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Albion Online Beginner's Guide: What to Do After the Tutorial
Last checked 2 October 2026 · 12 min read
Finishing the tutorial is the point where most new players get stuck. There is no main storyline to follow, no fixed class to level, and the world opens up all at once. This guide gives you a clear plan for your first week: where to go, what to focus on, and which mistakes to avoid.
The Short Answer
If you only read one section, read this one. In your first week:
- Complete one of the post-tutorial paths in the Albion Journal.
- Choose a home city and keep your belongings there.
- Pick one weapon line and stay with it.
- Upgrade your gear step by step, from Tier 3 to Tier 4.
- Get a mount, food, and potions.
- Stay in blue and yellow zones until you understand the risk of dying.
- Earn your first silver through gathering or solo dungeons.
- Join a guild or a faction before the end of the week.
The sections below explain each step and why it matters.
1. Start With the Albion Journal
After the tutorial, the game offers structured paths for PvE, PvP, and gathering. Each path introduces the core mechanics step by step, and completing one unlocks the full Albion Journal along with a set of early milestones.
Recommendation: Complete at least one path before doing anything else. It costs very little time, teaches systems you will use every day, and gives you rewards that make your first upgrades easier. Choose the path that matches how you want to play; you can explore the others later.
Daily quests are also worth completing from the start. They are quick and provide a steady stream of early rewards.
2. Choose a Home City
After the tutorial you arrive in a starter town near one of the Royal Cities. Each Royal City has a refining bonus for one resource and crafting bonuses for certain weapons and armor.
| Royal City | Refining bonus | Selected crafting bonuses |
|---|---|---|
| Lymhurst | Fiber → Cloth | Swords, bows, arcane staffs |
| Martlock | Hide → Leather | Axes, quarterstaffs, frost staffs, off-hands |
| Bridgewatch | Stone → Stone blocks | Crossbows, daggers, cursed staffs |
| Fort Sterling | Wood → Planks | Hammers, spears, holy staffs |
| Thetford | Ore → Metal bars | Maces, fire staffs, nature staffs |
Your home city matters because items in Albion Online are stored locally. Gear left in one city’s bank is not available in another, and moving large amounts of items takes time.
Recommendation: Pick one Royal City and keep all your belongings there for the first few weeks. If you plan to focus on gathering or refining, choose the city whose refining bonus matches the resource you want to work with. If you have not decided on a direction yet, choose the city that matches your main weapon’s crafting bonus. For example, sword and bow players can start in Lymhurst.
Avoid moving to Caerleon early. It sits at the center of the Royal Continent and is surrounded by dangerous zones.
3. Pick One Weapon and Commit
Albion Online has no classes. Your abilities come from the equipment you wear, and you progress each weapon line separately through the Destiny Board.
This freedom is also the most common early mistake. Players who switch weapons every few hours spread their progress thin and end up with several weapons they cannot use well.
Recommendation: For your first week, choose one of these two weapon lines:
- Broadsword: The best melee choice for beginners. It is easy to use, combines damage with mobility, and is forgiving of mistakes. It works well in solo PvE and early open-world content.
- Bow: The best ranged choice for beginners. It lets you deal steady damage from a safe distance, its abilities are easy to understand, and it is well suited to clearing solo dungeons.
Both are crafted with a bonus in Lymhurst, so you can buy and craft your gear in the same city. Once you are comfortable with one weapon, adding a second becomes much easier.
4. Upgrade From Tier 3 to Tier 4
Items range from Tier 1 to Tier 8. To use a new tier, you first need to unlock it on the Destiny Board by earning Fame with the tier below. In other words, you cannot skip tiers.
Recommendation: Upgrade in this order:
- Tier 3: After the tutorial, use your rewards and first silver to buy a full Tier 3 set, including weapon, armor, helmet, and boots.
- Tier 4: Earn Fame with your Tier 3 gear. Once Tier 4 is unlocked, replace your full set right away, and add a cape if your budget allows. Tier 4 gear is inexpensive on the market and opens up most beginner content.
The Tomes of Insight you receive during the tutorial grant Fame directly to your Destiny Board. Use them to unlock the next tier of your main weapon faster.
Do not spend your first silver on expensive equipment. Early on, you will lose or replace gear often, and affordable sets let you learn without risking large losses.
5. Get a Mount, Food, and Potions
Mounts
A mount greatly increases your travel speed and helps you escape when you are attacked. For gathering players, a Transport Ox carries much more weight, letting you stay out in the world longer.
Recommendation: Buy a Tier 3 riding horse as early as possible. If gathering is your main activity, add a Transport Ox later.
Food and potions
Food gives you stat bonuses for a period of time, while potions restore health or provide buffs instantly during combat. They are inexpensive, but they make a significant difference in how well you clear dungeons and survive in the open world.
