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🦃 Thanksgiving
🎃 Halloween
📜 Quests
✨ Magic
🐾 Pets & Taming
🎵 Bard Skills
🎃 Halloween
🩹 Interface
🎟️ Raffles
⚔️ Combat & Creatures
🧰 Items, Crafting & Vendors
See the October changelog for everything before November.
Thanksgiving comes to Britannia at the Saturday, November 7th 09:00 UTC restart, the same morning Halloween takes its leave, and everything opens at once, with the Long Tables set out within minutes of the restart. You can earn until December 5th, and the Cranberry Market and your rewards stay open until December 19th. Here's everything coming, and when.
Earning ends at the December 5th 09:00 UTC restart, when Christmas arrives. The Cranberry Market, the Pantry and any rewards you're owed stay open until December 19th 09:00 UTC, and like every holiday currency, Cranberries never expire, so any you keep can be spent at future holiday events.
📖 Read the full guide on the wiki: start at Thanksgiving Activities, then see What's New for Thanksgiving 2026 and the Thanksgiving 2026 Item Catalogue.
Happy Thanksgiving, Britannia! 🦃
Sorry there was a delay with the Haunted House Raffle drawing: it drew on November 1st at 17:31 UTC instead of on Halloween night. The winner was picked from all 608 tickets held by 65 players, exactly as they stood when ticket sales closed, and the house deed is waiting in their Vault. We've improved the raffle system so future raffles draw on time.
We double-checked every raffle against our records: each drawing included every ticket that was bought, and every winner's prizes were sent out.
Some of you saw "Dye Tub" in the raffle vendor's prize list. That was a naming mistake in the list: the raffle's prizes were always the pet dyes and costume from its description, and every winner received exactly those. Sorry for the confusion! To make it right, the four pet dye winners now get a bonus: a 5-charge pet dye tub in the colour they won, arriving in their bank with the next daily restart (November 2nd, 09:00 UTC), and they keep their original dye too. The prize list now shows the real item names.
Halloween had a few bumps along the way, from wording mistakes to bugs we should have caught sooner. Thank you for your patience and for reporting them. We're taking what we learned this season and will keep improving how our events, raffles and announcements work. Happy Halloween, and see you at the last few events before it ends on November 7th!
🎃 Halloween
⚔️ Combat & Creatures
🩹 Interface
🧰 Items, Crafting & Vendors
⛵ Boats
🌱 Young Players
🎃 Halloween
🛠️ Mega Patch
🌱 Young Players
🩹 Skills & Fixes
🗺️ World
🩹 Interface
🔎 Tracking
💎 Mastery Gems
📜 Quests & Gardening
🎣 Fishing
⚔️ Combat & Creatures
⛵ Boats
🧰 Items, Crafting & Vendors
🩹 Buff Bar
Fixed a bug where bandage icons could get stuck on your buff bar and pile up in a row. This happened when a bandage was interrupted at just the wrong moment, or if you logged out or changed areas while bandaging. Bandage icons now clear themselves once the bandage ends, no matter how it ends. If you already have stuck bandage icons, they will disappear on your next login. If any other buff icon stays on your bar after its effect has worn off, please let us know which one. Hover over the icon to see its name.
Monster behavior
Pets
Factions
Crafting and items
Halloween is almost here, and this weekend we're turning it up! The big fights are spread about 2 hours apart, so there's time to loot, travel and rest between them, and every one is announced in game about 15 minutes ahead and again when it starts. You'll also find tonight's times in the Notices tab of your Hallows' Eve Ledger. All times below are UTC.
From Saturday 09:00 to Monday 09:00 UTC:
☀️🎃 Summer Holiday Activities are coming! You've told us for a long time that the holidays end too soon and that there's never enough seasonal fun to go around. We heard you!
Starting next year, our holiday events won't only come around once a year. Halfway through the year, in the summer, we'll bring holiday activities back for a limited time, possibly with a slight twist. 🌞
That means more chances to take part, more to collect, and more time to save up for the things you've had your eye on.
Hang on to your leftover candy! Halloween candy carries over, and you'll have more to do and more to spend it on when the summer events arrive.
We'll share dates and details closer to the time. Until then, enjoy the rest of Halloween! 🎃
Halloween returns October 1st, and this is our biggest Halloween yet. Here's a taste of what's coming:
Mastery Chain launches alongside Halloween. The spookiest corners of Britannia may hold a few Mastery surprises for those who go looking.
