Announcements List

We've updated the Housing Wiki Page at https://wiki.shardsofbritannia.com/en/housing to clarify the meaning of the "Ageless" house decay state. Ageless houses do not decay and are typically reserved for staff use or public property.

Recently, there’s been some confusion suggesting that Ageless status is granted through favoritism. To be clear, that is not the case. Ageless houses have only been assigned to Staff Members, designated public plots, and, more recently, a few houses awarded through raffles, which are considered public properties for the purpose of this article.

Please understand that Ageless houses are assigned intentionally and are not subject to player requests. Even if a house appears unused, it is reserved for a reason. We kindly ask that you do not request Ageless status, or ask us to move or revoke it from existing houses. Thank you for your understanding.

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 House Lottery: Five Rings! Congratulations on securing this incredible prize!

A heartfelt thank you to all the players who participated in this year’s lottery. Your enthusiasm and support made this event a tremendous success. We truly appreciate everyone who joined in the excitement.

We will be reaching out to Five Rings very soon with further details. Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you again for making the 2025 House Lottery unforgettable!

All done - go play!

During the next server maintenance window at 9am UTC, we will be performing additional back end maintenance. This will take up to 2 hours.

Please keep an eye on #news for an update on when the game is available again. Thank you for your patience.

We are aware of occasional issues occurring during server restarts. Our team is actively investigating the root cause and working on a permanent solution. We appreciate your patience during these disruptions and are committed to improving the stability of our services as quickly as possible. Thank you for your continued patience and support!

🐣 Easter Event Conclusion

The Easter activities have now officially concluded!
🐰 Thank you to everyone who participated — we hop you had fun!
We truly appreciate you spending some of your free time with us during the event.

✨ The Easter Vendor will remain available until May 12th to allow you time to finalize any purchases and trades.

Thanks again, and see you in-game!

We've noticed intermittent issues with our CDN provider that hosts our game’s artwork globally. Sometimes, when artwork is updated, players in certain regions experience login connection failures. We are actively working with our current provider and exploring other options to resolve this problem once and for all. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we work to restore full service.

An issue has been resolved where some players are unable to log into the game due to an asset loading issue. Sorry for the interruption and thanks for your patience!

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.

This is a reminder of our annual dyes lineup:

Ivory Dyetubs: Available from March 25th to April 9th

Pigment & Enamel vendors are available at the Yew Bank

Read more: https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/annual-pigment-enamels-donation-dyetubs

We wish you a happy and safe St Patrick's Day. It was our goal to have some activities for you to do over the weekend and today, but unfortunately we were unable to add them in time for the holiday. Alas, thanks for spending some of your free time with us and we hope you have a good holiday.

The login server is now restored and you can log into the game again.

There's an unexpected outage with the Legends of Aria services preventing players from logging into the game right now. We've alerted those involved and hope the issue is resolved quickly, thanks for your patience!

Unfortunately due to a data integrity issue, we have had to roll back to the last known good save at 01:30 UTC. We apologise for this inconvenience, however if we had not done this, there would have been data loss for various players.

Thank you for your understanding.

This is a reminder that Daylight Savings Time (DST) begins on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Clocks will be set forward by one hour, which may affect how game times, events, and restarts appear in your local timezone.

Please note that our servers operate on UTC timezone, and neither the server time nor in-game activity schedules will change with the start of DST. All events and restarts will continue to occur at the same times in UTC. However, due to the DST change, the time at which these activities appear in your local timezone may have shifted.

Since DST adjustments occur at different times in various regions, we recommend checking your local time against UTC to ensure you stay on track with event schedules.

Thank you for your attention and understanding. We look forward to seeing you in-game!

We've restarted the server to clear out some cobwebs that were lingering in the connection. The server should be back online now or within a few minutes. Sorry for the interruption and thanks for your patience!

UPDATE: The connectivity issue with users in Europe is now resolved, you should be able to log in again as normal. If you have any further connection issues please let us know, thanks for your patience!

We're currently experiencing issues with one of our providers serving the European market. Our team has submitted a detailed ticket, including specific player feedback, to expedite troubleshooting. While we're optimistic about a swift resolution, please note that it may take up to 24 hours (or longer) to fully restore service. We will provide updates as soon as we have more information.

Note: Some users have reported that connecting via a VPN from outside the affected region can serve as a temporary workaround.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

As part of our ongoing efforts to make hunting more fun and challenging, we’ve updated another key area:

Hedge Maze

• The undead that once roamed these corridors have been driven out.
• Daemons, Hell Hounds, Fire Gargoyles, and Fire Imps now hold dominion here.
• At the maze’s center, the fearsome Balron—among the most powerful daemons—has returned to Sosaria.

