• The scroll from Zarx, destined for Noa, the Royal Guard, now bears a secret message intended solely for her. Enchanted with a powerful spell, the scroll will self-destruct one hour after it is received, ensuring that its contents remain hidden from prying eyes.

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.

• Introducing the New Thief Traps in Shards of Britannia!

In this update, we're excited to unveil a brand new feature that will add a thrilling layer of danger and strategy to your adventures! Thieves now have the ability to set devious traps on the ground outside of guarded and housing zones, lying in wait for unsuspecting victims.

These traps are not permanent; they decay after 20 minutes, so timing is everything. But beware—once you've set a trap, you'll need to wait three minutes before you can place another. The risk is high, but so are the rewards!

If a player riding a horse and cart unknowingly triggers a trap, they'll be swiftly dismounted, and the contents of their cart will spill onto the ground, ripe for the taking. However, savvy adventurers can protect themselves from this fate with special talismans scattered throughout the world. These talismans offer a chance to shield your loot from the trap's effects, making them a valuable asset for anyone traveling with precious cargo.

• Painting and Banner Rescale Scrolls can now be fished up in the moat, although they are still rare.

• When players are participating in the new mining delivery quest, other group members who are not actively on the quest but are assisting will now be able to obtain Azureite Ore from the Azureite Elementals

A new Horse and Cart quest has been added. Visit Chum the Miner inside the Miners' Guild in Britain. He will give you a quest to find and deliver 3 heavy pieces of Azureite Ore to a miner in Minoc at the Golden Pickaxe. For this quest, you'll need to enlist the help of other players with carts, as all three pieces of ore must be delivered together.

Sable the Infiltrator, who provides the crystal activation quest, now sells activators for the Buccaneer's Den Fowl Frenzy event for 4 quest tokens. The activator requires at least 10 players to activate.

Announcing the Shards of Britannia Wikipedia Raffle!

Contribute to the official SoB Wiki and earn your chance to win big! Here's how it works:

Players who submit evidence of their contributions to the official SoB Wiki page, will receive raffle tokens in return. These tokens can be used to purchase raffle tickets in-game. The raffle will be drawn in 3 months' time.

Token Rewards:

1 token for small contributions 5 tokens for medium-sized articles 10 tokens for full pages Bonus tokens will be awarded if you include pictures! To participate, post your links/evidence in the #wiki-raffle channel each time you make a contribution. The more you contribute, the more tokens you earn!

Get involved, share your knowledge, and win some fantastic prizes! Good luck!

Announcing the Shards of Britannia Wikipedia Raffle!

Contribute to the official SoB Wiki and earn your chance to win big! Here's how it works:

Players who submit evidence of their contributions to the official SoB Wiki page, along with their account ID, will receive raffle tokens in return. These tokens can be used to purchase raffle tickets in-game. The raffle will be drawn in 3 months' time.

Token Rewards:

1 token for small contributions 5 tokens for medium-sized articles 10 tokens for full pages Bonus tokens will be awarded if you include pictures! To participate, post your links, evidence, and account ID in the #⁠wiki-raffle channel each time you make a contribution. The more you contribute, the more tokens you earn!

Get involved, share your knowledge, and win some fantastic prizes! Good luck!

The tables have turned! Head to Buccaneer's Den, where chaos reigns as the chickens and turkeys strike back. The Barrel Vendor near the bank offers exploding barrels to defend yourself, but beware—these birds aren't going down without a fight! The chickens have mutated, becoming volatile and aggressive, ready to explode on impact and take you down with them. A massive mutant turkey boss is on the loose, adding to the mayhem. Criminals, tread carefully—volatile barrels will still seek you out! Thieves can attempt to steal from the turkeys and chickens. And don't forget to bring your horse and carts for any heavy loot that may drop from the boss!

Check Discord for the date and times!

Adventurers, take note! Now, when embarking on quests that require specific item collections, such as gathering zombie hands for the delivery cart quest, these items will only drop from monsters once you've officially started the quest. This change ensures a more streamlined and rewarding journey as you complete your tasks. Happy questing!

Feathers and Fury: The Great Fowl Frenzy Lucky Dip is now live! For those who participated in the event and received any of the new paintings, you can now bring those deeds to Luke, the Dimensional Shrinker, in exchange for a Lucky Dip bag! Take your chance at winning a special-colored shoulder parrot with a unique teleport effect, a rare mount, colored exploding decoration barrels, or a mini-colored event painting! If you have duplicates, this is a perfect opportunity to get something new! This is only available for the next 7 days!

From now until August 11th, when you log in to the game, you will receive an Olympic Ring for the Summer Olympics - Paris 2024, once per account. The rings will be randomly colored, matching the official Olympic Rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red). Happy collecting, and may the best athletes win!

The Thief's Arcane Jackpot is now live! Visit Silas Shadowstep outside Britain Bank for your chance to win amazing Talisman prizes. Three lucky winners will be drawn, so don't miss out! The cost is 10 raffle tokens, which can be found as loot on Paragon monsters. The lottery will be drawn on 09/01/2024.

