Patch Notes List

We're working on deploying World Chat back to the game! Previously world chat was disabled due to occasional server crashes caused by the feature, so we've worked on improvements to stability and performance and resolved the root causes of any crashes.

Please make sure you're up-to date with the Communication Rules to avoid putting your world-chat privileges at risk. Thanks for playing fair!

We hope that the comeback of World Chat helps players communicate better and create more positive interactions for new players and veterans alike. Enjoy!

To talk in world chat:

• use the /c command (short for chat), ex: /c hello world
• click the "Say" button at the bottom left of the chat box in-game and switch it to "World Chat" (note: if this option doesn't appear, make sure World Chat is toggled ON in settings and then you may need to log back in to update your chat)

Toggle World Chat, Ignore & Report options:

• a new option when right-clicking yourself "Chat Options" takes you to the updated Character Settings -> Chat & Whisper page with the following options:
  • Toggle World Chat: this allows you to enable/disable world-chat visibility for your character
  • Block/Report Users: this brings up a list of recent messages you've seen (local, whisper & chat) and allows you to Block said user or Report their speech if it violates the rules
  • Unblock Users: this brings up a list of users you've blocked allowing you to un-block Note: Ignoring a player will block their local speech, whispers to you, world chat messages, and any other chat messages from them

Two Way Channel: a two-way Discord channel has been added here where players who are not currently logged into the game can join in on the discussion

Note: Some or all features may not work correctly during the initial rollout, please check back again soon if something doesn't work right

Our new horse and cart system has been added! You can now start a new quest to gather all the items required to make a horse and cart. Look for the quest giver near the Minoc stables. After hunting some skeletons and zombies in the graveyards and collecting a number of undead crystals, you will need to acquire the following items: 1 x Bridle, 1 x Cart, Bolts, and a Shrunken Percheron horse. You will most likely need to work with fellow players who have GM crafters that can help you make these items. Carpenters, Tinkerers, and Blacksmiths will be needed to craft all the parts. You will also need the help of a GM tamer to track down a Percheron horse needed to pull the cart. Once acquired, you will need to find Luke the Wizard, a powerful Dimensional Reductionist, and have him shrink the horse for you. Luke can usually be found wondering around the Dungeons of Britannia. Afterward, return to the quest giver to receive your very own horse and cart.

New treasure has been added to the world, which can be obtained via fishing, mining, lumberjacking, and from world bosses. These include extremely large treasure chests and rare large mushrooms. You will need to use a horse and cart to move these items and seek out Luke the Wizard, who will move locations from time to time. He can shrink the treasure chests for you so you can access your treasure. You may also find extremely large Britannia crystals that will need shrinking. This is a new currency that can be used to buy items from Ben the Wizard in Britain. The items on this vendor will change from time to time.

When moving these large, heavy items in the carts, you will not be able to fast travel. The horse will not be able to enter portals, get on ships, recall, be summoned by a stable master, and will be left behind if the player uses their Hearthstone.

Horse and cart dyes can be fished up outside of towns but not inside dungeons or the deep sea.

We are planning to add some type of "Caravan System/Quests" in the near future where players can start a quest to move large heavy items for an NPC. A server-wide alert will be sent out when this quest has been started, and players will need to move the cart to a number of locations to complete the quest and receive payment.

• Our new horse and cart system has been added! You can now start a new quest to gather all the items required to make a horse and cart. Look for the quest giver near the Minoc stables. After hunting some skeletons and zombies in the graveyards and collecting a number of undead crystals, you will need to acquire the following items: 1 x Bridle, 1 x Cart, Bolts, and a Shrunken Percheron horse. You will most likely need to work with fellow players who have GM crafters that can help you make these items. Carpenters, Tinkerers, and Blacksmiths will be needed to craft all the parts.

You will also need the help of a GM tamer to track down a Percheron horse needed to pull the cart. Once acquired, you will need to find Luke the Wizard, a powerful Dimensional Reductionist, and have him shrink the horse for you. Luke can usually be found wondering around the Dungeons of Britannia. Afterward, return to the quest giver to receive your very own horse and cart.

New treasure has been added to the world, which can be obtained via fishing, mining, lumberjacking, and from world bosses. These include extremely large treasure chests and rare large mushrooms. You will need to use a horse and cart to move these items and seek out Luke the Wizard, who will move locations from time to time. He can shrink the treasure chests for you so you can access your treasure. You may also find extremely large Britannia crystals that will need shrinking. This is a new currency that can be used to buy items from Ben the Wizard in Britain. The items on this vendor will change from time to time.

When moving these large, heavy items in the carts, you will not be able to fast travel. The horse will not be able to enter portals, get on ships, recall, be summoned by a stable master, and will be left behind if the player uses their Hearthstone.

Horse and cart dyes can be fished up outside of towns but not inside dungeons or the deep sea.

We are planning to add some type of "Caravan System/Quests" in the near future where players can start a quest to move large heavy items for an NPC. A server-wide alert will be sent out when this quest has been started, and players will need to move the cart to a number of locations to complete the quest and receive payment.

• The new horse and cart system is now live. More details will come in the next few days, but for now, you can speak to Oliver next to the Minoc stables to start a quest and begin your journey to acquire your very own horse and cart.

• The Celtic Idol dye tub can now dye more statues, including Ebris, Pyros, and Tethys statues.

