Guild Warfare Season 4 starts on September 29! Participate in this season and earn powerful exclusive rewards – read on for all the details.

To get you ready for season 4, all players logging in between September 19 and September 26 will receive 7 days of free Premium as well as a 25% boost to all gathering, crafting, and PvE Fame earned. Use these buffs wisely to improve your chances of claiming the legendary rewards below!

By participating in a guild which earns at least Bronze rank, you'll be eligible to claim unique rewards like exclusive avatars, avatar rings and an epic War Rhino. The higher your guild climbs in the ranks, the better these rewards will become.

The War Rhino is a powerful new mount with elite combat capabilities and tremendous damage resistance. It exists in four versions (Tier 5-8), with stats and visuals that become more epic with each tier, and will ONLY be given out as a Season 4 reward, making it an incredibly valuable item.

To be eligible for these rewards, you;ll need to have been an active member of your guild for at least 75% of the Season and have Premium status active - you can view your eligibility on the updated Season Ranking UI.



With the new season, you'll also have a chance to claim your place in Conquerors' Hall. This brand-new shrine in the heart of Caerleon will feature monuments honoring the top three guilds each season in the form of custom-built monuments, where the top guild can pick which character will be immortalized to represent their guild in a permanent statue.

The hall will be expanded with each successive winner, and will also retroactively include the winners of the first three seasons. Set your own monument among the past and future champions, then pay a visit to revel in your victory, see past winners, and plan your future domination of Albion!

Conquerors' Hall will go live at the end of Season 4, and will be accessed via a new building entrance near the Caerleon Realmgate. For an FAQ with more information about Guild Warfare Rewards, click here.

Tune into the official Albion Online Twitch channel, AlbionTV, to watch Invasion Days, GvG Highlights, and other events. The full Season 4 streaming schedule is below - see you on the battlefield! (Click to expand)

To help you prepare for the upcoming season, we're giving all players a 25% fame boost for one week! From now until September 26 at 10:00 UTC, all players will get 25% more Fame for all activities in the world of Albion - gathering, crafting, killing mobs, and everything else. Dive right in and start earning that extra Fame!



And there's even more: all players who log into the game between now and September 26 at 10:00 UTC will also receive 7 free days of Premium status. Log in now and send your stats sky-high!

Midway through Season 3, Money Guild and Team Casualty were neck-and-neck for first place, with Team Casualty trailing by just a few thousand points. Then, in early August, they experienced a devastating string of events: in a single day, their alliance was disbanded, five of their owned plots were dropped, and massive amounts of gear that had been stored in Fecund Mound Meadow were lost.

Rather than give up, though, they immediately formed the new POWER alliance and began to reclaim territories, clawing their way back into first place. For the remainder of the season, they rebuilt their armories, dominated the battlefield, and racked up hundreds of thousands of points, eventually building to an insurmountable lead and securing the win. Money Guild's hopes for a third season championship were dashed, and Albion had a new champion.



Team Casualty has been around since launch, and currently holds numerous all-time records: highest overall Fame, highest total kill value, highest resource value, and most Silver collected. Thanks to a powerhouse performance over the past months, they can now add "GvG Season Champions" to their list of accolades.

Head to Caerleon to see their guild banners on display, and keep an eye on the horizon: GvG Season 4 starts on Saturday, September 29, when new armies will rise to claim the throne. You can watch all the action on the official Albion Online Twitch channel, AlbionTV.

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Coming from the low of having lost everything, you are now at the high of winning a season! What and who kept you together during that time and motivated you to come back even stronger as POWER? 

When Fecund Mound was dropped, most of our leads that were online, Purr, Ellipses, and myself were occupied with guild activities, raiding Mercia mages looking for some ZvZ content. It took us by surprise. Everyone shared the same consensus, "We're done. We had a good run boys." I quickly rallied everyone into the opposite mentality; I assured everyone that we would be OK as this was not the first time something like this had happened. And Ellipses believed in TC too. From there, we instantly launched a GvG campaign into Mercia as OOPs was harboring Bangers. We were looking for war and they were the juiciest target.

