Guild Coordination Workflow

Tracking Black Zone objectives is a team effort. Without a shared system, scouts spot resources that go unreported, groups arrive late, and high-value cores slip away to rival guilds.

Albion Online Objectives (AOO) gives your guild a single source of truth: every reported objective is visible to all members, sorted by time, and automatically cleaned up when it expires.

This guide covers a proven workflow that guilds use to turn scattered scouting into organized objective play.

Before the Session

Preparation makes the difference between a productive run and a wasted evening.

1. Designate a tracking channel. Pick one text channel where the bot operates. Pin a /list message or tell members to run /list there before heading out.
2. Brief your members. Make sure scouts know how to use /add. The autocomplete system makes it fast, but first-timers should practice once before a live session.
3. Check for stale data. Run /list to see if any leftover objectives exist. Expired entries are cleaned automatically every 30 minutes, but a quick check avoids confusion.

Phase 1: Scouting

Scouts are your eyes in the Black Zone. Their job is to report every objective they find, as fast as possible.

• Use /add immediately when you spot an objective. Select the type, rarity (left empty only for a Dragon attack), and map using autocomplete, then enter the time remaining: 1h30, 90 and 02:30 are all accepted (see the full list).
• Type any part of the map name. The autocomplete matches the beginning, middle, or end. Typing “murder” will surface Murdergulch Ravine, Murdergulch Cross, and other matching maps.
• Do not worry about duplicates. If two scouts report the same objective within an 8-minute window (same type, rarity, and map), the bot rejects the second report automatically.

Tip: Scouts covering different zones should communicate which areas they are sweeping to avoid overlap. Albion Online Objectives handles duplicate prevention, but splitting zones means faster coverage.

Phase 2: Prioritizing

Once scouts have reported objectives, the guild leader (or shot caller) reviews the list and decides what to hit first.

Run /list to see all active objectives. Use rarity as the primary ranking:

For Cores and Vortexes:

For Resource Nodes:

For Ancient Lands Portals and Dragons: a portal’s size is its ranking signal, because it sets the in-game group capacity (Small 1–5, Medium 5–7, Large 15–20 players); match the squad you can field to the size on the list. Dragon attacks carry no rarity at all, so weigh them on spawn time and location alone. See the Ancient Lands Portals & Dragon attacks guide.

Check the spawn times. An 8.4 node spawning in 30 minutes beats a Gold core that is 4 hours away. Factor in travel time and competition.

Phase 3: Executing

With priorities set, assign groups and move.

1. Split into squads based on the objective type. Cores and vortexes need a combat group. Nodes need gatherers with escorts. For an Ancient Lands Portal, size the squad to the portal’s group capacity.
2. Call out departures. Let the channel know which objective each squad is heading toward.
3. Remove completed objectives. After capturing or gathering an objective, use /remove to clear it from the list. This keeps /list accurate for the rest of the guild.

After the Session

Albion Online Objectives handles cleanup automatically:

• Expired objectives are purged every 30 minutes by the bot’s scheduled task.
• No manual reset is required between sessions. The next time scouts start reporting, the system is ready.
• Maintenance-flagged objectives (those crossing the 10:00 UTC server reset) are marked so your guild knows they may not survive the daily maintenance.

Tips for Guild Leaders

• Pin a reminder in your tracking channel explaining how to use /add; new members will thank you.
• Encourage everyone to report, not just designated scouts. A gatherer passing through a zone can report a core just as effectively.
• Rarity equals priority. Drill this into your guild. A Gold core should interrupt almost any other activity.
• Review objective types so you understand every type and rarity the bot supports.
• Use the /list command output as your tactical map during voice calls: read out the top-priority objectives and assign squads in real time.