Changelog Archive

Archived Patch Notes 10/16/2012- 1/15/2013

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ARCHIVED PATCH NOTES 1/1/2013 - 10/16/2013

This post will outline all patch notes for new versions of the game. This will tell you what changes have been made to the game with each new version

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10/16 11:45 PM PDT

Please note: This is a preliminary version of the patch notes and the final patch notes may differ.

HALLOWEEN: BUFFS

• Darkness: Creates a sphere of darkness around the building and stops its production.
• Very Strong light: Removes a darkness effect from a building and boosts its production.
• Zombie: Boosts the production of a workyard up to 400%.
• Mr. Myers: Boosts the recruitment speed of Barracks up to 400%.
• Frank and Stein: Adds 1000 Marble units to the marble deposit.

HALLOWEEN: BUILDINGS

• Pumpkin Field: Fields which produce Pumpkins. You can buff these fields in order to increase the output.
• Village School: Speeds up the process of attracting new settlers to your village.
• Silo: Refills wheat fields over time.
• Decorations: A couple of decoration items are available.
• Improved Warehouse: A special warehouse that provides 3x more space for resources than a standard one.

HALLOWEEN: GOLEM
Each game world will try to defeat a common boss together in order to receive rewards. The boss (the Golem) is present at the lake at the center of each player's home island. Game worlds are not competing with each other: each game world has its own goal to achieve.

HALLOWEEN: OTHER

• Grim Reaper General: This special general has the same stats as the Battle Hardened General, but the appearance in the Star menu is different.
• Eliot, the Pumpkin Master: He will assign you several quests.
• Collectible Pumpkins: During the Halloween event, Collectible Pumpkins can appear on your home island.
• Zombies: Animals on your home island will be replaced with zombies.
• Music: The background track will be changed during the Halloween event.
• Graphics: Several graphics will be modified, including the logo and loading screen.

COMMUNITY VOTE: GUILD MARKET OFFER
The items that were selected during the last community vote are now available in the Guild market category.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Several mechanics related to the skill tree for explorers were improved.
• Using instant buffs could lead to some issues.
• A few localization updates.
• Finishing the "Longbows" quest will no longer cause problems.
• Improved tooltip when deleting content from the Star menu.
• Resetting explorer's skill tree could lead to some issues.

10/2 11:45 PM PDT

NEW FEATURE: COLLECTIBLE ITEMS

• Collectible items can be found on your home island and on adventure islands.
• New quest chain and adventure sub quests were added.
• Collections tab was added and Military tab was removed at the mayor's house interface.
• Collectible items are tradable in the trade office.
• New buffs can be produced by using collections.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• The text in the login queue window is not editable anymore.
• An undefined geologist popup text message was fixed.
• A few interface improvements were implemented.
• Remaining time while building a floating residence is now displayed correctly.
• Changing the guild leader successor by arrow keys could lead to a wrong succession order.

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

• Shop Changes
• Military Week

9/18 11:45 PM PDT

SCIENCE SYSTEM: EXPLORERS

• The second part of the Science System has been implemented to the game.
• It introduces a skill tree for explorers with 20 different skills.
• You can specialize each of your explorers individually.
• More detailed information about the skill tree for explorers can be found in our official forums (developer's diary).

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Process responsible for moving generals between zones has been improved.
• Display adjustments in the Shop.
• Sometimes the arrow in combat reports was not shown correctly.

9/4 11:45 PM PDT

NEW MINI ADVENTURES
3 new mini adventures were implemented to the game: Sleepy Reef, The Sleeping Volcano, and Pirate Life.

NEW FEATURE: PREMIUM ACCOUNT
This feature provides you the following advantages:

• 50% more experience points (loot)
• 50% more loot from adventures
• Additional building queue slot
• Increase of buffs' time on friend zones
• One additional (regular) daily quest per day

NEWS AND MODIFICATIONS: SHOP

• New category related to Premium Account feature.
• The Invasion of the Nords adventure has been added to the Shop.
• The limit of Gem pits was increased to 10 (in total).
• Two new buffs: Enhanced gold pickaxe and Enhanced iron pickaxe.
• It is possible now to send Gems to friends as gifts.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Using keyboard shortcuts will no longer lead to visual issues.
• Sometimes the icon indicating new messages was not showing up properly.
• Several improvements related to various quests.
• The text in the Archive window is not editable anymore.
• A few interface improvements.
• The process related to switching between zones has been improved.

MODIFICATIONS

• The military offer in the shop is no longer available.

8/21 11:45 PM PDT

GUILD INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS

• Guild member activity indicator
• Daily guild quests status indicator
• Adventure cooperation requests
• Two new ways to change the guild leader

BUGFIXES

• Starting and canceling adventures too quickly will no longer lead to a disconnect.

8/07 11:45 PM PDT

EPIC RAIDS
Challenging end-game content that features:

• Very hard adventures for high level players.
• New buildings such as gold towers, a Fairy-tale Castle, and more.
• New enemies such as Greedy Inn-keepers, Lying Goats, and more.
• New resources: Magic Beans and Magic Beanstalks.
• New shop category.
• New specialists.
• Possibility to gain additional building licenses.
• Several new quests related to epic raid adventures and more!

MILITARY OFFER

A special shop category that is available only for a limited time. It consists of items such as hired troops, specialists, floating residences, and more.

GUILD MARKET CHANGE

Some time ago, the first international community vote was held. It was related to the upcoming changes in the guild market. The guild market offer was updated with the maintenance: now it includes the item you chose during the vote - Silo - and other new items.

EXPERIENCE POINTS CONVERSION (for 50 level players)
As a first step, a brand new resource has been implemented to the game: Star Coins (not tradable, available only for level 50 players).

• All level 50 players will no longer receive experience points for adventures, they will receive Star Coins instead.
• The epic raid adventures are an exception: Instead of XP/Star Coins, level 50 players will receive additional Magic Beans from them.
• A special script that was executed during the maintenance converted all experience points that were acquired from adventures after reaching level 50 into Star Coins.

The script affected only level 50 players.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Several improvements related to the trade system.
• The process responsible for updating the friend list has been improved.
• Several timing issues were fixed.

BUGFIXES

• It was not possible to visit all friends' islands.
• The "Death to the leaders" quest was not working properly.
• In some cases the "cancel" button was not showing up while buffing friends.
• Occasionally, resources from mines, wells, and fields were not added properly to storage.
• Some resources were not added correctly to storage after demolishing a building or cancelling orders in Barracks and Provision house.

6/26 9:00 PM PDT

SUMMARY OF THE EVENT

A large variety of actions lead to balloons. This new event resource can be donated to the game world through an interface available directly in the game. It doesn't matter if you are a high level player or if you just joined the game: everybody can fully participate in this event and help his or her game world win rewards.

NEW CONTENT
This event will bring a lot of new things to the game, a brief summary:

• Two types of brand new retro adventures
• New retro buffs for many buildings
• New quests presenting ways to gather balloons
• Additional daily quests related to the event
• New event window explaining how the event works
• New graphics and more

RESULTS

The current progress of your game world can be tracked directly in the game. The overview can be accessed via a button below your avatar interface.

Please note: It will take around 4 days to calculate initial results and generate a corresponding graphic. After this initial period, the results will be updated more frequently.

More information about the event can be found in our official forums.

6/12 11:45 PM PDT

SCIENCE SYSTEM - PART 1

• The Science System has been implemented to the game.
• This is a special skill system which adds 7 brand new buildings to the game, new production chains and 9 new resources.
• The first part introduces a skill tree for geologists with 20 different skills.
• You can specialize each of your geologists individually.
• A few tutorial quests and help windows have been added to the game.
• It it possible to assign names to specialists.
• More detailed information about the Science System can be found in the official forums (Developer's Diary).

MORE FREE GEMS

• The daily gem login bonus system has been increased from 45 to 100.
• The amount of gems each player receives for leveling-up has been increased significantly.
• Active players who acquired level-up gems in the past received a package with the difference between the old and new gems rewards (because individual level-up rewards were raised).
• More detailed information about the free gems increase can be found in the official forums (Developer's Diary).

