one of Albion's most-used mounts since the early days. The Mistwolf adds further options for those looking to upgrade their Direwolf's appearance, and joins a growing collection of skins for this ever-popular mount.
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The Energy Surge Season is Coming
The next Guild Season kicks off on September 25! (See the full schedulehere). The standalone Energy Surge Season will run for approximately 10 weeks, and will have a unique structure and unique rewards, which include the ability to designate an HQ Hideout for guilds who earn enough Season Points, plus four different brand-new avatars, a one-of-a-kind winner statue placed in the open world, and more. Read on for all the details!
Unlock Your HQ Hideout
In our last Dev Talk, Game Director Robin Henkys introduced HQ Hideouts, a new feature that allows guilds to designate a single Hideout as their primary headquarters. As these special Hideouts are highly resistant to attack, they offer smaller guilds a chance to gain a foothold in Albion's black zones for as long as they are properly maintained.
While this feature is still in the development phase and many more details are forthcoming, the ability to claim HQ Hideouts with the next update will be based on total Season Points earned during the Energy Surge season. The following Season Point thresholds apply for where HQ status can be assigned in Season 14:
Going forward, the ability to assign HQ status to a Hideout in a given zone will be dependent on points earned during the prior season. We'll have plenty more details on this feature in the coming weeks, but for now, you can prepare for the Energy Surge season by checking out the complete list of zone quality levels in thisupdated forum post.
Bracket Rewards... and an Open-World Statue
As always, members of guilds who reach a high enough rank during the season will receive special rewards. This season, these rewards will include the powerful Tower Chariot battle mount for guilds who reach Silver Rank or higher, unique Crystal, Gold, Silver and Bronze Energy Surge Season Avatars for all ranks Bronze and higher, and Tomes of Insight. Here's the full rewards list (click to expand):
Additionally, the top five guilds of the season will receive a 90-day Fame Buff to gathering and PvE, and the top three guilds will each receive a season winner statue with a permanent place in Albion's open world! Here's the detailed breakdown (click to expand):
The first-place winners will be able to select the design and placement of their statue in collaboration with our team after the season ends, while the second and third place winners will receive a standard statue with their guild logo, which can also be placed in the open world in collaboration with our team. Take advantage of this one-of-a-kind opportunity to make your guild a permanent part of Albion's landscape!
The new season starts September 25 – get ready to rack up Season Points and unlock these unique rewards!
Dev Talk: War Gloves and HQ Hideouts
Our newest Dev Talk is here, featuring Game Director Robin Henkys broadcasting from the brand-new Albion Online video studio! This new home for Albion's video content will streamline our filming process, allowing us to bring you Dev Talks more frequently. It's been awhile since our last Roadmap Update, and now we can reveal further details of two major upcoming features: War Gloves and HQ Hideouts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo3pJ-4u93A Note that the above video includes subtitles for all nine of our supported languages – and as always, if you prefer a written summary, read on!
New Weapon Line: War Gloves
War Gloves are an entirely new weapon line, featuring:
These weapons excel at engaging an enemy and then keeping them engaged, dealing damage at the same time.
War Glove Artifacts
HQ Hideouts
Headquarters Hideouts, AKA HQ Hideouts, are still early in development, but we’re very excited about the changes they will bring. We believe Albion to be best and most exciting when many small groups are competing for power in the Outlands, but the current Hideout system is controlled by large powerful groups, forcing players to consolidate or pay tribute.
Features of HQ Hideouts:
Hideout Power Cores
Once created, the Headquarters status will need to be maintained. The upcoming open-world Vortex Power System has been extended to include Hideout Power Cores, which are required to make sure an HQ Hideout stays invulnerable. The required level of power depends on the quality of the region, with Hideouts deeper in the Outlands requiring significantly more power. Attackers can take advantage of this by preventing Power Cores from reaching the HQ, causing it to lose invulnerability eventually.
Other features of HQ Hideouts and general Hideout changes:
When will these features arrive?
HQ Hideouts require guilds to collect enough Season Points by the end of a Guild Season. Thus, the current season will be followed by a shortened season before the launch of the next update:
This gives us sufficient time to finish these new features while giving guilds the opportunity to earn their right to an HQ Hideout.
Stay tuned for more Dev Talks coming soon – thanks for watching!
The Season 13 Crystal League Championship is Coming
The Season 13 Crystal League Championship takes place September 18-19, with Albion's top Crystal League players facing off for tremendous prizes including the ultra-rare Saber Tiger Rex Swiftclaw Skin. Like last time, 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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kqFkOZ1uw
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 latest entry in our growing series of video guides is here, and this time around, we cover everything you need to know about fishing. This guide covers all the important aspects of fishing in Albion, from catching your very first fish all the way up through recipes, fishing gear, and buying and selling tips for the fishing economy.
You can check out the video below, which includes subtitles for all our supported languages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbQdSk6-ck 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.
Thanks for watching!
Hunt the Evils of Albion!
The new Demon Hunter Vanity Bundle is here! This premiere bundle is available in the ingame store, and includes a full costume set plus a matching mount skin for your Riding Horse.
The bundle includes dark, intimidating costume skins for your character's head, cape, armor, and shoe slots, with distinctive dark leather and steel buckles and skull-shaped epaulets with an eerie purple glow. It also includes a matching Riding Horse skin with black fur, studded-steel accents, and glowing purple eyes to light up the night.
The Demon Hunter Bundle includes the following vanity skins, which work on male and female characters alike:
As with past bundles, you can use all costume and mount skins with all characters on your account, and they are never lost or destroyed. All items will be unlocked in the ingame "Appearance" menu after purchase.
Get this premiere bundle today and root out evil wherever it lies!
Final Invasion Day of the Season
Territories will be reset this weekend, Season Points earned will be doubled... and we'll be broadcasting all the action live!
Tune in to the AlbionTV Twitch channel starting Saturday at 17:30 UTC, where hosts Shozen, Bogul and Lewpac will be broadcasting live with a 15-minute delay.
Starting at 18:00 UTC, guilds will have new opportunities to claim territories 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 at 00:30 UTC with hosts Bogul, Shozenwon and Robinhoodrs, with territories becoming claimable at 01:00 UTC.
Between the two reset broadcasts, we'll also be broadcasting Level 5-7 Crystal League fights with no delay at 20:30, 21:00, and 21:30 UTC.
For the complete season schedule, check out this forum post.
