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    Dev's Diary: Summer Event

    Developer's Diary: More information about the event - The Settlers Football World Championship


    Dear Settlers,

    This developer's diary is related to the new event: The Settlers Football World Championship. More details can be found below.






    The event resource is called Footballs. They can be traded and are listed in the warehouse (event tab) as usual.
    If you still have Footballs from the previous event, you can use those as well.


    How to get Footballs (event resource)?
    • Rewards for completing event quests
    • Rewards for completing adventures
    • Loot collected by explorers during treasure searches
    • Collectible Items
    • Event Calendar
    • Trading with other players
    • In-game Shop
    • Stefan’s Sports Box




    With the start of the event, a special Event Calendar has been added to the game.
    It allows all players (minimum level: 16) to receive many useful gifts, including buildings!

    The calendar interface features 3 different types of windows:

    1. Regular Window (1) that can be opened on a certain day (or afterwards with Gems).

    2. Special Window (2) that can be opened on a certain day (or afterwards with Gems), only if all previous windows have been opened.

      Important: Each player needs to choose the reward from the list on the right (the choice cannot be changed afterwards).


      The above picture presents two situations:
      Rewards selected (left) and rewards not yet selected (right).

    3. Adventure Window (3) that can be opened on a certain day (or afterwards without Gems).

    Opening the Event Calendar interface is easy: Just click on the icon of the Football that is located next to your avatar:



    The football icon is shown only to players that have reached level 16 or higher.



    There are many event collectibles in the game which can be used to produce special buffs (counter abilities)
    that are needed to complete new event adventures. Counter abilities can be produced in the Provision houses.


    There is a chance to acquire event-related items through:
    • Collectible Items
      Shoe, Elastic Spring, Telescope, Banana peel, Fist, Corner, Footballs, Red color

    • Treasure searches (explorer)
      Shoulder pad, Helmet, Twister, Studs, Wet grass, Grease, Footballs

    • Adventures
      Shoe, Banana peel, Shoulder pad, Studs, Helmet, Twister, Red color, Telescope,
      Wet grass, Fist, Grease, Corner, Elastic spring, Footballs

    • Daily quests (event)
      Shoe, Banana peel, Shoulder pad, Studs, Helmet, Twister, Red color, Telescope,
      Wet grass, Fist, Grease, Corner, Elastic spring, Footballs

    • Stefan’s Sports Box
      Shoe, Banana peel, Shoulder pad, Studs, Helmet, Twister, Red color, Telescope,
      Wet grass, Fist, Grease, Corner, Elastic spring, Footballs


    The 7 new non-combat event adventures are available through the Event Calendar.





    Calendar doors that provide these special adventures can be opened on (or after) a certain day, even if the previous doors were not opened.
    This way, every player is able to play all adventures.

    Please note that some enemy camps on the event adventures require more than one counter ability to defeat them, examples:

    To defeat the camp shown in the picture, two counter abilities are required.




    During the event it is possible to acquire many objects, including decorative flags and other buildings.




    The event brings a new resource to the game: Grout. This special resource allows you to upgrade certain buildings from level 5 to 6!
    It is possible to upgrade three following buildings up to level 6: Farm, Mason and Marble mason.






    There is also a new Lucky explorer that is not only 3 times as fast as his colleagues, but also has a special ability.
    This special ability grants you a chance to acquire a buff not only during treasure searches, but also during adventure searches!


    To give feedback, please go here.

    Happy settling!
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    UPDATE: The event will be deactivated on the 15th of July. The exact time is unknown for now.
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    Dear Settlers!

    The Summer Event will be deactivated during a maintenance.

    It will be done in the night between 14th and 15th of July 2014.
    There will be no further maintenance that week.

    Start: Around 02:00 (CEST)
    End: Approx. 09:00 (CEST).

    This brief FAQ will provide you with information about the deactivation.


    • What happens during the maintenance?
      All parts of the Summer Event will be deactivated.
      Please be aware that the event shop category will also be disabled.
    • What happens to Event quests that are not finished?
      The event quest chains will be cancelled and disabled.
    • What happens to Explorers who were sent before the deactivation but are still searching?
      If you are lucky, your explorer might bring some footballs from his last search.
      All treasure hunts that are started after the deactivation won't have a chance to find footballs anymore.
    • Will I still receive event items when I finish an adventure?
      No. Only adventures that were finished before the deactivation will have a chance to provide special event items.
    • What if I have not opened all event calendar doors?
      The calendar will be disabled. All doors have to be opened before the deactivation.



