Today's patch brings the brand-new Barbarian Bundle to the ingame store. This premiere vanity set gives your character an epic high-fantasy look, and includes a costume item for each armor and cape slot. The bundle also includes the fearsome new War Beast mount skin, which gives your Direwolf base mount an equally fearsome appearance.

The set also includes a matching avatar and avatar ring to add to your collection, which can be freely used independently of the other costume items, and mixed and matched with other costumes, avatars, and rings.

In total, the bundle includes seven vanity unlocks, which can be used on all current and future characters on your account (both male and female) with a single purchase.



This complete bundle is available in the ingame store, and includes the following items:

• Barbarian's Helmet
• Barbarian's Harness
• Barbarian's Boots
• Barbarian's Cape
• War Beast Direwolf Skin (requires Direwolf base mount)
• Barbarian Avatar
• Barbarian Avatar Ring

NOTE: While the costume and mount skin items will immediately unlock for all other characters on your account via the Appearance menu, the avatar and avatar ring will need to be claimed via the shop for each character.

Pick up this most barbaric of bundles today and send your foes scattering in fear!

In our newest Dev Talk, Albion's Game Director, Robin Henkys, introduces the major changes coming to Faction Warfare with the Call to Arms update. (Note: since this is a huge feature with lots to discuss, we'll have multiple videos covering this topic.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTs_R95u_Q
Prefer a written summary? Then read on...

As many of you know, Faction Warfare has been in the game for quite a while now. In this system players can sign up for one City Faction and go fight on behalf of their city against enemy Faction NPC and players. They can capture Outposts and earn Faction Points to spend on Faction rewards.

Key goals of the rework:

• Accessible and inclusive for all players on the Royal Continent
• Meaningful incentives for loyalty to a city
• Exciting large-scale battles that are easy to join and reward participation
• Supporting existing Faction Warfare players and ensuring their current full-loot system is continued and improved

So how will these goals be met?

1. Accessible and inclusive:

• Faction Warfare in yellow and blue regions is now non-lethal, so new players can engage with this feature without losing their gear
• Faction Warfare in the red zones remains lethal
• Increased number of red zones in the world
• Red zones have higher value Faction Point targets for advanced players

2. Faction loyalty:

• Enlistment and flagging up is now a two-step process:
  • Step 1: enlist with a Faction to become a permanent member
  • Step 2: actively flag up to actually fight on their behalf
• If you choose to un-flag, you will still remain enlisted
• As long as you remain enlisted, you will keep your rank and other advantages, encouraging loyalty to a chosen Faction

3. Large-scale battles:

• Lets new players gain their first experience in open-world warfare, while veteran players can participate during periods of low guild activity
• Focuses on bringing opposing Factions into conflict via a “front line”, where large battles occur frequently and players can easily join
• To achieve this, we made regions of the world map conquerable
• To conquer a region, a Faction needs to control and hold the majority of Outposts within it
• Controlling a region allows you to push the front line further towards the enemy while protecting your own regions
• In yellow and blue regions, players knocked out can rejoin the battle from a nearby friendly Outpost, so retaining control of Outposts is critical
• Should a region get separated from the rest of your regions, you will no longer be able to respawn there, cutting you off from reinforcements
• Players can use this to their advantage by capturing regions strategically and breaking an enemy’s supply line

4. Faction rewards:

• Players will still be rewarded in Faction Points, which they can spend at their Faction stores
• Earn points by capturing Outposts and whole zones
• The value of capturable objectives increases over time, offering an incentive to push behind enemy lines
• Players are also rewarded for defense, as regions generate more points the longer they are held
• In addition to immediate rewards, a weekly report sums up your performance and rewards additional points based on personal and overall Faction success

Notes on red zone play:

• Red zones give the same rewards, but in much greater amounts
• With no respawning at Outposts, red-zone players will have to maneuver carefully and strategically
• In addition to generating much higher rewards, the red zones will have a new enemy to be announced soon

The Faction Warfare rework is so large we’ve split it into multiple videos – join us next time where we’ll discuss Faction Rewards, ranks, balancing, and the all new Faction Seasons.

Thanks for watching!

Patch 13, AKA the Rise of Avalon Balance Patch, is now live! This patch brings numerous changes to Avalonian mobs, big meta changes to combat balancing, a long-awaited quality of life improvement, and more. Here's what's new:
Patch 13 improves the overall experience of Elite Dungeons, offering a more streamlined combat experience while fighting Avalonians while retaining the challenge of these high-level enemies. Most high-damage Avalonian spells can no longer be reflected, the Construct's "blind spot" has been removed, and the skills of the High Priestess, Crystal Basilisk, and Sir Bedivere have been updated to keep you on your toes.


