Albion Online’s fourth Dragonfire patch, version 32.040.1, went live on November 2, 2026. It tunes the Ancient Lands and the Dragon Sanctuary, reshuffles Firewing Drake Egg drops, and changes a long list of weapons, potions and mounts. Mobile, iOS and controller players also get several fixes.
Dragons and the Ancient Lands
Firewing Drake Egg drop chances now depend more heavily on Dragon tier. Tier 6 Dragons drop them less often, Tier 7 Dragons are unchanged, and Tier 8 Dragons drop them significantly more often. A new Albion Journal mission in the Exploration category, ‘Ride a Firewing Drake’, has been added to go with them.
The Dragon Sanctuary gets clearer arrow markers, and Azaryon’s Claw Swipe now explains an extra debuff, with its descriptions staying on screen for 6 seconds instead of 3. The Spirit Weaver’s Drowsy Essence picks up a 1.5-second hit delay and a smaller orb radius (1m to 0.75m), while its Sleep lasts 4 seconds instead of 2 in the Dragon Sanctuary. The Ancient Lands version is unchanged. Direct damage from Dragons can also no longer be reflected.
The Ancient Lands themselves are being rebalanced by group size:
- All bosses in Large Ancient Lands have 40% less health.
- Mobs in Ancient Lands for groups of two or three players have 10% more health.
- Chest loot in those two- and three-player Ancient Lands is down by roughly 10%.
Elsewhere, Conqueror’s Hall has been expanded, and Destiny Board Specialization Nodes have been polished.
Combat balance
Most weapon changes are buffs. Highlights include:
- Infernal Scythe: Bloody Reap’s second swing now ticks 4 times every 0.75s, for 168 damage on targets above 40% health and 296 below.
- Quarterstaffs: the first two hits of Concussive Combo now slow by 8% for 3 seconds, stacking twice, with a shorter stand time.
- Claymore: Charge’s pass-through damage goes from 66% to 100%.
- Kingmaker: Majestic Smash’s damage aura rises from 20% to 30%.
- Divine Staff: Divine Protection’s shield goes from 456.3 to 500.
- Grovekeeper: Ground Pound casts in 0.2s instead of 0.4s.
- Prowling Staff: Sinister Swipes’ maximum execute damage against mobs doubles to 300.
Dreadstorm Monarch’s Eye of the Storm and the Cultist Sandals’ Rotten Ground both get their missing AoE escalation. Hush on the Demon Helmet now has a 20-second cooldown, down from 25, and Graveguard Boots’ Battle Frenzy lasts 6 seconds instead of 5. The Blueflame Torch is the one item trimmed, with its damage and healing bonus going from 0.0177 to 0.0161.
Healing Potions are weaker across the board, from 7% to 6% at 500 IP up to 24% to 21% at 1200 IP. The Lifeward Potion’s range, on the other hand, grows from 11m to 14m.
Mounts, keybindings and fixes
The Saddled Direbear gets a big jump in base movespeed (50% to 85%), a gallop speed of 85% instead of 90%, and a new passive, Rush, which gives 40% movement speed for 4 seconds after taking damage, on an 8-second cooldown. The Bighorn Ram’s Charged Gallop now gives 10% per stack but can stack twice, raising the maximum bonus to 20%.
Keybinding defaults have been reworked around the US-English QWERTY layout. Existing active profiles should stay mostly as they are, but new or reset profiles use the new positions, so players on other keyboard layouts may see different defaults. On Linux, keybindings always assume QWERTY.
On mobile, inspecting gear no longer equips or unequips it by accident, single taps are no longer read as double taps, minimap pings stop opening the Region Map, and Old White’s Aspects can be gathered again. iOS players should no longer lose audio after minimizing the app, and controller users can once more open chat while knocked down.
Source: Albion Online official news.
