Three major new Outland regions have been added to the world of Albion: Siluria (equivalent in size and value to Cumbria) and West and East Glouvia (equivalent in size and value to West and East Anglia, respectively). While these regions will be claimable during the next Invasion Day (May 18), and will generate siphoned energy and spawn loot chests, they will not contribute season points to the current (sixth) GvG season. They will begin generating season points as normal at the beginning of Season 7.

In conjunction with this expansion and the redistribution of Outlands portals, Energy Manipulator NPCs have been added close to the Realmgate in each of the Royal Cities.

For more on these changes and a list of portal/city connections for each region, click here.

Players can now remove their portal binding (i.e. the lock to a particular city's Outlands portal) once every 30 days. This allows some flexibility with portal locks, while ensuring it only occurs for important reasons (guild moves, major strategic changes, urgent access to a new territory, etc.). The option of switching city bindings by traveling across the Outlands to a different-colored portal remains in effect.

With the release of this update, the connections for the Siege Camps in No Respite and Carpet of Bones will be switched from Caerleon to Martlock and Thetford, respectively. The newly introduced Siege Camps in Desecrated Sands, Torn Earth and Badbury Bog will be connected to the remaining Royal Cities. This change should make it significantly easier to compete for control of the Royal Cities.

By popular demand, players can now set certain islands as favorites in the Travel Planner UI, making them easily accessible without searching.

To reduce overcrowding, a second Marketplace cluster has been added to Caerleon, accessed by walking directly south from within the Bank of Caerleon. Both clusters give access to the same Marketplace, including all for-sale items, buy orders, sell orders, and purchased goods, and can be used interchangeably.

• Adjusted Hellgate spawn settings to compensate for the Outlands expansion:
  • Spawn waves now produce more Hellgates throughout the world (50 → 80)
  • Hellgate Guardian mobs no longer despawn after 29 minutes, and instead remain in place indefinitely
  • 2v2 Greater Hellgates now spawn only in odd-tier red and black zones (i.e. T3,T5,T7)
  • 5v5 Greater Hellgates now spawn only in even-tier red and black zones (i.e. T4,T6,T8)
• Optimized overhead text messages (damage numbers, etc.) for better overall performance during large fights
• Silver dropped by players upon knockdown is now hard-capped at 700 Silver per item (this should only affect high-end gear)
• Reduced objective item value of Arena Sigils from 64 to 6 to decrease repair costs for crafted Arena items
• Updated animation for Artifact Foundry NPC
• Removed gallop sounds in cities
• Adjusted and polished sounds for all Sword, Bow, and Crossbow spells according to their intensity and fixed several missing sounds
• Rites of Spring items have been removed from the Vanity Merchant

Arcane Staffs

• Time Freeze (Great Arcane Staff):
  • Freeze Duration: 3s → 4s
  • Cooldown 1200 IP: 34s → 30s
  • Cooldown 1700 IP: 30s → 26s

Axes

• Life Leech (Passive):
  • Heal per Attack: 5.10 → 6.10

Bows

• Poisoned Arrow (all Bows):
  • Range: 11m → 13m
• Speedshot (all Bows):
  • Range: 11m → 13m

Crossbows

• Auto Fire (all Crossbows):
  • Damage per Tick: 37.00 → 30.00
  • Explosion Damage: 89.00 → 82.00

Cursed Staffs

• Cataclysm (Damnation Staff):
  • Damage: 120 → 160
  • Debuff Duration: 8s → 6s
  • Cast Range: 10m → 12m
  • Cooldown: 45s → 30s

Daggers

• Life Leech (Passive):
  • Heal per Attack: 3.73 → 4.50

Fire Staffs

• Flame Tornado (Blazing Staff):
  • Tick Damage vs Players: 51.00 → 60.00

Frost Staffs

• Freezing Wind (one-handed Frost Staff):
  • Damage: 160 → 174
  • Standtime: 0.6s → 0.2s
  • Root Duration: 1.57s → 2.00s
• Ice Storm (Glacial Staff):
  • Damage vs Mobs: 16.70 → 20.00
  • Damage vs Players: 35.00 → 45.00
• Ice Crystal (Permafrost Prism):
  • Cooldown: 45s → 30s