Recommendation: Always carry one serving of food and a few healing potions before entering a dungeon or a dangerous zone.
6. Understand the Zone Colors
Every zone in Albion Online is marked with a color that tells you how dangerous it is. Understanding these rules is the most important thing a new player can learn.
| Zone | PvP | What happens when you die |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | None | No item loss |
| Yellow | Only with flagged players | You are knocked down; your gear loses durability but is not lost |
| Red | Open PvP | Full loot: other players can take everything you carry |
| Black | Open PvP | Full loot, with higher rewards and guild territories |
The game also has a special type of area: the Mists. Entrances to the Mists appear randomly in the open world and lead to solo and small-group content. The non-lethal Mists do not cost you your gear when you die, making them an ideal place for new players to explore and learn how to handle other players.
Recommendation: Spend your first week in blue zones, yellow zones, and the non-lethal Mists. When you are ready to enter red or black zones, only carry gear you are prepared to lose. A good rule is to never wear more than you can afford to replace two or three times.
7. Earn Your First Silver
Silver is the main currency in Albion Online. Almost everything is bought and sold between players, so your income depends on what you can bring to the market.
There are two reliable ways for new players to earn silver:
Gathering
Collect wood, ore, fiber, hide, or stone and sell the raw materials, or refine them in the matching bonus city before selling. Gathering is low-risk in safe zones and provides a steady income.
Solo dungeons
Clear solo dungeons in blue and yellow zones for silver, loot, and Fame. This is the best option if you want to progress your weapon at the same time.
Recommendation: Choose one of these as your main activity for the first week, depending on whether you prefer a calm or a combat-focused routine.
How to Sell Your Items
The market offers two ways to sell:
- Instant sale: Sell to the highest current buy order and receive silver immediately.
- Sell order: Set your own price and wait for another player to buy. Sell orders require a setup fee, and a transaction tax is applied when the item sells.
Recommendation: Use a sell order when there is a clear gap between the highest buy order and the lowest sell price; it usually earns you noticeably more. When the gap is small, the item trades slowly, or you need silver right away, an instant sale is often the better choice. If your sell order does not fill for a long time, check whether another player has listed the same item at a lower price.
8. Should You Buy Premium?
Premium is one of the most common questions new players ask. While Premium is active, you earn more Fame and silver, and you receive daily Learning Points and Focus Points. Focus Points greatly increase the return rate of refining and crafting, and they are only available with Premium. Premium players also pay a lower tax when trading on the market.
Premium can be purchased with real money, or with Gold bought in-game using silver.
Recommendation: There is no need to buy Premium in your first week. Wait until you are sure you will keep playing and have found an activity you enjoy. If you plan to focus on refining or crafting, Premium becomes much more valuable, because Focus Points are the core source of profit for both.
9. Join a Guild or a Faction
Albion Online is designed around player groups. Many of the game’s best activities, including group dungeons, territory content, and large-scale PvP, are difficult or impossible to do alone.
Joining a guild gives you access to group content, advice from experienced players, and often help with gear in the early stages. Look for guilds that state clearly that they accept new players.
Joining a faction lets you take part in faction warfare, a form of open-world PvP in yellow zones where dying does not cost you your gear. It is the safest way to learn PvP combat.
Recommendation: Join a beginner-friendly guild within your first week. If you are interested in PvP, enlist in a faction as well.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Switching weapons too often. Progress comes from focus. Spreading your time across many weapons slows everything down.
Spending all your silver on gear. Always keep enough silver to replace your current set at least once.
Entering dungeons without food and potions. They are cheap, yet they often decide the outcome of a fight.
Entering red or black zones too early. Most new players lose their first good set within minutes of entering full-loot zones.
Refining outside the bonus city. The same raw materials produce noticeably more refined goods in the matching bonus city.
Trying to do everything at once. Gathering, crafting, PvE, and PvP each take time to learn. Focus on one or two in your first week.
Your First-Week Checklist
- Complete one post-tutorial path in the Albion Journal
- Complete daily quests
- Choose a home city
- Choose one weapon line (Broadsword or Bow recommended)
- Equip a full Tier 3 set, then upgrade to Tier 4 once unlocked
- Buy a riding horse
- Carry food and healing potions
- Learn the rules of each zone color and the Mists
- Earn your first silver through gathering or solo dungeons
- Choose between instant sales and sell orders based on the price gap
- Join a guild or a faction
What Comes Next
Once you are comfortable with your weapon, have a stable source of silver, and understand the risks of each zone, you are ready to move on to Tier 5 and Tier 6 gear, group dungeons, and your first trips into red zones.
From there, the direction is up to you. Whether you choose combat, gathering, crafting, or trading, Albion Online rewards players who play with a clear focus.