Press release

Albion Online Launches Major "Knightfall" Content Patch

Berlin, May 8, 2023 – Albion Online, the fantasy sandbox MMORPG developed by Sandbox Interactive, today launched a major new content patch, called Knightfall. The first large patch since the launch of the Albion East Asian server brings new features to the Mists, a new dungeon called Knightfall Abbey, a broad array of new items including capes and mounts, a new trader NPC in Brecilien, and much more.


Watch the Knightfall trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhLxGK0MvnA


Read the news article:
https://albiononline.com/news/knightfall-is-here


What's New in Knightfall

Major new features and improvements for the Mists:

 
  • Knightfall Abbey, a mysterious dungeon hidden within the Mists
    • An atmospheric realm of crumbling stone and beautiful stained-glass windows
    • Contains treasures and ancient shrines that offer powerful buffs
    • Only exist for a limited time and must be sought out
    • Other players will also be able to access the dungeon, leading to unique interactions and fights
  • Coffers, new treasures that only reveal their location to nearby players
  • Caches, offering individualized loot to the player who clears a mob camp

New Items, Traders, and Standing
  • A Brecilien NPC, Eralia Wayfarer, trades with adventurers with sufficient standing
  • New Avalonian and Brecilien Capes that offer unique defensive capabilities
  • New Mystic Owl mounts that carry adventurers swiftly through the world

Roads of Avalon Improvements 
  • Updated with new enemies and greater mob density
  • New off-road paths between the Roads offer options for exploration and escape
  • Some Roads mobs now drop Avalonian Energy

Major Quality-of-Life Improvements
  • Optional WASD movement system
  • Character gender can be changed for Gold
  • Major optimizations to mobile and controller gameplay
  • …and much more

Watch two recent Dev Talks, previewing the patch and Knightfall Abbey:
Read the official patchnotes: 
https://albiononline.com/changelog/knightfall

About Albion Online

Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG from Sandbox Interactive, set in the medieval fantasy world of Albion. Whether playing a hardened fighter, a farmer, a merchant or a master craftsman, in the player-driven world every single weapon and every single building is created by the players. Thanks to a "you are what you wear" system free from typical class restrictions, a skilled archer can instantly become a powerful mage, allowing players to define their own roles within the game world. Whether PvE, PvP or guild vs guild, every action in the game has a meaning… as well as consequences, as PvP battles in the danger zones of the game world are a "winner takes all" affair. 
 
Additional information on Albion Online can be found at:

Website:   https://albiononline.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/albiononline
YouTube:    http://www.youtube.com/albiononlineofficial
Twitter:     https://twitter.com/albiononline
Twitch:   http://twitch.tv/albiononline

 
About Sandbox Interactive GmbH


Sandbox Interactive is a game development studio founded in 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The fifty-person strong team develops and operates the cross-platform sandbox MMO Albion Online. Sandbox Interactive follows the belief that the creation of your own world and interaction with other players are paramount to entertainment – and that these ideas are truly brought to life in the sandbox genre. With Albion Online, the studio has created a game that places compelling gameplay and the player experience squarely in the foreground.