This patch contains numerous changes to combat abilities across a wide range of weapons, armor, and equipment, with the primary goal of addressing the meta in small-scale PvP and Corrupted Dungeons. A new Mace ability, Guard Rune, has been added, the Guardian Helmet's Emergency Heal has been reworked as Emergency Shield, and several Battle Mounts have reduced cooldowns to keep them competitive in open-world combat.
Free yourself from the tyranny of endless clicking, and use all your Silver Bags and Tomes with a single button click. Patch 13 introduces the Use All Button, perhaps Albion's most-requested feature of all time. If you missed the teaser trailer, you can watch it in all its glory here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5h8XjI9O0c

• Political View is once again available on the World Map
• Updates to setting a Hideout as Home - details here
• Fixes to the Estimated Market Value display
• Improvements and optimizations to the mobile version
• ...and much more

As always, you can read the full list of changes in the official patchnotes.

A new referral season is here! From now until April 1, refer your friends and claim your very own Lynx mount skin. This skin transforms your Swiftclaw base mount into a sleek, charming Lynx – and once you've unlocked it, it can be used by all characters on your account forever.

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 your rewards.

• 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.
• On top of that, for your very first referral ever, you'll receive a T8 Recruiter's Pile of Tomes, worth a whopping 200,000 Fame.

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.


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.[/u]

Along with the Saddled Terrorbird, you'll unlock the [/u]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 [/u]Adventurer's Token at the Vanity Merchant.[/u]

Unlock weekly Carnival Challenge chests to get valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes, resources, and silver bags, along with a chance at carnival-themed[/u] Wardrobe Skins. There are also three new furniture items this time around: the [/u]Carnival Firework, [/u]Carnival Arch, and [/u]Carnival Costume Cart.
 
Log in now and start gathering, fishing, farming, and killing monsters to earn Challenge Points and unlock your rewards!

We've been hinting at the next major update for Albion Online for some time now... and in our latest Dev Talk, Game Director Robin Henkys finally makes it official!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZ3D-p1M-8
Prefer a written summary? Then read on...
The next Balance Patch in early February adjusts combat balance values, adds a new ability for Maces, and updates some combat abilities. These changes address the meta in Corrupted Dungeons, improving the balance of different builds in 1v1 and small-group PvP.

In addition, this patch will bring the long awaited “Use All” button for bags and Tomes, improvements to Avalonian enemies, and limiting the ability to set a "Home" at Hideouts to those owned by your guild, or Level 3 Hideouts owned by your alliance.
As the Season builds up to its finale, we’re preparing to release the next big content update for Albion Online: Call to Arms. Public playtesting is expected to begin in mid-February, and in the coming weeks we'll release more Dev Talks.

Here's an overview of what this update will bring:


Call to Arms will focus on introducing the next stage of City Faction Warfare, including:

• Ability to control entire regions
• A front-line battle system that encourages competing Factions to fight in the same regions
• Rewards for loyalty to a city, with points for both attacking enemies and defending owned regions
• Monthly Faction Campaigns with valuable rewards
• Powerful new Faction Mounts
• A new Faction offering a unique playstyle for advanced players, including its own Faction cape and mount

Alongside these changes, we’re expanding the Royal Continent and adding a recurring Faction Warfare event in the center of the continent to encourage high-stakes conflict. In our next Dev Talks, we’ll go in-depth with this system, and explore the opportunities it offers veteran players and beginners alike.


The second major gameplay feature in Call to Arms is a massive improvement of Hellgates, including:

• 10v10 Hellgates for mid-sized PvP at any time
• Significant improvements to Hellgate graphics and gameplay
• A large variety of new Hellgate layouts
• A new and improved matchmaking system
• A “rising lava” mechanic to prevent stalling strategies
• Inclusion of many of the demonic creatures introduced with Corrupted Dungeons
• A Hellgate Infamy system, allowing players to improve their rewards and measure their success against others

This overhaul of Hellgates aims to address gameplay concerns brought to us by longtime players, as well as open one of Albion’s most exciting PvP features to more players. We'll have a full Dev Talk on the new Hellgates soon.


Call to Arms will also include a moving-vegetation graphics upgrade to bring plants to life, plus two major convenience improvements: improved Ability Tooltips and Loadouts.

The new Tooltips make understanding and comparing different spells and abilities much easier, as all spells will have colored tags and reworked descriptions to improve readability.

Loadouts will let players save equipment sets to quick-equip from bank chests and battle vaults. Loadouts can be shared with other players via chat or ingame mail, and made available to guilds to help recruit new players into specific roles. The feature can also be used to strategize about builds via a preview of the stats and estimated cost of a Loadout. We’re also working on quick-buy of saved Loadouts, which we hope to release in a patch shortly after the update.

We'll explore all these features in-depth in more Dev Talks over the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Once it was just a rumor, spoken of in hushed tones, cried out for by countless index fingers exhausted from clicking...

But a rumor spoken enough, echoing through the vast halls of YouTube comments and forum threads, may become a reality...

Behold the arrival of Albion's probably most-requested feature of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5h8XjI9O0c
Patch 13 arrives on February 2, and in addition to the shiny new Use All button, it will bring numerous combat balance changes to shake up the meta, updated Avalonian mob spells, further mobile optimizations, and more.

The patch is currently live on the Staging server, and as always, can be tested by anyone whose account was active on Live before the last database update. For more information on how to log into the Staging server, as well as the current Staging patchnotes, visit the Testserver Feedback forum.

We're very excited to announce the return of this high-stakes Crystal League competition with the Season 11 Crystal League Championship.

As usual, the Championship will take place between Guild Seasons, on Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 7. And just like last time, it will be open to any team who wins one Level 9 match or two or more Level 8 matches with the same five characters.

Prizes for the first- through fourth-place winners are as follows:

• First Place: Each player on the winning team will receive the brand-new, extremely rare Saber Tiger Rex Swiftclaw skin unlock item and 10,000 Gold
• Second Place: Each player will receive the White Tiger skin unlock item along with 5,000 Gold
• Third Place: Each player will receive the Jousting Horse skin unlock item along with 5,000 Gold
• Fourth Place: Each player will receive the Steelplate Cougar skin unlock item along with 5,000 Gold

Guild name: ROLL BACK
Alliance: French Baguette Inquisition (FB1)
Guild leaders: Ophyte
Date founded: May 2019
Number of members: 168+
Primary language: French

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

ROLL BACK was formed by Majiik. We didn't really have any goals until we realized the potential of the French community. We decided to open our enrollment to everyone who wanted to be a part of a fully French-speaking guild. We are mainly in the EU timezone and focus on every possible activity in the game: ZvZs, ganking, Crystal League, PvE, Hellgates, gathering, and more. We have a spot for any French player willing to make a long-term commitment who is ready to show the world that the “frogs” can be competitive and remain strong together.

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

We are located primarily in the eastern part of Thetford, where we work closely with our alliance FB1.



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

Not at the moment. We try to maintain good relations even if we have to fight against a friendly guild. We have great respect for the few French guilds that exist, though competition is always a good thing.

What were some of your most memorable battles/activities?

There are many. When we recently kicked our founding GM Majiik, we were all in T4 gear with Bedrock Maces trying to kill him in a 1 vs 40+ fight. There were some epic fights when we left ARCH and went to Fort Sterling. We were the little guys who fought Black Order, there was one castle fight where we rushed them and won with no casualties.

https://youtu.be/9wwvtW-Mdi0

We've always known we have potential, and it's very rewarding to see ourselves improving in all aspects of the game.

What does your guild do for fun?

We have a few events like a donkey race with rewards where you have to run a certain distance, like around Avalon, and come back alive. We do a Zero to Hero event where we start with low-level gear and have to loot our way up, and we have fun with ganking and gathering sessions too.

What is your approach to the game?

Our guild tries to improve in every aspect of the game but mainly ZvZs and Crystal League, since we want to make a home for all French-speaking players who want to join us. Our main focus is to unite all our members in the fun and competitive world of ZvZ.

What are your goals for the future?

To achieve Gold rank, keep having fun, and show Albion how strong the French community can be.

We welcome players who meet our requirements:

• French-speaking
• 15M PvE Fame / 3M PvP Fame
• Be respectful of both your friends and your enemies
• Have a microphone and Discord

Join us and be a part of one of the few full French guilds active in Albion!

Watch ROLL BACK in action:

Season 10, Episode 1 (Training Day):

https://youtu.be/7KQ5wrcVdB4

Season 10, Episode 2 (Ashes of the Phoenix):

https://youtu.be/SN36Ybi-IT8

Season 11, Episode 4 (Spectre):

https://youtu.be/BGU2uTZOUxE

Happy New Year, Adventurers! Start the year off right with the return of the Frost Challenge – earn Challenge Points, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Frost Ram.


FROST RAM: This month's Challenge brings back the popular Frost Ram, a sturdy mount with an impressive leap spell. With its relatively fast move speed and ability to carry plenty of weight, it's the perfect companion for gathering missions.

AVATAR RING: Along with the Frost Ram, you can unlock the Frost Challenge Avatar Ring to give your avatar an ice-cold aura all year long. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or it can be traded for one Adventurer's Token at the Vanity Merchant.

SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month, unlock Frost Challenge chests to get valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes and Silver bags, along with new furniture items like the snowman and snowball pile, classic ice sculptures, the epic Frost Igloo, and a rare chance for the Rich Noble vanity skins.
 
Log in now and start gathering, fishing, farming, and killing monsters to earn Challenge Points and unlock your rewards!