Paths to Glory Update - Version 26.000.1 - July 22, 2024

The Albion Journal

• The Albion Journal is a personal logbook that will help you keep track of your adventures and to build up the chronicle of your journey through the lands of Albion
• This is a new achievement tracking feature designed to provide clear guidance and exciting goals for all players, whether youre a seasoned veteran or just starting out
• The journal offers a mixture of missions that can be completed in a single play session, as well as longer-term goals that unlock valuable rewards and unique vanity items
• The Journal provides an overview of the games core activities and features, guiding players through Albions sandbox structure immediately after the tutorial

• The Albion Journal has its own section, the Journal Tracker, on the player HUD just below the Destiny Board button
• The Journal Tracker displays up to three missions for you to follow your progress.
  • You can choose which missions to follow here, or let it show recommended missions
• The Journal Tracker is a collapsable menu, which notifies you when you have rewards available

• The Albion Journal starts with one revealed mission and gradually reveals more as you progress
• Missions can be completed even if they are not yet revealed in the Journal
• Missions are organized into categories and subcategories, with goals and rewards unlocking as you progress
• Main Categories included in the Paths to Glory update:
  • PvE
  • Gathering
  • Economy
  • Exploration
  • PvP
• Some brand-new items are available as rewards as you progress through the Journal (see Albion Journal Rewards below)
• Many existing Steam Achievements are now part of Journal Missions
  • If these were completed prior to the launch of the Journal, their rewards will be ready to claim
  • Steam Achievements will remain in the Achievements section separately

Albion Journal Rewards

• Each completed mission grants a reward
  • These rewards can be claimed in the Albion Journal UI
  • Rewards for individual missions include Tomes of Insight, Silver, Focus Restoration Potions, Gathering Tomes, and many more!
  • A new reward item is available, Tome of Learning, which grants Learning Points when used

• As you progress through each of the main categories, you will unlock unique new vanity rewards at various stages
  • 20% completion: A unique Avatar
  • 40% completion: A matching Avatar Ring
  • 60% completion: A wardrobe item with a vanity spell
  • 80% completion: A brand-new mount skin
  • 100% completion: A very rare, elite version of the wardrobe item and spell
• These vanity rewards follow the theme of each category
• All Category Rewards are non-tradable

Dynamic Spawn Rates

• Snapshots of each servers activity levels will be taken ongoingly
• Some spawn and upgrade rates will be automatically adjusted based on this activity
  • Spawn rates will dynamically increase during busy times and decrease during off-peak periods
  • There are limits in place to ensure that low-activity periods dont offer too little, and busy periods dont offer too much

Roads of Avalon Improvements

• The tier of Roads region you enter is now based on the zone type from which you enter
  • Tier 4 Roads: Primarily found when entering from Blue and Yellow zones
  • Tier 6 Roads: Typically found when entering from Red and Black zones
  • Tier 8 Roads: Exclusive to Deep Roads and 20-Player Portals
• The number of 20-Player Portal Regions has been increased to provide more frequent connections to Roads Hideout Regions
  • Some connections to 20-Player Portal Regions from non-Hideout Regions have been added too, to increase competition
• Group Portals within the Roads now have a 300 second recharge time

• Tracking is now possible in the Roads
• Group rewards have been significantly increased to encourage cooperative play, while solo rewards have been reviewed to ensure fairness compared to other content
  • Avalonian Chests have had their value increased
    • Tier 4 and Tier 6 chests have received a slight buff, and Tier 8 chests a significant buff
  • They now also upgrade in size over time if left untouched
  • Small Avalonian Chests can never be rare or legendary, while Large Avalonian Chests can never be common
• The number of areas dedicated to gathering has been reduced
  • Their respawn rate has been increased to maintain total resource output in the Roads
  • The free spots will be used to introduce additional PvE areas and Solo Randomized Dungeon entrances
• Randomized Dungeons with fixed entrances have had their bonus loot reduced
  • To compensate, they are always Enchanted now
• Randomized Dungeon entrances, Mobs, Chests, and Resources have been moved to offer greater diversity of content and remove ultra-specialized regions with only one resource type

• Mob tiers are now standardized in each different Roads region
  • With the exception of resource mobs, all Roads mobs will match the tier of the region
• Pathfinder Initiate, Ascetic and Monks knockback spell now has an AoE indicator and can be dodged
• Pathfinder Heavy Drones no longer use their spells off-cooldown
• Bosses protecting chests offer significantly less Fame
  • Instead, opening a chest will reward Fame to the first group who open it