BUGFIXES

• Quests "The militia" and "Tactician" have been fixed.

5/22 11:45 PM PT

NEW DAILY GUILD QUESTS

• The overall amount of available Daily Guild Quests was increased, more than 200 new quests were added to the game.

NEW CRISIS QUESTS - "THE FALLEN ARMY"

• Crisis Quests are only available for a short period of time.
• To receive Crisis Quests, you need to be at least level 16.
• Crisis Quests are split into the following level ranges: 16-25, 26-35, 36-45 and 46-50.
• There are 10 sub quests, you receive rewards for completing them.
• Completing the main task gives you an extra reward.
• A new help window has been added to the game to assist you with the Crisis Quests feature.
• The remaining time for these quests will be displayed on the website (days) and in-game.

BUGFIXES

• The quest "More damage" has been fixed.
• The combat preview for one of bandit camps in sector 3 has been corrected.

5/7 11:45 PM PT

NEW MINI ADVENTURE

• Your explorer can now find a new mini adventure called "Tropical Sun" through a short and medium search. Level 26 is required to start this adventure.

BUGFIXES

• The option to cancel daily guild quests is working correctly now
• The trade window will no longer redirect you to the first page after clicking the "Accept offer" button
• The level requirement needed to buy The Nords adventure in the Guild Market is now correct

OTHERS

• Improvements related to the zone changing process
• Some quest icons in the Quest book were modified to fit their respective descriptions
• An additional pop up related to the "Missing tools" quest was added

4/17 11:45 PM PT

EASTER EVENT - REMOVAL PHASE 2

• All unfinished Easter quests have been deactivated
• The shop category "Easter Event" was deactivated
• Easter graphics were switched to default ones
• Floating house is available now in the Shop for 290 Gems (limit: 3)

4/10 11:45 PM PT

EASTER EVENT - REMOVAL PHASE 1

• Explorers will no longer find Easter Eggs with treasure hunts
• New Easter quest chains will not show up anymore, if you have an ongoing quest chain, you will still be able to complete it until the next Easter Removal 2

3/20 11:45 PM PT

RESOURCE: EASTER EGGS

• Easter Eggs are the Easter event resource. They are displayed in the warehouse as usual and they are tradable.
• You can collect Easter Eggs in many ways. For more details please visit the forum: http://ubi.li/Egcym.

EASTER SPECIALISTS

• Easter Veteran General: A very powerful general; you can assign up to 250 units to him. Each user can get one for eggs during this year's Easter event!
• Experienced Explorer: Special explorer who is much faster than the standard one - you can get up to 2 specialists of this kind with eggs.

EASTER BUILDINGS

• Watermill: Produces unlimited water - you can get up to 5 buildings of this type during the Easter event.
• Rabbit Farm Field: A wheat field containing 6000 units of wheat.
• Raving Rabbid Statue: Special decoration building that screams "BWAAAAH" - just click on it!
• Floating house: Brand new building which can be placed on the water you can get up to 5 buildings of this kind for eggs during the Easter event.

EASTER BUFFS

• Rabbit Luck Charm: Special buff that increases the output of a building by 3x for 48 hours.
• Mineral Rabbit: Deposit refill - it adds 6000 units of Coal to a Coal mine.
• Chocolate Rabbit: Brand new buff which halves the production time of the Provision house for 12 hours (cannot be used on a friend's island).

FURTHERMORE

• NPC: Don't be scared when a guy dressed up as a rabbit gives you a quest!
• Easter Quest Chains: Special quest chains were added to the game.
• Graphics: Several default graphics were modified, so they better fit the Easter event atmosphere.

BUGFIXES

• The trade tab will be added to the chat window.

3/6 11:45 PM PT

NEW MINI ADVENTURE

• Another brand new mini adventure called "The Tropical Sun" can be
• found by your explorer (short and medium search).
• Level 26 is required to start the adventure.
• The adventure is tradable.
• In-adventure quest chain with an exciting little story.
• It has a variety of in-adventure quests like destroying camps, but also other quests like finding special buildings.
• It is a step-by-step adventure, where you have to take out pirate and bandit camps in a given order because they are blocking the way.
• There is a new daily quest that requires finishing this mini adventure.

TRADE OFFICE CHANGES

• Adventures received from adventure boxes are now tradeable.

OTHER MODIFICATIONS AND FIXES

• Trade offers now have to be accepted manually (mail).
• Implemented several improvements related to zone loading processes.
• A few improvements related to quest triggers have been added.

2/27 11:45 PM PT

GUILD MARKET: NEW CONTENT

Four items in the guild market have been replaced with the following new ones:

• Gold Fever: Increases the output of a Gold Mine x3 for 16 hours
• Stone Cubes: Adds 1000 stone to the storehouse.
• Adventure: The Nords
• Permanent Building Queue Slot: Adds a perm. building queue slot

NEW FEATURE: MINI ADVENTURE

Our first brand new mini-adventure called "The Lost Skull" can be found by your explorer (short and middle search).

• Level 26 is required to start the adventure.
• The adventure is tradable.
• An in-adventure quest chain with an exciting story about pirates and lost treasures.
• It has a variety of in-adventure quests like destroying camps, but also other quests like finding special buildings.
• It's a step-by-step adventure, where you have to take out the bandit camps in a given order because they're blocking the way. Every step has its own fun little quest.
• There is a new daily quest that will require finishing the mini-adventure.

NEW FEATURE: CRISIS QUESTS

The first crisis quest is called "Four Winds" and it will be activated after the maintenance. It will be removed 2 weeks later with the start of that week's maintenance.

• Level ranges: 16-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-50
• "Four Winds" comes with a main quest and 10 sub quests.
• Brand new tasks to do.
• Receive rewards by finishing sub quests.
• Finish the main task and get an extra reward.

BUG FIXES

• Optimizations to various game systems in order to improve server and client performance.
• Several quests couldn't be finished due to being above the maximum required level. This issue is fixed now, and those quests can be finished.
• F11 switches to full screen mode.
• Endless battle animations on adventure maps were fixed.
• Hidden traps are no longer showing a visible aggro range.
• Quest system was optimized for better performance.

1/23 11:45 PM PT

• Explorer will no longer find presents with treasure hunting.
• There won't be any further new Christmas daily quests. All players are still able to finish the current one as well as one waiting quest, but they will not get new ones.

1/15 11:45 PM PT

• Explorer will no longer find presents with treasure hunting.
• There won't be any further new Christmas daily quests. All players are still able to finish the current one as well as one waiting quest, but they will not get new ones.

1/8 11:45 PM PT
The following features will disabled:
• Provision House: The resource conversion from marble and presents to granite has been disabled.
• All unfinished Christmas quests will be stopped. This means that they will disappear from your quest book.
• The "Christmas" shop category will removed.[*]The banner in the shop will be changed to the normal banner.
• The loading screen will be changed to the normal one.
• The shop header graphic will be changed to the normal one.

The following item is now available in the shop:
• The Deerstalker Hut is available now in the Architecture category for 1,995 gems.


1/1 11:45 PM PT

• Explorer will no longer find presents with treasure hunting.
• There won't be any further new Christmas daily quests. All players are still able to finish the current one as well as one waiting quest, but they will not get new ones.

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Archived Patch Notes 7/21/2012 - 12/19/2012

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ARCHIVED PATCH NOTES

12/19  11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

12/12  11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

12/6  11:45 PM PT

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! The Christmas event has started.

RESOURCE: PRESENTS
• Presents are our Christmas event resource. They are displayed in the warehouse as usual and are tradable!
• Shop: The small present package contains 30 presents.
• Shop: The large present package contains 100 presents.

CHRISTMAS BUILDINGS
• Deerstalker Hut: A brand new building that produces unlimited meat without using a deposit. You can get up to 3 buildings during the Christmas event.
• Decorations: Fabulous Christmas decorations are available in the Shop again!
• Recycling Manufactory: This building produces unlimited coal without using any other Resources. You can get 1 building for presents, in case you didn't get one for presents in the past.