We can't wait to see you out there. Happy haunting! 👻
Halloween opens October 1 at 9:00 UTC and runs through November 7 at 9:00 UTC.
We went back through years of your suggestions, bug reports and thread posts and used them as the to do list.
A good part of this year went into the unglamorous half: pieces of the event that had quietly stopped working, drops that were not landing the way they should, prices that had drifted, and rewards that nobody could actually reach. The short version is that the season should feel closer to how it was meant to feel.
There is new content on top of that, including a few small additions that came straight out of requests from players.
Thank you for the ideas, the bug reports and the patience. Keep them coming. A good number of this year's changes started as a message from one of you. 👻
A small patch has been released for the launcher. If you don't immediately see the offer to restart the launcher with the patch, exit from the launcher and reload.
Fixes:
Your bound items are now protected from accidental loss.
🎁 Automatic Item Rescue Soulbound, account-bound, and Patron reward items will no longer be destroyed when they would normally be lost. The server now catches them and delivers them safely to your bank instead.
This now protects items lost to:
Account-bound & soulbound items return to your account vault — claim them from any character the next time you open your bank. Character-bound Patron items return to the specific character they belong to.
📬 Rescue Notifications You'll get a message letting you know when an item has been saved so you know to check your bank. During big events like a house collapse, these are bundled into one summary so you're not spammed.
🗑️ Destroy Bound Item Need to get rid of a bound item on purpose? Right-click it and choose Destroy Bound Item. You'll always get a confirmation prompt first — no accidental deletions.
Faction Pillar Conflicts have received their largest update in years. Events are no longer locked to a single thirty-minute ruleset at a random site. Faction players can now configure almost every aspect of a match from their faction stone before it goes live, choose where it is fought, and pick one of three distinct game modes. Portals still open in major cities when an event starts, and the classic pillar arenas remain the battlegrounds — but how you fight there is now largely up to you.
To schedule an event, use Activate Pillar Event on your faction stone. A setup window lets you pick duration, respawn rules, player limits, combat mode, base protection, mounts, bolas, and location. When you are ready, press Schedule Event for a Team Pillar or Free-For-All match using those settings. Capture the Flag is started separately with the CTF Mode button, which applies fixed CTF rules on top of your chosen duration, respawn, mount, bola, and location options. You must select a location before anything can be scheduled. The server also checks that enough players are online; team and CTF events normally require at least two factions represented, while FFA events can be scheduled when only one faction has members online, as long as the minimum total player count is met. A short countdown follows approval, then the announcement goes out and the portals open.
Duration and reward scaling now follow the length you choose. Team and FFA events can run ten, twenty, thirty, forty-five, or sixty minutes. Capture the Flag requires at least twenty minutes; if you had ten minutes selected for a pillar event and switch to CTF, the duration automatically bumps to twenty. Rewards scale with time, using thirty minutes as the baseline at one hundred percent. A ten-minute event pays roughly a third of that, a twenty-minute event about two-thirds, forty-five minutes one and a half times, and sixty minutes double. Team events capped at one player per faction pay twenty-five percent of the scaled amount on top of that. FFA gold payouts use the same duration scaling.
Respawn and stat loss can be set to Zerg (instant respawn, no stat loss), Fast (light stat loss and quicker healer cycles), or Standard (classic delay and heavier stat loss). This applies to all three modes. Player limits for Team and FFA range from Open (everyone can fight), Balanced teams (overpopulated factions may bench extra players as inactive standby), or hard caps from one-versus-one through five-versus-five per faction. CTF always uses balanced teams with a plus-one standby slot. Combat mode for scheduled pillar events is either Team battle, where only rival factions score kill credit and a faction wins by total points, or FFA, where everyone can damage everyone and the top individual player wins the announcement. Faction bases can be Safe, with guards protecting spawn areas as in classic events, or Open, allowing fighting inside enemy spawns. CTF always uses open bases. Mounts can be allowed or disabled; when disabled, players are dismounted on entry and cannot use mounts or ethereal mounts for the duration. Bolas can be allowed or turned off entirely. Locations include Spiritwood Outpost near Skara Brae, Vraal's Mausoleum near Minoc, Deep Forest Ruins in Yew, Samlethe Pass in Wind, and Dragon's Peak on Dagger Isle.
