2|Sep 23, 2026
View on Steam↗Albion Online Patch 2: Ancient Lands and Loot
3/5 Moderate
Orange-zone Ancient Lands protect items brought inside, while Dragon Sanctuary and other Dragonfire loot increases. Holy Flash healing drops from 117 to 106.
Key Changes
- 1Orange-zone Ancient Lands now protect items carried through the portal from dropping on death, but items picked up inside remain at risk.
- 2Dragon Sanctuary base chest loot increased by 100% on average, and the final chest's Drake Egg chance increased by roughly 400%.
- 3Holy Flash healing decreased from 117 to 106.
- 4Large Ancient Lands base chest loot increased by roughly 140%.
- 5Medium Ancient Lands chest loot excluding Drakes increased by roughly 50%.
- 6Outlands Dragon Attacks now award Fame through the Might payout rather than non-tradable Tomes of Insight in the chest.
- 7Maeve's Storm Spire appearance threshold moved from 80% to 60% Health, while Rock Spike moved from 60% to 80%.
- 8Tracking now shows a minimap ping when the player is near the target.
All Changes
💰Loot Adjustments(6)
- buffMedium Ancient Lands: Medium Ancient Lands chest loot excluding Drakes increased by roughly 50%.
- buffLarge Ancient Lands: Large Ancient Lands base chest loot increased by roughly 140%.
- buffDragon Sanctuary: The chance of a Drake Egg in the Dragon Sanctuary final chest increased by roughly 400%.
- buffDragon Sanctuary: Dragon Sanctuary base chest loot increased by 100% on average.
- buffOutlands Dragon Attacks: Outlands Dragon Attacks base chest loot approximately doubled.
- changeOutlands Dragon Attacks: Outlands Dragon Attacks now award Fame through the Might payout instead of non-tradable Tomes of Insight in the chest.
🏝️Ancient Lands(5)
- newItem Freeze: Orange-zone Ancient Lands now freeze items carried through the portal, preventing their loss on death; items picked up inside remain droppable.
- changeAncient Lands: Island chests outside the center island now unlock when the island quest is completed.
- nerfGiants: Giants' aggro range decreased from 11m to 8m.
- nerfSpirit Weaver: Spirit Weaver's Drowsy Essence sleep duration decreased from 4s to 2s.
- newBleedout: Added a Bleedout revival animation.
🐉Dragon Sanctuary(17)
- changeMaeve: Maeve's fight pacing changed: Storm Spire appears at 60% Health instead of 80%, Rock Spike at 80% instead of 60%, and Double Rock Spike at 40%.
- changeRealm Rift: Realm Rift's maximum stacks increased from 5 to 15, each stack adds 400 damage, and debuff duration decreased from 3000s to 100s.
- nerfBoulder Stomp: Boulder Stomp's shockwave speed decreased by roughly 10% and its initial damage decreased by 20%, from 1000 to 800.
- buffBoulder Stomp: Boulder Stomp now applies a 75s debuff that increases damage taken from subsequent stomps by 5%, stacking up to 10 times.
- nerfStorm Spire: Storm Spire health decreased by roughly 5%.
- nerfPrimal Dragon Flame: Primal Dragon Flame's true damage decreased from 1250 to 900.
- buffPrimal Dragon Flame: Primal Dragon Flame's normal damage increased from 750 to 1250.
- nerfRock Spike: Rock Spike's area size decreased slightly from 3m to 2.75m.
- nerfBoulder Charge: Boulder Charge damage decreased from 1000 to 900.
- nerfMaeve: Maeve's pursuit range decreased from 50m to 40m.
- fixMaeve: Maeve can no longer be crowd controlled before the fight starts.
- fixMaeve: Maeve's arena was adjusted to prevent her boulders from getting stuck in terrain.
- fixMaeve: Some of Maeve's spells are no longer reflectable.
- fixStorm Spire: Fixed a rare issue causing Storm Spires to disappear before the fight ended.
- nerfLingering Dragon Spirit: Lingering Dragon Spirit's mob damage and defense increase per stack decreased from 33% to 20%.
- fixAzaryon: Fixed an issue where Azaryon sometimes stopped using abilities.
- buffAzaryon: Azaryon now enrages if players cause him to get stuck or repeat certain actions too often.
⚔️Combat Balance(13)
- buffInternal Bleeding: Internal Bleeding's damage-over-time effect can no longer be reflected.
