NEW (updated July 23rd, 2025)

• Fixed auto-targeting for spellcasting - spells now properly use your selected combat target when auto-targeting is enabled

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"

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! ⚔️✨

Hail, adventurers! Due to the roaring success of our last Paws explosion fest, we’re cranking up the chaos with a brand-new, heart-pounding event! This is no ordinary rerun—it’s bigger, badder, and bursting with madness! Get ready for 24 hours of non-stop action this weekend!

Keep your eyes peeled for Special Exploding Barrels popping up across the Town of Paws. These barrels are slippery—they’ll vanish in just 60 seconds, so sprint to snag one! Use them to blast open one of the two wells in Paws: one near the Brit Bridge, the other by Colleen the Gypsy. This time, we’ve got Guaranteed-Break Barrels—rare, barrels that will crack those stubborn wells open on the first try!

Smash a well, and you could score a Puzzle Chest stuffed with even more rare loot than before. But beware—bigger explosions mean more ferocious monsters guarding the wells, ready to test your mettle. These wells are tough nuts to crack, so bring your patience and determination!

SPECIAL HANDOUTS THIS WEEKEND

Check our official discord for all the information!

The recently introduced plants and potted plants have been added to the list of allowed items and can to be placed slightly outside the walls of some house types. Active after the next server restart. Happy decorating!

Exciting news for all aspiring chicken fighters! There's now a new NPC at the Moonglow Zoo who will let you register your pet chicken for the upcoming cockfighting event just target your feathered friend to sign up, but remember, each player can only enter one. Once registered, you can purchase special scrolls from the NPC to customize your chicken's size and color, making it stand out in the arena. This is a player run event with full details dropping late next month, so in the meantime, start training your chickens and tweaking their looks to get ahead. Have fun!

Hail, brave adventurers of Britannia!

The hour draws near to tally thy final deeds and claim the rewards thou hast earned. Season V shall draw to a close ere the end of July. Yet fear not — for as one chapter ends, another begins! Prepare thyselves for the dawning of Season VI, bringing forth a trove of wondrous and thrilling new treasures.

All, the Exploding Wells Event has started with a little delay. It will run for 12 hours from the time of this announcement. Have fun :-)

A new mini windmill item has been added to the game. Owners of existing windmill items can exchange them for the new version at the item fixer. This includes both the mini windmills and the larger versions handed out as gifts in 2018 and 2019. Mini windmills will preserve their color. Note that the replaced larger models will not preserve their title or tooltip.

We’ve rebalanced the speed and damage output of all bows to improve consistency and bring archery in line with other combat styles. This includes updates to base attack speeds for each bow class and adjustments to their tested damage per second (DPS) values.

Bow Speed Changes

• Light Bows: Speed increased from 23 to 31
• Medium Bows: Speed increased from 19 to 25
• Heavy Bows: Speed increased from 13 to 19

https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/weapons

These changes are intended to make archery weapons feel more responsive and competitive across different combat scenarios. Let us know how the update plays for you.

Since we’ve been adding many new features and not all of them warrant a dedicated news item, we’ll start providing a kind of changelog. This will take the form of a news page, initiated at the beginning of each month, where smaller changes and additions will be continuously documented (revisit this page regularly). The first changelog is for June, but it also includes some updates from May.