Hammers

• Iron Breaker: (all Hammers):
  • Hit Delay: 0.5s → 0.4s
  • Standtime: 0.6s → 0.5s
  • Resistance Reduction: 0.12 → 0.15
• Ground Breaker (Polehammer):
  • Stun Area Width: 1.5m → 2m
• Life Leech (Passive):
  • Heal per Attack: 5.86 → 7.00

Maces

• Threatening Smash (all Maces):
  • Hit Delay: 0.6s → 0.5s
  • Standtime: 0.7s → 0.6s
• Vendetta (Camlann Mace):
  • Now also stuns all pulled enemies
  • Damage: 113.96 → 62.00
• Removed the spell Stalling Slam; added the new spell Sacred Ground in its place:
  • Creates a 3m radius area in front of you. The area lasts for 6s and silences all enemy players within (ignoring crowd control resistance). Creatures in the area are silenced for up to 2.8s. (NOTE: Tooltip will list duration as "8 seconds" until the next patch is deployed.)
  • Cast Time: 0.8s, Cooldown: 7s, Energy cost: 6% of max energy
• Life Leech (Passive):
  • Heal per Attack: 5.86 → 7.00

Nature Staffs

• Revitalize (all Nature Staffs):
  • Energy cost per tick: 8 → 6
  • Energy Gain per tick: 10 → 8
  • Health per Tick: 60 → 80

Quarterstaffs

• Separator (basic Quarterstaff):
  • Standtime: 1s → 0.6s
• Life Leech (Passive):
  • Heal per Attack: 4.17 → 5.00

Spears

• Life Leech (Passive):
  • Heal per Attack: 4.81 → 5.80

Armors

• Haste (Hunter Jacket):
  • Damage Increase: 10% → 20%
• Electric Field (Stalker Jacket):
  • Cooldown 60s → 45s
• Life Steal Aura (Hellion Jacket):
  • Minimum Heal: 7.02 → 8.80
  • Maximum Heal: 23.09 → 29.9
• Fury (Soldier Armor):
  • CC Duration increase per stack: 7% -> 4%

Helmets

• Emergency Heal:
  • The effect is now applied to up to 5 allies in a 4m radius

• Fixed an issue where items could become invisible after being moved from one container to another under high ping
• Fixed an issue where chests in Randomized Dungeons had no loot when the party had "Free Loot" enabled or when loot protection wore off
• Master's Fawn is now tradable in the Marketplace as intended
• Additional minor graphical, UI, terrain, animation, audio, and localization fixes

Since Albion Online's free-to-play launch on April 10, the player base has grown tremendously, as new and veteran players alike set their sights on new regions and activities. To adjust for this massive influx of players, and to ensure that combat remains vital for all players, Oberon Patch 5 (AKA the Oberon Midseason Patch) will bring a major new Outland expansion, portal binding and siege camp changes, the ability to set favorite islands, and more.



To give up-and-coming players (and smaller guilds both old and new) a chance at territory ownership, three major new Outland regions have been added: Siluria (equivalent in size and value to Cumbria), and West and East Glouvia (equivalent in size and value to West and East Anglia, respectively). In the interest of fairness to teams currently competing in Season 6, these territories will be claimable beginning on the second Invasion Day of Season 6 (May 18), but will not contribute season points until Season 7.



In conjunction with this expansion and the previous redistribution of Outlands portals to the Royal Cities, the following changes changes will take place:

• Players can now opt to remove their portal binding once every 30 days. This long cooldown period allows for occasional cancellation of bindings due to unforeseen circumstances, while preventing unfettered access to all Outlands clusters. Players can still cross the Outlands to a different-colored portal in order to reset their bindings with no cooldown.
• To increase competition for control of the Royal Cities, the connections for the Siege Camps in No Respite and Carpet of Bones will be switched from Caerleon to Martlock and Thetford, respectively. The newly introduced Siege Camps in Desecrated Sands, Torn Earth, and Badbury Bog will enable attacks on the remaining Royal Cities.
• To further strengthen the connection between the Royal Cities and the Outlands, and for the convenience of all players, Energy Manipulator NPCs have been added to the Royal Cities. These new merchants can be found near each city's Realmgate, and offer the same services that were previously available only in Caerleon.