- buffTear Apart: Tear Apart's crowd-control resistance reduction now has AoE escalation.
- buffDivine Protection: Divine Protection now refunds the time elapsed before casting Divinity's Grace.
- nerfHoly Flash: Holy Flash healing decreased from 117 to 106.
- buffThorn Growth: Thorn Growth no longer triggers the auto-attack cooldown after casting.
- buffRising Blow: Rising Blow now reduces enemies' crowd-control resistance by 15% for 4s.
- buffWild Onslaught: Wild Onslaught's Fear duration increased from 1s to 1.2s.
- buffSpectral Trident: Spectral Trident impact damage increased from 191.65 to 220.
- nerfSpectral Trident: Spectral Trident's attack speed buff decreased from 85% to 75%.
- buffLimitbreaker: Limitbreaker now refunds the time elapsed before casting Limitbreaker.
- buffSpinning Blades: Spinning Blades now grants immunity to transformation effects while jumping.
- buffDisplacement Immunity: Displacement Immunity's buff duration increased from 6s to 7s, raising uptime from 24% to 28%.
- buffWings of Fire: Wings of Fire gained a maximum energy cost of 10%, up from 0%.
🛠️Quality of Life(8)
- newLoadouts: The Loadouts UI gained a button for sharing Loadouts outside the game client.
- newLoadouts: Loadouts can now be created with 'Start from clipboard' or by pasting text into an existing Loadout.
- changeLeyfin: Leyfin fish can now be given as Laborer Journal rewards.
- changeArmory: The Armory metrics section's appearance and clarity were polished.
- changeDestiny Board: Destiny Board specialization nodes received visual polish.
- changeDragons: Open-world Dragons periodically destroy nearby furniture.
- changeDragon Attacks: Open-world Dragon Attacks now show x-rays only for the player character and party members.
- newTracking: Tracking now shows a minimap ping when near the target.
🏆Conqueror’s Hall(1)
- newConqueror’s Hall: Statues honoring Season 33 winners Upside, Contingent, and I The Flying Dutchman I have been erected in Conqueror’s Hall.
🐛Bug Fixes(15)
- fixReawaken: Fixed Reawaken being usable on enemy players.
- fixPremonition: Fixed Premonition's movement speed bonus not being properly removed upon mounting.
- fixFixed missing buttons in the controller Close Application confirmation popup.
- fixFixed controller users being unable to select a character's name in chat kill messages.
- fixFixed damage numbers not displaying on some Android devices with resolution set to high.
- fixDragons: Fixed several Dragon attacks being interruptible by spells or delayed by damage.
- fixAncient Lands: Fixed Ancient Lands player kills registering as both Kills and Knockdowns in the stats UI.
- fixPlayer Navigation: Fixed Player Navigation stopping after visiting the Roads of Avalon.
- fixAncient Lands: Fixed Ancient Lands portals not being found in deep Roads of Avalon regions.
- fixMammoth Hunters: Fixed Mammoth Hunters regenerating health during combat in the Ancient Lands.
- fixSpirit Weavers: Fixed Spirit Weavers regenerating health during combat in the Ancient Lands.
- fixSpirit Weavers: Fixed Spirit Weavers' flame summons appearing in unreachable areas.
- fixPlayer Navigation: Fixed the controller 'Quickly Navigate Here' Player Navigation option being unavailable.
- fixFixed notifications appearing offscreen when the Controller UI was open.
- fixAdditional controller, graphical, animation, terrain, audio, UI, and localization issues were fixed.
Summary
Dragonfire content
Orange-zone Ancient Lands freeze inventory items brought through the portal, while island chests outside the center now require the island quest. Chest rewards increase across Ancient Lands, Dragon Sanctuary and Outlands Dragon Attacks; Dragon item drop chances are unchanged.
Maeve's encounter has revised pacing, ability values and anti-exploit fixes. Lingering Dragon Spirit is weaker, and Azaryon now enrages when players cause him to get stuck or repeat certain actions too often.
Combat and quality of life
Holy Flash healing is reduced, Spectral Trident trades attack speed for impact damage, and several other weapon and armor abilities are adjusted. Loadouts can be shared outside the client and created from clipboard text, while Tracking gains a proximity ping.
Fixes and statues
Fixes address Dragon attacks, Ancient Lands enemies and portals, Player Navigation, spells and platform-specific UI issues. Season 33 winner statues now stand in Conqueror’s Hall.