List of Changes

• Vendor sales inventories updated for Fishing Token, Dungeon Token, Little Rock, and Noble Coins vendor.
• New vendor added for Crown Jewels.
• New wandering vendor added, who is traveling in Paws and Britain to sell rare goods for gold.
• Buffed the Horned Beetle pet.
• Fishing loot tables updated for moat, deep sea, ice, and dungeon fishing.
• Tried to balance out moat fishing chances a lot (!) of times.
• Treasure map loot tables updated.
• Loot has been improved for: Poison Boss Elemental, Leviathan, Large Water Elemental, Dark Revenant.
• Added a new recipe for a decorative pond and new resources to craft it.
• Added a private bulletin board.
• Magic Mushroom gates have been added over the world.
• Added Smelting Scroll for Horned Beetle on donation vendor.
• Added a Grave Dust recipe.
• Added new mobs to Covetous: a Bone Lightning Mage, Stone Wyrm.
• Enhanced Greater Dragons.
• Black Market goods loot tables updated.
• Puzzle Chest loot tables updated.
• Faction updates: pillar events are now player-activated, overhaul of the faction bases, added faction creatures.
• Orc guild updated and extended: system and playstyle adjustments (orcs can't use Boon, can't report murder, can't join factions), added new orc-only items they can buy from Zuma at the orc fort (Orc Drum, mounts), updated Burzum.
• Spiders (Giant and Dread, Dread Queen) are now dyeable; spider pet dyes have been added.
• Thief system update: pretty exciting extension which we will cover in a separate news.
• Young player gameplay adjusted (cannot snoop, damage from traps capped at 50).
• A ton of fixes.
• A ton of new items.
• Updated loot of Fishing Treasure Chests.
• Faction mobs have been added to the faction bases. These mobs are member of the faction and are aggressive towards all non-members.
• Thieves can now steal from Thief Hunters and always remain blue.
• Members of the Thieves Guild can no longer access the bank roof.
• Updated Greater Dragons' loot to align with their difficulty.
• Thief Hunters: the "Thieves" tracking option now requires wearing the full Thief Hunter armor set and riding the Shadowstrike mount. Ensure all gear is equipped to access this category.
• A new item has been added to the Fishing Token vendor, enjoy :-D
• Another update of Fishing Treasure Chests loot.
• Works have started at the Minax faction base, it will look messy for a while...
• Faction vendor sales inventory has been updated, new items have been added.
• Enhanced PvE stealing from humanoid monsters.
• Smoke bombs now have a standard cooldown for all players, including thieves, unless the Thieves' Smoke Bomb Talisman is equipped. This talisman can be purchased from the Black Goods Thief Guild Master using Thieves' Coins.
• Undead pets now properly cast their intended spells.
• Temporary fix for the Ghost Blade issue.
• Resolved a bug with the Ripper mount where skill requirements were being ignored.
• Increased the chance of MiBs in dungeons and deep water
• Fixed a bug allowing Faction, Thieves, and Thief Hunter players to go onto the Brit bank roof
• Thief traps have been updated to attack Thief Hunters in addition to targeting horses and carts, and they can be used in town, though they will not work on horses and carts in town. These traps decay after five minutes and have a five-minute cooldown before another can be placed, dealing 50 damage and applying a two-second stun to Thief Hunters.
• We have deployed a change to address a bug where the Necromancer spell Noxious cloud could cause the heal ticks to be stuck forever. You or your pet will now require to be inside the noxious field in order to keep receiving heals, otherwise it will expire.
• Undead pets now properly cast their intended spells.
• Temporary fix for the Ghost Blade issue.
• Resolved a bug with the Ripper mount where skill requirements were being ignored.All players in the winning faction from the pillar events will receive 10 faction coins as well as the usual amount of silver.
• The player with the most points at the end of the pillar event will have a chance to win a treasure chest filled with faction goodies!
• Volatile Exploding barrels that detonate near murderers and criminals can now be locked down by double-clicking.
• Bone lightning mages now give a chance to drop rare items at the Exploding Well events.
• We have removed two pillars from each Faction Pillar Event, so players will now compete for a single pillar. We can adjust this if the population increases.
• (Not new but maybe not broadly known): Added a speech command to join a faction. To join, say "i wish to join this faction" when standing in front of the gates for the corresponding faction base.
• Drop rates for live_rock and living_water have been increased. Also check the wiki for a description on fishtanks, bowls and ponds: https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/fishtanks-and-ponds
• Chance to succeed a fishtank or pond craft has been increased (live after the server restart on the 25th of June).
• New faction paintings for minax, shadowlords and true britannia have been added to the faction vendor (live after the server restart on the 25th of June).
• The minax faction base has been decorated.
• New assets have been added (sorry for the wait during the download).

We have deployed a change to address a bug where the Necromancer spell Noxious cloud could cause the heal ticks to be stuck forever.

You or your pet will now require to be inside the noxious field in order to keep receiving heals, otherwise it will expire.

We've rolled out a new update to resolve several issues related to pet and mob casting. This patch includes the following fixes:

• Undead pets now properly cast their intended spells.
• Temporary fix for the Ghost Blade issue.
• Resolved a bug with the Ripper mount where skill requirements were being ignored.

Additionally, we've addressed several minor bugs to improve overall stability and gameplay experience.

Thank you for your continued feedback and support!

• Thief Hunters, the "Thieves" tracking option now requires wearing the full Thief Hunter armor set and riding the Shadowstrike mount. Ensure all gear is equipped to access this category.

• Thieves can now steal from Thief Hunters and always remain blue.

• Members of the Thieves Guild can no longer access the bank roof.

• Updated Greater Dragons' loot to align with their difficulty.

Good folk of Britannia, the Thief Hunters Guild calls for brave souls to root out rogues skulking in our shadows! Visit the guildmaster in Britain and take up the mantle of justice. Here’s what you need to know to become a Thief Hunter and bring thieves to heel.

