Albion Online Dev Tracker

Hi everyone,


Due to necessary maintenance to our web services, today's daily maintenance in the game will be prolonged as well. We expect it to last ca 30 minutes longer (Until 11:30 UTC), but it might potentially take longer than that if we run into issues. I will keep you updated here if that is the case.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.


- Nesnes & Dev Team

Season 15 is coming to a climax, and the battle for territory in the Outlands is becoming ever fiercer. As Albion’s guilds pore over their plans and schemes, a figure is ready to step into the fray and unleash the forces of chaos…

This new vanity bundle is stepping out from the darkness next week! Get this mighty fighter on your side and assert your power over the lands. More details coming soon…

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

Learn more: albiononline.com/news/morgana-challenge-2022

Lands Awakened Patch 8

Season Winner Statue

Congrats to IAMNIUBI, winners of Guild Season 14! You can check out their statue in Conquerors' Hall, which also includes the banners of 2nd and 3rd-place winners Elevate and Judicate.

Improved Arena Matchmaking

Various improvements made to the Arena matchmaking process to speed up the forming of teams in queues. This should reduce waiting times for solo queue DPS players. The adjusted system now also distributes pre-made healers (2-3) players more efficiently among solo DPS queue players.

Other Changes

• When catching rare fish, there is now a chance to obtain seaweed as an additional bonus drop
  
• The connection between the dungeon "Cathedral of Light" (in Darkbough Snag) and Sunfang Wasteland was removed as it created a massive shortcut between these two zones. Players within these zones when...

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This Saturday marks the final Invasion Day of the season. All Season Points earned will be doubled, as will Might and Favor from killing Siphoning Mages - and we’ll be broadcasting the action live!

Check out the broadcast schedule here: albiononline.com/news/invasion-day-apr-2022

And for the complete season schedule, check out ... Read more

Hey everyone,

You may have noticed an increased amount of spam in the game from players advertising bot selling websites or other services for Albion Online.

Please note that these websites are PHISHING WEBSITES, designed to steal your account information, to steal your Albion Online Account, and more if they can.

They usually have this in common:

• a promise of a free trial of some sort of service - usually bots, radars, or other tools
  
• Some sort of "you can make cash with our services" scheme
  
• Some sort of promise to get gold/silver/items for free
  
• redirection to a website that is not albiononline.com or to a discord server that will lead you to their website
  

We have seen these messages distributed in the game and also on Discord. The goal of these fraudsters is to get you to log in to their website or download their "software", and... Read more

Lands Awakened Patch 8 is here! This patch brings extensive combat balance changes, improved Arena matchmaking, and more.

Click here to read more: albiononline.com/news/lands-awakened-patch-8
And read the official patchnotes here: ... Read more

For the last two weeks Albion’s inhabitants have been busying themselves collecting eggs and growing bunnies. But every party has to come to an end, and now it’s time for a gruesome reminder of what awaits us all… starting today, the brand-new Undead Direwolf skin is now available in the in-game store!

More here: albiononline.com/news/undead-direwolf

With the introduction of the new Outlands in Queen we've rebalanced resource distribution to match the new design of the Outlands. We've also incorporated some last minute feedback you gave on the test environment to keep some of the "large" gathering nodes in the game.

So what has changed?

• What tiers of resources you can find in each zone based on the tier of the zone.
  
• Respawn-times of resources in the Outlands have been rebalanced.
  
• We have added new small nodes for Tier 7 and 8 which will not spawn fully charged but will take less time to respawn instead. (As previously, big nodes spawn with full charges.)
  
• If the old version of the hide mob dropped a mount, the new one will drop one as well. Overall mount drop rates should remain approximately as they were previously.
  
• Amount of Tier 7 nodes per zone has been increased.
  
• Amount of Tier 8 nodes per zone has been drasti...

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Recently, there have been quite a few threads about the non-consensual PvP balance in Albion Online. There are a lot of complaints that due to recent changes, it is too hard to catch and kill potential ganking victims.

First of all, note that our balance goal is to maximize the amount of PvP that happens in the game in a sustainable way.

Non-consensual PvP in full loot games is extremely hard to do properly. The underlying issue is that it needs to be set up in such a way that it works in the long term, for both parties involved, the gankers, and the potential victims. Without potential victims, there is no non-consensual PvP.

What's not immediately obvious is that maximizing PvP is not achieved by making the game more and more deadly.

The amount of non-consensual PvP depends on the number N of possible targets in the zone, the chance E that you can engage them in a fight, and the chance K that you can score a kill in a fight, w... Read more

Hello everyone,


Recently we noticed an increase in reports of people being trapped inside player houses because the exits are blocked off with furniture.