When an event goes live, faction members who enter the arena receive the Faction Event buff automatically if they are eligible. While under that effect you do not consume reagents, bandages, or arrows, though you must still carry them. On death you drop only magical equipment and volatile spellbooks. Recall and gate travel are blocked, skill gains are paused, and after a short delay you teleport to your faction's event healer, which resurrects on a timer depending on the respawn mode you chose. Bonded pets teleport with you; healers generally will not resurrect pets unless they are mountable. If death teleport fails, the /basereturn command sends your ghost and pets back to your faction base while you are dead. Players suffering event stat loss are not worth silver and cannot earn kill silver until it wears off. Under Standard respawn, expect roughly ninety seconds of reduced stats and slower movement, scaled by the selected preset. Factions with more active players than the smallest faction may suffer increased stat loss over time. If safe bases are enabled, enemies who enter a guarded enemy spawn are killed by guards; that protection does not apply in CTF or when open bases are selected.
A draggable event HUD shows the mode, faction standings, your kills, deaths, and captures where relevant, the options in effect, and in CTF the flag status including a respawn countdown when the flag is returning to the pillar. The plus button opens the leaderboard. When balanced teams are active and one faction is overpopulated, extra members join as plus-one Inactive standby. Standby players are in the event but cannot fight for score and cannot pick up the CTF flag; they are activated automatically when team sizes even out. Balance benching does not apply when fewer than three players are in the match. Please note that Minax characters are temporarily blocked from joining live pillar and CTF events, though staff may still spectate; this restriction may be lifted in a future update.
Team Pillar remains the default classic mode. Every thirty seconds the pillar ticks if at least two factions have active fighters present. One faction controlling the pillar earns two faction points and two individual points for nearby members. Two factions contesting earn one point each. Three factions present, or nobody holding the pillar, earns nothing. Kills steal a portion of the victim faction's points when that faction has points to lose, with the top damager credited on the leaderboard. Same-faction kills do not score. Kills between characters on the same machine do not score. Repeat kills on the same opponent within two minutes do not score, except in one-versus-one team events where that cooldown is skipped because there is only one enemy. Valid rival kills during the event pay kill silver through the pillar system rather than normal overworld faction payouts. The faction with the most points when time expires wins.
End-of-event rewards for Team Pillar and CTF require meaningful activity in the match: at least two total kills across all players for team events, or at least one flag capture plus two opposing factions having been present for CTF rewards. If the gate fails, everyone is told that no rewards were given. Winning faction members receive faction coins and silver scaled by duration, with bonuses if your faction controls Cove. Losing faction members who earned individual points receive a participation silver payout. The top five players by individual points receive tiered silver bonuses if they meet presence and participation requirements; team mode requires sufficient combat involvement and, for top rewards, kills on multiple unique opponents (one unique opponent suffices in one-versus-one team events). The number-one player by points also has a ten percent chance at a rare faction pillar prize, but only on events scheduled for thirty minutes or longer. Presence requirements are fifty percent of the event for team pillar and twenty-five percent for CTF. Standby players generally do not receive win or lose payouts unless activated onto the fighting roster. You must still have the Faction Event effect when rewards are processed at the end.
Free-For-All mode removes faction victory. There are no pillar faction points and no kill point stealing between teams. Individual score comes from your share of damage on kills, and same-machine and repeat-kill restrictions are relaxed so scrimmages flow more freely. The top individual player wins the end announcement, with ties possible. FFA does not pay faction coins, silver, or the rare prize, but it now pays gold to the top five players deposited into your bank. At a full thirty-minute event the winner receives fifteen thousand gold, with second through fifth place receiving twelve thousand, nine thousand, six thousand, and three thousand respectively, following a five-four-three-two-one split. Shorter or longer events scale those amounts with the same duration multiplier used elsewhere. FFA requires at least two total kills in the match for any gold to be paid, and eligible top players must have scored points or sufficient combat participation and meet the twenty-five percent presence requirement. Scheduling an FFA event only requires one faction to be online rather than two.
Capture the Flag is a entirely new way to fight at the pillar. Use the CTF Mode button on the faction stone rather than Schedule Event. CTF uses balanced teams with plus-one standby, open bases, flag captures as the only scoring, no pillar control ticks, and no kill-based point stealing. Kills still matter tactically because they drop the flag, and rival kills during an active CTF now pay kill silver the same way team pillar kills do, without affecting capture points. The flag spawns at the central pillar. An active fighter uses the flag to pick it up, wearing it as a flag quiver on their back, and carries it to their faction healer base within capture range to score. Each capture awards ten points to your faction and to you personally. After a capture the flag respawns at the pillar after two minutes, with a countdown shown on the HUD. If the carrier dies the flag drops where they fell. If the carrier leaves the event the flag returns to the pillar after two minutes. Carriers can pass the flag to a teammate through the quiver's transfer target, but cannot mount, and sigil or siege key holders cannot carry the flag. Standby players cannot pick up the flag. To prevent solo abuse, the flag cannot be picked up or captured until at least two different factions each have one active fighter on the roster; the HUD will show when the flag is waiting for another faction. End rewards follow the same coin and silver structure as team pillar, with CTF-specific presence and participation rules tied to captures and roster membership rather than kill counts.