The members of TC were ready to be rallied too, many taking the initiative to support the guild in whatever way possible. We had a few men make considerable silver donations to help keep us afloat when this all went down. Donations of note: Xtrion - 200 mil, Thesipher - 100 mil, X3p - 50 mil, Saicere - 300 mil, and others as well that I can’t recall but all appreciated. No contribution was too big or too small as they all helped to boost morale in the guild. Ellipses, Pleb and men like Lebron quickly rallied the men daily into mage raiding to keep us busy while we rebuilt. Also, I’d like to give a shout out to all our strong officers, and give thanks to men like Ellipses and Pleb for all the time they put into building and rebuilding TC.

What is the secret to your ZvZ success? 

In my unbiased opinion, we were weaker this season in ZvZ than we have ever been. That said, we did manage to crush the OOPS/OOF/POE alliances pretty consistently, with only real challenge coming from Blue Army (Boys are bangers for sure).

As far as a secret goes, there isn't really one, it comes down to the members of the zerg being able to listen and promptly respond to ZvZ calls. A few men like Sohrab/Youni/Djtanner/Millicent were our more consistent DPS in those zergs, constantly being in the right spot at the right time. Also we have solid shot calling from, in my opinion the best shot caller I've seen - Ellipses, and of course Pleb contributing with his ever so soothing voice.

When asked whether he regarded Crimson Imperium Reborn as the biggest threat in season 3, Ellipses said: "No, not at all. Anyone can look amazing when they beat down on last season’s champ. People often forget that for the entirety of Season 1 and the majority of Season 2, TC has held off and repeatedly crushed CIR’s teams." Do you stick by this general opinion, and did you feel threatened by CIR at any point in Season 3?

For the most part no, CIR never was a factor for us, as they mainly stuck to their EU time zone in this season, we rarely got to meet them. They were more of a threat to our EU allies - The Fleet and Frogue One. 
Cargera in my opinion is the best tank to ever play Albion and carried the load for them, but when they removed Licitank from their team last month, their team got blatantly weaker, Genov and Derrick are not quite Licitank quality. Even though we have been at war with POE for longer than I can remember now, I do have respect for those boys, they are the longest running 5 man team (or were) this game has seen, that in itself is an accomplishment.

Without giving away too many tactics or strategies, can you share any of your goals for the upcoming Season 4?

We're not too sure what our season goal is, with the current state of the game season play is rather stagnant. We'll probably end up going for a more casual route this season though, we plan to shrink our alliance/guild, rebuild with the idea of not needing a mega alliance (truly super boring). As it currently stands though we won't be competing for a Season 4 victory, we accomplished what we wanted to this season.

TC has never really had a plan in its 1 year of live gameplay, we always just kinda do stuff as it happens, so we'll approach Season 4 the same way.

Lastly, I want to thank everyone in POWER and TC during Season 3 for all the hard work, special thanks to men like Djtanner, who manages all tc food/farms basically by himself, Eveneska and Kyzara who spent countless hours managing gatherers, big thanks to our GvGers, Mumuzao team/Jemenex team/Tringle team and masterofwaves/our 6th man Rxhmorse, specifically the "a" team that carried the load for so long (Sohrab/Ellipses/Sipher/Akko) and again, thank you to Ellipses and Pleb, without you men, we wouldn't be here, you guys were the backbone of TC for so long.

Check out TC's own victory video below (warning - strong language):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRUmCXIkKzU
Here are the final Season 3 rankings, with total points earned:

1st Place: TeamCasualty (512,370 points)
2nd Place: Money Guild (441,996 points)
3rd Place: The Fleet (277,204 points)
4th Place: Crimson Imperium Reborn (267,164 points)
5th Place: Hammer And Sickle (207, 858 points)
6th Place: Blue Army (180, 732 points)
7th Place: Say My Metatrone (159,600 points)
8th Place: Red Army v2 (152, 280 points)

Guild name: Fricks
Alliance: POWER
Guild leaders: Veetus, Trollhouse, Bloodbaron
Date founded: July 17th, 2017
Number of members: ~190 
Primary language: English

Who says nice guys finish last? Fricks may be known primarily as an overall fun and positive-vibes guild, but they can still bring the heat when needed. They reached Crystal ranking in the second GvG season, finishing in eighth place overall, and are part of the resurgent POWER alliance that was recently formed by current season leaders Team Casualty. (See here for more on the POWER saga.)

