Dear Settlers,

The Forum-Spotlight continues to award the most interesting and creative contributions our users share. From in-game decorating to real-life handcrafted art, our community never ceases to surprise us.

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Congratulations to queen-vicious for winning 500 gems! She artistically transformed her desktop with a stunning "The Settlers Online" theme.

Happy Creating!
BB_Saqui

Dear settlers,

It's that time of the year again: sweaters, hot tea, leaves changing colors, carved pumpkins and a new Halloween Special edition where you could win 1.000 gems!

Carve a pumpkin, put on a costume or bake a pie and join us in celebrating Pumpkin Day by sharing your contribution in the forum.

Happy carving,
BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers,

A database maintenance is scheduled for tomorrow.
During this time the game will be unavailable.

• Day: Wednesday, October 26th
• Worlds: All (1-3) closed
• Start: Approx. 00:00 BST
• End: Approx. 14:00 BST
• Adventures & Premium: Times will be extended

This will fix a few issues, including those affecting the Provision House and its production queues.

Happy Settling!
BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers,

A special network infrastructure maintenance will be conducted today. Please be mindful of the following information when planning to join the game.

• What: Network maintenance
• Date: Monday, October 24th
• Time: Approx. 15:00 BST - 19:00 BST
  
• Affected: Uplay login may be slow or not working 

Details:

Happy Settling!
The Settlers Online Team

Dear Settlers,

The Excelsior has travelled to destinations far away from anything your Settlers have ever even heard of. In September we asked you to write about her adventures! We received over 200 stories and decided to increase the amount of rewards :)!

Congratulations to the winners:
Julie3 (DE) & Thejollyone (UK)!

Read more details in our forum.

Thanks for your work and happy Settling!
BB_Saqui

Dear fox-ish Settlers, 

With the latest Firefox version (49.01) many details changed "under the hood". This caused an invisible layer now to disappear when the game is started. As a result nothing can be done inside the game, although it's loaded properly.

Our developers are working on a fix. Since it's a website based issue, no game update is needed to apply the changes. We will update this post once the improvement is deployed.

How can you still play?

• Please use our "Slim Browser" to be able to play
• Use Firefox portable version 48.0.2 or lower
• Use another Browser like Chrome, Edge or Internet Explorer

Update: a hotfix has now been deployed, which should resolve the issues with the latest version (v49.01) of Firefox.

Happy Halloween Event!
BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers,

A hotfix is scheduled for today. 
During this time the game will be unavailable.

• Day: Tuesday, October 18th
• Worlds: All (1-3) closed
• Start: Approx. 12:30pm BST
• End: Approx. 14:30pm BST
• Adventures & Premium: Times will be extended

This hotfix is to resolve the trade issues.

Happy Settling!
BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers,

A game update is scheduled for Tuesday.
During this time the game will be unavailable.

• Day: Tuesday, October 18th
• Worlds: All (1-3) closed
• Start: Approx. 07:00am BST
• End: Approx. 11:00am BST
• Adventures & Premium: Times will be extended

After this update is deployed, our Halloween event will begin. A Change Log has been posted here.

Happy Settling!
BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers,

Do you believe in the power of orderly folders, or is your desktop a cluster of icons?

Join us in celebrating Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day by sharing your own desktop with the community, or creating a Settlers themed desktop!

Read more tips, tricks and rules in our forums.

Happy desktop cleaning,
BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers,

It's that time of the year again: Halloween is coming closer! Sonya Graham just reported seeing some ghosts in the distance. Your Geologists spotted Golems rowing up in tunnels below your island - a brand new "Supreme Golem" has been found!

We've implemented new content like buffs, buildings and decorations in this year's Halloween event. Also, the way Pumpkin Cemeteries work has been changed.

More Adventures reward Pumpkins (via Refillers). Find Pumpkins by sending Explorers out on a Treasure search, collect guaranteed Pumpkins on the island and try to get all of the 2016 Halloween Achievements.

Check out the Dev Diary about Halloween Event 2016.
Changes compared to last year are highlighted for you.

Have a happy Halloween & 
spooky settling!
BB_Saqui