Albion Online Dragonfire Patch 4 Adds Mouse Binds and Boosts Tier 8 Egg Odds

The November 2 patch also cuts large Ancient Lands boss health by 40% and revises combat balance across weapons, potions, and mounts.

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Albion Online characters stand in a fiery landscape associated with the Dragonfire update.

Albion Online’s Dragonfire Patch 4 adds position-based keybindings, support for middle and side mouse buttons, and a new tier balance for Firewing Drake Egg drops. Version 32.040.1 is dated November 2, 2026, and its Steam patch notes also detail changes to Ancient Lands enemies and a broad set of combat adjustments. The Dragon Sanctuary and its Firewing Drake Egg rewards arrived with Dragonfire’s August launch, which introduced the Ancient Lands and Albion’s 20-player raid.

The egg changes favor the hardest Dragon Sanctuary runs. The overall chance of finding a Firewing Drake Egg rises by roughly 40%, but Tier 8 drop chances increase by 300%, Tier 7 stays about the same, and Tier 6 drops by roughly 66%. No other Dragon Sanctuary loot is affected. The 20-player raid was introduced with Dragonfire, which also brought the Ancient Lands to Albion Online.

For keyboard users, hotkeys now follow a key’s physical position rather than its assigned character, so changing keyboard layouts will not move existing bindings. Existing profiles should mostly retain their positions, though defaults may differ on some layouts. New or reset profiles use US-English QWERTY defaults, and Linux keybindings continue to assume QWERTY.

Other headline adjustments include a 40% health reduction for all bosses in large Ancient Lands, more health for mobs faced by groups of two or three, and less chest loot for those small groups. Combat changes touch axes, hammers, healing, crowd control, potions, and mounts.

Albion Online Dragonfire Patch 4, Version 32.040.1

Keybinding Changes

Existing positions for active keybinding profiles should remain largely unchanged
Default keybinding positions may change for some keyboard layouts after this patch
When a keybinding profile is created or reset, the new default keybinding positions are applied, based on the US-English QWERTY keyboard layout
Note that on Linux keybindings always assume a QWERTY layout is being used

Dragon Sanctuary Changes

Adjusted the chances of Firewing Drake Eggs being dropped by Dragons
- Tier 6 Dragons: less frequent
- Tier 7 Dragons: no change
- Tier 8 Dragons: significantly more frequent
Improved readability and visibility of arrow markers in the Dragon Sanctuary
Azaryon’s Claw Swipe attack has had an additional debuff description added, and the duration of its descriptions has been extended from 3s → 6s for easier readability

Mob Changes

Spirit Weaver
- Drowsy Essence spell now has a 1.5s hit delay, and indication areas
- Sleep duration in Dragon Sanctuary: 2s → 4s (Ancient Lands unchanged)
- Orb Radius: 1m → 0.75m
Reduced health of all bosses in Large Ancient Lands by 40%
Mobs in Ancient Lands for groups of two or three players have had their health increased by 10%
Direct damage from Dragons can no longer be reflected

Other Changes

Loot from chests in the Ancient Lands for groups of two or three players has been reduced by approximately 10%
Added new Albion Journal mission in the Exploration category: ‘Ride a Firewing Drake’
Polished Destiny Board Specialization Nodes
Albion’s building contractors have expanded Conqueror’s Hall

Combat Balance Changes

Axes

Bloody Reap (Infernal Scythe)
- 2nd swing ticks: 3 → 4 (every 1s → every 0.75s)
- 2nd swing dot total duration: 2s → 2.25s
- 2nd swing total dmg vs targets above 40%: 141 → 168
- 2nd swing total dmg vs targets below 40%: 255 → 296

Hammers

Ground Pound (Grovekeeper)
- Cast time: 0.4s → 0.2s

Holy Staffs

Divine Protection (Divine Staff)
- Shield: 456.3 → 500

Maces

Eye of the Storm (Dreadstorm Monarch)
- Added missing AoE escalation

Quarterstaffs

Concussive Combo (all Quarterstaffs)
- 1st and 2nd hits now also slow: 8% for 3 seconds (stacks up to two times)
- Stand time: 0.3s → 0.25s

Shapeshifter Staffs

Sinister Swipes (Prowling Staff)
- Maximum execute damage vs. mobs: 150 → 300

Swords

Charge (Claymore)
- Pass through damage: 66% → 100%
Majestic Smash (Kingmaker)
- Bonus damage aura: 20% → 30%

Offhands

Blueflame Torch
- Bonus damage and healing: 0.0177 → 0.0161

Helmets

Hush (Demon Helmet)
- Cooldown: 25s → 20s

Shoes

Battle Frenzy (Graveguard Boots)
- Duration: 5s → 6s
Rotten Ground (Cultist Sandals)
- Adding missing AoE escalation

Potions

Healing Potion
- 500 IP: 7% → 6%
- 600 IP: 10% → 9%
- 700 IP: 13% → 12%
- 800 IP: 16% → 14%
- 900 IP: 18% → 16%
- 1000 IP: 20% → 18%
- 1100 IP: 22% → 19.5%
- 1200 IP: 24% → 21%
Lifeward Potion
- Range: 11m → 14m

Mounts

Charged Gallop (Bighorn Ram and Elite Bighorn Ram)
- Movement speed bonus per stack: 15% → 10%
- Can now stack up to 2 times (max speed bonus: 15% → 20%)
Saddled Direbear
- Base movespeed: 50% → 85%
- Gallop movement speed: 90% → 85%
- New passive: Rush
  - Taking damage increases movement speed by 40% for 4 seconds
  - Cooldown: 8s

Fixes

Spell Fixes

Blood Ritual (Demonfang): Fixed incorrect range in the statblock
Flare (Dragonslayer Hood): Fixed incorrect cooldown in the spell description
Ballista Support Fire (Royal Helmet): Fixed erroneous slow vfx under affected targets

Other Fixes

[MOBILE] Fixed issue where inspecting equipment in inventory could unintentionally equip or unequip items
[MOBILE] Fixed issue where attempting to ping the minimap could open the Region Map instead
[MOBILE] Fixed issue where single taps could be mistakenly registered as double taps
[MOBILE] Fixed issue where it was not possible to gather from Old White’s Aspects
[iOS] Fixed issue where audio would disappear after minimizing then returning to the app
[CONTROLLER] Fixed issue where “Open Chat” option when knocked down did not function

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Albion Online is a free-to-play sandbox MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy world inspired by Arthurian legends. The game uses a classless system where a player's equipped gear determines their abilities and playstyle. Items span eight tiers and are entirely player-crafted, forming a fully player-driven economy. The open world features zones with varying levels of PvP risk, from safe areas to full-loot zones where defeated players lose their equipment. Players can join guilds of up to 300 members to fight over territories and castles in large-scale battles. The game also offers PvE combat and various gathering and crafting activities.