By popular demand, players can now set certain islands as favorites in the Travel Planner UI. This often-requested quality-of-life change allows players quick access to their most-visited islands without needing to search for them each time.

While this was one of the most-requested updates based on community feedback, the game's UI will also receive additional improvements and streamlining over the coming months - so please keep your feedback coming!



The Oberon Midseason Patch brings numerous balance changes to weapons and armor. This set of changes has two specific goals in improving Albion's combat meta:

• Increasing the variety of tank builds in 5-versus-5 fights (GvGs, Hellgates, etc.)
• Bringing more variety in damage-dealing during ZvZs, and buffing some underutilized ZvZ weapons

As always, the overarching goal of these changes is to keep combat in Albion fair and vital, and to keep builds for specific combat activities from becoming too stagnant and entrenched.

And speaking of combat, in case you missed it, you can now see every weapon, offhand, and tool in the game in one place - click here to check it out.

The Disciples of Morgana have emerged from the shadows... and for the entire month of May, you can take the Morgana Challenge to collect limited-time rewards. Earn points for open-world activities, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Morgana Raven mount.


NEW MOUNT: This month's Challenge introduces the Morgana Raven, a fearsome, fast-moving mount with an area-of-effect spell that sends nearby foes into a state of panic. (Note: the Morgana Raven requires the same terrain pathing as all other mounts, and cannot fly over gaps or obstacles). 
 

NEW AVATAR BORDER: Adventurers who rack up enough total Challenge Points will also earn the Morgana Challenge avatar border, a menacing, fiery ring that will give your avatar an aura of dread. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character.
 

SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month long, reach weekly goals to unlock Morgana Challenge chests. These chests contain valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes and Silver bags, along with brand-new Morgana-themed items.

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 reward. So log in, head out into the open world, gather points, and claim these exclusive rewards while they last!

Name: Robinhoodrs
Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/robinhoodrs07
General Streaming Schedule: Monday-Thursday 13:00 UTC - 23:00 UTC
Main Focus: Helping new players, solo content both PvE & PvP

How did you get into streaming? How long have you been an Albion streamer?

I’ve only just got into streaming actually. I started in early April after successful growing my YouTube channel, and with the F2P launch I wanted to help all the newer players understand the game better. Over the last two weeks the support has been insane, I got Twitch Affiliate within a week and hit over 1,400 followers and 85+ subscribers in my first two weeks of streaming. The Albion community is GOD TIER! 

How is streaming Albion different from streaming other games?

I wouldn’t know too much about this, but from a viewer standpoint the game is full loot PvP and there can be stream snipers, etc. So covering up your minimap and zoning area is highly important for anyone streaming Albion.

What is your general approach to streaming? Do you plan out activities in advance, or head out into the world and see what happens?

It all depends on where I left off the day before, I started a whole new account that’s 100% SOLO content, so both PvE and PvP, and it’s completely from scratch. So one day I might be up a couple million Silver so I can go out and PvP all stream, or if I die a lot it’ll be a rebuild stream, which is also good to show newer players how easy it can be to make money in Albion. But I love Albion because I can zone out from a city and do whatever I want, it’s completely up to you what you wanna do and when you want to do it.



Any ideas of new content for future streams?

I really want to get into streaming large scale Zerg vs Zerg fights with Blue Army, hopefully within a couple weeks we’ll be seeing that content on my channel.

But for now I wanna focus on my solo build account and see how far I can get it, as I’m nearly Tier 7 on my build.

Do you have any advice or tips for other players who are considering being Albion streamers?

Make sure you cover your map and other areas to limit stream snipers, engage with the chat and show off the content Albion Online has to offer… that’s SOOO MUCH different content to show others and for others to enjoy.

Anything else to add?

Just wanna say thanks for the massive support on both my YouTube channel and on Twitch from the Albion Online community, it really has been a crazy couple weeks and I’m loving every minute of it. And thanks to the developers for making such a fun game to play and stream!