QUESTS AND OTHER UPDATES
• NPC: Santa Claus is introduced. Ho ho ho!
• Snow: Each player received a gift! Check your in-game mail to get a free "A Thousand Snowflakes" buff
• New Daily Quests: Chrismas themed special daily quests are available during the event. Level ranges are: 10-17, 18-25, 26-35 and 36-50.
• Christmas Adventure: Stop the Croaker’s evil plans in this special Christmas Adventure (available from LVL 26)
• Graphics: Our logo and loading screen have gotten into the Christmas spirit!

CHRISTMAS BUFFS
• A Thousand Snowflakes: Covers your island with fluffy snow.
• Solar Flare: Removes the snow from your island.
• Christmas Feast: Increases the Mayor’s House output x6. Lasts 2 hours.
• Cookies: Increases any workyard’s output x3. Lasts 32 hours.
• The Fermentation Accelerator: Increases the Brewery’s output x4. Lasts 24 hours.
• Granite Transformation: You can transform marble and presents to create granite in the Provision House.

BUGFIXES
• Small size modification of the mail window for localization reasons.
• A bug that occured when using the help button was fixed.

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...Are the ancient prophecies right after all...?

The Settlers of each gameworld have to unite and face any future challenges!

Happy Settling!

11/28  11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

11/21 11:45 PM PT

HALLOWEEN 2012

• All quests related to Halloween have been removed
• The Halloween category in the Shop has been removed
• Night mode on all home islands has been deactivated
• The Halloween background music has been changed back to the standard one
• It's no longer possible to produce a very strong light, sun and darkness buffs in provision house
• The Halloween loading screen has been switched back to the standard one

DAILY GUILD QUESTS MODIFICATIONS

• The new version of daily guild quests is available for all guilds that have more than 10 members
• A new resource has been added to the game: guild coins
• You can gather guild coins by completing daily guild quests (sub- and main-tasks)
• Daily guild quests are splitted into different groups to match level of the player: 10-18, 19-25, 26-35, 36-45 and 45-50
• The number of members in a guild will affect which guild quests you receive. The level ranges are: 10-20, 21-35, 36-55 and 56-100 members
• The amount of guild coins received after finishing a quest(s) depends on player level and guild size
• You can spend your guild coins to get new productivity buffs, refill buffs, adventure and a master geologist

NEW QUESTS

• 250 interesting quests, including campaigns with special rewards and their own story
• Side quests which will give you resources
• Side quests which will give you experience points
• The tutorial adventure - Bounty Hunter - has been modified
• New buff: Medipack. It recovers the general instantly (received after one of your generals have been wounded for the first time)

NEW HELP SYSTEM

• New help system includes graphical assets: flying reward icons and highlighter interface elements
• New help windows will explain game features with pictures and detailed descriptions - they will be opened every time you use a feature/function for the first time
• Added a help window archive where you can find detailed game information

NEW LEVEL-UP WINDOW

• New level-up window which shows up each time you level; it also shows you graphical feedback about new abilities
• With every level you gain some resources

BUILDINGS: LEVEL REQUIREMENTS CHANGES

• Mason is available at level 4 (before 3)
• Tavern is available at level 4 (before 15)
• Branch office is available at level 12 (before 17)
• Residence is available at level 15 (before 5)
• Barracks is available at level 15 (before 12)
• Bow maker is available at level 17 (before 16)
• Hardwood cutter, sawmill and forester are available at level 18 (before 17)
• Marble mason is available at level 19 (before 17)
• Iron mine and smelter are available at level 20 (before 18)
• Iron weapon smith is available at level 21 (before 18)
• Hunter and butcher are available at level 22 (before 21)
• Stable is available at level 23 (before 20)
• Coal mine is available at level 23 (before 22)
• Gold mine, smelter and coinage are available at level 24 (before 23)
• Longbow maker is available at level 25 (before 22)
• Steel forge and weapon smith are available at level 27 (before 25)

UNITS: LEVEL REQUIREMENTS CHANGES

• Recruits are available at level 15 (before 12)
• Bowmen are available at level 17 (before 16)
• Cavalry are available at level 23 (before 20)
• Longbowmen are available at level 25 (before 22)
• Soldiers are available at level 27 (before 25)

PROVISION HOUSE: LEVEL REQUIREMENTS CHANGES

• Solid Sandwich is available at level 16 (before 8)
• Aunt Irma's Gift Basket is available at level 22 (before 8)

ADVENTURE SEARCH MODIFICATIONS

• Medium search: if the explorer doesn't find an adventure, he will bring 6 map parts
• Long search: if the explorer doesn't find an adventure, he will bring 9 map parts

ECONOMY OVERVIEW MODIFICATIONS

• Production indicators (arrows) have been fixed
• Correct values are shown when the storage is completely full/empty

TRADE WINDOW MODIFICATIONS

• After accepting a trade offer, you are no longer moved to the first page
• Sorting option has been improved
• The default amount of goods when creating a trade offer has been changed from maximum to minimum
• Checkbox next to "Deals player cannot afford" is unchecked by default
• Thousand separator (comma) has been added.
• It is now possible to pin and move the trade window
• Refreshing the history tab has been improved

CHAT INTERFACE MODIFICATIONS

• Nicknames and messages are different colors now
• The color of whispers has been modified

Happy settling!

11/14 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

11/7 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

10/31 5:00 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Script Fixes
• Server back online at 11:00 pm PST

10/24 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

10/17 11:45 PM PT

HALLOWEEN BUFFS
• Darkness: It stops the production of a friend's building for 2 hours.
• Very Strong Light: It removes the darkness effect and increases output 4x for 2 hours.
• Zombie: It increases output 4x for 12 hours.
• Mr. Myers: It speeds up the recruitment process (Barracks) 4x for 1 hour.
• Frank and Stein: It adds 1000 marble units to one marble deposit.

HALLOWEEN BUILDINGS
• Pumpkin Field: Fields which produce this event's resource: pumpkins. You can buff these fields in order to increase their output.
• Village School: A brand new building which speeds up the process of getting new settlers to move into your village.
• Silo: It refills corn fields over time.
• Decorations: A couple of awesome and spooky decoration items are available.

OTHER
• Grim Reaper General: This unique general has the same values like the Master General, but the appearance in the Star menu is different.
• Eliot, the Pumpkin Master: A new NPC is introduced.

MODIFICATIONS
• Night: During the event, your village will be covered in darkness - help Eliot and recover the daylight!
• Music: Someone changed the background music as a trick! It's very spooky...
• Graphics: The game decided to dress up in a costume for the occasion, including the logo and loading screen.

10/10 11:45 PM PT

NEW FEATURE: NEW TRADE SYSTEM

• The Trading system was taken out of the chat and now has its own UI
• You can now make multiple trades at the same time
• Amount of tradable goods is now only limited by the player’s inventory
• There is a detailed history tab that archives the last 20 trades
• Players can now trade buffs, buildings, adventures etc. Everything except limited shop items and gems
• Accepting trades now works instantly. There is no waiting and no mail.
• There is now a filter option to search for particular item(s)
• Players need to be listed as friends for at least 24 hours before you can trade via friend list. This is implemented to protect unexperienced players from "false friends". Guild members and old friends will be able to use the feature immediately.

BUGFIXES
• Friend list: Fixed the online status display for guild members
• Graphics: Added missing high level graphics for bowmaker and recycling plant
• Locked zones: An issue that caused zone crashes is fixed now
• Texts: Several text issues fixed
• Adventures: In order to decline adventure invitations after 8 hours, it is no longer needed to visit the adventure zone anymore. Only the mailbox needs to be opened.
• Friends list fix. Sometimes friends were shown multiple times.
• Sorting in the trade system has been fixed

10/3 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

9/26 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

9/19 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

9/12 11:45 PM PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5:00 am PST

9/3 11:45 pm PT

NEW FEATURES
• Economy overview: There is a new button on your menu bar which opens the Economy Overview. The economy overview, once opened, shows a 12 hour prediction based on your current production. Additionally, it will show if there is a problem within the production chain.
• Pre-combat feedback: There is a new option in the garrison which shows battle information, including what a battle may result in. For example, if you need more than one wave, a skull is shown. However, if it shows a crown, you conquer the sector by defeating the camp with no changes to your army.

