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 few players are still being affected by login issues when attempting to connect to the game, or attempting to log in additional accounts. We are continuing to work on this issue and hope to have a solution soon.

We are seeing a healthy number of players connected and playing again since a small change was pushed yesterday. If you are still having issues, please try rebooting your PC and connecting again.

If after the update and rebooting you are still experiencing issues, please log an emergency support ticket or use the contact form on our website and we will be in touch when we can.

We're aware of a widespread issue with people being logged out of the game with the error "there was a problem connecting to SoB launcher." Please do not start Support Tickets for this issue. Instead, we will post a note when the issue is resolved and if there is anything you need to do on your end. For now, please continue to be patient while we work on the issue, thanks.

UPDATE: This has been resolved on our end, but it may require you to update a file if you still have issues. If you still have an issue installing the game, please replace the file titled SoB_Launcher.exe with a freshly downloaded copy from here: https://cdn.shardsofbritannia.com/launcher/SoB_Launcher.exe to resolve. Please reach out in Discord if you have any remaining issues

We are aware of issues surrounding players not being able to install the game right now and we are working on it diligently. Sorry for the interruption! We will post another note just as soon as we can confirm its resolution. Please check back 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.

Recently we released the new Summoners Leather crafting recipes, and subsequently a bug occurred causing these items to also drop as loot from monsters, which was not intended. We have corrected the issue and also deployed a measure to destroy any of these items that were obtain as loot rather than being crafted. Sorry for the confusion and inconvenience and we hope you still enjoy the new additions!

• 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.

We're aware that some or all of the Weapon Caches, as part of a quest, are currently unfilled. We are working on automating this process as currently the caches are manually filled by a member of the team in order to provide custom and hand-selected items. We are going to work on developing tools to automate this while retaining the level of customization that doing it by hand provides. Keep an eye on these chests, we will also update this post when we have more news about this for you. Thanks for your patience!

UPDATE (March 5th): We've deployed another set of fixes for issues with quests not completing or not recognizing the required items. If you still have the objectives complete and the items for the quest, please try to complete the quest once more. If you previously tried to complete the quest and it took your items but refused to complete or completed but did not give you the reward item, please reach out via Discord Support Ticket and we will work with you individually. If you already have a Discord Ticket we will be in touch

UPDATE (March 3rd): We're aware that some people are still having issues with completing quests, we will continue to work on solutions for these issues, thanks so much for your patience

ORIGINAL (March 1st): A hotfix has been deployed to fix issues with Quests becoming stuck on the final stage. If you have a quest that is stuck on the final "turn in" stage, please try to complete it again and this time it should work. We'll continue to monitor for further issues with Quests

• Come join us outside Britain Bank as we present the winners with their prizes! There will be a special raffle at the door, so make sure you bring 5 raffle tokens to enter! Check our official Discord for details on the time and date.

• The Celtic Idol dye tub will now work on these statues. Easter Island Head, Zephyr & Kho statues and the Gargoyle candle.

• Improved tracking of Quest Items which should in turn improve issues with not being able to complete a quest in some cases
• Fixed issue with Camouflage potion durations not matching the potion's strength when using them
• Fixed issues with Tracking not working in some cases
• Fixed issues with not being able to loot one's own corpse inside the Weekly Dungeon or turning grey for looting a half-decayed player/pet corpse
• Fixed issue with Lord's Boon hearthstone spellcast becoming interrupted in some cases when performing some actions
• Fixed issue with Res-Kill Protection (Temporary PVP Protection) not being applied upon resurrecting

Temporary Karma & Young status options:

• Lord Seymour now offers an option to Reinstate Young Player Status for characters who are still eligible
• Lord Seymour now offers an option to Reset Karma which will reset negative karma back to zero
• These options will be available until May 1st

A new Celtic Idol dye tub is now available on the Enamel Dye Tub Donation Vendor.

We are currently aware of and working on resolving bugs from the recent patch:

• issues with players not being able to loot their own corpse in the weekly dungeon in some cases (known workaround is to wait until it turns to bones to loot it)
• issues with characters turning grey for looting someone else's half-decayed corpse in some cases
• issue with the Camouflage potion duration not matching when using the potion versus it's crafting description
• potential issues with Hireling Mercenaries becoming aggressive in some cases

Lord Seymour's Quest:

• we're aware of some people having issues with not being able to complete Lord Seymour's Quest to obtain the Lord's Boon hearthstone
• a common cause is not having the required items on you anymore, please make sure you keep the quest items on you when trying to turn it in
• if you already have the items on you, a workaround may involve taking them out of your backpack and putting them back in
• we're still gathering details from those affected by this to learn more
• the items required for the Quest are:
  • 30 Black Pearl
  • 30 Empty Bottle
  • 10 Undead Crystal
  • 30 Garlic
  • 30 Mandrake

We're considering, due to the recent changes:

• a time period for which characters that still qualify for Young status can re-acquire Young status
• a time period for which characters can reset their Karma to 0, helpful for those who inadvertently received negative Karma from prior flaws or bugs in the system

Thanks for your patience while we work on things!

Destard's Ancient Wrym now has a rare chance to drop a nine-tailed fox ethereal! Stay tuned for more exciting rare mounts to be added soon to other world bosses!

UPDATE: Lord Seymour has been spotted back in the courtyard of Castle Britannia as part of the new Quest for the Lord's Boon from the recent patch outlined here: https://shardsofbritannia.com/news/upcoming-balancing-improvements

Tips:

• You can hunt for the Undead Crystals in all of the graveyards and they have a chance to drop on all of the monsters
• Wraiths can be found at all of the graveyards

Fix:

• The Lord's Boon cast time has been corrected from 6s to 2s as expected; 6s was the default cast time for the Legends of Aria hearthstone, and as we advertised Lord's Boon to be a 'Recall' it now matches the Recall spell cast time

In-game map:

• Global map waypoints have been added with a button to toggle their visibility
• Note: We will soon look into adding a Filter option for the global waypoints

Character Reflections:

• Fixed an issue with activating a Non-Undead character reflection not changing the Undead state of your character
• The Undead state is now saved as a permanent achievement for characters, so even if you are not currently Undead, you will still be able to add the Undead state to a saved character reflection if you have ever been Undead at all on that character
• Note: We hear your feedback and will work to improve more surrounding character reflections