When an event ends, the pillar deactivates, healers are removed, rewards are calculated, leaderboards are shown, and the Faction Event effect remains briefly so payouts can finish before normal rules return. Staff who stop an event early end it with no rewards for anyone.
Whether you are organizing a quick ten-minute skirmish, a full-hour siege for maximum payout, a free-for-all gold hunt, or a capture-the-flag grudge match, the faction stone is now your war table. Rally your faction, choose your rules, and meet your enemies at the pillar.
Bound Item Rescue — Soulbound, account-bound, and Patron reward items are now auto-saved to your bank instead of being lost to house/IDOC decay, ground decay, or monster corpses; adds rescue notifications and a right-click "Destroy Bound Item" option.
Tired of random skirmishes? Ready for real faction warfare with actual stakes? Faction Challenges let you call out a rival, defend your base (or hit theirs), fight for a prized chest, and climb the server-wide scoreboard. Stack up enough wins and your whole faction unlocks rare rewards at the Faction Coin Vendor.
Every faction base has a Challenge Stone — this is where it all begins and where you answer when someone else throws down the gauntlet.
Glance at the stone to quickly see what’s happening:
You can also open the Challenge Scoreboard directly from the stone to view wins, upcoming faction rewards, and recent results.
Rally enough of your faction members at your own Challenge Stone.
Choose Start Faction Challenge. The whole server hears about it. A rival faction then has 20 minutes to accept at their stone (not yours).
If nobody accepts in time
The challenge simply expires. You’re not stuck waiting for hours — you can try again whenever you’re ready.
If you want to cancel early
Use Cancel Faction Challenge. Your faction then has a short 5-minute cooldown before you can issue another one.
When another faction has thrown down the gauntlet, gather enough members at your own Challenge Stone.
Choose Accept Faction Challenge. Everyone gets the news — it’s on. You cannot accept your own faction’s challenge; only a rival can answer the call.
Once accepted, both sides have 10 minutes to prepare before the Faction Challenge Chest appears at the issuing faction’s base.
This is the heart of the fight.
If your faction issued the challenge (Defenders):
You cannot open the reward chest during the first 60 minutes. Your job is to defend your base and stop the other side from looting it. After the hour passes, the restriction lifts — but a fast-moving rival may have already taken everything.
If your faction accepted the challenge (Attackers):
You are the aggressors. During that same first hour you can fight for and open the chest (after its short initial lock period expires to give both sides time to arrive). You do not have to wait the full hour — strike while you have the advantage.
The standard path to a scoreboard win:
When the chest is emptied, the accepting faction earns the win on the scoreboard, the server announces the victory, and the event ends.
Issuing a challenge and then waiting out the full hour before you can even touch the chest is a gamble — a determined attacking force can often loot it long before your access opens.
At your Challenge Stone, choose View Challenge Scoreboard to see:
Worth checking before your next war council.
Rally your people, pick your rivals, and let the challenges begin. Which faction will rise to the top?
Tired of random skirmishes? Ready for real faction warfare with actual stakes? Faction Challenges let you call out a rival, defend your base (or hit theirs), fight for a prized chest, and climb the server-wide scoreboard. Stack up enough wins and your whole faction unlocks rare rewards at the Faction Coin Vendor. The Challenge Stone Every faction base has a Challenge Stone — this is where it all begins and where you answer when someone else throws down the gauntlet. Glance at the stone to quickly see what’s happening:
Red — A challenge has been issued and is still waiting for someone to accept it. Blue — A challenge was accepted. The fight is live (countdown, chest phase, or full battle window).
