Albion Online has received a new update “Foundations Patch 4”, which is here to introduce new combat improvements and bug fixes. Some of the changes are related to the Resilience Display update, Combat, Weapons, and last but not least a ton of UI fixes.
Without further ado, you can find the changes below:
Foundations Patch 4 – Version 25.040.1 – June 17, 2024
Changes
- Resilience amount is no longer displayed as a buff on players during combat
Combat Balance Changes
Crossbows
- Divine Engine (Energy Shaper)
- Channel Time: 4s → 3.3s
- Number of ticks: 13 → 11
- Damage per tick vs players: 80 → 96
- Damage per tick vs mobs: 26 → 57
Cursed Staffs
- Dark Matter (all Cursed Staffs)
- Number of ticks: 10 → 8
- Damage per tick vs players: 78 → 98
- Damage per tick vs mobs: 39 → 49
Daggers
- Lunging Stabs (Bloodletter)
- When hitting a player below 40% health, cooldown is now reduced by 50%
- Cooldown: 30s → 35s
Fire Staffs
- Pyroblast (one-handed Fire Staffs)
- 0s Channel Damage: 200 → 190
- 0.6s Channel Damage: 280 → 266
- 1.2s Channel Damage: 360 → 342
Hammers
- Grasp of the Undead (Tombhammer)
- Added Hitpoint Reduction: 10%
- Hitpoint Reduction Duration: 3s
Quarterstaffs
- Stun Run (all Quarterstaffs)
- Movespeed buff now ends upon auto-attacking
- Rising Blow (all Quarterstaffs)
- Cooldown reduction per player hit: 12% → 15% (stacks up to 3 times)
- Separator (all Quarterstaffs)
- Now deals 80 damage to all untargeted enemies hit
- Soaring Swipe (Double Bladed Staff)
- Cooldown: 20s → 25s
- Hitting a player now reduces the ability’s cooldown by 20%
- Area Radius: 6m → 5m
Shapeshifter Staffs
- Pulse Shock (all Shapeshifter Staffs)
- Damage: 124 → 109
- Tectonic Shift (Earthrune Staff)
- Hitpoint reduction: 15% → 10%
Spears
- Harpoon (all Spears)
- Max range: 18m → 20m
- Projectile speed: 23.33 m/s → 23.53 m/s
Swords
- Fearless Strike (Carving Sword)
- Damage: 150.10 → 135
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords)
- Auto-Attack Damage Increase buff: 100% → 65%
- Attack Speed buff: 50% → 30%
- Damage buff duration: 3s → 4s
Helmets
- Immortal (Mistwalker Hood)
- Cooldown: 30s → 25s
Shoes
- After Image (Mistwalker Shoes)
- 1st Cast Cooldown: 15s → 12s
- Royal March (Royal Boots)
- Movement Speed per Stack: 8% → 9%
Fixes
- Spell fixes:
- Fixed issue where Soaring Swipe (Double Bladed Staff) slow effect would also apply to enemies in an area around the intended targets
- Fixed issue where Tectonic Slam (Earthrune Staffs) did not apply debuff icon to enemies to indicate health reduction
- Fixed issue where Enfeeble Blades (Lifecurse Staffs) would inflict too much damage and an unintended slow effect
- UI fixes:
- Fixed issue where “Required for” section was missing from Artifact item details
- Fixed issue where items in Eralia Wayfarer’s menu would not display correctly by tier after deselecting “Show craftable from inventory only”
- Fixed issue where the countdown banner was not displayed during a duel
- Fixed issue where guild logos would sometimes not display correctly when entering a crowded region
- Fixed issue where chests in Heretic dungeons could not be opened without first destroying Volatile Barrels
- Fixed issue where the Arena search for a group would reset if a party member accepted a match while gathering, fishing, or opening a Tome
- Accepting an Arena match is no longer possible while engaged in those actions
- [MOBILE] Fixed issue where faction zerg markers on the minimap would display the wrong color