I'd like to remind everyone that we consider abusing this mechanic to be an exploit under clause 15.5.4 of our Terms and Conditions and those who abuse this bug will be sanctioned accordingly.

If you see anyone abusing this mechanic, please file a report by writing to [email protected] and provide any evidence you might have (video confirmation of the exploit).


For players who find themselves trapped in the houses, please use the /stuck command by entering /stuck into the in-game chat. Some important things to note when using this command:

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Spring is in full swing, bringing new life and hope to the lands of Albion. But colorful flowers aren't the only thing rising from the earth. Deep underground, something else is coming to life… something fearsome that refuses to stay buried. As the denizens of Albion go about preparing their spring decorations, glowing eyes stalk them, eyes that have seen the other side…

Get ready to bring the spring festivities to an end with a frightful new premiere mount skin, emerging from the shadows next week to arrive in the in-game store! Stay tuned for more details…

Mogdone is a longtime member of the Albion community, who has clocked over 4,000 hours in the game. Now, via his partner channel Mogdone Reviews, he's created a new video summing up his experiences, aimed at a diverse range of playstyles and experience levels:



Be sure to support the channel by subscribing, and stay tuned for more new videos from Albion's content creators!

April 12 marks the beginning of the Rites of Spring in Albion, with decorations in the cities and themed items for you to hunt down.

And in addition, rumor has it that a brand-new, special reward will be appearing throughout the open world. Details are still unclear, with conflicting reports coming in as to the nature of this mysterious new entity. Some speak of a strange creature, never before seen in Albion, with unique powers - but these are as yet only rumors. The only certainty is that there’s going to be a frenzy across the lands as rival parties fight over the abundant treasures to be found throughout the open world.

The Rites of Spring begins after maintenance on Tuesday, April 12, and runs until maintenance on Tuesday, April 26... Read more

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Farmers of Albion! Today brings a new Referral Season, and from now until June 1 you can get the beloved Farmer’s Ox as a mount skin for your Transport Ox base mount when you refer a friend. Details here: albiononline.com/news/referral-farmers-ox

The Rites of Spring are in full flow, as new life flourishes throughout Albion. So what better time to get in touch with the mysteries of nature and coax those Spring Cottontails out of their shells?

Well you’re in luck, because for the next week you can enjoy a big discount on the Druid Vanity Bundle!

Read more here: ... Read more

Hello everyone,

With Hideouts we’re introducing a really exciting new sandbox feature to Albion Online! You’ve probably heard that Hideouts are “open world bases” for your guild - but you may still have questions about how *exactly* they work.

Well, this document tries to answer that question in detail. This is not meant to be an introduction to Hideouts, but rather a guide to the details which may be important for enterprising guild leaders and players make plans for their own Hideouts after the release of Queen.

Enjoy, and let us know if there are details that we’ve left unanswered - we’ll extend this guide!

Placement

Hideout Construction Kit
To place a hideout, you need a Hideout construction kit. This is crafted at a Master’s (Tier 6) Toolmaker or higher and requires the following crafting ingredients:

• 10 Million Silver
  
• 3000x Limestone B...

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Rejoice, spring has returned to Albion! As life flourishes across the lands, today marks the beginning of a special, two-week in-game event: the Rites of Spring.

This year's event brings greatly increased treasure in the open world, themed items and loot to hunt down, and a brand-new mount! To celebrate, we've created a brand-new trailer (with subtitles for all supported languages):



Read more here: albiononline.com/news/rites-of-spring-... Read more

Lands Awakened Update - Hotfix 1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where newly built or upgraded Crafting Stations did not have maximum durability:
  
  • Newly built or upgraded buildings will now have full durability
    
  • Durability of buildings already affected will be corrected in an upcoming hotfix
    
• Resolved an issue where Fame Credits were sometimes not awarded for Fame received immediately before changing zones
  
• Fixed an issue that caused resource mobs to only spawn with a single resource instead of full resources. This issue did not affect regular hide mobs; only the following were affected:
  
  • Dryads, Ore Elementals, Rock Elementals, Cougars, Wood Spirits
    
• Fixed an issue where logging out during the tutorial moved characters to starter city after next login
  
• Fixed an issue where ...

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"Where bees are buzzing in the sun and flowers grow and bloom, you know that Spring has come again with Easter to follow soon."


It is springtime in Albion!

And while the wildlife outside is starting to wake from their slumber, the Albion Community never really rests.

To celebrate this year's Rites of Spring, we would love to see your creative minds at work again!


INSTRUCTIONS:

• Write a Poem around the topic "Springtime in Albion" (You don't need to use those words though)
  
• The Poem can have any length or style
  
• Submit your poem in this thread before 22UTC on Wednesday, April 18.
  
• you are allowed to submit several poems, but you can't win more than 1 pr...

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