Players can now dismember the bodies of other players into pieces, including the head, torso, arms, and legs. Use these macabre trophies to decorate your house with the body parts of your defeated victims.

In the latest update to Shards of Britannia, a series of enhancements have been made to improve the experience for players embracing the life of a thief. Here’s a breakdown of the updates:

• Perfect Crime: Players now have a 10% chance to remain blue after successfully stealing from another player.

• Stealing from monsters no longer turns players grey.

• Stealing Cooldown: A new progress bar has been added to track the cooldown period after stealing, giving players a clear visual indicator of their readiness for the next heist.

• No Criminal Action or Karma Loss: Players will not incur criminal actions or lose karma when stealing from monsters.

• The Black Goods Thieves Guild Master in Buccaneer’s Den has expanded his inventory with a range of new talisman items, purchasable with Thieves Coins:

• Magic Thieves Hood: Adds special visual effects when using a smoke bomb, enhancing the thief's dramatic escape.

• Shadow Dancer's Talisman: Increases the maximum chance to stay hidden during PVE stealing to an impressive 95%.

• Shadow Reach Talisman: Extends the distance from which a thief can steal, allowing for more strategic positioning.

• Shadow Snoop Talisman: Increases the distance from which a thief can snoop, making it easier to scout out potential targets.

• Lucky Charm Talisman: Adds an additional 10% chance to commit the perfect crime.

• Talisman of Precision Disarmament: Adds a 20% bonus chance to disarm player-trapped containers, improving safety when pilfering goods.

• Thieves Lucky Reward Bag Talisman: Adds a 20% bonus chance to receive a Thieves Coin when turning in black goods reward bags.

These updates bring new depth and excitement to the thief gameplay experience, encouraging players to refine their skills and explore the art of stealth and deception in Shards of Britannia. Happy stealing, and may the shadows be ever in your favor!

• The Black Goods Thief Guildmaster in Buccaneer's Den now offers an option to turn in Black Goods reward bags. There's a 10% chance to receive a Thieves Coin when you do so. Be sure to empty your loot from these bags before handing them in!

• Stolen items will now go directly into players loot bags.

• Thieves will now face a dramatically lowered success rate when attempting to steal from monsters engaged in combat.

• Fabled fishing nets chance to spawn monsters increased from 50% to 100%

• The new PVE stealing patch is now live! Players can steal enhanced loot from all dungeon monsters, with tougher monsters yielding better rewards.

• Skill-Dependent Revelation: The chance for thieves to be revealed while stealing from monsters now depends on their combined skills in stealing, snooping, stealth, and hiding.

• No Smoke Bomb Cooldown: Smoke bombs no longer have a cooldown period after being used to steal from monsters.

• New Treasure: A newly introduced "Ingeniously Drawn" treasure is now available exclusively through PVE stealing.

• Black Goods Drops: Monsters now have a chance to drop black goods, which can be turned in to the Thief Guildmaster located in Buccs Den.

• High-Tier Loot Access: Thieves can only access high-tier loot tables if they are members of the Thieves Guild. These loot tables now include a variety of new decorations, masks, clothing, and special thief items.

• Camouflage Potion Restriction: Players in the Thieves Guild can no longer use camouflage potions.

• Incognito Spell Update: New names have been added to the incognito spell.

We are thrilled to announce that Season 4 is now live!

This Season started on July 22nd, 2024 and ends on or around Oct 22nd, 2024

Participate today in-game by opening the Season Challenges window with the default Right Bracket [ key or by typing /challenge

By completing challenges you can unlock vast rewards that change with each season. We hope you enjoy!

Thanks for being here and for your continued support!

We've identified the root cause and have deployed a fix for the issue causing players in Minoc or other regions to have issues with the Launcher Connectivity, effective immediately. You should now be able to login fully again. Sorry again for the interruption!

The dungeon token vendor in Shame is now offering two special masks for sale. These exclusive masks are available for purchase for a limited time only. Don't miss out on the chance to get yours by the end of September!

The upcoming faction event has been rescheduled to the following week. Please see our official Discord for all the details.

• Ore elementals now have an increased chance to spawn in the daily dungeon and a decreased chance to spawn in the safe weekly dungeon.

• Most of the mounts in the game now have sounds added for walking and running, although a few are still not working at the moment.

We are thrilled to announce that Season 4 will kick off on the 20th of July, coinciding with our anniversary celebration! This season promises to bring new challenges, exciting content, and fantastic rewards.

Stay tuned for more details as we approach the launch date. Thank you for your continued support, and we can't wait to embark on this new journey with you!

Mark your calendars for July 20th and join us in celebrating our anniversary with the start of an incredible new season!

Nacromancer:

• Haunt:

  • This spell has been fixed.. hopefully for good.

