Note: With the significant changes to the game settings system in this update, previously saved settings will be reset for all users. We apologize for any inconvenience. [quote]Horizons reinvigorates the open world with a more dynamic, rewarding, and accessible gameplay experience, as well as enhanced PvE challenges. It also introduces significant quality-of-life improvements, new customization options, and two new Albion Journal categories.[/quote]

New Open World Objectives

• These Encampments come in two sizes: Solo for individual players, and Group for parties of about 5 players
• Approaching an active Encampment activates a quest for the player or party that finds it, to earn a certain amount of Fame from clearing its mobs:
  • Fame requirements scale with an Encampments tier and region type
    • Quest progress is not affected by Premium or Fame bonuses
  • Party progress is shared, as long as members stay within the camp's vicinity
    • Fame is divided among party members, meaning larger groups will need to defeat more mobs to complete the quest
  • Once a quest has been started, you can leave the region and return to the camp within 60 minutes without losing your progress, provided the camp hasnt gone inactive
  • Camps in Yellow and Red Zones are unrestricted PvP areas
• Clearing an Encampment rewards the player or party with access to a Cache containing valuable loot, as well as Might and Favor
  • Loot distribution and rarity is instanced for each player
  • If unclaimed, loot is automatically removed from these Caches 10 minutes after a camp is completed
• When a camp becomes inactive, all mobs, map markers, caches, and quest progress are immediately removed

• These maps are unlocked by defeating Faction mobs within a radius around them, independent of the Dynamic Encampments quest
• Boss Lairs correspond to the size of the camp, whether solo or group
  • Solo Lair Maps have a higher spawn rate in Solo Dynamic Encampments than in other open-world mob camps
  • Group Lair Maps only spawn in Group Encampments
• Once a player interacts with the map, it disappears for everyone else
• Defeating the Lairs Boss unlocks an additional chest, with its rarity only revealed once completed

• Characters, Hideouts, and furniture will be removed from these areas when the update goes live:
  • Characters and Hideouts, along with all their contents, will be automatically relocated
  • Guilds are able to move their Hideouts for free for up to three days after relocation
  • Furniture in the open world will be destroyed

Outlands Changes

• Destinations are random within each Portal Town's assigned section of the Outlands, with no overlap between S.A.F.E. Portal ranges:
  • A map overlay highlights the portals assigned region, making it easy to identify the destination range
• Portal use requires a fee:
  • This fee increases with each subsequent use within a limited time to discourage players from fishing for specific locations
  • After using any S.A.F.E. Portal, there is a 30 second cooldown before another portal can be opened
• Personal portal mechanics:
  • After paying the fee, the player is teleported instantly and appears through a personal S.A.F.E. Portal, receiving a region change protection bubble upon arrival
  • The personal S.A.F.E. Portal location is indicated exclusively on the owners world and region maps, but it is visible in the game world when the owner is nearby
  • The personal S.A.F.E. Portal remains open for 90 minutes, providing enough time for exploration and a safer, instant teleport back to the originating Portal City
  • Using the personal S.A.F.E. Portal to return to the Portal City is free
• S.A.F.E. Portals close under the following conditions:
  • Its duration expires
  • It is used to return
  • The player dies, uses Journey Back, or travels to another safe location
  • The player collects any items from containers or performs trades with another player

• There is now a bonus to gathering and fishing Fame in the Outlands, based on the quality of the Region
• Fame from gathering, fishing, and defeating mobs, as well as Silver and loot from mobs and chests, all scale higher towards the center of the Outlands
• Mobs have increased health and damage in higher-quality regions
  • This does not apply to resource and territory mobs (such as Hide Animals and Territory Guards)
• Outlands region maps now include a dropdown with information showing reward bonuses and mob strength modifiers

Other Open World Changes

• Some Tier 6 regions can now be found in Yellow Zones, and some Tier 5 regions in Blue Zones, giving players access to a broader range of content before stepping into full-loot PvP zones

• Tier 7 resources now spawn in Tier 7 Red Zones

• Kill details are now suppressed for 5 minutes for everyone except the killer and the victim
• During a regions Prime Time, the Next Activity Chest Value overlay now displays the current chest value instead of the upcoming one
• The value of Hidden Treasures has been increased by roughly 400%