You can also open the Challenge Scoreboard directly from the stone to view wins, upcoming faction rewards, and recent results. Issuing a Challenge Rally enough of your faction members at your own Challenge Stone. Choose Start Faction Challenge. The whole server hears about it. A rival faction then has 20 minutes to accept at their stone (not yours). If nobody accepts in time The challenge simply expires. You’re not stuck waiting for hours — you can try again whenever you’re ready. If you want to cancel early Use Cancel Faction Challenge. Your faction then has a short 5-minute cooldown before you can issue another one. Accepting a Challenge When another faction has thrown down the gauntlet, gather enough members at your own Challenge Stone. Choose Accept Faction Challenge. Everyone gets the news — it’s on. You cannot accept your own faction’s challenge; only a rival can answer the call. Once accepted, both sides have 10 minutes to prepare before the Faction Challenge Chest appears at the issuing faction’s base. How the Fight Plays Out
The Call (up to 20 minutes) — One faction issues the challenge. Rival stones glow red while they wait for a response or for time to run out. The Rally (10 minutes) — Challenge accepted. Stones turn blue. Both factions know the clock is ticking and prepare. The Chest — A Faction Challenge Chest spawns at the issuing faction’s base. A fresh alert goes out so everyone can converge. The Hour (60 minutes) — The challenge stays fully active. Stones remain blue for the entire period. The Finish — Someone claims the chest, or time and chaos decide the outcome.
Who Can Open the Chest? This is the heart of the fight. If your faction issued the challenge (Defenders): You cannot open the reward chest during the first 60 minutes. Your job is to defend your base and stop the other side from looting it. After the hour passes, the restriction lifts — but a fast-moving rival may have already taken everything. If your faction accepted the challenge (Attackers): You are the aggressors. During that same first hour you can fight for and open the chest (after its short initial lock period expires to give both sides time to arrive). You do not have to wait the full hour — strike while you have the advantage. Winning the Chest (and the Scoreboard) The standard path to a scoreboard win:
A member of the accepting faction opens the chest during their allowed window. That faction completely empties the chest (not just a quick peek).
When the chest is emptied, the accepting faction earns the win on the scoreboard, the server announces the victory, and the event ends. Issuing a challenge and then waiting out the full hour before you can even touch the chest is a gamble — a determined attacking force can often loot it long before your access opens. Cooldowns in Plain English
Nobody accepted your challenge? — No cooldown. You’re free to issue another one whenever you’re ready. You cancelled before anyone accepted? — Short 5-minute faction cooldown, then you can try again. Someone accepted your challenge? — Your faction gets an 8-hour cooldown before it can issue another challenge. Any challenge was accepted on the server? — For the next 1 hour, no faction can start a brand-new challenge. This stops wars from stacking on top of each other. Your faction won and emptied the chest? — The fight ends early so life on the shard can get back to normal sooner.
The Scoreboard At your Challenge Stone, choose View Challenge Scoreboard to see:
How many challenges each faction has won Special Item Unlocks — the progressive rewards your faction can earn at the Faction Coin Vendor as wins add up (you only see the next unlock until the previous one is claimed) Recent history of who challenged whom and who claimed the chest
Worth checking before your next war council. Rally your people, pick your rivals, and let the challenges begin. Which faction will rise to the top?
Hail, noble citizens of Britannia!
The time has come to prepare for one of the most anticipated spectacles on the shard — the Chicken Fighting Tournament of Britannia!
Mooses, a dedicated player of Shards of Britannia, is organizing and running this grand event. The town criers have already begun spreading the word across the land. Now is the moment to begin training your dastardly and dangerous chicken and register it for glory!
The prize pool is already shaping up to be legendary!
Players are warmly invited to donate prizes to the growing pool.
Our staff will also be contributing unique and exciting prizes to make this tournament truly unforgettable.
Dates for the main event will be announced soon, but preparations start NOW!
For more discussion, updates, strategy talk, and to coordinate prize donations, check out the dedicated thread in the official Discord channel #Chicken-Fighting-Tournament
Train hard, customize boldly, bond wisely, and may the fiercest fowl claim victory!
Hail, noble citizens of Britannia!
The time has come to prepare for one of the most anticipated spectacles on the shard — the Chicken Fighting Tournament of Britannia!
Mooses, a dedicated player of Shards of Britannia, is organizing and running this grand event. The town criers have already begun spreading the word across the land. Now is the moment to begin training your dastardly and dangerous chicken and register it for glory!
The prize pool is already shaping up to be legendary!
Players are warmly invited to donate prizes to the growing pool.
Our staff will also be contributing unique and exciting prizes to make this tournament truly unforgettable.
Dates for the main event will be announced soon, but preparations start NOW!
For more discussion, updates, strategy talk, and to coordinate prize donations, check out the dedicated thread in the official Discord channel #Chicken-Fighting-Competition
Train hard, customize boldly, bond wisely, and may the fiercest fowl claim victory!
Greetings, adventurers!