Tell us about your guild. What sort of activities do you focus on? What sort of members are you looking for?

Fricks was founded on launch day by Veetus. The Filthy Casuals merged into Fricks several months later, and today Fricks are a very solid guild in the world of Albion. Fricks as a guild are all about community. We like to promote a wholesome and fun environment for our members and we feel we do a good job of that. Our focus is definitely PvP, but we experience every facet the world of Albion has to offer.

If you want to have a positive player environment, love to say “Fricks are recruiting” and want to experience a lot of PvP activities, Fricks are probably a great fit for you.

Where is your guild primarily located? What regions in Albion do you focus on?

We are based out of Sunlit at the moment, located in Northwest Mercia. We are very much a team. Being a part of a POWERful (see what I did there?) alliance has Fricks going wherever the alliance needs us. Usually that is in Cumbria or Mercia, which is nice because that’s close to home for us.



Do you have any particular rivalries or ongoing quarrels with other guilds?

This tends to change from season to season. Last season, I would say it was Conflict, as we had countless open-world fights with them over Anglia castles. This season, it’s more of a conglomerate of guilds, most stemming from the broader alliance between OOF and POE.

What were some of your most memorable battles/activities?

Most definitely this skirmish against the EGO alliance, battling over the Creag Rudd castle. Which was beautifully showcased in this video that Flufferpope put together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hm-I9gjDLQ
What does your guild do for fun?

We have our own songs. (Full album coming soon.) We roleplay from time to time. We form gank parties. We dungeon dive. We do faction warfare. We make memories and memes and even freestyle rap in Discord.

What is your guild's approach to the game? Do you have any sort of overarching philosophy?

Being uplifting and respectful and having fun is how I approach the guild, and I think most of our members feel the same way. I think the fun will be had if all the other things are in place first. All you need is love!

What are your goals for the future? What is your ultimate goal in the world of Albion?

It’s interesting to me that we started out as “just” a Twitch-based community guild, but over time we grew into a strong end-game guild joining hands with meaningful alliances and making a splash in the game. Our goals are to to continue doing what we’ve been doing and creating content for our members – though I think we could be creating even more content like in-guild events with in-game contributions/raffles and loot as rewards. Our end-game goal is to simply have a great time playing Albion Online.

Anything else to share about your guild?

Fricks are recruiting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_kE7pkR_qE
Guild Spotlights is a series intended to introduce Albion's numerous guilds to the community at large. If you'd like your guild to be featured, please message PrintsKaspian or Evoque via the forums.

• In addition to being muted in chat, characters you mute will now no longer be able to send ingame mails to you
• Removing loot items from a corpse when mounted will now cause you to dismount 
• Coloring of roads in swamp biome has been adjusted to make them more visually distinguishable from the environment
• The damage dealt by Imps was higher than intended and has been reduced

• Numerous Marketplace and UI fixes:
  • Changing the price of a buy order to match an existing sell order now fulfills the order
  • Fixed an issue where the item quality would not update correctly when using the item quality dropdown menu in the Marketplace popup
  • Fixed an issue where the Marketplace orders tab did not update correctly after altering sell orders
  • Sell order list in the Marketplace details window flyout now shows higher quality items as well
  • Fixed an issue where guild logos would be missing in the Guild Details Season Info UI
  • Fixed an issue where a tooltip could get stuck to the cursor when reopening the Craft Building UI
  • Fixed an issue where an unlocalized string would appear when creating buy orders
  • Fixed an issue where the GvG win ratio would not be displayed correctly in the Guild stats UI
  • Fixed an issue where the trading UI would not open for players with over a certain amount of Silver
  • Fixed an issue where text was not properly displayed in different languages for Arena or Expedition Details UI
• Fixed an issue where character location was not updated when knocked back during gathering
• Players who can get out of range of Disembowel (for instance with Blink) will no longer receive damage or be rooted
• The popup for Expedition rewards now displays the correct icon for Silver
• Additional minor graphical, UI, environment, and localization fixes

