• Updated the loot for tentacle plants.

• Fixed a bug where thieves not in the Thieves' Guild had access to the special dungeon MOB loot tables.

• Updated the Fortune Favor Amulets loot for MOBs.

• Now when faction pillars are activated, factions cannot begin accumulating points until at least two factions have entered the faction pillar zone.

• The stats for the Summoner's Dark Guardian have been reverted to their original values, with the addition of a one-minute cooldown between Dark Guardian spawns. Please note that we are currently working on a complete overhaul of the Summoner class.

• As a reminder, all faction players on the winning side in pillar events will receive 10 faction coins and silver. The losing side will receive 5 faction coins and silver. The overall top player has a 10% chance of winning rare loot, including additional faction coins and gold.

• Increased the drop rate for ethereal undead dragon bones from grave digging.

• Added a new All Factions chat function, allowing all three factions to communicate with each other.

• Increased the drop rate for faction coins from fallen faction players in the overworld to 2 coins and in guarded towns to 4 coins.

• Added a rare chance for faction players to receive a faction chest (containing faction coins and gold) when killing faction players outside of pillar events.

• We begin to rollout the new gardening features. Please note that it will be done in steps and is subject to change. The first step covers the core system and some special seeds. The original UO T2A seeds with breeding, color hybrids, resources, etc will be rolled out at a later stage.

• Public wells have been added to the towns. They will provide water for gardening to those who do not own their own water source.

• Thornwick, the gardener vendor has been added to the former alchemist house in Britain, just east of the bank

• Plain plant pots and regular dirt have been added to sales inventory of the gardening vendor

• A new craftable "Waterbag" has been added to tailoring (no recipe required)

• A new craftable watersource "Waterspout" has been added to tinkering (provides water for gardening and will automatically refill after a given period of time)

• Garin Of The Green Thumb, the new gardening token vendor has been added to the game (in front of the gardeners house in Britain)

• Garin will accept gardening tokens as currency to allow players to buy more fancy and efficient watersources like a fountain and a well, a composter to create dirt from organic waste and a watering can for more convenient plant watering.

• Please note: gardening tokens are not yet available in the game, we are working on it :-)

• The cost to insure Thief Hunter armor has been halved.

• A new leaderboard has been placed at the Thief Hunters' Guild in Britannia. Thief hunters can drop the decapitated heads of thieves they have killed onto the bounty hunter to add the kill to their tally.

NEW

• Rare gardening seeds have been added to the Halloween bosses, exploding tentacle plants and exploding desert cacti.

• The loot for the Headless Horseman and Necro Witch has been adjusted, with grave dust and other goodies added.

• A new horse-and-cart delivery quest has been introduced. Garin of the Green Thumb, located near the alchemist in Britain, will ask you to deliver three large piles of soil to farmers in Britain, Minoc, and Yew. The farmers will provide rare seeds, which you must return to Garin in exchange for a gardening token. This token can be used to purchase items for the new gardening system.

Halloween festivities have officially started, happy trick-or-treating!

Halloween 2025 Activities

• Halloween Activities:

  • The Halloween festivities are being deployed across Britannia and will be available throughout October starting October 8th, ending Nov 5th, 2025 at 9:00 AM UTC
  • There will be a Halloween handout for logging in closer to the holiday and staff-run events as time permits.
  • Pumpkins and Halloween Gravesites will be scattered across the over-world.
  • Smash the pumpkins and defeat monsters for a chance to get a reward or candy to spend at the Halloween Vendors.
  • Exploding pumpkins have also been added to Halloween Gravesite Spawns that can be blown up with exploding barrels and have a rare chance to drop special Halloween loot. Read more about Exploding Barrels here: https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/barrels
  • Serpentine Dyetubs: Available from October 20th to November 5th, embracing the Halloween season.
  • Halloween activities may be added-on to throughout the month, so stay tuned for future updates.
  • Check out the Halloween wiki page for previews of some of the activities: https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/halloween

• Halloween Dungeon:

  • The Halloween Dungeon will be available throughout the season and is marked on the map: https://map.shardsofbritannia.com.
  • The Dungeon entrance is temporarily blocked by monsters and requires community effort to take them down and open the Halloween Dungeon once and for all; there's a 24 hour time limit on the spawn until it resets, so it would be best to work together to get the dungeon opened
  • Level 1 of this dungeon includes Halloween Dungeon monsters, which can drop candy or other Halloween goodies.
  • Throughout Levels 1 and 2, there will be jack-o-lanterns for smashing & graves for digging.
  • In the middle of Level 2, there is a Spawn Altar for spawning the Halloween Champion spawn. This encounter can be started with the Skull of Hallows Eve, purchased from the Halloween Witch in exchange for Blood Candles.