• Blood Siphon:

  • It is now a channeling spell with a 1 minute cooldown.
  • When casted, on impact will inflict the full spell damage as before, then it will start channeling.
  • Every 2 seconds, the spell checks the distance between the caster and the target.
  • If the target is within 6 meters, the spell siphons health from the target, converting it to the caster's health.
  • The amount siphoned is inversely proportional to the distance (closer targets result in more health drained).
  • The spell ends if the target dies, moves out of range, or the duration expires.

  -- A necromancer in the heat of battle can cast Blood Siphon on a weakened enemy, ensuring their own survival by draining the life force of their foe. This spell can turn the tide of combat, especially in prolonged engagements where maintaining health is critical.

• Animate Dead:

  • It now takes the shape of the dead target, if no targets are available it guarantees one skeleton.
  • The caster can animate up to a maximum of 5 dead creatures or skeletons at a time.
  • The summons will follow you by default and you can command them to attack.
  • Each animated creature or skeleton will last for 60 seconds before disintegrating unless killed.
  • The spell searches for valid corpses within a 15-unit radius of the target location.
  • The spell filters out corpses that have already been raised by another necromancer.
  • Each animated dead creature will now shield the caster from one hit (if they are alive and the caster gets hit) and then be dispelled, providing both offensive and defensive support.

  -- A necromancer surrounded by enemies can use Animate Dead to summon an army of skeletons or reanimated creatures from the nearby battlefield. These temporary allies can distract and weaken opponents, shield the caster from harm, and follow the caster's commands, giving the caster a strategic advantage.

• Mitigate Poison:

  • This spell will now cure poison, and cure has been removed from Noxious Decay.

Gravedigging:

• Updates:
  • The amount of Grave Dust that can be dug up has been increased.
  • While digging you have a chance to cast Cocoon spell on yourself at no cost (This should apply to non-Undead too), this gives you a one-hit protection and a stat bless on break.
  • Caged Souls have been added to the loot table, these are cages that hold 10 souls and can be sold/traded to undead players or claimed by undead players.

Please report any bug that you might encounter using the /bug command in game.

Happy Independence Day to those in the USA! For everyone in Britannia we've added a Fireworks handout if you login anytime between now and July 5th at 9am, and if you happen to miss the handout or run out of fireworks, you can also buy more fireworks on top of West Britain Bank. You can see a preview of the fireworks for sale by asking the vendor to display the fireworks show periodically. Please shoot fireworks off safely and don't blow off your fingers while you celebrate. Happy Independence Day!

• The test center is now open for anyone who would like to log in and help test some new PVE stealing updates for thieves. Shame dungeon is open, and you can attempt to steal from all mobs from levels 1 to 3. Each higher level provides better loot. If you find any black goods, you can turn them in to the thief guildmaster. Any feedback on bugs, drop rates, etc., is most welcome.

We're aware that players installing the game for the first time may encounter an issue with "Disconnected from Login Server" when trying to log in for the first time, or where clicking Login does nothing. We know it's not ideal to have issues when you try out a video game for the first time, and we're sorry if you have any issues! We're working as quickly as we can within our abilities to improve the situation, thanks for your patience. In the meantime, the current troubleshooting steps are as follows:

• immediately after installing the game, restart the computer
• make sure the username/password is correct in the Shards of Britannia Launcher settings
• if you still have an issue logging in after a restart, make sure to leave the Shards of Britannia Launcher open after launching the game & try again; if it still has an issue, try to completely close out the SOB Launcher (from taskbar & system tray)
• worst case: close the game & launcher again & try to log or try again later if the issue persists

Note: If it doesn't say "SoB v1.4.1.0" in the bottom right of the game window when it's loaded, that tells us that the SOB Launcher isn't connected to that game client, so it will need to be closed and re-opened with the Launcher again to try to get it connected

• A new farmer found near the cotton fields in Skara Brae will trade a Percheron mount for 10 magic valorite cotton. This rare cotton plant sometimes spawns in regular cotton fields, but when harvested, it becomes extremely volatile and heavy. You will need to use a horse and cart to take the cotton to Wizard Luke before it decays after 60 minutes.

Valorite cotton is a rare and mystical plant that grows in cotton fields all over Britannia. The cotton harvested from these plants is imbued with the essence of valorite, a precious magical mineral known for its strength and magical conductivity. Valorite cotton is said to have originated from the tears of a valorous dragon that sacrificed itself to protect the land. Fields of valorite cotton are therefore considered sacred, and harvesting the cotton is seen as both an honor and a responsibility.

Though many magical uses for valorite cotton exist, most are shrouded in mystery and remain to be rediscovered by modern wizards and scholars. The full potential of this extraordinary material is still waiting to be unlocked.

• Get your faction toons ready to battle it out in a best-of-three pillar event in one month's time! There will be prizes for all members of the winning faction and for the player with the most overall kills. Prizes will be announced soon! Check events in our official Discord!