SQUAKKKKK!!!

Can you share some of your favorite clips with us?

Blue Army [20] vs [81] EGO Alliance - Battle For Deathmarch Expanse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfrR5x9-ipU
SQUAD Smashes PAX Alliance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDkn2Ett_U
HOW TO: Use Runes, Souls & Relics To Improve Your Weapon & Armor Guide!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2r9FGsruc
Stay tuned for more spotlights in the coming weeks, and be sure to follow Robinhoodrs on Twitch.

Dear Community members old and new,

As many of you know, we’re currently planning a massive rework of the Outlands later this year, which also intends to increase the world size. We feel it would be unfair to make new players wait until we finish that rework to have a chance to claim their own piece of Albion, so in the meantime we’ve decided to launch an expansion of the world based on the current map layout.

For this reason, we’re planning to add three new regions to the current Outland map: Siluria (equivalent in size and value to Cumbria), and West and East Glouvia (equivalent in size and value to West and East Anglia, respectively).

These new regions will launch during GvG Season 6 (we’re currently aiming for early May), and the territories within them will become claimable in two waves on the second Invasion Day of Season 6 (May 18th).

To ensure this land expansion has a minimal effect on Season 6, all territories, mages and castles within it will not contribute season points to the current season and will only start doing so for Season 7. They will, however, generate siphoned energy and spawn loot chests, so they are a perfect place for new guilds to establish themselves and try their hand at territory conquest in preparation for Season 7.



Access to these zones will happen via the city portal system. Each city’s portal network will be extended to gain additional access points in the corresponding zones.

• Martlock: 3 portal exits in West Glouvia, bordering West Anglia to the north
• Bridgewatch: 2 portal exits, 1 each in West and East Glouvia
• Thetford: 2 portal exits in East Glouvia, bordering East Anglia to the north
• Lymhurst: 2 portal exits, 1 each in East Glouvia and Siluria
• Fort Sterling: 2 portal exits in Siluria, bordering Cumbria to the north via a bridge
• Caerleon: 1 portal exit in East Siluria, bordering Mercia to the north via a bridge

Start gathering your guilds together and get ready to claim your piece of Albion!

The Rites of Spring have begun! Chests containing Fool's Golden Eggs have appeared throughout the world of Albion. Break them open to gather eggs, which can be traded for costume items at the Vanity Merchant in all cities.

You can trade egg tokens for limited-time rewards, including:

• The "Bunny Stalker" armor set, plus the Bunny Stalker and Snow Bunny Stalker hats complete with summonable rabbits
• A placeable egg-shaped chest for your house
• A special vanity pack to carry your eggs

These rewards are only available during this one-week event, so head into the wilds of Albion and hunt some eggs!

• Adjusted guild change timer back to 48 hours (was reduced to 30 minutes during F2P launch week)
• Greatly increased buff provided by Silver shrines in Randomized Dungeons to be more rewarding - their bonus will be increased from 50% to 400% for the duration of the buff
• Removed the indication area from Contagious Fire to improve performance and remove a flickering bug
• Spell buttons are no longer greyed out while a toggle spell is running

• Identified and fixed an issue with display of character name tags that was affecting client performance, which should stabilize frame rate during gameplay
• Fixed incorrect rotations of some spell indication areas
• Corrected tooltip descriptions of Gold and Premium in character selection screen
• Fixed World Map "Reset Camera" button
• Fixed a bug where executing a downed player failed under very high ping conditions
• Fixed a bug where the Fame reward for capturing an outpost was wrong in the UI when a Fame buff was active
• Additional minor graphical, UI, terrain, animation, audio, and localization fixes

Albion's sixth season of guild-versus-guild warfare kicks off this Saturday. As always, winning teams can claim powerful exclusive rewards, including the epic new Battle Eagle mount.

While its exact stats, abilities, and appearance are still a work in progress, the Battle Eagle will offer its rider unique skills that will be useful to support allies in various combat and scouting settings. This mount will be awarded to guilds who reach Silver rank or higher during Season 6, with additional rewards given to all guilds who reach Iron rank or higher.