Mob Power Changes

• Mobs from Tier 5 and above now receive incremental power boosts, starting with a 9% increase at Tier 5 and 42% by Tier 8
• These adjustments do not apply to:
  • Avalonians in the Roads of Avalon
  • Tracking targets
  • Demons in Hellgates and Corrupted Dungeons
  • Elite enemies in Randomized Dungeons and World Boss Areas
  • Territory Guards
• As mob power increases, corresponding rewards (Fame, loot, and Silver) will scale as well to offer more substantial incentives for taking on these tougher foes
• Note that these changes are distinct from the mob power changes mentioned above (in Region Difficulty and Reward Modifiers)

Group Content Changes

• Rewards now scale with group size, increasing significantly as more players are involved

• Group Randomized Dungeon entrances now close a short time after a player enters
  • Royal Continent: 60 seconds
  • Outlands: 90 seconds
  • As with Solo Randomized Dungeons, a channel is now required to enter
• Fame and loot rewards for groups of 3 or more players have been increased by approximately 50%

• Crystal Beetle
  • A powerful, winged enemy which can punish its attackers with lightning strikes and magical energy
• Crystal Cobra
  • A vicious and intimidating reptile which can spit devastating, poisonous venom

• All Crystal Creatures, including Crystal Spiders, now spawn much more frequently; their spawn rate is adjusted based on the overall Guild Season point output
• Each individual Crystal Creature now yields less loot and Might, to partially counterbalance their significantly increased frequency
  • Loot rewards have been reduced by 56%, and Might by 83%
• Crystal Creatures no longer grant Favor, so that their rewards can be more focused on loot
• Crystal Creatures are now only marked on the map when players are nearby

Quick Settings Presets

• Presets can be accessed and managed from the bottom-left corner of the main in-game Settings menu
• Each preset can include settings from the following categories:
  • General
  • Graphics
  • Audio
  • Interface (including the new HUD Editor layouts)
  • Controls
  • Social
• Players can either start a fresh preset, or duplicate an existing one
  • A preset can then be customized by modifying settings as needed
• Up to 14 presets can be saved for specific playstyle needs or activities, such as PvP, ZvZ, PvE, or gathering
• Custom names and key bindings can be assigned to each preset for quick switching
• Presets can be exported to share with friends, guildmates, or other players

HUD Editor

• The HUD Editor can be opened from the Interface section of the in-game settings menu
• When entering the Editor, all HUD elements are highlighted on the screen, even those not currently active
• Players can freely move and adjust most elements
  • Selecting Align to Elements snaps components to other UI elements
  • Selecting Align to Grid reveals a grid for precise placement
• Each element can be clicked to open a dedicated settings window
  • Here, adjust anchor points, scale, and opacity can be adjusted
• Some elements are part of predefined groups, allowing for simultaneous movement and scaling for easier organization
  • Each individual element within these groups can still be adjusted independently
  • Custom groups can be created
• Some elements have additional specific settings for further customization
  • For example, the Status Effects bar can be configured to adjust its layout in rows and columns
• On mobile, the offset to the screen edge can also be adjusted

• After making adjustments in the HUD Editor, players can save their custom HUD layouts
• Up to 10 layouts can be saved for different activities
• These can be easily switched with the new Quick Presets feature
• Once saved, layouts can be quickly accessed from the Interface settings menu
• To share a layout, players can copy it to the clipboard and share it
  • This layout can be imported and saved directly into the HUD Editor
• Layouts are platform-specific and can only be shared between players on the same platform (PC or mobile)

• The scale of the HUD layout is now adjusted independently from the window scale
  • Window scaling now refers exclusively to UI windows like menus and popups
• Due to low demand, the default layout Spells on Right has been removed
  • Players who wish to use this setup can recreate it manually using the HUD Editor

Inventory and Storage Improvements

• The equipped items display above the players inventory can be condensed into a compact view
  • This allows more inventory space to view carried items
• Item sizes in the inventory can be customized, allowing more items to be visible at once
• Items in a players inventory can be sorted by the following categories
  • Weight
  • Tier
  • Estimated Market Value
  • Estimated Value by Weight
• Items can now be repaired from inside bank tabs, with the option to Repair All items in one click
• A new Move All button allows for easy transfers between inventory, chests and bank tabs
• Item search is now also available in the inventory UI
• The average item power of your equipped items is now displayed in the header of the inventory UI
• [DESKTOP] When mounting or dismounting transport mounts, a visual indicator in the inventory and the HUD now shows your load capacity change

New Albion Journal Categories

• This category challenges players to participate in group and guild activities, encouraging players to work together in large-scale battles, guild missions, and other social events