Find the Guildmaster:

• Visit the Thief Hunters Guildmaster in Britain to join. Joining Requirements:

• Must have at least 60 Detect Hidden and 60 Tracking skills. Faction members, Thieves Guild members, criminals, and murderers cannot join.

• If your Detect Hidden or Tracking falls below 60, you’re removed from the guild.

• If you become a murderer, you’re immediately expelled.

Guild Rules:

• Once joined, you cannot leave the guild for 7 days.

• Thief Hunters cannot use the Lord’s Boon.

Rewards and Powers:

• Earn the title “Thief Hunter, Master of Shadows, Seeker of Rogues.”

• Attack thieves at any time, even if they’re blue (non-criminal).

• Thieves can defend themselves without becoming criminals.

• Loot black market goods from fallen thieves’ bodies and turn them in to the guildmaster for gold rewards.

Special Gear:

• The guildmaster sells exclusive Thief Hunter armor. Each piece grants a 6.66% boost to Tracking distance.

• A rare ethereal mount is available, enhancing your pursuit of rogues.

The Thief Hunters Guild needs you to protect Britannia’s streets and wilds. Train your skills, seek the guildmaster in Britain, and become a scourge of thieves! For more details, visit the guildhall today.

Join the Thief Hunters Guild!

Good folk of Britannia, the Thief Hunters Guild calls for brave souls to root out rogues skulking in our shadows! Visit the guildmaster in Britain and take up the mantle of justice. Here’s what you need to know to become a Thief Hunter and bring thieves to heel.

Find the Guildmaster:

Visit the Thief Hunters Guildmaster in Britain to join.

Joining Requirements:

Must have at least 60 Detect Hidden and 60 Tracking skills.

Faction members, Thieves Guild members, criminals, and murderers cannot join.

If your Detect Hidden or Tracking falls below 60, you’re removed from the guild.

If you become a murderer, you’re immediately expelled.

Guild Rules:

Once joined, you cannot leave the guild for 7 days.

Thief Hunters cannot use the Lord’s Boon.

Rewards and Powers:

Earn the title “Thief Hunter, Master of Shadows, Seeker of Rogues.”

Attack thieves at any time, even if they’re blue (non-criminal). Thieves can defend themselves without becoming criminals.

Loot black market goods from fallen thieves’ bodies and turn them in to the guildmaster for gold rewards.

Special Gear:

The guildmaster sells exclusive Thief Hunter armor. Each piece grants a 6.66% boost to Tracking distance.

A rare ethereal mount is available, enhancing your pursuit of rogues.

The Thief Hunters Guild needs you to protect Britannia’s streets and wilds. Train your skills, seek the guildmaster in Britain, and become a scourge of thieves! For more details, visit the guildhall today.

Sorry for the interruption this morning, we had a brief outage with our primary domain (shardsofbritannia.com) and it's been resolved. Due to the issue, this will affect some people's ability to connect to the game briefly. It can take a little time for everyone's networks to be updated that the domain is back online, if you have trouble please keep trying and it should be fully resolved within an hour or two for majority of the world. Thanks for your patience!

PS: This issue can present itself with the SoB Launcher, SoB Website, and even logging into the game client itself

UPDATE: we were able to resolve the issue. Enjoy the game!

All, we are experiencing the known "connect failure for custom assets" error that will hit players launching the game from Europe. We are working to resolve it, please use a VPN to bypass the problem or wait until it is fixed. Those of you who are logged in, stay in. Sorry :-/

We've optimized our bulk order books for improved performance. On your first login after this update, you may experience a brief delay as your bulk order books in your bags are are updated.

If you have bulk order books in your chests you can either take them to the item fixer or log out/in with them in your backpack to receive the update.

This is a one-time process and will not affect future logins.

Thank you for your patience!

Have fun!

Hail, Adventurers!

A thrilling new raffle awaits! Starting today, the Shards of Britannia Mystery Box Raffle offers you a chance to win one of three exclusive Mystery Boxes packed with epic in-game treasures!

Raffle Details:

• Start Date: June 10, 2025
• Draw Date: July 20, 2025

Prizes:

• 1st Prize: Large Mystery Box
• 2nd Prize: Medium Mystery Box
• 3rd Prize: Small Mystery Box

Winners: 3 lucky players

How to Enter:

Visit Raff, the lottery official, near Britain Bank to purchase your raffle tickets. Each ticket costs 10 raffle tokens, obtainable as loot from Paragon monsters. Enter as many times as you like to increase your chances!

Don’t miss your shot at these mysterious rewards grab your tickets and join the excitement!

Good luck, brave adventurers!