BUG FIXES
• Path system: Placing a general from the star menu to the island used to lead to a wrong path display.
• Scrollbar: Boxes with both horizontal and vertical scrollbars display correctly now
• Guild: The button to found a guild is now locked until a guild house is built

8/30 12:00 am PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

8/23 12:00 am PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

8/16 12:00 am PT

NEW FEATURES: GUILD QUESTS
• Guild Quests: Each day there will be a new guild quest.
• Guild Quests: Every active guild member also gets a main and a sub quest.
• Guild Quests: There will be only one active guild quest at a time.
• Guild Quests: The main quest is the same for all guild members - the sub quest
can be different
• Guild Quests: When a specific percentage of guild members have finished their
sub quest the main quest gets finished and all
other (unfinished) sub quests are cancelled
• A guild needs at least 20 members for the quest feature to be activated

NEW FEATURES: QUESTBOOK
• The questbook has been redesigned
• To complete a quest, you must now push a button.

NEW FEATURES
• Interface: You can now move buildings! The Mayor's House, storehouses, mine buildings, fields, wells and gem pits cannot be moved.
• Garrison: Assigning troops to a general is now easier.The slider stops when the maximum capacity of the general is reached.

BUG FIXES
• A bug was fixed that occured when the tool box window was moved
• Expanding/closing the quest categories resulted in a graphic glitch. This is now fixed.
• A bug in the display of the population tooltip has been fixed

8/9 12:00 am PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

8/2 12:00 am PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

7/26 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

7/19 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

7/12 12:00 am PT

Patchnotes 7/12/2012

NEW FEATURES

• UI: New building toolbox added
• UI: Building menu icons removed from action bar and placed into
the new toolbox
• UI: New population tooltip (info bar)
• Buildings: The remaining time of a buff is now shown
• Buildings: Production paths including the path times are shown
when creating or selecting a building
• Buildings: Instantly upgrade to the next level for gems
• Buildings: Provision house workaround. Exact output is shown
when converting buffs

Soccer Event Removal 2

• Shop: The category "Euro cup" has been deactivated
• Building: Friary can now be purchased for Gems in the shop (architect)
• Provision house: Soccer balls can be converted to coins
• The event logos have been removed

BUG FIXES - PATHING

• The path the general takes now corresponds to the preview
• The general now takes a straight path to his destination
• The running settlers on the home zones are gone
• A bug that made the general jump back to the start of his route
is fixed
• A 4 second display error regarding the production path time
is fixed

BUG FIXES

• Friend list: A bug that mixed up your list after visiting a friend
or vice versa is fixed
• Login: Changing into another tab while starting the game could lead
to a game crash - fixed
• Streets: There was a area on the right side of the home island
where you couldn't build streets. This has been fixed
• Garrison: While it is being constructed, you can't click it anymore
• Buildings: A construction error the affected big buildings is fixed
• Adventure: Scrollbar removed in mail for adventure invitations
• Adventure: A wrong landing zone in one particular adventure is fixed

7/5 12:00 am PT

Soccer Event Removal

• The Soccer adventure chain has ended. There will be no rewards for finishing
the event island besides the experience points you gain.
• The soccer daily quests have been deactivated
• Soccer balls: No Soccer ball rewards anymore
• Shop: The category "reserve bench“ is deactivated
• Shop: The category "Euro cup" is still active until next maintenance

6/28 12:00 am PT

We have added two new buildings to the Settlers Online. The first building is the Gem Pit, which will produce 20,000 Gems over a six month period (Contains 40,000 Gems in total). The second is an endless copper mine that will produce copper without ever depleting. Both of these buildings can be found in the architect section of the shop.

NEW FEATURES

• New Building: Gem Pit
Can not be upgraded nor buffed

• New Building: Endless copper mine
Can be buffed and upgraded

6/21 12:00 am PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

6/14 12:00 am PT

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

6/6 12:00 am PST

The Soccer event will be live 6/6! Be sure to check out the brand new daily quests, quest chains, and buildings. You may notice your Settlers becoming very thirsty in preparation for the Euro Cup, so we added the Friary, a new building that produces 4 times as much brew as the regular brewery! Please take time to read the patch notes below for a full list of additions!


New Soccer event has been added!

QUESTS AND TASKS
• A new Soccer quest chain added which consists of 6 quests featuring exclusive enemy camps and enemy units
• New Soccer daily quests added for levels 10-26, 27-36, 37-50

ITEMS AND BUILDINGS
• Event resource: Soccer Balls
• Friary: New building produces 4 times as much brew as the regular brewery
• Soccer trophy: New decorative building
• Flag flowerbeds: Flags of the 16 countries who are participating in the Euro Cup
• Fan hats: New population buff item
• Stadium snack: New productivity buff item
• Small and big fan package: Resource packs containing Soccer balls
• Soccer building licenses: 5 licenses for Soccer balls


5/31 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

5/24 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

5/16 12:15 am PST

NEW FEATURES

• Building queue extension: The list can be extended with up to 3 permanent and up to 3 temporary slots

CHANGES AND FIXES: BUILDING

• If you're short on building licenses, the queue allows the correct amount of tasks instead of blocking further tasks too early
• The interface shows the correct number of remaining licenses if you return to your empire from a different zone
• Changing the building queue position of a building won't cause a wrong construction start time anymore
• When a new building is placed on depleted wells and farm fields, the building pattern works properly (no overlapping anymore)
• A display bug regarding the percentage of construction progress has been fixed
• Upgrading a building will stop its production like the tutorial says

MODIFICATION AND FIXES

• Login-Bonus: The reward popup won't show up many times anymore
• Adventures: Conquering a sector won't make decorative NPC buildings disappear anymore
• Quests: The game won't freeze anymore when you finish a couple of quests at the same time
• User Interface: A bug regarding the display of remaining life has been fixed
• Star menu: The mouse over behavior of some icons have been fixed
• Army: A zone crash bug was fixed that sometimes appeared when you assign extra troops to a general


5/10 12:15 am PST

• The Spring event has been completely switched off
• If you had an unfinished Spring quest, it has been deleted from your quest book
• The Spring category has been removed from the shop
• "Veteran" general is now available in the shop

5/3 12:15 am PST
• The Spring event has ended: You can no longer start the Spring quest chain
• If you currently have the Spring quest chain, you can finish it until May 10th.
• Spring items will be removed from the shop on May 10th.

4/26 12:15 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

4/19 12:15 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4:30 am PST

4/12 12:00 am PST

NEW FEATURES
• Adventure: There are 5 new adventures
• Item: A further adventure is available in exchange for map fragments
• Item: There are 2 new resource boxes (normal and luxury) that you can purchase by exchanging map fragments
• Item: You can purchase a mysterious adventure box in exchange for map fragments
• Chat: The last global channel you used will be rejoined the next time you login
• Mail: Item trade mail will now have a timer to return items of expired offers
• Daily quests: There are now 100 new daily quests implemented
• Graphics: Animations reworked: cannon forge, coking plant, bakery
• Graphics: Graphics reworked: witch tower, smelter level 5, bakery

SPRING EVENT
• Special new adventure chain, including 10 adventures
• New Specialist: The rabbit explorer
• New Specialist: New general who is able to command 250 units
• Several (special) items available in exchange for eggs

BUG FIXES
• Delay of the geologist’s return fixed
• Mail: Wrong sender name fixed
• Mail: There are no “new message” notifications for expired mail anymore
• Chat: Joining 2 global channels simultaneously isn’t possible anymore


4/4 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

Information on the Easter Event delay

3/29 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

Unfortunately, Germany pushed the Easter event live and it had major technical issues that affected gameplay. In light of this we are going to push back the event. It should be in next week.

3/22 1:00 am PST

Breaking News: Soldiers across Castle Empire have put down their beers and demanded Brewery owners create a special concoction called ‘Brew’ for their training needs. This brew is a new sort of liquid courage and will work just how beer has in the past.