• Roads Portal tooltips now show the danger type of the Roads region
• Avalonian Chest tooltips no longer show their rarity, regardless of your proximity to them
• Furniture can no longer be placed in PvE and gathering areas
• Some areas have updated visuals, for greater variety

Guild Islands Rework

• Guilds can now also own multiple islands in every city on the Royal Continent one each in Martlock, Bridgewatch, Fort Sterling, Lymhurst, Thetford, and Caerleon .
• Guild Islands have reworked visuals which reflect the atmosphere, aesthetics, and biome of their host city

New Crystal Weapons

• Twin Slayers (Daggers): Ring of Death throws your daggers in a ring around you, which can then be summoned back, slicing through all enemies in their path
• Dreadstorm Monarch (Mace): Eye of the Storm conjures a growing storm around you that slows enemies and shreds their resistances
• Exalted Staff (Holy Staff): Sanctify heals allies and removes ground-based damaging, debuffing, or crowd-control areas of effect

Corrupted Dungeon Changes

• Corrupted Dungeon Maps have been added
  • These can be crafted at the Artifact Foundry
• Bat spawn times adjusted
  • Hunter: 5 minutes 3 minutes
  • Stalker: 5 minutes 3 minutes
  • Slayer: 3 minutes (unchanged)

Quality of Life Improvements

• Weapons now have all of their spells unlocked from Tier 4 upwards, to increase gameplay variety
• Items can now be overcharged twice in combat, increasing overcharge duration at a greater risk of breaking the item
  • This will allow for prolonged ZvZ battles beyond the 30-minute mark

• A party leader can initiate a Ready Check in two ways:
  • From their character drop-down menu
  • By typing /readycheck in the chat
• All party members, regardless of location, receive a notification asking if they are ready or not
• Responses are displayed to all party members
  • Green check-mark: Ready
  • Red cross: Not ready
  • White question mark: Pending/AFK
• If a member does not respond in 60 seconds, they are marked as Pending/AFK
• Responses remain on-screen for 30 seconds after the end of the Ready Check
  • If a new Ready Check is initiated in this time, the original responses are overwritten

• The Destiny Board has improved scaling and zooming
• All players in a Randomized Dungeon now receive a message when the entrance closes
  • No more counting to 90 and guessing if an entrance is gone!
• The Daily Bonus Tracker in the HUD can now be collapsed
• Last Death Recap can now be accessed from the Player Menu at any time during the same play session
• Siege UI:
  • The Siege UI is now accessible at any time when using the Siege Banner item
  • Improved information display that better reflects the requirements necessary for Siege Banner use
• Added a market value estimation of equipment when inspecting a player
  • The estimated value includes equipped items only, not items in inventory
  • Displayed value is a rounded number; hovering over estimated value shows the exact amount
• Player Rankings UI:
  • Added options to filter rankings by Guild Members only and Friends List only
  • When a player ranks outside the top 10,000, their position along with the two players immediately above and below them are displayed
• Party and guild management:
  • Player markers are now displayed in front of other elements (such as health bars) and are easier to distinguish from the background, improving the visibility of marked players in large battles
  • Player pings now appear as system messages in chat
  • Added button to Guild UI to copy Guild Member list to the clipboard
• Territory Activity Chest world map overlays added, showing:
  • Average Activity Chest Value
  • Next Activity Chest Value
• Trade UI now displays projected character weight after a prospective trade
• Added confirmation popup message when using Journey Back to better inform about Silver costs
• Added an opacity setting for the chat box in focused mode
• Improved search function by allowing variation in words instead of requiring an exact match
• Improved target dummy DPS view to be more consistent and closer to actual damage timing

Additional Changes and Improvements

• In order to create some economic space and bring greater parity to Albions various features, various slight adjustments have been made to the Mists and Knightfall Abbey:
  • Boss and Shrine chest values in Knightfall Abbey reduced by approximately 10%
    • Duo Mists chests have had their bonus values adjusted to offset this change, and are unaffected
  • Resolved an issue where some mobs in Knightfall Abbey gave too little Silver
    • This has resulted in a ~9% overall increase in Silver from mobs
  • Already small loot chances from mobs removed to offset increased Silver and protect chests from further reductions
  • Arcane Spiderling spawn chances in the Mists reduced by 18%
• Veteran and Elite mobs now regenerate health in combat, making them less profitable when engaged by fewer players
  • Their overall health has been reduced to maintain the time needed for a group to kill them
• Mobs with very long respawn times (e.g. Ancient Resource Mobs) will spawn at more unpredictable intervals
• Reworked animations and VFX for Quarterstaffs and Scythes
• The following spells have also been visually redesigned:
  • Threatening Smash (all Maces)
  • Slowing Charge (two-handed Hammers)
  • Rending Strike (two-handed Axes)
• A-key can now be used to exit islands
• Dynamic Events added for the Mists, Roads of Avalon, and Tracking
• Territory Activity Chests are now lootable by anyone after a Raid if the Territory has no owner
• Players who are inactive during a Faction Warfare week will no longer receive a weekly report
• Removed recipes that use Arcane Essences and Faded Essences from the Artifact Foundry
  • Arcane Essences can now be salvaged for Silver
• Crystal Gladiator vanity items are no longer available from Crystal League chests
  • These are now only available via Albion Journal Crystal League Missions
• Spawn buff prevention no longer counts down while between regions
• [MOBILE] Added S, W, and E indicators to Minimap
• [CONTROLLER] Moved "Emotes" to the D-pad action wheel
• [CONTROLLER] Added a "Travel Mode Settings" controller button action to the Region Map