We're introducing a new balance feature to the Seeker Raven, the bounty hunters' trusty tool for tracking murderers and orcs.
What's New:
The Seeker Raven now enters a 10-minute cooldown after engaging in harvesting activities or PVE combat. Affected Activities: Harvesting: Mining, lumberjacking and fishing. Combat: PVE fights with monsters (excluding PvP and pets). During the cooldown, attempting to use the Seeker Raven will display a message explaining the restriction. Why This Change: This encourages strategic use of the Seeker Raven, preventing spamming after resource gathering or monster slaying, while maintaining its role as a powerful tracking tool for bounty hunters.
Happy hunting! 🦅
The Faction Siege Warfare patch is now live. We will be scheduling the first siege event in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, faction players can begin preparing by harvesting resources to build siege equipment.
Faction players can now mine catapult rocks inside the Faction Dungeon. These rocks can be loaded into catapults and fired at opposing faction players, siege equipment, and protection towers.
GM Alchemists can apply Greater Poison Potions to catapult rocks to create Poison Rocks. These deal initial damage and release poison that affects surrounding players. GM Alchemists can also apply Greater Explosion Potions to create Explosive Rocks, which leave puddles of fire on impact.
Players can now kill pigs and harvest their corpses. These can be fired from catapults. On impact, they cause affected players to start vomiting and the effect is contagious.
Siege bolts can be looted from monsters inside the Faction Dungeon. These bolts are required to craft siege weapons such as battering rams and catapults.
A new boss has been added to the Faction Dungeon. It drops a Magic Scroll that opens a cache filled with siege bolts, as well as Faction Bless Deeds.
Faction bases now have several ballistas installed. These can be used to shoot at battering rams that are attacking the gate.
Ladders have been installed in faction bases. These provide an additional way to enter and exit the base, allowing players to avoid using the main gate during a siege.
Players can craft Battering Ram Kits. These kits can be used at the siege mechanic inside your faction base to purchase a battering ram. Battering rams are used during sieges to smash open the opposing faction’s siege gate and gain entry into their base.
Important note: Battering rams can only take damage from ballistas, catapults, and player weapons. Magic spells and pets cannot damage them.
When a siege event begins, one faction will act as the Defenders while the other faction or factions will be the Attackers. The defending base will have a force field protecting the siege gates, generated by a Protection Tower.
To breach the gate, attackers must destroy the force field by firing catapult rocks at the Protection Tower and destroying it. Once the force field is down, they can use the battering ram to smash open the siege gate.
Defenders can use Siege Repair Tools on the Protection Tower to keep the force field active. All faction players can use the same Siege Repair Tools to repair catapults, ballistas, and battering rams. Defenders can also use the installed ballistas to attack and damage incoming battering rams.
Mages can summon Water Elementals to extinguish fire puddles, which is very useful when trying to repair the Protection Tower. Up to 5 defenders can brace the siege gate at once. This significantly reduces the damage taken from the battering ram.
Recipes for faction bombs can be found in siege warfare rewards and faction pillar rewards. These bombs can be crafted and thrown at enemy siege weapons to inflict damage.
Special items can also be obtained from Siege Warfare rewards and Faction Pillar rewards, including talismans that reduce catapult reload time and a drum that increases the battering ram’s damage output when played.
If the attacking faction breaches the gate and enters the base, they must locate the Faction Chest. It takes 60 seconds to open the chest. Inside is a Key that functions similarly to a sigil. The carrier of the key cannot fast travel and is visible on the minimap. If the key carrier is killed, the key is automatically transferred to the killer.
The first faction to secure the key and return it to their faction’s Siege Warfare Stone wins the event and receives a chest full of loot. This includes the defending faction if they win.
The event lasts 1 hour. If the defenders successfully keep the attackers out for the full hour, they can open the chest inside their own base to claim victory and receive bonus loot for a successful defense.
The Faction Siege Warfare patch is now live. We will be scheduling the first siege event in the coming weeks. In the meantime, faction players can begin preparing by harvesting resources to build siege equipment. Preparing for the Siege
Catapult Rocks: Faction players can now mine catapult rocks inside the Faction Dungeon. These rocks can be loaded into catapults and fired at opposing faction players, siege equipment, and protection towers. Enhanced Rocks: GM Alchemists can apply Greater Poison Potions to catapult rocks to create Poison Rocks. These deal initial damage and release poison that affects surrounding players. GM Alchemists can also apply Greater Explosion Potions to create Explosive Rocks, which leave puddles of fire on impact.