Patch Notes 3/22/2012

· The Easter event will start next week after the maintenance on March 29th.
· The “Beer” resource has been renamed to “Brew"

3/15 1:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

3/8 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

3/1 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

2/23 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

2/16 12:00 am PST

NEW FEATURES:

We have added more new graphics for high level buildings. The following buildings now have graphics up to level 5:
· Silo
· Gold Smelter
· Wheel maker
· Stable
· Residence
· Miller
· Longbow maker
· Crossbow smith
· Powder hut
· Recycling plant

2/9 12:00 am PST

New Graphics:

• Coking plant
• Coinage
• Iron Smelter
• Steel Weaponsmith
• Hunter
• Steel Smelter
• Damascene Weaponsmith
• Cannon Forge
• Brewery
• Copper Mine
• Bronze Weaponsmith

2/2 12:00 am PST
NEW FEATURES:
We added new graphics for high building levels. The following buildings now have graphics up to level 5:
· Bakery
· Watermill
· Carpenter
· Titanium Smelter
· Provisions House
· Iron Weaponsmith

BUGFIXES:
Chat disconnect bug fixed

1/26 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

1/19 12:00 am PST

New graphics for high building levels added.

The following buildings have graphics up to level 5:
• Mayors hall
• Barracks
• Farm
• Warehouse
• Noble residence

1/12 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

1/4 12:00 am PST

• The Christmas event is ending. That means your explorer will no longer find gifts, and you will receive no more daily quests.
• You can finish your current quest. After that, there will be no more quests (for now).
• The Christmas items will only be available for another week in the shop.

12/21 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

12/15 12:00 am PST

Bugfixes:
- The daily quest should no longer be constantly repeated
- The daily quests will now start at 3am, just like the daily login bonus.
- Finished quests will no longer be shown again.
- Various text changes have been implemented.




12/8 12:00 am PST

1) New Questbook:

The Quest overview has been redesigned! The following things will now be shown:

• (Tutorial) Quests
• Daily Quests
• Active Adventures
• Next Quests

There will also be a smaller overview screen. You can select which Quests you would like to have shown there. This smaller overview screen will be moveable!

The adventures are not in your friends list anymore, they can be found in your new Questbook and Quest overview! You can start and visit your Adventure maps through this interface.

2) Daily Quests:

The new Daily Quests are now available from Level 10 and up. Every day (24 hours) you will get a new Daily Quest that can be completed.
You can only have one Quest in the queue. This means that 24 hours after starting the first Daily Quest, you can start the next one, but only if you have completed the previous one.

Daily Quests are not automatically completed. To get the rewards you have to manually finish them in your Questbook!

At this point we have 3 Daily Quests per level range. However, we will have a ton of new Daily Quests waiting for you at the start of next year!

The level ranges for the Daily Quests are: 10 – 17, 18 – 25, 26 – 35, 36 – 50).

3) Christmas Event:

We introduced a new resource just for the Christmas event - Presents! You can exchange these in the Shop for new items. You can buy Presents in the Shop in the category Christmas. You will be rewarded handsomely with Presents when you successfully finish the new Daily Quests! With a bit of luck, your explorers will also bring back some Presents when on the treasure hunt.

• The entire beer production, including beer as a resource will be renamed to “mulled wine” for the Christmas feeling.
• The “mystery boxes” in the Shop (exchangeable for Presents) will have various surprise items for you.
• The Provision house has a new feature which allows you to change your marble into granite. With the “granite transformer” you can transform 500 marble and 20 Presents into 50 granite.
• A whole new Adventure – In the spirit of the season we have a special Adventure map with snow! You can only get this Adventure through the Daily Quests?

4) The time for specialists can be cut in half!

You can now decrease the search time of your specialists by half. When you click on a specialist who is on his way in the Star menu, you will see an overview where you can halve the search time. This can be used on the same specialist multiple times!

5) Rewards that exceed your storage will now be put in the star menu.

6) Adjustments to Adventures and Military Units

Soldiers and Elite Soldiers are now set before the Bows and the Cavalry. The Cavalry is now also protected by all melee units, which means they are now not the first to be attacked.

The reward for the Adventures were adjusted (mostly set higher)

The experience points for the following units were increased: Pirate Captain, Bandit Cavalry, Bandit Recruit and Bandit Soldier.

Because of that, the following Adventure rewards were increased:

• Secluded Experiment
• Island of the Pirates
• Victor the Vicious
• The Dark Priests
• Sons of the Veld
• Motherlove

The following adventures have been changed:

• Secluded Experiment
- Reduced Units (Pirate Captain)
- Reduced Camps
- More tactical options

• Island of the Priates
- Reduced Units ( Pirate Captain)

The Adventures are now split into three categories, dependant on the reward of the adventure: resource adventure, experience adventure and epic adventures.

Resource Adventures:
• Outlaws
• Victor the Vicious
• Island of the Pirates

Experience Adventures:
• Witch of the Swamp
• Horseback
• Traitors
• The Dark Priests
• Stealing from the Rich
• Sons of the Veld
• The Nords

Epic Adventures:
• The Dark Brotherhood
• Old Friends (Follow up)
• Mother Love (Follow up)
• The Black Knights
• Secluded Experiment

Resource Adventures are low on experience but high on resource loot. Experience Adventures are high on experience but low on resources. The Epic Adventures are hard to finish, but have a chance for lots of gold and epic loot, like for example the very rare decoration items.

7) Known Bugs:

The next Quest only works if you already received a Daily Quest and have not completed it on the first day.


12/1 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4 am PST

11/24 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 4 am PST

11/17 12:00 am PST

New FEATURES:
- The Halloween event, the Halloween Shop items, the buffs in the Provisionhouse, and the Halloween Music have been removed.
• Leftover Pumpkins can be traded in the Provision house for gold coins, or be traded for goods
• Some Items can now be deleted in the Starmenu if the little red „x“ is clicked.


BUGFIXES:
• When getting a whisper chat, you will now hear the „knocking“ sound again.
• Bugged (invisible) deposits should not appear anymore
• The last position (Scrolling Position) in the Starmenu is now saved when you switch tabs. This means you do not have to scroll again!
• Piloting the generals of your friends in Co-op adventures is not possible anymore (rare bug)
• When the battle is undecided, the general goes back to his garrison wounded, and the bandit camp remains empty
• Bugfix for a small bug when allocating troops to a general
• Attacks can now be cancelled up to 2.5 seconds after the attack has begun. After 2.5 seconds it cannot be cancelled.

11/10 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Pumkins removed from the shop
• Server back online at 4 am PST

11/3 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

10/27 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Fixed pumpkin field bug
• Server back online at 4 am PST

10/20 12:00 am PST
Halloween Event Features

(1) New Shop Items
Pumpkin Cemetery
Small Pumpkin Cemetery: 1 Pumpkin per 8h (50 units)
Common Pumpkin Cemetery: 1 Pumpkin per 4 hour (85 units )
Noble Pumpkin Cemetery 1 Pumpkin per hour (100 units)


Every field has a limit (max. 3 of each type = 9 fields in total during this Halloween event). After 9 fields, you are not able to build anymore fields during this event. The fields do not require building licenses and do not appear in the Starmenu after being torn down. The fields can be paused and buffed. The explorer does not find any pumpkins on his hunt!
Seeder

Refills the wheat in a wheat field. The building can be upgraded and buffed. Every 12 minutes, one wheat will be added to the field (for a level 5 building it will be 5 corn units per 12 minutes). It does not refill empty fields and does not revive collapsed fields. It does not require any building licenses and is limited at buildings during this Halloween Event.
Grimm Reaper General

General with the same functions as the Master General. Regenerates 50% faster (2 hours) and travels 50% faster (15 minutes). Limited to one General per player.
New decorations available at the cost of pumpkins
Tomb
Collapsed Wall (North and West)
Ruin

Zombie (buff)

The production of a production building is quadrupled for 12 hours.
Mr. Myers (buff)

The recruitment rate (unit production) is quadrupled for 1 hour.
Frank and Stein

Refills your marble at your marble mason by 1000 units.

Pumpkins / A Basket Full of Pumpkins

Adds 40 or 125 pumpkins.