Steam and Mobile Achievement Conditions

• Successfully finish an Expedition Finish a Tier 3 Solo Expedition
• Enter a Randomized Dungeon Finish a Tier 3 Solo Dungeon
• Enter 1,000 Randomized Dungeons Finish 1,000 Solo Dungeons
• Complete your first hunt Track down a rare solo creature
• Track down and kill one of each creature type Track down 7 different rare solo creatures
• Kill a Guardian Aspect from every biome Harvest resources from Guardian Aspects in every biome
• Defeat a Guardian in a Road of Avalon Harvest resources from a Guardian in the Roads of Avalon
• Defeat the final boss in a Corrupted Dungeon Defeat the final boss in a Hunter Corrupted Dungeon
• Gain 100,000 Infamy in any Hellgate type Gain 100,000 Infamy in 2v2 Hellgates
• Gain 250,000 Infamy in any Hellgate type Gain 250,000 Infamy in 2v2 Hellgates
• Win a Crystal League Match Win a 5v5 Crystal League Match
• Win a Crystal League Match of Rank 3 Win a Rank 3 5v5 Crystal League Match
• Win a Crystal League Match of Rank 7 Win a Rank 7 5v5 Crystal League Match

Combat Balance Changes

• Melee weapon Resilience remains unchanged for groups of five or fewer, and ramps up more slowly from six attackers
  • For example, melee survivability has decreased by 10.58% against ten players, and by 19.16% against fifteen players
• Ranged weapons now uses the same resilience values as melee, which means that the ranged survivability increases more quickly
  • For example, Ranged survivability has increased by 9.72% against three players, by 17.99% against ten players, and by 6.47% against fifteen players

• Protective Beam (Enigmatic Staff)
  • Range: 12m 14m

• Blood Bandit (Battleaxe)
  • Recast time window for 2nd throw: 10s 9s
  • 1st throw Cooldown: 0s 1s
  • 1st throw 0 stack Damage: 175 160
  • 1st throw 1 stack Damage: 200 190
  • 1st throw 2 stack Damage: 225 220
  • 1st throw 3 stack Damage: 250 (stays unchanged)
• Bloody Reap (Infernal Scythe)
  • 1st Hit Damage: 108 98
• Whirlwind (Greataxe)
  • Damage for consecutive hits: 4 5
• Carrioncaller
  • Resilience Penetration: 30% 25%
• Halberd
  • Resilience Penetration: 30% 25%
• Infernal Scythe
  • Resilience Penetration: 30% 25%

• Flame Tornado (Blazing Staff)
  • Final DoT duration: 2s 2.4s
  • Damage per tick (vs players): 60 66
  • Damage per tick (vs mobs): 43.45 48

• Powerful Swing (all Hammers)
  • Added 66 bonus threat generation

• Auto-Attacks (all Quarterstaffs)
  • Attack Range: 4m 3m
• Hurricane (Iron-clad Staff)
  • Channel Duration: 2s 3s
• Tornado (Soulscythe)
  • Increased projectile speed slightly by ~10%

• Adapting Matter (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
  • Shield duration 1.5s 2s
• Distortion (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
  • Damage per tick: 60 54
• Tether Shift (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
  • Removed multicast
  • The follow up ability (dash or pull) now activates instantly
  • Shield Strength: 100 200 (now applied before the pull starts)
  • Removed the resistance increase when cast on allies
• Polymorph (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
  • Added: Cast time 0s 0.4s

• Spear Throw (Heron Spear)
  • Damage: 200 210
• Razor's Edge (Rift Glaive)
  • Area width: 8m 7m
  • Knockback area length: 10m 8m
  • Slightly increased knockback speed, thus reducing CC time
• Heron Spear
  • Resilience Penetration: 25% 20%
• Rift Glaive
  • Resilience Penetration: 25% 15%
• Spirithunter
  • Resilience Penetration: 20% 15%