• This category introduces missions that revolve around managing your personal and guild islands, including farming and island upgrades

• New subcategories and missions have been added:
  • A new PvE subcategory for Dynamic Encampments
  • New Exploration missions focused on S.A.F.E. Portals and Open World Coffers
  • New Gathering missions related to Dynamic Resource Hotspots
• Improved automatic Journal mission recommendations and mission order
• Adjusted various mission conditions to enhance early-game progression
• Achievement mission progress elements in the Albion Journal UI are now fully clickable

Additional Changes and Improvements

• The Fame penalty applied to mobs within MistsCamps, due to them being quest NPCs with very high respawn rates, has been increased from 60% to 90%
  • Our intention is for camps to be played once before exhausting their value and needing to move on, but due to the high concentration of champion-level enemies in the new Dynamic Encampments, their potential for becoming a Fame camp was too great due to their high respawn rate
• Removed quest completion Fame
• Significantly increased the amount of Tomes of Insight within Personal Chests, to counter the lost Fame from mobs and quest completion
  • These changes should entirely counterbalance each other so that there is no change to the total amount of Fame from Mists Camps

• New categories to Player Rankings are available:
  • PvP Fame - Open World
  • PvP Fame - Mists
  • PvP Fame - Corrupted Dungeons
  • PvP Fame - Hell Gates
  • PvP Fame - Roads of Avalon
  • PvE Fame - Open World
  • PvE Fame - Mists
  • PvE Fame - Roads of Avalon
  • PvE Fame - Hardcore Expeditions
  • PvE Fame - Solo Dungeons
  • PvE Fame - Group Dungeons
  • PvE Fame - Raid Dungeons
  • PvE Fame - Static Dungeons
  • Tracking Fame
  • Gathering Fame - Fiber
  • Gathering Fame - Hide
  • Gathering Fame - Ore
  • Gathering Fame - Stone
  • Gathering Fame - Wood
  • Gathering Fame - Fishing
  • Journal Missions Completed
• Fame gained prior to the Horizons Update will not count towards these new categories, but will still count towards the old ranking categories

• [DESKTOP] Players can now double the size of all markers through the party menu
  • This ensures better visibility during large-scale battles
• Marked nametags will no longer disappear prematurely when the tagged player runs north of the screen
  • This matches the behavior of off-screen tags in other directions

• The gathering animation for Wood Axes has been reworked, providing a more visually dynamic and polished look to the woodcutting process
• Animations for the Deadly Chop and Battle Rush abilities have been improved for all Two-Handed Axe variants
• The Infernal Monstrosity and Bound Molten Demon have received a visual overhaul, with updated attack animations and spell effects
• The first Heretic Mine Expedition has received environmental improvements

• The pursuit range of Siphoning Mages has been reduced
• Dropped Banners no longer reduce Fortification protection
• The Energy destruction rate on Territory raids has been doubled from 5% to 10%
• The Enchantment level of Random Dungeon Maps now matches the Enchantment level of the dungeon it spawns
• Destiny Board highlighting has been polished, and is less glaring when zoomed in
• [MOBILE] The Virtual Controller and Tap Controls style settings in the Controls General section of the in-game Settings menu are now defaults for recommended Control options
• [MOBILE] Added a new server selection UI
• [DESKTOP] While in half-mounted radius, players now run to their mount before starting the mounting action, aligning with the existing Mobile behavior

Combat Balance Changes

• Bloody Reap (Infernal Scythe)
  • Cooldown: 20s 25s

• Pyroblast (one-handed Fire Staff)
  • Initial channel damage: 190 140
  • Channel damage after 0.6s: 266 240
  • Channel damage after 1.2s: 342 340

• Generous Heal (all Holy Staffs)
  • Heal: 132 100
  • Cooldown: 2s 1.5s
  • Now increases all healing received by the target by 5% for 4s, stacking up to 3 times
• Holy Flash (all Holy Staffs)
  • Heal: 130 117
  • Max targets: 5 10
• Holy Beam (all Holy Staffs)
  • Channel duration: 6s 3s
  • Cooldown: 16s 10s
  • Healing now starts at 60 and increases by 5 every 0.5s (previously started at 30 and increased by 30 per tick)
    • Total possible healing: 840 525

• Rejuvenating Flower (all Nature Staffs)
  • Empower Time: 0s 0s, 2s 1.5s, 4s 3s
  • Spell effect area radius: 1m 1.5m
• Cleanse Heal (all Nature Staffs)
  • Max targets: 5 10