The placement of the various categories in the shop has been rearranged

(2) New Buffs in the Provision House
Darkness
Can be produced for 5 pumpkins.
Can only be used on production buildings belonging to players on your friends list. Production buildings include pumpkin cemeteries and wells (no wheat fields, barracks, provision house, residence, garrison).
Production of targeted building will be STOPPED for 2 hours.
The buff will be displayed through a graphic effect and distinguishes itself considerably from other (known) buffs.

Light
Can be produced for 5 pumpkins.
Can only be used on your own productions buildings that are affected by the 'Darkness' buff. The 'Darkness' buff will disappear and production will be tripled for 1 hour.
You can always use this 'dispel buff' if you have the person in your list and you can visit them.
You cannot use this 'dispel buff' on buildings that are already buffed.


When you use our scary new buffs, you will hear an evil laugh. Besides that, we have a different background music that fits the Halloween theme (which of course can be disabled).

(3) Bug Fixes
When you are trading over the chat, the avatar icon of the trade partner is now shown.

10/13 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Oktoberfest Event Done
• Server back online at 6 am PST

10/6 12:00 am PST

Daily Login Bonus (Level 5 and above)

• For each day that you log in to the game, you receive a 'Bonus'.
• This bonus gets bigger as the number of consecutive days that you log in increases. It is based off level and can consists of resources such as swords, settlers, buffs, exotic fruits etc.
• If you log in 7 days in a row, you will receive 45 gems on the 7th day. If you miss one day, it starts over from the beginning.

Hotkeys! As requested by the community, we implemented hotkeys for the buildings that are used most often, as well as some tweaks to improve the game experience:

• With W, A, S and D or the arrow keys you can scroll
• The numbers on the numpad let you jump to the sectors
• with H you can jump to your city hall
• with P you can jump to your Provision House
• with B you can jump to your Barracks
• Empty wells and wheat fields have new Graphics
• Visitors’ avatars are only shown 15 seconds after their visit

Bugfixes:

• Guild chat starts normally now
• New Quests should no longer open twice
• In co-op adventures, the names of the friends are shown over the garrisons
• Visitors are no longer shown indefinitely

Known bugs:

• The building license is not correctly displayed when you had visitors and then log in again
• The avatar icon is missing when trading via chat

9/29 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST
• Deployment (Oktoberfest)
• Adventure Compensation (Level 26+)
• Founders Gift for all Closed Beta participants

Fixed bugs:
Adventure Bugs
Global Chat Bug


9/22 12:00 am PST

New Features
- Players level 16 and under will now see a Tutorial Icon
- Adventures are now in their own tab in the Star Menu

Bugfixes- You will no longer experience ‘Lost’ generals during Adventures.
- The tooltip for your free settlers overview in the upper bar will now show up when the cheese sandwich or love potion is being used
- Fixed a bug where Adventures were sometimes not being deleted from the friendslist
- While he still has troops alive, a General will no longer be wounded
- Fixed a bug where missing resources for the basic buildings were not shown
- Fixed various textual corrections
- New Tooltips (for example army overview in the starmenu)

9/14 10:00 pm PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 6 am PST

9/8 1:30 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

9/1 12:30 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

8/25 12:00 am PST

• New Logo in the loading screen
• New Banner in the Shop
• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

8/17 12:00 am PST

• 403 Error Fixed!
• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

8/9 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

8/2 12:00 am PST

Game Changes

• The provision house now produces stacks of goods/buffs. The slider defines how large the stack should be. The prices remain unchanged.
• Buff stacks produced in the provision house can now be applied until the stack is depleted. The stack size is displayed on the mouse cursor during buffing.
• Changed the loot tables of adventures. You now find more granite and tropical wood. The more advanced resources have been moved to medium and rare adventures.
• Community Request: Due to your feedback, we set the trade cooldown to 10 minutes.
• Community Request: Due to your feedback, we introduced 2 new buildings: medium wheatfield and deep well, which now contain 400 wheat and 1500 water respectively. You can find them in the build menu.
• Battle reports from adventures are now labeled as such
• Battle reports where the general was misled to another bandit camp are now labeled as such

Shop Changes

• The artisan well and the packed wheatfield now have new graphics to distinguish them from the other 2 versions.
• The love potion now lasts 12 hours and doubles the population growth rate.
• The improved drill plan now lasts 12 hours and halves recruitment time.
• The refill of the iron diviner now has 750 content while keeping the price
• Three new adventures are available in the shop: The Nords, the Dark Priests, and Stealing from the Rich

7/28 12:00 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 2am PST

7/21 1:45 am PST

• Database Bug Fixes
• Deleted old bin logs
• Server back online at 5 am PST

CHANGE LOG -11/14/2013

STAR COINS OFFER

Many new items that can be acquired in exchange for Star Coins have been added to the game. You can find them in the "Epic Items" category.

HALLOWEEN 2013 - REMOVAL PHASE 1&2

• All quests related to the Halloween event were deactivated.
• The shop category "Halloween" was deactivated.
• Golems left the lakes on all home islands.
• Collectible pumpkins will no longer appear on home islands.
• It is no longer possible to produce Halloween buffs in a Provision House.
• Remaining Golem buffs ("Bag of Marbles", "Ropes" and "Bucket of Water") can be converted back into resources by activating them on a Mayor's House.
• Zombies on home islands were replaced with animals.
• The background music was switched to the default one.
• Several graphics were replaced with the standard ones.

BUGFIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Process responsible for updating status of guild quests has been improved.
• It is no longer possible to initiate hired troops buffs activation on a home island.
• Percentages related to building upgrades should be displayed correctly now.
• Sometimes the crossed swords icon in battle reports was not shown properly.
• In some cases a Friend trade option was not greyed out directly after adding a new friend.
• Some graphics in the guild interface were not displayed correctly.
• The graphic of "A Thousand Snowflakes" buff displayed in the Tavern has been corrected.
• Sometimes the information displayed after a hired troops buff activation was not correct.
• From time to time, the remaining amount of Hired Troops was not displayed properly.
• In some cases the color of required Gems (amount) was not displayed correctly.
• Bookbinder production is no longer reset after the building is upgraded or moved.
• Small adjustments related to the Economy overview window.
• The "Missing tools" quest should no longer cause issues.
• Improvements related to daily quest mechanics.
• The information shown after you click on a garrison of your friend (adventure) has been corrected.

Please take note that this is a preliminary changelog and the final version may differ.

Happy settling!

Below, you will find a list of modifications that were implemented during this maintenance.

GUILD RANKS

Several new rights can be assigned to guild members, including:

• Invite and kick other members
• Write guild mails
• Cancel guild quests

See the full feature description in the dev's diary in our forums.

GUILD INTERFACE RE-DESIGN
The guild info window, which every player can open when searching for a guild, was re-designed.
It now shows more specific information such as the guild leader, description and banner.
See the full feature description in the dev's diary in our forums.

BUGFIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• The buff "Country Saying" showed a wrong description in the mouseover popup when sold.
• Quartermaster general doesn’t need a building license anymore.
• Bookbinder books are now grayed-out when resources are missing.
• It's no longer possible to place generals on blocked sectors in adventures by sending more generals than normally fit on the adventure map.
• An info popup over the accept button in guild successor mails was fixed.
• An info popup in battle reports was fixed.
• Guild member certificates icon was different in the shop compared to the star menu item.
• Guild expand button now directs to the guild member certificates instead of just opening the shop.
• Sometimes the text in the shop header was not displayed correctly.
• Building queue slot queue won't disappear anymore if a premium account is active or an additional slot was bought.
• Star menu items were sometimes highlighted inconsistently.
• An error could occurred when assigning skill points to the explorer and changing to another too quickly.
• The sorting of "misc" category when selling something was fixed.
• Declining a guild invitation of a deleted guild could lead to an error.
• If adventure invites were accepted by 2 or more players at literally the same time, it could lead to an error.
• Guild information popups that show up next to the avatar after expanding, leaving or inviting somebody to the guild had missing icons.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

The Christmas event has started, it introduced many features:
* Event resource: Presents (tradable)
* Christmas Surprise: A new feature that allows all players to collect many gifts
* Adventures: Special adventures that provide useful rewards
* Collections: New collectible items that can be converted into Presents
* Christmas Daily Quests: Special Daily Quests will be running during the whole event
* During the event, explorers can find Presents on standard treasure searches
More details can be found in the developer's diary in official forums.