• A new 3 year veteran reward has been added. It is a veteran death shroud deed that can change chest armor to look like a death shroud. This deed is everlasting. It also comes with a special dye tub with all the colors of the existing veteran death shrouds.

Players who already own a veteran death shroud can swap them for the new reward at any item fixer in the game. You can find one at the counselor's guild in Britain.

• Murderers can no longer use camouflage potions

• Murderers can no longer use camouflage potions.

House Refresh Improvements

• when you login to the game, if you own any houses, the houses will immediately be sent a refresh signal and your character will receive a confirmation message to let you know it's been refreshed
• house refresh confirmation messages will now show the house's name, location, region and the time it was refreshed, to make it easier to keep track of house refresh times in cases where you might be away for a while
• improved refreshing house through interacting with items in the house like lockdowns, containers, doors, and the house sign; previously there was a cooldown between these interactions to prevent spamming "the house has been refreshed" to players, instead now it will perform the refresh and only avoid the system message spam
• reminder: if you need to be away from the game for longer than 3-4 weeks, please contact us for Vacation Hold on your houses, where we can hold them for up to 90 days of leave

Vendor Deeds:

• added gender selection when using vendor deeds
• added confirmation prompt when attempting to place vendor to educate users about Vendor Fees

In-game Map:

• the in-game map now defaults to Draggable for QOL

• Cora the Sorceress has had some new abilities added and updated loot tables.

• Peculiar tentacle plants have established their presence within Britannia. If you possess exploding barrels, you may attempt to destroy them, as they often harbor loot from adventures they've intercepted.

• The Demonic Minotaur's loot table has been fixed, and the pressure traps at its location no longer instantly kill players.

The Ethereal Wings Lottery is live! Visit Merlin Skyfeather near Britain Bank to enter. The cost is 10 raffle tokens, which can be found as loot on Paragon monsters. The lottery will be drawn on 22/5/2024.

• All Necromancer pet animations have now been fixed.

• Runic sewing kits can now create runic bone armor

• Crafted fish oil will no longer be created in pouches.
• Fixed an issue with crafted golden fishing rods having a base durability of 1.
• Updated the weapons in the Deceit weapon caches to no longer use durability prefixes when generated.

Holiday items are currently restricted from being inserted into the House Resource/Gear Chests due to unique properties that holiday items can have, such as the tooltip, color, or other attributes that may not be retained properly when inserting and removing them from these chests. In the future we will try to improve the system so it can handle unique items more readily. Thanks for your understanding & apologies for the inconvenience

We've deployed a hotfix to resolve issues with individual Season Challenges showing as "( Complete )" when they are actually at "0 / N" progress.

We're pleased to announce the start of Season 3 in Shards of Britannia. As we step into another season, we want to thank you for your continuous support which has been instrumental in the gradual growth of our server.

🏆 Season 3 Begins: As Season 3 rolls out, we invite you to explore the updates at your own pace. A set of challenges awaits, offering chances for both new and seasoned adventurers to demonstrate their prowess and earn rewards.

🎁 Updated Rewards: This season, we're adding a selection of exclusive items meant to reward your dedication and achievements in the game.

📅 End Date: July 4th, 2024 @ 9am UTC

We're excited for you to experience the challenges of our seasonal content, even as we continue to build and improve Shards of Britannia. Your involvement and feedback are what drive the continuous development of our community and game.

Thank you for being a part of Shards of Britannia. Here's to another season of adventure.

See you in-game! ⚔️🛡️

A patch has been released for the Shards of Britannia Launcher. If you have trouble connecting please make sure to close the game and launcher completely and then re-open the SoB Launcher. The launcher should download the update automatically. This update should improve issues people have been having recently with not being able to stay connected.

• The weapon caches inside Dungeon Deceit will now be automatically refilled every 24 hours.

• Faction players can no longer use Camouflage Potions.

-The Riddle Vendor in Britain Castle now sells a new jester mount for 60 riddle tokens. Chuckles the jester has hidden special riddles in all the towns of Britannia! Double-click on inanimate objects to try to find them and earn riddle tokens.

• We have fixed an issue with the weight of fish oil. You should now be able to hold large amounts of it in your pack when crafting.

• Tinkerers can now craft golden fishing rods using fish oil and regular fishing rods.

Alchemists can now craft fish oil. This oil can currently be used in the recipe to craft exploding barrels, and more uses will be added soon.

A hotfix has been deployed to resolve an issue with Covetous being treated as a No Mounts Allowed area by mistake; this was only intended for the Event Dungeons, which is a copy of Covetous currently.

• Summoner's Dark Guardians have received a minor damage buff.

• Tailors are now able to craft summoner's armor using veil shards. Each piece will grant a 16.66% increase in summon lifespan when worn.

• Mounts are no longer permitted in the faction dungeon.

• The Ancient Wrym will now start dropping exploding barrel recipes. These barrels can be utilized across the world for various purposes, such as accessing bosses and special locations.

The issues with the minimap should be now fixed. Unfortunately this will cause the need to re-download a big file.. Apologies in advance.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the SoB lottery! In first place is Barby, second place is Deviant, and third is Warfin. Congratulations to all the winners! Join us at the official award ceremony this weekend. Winners are not required to be there if they cannot make it (See Discord for date/time.) We will also have a special raffle at the door.