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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New Changes

• Bounty Hunters and Murderers are now equally restricted from all forms of teleportation for 5 minutes after engaging in combat with each other. The Bounty Hunters' bola has been nerfed and no longer grants an increased chance.

Changes

• Tommy's Lost Apron Quest (young players) fixed: Rewarded horses can now be stabled.
• Bear Hunter Quest (young players) adjusted to 10 black and 10 brown bears.
• Drop rate of skull tokens in the new player dungeons increased.

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.

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.

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.

🎄 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! 🎅🎁

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

🎄 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! 🎄