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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!

Newest Changes

• Generation 4 plant growth time has been reduced to 7 days (from 10 days). Applies only to newly planted seeds.
• Extended season system with a recovery mechanism for unclaimed rewards from prior seasons

Changes

• Fixed issues with Mark spell sometimes not resulting in a cursor target due to auto-target being enabled
• See last month's changes here: https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/changelog-for-december-2025

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.

Attention all SoB faction members! The highly anticipated first-ever faction raffle is now officially open and will run for the next 6 months exclusively for faction players. Purchase your raffle tickets using faction coins and get ready for a chance to win amazing prizes! For full details, ticket purchasing, and prize information, visit Raff — the official lottery NPC. Good luck, and may the odds be in your favor!

This is a friendly reminder that the Winter Holiday activities are currently scheduled to end on Jan 7th at 9am UTC.

Update: The Season 6 recovery option has been re-enabled and those still waiting to claim rewards from Season 6 should now be able to.

Due to an issue with the Season 6 recovery grace period feature, the option to pick the prior season's rewards may be unavailable temporarily while we work on it. Please check the option again later if you are expecting to use it still. Note: this will not affect the deadline

Season 7 has officially started! We know some of you were caught off guard by the transition and didn't get a chance to claim your Season 6 rewards. No worries – we're making some improvements to prevent this from happening again.

What's New:

• Season Countdown Timer – A new countdown display in the Challenge System window shows exactly how much time remains in the current season, so you'll never miss the deadline again.
• Grace Period – Starting today, players with unclaimed rewards get 7 days after each season ends to claim them. Your prior season rewards will remain available during this grace period.
• Note: these changes will be available after the daily restart on Jan 2nd at 9am UTC

Season 7 Reward Additions:

• Shadow Leather Equipment – New armor pieces and shields
• Dragon Dyes – Swamp, ice, and fire variants for your pets
• Decorative Items – New birdcages, masks, and fishtanks
• Rare Plant Seeds – Banana plant, carnivorous plant, dragon tree, and more

For Season 6 Players: If you had unclaimed Season 6 rewards, a hotfix will deploy later today. After tomorrow's daily restart (Jan 2nd @ 9am UTC), log in and your Season 6 progress will be automatically restored – just open your Challenge System window and claim your rewards!

🎄 Frostfang's Cave Christmas Challenge! 🎄

A magical boulder has sealed the entrance to Frostfang's Cave! Only those who complete the festive Candy Cane Puzzle can break the seal.

How to Participate:

1. Find and activate 8 candy canes in the correct sequence
2. Once solved, the boulder becomes vulnerable to magic and explosions
3. Destroy it using Earthquake, Meteor Swarm, explosion potions, or exploding barrels
4. You have 60 minutes from your first activation to complete both phases!

Location: Near the entrance to Frostfang's Cave
Reward: Open the dungeon for everyone to hunt!

Event Details:

• Challenge resets if not completed within 60 minutes
• Once the boulder is destroyed, the dungeon stays open for 3 days
• After 3 days, the puzzle and boulder reset for a new attempt
• Work together or race against the clock!

Happy Holidays, adventurers! 🎅🎁

Santa has made his escape from Frostfang's Cave! Unfortunately, behind him, the cave has crumbled and become inaccessible. Santa is now parked at his workshop and will be trading for candy for the rest of the holiday season! He will be working on responding to the letters you all wrote him. Thanks for participating!

UPDATE: Santa has sent replies to all of the letters you sent him and for those who sent letters, you can expect to see a wrapped gift box in your bank box with a handwritten note directly from Santa!

Newest Changes

• A bug was fixed where the Wand of the Gardener’s Lens displayed the wrong plant name. Because of this, new hybrids were not labeled with the name of the crossed plant but with the name of the mother plant. For example, a seed from the Rushes plant (Gen 3) was identified as a Lily plant (Gen 2).
• Mobs (like the Dark Overseer) will cast firefield and other AoE again

Changes

It might be a good idea to double-check your plant seeds just in case.

• Plant pollination logic fixed. To clarify: only mature plants can be pollinated. When a plant produces its first seed without having been pollinated beforehand, it will self-pollinate. The player has one growth-cycle period to pollinate and cross-breed new plants—from the moment the plant becomes mature until the moment it produces its first seed.
• Self-pollinated plants will generate seeds for the same plant/color.
• Another fix for pollen not stacking correctly.
• A few (!) new items have been added to the holiday-related loot tables.
• Holiday lights have been fixed (finally). The light is now limited locally to the string of lights.
• Updated journal features - read more: https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/journal-updates-item-logs-feature
• Fixed issue with pack animal inventory closing unexpectedly while idle
• The number of seeds and resources has been slightly increased. Please note that we are still balancing the effects of this new system on the overall game.
• When you gather pollen from a plant, they will now stack correctly only with pollen from the same plant and the same color.

The server is going to be restarting in a few minutes for a quick hotfix to resolve some issues surrounding quick travel or travel between regions. The downtime is expected to be very short

We've deployed a minor update to the Shards of Britannia Launcher. Please make sure to close the launcher entirely (check next to the clock, in the system tray, for a SOB Launcher icon, right click it and choose Exit) and re-open it to receive the updates. This will ensure you have the latest update.