    • What happens to event collectibles spread on my island?
      There is a limited time frame to grab collectibles until the next branch replaces the former one. Depending on the time when the event collectibles spawned on your island, it might happen that you still have some time to pick up event collectibles after the deactivation. But the next branch of collectibles will be standard ones again.





    • What happens with the productions in my provision house?
      The productions that were started before the deactivation will continue to produce,
      but you cannot add new event productions.
      The provision house's event tab will be disabled.
    • Is it possible to use the event buffs (like red card, etc.) after the deactivation?
      Although the adventures won't be stopped, you cannot use the special event buffs anymore.
    • What happens with the event adventures?
      The event adventures can only be finished before the deactivation.
      During the maintenance, all event adventures will bes stopped and removed.





    Further information
    • All Summer Event resources will be hidden from the warehouse (except footballs).
      You still own them (you don't lose any resources).
      You can see the amount in the trade office when you place an offer and you can even still trade them.
      With the next football/soccer related summer event, items are visible in the Major's house again.
    • All event buffs can be deleted from the star menu.
      Be aware: Maybe they will be useful again in a future event
    • Trade offers with (hidden) event resources won't be displayed to other players anymore
      (i.e. you can still trade with footballs, pumpkins, eggs etc.)
    • The lucky explorer and grout will be available in the shop with the next game version
    More details about the next game version that will be deployed at will be provided with the change log soon.

    Happy Settling!
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    Summer Event deactivation



    Dear Settlers,

    The Summer Event will be deactivated during a maintenance.

    It will be done in the night between 14th and 15th of July 2014.

    Date: Tuesday, July 15th
    Start: Approx. 1 AM PDT/ 4 AM EDT
    End: Approx. 3 AM PDT/ 6 AM EDT
    Adventure & Premium time: Will be extended


    This brief FAQ will provide further information about the deactivation.


    • What happens during the maintenance?
      All parts of the Summer Event will be completely deactivated.
      Please be aware that the event shop category will also be disabled at this time.
    • What happens to Event quests that are not finished?
      The event quest chains will be cancelled and disabled.
    • What happens to Explorers who were sent before the deactivation but are still searching?
      If you are lucky, your explorer might bring back footballs from his last search.
      All treasure hunts that are started after the deactivation won't have a chance to find footballs anymore.
    • Will I still receive event items when I finish an adventure?
      No. Only adventures that were finished before the deactivation will have a chance to provide special event items.
    • What if I have not opened all event calendar doors?
      The calendar will be disabled. All doors have to be opened before the deactivation.



    • What happens to event collectibles spread on my island?
      There is a limited time frame to grab collectibles until the next branch replaces the former one. Depending on the time when the event collectibles spawned on your island, it might happen that you still have some time to pick up event collectibles after the deactivation. But the next branch of collectibles will be standard ones again.





    • What happens with the productions in my provision house?
      The productions that were started before the deactivation will continue to produce,
      but you cannot add new event productions.
      The provision house's event tab will be disabled.
    • Is it possible to use the event buffs (like red card, etc.) after the deactivation?
      Although the adventures won't be stopped, you cannot use the special event buffs anymore.
    • What happens with the event adventures?
      The event adventures can only be finished before the deactivation.
      During the maintenance, all event adventures will bes stopped and removed.





    Further information
    • All Summer Event resources will be hidden from the warehouse (except footballs).
      You still own them (you don't lose any resources).
      You can see the amount in the trade office when you place an offer and you can even still trade them.
      With the next football/soccer related summer event, items are visible in the Major's house again.
    • All event buffs can be deleted from the star menu.
      Be aware: Maybe they will be useful again in a future event
    • Trade offers with (hidden) event resources won't be displayed to other players anymore
      (i.e. you can still trade with footballs, pumpkins, eggs etc.)
    • The lucky explorer and grout will be available in the shop with the next game version
    More details about the next game version that will be deployed at <07.22.2014> will be provided with the patch notes soon.

    Happy Settling!
    BB_Rawren
    Last edited by BB_Rawren; 07-11-14 at 09:48 am.
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