• MOBA Arena Dungeon

  • The Chucky Doll MOBA Game is available in the new landmass added in the Dungeons facet

• Halloween Paragons:

  • Chance for compatible monsters to spawn as a Halloween Paragon, which may drop a reward or candy to be spent at the Candy Vendor, as well as a chance to drop raffle tokens (see below)
  • Paragons have the highest chance to spawn in the Daily Dungeon, followed by other dungeons and over-world zones.
  • Paragons in the Daily Dungeon will have a higher chance to drop special items.

• Cleaning Up Britannia:

  • You will be able to trade your Cleaning Up Britannia points for Halloween candy.
  • Make sure to turn in any old holiday items you no longer want for points to be converted into candy!
  • Learn more about Cleaning Up Britannia here: https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/cleaning-up-britannia

• Halloween Vendors:

  • Candy Hoarder Vendor: Collect candy by smashing pumpkins and defeating Halloween mobs to buy Halloween goodies.
  • Last year's candy can be traded for fresh candy.
  • Witch Vendor: Collect Blood Candles from smashing pumpkins and defeating Halloween mobs to trade for the Invasion Spawn activator.
  • Check out the wiki for previews of the items you can obtain: https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/halloween

• Gravedigging:

  • Dig up graves to enjoy chances to obtain more goodies and a chance to spawn the Headless Horseman for even more rewards!
  • Learn more about Gravedigging here: https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/gravedigging

• Fishers, Miners, Lumberjacks oh my!

  • Small chance to find candy while fishing mining & lumberjacking

• Trick or Treat with the Begging Skill:

  • Dress in your Halloween best and approach town vendors to gather sweets. Each vendor has a fixed amount of candy.
  • Activate the Begging skill on vendors while in costume.
  • Each vendor provides candy once, with a daily limit for each household.

• OUIJA Board Interactivity:

  • OUIJA boards have come alive! Engage with them at home to communicate with the other side.
  • Using the OUIJA board during the Halloween season will have a chance to spawn a ghost that can drop candy when killed

• Halloween Bazaar:

  • The Halloween Bazaar will be hosted atop the Yew Bank (Empath Abbey)
  • Direct Moongates will be available next to Halloween Vendor tents and in Public Moongate destinations.
  • Vendor deeds will be available on the roof for player rental until November 17th, 2025

• Halloween Decoration Contest:

  • The Halloween House Decoration Contest is back!
  • Entries will be accepted starting immediately, and the drawing will take place on November 8th, 2025.
  • Prizes will be announced soon.
  • Submit your entries in https://discord.com/channels/369023244038045697/1294438287921905725

• Halloween Raffle:

  • The Halloween Raffle Vendor will set up shop near the Halloween Vendor in Britain soon.
  • The Halloween Raffle drawing will occur at 11/01/2025 9am, at which point 3 winners will be drawn.
  • Halloween Raffle tokens can be found on Paragons, exploding pumpkins and from grave digging.
  • More details about the prizes will be shared soon!

The Fortune's Favor Amulet will now enhance loot for magic weapons, armor, shields, and other items, including unique items from all monsters in the desert: Balron, Dino Riders, Raptors, Bandit Brutes, Flain's Minions, Voraxis, Bone Lightning Mage, Oni, Orc Brute, Rotting Corpse, Stone Golem, and Daemons. Visit the Jeweler in Britain to buy one today for 5,000 gold!

Test Post, Please Disregard

At the Britannia Bank, there's a magical wisp! Gather 5 friends around it to summon a magical fountain!

Every weekend, come and experience the Exploding Wells event in Paws! Check our official Discord for more information!

Every weekend, come and experience the Exploding Wells event in Paws! Check our official Discord for more information!

Visit the Britain Jewelers today to buy an Amulet of Fortune's Favor for only 5,000 gold!

Great news for all Shards of Britannia adventurers! The Amulet of Fortune’s Favor is now available for purchase at the jeweler in Britain for 5,000 gold, bringing a spark of arcane fortune to your journeys. This powerful amulet enhances your luck across a wide range of activities, unveiling rare treasures from special loot tables as you plunder the world’s hidden caches and defeat its monstrous foes. Don’t miss your chance to secure this game-changing item from the Britain jeweler today! The Amulet of Fortune’s Favor grants an array of specific benefits: it doubles the base drop chance for Message in a Bottle items from fishing, boosts rare loot drop rates by 1.5x for shore fishing, ice fishing, and daily dungeon fishing, and increases item drops from heavy horse carts when defeating ore elementals and reapers. It also improves drop rates for magic weapons, armor, shields, unique cosmetic items, treasure maps, and golden apples from mid - higher end MOBs, while enhancing rare item drops from mining and lumberjacking. Additionally, it slightly increases the chance for wells to explode during the Exploding Wells event, though less effectively than the Blast Weaver Talisman. Note that equipping the amulet disables Lord’s Boon, cannot be removed for 24 hours, persists through death, and is Blessed. Equip this amulet and let fortune guide your path!

