Albion Online - Faction Reputation
The reputation system in Albion Online serves as a rank-related indicator of your standing within the game world. Essentially, it reflects how you engage with the game's mechanics, particularly in PvP and PvE activities such as Gathering, Killing Mobs, Crafting, and Farming. Your reputation can swing between positive and negative, depending on your actions.
Advancing through the game earns you titles with associated benefits, showcasing your progress. PvE activities in the royal continent's red, blue, and yellow zones contribute to this progression. Initially, accumulating reputation points is relatively straightforward, but it becomes progressively challenging as you climb the ranks and acquire titles.
Notably, reputation remains static in the black zone, unaffected by interactions such as player combat. To enhance your reputation, engaging in faction-related activities is essential. Below is a detailed guide to help you gain faction reputation.
How to Choose a Faction
Choosing a faction in Albion Online is the first step towards engaging in faction-related activities. Here's an overview of the five royal cities and the capital, along with their features and benefits:
Thetford:
- Located in the blue zone of the royal continent.
- Features a travel planner for easy navigation between Islands, Home Points, and Cities.
- Allows travel for players with suspicious reputation or higher.
- Offers local production bonuses for refining ore and crafting various items such as Maces, Nature Staffs, Fire Staffs, Leather Armor, and Cloth Helmets.
- Accessible via realmgates to Thetford Portal.
Fort Sterling:
- Also situated in the blue zone of the royal continent.
- Provides a travel planner for intercity travel.
- A safe zone for players with suspicious reputation or higher.
- Provides local production bonuses for refining wood and crafting items like Hammers, Spears, Holy Staffs, Plate Helmets, and Cloth Armor.
- Accessible via realmgates to Whitebank Portal North, Whitebank Portal South, and Whitebank Portal East.
Lymhurst:
- Located in the blue zone with no claimable territories.
- A safe zone for players with suspicious reputation or higher.
- Offers travel via realmgates to Hightree Portal North, Hightree Portal West, and Hightree Portal East.
- Provides local production bonuses for refining fiber and crafting items like Swords, Bows, Arcane Staffs, Leather Helmets, and Leather Shoes.
Martlock:
- Also situated in the blue zone with a travel planner for city, island, and home point travel.
- Offers travel via realmgates to Martlock Portal.
- Provides local production bonuses for refining hide and crafting items like Axes, Quarterstaffs, Frost Staffs, Plate Shoes, and Off-Hands.
Bridgewatch:
- A blue zone city with no claimable territories.
- Features a travel planner for intercity travel.
- Provides travel via realmgates to Sandrift Portal North, Sandrift Portal West, and Sandrift Portal East.
- Offers local production bonuses for refining rock and crafting items like Crossbows, Daggers, Cursed Staffs, Plate Armor, and Cloth Shoes.
Caerleon:
- The capital situated in the blue zone, surrounded by red zones with no claimable territories.
- Features a travel planner for intercity travel.
- Allows crafting of items like Gathering Gear, Wargloves, Tools, and Food.
Faction Warfare
Faction warfare in Albion Online offers players the opportunity to immerse themselves in large-scale, objective-based PvP combat. Here's how you can participate and reap the rewards:
1. Joining a Faction:
- To participate in faction warfare, you first need to join a faction. Speak with the master of the faction city you wish to enter, and they will enlist you.
- Once enlisted, you become part of the faction's community and can engage in various faction-related activities.
2. Objective-Based PvP Combat:
- Faction warfare involves engaging in challenging and rewarding PvP battles with specific objectives.
- These objectives can include capturing territories, defending your faction's territories from enemy attacks, and participating in strategic battles to control key points on the map.
3. Increasing Reputation or Faction Reputation:
- By actively participating in faction warfare and contributing to your faction's success in battles and objectives, you can increase your reputation or faction reputation in the game.
- Reputation plays a significant role in reflecting your standing and position in the game world, while faction reputation specifically showcases your dedication and contributions to your chosen faction.
4. Faction Rewards:
- Engaging in faction warfare not only earns you reputation but also provides access to faction rewards.
- You can acquire faction rewards from the faction items shop using faction points earned through faction warfare activities.
- These rewards may include exclusive items, gear, mounts, and other valuable resources that can enhance your gameplay experience.
How to Earn Faction Points
Earning faction points in Albion Online involves engaging in various faction-related activities while being faction-flagged. Here's how you can earn faction points and progress through faction reputation:
Faction-Flagged Activities:
- Engage in faction-flagged activities such as gathering resources of different tiers, fishing, and participating in PvP and PvE battles.
- Different activities offer different amounts of faction points based on their difficulty and challenges.
Clearing Dungeons:
- Explore various dungeons in each area and zone belonging to your faction or faction zone.
- By defeating enemies and completing dungeons in your faction's territory, you earn faction points and progress through faction reputation.
Clearing Outposts:
- Each location or city has a boss guarding the outpost, which you must defeat to capture the territory.
- Zones typically have faction warfare outposts belonging to a specific faction.
- Defeating the outpost boss and guarding the area rewards you with faction points, fame, standing, and silver, contributing to your faction reputation.
Maintaining Faction Standing:
- Faction standing is a system that rewards you with faction point multipliers and faction rank, reflecting your dedication and contributions to your faction.
- Constantly engage in faction-related activities to maintain and improve your faction standing, ultimately earning higher faction ranks.
- Different faction ranks have varying requirements in terms of faction standing. Here are a few examples:
- Mercenary: Requires 0 Faction Standing.
- Guard: Requires 15,000 points for Faction Standing.
- Footman: Requires 22,000 points for Faction Standing.