BUGFIXES AND MODIFICATIONS:
* Issue with a Bookbinder production time has been fixed.
* Promotion window has been added to the game.
* Issue with battle reports display was fixed.
* Selecting a Quartermaster General on adventure maps could display a wrong text.
* Reward adjustments for two Daily Guild Quests.
* Icon representing collectible items on the level-up window has been adjusted.
* It is no longer possible to buff a Fairytale Castle that is below the 5th upgrade level.
* A few localization updates.

Happy settling!

Change log

The Christmas event was deactivated:
• Presents won't be found by Explorers anymore
• Christmas Daily Quests were deactivated, Christmas quest chain was removed
• The Christmas Surprise was deactivated
• Collections: Collectible Christmas items were deactivated
• The 3 day premium buff was removed
• All Christmas-related graphics were removed; the loading screen was changed back to normal
• The Christmas shop category was deactivated
• Hot lemon tea was added to the shop (for gems)
• Improved provision house was added to the shop (limited, for gems)
• The adventures "More Secluded Experiments" and "Return to the Bandit Nest" are now part of the corresponding adventure's loot of "Secluded experiments" and "Bandit nest"

BUG FIXES AND MODIFICATIONS:
• Free building spots on the home island are displayed faster
• A tutorial bug at level 5 (find a new stone deposit) was fixed

Happy settling!

*This patch has been delayed. Regular maintenance will occur on 1/30*

NEW NPC AND QUEST CHAIN
• A new quest chain with a new NPC was implemented
• It is available for all players level 45 and higher

EPIC WORKYARDS
• The first building of its kind - the Epic Woodyard - was implemented
• It handles various wood processing chains
• The new building can be obtained in the Shop
All details can be found in the forum thread here.


NEW MAIL WINDOW
• The mail interface was completely re-designed.
All details can be found in the forum here.

BUG FIXES AND MODIFICATIONS
• Clicking on a garrison immediately after moving will now open in the appropriate menu
• Floating residences in construction lost the construction animation and are shown with the final graphic after a zone refresh
• If there are more then 4 tasks in the barrack's queue, cancelling one of them will not force the list to reload. That way, accidentally hitting "instant complete" can be avoided.
• The quest "Near the village" showed up with the wrong icon in the quest book
• The "invite a friend" confirmation mail had a blank body text

This version has been delayed. The new patch notes for the maintenance on 2/12 can be found below.

Spoiler

NEW NPC AND QUEST CHAIN
• A new quest chain with a new NPC was implemented
• It is available for all players with level 45 and higher

EPIC WORKYARDS
• As the first building of its kind, the Epic Woodyard was implemented
• It handles various wood-processing chains
• The new building can be obtained in the Shop
All details in the forum.


• The mail interface was completely redesigned.
All details in the forum.

PRODUCTION CHAIN OPTIMIZATION
A few optimizations in the production chains were implemented
Please find all relevant information in the according dev's diary below.

NEW MYSTERY BOX
• Buddy's Valentine Surprise was added
• It can be obtained for 95 gems in the shop

BUG FIXES AND MODIFICATIONS
• Clicking on a garrison immediately after moving it now opens the corresponding menu
• Floating residences in construction lost the construction animation and were shown with the final graphic after a zone refresh
• If there are more then 4 tasks in the barrack's queue, cancelling one of them will not force the list to reload.
That way, accidently hitting "instant complete" will be avoided
• The quest "Near the village" showed up with a wrong icon in the quest book
• The "invite a friend" confirmation mail had a blank body text
• Lemon tea now has the correct, non-Christmas description in the promotion window
• Landing zones in some adventures are now correctly used if multiple players attend to it
• More Secluded Experiments: The battle preview was fixed
• The adventure description of all epic raids was updated
• Animations of meat- or water-carrying settlers was fixed

Dear Settlers,

With the game version update that is planned for February 2014, several modifications affecting production chains will be implemented.
More details about changes can be found below.

• Withdraw of resources required for a production cycle
  Currently, required resources are consumed at the end of a production cycle. After the change takes place, resources will be withdrawn from a storehouse with the start of the production cycle.
  
  
• Improvement of deposit-refilling process
  In case the max capacity of a deposit is not reached, the number of assigned re-filling workyards (e.g. foresters) will be calculated basing on amount of resource units that can be refilled. Example: If max capacity of a wood deposit is 25 and currently 24 units are already there, only one forester will be assigned to refill it.
  
  
• Adding resources to a storehouse
  Resources will be added to a storehouse only if they completely fit into it. Example: If a workyard produces 5 units of hardwood planks and there is a space only for 3 additional hardwood planks in the storehouse, nothing will be added. Production of the respective workyard will be on hold until there is enough space in a storehouse to put the produced goods.
  
  
• Workyard production after an upgrade
  When a workyard gets upgraded while a production cycle is running, after the upgrade is finished, it will create the "old" amount of goods. It already consumed resources required for a production chain (previous upgrade-level), hence it will produce corresponding amount of goods.
  
  
• Assigning units to extract goods from deposits
  When a deposit is about to be depleted by a workyard (e.g. wood cutter), no other workyard will send a settler to extract goods from this deposit. They (other workyards) will search for other deposits instead. Settlers returning without goods will not occur anymore.

Happy settling!
BB_Rawren

Patch Notes for 2/12

NEW NPC AND QUEST CHAIN
• A new quest chain with a new NPC was implemented
• It is available for all players level 45 and higher

EPIC WORKYARDS
• The first building of its kind - the Epic Woodyard - was implemented
• It handles various wood processing chains
• The new building can be obtained in the Shop
All details can be found in the forum thread here.


NEW MAIL WINDOW
• The mail interface was completely re-designed.
All details can be found in the forum here.


NEW MYSTERY BOX
• Buddy's Valentine Surprise was added
• It can be obtained for 95 gems in the shop
More information here.

BUG FIXES AND MODIFICATIONS
• Clicking on a garrison immediately after moving will now open in the appropriate menu
• Floating residences in construction lost the construction animation and are shown with the final graphic after a zone refresh
• If there are more then 4 tasks in the barrack's queue, cancelling one of them will not force the list to reload. That way, accidentally hitting "instant complete" can be avoided.
• The quest "Near the village" showed up with the wrong icon in the quest book
• The "invite a friend" confirmation mail had a blank body text

Please note that these patch notes may differ from the final version.



MAIL INTERFACE: OUTBOX
• Outbox has been added to the game
• The folder shows the 50 most recent mails that were sent out
• Content of this folder is read-only

MAIL INTERFACE: IMPROVEMENTS
• Mechanism triggering the expiration of trade offers and adventure invitations has been improved: In order to trigger an expiration check, just open the Outbox
• Process responsible for switching between pages has been improved
• Several improvements related to a "check all" function
• Improvements related to mail interface flickering and jumping
• Adjustments related to a message selecting/highlighting
• Deleted mails will no longer be grayed out, they will be completely deleted

Happy settling!

Please note that the final version may differ from these patch notes.

NEW BUILDING: IMPROVED SILO
• A new building has been added to the game
• Production time for the Improved Silo is 3 times faster than the standard Silo
• It can be acquired in the in-game Shop in the Architect section

MODIFICATIONS
• Buddy's Valentines Surprise is no longer available in the Shop
• Mail system Hotfix: Friend trade offers can not be deleted anymore".

Happy settling!

Patch Notes

COMMUNITY VOTE: GUILD MARKET OFFER
The items selected during the last Community Vote are now available in the Guild market. Since two items were close to being tied, a bonus item was added:
• Copper Diviner (deposit re-filler)
• Zombie (buff)
• Floating Residence (building)
• Sleepy Reef (mini adventure)

NEW MYSTERY BOX
• Trici's Supply Crate box has been added to the game
• The box provides three random buffs
• It is a time-limited offer that is only available for 2 weeks

MODIFICATIONS AND BUGFIXES
• The ability to switch the chat window's text color to white has been added to the game
• Several buttons responsible for confirmation and cancellation have been replaced with graphical symbols
• Adjustments related to landing fields of generals on adventure maps
• Issue with Golden Golem statue should not occur anymore
• The mechanism responsible for friend invitation requests has been adjusted
• Problem with "The bet" quest has been fixed
• Improvements related to negative amount of working settlers
• Issue connected to garrison movement has been solved
• Improved Storehouse building now affects the amount of collectible items you can request while trading
• A few issues with the combat preview function have been fixed
• Improvements related to "Block sender" option
• Trade mails cannot be deleted with x button anymore


Happy settling!