Pig Corpses: Players can now kill pigs and harvest their corpses. These can be fired from catapults. On impact, they cause affected players to start vomiting — the effect is contagious. Siege Bolts: Siege bolts can be looted from monsters inside the Faction Dungeon. These bolts are required to craft siege weapons such as battering rams and catapults. A new boss has been added to the Faction Dungeon. It drops a Magic Scroll that opens a cache filled with siege bolts, as well as Faction Bless Deeds.
Faction Bases & Siege Equipment
Faction bases now have several ballistas installed. These can be used to shoot at battering rams that are attacking the gate. Players can craft Battering Ram Kits. These kits can be used at the siege mechanic inside your faction base to purchase a battering ram. Battering rams are used during sieges to smash open the opposing faction’s siege gate and gain entry into their base.
Important Note on Battering Rams: Battering rams can only take damage from ballistas, catapults, and player weapons. Magic spells and pets cannot damage them. How a Siege Event Works When a siege event begins:
One faction will act as the Defenders, while the other faction(s) will be the Attackers. The defending base will have a force field protecting the siege gates, generated by a Protection Tower.
To breach the gate, attackers must:
Destroy the force field by firing catapult rocks at the Protection Tower and destroying it. Once the force field is down, use the battering ram to smash open the siege gate.
Defenders can:
Use Siege Repair Tools on the Protection Tower to keep the force field active. All faction players can use the same Siege Repair Tools to repair catapults, ballistas, and battering rams. Use the installed ballistas to attack and damage incoming battering rams.
Additional Mechanics:
Mages can summon Water Elementals to extinguish fire puddles — very useful when trying to repair the Protection Tower. Up to 5 defenders can brace the siege gate at once. This significantly reduces the damage taken from the battering ram.
New Items & Rewards
Faction Bombs: Recipes for faction bombs can be found in siege warfare rewards and faction pillar rewards. These bombs can be crafted and thrown at enemy siege weapons to inflict damage. Special items can also be obtained from Siege Warfare rewards and Faction Pillar rewards, including: Talismans that reduce catapult reload time. A drum that increases the battering ram’s damage output when played.
Winning the Siege If the attacking faction breaches the gate and enters the base, they must locate the Faction Chest.
It takes 60 seconds to open the chest. Inside is a Key (functions similarly to a sigil). The carrier of the key cannot fast travel and is visible on the minimap. If the key carrier is killed, the key is automatically transferred to the killer.
The first faction to secure the key and return it to their faction’s Siege Warfare Stone wins the event and receives a chest full of loot (this includes the defending faction). The event lasts 1 hour.
If the defenders successfully keep the attackers out for the full hour, they can open the chest inside their own base to claim victory and receive bonus loot for a successful defense.
This Easter, all faction players who participate in 10 Faction Pillar events and meet the requirements to receive a reward in each match will receive unique Easter loot at the end of the 10th match. This ends on the 28th of April.
We’re excited to announce our 7th Annual Easter celebration in-game, packed with festive activities and rewards for everyone to enjoy.
We’ll continue adding more items and activities as time allows, so keep an eye out for additions during the event.
We hope you have time to log in, participate, and enjoy the festivities. See you there!
Tails, the Easter Bunny’s helper, is offering a special Easter quest.
He can be found near Britain Bank. He needs your help to recover the magical golden eggs that were stolen by a mischievous pixie and given to the greater dragons in Destard.
Slay the dragons, retrieve the eggs, and deliver them to the Easter Bunny’s helpers to restore balance to the Easter celebrations. Once you have delivered all the eggs, return to Tails to claim your reward, a magical Easter wand! The magic wand can change the color of any rabbit in the world.
Alternatively, if you prefer not to fight dragons, you can find the golden eggs by blowing open wells during the Exploding Wells event and opening unique Easter puzzle chests. However, you still need to have the quest active!
Attention all faction players! As part of the upcoming Factions Siege Warfare patch, we've pre-released faction mining inside the faction dungeon!
Faction Miners with 80+ skill can now harvest catapult rocks — stockpile them now and be ready for your first siege event! Mining has a chance to spawn Rock Giants, which drop both faction coins and additional catapult rocks. The dungeon now features a new boss: the Ancient Wyrm. Defeating this powerful foe grants a magic scroll that unlocks the weapon cache inside the dungeon. The weapon cache contains essential parts needed to craft siege weapons!
Stay tuned for more siege-related updates coming soon. Make sure your faction characters are trained up and ready for battle!
