To make high-end gear more sustainable, we've implemented a hard cap of 50,000 gold on all item insurance fees! Even the most powerful runic slayers will no longer bankrupt you when you need to protect them. Existing insurance costs remain as-is, but will never exceed this new 50k limit.
Our blacksmiths and tacticians have been hard at work refining the techniques of physical combat. Today, we are excited to announce a significant update that brings new depth and power to your arsenal, specifically through the Arms Lore skill.
Whether you favor a heavy war hammer, a swift short spear, or a trusty longbow, your knowledge of weaponry is about to become more lethal than ever.
🛡️ The Power of Arms Lore (PvE) Understanding the weaknesses of your foes and the strengths of your steel now grants tangible benefits in battle against the creatures of the world. At 100 Arms Lore, you will now benefit from:
Precision Striking: A permanent +5% Accuracy bonus against all monsters. Devastating Power: A +5% General Damage bonus on every successful hit. Specialist's Edge: An additional +10% Damage bonus applied specifically to Special Attacks. When combined, your special moves and critical hits will deal approximately 15.5% more damage to monsters than a combatant with no knowledge of Arms Lore.
Hail, Adventurers! A new raffle event is now live! The Catapult Raffle offers one fortunate participant the opportunity to acquire a unique, placeable catapult fixture for their home.
Prize: One Catapult (Includes a starter supply of pig-manure projectiles)
Winners: 1 lucky player
How to Enter: Please visit Raff, the raffle coordinator, located near Britain Bank to purchase your entries. Each ticket costs 10 raffle tokens. Raffle tokens can be obtained as loot drops from Paragon-level monsters. Participants may purchase as many tickets as desired to improve their odds of winning. Don’t miss this chance to claim a distinctive and conversation-starting addition to your home. Purchase your tickets today and best of luck to all entrants!
THIS RAFFLE WILL BE DRAWN IN 1 MONTH!
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The login server is offline at this time. It should be restored early US EST all going well, and we have notified the responsible parties. Sorry for the inconvenience.
A rune tome has been added to the donation vendor for 1000 donation points. It works the same way as a normal runebook (not sacred) but has 40 slots and 25 charges.
We’ve recently implemented a series of updates to how gear wears down and how repairs work. Our goal is to create a more dynamic world where high-end equipment remains valuable, but eventually needs replacement, keeping our crafters busy and our materials in high demand.
⚔️ Combat Wear (PvE) We’ve increased the rate at which your weapons and armor wear down while fighting monsters. Weapons: Now have a higher chance of losing durability per hit when fighting creatures. Armor & Shields: Now take increased durability loss per hit in PvE.
🛠️ The New Repair System Repairs have been moved to a percentage-based system. Instead of losing a fixed amount per repair, your item’s maximum durability will now decrease by a percentage of its current total.
The Crafting Advantage: High-level expertise matters more than ever. A Grandmaster (GM) crafter will incur a minimal penalty to your item's lifespan, while unskilled repairs will cause a much more significant reduction. Repair Deeds: Deeds still work, but they carry a slightly greater penalty to the item's maximum durability compared to a direct repair from a live player.
💰 Why These Changes? (The Economy) This update is a major boost for the game's economy:
Steady Demand: High-end "Vanquishing" and "Invulnerability" gear now has a finite lifespan. This means players will always be looking to trade for or craft new top-tier equipment. Value for Crafters: Because skill level drastically reduces the repair penalty, high-level Blacksmiths and Carpenters are now more essential than ever. Keeping your gear in the hands of a GM is the only way to maximize its lifespan. Materials Cycle: As gear is retired and replaced, raw materials like Valorite, Verite, and Agapite will maintain their value and importance on the market.
Players can now purchase a magic hammer from the blacksmith vendor. When this hammer is used to craft weapons on the anvils at the Britain blacksmith, you will get a bonus to crafting a slayer weapon.
The miniboss Talornia has had its assets and abilities updated.
Bounty hunters and thief hunters will now be kicked from the guild if they acquire a single murder count and will be unable to rejoin for 7 days.
The meditation skill now works based of your skills percentage, eg: With 50 meditation skill your meditation will work 50% of the time and 100 skill 100% of the time.
Reduced the spawn rate of Paragons
Increased the drop rate of Puzzle Boxes from Paragons
Implemented a fix for PvE resource/item stealing from Paragons (please provide feedback on whether this issue has been resolved)
Ocllo: Added a camp of orcish scouts not far from the town
Ocllo: Added an alligator spawn for tamers
Added a Thunderstrike pet bonding deed to the Bounty Hunter Guildmaster in Britain Castle.