Crafting, Fishing, and Laborer Guides have been added to the Official Albion Online Knowledgebase, and numerous other guides have been streamlined and updated: albiononline.com/en/guides/

We're aware that parts of the official Knowledgebase are out of date or incomplete, and we hope to bolster this section in the coming months, along with the newly-revitalized wiki

If you've got an idea for a guide that isn't yet on the site , let us know in the comments below. Better yet, if you'd like to contribute a guide to the site (either one that's already written, or one you've been planning on writing) or contribute a translation of an existing guide, please contact PrintsKaspian via the Albion Online Forum:
https://forum.albiononline.com/index.php/ConversationAdd/?userID=169396

Guild name: Guild Not Found
Alliance: Partnership of Equals
Guild leaders: The guild is governed by council of 7 ancients called “capitani”: Berenike4, Licencelessrider, Ilnonno, Lapadia, Isio, Faarok, and Cernobog
Date founded: September 2017
Number of members: 110
Primary language: Italian

Guild Not Found, Albion Online's largest Italian guild, was formed in September 2017 in an attempt to unite the Italian community that was scattered throughout the server at that time. The guild started small and worked hard to grow their ranks, eventually joining the Partnership of Equals alliance where they met another Italian community, the Dread Pirate Roberts. This group had history within the game, and the two decided to join forces. Currently, they are one of the oldest guilds in the POE alliance apart from Crimson Imperium Reborn and Infinite.

Tell us about your guild. What sort of activities do you focus on? What sort of members are you looking for?

It was hard in the beginning because Italians in every game tend to play "their game", so having a common objective is not that easy. But we worked our asses off and now here we are. We pretty much do every kind of activity you can find within the game. We do Hellgates, ZvZs, ganking, and so on. Obviously there are members who are more focused on a particular kind of activity, and they join up with others who enjoy the same kind of activity. We are a community of players before characters – we tend to joke and laugh a lot, and we even had our first IRL meeting in July 2018.



We're looking for members who like to play in a group, who can get the job done, and who are working towards a positive and chill play environment. We don't want people who only play alone or put their own objectives before those of the guild. The first thing we ask is to play WITH the guild, which is in our opinion very different than playing FOR the guild.

Where is your guild primarily located? What regions in Albion do you focus on?

We have a town plot located in Saddle Pound with few territories near it, although we focus pretty much on Cumbria where our alliance is mostly located. We are lucky that our territories are pretty near to the zones we fight for, so most of the time it's a pretty fast trip.

Do you have any particular rivalries or ongoing quarrels with other guilds?

Not in particular. We tend to have some "heat" chat with other little Italian communities that are playing, but it's a "normal" grudge, nothing special.  As members of the POE alliance, we fight very often against ALONE (now POWER), so if I had to choose a "nemesis", it could be that alliance.

What were some of your most memorable battles/activities?

For sure it was during the second reset in January 2018, where we saw battle mounts in action for the first time. It was a period where those mounts were really powerful and could turn the tide of a fight alone. We were a flanking group for the main zerg of the alliance and SUN were trying to capture a territory in the southern part of Cumbria. We did a perfect flank while SUN was in the territory and we managed to charge through their line, while our guys conquered their fear of being killed by a battle mount to achieve a perfect engage. Unluckily the mount managed to run away, but we still won the fight.

Another great fight we had was when  25+ Guild Not Found warriors (as you can see in the video below) fought a bloody battle for a castle in Bleak Moor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLaBQfDxT-8
What does your guild do for fun?

As I said before, we do everything in this game. We don't have any one activity we focus on, so we can try everything this game has to offer. One day we might gank with "dank" builds, another day we'll go dungeon diving, another day we'll fame farm in dungeons all together, and so on...