We hope you enjoy these changes and look forward to hearing your feedback as we continue to improve the game world!

We'd like to welcome the newest member of the team, Ned! He has extensive experience with technical team leadership, development, and even more valuable skills, plus a passion for Shards of Britannia! To start, Ned will be diving into development and Game Master related duties in-game. Please give him a warm welcome!

This is just a brief announcement with regards to the notice of Legends of Aria Classic sunsetting. At this time, this does not affect Shards of Britannia and we will continue to operate unless otherwise notified.

For full transparency, work on moving to our own login server is almost complete. We'll announce more when we are closer to that goal.

Just to repeat again - we do not expect any impact on Shards of Britannia from the announcement that Legends of Aria is sunsetting. We are sad to see the project come to an end as it is the foundation of everything we have built here with Shards of Britannia, and we wish Supreem and co all the best for the future.

We’re excited to announce the start of our overworld revamp, aimed at making hunting more fun and challenging. These are only the first of many upcoming changes to overworld spawns. The first areas updated include:

• Wind Mountain Area

  • Harpies that previously spawned alongside drakes have been moved to an area outside Covetous.
  • Fire Elementals and Dragons now spawn alongside the drakes, offering a tougher challenge.

• Yew Peninsula (NW of Shame)

  • This region has been overrun by the undead.
  • The ruins once inhabited by Lizardmen are now guarded by Liches and Lich Lords with hordes of weaker undead roaming the area.

We hope you enjoy these changes and look forward to hearing your feedback as we continue to improve the game world!

Thanks for your patience, the server is back online.

We'll need around another hour to complete the maintenance. Apologies for the inconvenience.

The server will remain offline for up to 2 hours from Sunday 26 January @ 09:00 UTC. Please keep an eye out for an announcement as to when it is back online.

Thank you for your patience.

Great news, decorators! We’ve extended the Winter House Deco Contest deadline through this weekend, giving you a few extra days to finalize your festive designs. Judging will take place next weekend. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far, your creativity is truly inspiring! For full contest details, visit:
https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/winter-holiday-house-decoration-contest

🏠🎄 Winter Holiday House Decoration Contest 🎅❄️

Now that the Christmas activities are coming to an end, it’s time to show off your creativity! With all the new Winter Decorations you’ve collected, we’re excited to announce the Winter Holiday House Decoration Contest!

How to Enter:

• Decorate your house with your favorite Winter and Holiday items.
• Post your entries in Discord here:
  https://discord.com/channels/369023244038045697/1326637017970249869

Key Details:

• Deadline: Entries are due by Jan 22nd (2 weeks from now).
• Judging: Winners will be ranked or voted on by the end of the month.

Bring your A-game, show off your decorating skills, and help spread the Winter cheer! We can’t wait to see what you create.

Good luck, and happy decorating! 🏠✨

🎄 Reminder: Christmas Activities Coming to an End! 🎅

As the holiday season wraps up, here's what you need to know:

• The Winter Dungeon will close at the end of the day today so finish your adventures while you can! (at 9am Jan 9th UTC)
• Santa will remain until the end of the month to trade Candy for gifts.
• Keep your Candy! It can be used again next year, so don’t throw it out!

Thank you for joining us in celebrating the holidays! We hope you’ve enjoyed the festivities, and we look forward to seeing you in the adventures ahead.

Happy New Year from all of us at Shards of Britannia! 🎅❄️

📬 The Letters to Santa deadline has passed!
Thank you to everyone who sent in their wishes. Santa is busy reviewing them now and will respond soon.

🎅🎄 Ho ho ho—Merry Christmas! 🎉

❄️ Winter Dungeon Update! 🎅

• Improved Spawn Rates: Winter monsters now appear more frequently, ensuring even more action and adventure.
• Frostfang Returns: The fearsome Wendigo has re-emerged at his icy fortress, ready to challenge daring adventurers.
• Krampus' Kave Opens: A new chilling lair awaits as Krampus' Kave is now accessible for those brave enough to enter! (see prior announcement for more details about Krampus)

Gather your allies and dive back into the frosty depths for epic battles and rewards! ❄️🔥

SANTA'S FOR-SALE OPTIONS: it looks like many of the items were inadvertently disabled on Santa's sell-list this year and we've corrected it so all of the items will be available that are intended, sorry for the confusion! Santa's listings have been fixed!

We will work on adding some new additions very soon as well.

Winter Dungeon: we have increased the spawn rate in the Winter Dungeon once more