The Spider Queen now spawns inside a nest/cocoon; players must blow it open with exploding barrels before they can fight her.
Ranger Shadow Cloaks can now be blessed.
Another new and challenging quest for young players in Ocllo: The Eight Seers [https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/ocllo-quest-seers]
Ocllo has gained a new quest for new players that encourages them to travel to and from Britain. It rewards the player with a tame horse.
A magic fountain has also been added in Occlo for young players. They can use it once to receive a free welcome gift.
The Spider Queen has gained a deadly new ability—she can ignite clusters of explosive barrels to devastating effect. Her defeat now yields far greater rewards! A cunning master of explosives, she uses barrels to protect her lair. Search her remains for abundant materials to craft your own explosive barrels.
Added a new deco item to the Valorite Cotton Vendor.
Updated the loot in the magic chests.
The exploding wells event has been enhanced with new loot, MOBs and effects.
Player-crafted shields can now be dyed with enamel dye.
Vendor search stones have been added to all towns, including Buccaneer's Den.
The bounty hunter's shoulder crow effect when teleporting has been changed to ravens flying. -Rare seeds have been added to tentacle plant loot. -Crafting chance for explosive barrels has been increased to 100%. -The magic water fountain is now permanently located at Brit bank.
See last month's changes here: https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/changelog-for-january-2026
Hi all,
Shards of Britannia will soon be moving to its own login server. In order to prepare for this, we need you to do a few things!
Please read https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/Updates/LoginServer/FAQ
All your questions and answers should be there in the wiki, however if anything doesn't make sense, feel free to ask in Discord or send us a note via the contact form.
Just a reminder, please /verify your accounts as soon as you can! While there will be a process if you miss the /verify boat, it will be manual and therefore take time. Doing this step ensures a seamless transition for you.
The server will remain offline for up to 2 hours at the next shutdown. We will advise as soon as it is back online.
Thank you for your patience.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in last year's Winter House Deco Contest, your creativity and festive spirit made it truly magical!
After careful judging, we're thrilled to reveal the top placements:
1st Place: Guybrush – 🏆 2nd Place: Tommesatan – 🥈 3rd Place: Fenris – 🥉 4th Place: Fili – 🎖️
Congratulations to all our winners, you truly brought the winter magic! 🏠✨ We will be in touch soon to gift your prizes!
We're done, go play!
Hi all,
New servers have been provisioned and built, so we'll be migrating to them at 9am UTC today (usual server downtime.) This means we'll be offline for up to 4 hours while this takes place.
Apologies for the late notice, however we need to progress this ASAP to avoid a billing event for the old servers and have them decommissioned in time. Keep an eye on #news for updates, and thank you as always for your patience!
Hi all,
Our server infrastructure is some 5 years old now and is nearing end of life. We have been preparing in the background for this and will be migrating to new servers at some point in the next few days.
While we don't have an immediate timeframe as we are waiting for provisioning of the new hardware, we currently expect this to be done around 3am UTC on Saturday morning 31st January (10pm US EST Friday 30th January) assuming there are no delays in provisioning.
We appreciate the timing is not perfect, and expect to be offline for a few hours while this happens. However it needs to happen and relies on availability of team members to do this.
We're giving you some advance notice in case you want to make other plans, and will confirm the date and time as soon as we have the new hardware provisioned.
Thank you for your patience, and watch out for the next announcement!
The Exploding Wells event has had some updates: new loot has been added to the puzzle chest and to the MOBs that spawn from the wells, plus a few other little surprises! Have fun!
This news is a test, please ignore!
Just a reminder, we have a Winter Holiday House Decoration Contest going on for another 2 weeks!
Get your entries posted into https://discord.com/channels/369023244038045697/1453502476702449694 and check out the other designs posted there. Thanks to everyone who have participated so far.
Deadline is Jan 31st and winners announced soon after. Reminder: Santa is available until the end of February, so make sure to finalize your candy trades and buy the presents you've been wanting!
We hope you've had fun this winter season and we'll do our best to bring more adventures in the near future.
The louui custom asset bundle is being updated today. This update adds more dynamic window textures or graphics for GUIs, for future updates. Once the update becomes available, your client will automatically download the latest bundle the next time you log in to a character. Please keep this in mind as it may delay your login by a minute or two while the download completes.
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