We'll be covering Saturday's Invasion Day action live on the AlbionTV Twitch channel. Tune in Saturday at 17:00 UTC with hosts Lewpac and Shozen as they introduce the start of the season. At 18:00 UTC, the season officially begins, and guilds can claim territories and launch attacks. For the complete season schedule, check out this forum post.

Remember, you can also tune in every Thursday at 18:00 UTC for highlights from the previous week.

Here's the full season's streaming schedule:

A new referral season starts today! Refer your friends to Albion Online and get three fantastic rewards:the Merlyn Cube, the Recruiter's Pile of Tomes (worth a total 100,000 Fame), and the White Tiger.

The current referral season lasts until maintenance on June 1, so you've got until then to refer your friends and claim your White Tiger. With the shift to free-to-play, the referral system has been streamlined and simplified:

• 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.

Yes, we said rewards:

• For each friend you refer through this system in a given referral season, you earn one "point".
• For your first, third, and fifth points within a season, you will earn an item reward. For the current rewards and your progress, please check the referral overview page.
• Additionally, you will receive a reward of 500 Gold for each referral made this way. (As with item rewards, Gold rewards are limited to once per referred account.) This reward is delivered to your account seven days after the respective Premium purchase was made.
• On top of that, for your very first referral ever, you will receive a special reward: a tier-8 Recruiter's Pile of Tomes, worth a whopping 200,000 Fame. This one-time reward is not bound to any referral season, and will also be given retroactively to all players with at least one qualifying referral before April 10.

Today is the day! With a healthy and growing player base, numerous technical improvements since launch, and a brand-new tutorial for new players, Albion Online opens the gates to all players.

And it wouldn't be fitting to mark such an occasion without a brand new trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBU_Fxd0Jf4
Today's launch also brings numerous improvements, changes, and upgrades to the game, including a major change to the Outland portal system - check out the patch notes for the complete list of changes.

For those new to the game (as well as our veteran players), here's a list of the major Albion Online channels:

• Website: https://albiononline.com/
• Forum: https://forum.albiononline.com/
• Wiki: https://wiki.albiononline.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/albiononline
• YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/albiononlineofficial
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/albiononline
• Twitch: http://twitch.tv/albiononline
• Discord: https://discord.gg/albiononline

The dust has settled on another GvG season... and with all points tallied, the winner once again is Blue Army. For the second season in a row, this organized and efficient crew took a creative and results-based approach to racking up season points, and claimed their second crown.

In the aftermath of Season 4, Blue Army were the undisputed kings of open-world ZvZs. But with a pre-season point adjustment to castles, as well as a robust Crystal GvG scene already underway, their dominance in Season 5 was never a sure thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIVYecdiMcg
However, with an early surge by several SQUAD teams, Blue Army was able to capture and hold Caerleon along with numerous other plots, assuring them a steady flow of funds throughout the season. Coupled with excellent shotcalling, powerful GvG teams, and a still-unstoppable ZvZ presence, their path to victory became clearer as the season progressed.

Congratulations once again to Blue Army on their second consecutive win - for a comprehensive rundown all the Season 5 highlights by AlbionTV's own Shozen, click here.



All Crystal, Gold, and Silver-ranked teams this season will receive the Tower Chariot mount. This impressive battle mount is intended for backline support in large battles, and features various AoE skills that buff energy, protect allies, and weaken enemies. Additionally, all teams ranked Bronze or higher will receive a permanent avatar, and all teams ranked Iron or higher will receive a permanent avatar ring. And finally, Blue Army's commemorative statue is currently under construction at the entrance to Conquerors' Hall near the Caerleon Realmgate, in preparation for its unveiling on April 10! For a full explanation of GvG Season rewards, please see the FAQ.

Today also marks the beginning of a ten-day Fame Boost. From now until maintenance on April 10, the Mists of Albion buff will be active, granting an additional 25% Fame to all activities (excluding Tomes). This is the perfect chance to boost your specs before Season 6 starts on April 20, 2019, so gear up and send your stats sky-high!



Congrats once again to Blue Army, as well as all ranking teams – we'll see you back on the battlefield when the next season begins on April 20.