• Concussive Combo (all Quarterstaffs)
  • The third hit is now an AoE with a radius of 4m
    • Third hit damage: 130 85
  • Now increases Threat Generation by 50
• Hurricane (Iron-clad Staff)
  • Cooldown reduced by 3s (cooldown scaling by Item Power is unchanged)

• Bloody Roar (Bloodmoon Staff)
  • Life steal: 7% 6%

• Mighty Blow (Broadsword)
  • End position offset: -3m -2.5m

• Wind Wall (Knight Armor)
  • Now purges all enemies hit
  • Cooldown: 30s 40s

• Raging Blink (Stalker Shoes)
  • Recast cooldown: 25s 30s (single cast cooldown remains 25s)
• Mark of Sacrifice (Hellion Shoes)
  • Cooldown: 20s 15s
• Shield Charge (Knight Boots)
  • Cooldown: 25s 20s

• T3 Riding Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 55%
• T4 Riding Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 60%
• T5 Riding Horse
  • Gallop Speed: 110% 115%
• T6 Riding Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 70%
  • Gallop Speed: 115% 120%
• T7 Riding Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 75%
  • Gallop Speed: 120% 125%
• T8 Riding Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 80%
  • Gallop Speed: 125% 135%
• Spectral Bonehorse
  • Base Speed: 65% 80%
  • Gallop Speed: 128% 137%
  • Time until Gallop: 4s 3s
• T5 Armored Horse
  • Gallop Speed: 110% 115%
• T6 Armored Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 70%
  • Gallop Speed: 115% 120%
• T7 Armored Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 75%
  • Gallop Speed: 120% 125%
• T8 Armored Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 80%
  • Gallop Speed: 125% 135%
• Morgana Nightmare
  • Base Speed: 65% 80%
  • Gallop Speed: 128% 137%
• Gallant Horse
  • Base Speed: 65% 75%

Fixes

• Storm Wall (Battle Eagle): Fixed issue where the ability would attempt to knock enemies back before purging them
• Groundbreaker (Polehammer): Added missing AoE escalation to the stun effect
• Arcane Protection (All Arcane Staffs): Fixed issue where the shield would be removed by forced movement effects
• Positional Drift (Shapeshifter Staffs): Fixed issue where the VFX could be spammed
• Bane (Demonic Staff): Fixed issue where it would keep stacking after a killing blow, instead of triggering its effect at 4 stacks
• Shapeshifter Staffs: Fixed issue where Awakened Weapon bonus attributes would not apply after changing regions in Shape form or transforming for the first time after a region change

• Fixed inaccurate rounding on Albion Journal progress bar in the summary page
• Fixed issue where bonus Gathering and Tracking Fame would not display in overhead messages
• Fixed issue where loot containers could briefly display other loot on opening
• Fixed issue where interacting with the Vanity Merchant could cause the inventory to open or close unexpectedly
• Fixed issue where the playtime counter would not display the number of days if playtime exceeded one year
• Fixed issue where icons would disappear when rapidly changing the size of the Destiny Board or Journal tracker
• Fixed an issue where the Destiny Board could malfunction when loading during region changes
• Fixed issue where the party list could not be moved when it was underneath the character avatar
• Fixed issue where city plot icons would sometimes not load on the region map
• Fixed issue where the loot container would flicker when a personal chest was opened by multiple players simultaneously
• Fixed issue where the hint window from the You Are What You Wear tutorial could only be closed using ESC
• Fixed issue where awakening weapons in the Artifact Foundry could fail, leaving the Awaken button grayed out despite having all necessary resources
• Fixed issue where more than one item could be added to the Awakening window in the Artifact Foundry
• Fixed issue where player names with spaces in the Access Rights tab were not recognized correctly

• Fixed issue where Guilds would not receive the correct amount of Season Points for converted Siphoned Energy
• Fixed issue where selected chat channel would reset to the default channel after changing regions
• Fixed issue where the first item in an Activity Chest would disappear after daily maintenance
• Fixed issue where invading another players Corrupted Dungeon would activate a cooldown on all spells
• Fixed issue where Enchanted Roasts had higher weight and nutrition values than unenchanted Roasts
• Fixed issue where defeating summoned mobs would count towards some Journal missions progress
• Fixed issue where the Armor values of some Heretic mobs in Hardcore Expeditions were too low
  • The damage taken by these mobs is now significantly lower
• Various additional graphical, animation, terrain, audio, UI, and localization fixes