Greetings adventurers!

We've rolled out a new update with a focus on improving fairness, security, and stability across the world of Britannia.

🔒 Security & Fair Play

• Implemented updates to tighten security and reduce cheating/botting.
• These changes are part of our ongoing efforts to make the game safer and fairer for all players.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• We have done some small improvements in the client code which should help to run things smoother.
• Updated the Web Map to address issues where it wouldn't load or work properly for some players.
• Added a new option on the Web Map to track group members.
  • Note: The Web Map remains experimental. Please continue to report any bugs you encounter.

⚠️ Crash Issues

• Some players may experience crashes caused by some files that shouldn't be in their game folder, or external software that affects the game while it runs.
• To resolve this:
  1. Create a new empty folder.
  2. Place the launcher inside it.
  3. Let the game download cleanly.
• This should fix all crash-related issues.
• If crashes persist, please open a support ticket and we’ll assist further.

Thank you all for your continued support and feedback. See you in-game! 🏹⚔️

NEW (updated Sept 1st, 2025)

• Fixed an issue with using a skinning knife that becomes broken due to durability causing the next weapon to only do 1 damage
• Fixed an occasional memory leak and/or server crash related to Hireling Mercenaries
• Fixed an occasional memory leak and/or server crash related to Blade Spirits
• Fixed an issue with Young characters' backpack contents being moved to their corpse when they die, this should never happen for Young characters
• Fixed an issue with Reactive Armor causing notoriety consequences to beings who have this active; players should no longer become criminal unexpectedly just for having Reactive Armor enabled

Help Shape the New Haven Experience

As part of our ongoing improvements to the new player experience in Shards of Britannia, we're inviting players to test the latest updates to New Haven and Ocllo Island.

This is more than just a new location—it’s where every journey now begins. From updated protections and hidden encounters to a player-driven marketplace and curated loot, Ocllo has been redesigned to offer a smooth and exciting introduction for all new adventurers.

If you’re joining the testing phase, here’s what you should know:

• All newly created characters now start on Ocllo Island by default, with the town of New Haven as their initial home.
• A teleporter has been placed at the Moonglow Bank, allowing existing characters to travel directly to Ocllo for testing. Use it to explore the island, visit New Haven, and experience the new systems firsthand.

What We’re Looking For

Your feedback is critical. As you explore, we ask that you observe and reflect on the following:

• Does the island feel welcoming and well-paced for new players?
• Are the early-game rewards and skill progression clear and enjoyable?
• Do you encounter and understand hidden content naturally?
• Is the new player market helpful, immersive, and accessible?

To make the most of your testing—and to help us cover all important systems—we’ve prepared a detailed Testing Checklist. The checklist is available ingame. When you login, click on "Ocllo New Player Experience" to access it.

The checklist contains:

• A breakdown of the new and changed features on Ocllo Island
• All areas where testing is needed (character creation, combat, housing, dungeons, vendors, and more)
• Specific mechanics that apply only to young players
• What to look for and how to trigger certain systems (e.g. protection rules, skill caps, criminal actions)

We ask that you test according to this checklist as much as you’re willing and able. Not only will it ensure we don’t miss anything, but it will also guide you through all the features available on the island—some of which may not be obvious at first glance.

Whether you're a longtime player or a returning veteran, your insight will help us ensure that New Haven becomes a launchpad worthy of the Britannian legacy.

Thank you for helping us build a better beginning.

NEW (updated August 27th, 2025)

• Fixed the double deed in Season 6, Champion's Hoard chest
• Some plants that we will reintroduce with gardening will no longer be accessible through other mean in the game

List of Changes

• Seasonal Challenges: Season 6 will begin today! (see: https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/seasons-are-about-to-change)
• CAPTCHA has been improved and no longer uses a button-style interface, instead 3 numbers will be drawn with icons and you just have to type the 3 numbers to complete it
• CAPTCHA may appear more often now while harvesting, but still no more than once every 20 minutes

Until further notice, the exploding well event has been canceled going forward. Thank you to everyone who participated we hope you had fun! The event will return at some point soon with some exciting changes!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Brave Adventurers!