• Hamstring (all Swords)
  • 2nd Ability Renamed: Heroic Hamstring Heroic Leap
  • Removed slow on Heroic Leap
  • Heroic Leap damage: 78 122
• Limit Breaker (Infinity Blade)
  • Damage Buff no longer ends after 2nd cast
  • Damage: 105 112
• Clarent Blade
  • Resilience Penetration: 20% 15%

• Earth Crusher (Ravenstrike Cestus)
  • 0 Charge Damage: 166 179
  • 1 Charge Damage: 176 190
  • 2 Charge Damage: 187 202
  • 3 Charge Damage: 198 214
• Spiked Gauntlets
  • Resilience Penetration: 25% 20%

• Dynamic Defense (Jacket of Tenacity)
  • Magic Damage Bonus: 25% 20%
  • Physical Damage Bonus: 25% 20%
• Electric Field (Stalker Jacket)
  • Damage per tick: 28 26
• Protection of the Fiends (Demon Armor)
  • No longer affects mobs

• Fey Barrier (Brecilien Cape)
  • Shield: 230 275
• Force Pulse (Avalonian Cape)
  • Damage: 144 133

• Tranquilizer Venom (Goliath Horseeater)
  • Slow: Removed
  • Duration: 15s 10s
  • Auto-Attack Speed Reduction: 30% 15%
  • Added: Debuff now stacks up to 3 times
• Spider's Web (Goliath Horseeater)
  • Slow: 20% 25%
• Cocoon (Goliath Horseeater)
  • Stun vs Battle Mounts: 4s 6s
  • Immunity to spell 7s 10s
  • Now stuns flying Battle Mounts

Fixes

• Spell fixes:
  • Divine Intervention (Hallowfall Staff): Fixed issue where the cooldown reduction for healing an ally could be purged
  • Frost Shield (all Cloth Armors): Fixed issue where the slow effect could be purged
  • Hellfire Potion: Fixed issue where the damage over time effect could incorrectly be purged
  • Magic Pollen (Harvester Cap): Fixed issue where sleep effect would sometimes not apply
  • Wild Onslaught (Primal Staffs): Fixed issue where cooldown would sometimes not trigger
  • Flame Tornado (Blazing Staff): Fixed issue where damage-over-time could hit twice
  • Triple Kick (War Gloves): Fixed an issue where damage would not be dealt if the caster was buffed by Holy Blessing (Holy Staffs)
  • Avalonian Cape no longer triggers when hostile dismount debuff is active
  • Fixed incorrect tooltips for Relentless Assault (Crystal Reaper), Inertia Ring (Hammers), Tornado (Soulscythe), and Razor's Edge (Rift Glaive)
  • Fixed incorrect indication areas for Ground Pound (Grovekeeper) and Frost Lance (Frost Staffs)
• UI fixes:
  • Fixed issue where Death Recap and respawn option would not appear on death when Window Animations were enabled
  • Fixed issue where item details could not be opened when shared via chat
  • Fixed issue where Earthkeeper Chieftains whirlwind spell icon would disappear while spell active
  • Fixed issue where purchased items would sometimes not appear in Completed Transactions tab
  • Fixed issue where some recipes in crafting building UIs would display incorrect or confusing information
  • Fixed issue where some Tracked targets would not appear on the minimap
  • Fixed issue where, when in a Hideout, Hideout Production Bonuses would incorrectly appear on other region minimaps
• Other:
  • Fixed issue where the Fame Bonus buff from visiting a Hideout would persist after leaving the Black Zones to Brecilien
  • Fixed issue where loot mode could change unintentionally in Duo Mists
  • Fixed issue where characters with Access Guild Mail permission could accept or decline guild applications and alliance invitations without Invite permission, but could not send guild mails
  • Fixed issue where the Spiked Demon summoned by the Mistress of Demons would not despawn upon her reset or death
  • Fixed rare issue where players could take double knockdown damage in Yellow Zone Mists
  • [MOBILE] Fixed issue with selecting Destiny Board nodes via search bar
• Additional graphical, terrain, animation, audio, and localization fixes

Its time to walk the Paths to Glory! Albions latest content update has arrived, bringing the Albion Journal - a new achievement system offering unique rewards - new Crystal Weapons, Dynamic Spawn Rates, and a wealth of improvements across the game. And, as always, weve produced a brand-new trailer for the occasion. Check it out here: [previewyoutube=1EvSkwrsGXk;full][/previewyoutube]

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