Patch Notes

COLLECTIBLE ITEMS II
• New collectibles and collections were added
• Buffs to reveal all remaining collectibles on the home and an adventure island were added


COOPERATIVE ADVENTURES
• 6 new adventures are now available
• There are adventures for 2, 3 or 4 players
• The Bone Church is available as a reward for one of the new adventures. It provides space for more settlers.


MAIL SYSTEM FIXES
• The mail window now shows arrows when sorting by type/date/expiration
• When switching between mail outbox and inbox, the X was cut off
• Unread mail could not be marked as read if sorting filters were active in the mail window
• The option to delete mails was deactivated for certain mails that couldn't be deleted (like trade mails)
• Once the maximum amount of characters used in a new mail was reached, the error message did not disappear from the send button anymore
• The outbox showed only 49 mails instead of 50 mails
• If a player declines a guild invitation, the mail in the outbox had the wrong nickname in the subject
• Mark as read/unread remained highlighted in the context menu after being clicked

GENERAL MODIFICATIONS AND BUGFIXES
• The Village School can now be upgraded up to level 5.
• Trici's Supply Crate box was removed from the shop
• The black background behind pop-ups will only be shown for very important messages
• The retro buff disappeared when moving a building
• Combat preview now works on all camps in "More Secluded Experiments"
• Magic ink was displayed with a wrong icon in the Rarity Provision House
• Guild house level 2 could not be moved
• Streets (crossroads) do not partly disappear anymore after a zone shutdown
• For certain premium players the additional building slot did not appear
• Fixed a text fitting issue in avatar pop-up messages
• Gem pit icon was used in demolition warning pop-ups of some deposits
• Collection tooltip was expending every time the tooltip was opened
• The help window for collections was re-activated
• The weak point potion and ranged support buff can only be used once on each enemy camp
• When demolishing buildings twice the amount of resources was send back
• The cancel button was not displayed if a buff or resource from the star menu was selected right after another
• When a building was buffed the avatar info pop-ups appears again
• Opening the quest book right after starting the production of a book in the bookbinder resulted in scrollbars not working anymore
• Production time in barracks and provision house did not update properly when a move building was cancelled

Happy settling!

Please leave feedback here.

Dear Settlers,

Thanks for your feedback about the planned changes to the Weak Point Potion and Ranged Support buffs.
The mechanism controlling how these buffs work still needs to be changed, but the modification will not affect already-acquired buffs.

http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archi...anged_supp.png
The recently announced changes will still take place,
but they will not affect already-acquired buffs.

Next steps:

• The aforementioned buffs will be temporarily disabled in the Shop during maintenance on 03.27.2014
• Behavior of already acquired buffs will remain unchanged
• Two buffs will be reintroduced in the future with a changed behavior

Happy settling!
BB_Rawren

Please be aware: In the upcoming maintenance (3/27), a bug is introduced. Playing the End of the World adventure will result in a locked zone. If this occurs, the only solution is to wait until the time of the adventure runs out to repair the locked zone. If you get locked out due to this issue, please send in a ticket to Support. Please avoid playing this adventure until we post about a fix on the website and forums.

Patch notes

EASTER EVENT 2014
The event will consist of 3 phases: Running, Removal 1 and Removal 2. You can find all information about the event and phases in our forums (dev's diary). The following information provides the new features of this year's event.

• First strike general: The Master of Martial Arts
• Easter combat adventure: Garrun the Trapper
• Easter Collectibles: Egg Paint, Simple Egg, Wicker Basket
• Hidden Egg Hunt (buff, made with Easter collectibles)
• Inspirational Speech (buff for a certain area)

GENERAL MODIFICATIONS AND BUGFIXES
• Adventure islands: Collectible items will be only transferred if the adventure was completed and finished in the quest book.
• Paula's Surprise Box will provide random buildings and be available in the shop

Happy settling!

Dear Settlers,

As some of you already know, successfully completing the Whirlwind adventure grants the chance to get a Hospitable Bone Church.

http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archi..._03_church.png
This building not only serves as a very nice decoration,
but also increases the population limit by 100!

With the Easter Event activation, a mistake related to item distribution in this adventure will be fixed.

More information about the change

The amount of reward-slots in the Whirlwind adventure will not decrease, but the Hospitable Bone Church
building will be moved to a separate slot. This means that while completing the Whirlwind adventure,
you will still have a chance to get 7 rewards (7th slot: Experience Points or Star Coins).

This will lead to two possibilities:
- If you are very lucky (i.e. you get a Hospitable Bone Church), all 7 slots will be displayed in the message.
- If you didn't get a Hospitable Bone Church this time, only 6 slots will be displayed in the message.

To have an even better overview of the adjustment, please see the following graphic:

http://static.cdn.ubi.com/0034/archi...03_example.png
Slots marked with a green checkbox symbol are always shown in the adventure loot message,
while the slot with a yellow question mark is displayed only if you managed to get the Hospitable Bone Church.

This information should help to avoid further confusion. :)

Happy Settling!
BB_Rawren

EASTER EVENT REMOVAL I

• Easter quests are cancelled and removed
• Deactivation of event, event shop category remains

A FAQ regarding Removal phase 1 can be found here.

Please take note that this is a preliminary change log and the final version may differ.

**These patch notes are preliminary and might be subject to change.**

EASTER EVENT REMOVAL II
• Shop category removed
• Easter quests canceled and removed
• Easter graphics removed, loading screen changed back to normal
• "Master of Martial Arts" general and "Inspirational speech" buff moved to the black market shop category
• "Paula's Surprise Box" removed from the shop
More details about the removal phases can be found in the Easter developer's diary.

GENERAL MODIFICATIONS AND BUGFIXES
• Achievement system button implemented (inactive)
• Bookbinder interface optimized
• Fullscreen button implemented
• Sound settings were not saved when leaving the game
• Two issues that could cause a locked zone were fixed
• The "Golden Ribbon" buff could not be applied to an arctic iron mine
• Guild succession was not moving forward to the next successors if one of the succession mails expired due to inactivity
• Explorer: "Lucky Detour" skill was displaying as "0%" if skilled
• Combat preview: Transfer path was displayed from the wrong position if the "Transfer" option was used while the "Combat Preview" window is open

Happy settling!

Dear Settlers,

The first part of the Achievement System will be added to the game during the version update planned for 05/06 PDT 05/07 EDT.
will be added to the game.

Even though the interface of the Achievement System will not be available yet, the game will start checking
achievements step-by-step in the background. This solution allows the game to process all information
in stages to avoid in-game delays that might occur if the system checked everything at once.

This means that some players may unlock certain achievements after the maintenance
on 05/06 PDT 05/07 EDT. If you unlock an achievement which grants a reward other than Achievement Points
(for example: Gems), the corresponding goods will be added to your profile without an in-game message.

Please note that before the full implementation of the Achievement System, the game will not provide
any feedback when an achievement has been unlocked or when the respective reward has been credited.
After the interface activation, players will be able to check their achievement progress and the rewards
they received so far. The interface will become available in one of the upcoming game versions.

Happy settling!
BB_Rawren

**Please keep in mind that these patch notes are preliminary and may differ from the live version.**

THE SETTLERS' FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Start of the event: June 12th 2014

The following information presents the most important features of the event:

• Event resource: Footballs
• Event Calendar: Offers many rewards, including buildings
• New explorer with a special ability
• New Collectible Items available during the event
• 6th upgrade level available for Farm, Mason and Marble mason buildings
• 7 completely new adventures that do not require any military units

ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS
• Possibility to add loot from certain types of in-game mails directly to a storehouse has been added to the game.
• The issue with some achievements (complete an adventure using only specific units) has been fixed.

Happy Settling!