Recent News List

Happy Thanksgiving, we are thankful for you all!

Update: Nov 25th @ 5:45AM UTC:

• We're working on a Thanksgiving style boss encounter that will require teamwork and a Turkey Cannon to complete, we'll try to have it launched by the next daily restart on Nov 25th
• Note: Please make sure to use the Quest Log to keep track of your progress on the Thanksgiving Quest -- this can be opened on the Menu Bar or by pressing L (by default), this is how you will keep track of what exactly you need to do for the quest

Update: Nov 24th @ 5AM UTC:

• We've added a brand new Thanksgiving Quest, where you can help save the Thanksgiving Feast for the townspeople!
• Autumna Leafwhisper, the Thanksgiving Organizer, will be stationed on top of Empath Abbey bank in Yew to recruit your help until Mon at 9am UTC
• This quest can be completed once per character and offers a chance at some unique handouts, including:
  • Not-a-Turkey Mount (Chicken Ethereal Mount)
  • Autumn Vines House Add-on (3 varieties)
  • Pilgrim Hat (+2 other hats)
  • Festive Food & Alcohol

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing some time with us 🦃

We're deploying the following minor hotfixes:

• fixed issue with vendor prompts not appearing in some cases
• fixed issue with pet broker not working in some cases
• increased Thanksgiving Quest timeout duration from 8hr to 72hr (was intended to be set to 72hr originally, sorry!)

• Greetings, valiant adventurers!

It is with great excitement that we announce the arrival of the long-awaited 4-year veteran rewards, now available for all esteemed veterans! Engage in the festivities by using /vetreward in-game to explore these exclusive offerings: behold 3 stunning new ethereal mounts and the mesmerizing shadow dragon dye.

Camping Update (Tanking Phase 2.5):

• GM camping skill creates campsites a little faster.
• New buff 'Rested', replaced the previous camping tent buff, maintains the same level of stat bonus, but persists when zoning if camping skill is over 75.
• Introducing new craftable 'Hearthlight Torch': Grants campsite regeneration effects for the wielder while on the move. Requires minimum 80.0 Camping skill.

Tactics Update:

• New ability: 'Shield Bash' stuns enemies for 6 seconds (3 seconds in PvP), costs 15 stamina, generates small amount of threat. Higher intelligence improves resist to stun. Cooldown 20 seconds.

This update is just the beginning! Expect more updates soon! Your feedback is being heard. Faction event issues and critical bug fixes are in the pipeline.

See you in-game, Shroud

• Fixed an issue with the Season's Window that now correctly toggles (with ] key) and loads while changing zones.
• Resolved an obscure issue where Season Challenges occasionally provided incorrect refresh times.

Thank you for your patience and continued support. See you in-game, Shroud

• We are currently aware of an issue with the invisibility cloaks and are working on fixing it.

• A couple of new items have been added to the faction coin vendor.

• The probability of fishing up rare loot in dungeons has been increased.

UPDATE: The outage has been resolved and the Shards of Britannia server should be available again shortly

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!

This is an update that Halloween activities are coming to an end!

Halloween spawns have ceased and the Halloween Dungeon is now closed.

The Halloween Candy vendors will remain until the end of the month so you can complete any final candy trades or purchases

The Bazaar vendors on Yew bank will remain until the end of the month

Thanks to everyone for participating and we hope you've had as much fun as we did!

(Note: end of the month time is Dec 1st 9am UTC)

• Faction coin vendors have now been introduced at each faction base, offering a variety of items. This is just the beginning of what's to come. Players are encouraged to explore these new additions and stay tuned for a range of exciting goodies planned for the future. Enjoy your adventures!

• Loot in faction event dungeon chests has been increased.

• Spawn rates in the faction dungeon have been increased.

The results are in for the Halloween 2023 House Decoration Contest!

The staff has voted and ranked the following winners:

1. International House of Mojo by Guybrush
2. Halloween House designed by Taria
3. Halloween Deco 2023 by Zarnack

The winners will receive a Toxic Kettle filled with some Halloween Candy for spending, and some customized Halloween goodies 🎃

We will drop your gifts off shortly!

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all participants! You all made some amazing creations and we can't wait to see what you come up with next!

Fixed an issue with the House Resource/Gear Chest "Manage Friends" option not appearing to the owner of the chest in some cases

The server is coming back online now.

We're excited to share some recent updates that enhance your gameplay experience:

1. Season Challenges Refresh Fix: Season challenges should now refresh correctly, eliminating issues with incorrect statuses.
2. BuffIcons Persistence: BuffIcons will now persist as expected during combat and when added or removed.
3. Combat State Correction: Blue players attacking Red characters will now correctly enter the "In-Combat" state, ensuring a fair fight.

These changes aim to improve your adventure, and more enhancements are on the horizon. Your continued support is appreciated!

See you in-game, Shroud

During the next restart, the server will remain offline for up to an hour to conduct additional maintenance tasks. Please keep an eye on #news in Discord for an announcement as to when the server will be available again.

Thank you for your patience.

Update: As some of you may have noticed, this didn't go ahead - it will now happen during the next maintenance window.

• Treasure chests within the faction dungeon now have a chance to yield faction coins and other rewards.

• Quick travel spells are now disabled within the Faction Dungeon.

• The new faction dungeon, has officially opened its portals in Buccaneers Den. Adventurers can battle faction MOBs to gather faction coins, soon to be valuable currency for an upcoming faction vendor. Player feedback on this latest update is highly encouraged.

We are working diligently to address the recent lag issues which causes stuttering and freezes in-game from time to time. We hope to have the issues improved very soon and appreciate your patience through the rough patches!

UPDATE: We have deployed a few fixes in the past couple of days to address some causes of server lag & stuttering.

We're aware of some issues with Season Challenges not resetting or refreshing and we're working to resolve them as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience

Congratulations to the 2023 Halloween Lottery winners! 1st - Zandel Q, 2nd - Zookeeper, 3rd - Mordred. We will be in touch shortly to give out your prizes!

1. Fine-tuned the "Shared Loot" system for more even distribution among group members.
2. Added Bows for Season Challenge crafting, Ice Ratmen for hunting, and OldToby for gathering

We hope you enjoy these improvements and new opportunities in Shards of Britannia!

• You can now purchase Halloween lottery boxes from the fishing token vendor.

• You can also catch Halloween lottery boxes inside dungeons (minimum fishing skill required: 50).

We've addressed the issue with Town Fishing loot not functioning during Holiday events. Multiple attempts were made earlier in the season, but the latest fix should resolve it.

Hint: If you are impacted by weather in-game, you can use Night Sight to counter it

Patch Note:

• Resolved an issue where houses were not decaying in some instances.

Update:

• We have implemented an additional fix for the issue of House Decay not functioning correctly. Consequently, all houses have been refreshed.
• We made this decision because if we had only fixed the issue, all houses that were in the In Danger of Collapsing (IDOC) state would have immediately fallen. We wanted to ensure fairness, so we decided to refresh all houses instead.
• It's important to note that the decay feature had not been working as intended for several months. Therefore, you haven't missed out on any decayed houses, and those that were in the IDOC state will still likely decay over time.

Starting now, when applying dyes or dye-tubs to furniture obtained through a deed, the deed will preserve the color and hue of the furniture upon release.

We're aware of unexpected results with weapon damage and are looking into it

Halloween items that normally can only be blessed with Halloween bless deeds can now also be blessed using Clothing Bless Deeds that are available on the donation vendor