Pirates are invading Moonglow again this weekend! Warriors, rally together to push them back! Launch catapults to crush their trained rock giants and break through their heavy armor. Defeat the boss for tons of awesome loot and plenty of bag pops! All event times, dates, and details are in our official Discord.
https://discord.com/invite/shardsofbritannia
This weekend, pirates are invading Moonglow once again! Warriors, unite to fight back and drive these invaders out! Use catapults to take down their trained rock giants and smash through their extremely powerful armor. Tons of great loot and bag pops await when you defeat the boss. Check our official Discord for all the details on times and dates. Alternative slightly more polished version: Pirates are invading Moonglow again this weekend! Warriors, rally together to push them back! Launch catapults to crush their trained rock giants and break through their heavy armor. Defeat the boss for tons of awesome loot and plenty of bag pops! All event times, dates, and details are in our official Discord.
https://discord.com/invite/shardsofbritannia
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Bounty Hunter Distress System. This feature provides innocent players with a reliable way to call for help when under attack by murderers.
Innocent players who are being attacked can summon assistance in one of two ways. They can use a Conch Shell of Distress, which is available for purchase from the Bounty Hunter Guildmaster in Britain Castle. This option is specifically for players who do not have an active Lord's Boon — you cannot use a Conch Shell if you currently have a Lord's Boon. Alternatively, players can switch their Boon to Distress Call mode. Switching to Distress Call mode prevents the use of Lord's Boon for the next 24 hours.
When a distress call is placed, eligible Bounty Hunters receive a dialog prompt asking if they wish to respond. If a hunter accepts, they teleport to the victim's location after a brief 5-second delay. If the Bounty Hunter successfully defeats the murderer or murderers and turns in their head or heads to the guild, the victim who placed the call automatically receives 20% of the bounty reward as a token of appreciation.
If no local Bounty Hunters are available and the player used their Boon to make the call, the system falls back to the standard Lord's Boon teleport — assuming the player has a bound location set.
To maintain balance, Bounty Hunters have a 10-minute cooldown between accepting summons, while victims have a 5-minute cooldown between placing distress calls.
To further reward participation, we've introduced the Distress Kill Points mechanic.
Bounty Hunters earn 1 Distress Kill Point each time they successfully respond to a distress call and turn in a murderer's head to the guild. These points acknowledge their vital role in protecting the innocent and upholding justice.
On the flip side, if a murderer kills a Bounty Hunter who has accumulated points, the murderer steals 1 point from the hunter's total. This adds meaningful risk and consequence for both sides, promoting skilled and strategic gameplay.
Players can check their current Distress Kill Point balance at any time by speaking with the Bounty Hunter NPC in Britain Castle.
These points will soon unlock access to exclusive items and rewards available only through the Bounty Hunters Guild and the PK Gear NPC. Stay tuned for more details on what you can purchase as the system continues to expand.
The Bounty Hunters Guild welcomes new members. If you're interested in protecting the innocent, earning rewards for taking down murderers, and building your point total for unique gear, head to the Guildmaster in Britain Castle to join today.
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!
We’ve recently implemented a series of updates to how gear wears down and how repairs work. Our goal is to create a more dynamic world where high-end equipment remains valuable, but eventually needs replacement, keeping our crafters busy and our materials in high demand.
⚔️ Combat Wear (PvE) We’ve increased the rate at which your weapons and armor wear down while fighting monsters. Weapons: Now have a higher chance of losing durability per hit when fighting creatures. Armor & Shields: Now take increased durability loss per hit in PvE.
🛠️ The New Repair System Repairs have been moved to a percentage-based system. Instead of losing a fixed amount per repair, your item’s maximum durability will now decrease by a percentage of its current total.
The Crafting Advantage: High-level expertise matters more than ever. A Grandmaster (GM) crafter will incur a minimal penalty to your item's lifespan, while unskilled repairs will cause a much more significant reduction. Repair Deeds: Deeds still work, but they carry a slightly greater penalty to the item's maximum durability compared to a direct repair from a live player.
💰 Why These Changes? (The Economy) This update is a major boost for the game's economy:
Steady Demand: High-end "Vanquishing" and "Invulnerability" gear now has a finite lifespan. This means players will always be looking to trade for or craft new top-tier equipment. Value for Crafters: Because skill level drastically reduces the repair penalty, high-level Blacksmiths and Carpenters are now more essential than ever. Keeping your gear in the hands of a GM is the only way to maximize its lifespan. Materials Cycle: As gear is retired and replaced, raw materials like Valorite, Verite, and Agapite will maintain their value and importance on the market.
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