UPDATE on CDN Issue: We've been informed that the Brail CDN server has been updated now and you should be able to load the game like normal.

⚠️KNOWN ISSUE: Some users in certain regions are experiencing stale cache issues with our CDN provider, causing their SoB launcher to downgrade each time they try to upgrade it to the latest version. This issue is causing a mismatch with the game when loging in and it will cause a popup warning before ejecting you from the game. We're investigating and hope to have it resolved as quickly as possible. We're very sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience through the rough patches!

Looking For Group (LFG) System

Finding other players for activities just got easier! The new LFG system lets you create and browse group listings for dungeons, boss hunts, PvP, treasure hunting, crafting, quests, and more.

How to Use:

• Type /lfg to open the LFG window
• Browse active groups or create your own listing
• Set your group size (2-40 players), activity type, and optional scheduled time
• Choose between Open (instant join) or Approval Required (you review requests)
• Use /lfg followed by a message to chat with other LFG users

Key Features:

• Timezone support: Set your timezone in Settings to see scheduled times in your local time
• DST automatically applied for supported timezones
• Staff events are marked as Featured and last up to 7 days
• Regular listings expire after 12 hours to keep the list fresh
• LFG chat channel connects you with other players looking for groups

Discord Integration: (coming soon)

• LFG chat messages are now relayed to Discord and vice versa
• Stay connected with the community even when not in-game

Guidelines:

• You can create up to 3 active listings at a time
• 10 minute cooldown between creating new listings
• Your listing automatically closes when the group reaches maximum size or expires after 12 hours
• Staff events are identified with a special Featured marker

🎄 Winter Holiday Activities Are Here! 🎁

Activities have begun while Santa prepares for the big day—he'll make his grand appearance soon. In the meantime, here are some exciting activities to dive into:

🎅 Write to Santa! ✨

Santa's Mailbox is now open at his workshop, eagerly awaiting your Letters to Santa!

📜 Here’s how you can write to Santa:

• 1️⃣ Purchase a Note from any Innkeeper or Provisioner.
• 2️⃣ Pen a heartfelt letter, sharing why you’ve been good this year and what’s on your wish list.
• 3️⃣ Drop your letter in Santa’s Mailbox, located in Santa’s Workshop!

Santa will reply to letters—make yours extra special. Don’t wait—write Santa today! 🎅✨

🎄 How to Find Santa's Workshop:

Santa’s Workshop can be accessed via the Cellar Doors at Windemere Bank, right next to the giant snowball.

⚔️ Christmas Paragons

• Special Christmas Paragons will spawn throughout the event and drop Gift Boxes that may contain Elf Food.

🍬 Collect Elf Food

• Obtain Elf Food by killing monsters, opening stolen gift boxes, and rescuing prisoner elves.
• You can also get Elf Food through Ice Fishing and Snowball Fights.
• Good news: Last year's Elf Food candy is still valid this year!

⚔️ Save the Elves (Now Active)

• Wintry monsters of Dagger Isle (Windemere) have kidnapped elves from Santa's Workshop!
• Rescue the elves by seeking out monster camps, smashing stolen gift boxes, and leading the elves back to Santa’s Workshop.

❄️ Winter Dungeon — Rescue Santa! (Now Active)

• Watch: https://youtu.be/JXPgtI7p24M
• The story: Frostfang, a fearsome Wendigo boss, has kidnapped Santa and holds him in the icy caverns. Brave the Winter Dungeon, defeat Frostfang, and rescue Santa to save Christmas.
• How to enter: From Santa's Workshop, travel north and look for the hole in the ground marked "Tunnel" on the minimap. A Wandering Healer patrols nearby to help.
• Dungeon rules: The Winter Dungeon is no longer a Guarded Zone, an update from last year.
• Rescue & escort: After defeating Frostfang, speak to Santa and escort him back to his Workshop in Windemere. Santa is invulnerable; protect yourself on the return trip.
• Unlock trading: Santa must be rescued before his Workshop opens to trade Candy for festive gifts.
• Rewards: Adventurers may find a few exclusive Frostfang-inspired items and other holiday loot.
• Rally your allies, sharpen your blades, and prepare for the frozen depths — the holidays depend on you!

🎁 Santa's Rewards

• Once Santa has been saved from Frostfang's Cave, he will appear at his workshop indefinitely, but beware! He may end up being kidnapped by Frostfang again!
• Santa will reward you with gifts in exchange for Elf Food, so stock up while helping the elves!

🪙 Winter Bazaar/Vendor Mall (Coming Soon)

• The Winter Bazaar will be hosted at Windemere Bank or Santa's Workshop

🎁 Login Handout

• Log in between Christmas Eve (Dec 24) and Jan 1 to receive a special gift on your account.

⌚ Limited-Time Items

• ✨ Garnet Dyetubs: Available on Donation Vendors from December 25th to January 9th.
• ✨ Necromancy Vendor: Grab the Ethereal Undead Reindeer Statue, available now through January 9th.

⌚ Scheduled Ending

The events are scheduled to end on January 7 at 9:00 AM; this may be extended. If anything changes, we will update this post.

Happy Holidays and thank you for spending your free time with us! 🎄

We've added a survey to gather some data about players' recent connection experience with the game, please take a moment to fill this out when you've time: https://forms.gle/DmhqFNEh8Ho2rWuj9