What is your guild's approach to the game? Do you have any sort of overarching philosophy?

The only thing we ask is that our members play WITH the guild. Play together, have fun together. It's a game, so the main objective is to have fun. Sometimes you have to do activities you don't like, but doing these with the guild makes it less painful. Sometimes you have a hard day at work, so you just log in and chill with your friends in the guild. We offer a lot of content for those who join us because we want our members to be happy with us – nothing more, nothing less.

What are your goals for the future? What is your ultimate goal in the world of Albion?

Our goal for the future is to have an established GvG team. Things keep coming up, and we feel like we need to fix things or start all over. We are putting lot of effort into it, and starting in September, when the holidays are over, we feel that we will be ready to resume stronger than ever.

Our ultimate goal is to prove that Italians are not just wanna-be-pros or toxic players, but that we can give a lot and can be united and devoted to a common cause under a single flag, a thing that has not happened very frequently in games in the past.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ8Tgow6D3k
Anything else to share about your guild?

If you pass through Italy on holiday, feel free to ask us for recommendations!

Jokes aside, We are really thankful to the Partnership of Equals alliance for the opportunity they gave us in the beginning. We've grown a lot and make a very strong bond between our guild and other guilds in the alliance, and that is a really beautiful thing.

But mostly I want to thank all the members of Guild Not Found that fought for us in the past, that fight for us now, and that will fight for the days to come. We are still here because of the commitment everyone put in while they were with us, even those who were with us for just a single day or those that decided not stay with us in the end.

Guild Spotlights is a series intended to introduce Albion's numerous guilds to the community at large. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more in the coming weeks!

A new referral season starts today! Refer your friends and get three new rewards: the Recruiter's Barrel-Crate, the Recruiter's Beer Mug, and the Saint Bernard. 

The new referral season lasts until September 26. There are three ways to collect referrals and earn a Saint Bernard:

• The easiest way is by sending Trial Keys to your friends. Each key redeemed on an account without a key on it will count toward your referral season progress.
• Additionally, any Starter Pack that you buy and that gets redeemed on an account without a key will also count toward your progress.
• And last but not least: if a friend registers through your referral link, then buys and redeems a Starter Pack on their account, you’ll also progress.

To get an overview of your current progress this season, and to see the FAQ for the referral system, click here.

• Upgrading, repairing and construction of buildings is now much faster and is the same speed throughout all tiers of resources
• Marketplace buy amount can now be set to either 1 or maximum in the Options interface – default value has been set back to 1 (previously max)
  • Known issue: The description for this setting is only in English at the moment
• Added various tooltips:
  • Destiny Board Tracker tooltip now displays the required amount of learning points for a node that is ready to be learned
  • Item durability tooltip shows durability in current value/max values
  • Hovering over shortened Silver amounts will now display the full value: for example, hovering over "13KK Silver" would display "13056732 Silver"
• Leaving a guild as the final member or abandoning a guild island now requires additional confirmation

• Fixed coloring for average prices in the Marketplace for different states (selling, buying, etc.): for example, selling above average is indicated as green, buying above average as red
• Fixed an issue where party members were sometimes hidden on the minimap by zerg markers – party member indicators are now always rendered above zergs
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to use learning points when opening the Destiny Board via the item details UI
• Fixed an issue where editing sell orders would allow insertion of higher-quality items
• Fixed an issue where the Lymhurst Champion re-summoned his boar, Boaris, even though it was still active
• Fixed gibberish speech bubbles that occurred when world map was open
• Fixed an issue where farm animals were not grown even though their growth timer ended

GvG Territories will be reset this weekend - and we'll be covering it live on the AlbionTV Twitch channel starting Saturday at 17:00 UTC. Join our hosts Shozen and Tazzik as they cover the Invasion Day madness live!

Starting at 18:00 UTC, guilds will have new opportunities to claim territories and launch attacks. For the complete GvG Season 3 schedule, check out this forum post.

You can also tune in Thursdays at 18:00 UTC for highlights from the previous week. Click here to watch recent highlight videos from the current season.

Here's the full season's streaming schedule: