Crafting is one of the foremost components of Albion's player-driven economy. While excelling as a crafter requires hard work and planning, when done properly it can be one of the most rewarding activities in the game. This guide will start you on your way to being a skilled crafter with a few essential tips.

Once you have completed the first part of the tutorial, you will unlock Novice Adventurer in the Destiny Board, which will in turn unlock the Trainee Craftsman Mastery. This node allows you to craft Novice items at four different types of crafting station: Mage's Tower, Warrior's Forge, Hunter's Lodge and Toolmaker.



From this point on you will always have the choice between being self-sufficient by gathering and refining the materials needed or buying already-refined materials from the marketplace.

Here’s an overview of all the different crafting stations and the respective items you can craft there:


If you want to make faster progress in your crafting mastery you have the option to study an item. This gives you a minimum of 275% of the crafting Fame of the item you are studying. When you add this to the 100% Fame received for crafting the item, the result is a huge bonus that will allow you to quickly unlock Journeyman or Adept crafting levels. The downside is that items are destroyed when studied, but the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages for progression purposes. It is important to understand that each item you wish to study has to be studied at the correct crafting station - so a Broadsword is studied at a Warrior’s Forge, a Mercenary Jacket at a Hunter's Lodge, and so on.



Once you have unlocked T4 crafting for a given item you will no longer be able to study the tiers of equipment below it, so you can’t just craft huge amounts of Novice or Journeyman gear and study all the way to Expert. Instead, you should work out how many items you need to craft and study to get to the next tier with a minimum of resources used. Planning ahead when crafting is vital!


When crafting at a player station in a city, the Outlands or a Hideout, you will gain a bonus on resource return. As the name suggests, this will return a percentage of the resources to you when crafting. But be aware that, since crafting stations in the cities are player-run, they usually apply a crafting fee. Make sure to check the crafting tax before beginning to craft.


Local production bonuses are added to the normal resource return and reward you for crafting or refining items in a specific location. Each biome has a bonus for one refined resource along with several weapons and armor pieces. For example: the Forest biome provides bonuses to cloth refining, and Bow, Sword, Arcane Staff, Leather Hood and Shoe crafting. This means that there is an increased return when crafting these items in the city of Lymhurst or in a Hideout in a forest biome. Cities always provide the best resource returns for refining, while Hideouts provide better resource returns for gear. The return also scales with zone quality and Hideout level.

Local production bonuses are listed in the top-right of the overview map. The numbers displayed show how many more items can be generated if returned resources are reinvested.




Crafters who want to further maximize their efficiency can take advantage of the Activities window, where you can see the daily production bonus. This changes each day with maintenance and offers a 10% or 20% production bonus on up to two different item groups.


Focus is an invaluable tool for any artisan. Turning Focus on allows you to increase the return rate of materials used in crafting. Focus recharges at 10,000 points a day for characters with Premium - refilling gradually throughout the day rather than in a single deposit.

To craft using Focus, check the Focus box at the bottom of the crafting window (see image below). The number displayed will show how much Focus you need for an increased return of resources. Some items take a huge amount of Focus to get the full return bonus, so check before you craft.

When using Focus make sure to prioritize items that use expensive resources, and always consider these new bonuses before crafting. Any increased bonus means increased profit for you, as getting more materials back allows you to make more items with your valued resources.




Before clicking "Craft", ensure you have enough Focus, else a lower resource return will be applied. Make sure to select not only the correct item, but also the desired enchantment level. Once you're ready, click the Focus box, and click Craft. Bring your force of will upon the item, and hope for a masterpiece!

When you craft a Journeyman’s item, it will have a base item power of 500. This is modified by quality, which can be very important as it often dictates the price the finished item can be sold for, or what bonuses they add when used in combat. Let us look at quality bonuses in the image below.



To further boost your chances of crafting higher quality items, or to simply speed up the crafting process, you can eat salads before you begin. These offer a two-minute buff during which the chances of crafting higher quality items is increased, along with crafting speed.


When leveling up a crafting profession you will mostly pay attention to the Crafting Mastery of your item category. This is the main node that determines the tier of items you can craft in a specific item category. In addition to unlocking the ability to craft higher tiers, you will also gain a small bonus towards Focus cost efficiency, and a higher chance of crafting better quality items.



The Mastery node splits up into a node for each separate item that can be crafted. Each of the 7 different Fire Staffs above has their own Specialization. Leveling these will grant a huge bonus to Focus cost efficiency and item quality chances for that specific item, while also granting a small bonus to all other Fire Staffs.

When crafting an item of Adept level or higher, you will always gain Fame towards the Mastery and Specialization node.

You can see how important Study, Mastery, and Specialization are to crafting, and their effects on item levels. Now we need to look at how using enchanted materials from Adept level upwards affects an item's stats as well.


To craft with enchanted materials, first enter the crafting menu as if you were crafting an item with normal materials. In the crafting box you will see four diamonds, which signify the enchantment levels of materials you wish to craft with. The green diamond allows you to craft .1 (Uncommon), the blue diamond allows you to craft .2 (Rare),  the purple diamond allows you to craft .3 (Exceptional) and the gold diamond allows you to craft .4 (Pristine). Simply select the level of enchantment by clicking the corresponding diamond, and if you have the correct materials you will be able to craft the item. Bear in mind that if the item requires multiple material types, all of the materials must be enchanted and all must be of the same level!



Enchanted items also have a tier bonus as detailed in the picture below. This is a huge factor when it comes to selling items, as enchanted items of higher quality are sought after and command high prices!



It is also important to note that, when crafting high-level items, you will need to have a plan to source the materials. This can be done either by raising your gathering and refining levels so you can produce the materials yourself, or purchasing the required materials. If purchasing the materials yourself, it is a good idea to use buy orders on the Marketplace to get the materials as cheaply as possible and maximize your profit or study potential.

If you’ve crafted an item with high quality but low enchantment, you can also enchant them later on at the Artifact Foundry.


Speaking of Artifacts, it is important to know the different types of Artifact - both in terms of item power level and where we can source the materials to make these pieces of sought-after equipment.

There are four levels of Artifact materials:

• Level 1: Runes (Artifact) or Royal Sigils
• Level 2: Souls (Artifact)
• Level 3: Relics (Artifact) or Feys
• Level 4: Avalonian Shards

You can craft all Artifacts, except for Royal Sigils (exclusive to Arenas and Expeditions) and Fey artifacts (Exclusive to the Mists), at the Artifact Foundry, found in every city. Runes, Souls and Relics can be found in various places such as the open world, dungeons or Hellgates - the higher the zone tier, the higher the level of materials you'll find. You may even get an Artifact or Artifact piece straight away as a random drop!

You may wonder if there’s even demand for all the gear you’re crafting, and where you should sell it.

First of all, there is high demand for all sorts of gear due to so many players engaging in full-loot PvP fights all over Albion, meaning when a player dies in PvP combat, each item he was wearing or carrying has a chance to break. And while you can sell your gear in the thriving Marketplaces of each city or directly to other players, there is also the option to bring your goods to the Black Market in Caerleon. There, a sinister trader buys large quantities of equipment which are distributed to every individual mob or chest in the game.

As great armies and titanic warriors clash across Albion’s battlefields, few pay attention to its quieter corners. Yet here lurks a hunter, more deadly than most, awaiting its moment to strike…

A new vanity set launches next week, for Albion’s most cold-blooded killers. Stay tuned to find out more.

Following our recent introductions to Shapeshifter weapons and Tracking, our newest Dev Talk with Game Director Robin Henkys explores another exciting feature on its way to Albion: Awakened and Legendary Items.

• Add one-of-a-kind items with their own story to the game
• These won’t be pre-designed, but created by players
• These will be very rare, with each feeling like a significant piece of the world of Albion

Creating Legendary Items will be a two-stage process:

• First, an item will need to be awakened
• Then, eventually, it can be made legendary

Awakened Items

• Awakened Weapons will arrive with Albion’s next content update
• A weapon must have Pristine Enchantment before it can be awakened
• Awakened weapons can earn attunement points from PvE combat
  • These can be used to roll for additional or improved traits on the weapon
  • Such modifications add strain to the weapon, increasing the cost of further changes
• Players can thus create weapons with unique traits, with the increasing cost of modifications encouraging a variety of trait combinations

Legendary Rating

• As weapons gain more powerful traits, their legendary rating increases
• This also increases the likelihood of it being lost or destroyed on death
• Lost items can return to the game as loot, with their creator’s name attached
• They can then be further attuned, with further players adding their name to its history

A later content update will introduce the ability to upgrade items to legendary status. These will require extremely rare resources, but will be uniquely powerful and renowned across Albion.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more on our upcoming update and further plans!

A new referral season is here, and from now until the end of August you can get the Alpaca mount skin with a single referral!

This splendid skin gives your Giant Stag base mount a uniquely noble grace and proud posture as it carries your character across Albion’s biomes. Once you’ve unlocked the skin, it can be used by any of your characters on that particular server (either Albion East or West).

• 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 massive 200,000 Fame.

This Referral Season lasts until 23:59 UTC on August 31, so invite your friends and enjoy these rewards!

Summer is in full swing, and the Divine Challenge is back! For the entire month of August, earn points for open-world activities, unlock chests to get valuable loot, and claim your very own Divine Owl.

DIVINE OWL: This month's Challenge brings back this ghostly white flying mount with a brisk base move speed. This mount has a special ability, Foresight, which creates a shield that gives a temporary speed boost when broken. (Note: like all mounts, the Divine Owl can only move in navigable ground areas and cannot fly over obstacles.)
 


AVATAR RING: Adventurers who rack up enough total Challenge Points will also earn the Divine Challenge Avatar Ring, which will frame your chosen avatar in a heavenly golden aura. This non-tradable item permanently unlocks this avatar border for one character, or can be traded to the Vanity Merchant for one Vanity Token.
 



SEASONAL SPECIALS: All month long, reach weekly goals to unlock Divine Challenge chests. In addition to valuable rewards like Adventurer's Tomes and Silver, you'll also have a chance to unlock mystical furniture items like the Mage Statue, Magic Rune Circle, and Glass Sphere.
 
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 / avatar ring reward. So log in, head out into the open world, gather points, and claim these rewards while you can!

The world of Albion is made up of four different zone types – blue, yellow, red, and black – each with different PvP rules and consequent effects on your reputation. Losing fights in different zones has varying consequences, which we will explore below.




Flagging signals to other players that you are looking for a fight. In yellow and red zones, flagging allows a player to attack unflagged players. To be clear, a flagged player can always be attacked by anyone in yellow and red zones. This means both flagged and unflagged players can attack a flagged player. Flag at your own risk!

Yellow and red zones have different consequences for losing a fight, and possible rewards for winning.

In a yellow zone, a player who drops to zero HP can only be knocked down, not killed. If this happens to you, your equipped items lose 5% durability. A little bit of Silver will also drop next to your body. However, no gold or silver is ever lost from your inventory - the Silver that drops on knockdown / death is generated by the system based on the value of your equipment that lost durability.



Red zones are much less forgiving. When your HP is reduced to zero by a player in a red zone, you die. All your items drop on death, and you respawn with no equipment at either your pre-set Home, or your last visited city. Some of the items you were carrying will trash, while others will lose durability but be lootable by whoever can pick them up.

The same death rules apply in black zones (also known as the Outlands). However, players do not need to be flagged in black zones - PvP is always turned on! You will be able to attack or be attacked by anyone not in your guild, alliance or party.


So, what’s stopping bandits from running wild in the Royal Zones? Reputation. In short, flagged players who attack unflagged players lose reputation. Lose too much reputation, and you get kicked out of lower zone types, or out of the Royal Continent entirely until your reputation recovers!




At the top left of the screen, to the right of your name, is a small blue shield. To flag, simply click on this shield.



Once you click this button, you must remain still for 15 seconds. During this time, you charge up a bar. When it’s full, you’re flagged! This lets other players around you know you’re flagging. Likewise, if a player near you is doing this, beware: they are preparing to attack!


Faction Warfare involves a special kind of flagging: faction flagging. While faction flagged, you gain faction points for gathering, killing creatures, or claiming outposts. These increased bonuses are offset by the fact that people flagged under a different city’s faction can attack you.

To faction-flag, you must find the Faction Enlistment Agent in any of the Royal Cities (Martlock, Lymhurst, Fort Sterling, Bridgewatch, Thetford, or Caerleon).




Now that you know how to flag for combat, let’s talk about zergs. Zergs are larger groups of players, ranging from 10 all the way to the hundreds! Zergs often roam the Outlands and Royal Continent hunting for players to fight.



Luckily, Albion Online has a useful system to mark Zergs on the minimap so you can see them coming. Red zerg markers start appearing on the map when 11 or more players travel closely together. In the Roads of Avalon, these zerg markers start appearing at 8 players. The more players there are traveling together, the larger the circle on the map!


Some parts of the world, such as Treasure Sites, are unrestricted PvP subzones. In these areas of the world, players who enter are automatically flagged for PvP and can freely fight anyone else in the subzone, unless they are currently flagged for the same Faction (Caerleon excluded). These areas are clearly marked by a glowing yellow circle on the ground. Cross the border at your own risk. Dropping to zero HP inside these areas due to PvP follows the zone rules: knockdown in yellow zones, death in red zones. Fighting inside PvP subzones does not affect reputation, as all players inside the subzone are flagged.

We recently kicked off a series of Dev Talks which take a look at a number of new features coming soon to Albion Online, starting with the all-new Shapeshifter weapons. In the next of these videos, Game Director Robin Henkys takes a look at Tracking, a new open-world activity.



As the open world is the heart of Albion Online, Tracking looks add a new element to gameplay here:

• Players are challenged to search the open world in pursuit of a target
• The focus is less on direct PvP combat, but rather to increase the amount of players roaming the open world
• This encourages chance encounters for different-sized groups

Following Tracks

• Players must first craft a Tracking Kit, which lets them interact with tracks in the open world
• Reading a track reveals a location to search for further tracks
  • This may be in the same region or a neighboring region
  • Players will generally have to search a wider area for tracks, not a specific point
• There, players may find further tracks, the final target, or other random encounters
• Each tracking step has a time limit

Finding the Target

• Each step increases the chances of catching the target, which will usually then involve a fight
• Bringing too many players can scare off the target, meaning the chase must continue
• As only the hunters know the location of their target, larger groups cannot simply wait to contest them

• Initially, rare creatures matching the Shapeshifter weapon forms can be tracked down and fought
• These can drop new Artifact Items
  • These can be crafted into Shapeshifter Artifact Weapons
• They can also drop new Alchemical Ingredients
  • These can be crafted into a set of rare potions
  • Part of a wider rework of potion enchanting
• A wider range of trackable creatures will be introduced in later updates

We hope you’re excited about all the new possibilities which Tracking will open up. In our next Dev Talk, we’ll talk about a new concept which may use ingredients from Tracking: Legendary Items. Stay tuned for that, and thanks for watching!

It might seem hard to believe, but today Albion Online marks six years since its official launch in 2017! The last twelve months have been truly momentous, with a new server added, record player numbers reached, and the gameworld further expanded and improved. While we celebrate this with a special event and Anniversary Sale, join us to take a glance back at the last year in Albion’s history!


We begin with a look back at the previous anniversary, which marked a huge milestone: five years since Albion Online’s official launch. The celebrations kicked off with the debut of a brand-new in-game event, Living Legacy, which saw statues of Albion's past season winners come to life and roam the open world.


The festivities continued with a special Anniversary Stream where Albion's developers discussed creating the game, offered rare insights into early development builds, and gave a sneak peek at what the coming months and years might bring to the world of Albion.


In November, Albion's next major update, Beyond the Veil, went live. This brought mysterious and magical new realms to the game, foremost among them the Mists, a new land of danger and opportunity. The update also introduced the lost city of Brecilien, a whole new Fey Armor line, Pristine Resources, and numerous other features and improvements.




2022 was wrapped up with Albion Online receiving the MassivelyOP "Best PvP" Award for the second year in a row, while also appearing on several best-of lists in 2022, including Rock Paper Shotgun's "30 Best Steam Deck Games" and MMORPG.GG's "18 Best Isometric MMOs".




2023 kicked off with the announcement of one of the biggest developments in Albion Online’s history: the launch of a second server based in Singapore, Albion East [https://albiononline.com/news/coming-to-asia]. This would offer a completely fresh version of the game which players would build from the ground up, along with massively improved ping for the Asia-Pacific region and game timers optimized for that region.


Prior to the server’s full launch, a Closed Beta was held. This included a unique, three-week long Beta Guild Season, allowing players to experience an intense, condensed season with permanent rewards for the most successful. S I A M marked their place in Albion’s history by taking the crown for this season, before the new server opened its doors to everyone!




The launch of Albion East saw an unprecedented rush of players arrive, as they sought to progress their characters and guilds from humble beginnings and carve out their piece of Albion. The first two weeks of the server saw nearly two billion resources gathered, nearly three million PvP kills, and, sadly, 2,680,889 dead rabbits - numbers which increased even more rapidly as the weeks went on.



But most notably of all, the server launch saw Albion Online smash its all-time player record, with an astonishing 300,000 active users on April 2 across both servers! This eclipsed the previous record, set following the mobile launch, and confirmed that the new server was taking Albion to new levels of popularity and activity across the globe.


While this astounding achievement took place, development of the game did not stop, and May brought with it the release of a major patch: Knightfall.


This expanded on and improved the features from Beyond the Veil in significant ways, adding new layers of depth and gameplay opportunities. The Mists received new treasure objectives, along with a brand-new dungeon: the storied and atmospheric Knightfall Abbey. Brecilien saw the arrival of a trader, Eralia Wayfarer, offering never-before-seen wares to those with sufficient standing. And swift, magical Mystic Owl mounts could be raised from Owlets to transport players through the world.


As Albion heads into its seventh year, anticipation is building for even more big developments over the coming months - including new Shapeshifter weapons, which will allow players to switch back and forth between Human and Shape forms with different abilities, bringing entirely new dynamics to combat in Albion.


With this and more on the way, the next year shows no signs of slowing down. And of course, it is you, the players, who bring this world to life, and we’re eternally grateful for your continued enthusiasm and support for the game. The Living Legacy event is currently running, so you can mark this occasion in-game against sentient statues from Albion’s past to earn special rewards. And here’s a toast to you, the community, as we look ahead to another exciting year for Albion Online!

With Albion’s sixth anniversary just around the corner, the celebrations continue apace. Decorations adorn the cities, adventurers enjoy some birthday cake, and the statues of Conquerors’ Hall are back out in the open world! For the next two weeks, you can fight these living monuments to Albion’s history in the Living Legacy event.

And to mark this special occasion, we’ve created a brand-new trailer:



In addition to last year’s enemies, this year's event also features statues from Seasons 16, 17, and 18 brought to life. All of these monuments to Albion’s victorious guilds can be found roaming around any Tier 5 or higher zone, carrying valuable loot like a Sixth Anniversary Riding Horse Skin, Anniversary Cake which grants a temporary Fame buff, a firework-firing Chromacannon, and much more. The statues come in three different sizes and strengths - and of course, the fiercer the foe, the greater the rewards. For full details, check out the patchnotes.



On top of these rewards, any character who logs into the game while the event is running will receive a special Sixth Anniversary Avatar and Avatar Ring to mark their participation. The Living Legacy runs until maintenance on July 26 on Albion East and July 27 on Albion West - so arm up, bring down these malevolent monuments, and earn your rewards!


For the duration of the event, we’ll also be running a special Twitch Drops campaign. This will run concurrently to our regular Twitch Drops campaign and have the same watchtime requirements, but will feature new Exclusive Chests as rewards. And to top it all off, we’ll also be hosting contests on our social media platforms - check this forum post for an overview of these.

Another year has passed, and Albion Online is turning six years old! Doesn’t time just fly? To mark the occasion, next week will see a double celebration: the return of the Living Legacy event, and a two-week vanity sale!

It feels like only yesterday that the statues of Conquerors’ Hall rose up and caused chaos in Albion’s open world. Well, once more there are signs of movement, and soon they will wake from their slumbers again in the Living Legacy event!

This event starts on July 12 at 23:00 UTC on Albion East, and July 13 at 10:00 UTC on Albion West and runs for two weeks. As was the case last year, monuments to the triumphant guilds of Albion's past will leave their seats in Conquerors’ Hall, roaming through Tier 5 or higher zones. And in addition to last year’s statues, this time there are three new faces, with the statues of Seasons 16, 17, and 18’s winners joining the party.



These statues come in three different levels of size and difficulty, and can drop vast riches to those capable of defeating them, such as a new Anniversary Mount Skin, Anniversary Cake (which grants a temporary Fame buff), the Chromacannon, and much more. But such hardened fighters won’t give up their loot easily, and you’ll have to prove your worthiness in combat against them to grab these rewards. Meanwhile, any character that logs into the game during the event will receive a brand-new Avatar and Avatar Ring.

The Living Legacy event will run until maintenance on July 26 on Albion East and July 27 on Albion West, so join the festivities when they begin next week and make sure you don’t miss out!