Let it be known throughout the lands — this is the final call! The glorious Season the Fifth shall draw to a close with the coming of the morrow. Steel thy blades and ready thy satchels, for Season the Sixth shall arise anon, the hour of its birth resting in the hands of the attending sages and stewards.

The treasure chests have been laden with insensate riches and rare spoils, a bounty fit for kings and champions alike! Seek them ere the sun sets on this cycle.

Moreover, let it be heralded: the Fishing Token Vendor shall now bestow upon worthy fishers newly crafted fishbowls, sanctified for the dawning season.

Make haste, heroes — destiny awaits!

NEW (updated July 30th, 2025)

• Enhanced auto-targeting system - casting spells now sets your "Current Target" for reliable auto-targeting, press Escape or click X on healthbar to clear target, added Clear Target macro option, Target Self macro now clears current target first
• Auto-target setting now available in Character Settings → Combat tab (in addition to Main Menu → Settings)
• Fixed Auto-Defend not working consistently
• REDO: Fixed auto-targeting for spellcasting - spells now properly use your selected combat target when auto-targeting is enabled
• REDO: Fixed Vendor Search system only showing partial results - now properly displays all items for sale across all regions

List of Changes

• Drop rates for moat fishing have been slightly adjusted.
• We are currently optimizing the size of our asset bundle containing the deco items. A new version will be released on July 2nd, which will also include some new stuff in preparation of season6.
• Fishing treasure loot from SOS has been updated.
• Ability to dye drakes added.
• Ability to use special hues dyes for drakes and dragons added.
• Bow speed changes, for details see https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/update-bow-speed-adjustments
• Further improvements to the SOS fishing experience.
• Added new items and new wearables.
• Small update to black market goods
• Small update to moat fishing
• Rescale scrolls for ponds, fishbowls and fishtanks have been added to the fishing token vendor and selected loot tables.
• A new fishtank and a new special dragon dye have been added to the wandering vendor (see #staff-spotlight in discord).
• New (silent) windmill items have been added to the game. Players can exchange their existing windmills and mini windmills at the item fixer.
• We took the update of the assetbundle loudeco as an opportunity to add a new item to the Magical Valorite Cotton vendor. Get your grandfather clock today!
• Not a change, but just to let you know: behind the scenes, work is being carried out on Ocllo :-)
• The fishing token vendor is selling his goods again, you can now buy fishtank, fishbowl and/or pond rescale scrolls.
• We have modified the effect triggered when activating boss spawners, removing the annoying sound.
• The equippable Orc Drum is now fixed.
• Players on the losing side in the Faction Pillars event will now receive 5 faction coins.
• We began to overhaul the boss loot. The work will be carried out stepwise over a longer period of time. Please expect adjustments as we go.
• Added a chicken event arena in Moonglow zoo.
• Added a deed to the vendor to bond event chickens.
• Added an undead chicken scroll to the event vendor at Moonglow zoo.
• New plants and potted plants allowed outside houses, see https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/newly-added-plants-allowed-outside
• Feather drops has been increased moderately, stone harpy's can be harvested now.
• Prevent Daily and Weekly dungeons from overlapping.
• Ongoing work on Ocllo.
• Different types of chickens can now be registered for chicken fights.
• Loot tables updated for "The Lich King"
• Loot tables updated for "The Archmage"

If you encounter an issue in the game or something appears off or incorrect, or if you have an idea for improvement, please make sure to let the developers know by submitting a Bug Report or Suggestion from in-game using the /bug or /suggestion commands

Submitting feedback in-game ensures that the team sees it and also provides some helpful information automatically to the team to help identify and troubleshoot issues

If you run into an emergency and need help, we have a few ways to get into touch with us outlined here: https://shardsofbritannia.com/about/contact

Please do not direct message staff, we do not accept DMs and will not respond to them.

Log in between 9am on July 21st and 9am on July 22nd (utc) to receive an eagle statue as a gift to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the launch of the Britannia ruleset and map, which officially debuted around July 20th, 2021. Although the Britannia project began in October 2017, this milestone marks the beginning of the world we’ve all helped shape over the past four years.

We’re incredibly grateful for your role in Britannian history. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a recent arrival, your presence makes a difference. Thank you :-)

Congratulations to our lucky winners:

1st Place: Cicirider 2nd Place: Snuff Alapagus 3rd Place: Echo Saber

Winners, we will be in touch soon to give you your Mystery Box prizes! Stay tuned for more epic lottery adventures soon! ⚔️✨