Dear Settlers,

It's time for football! Every two years your island's Settlers get the opportunity to compete in a big football tournament.

The first version of this year's Summer event is planned to be deployed on the international test server on Thursday, April 14th. Read more about it in the Sneak Peek posted on our forums and learn more about this new building:

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

An improved chat server version will be deployed later today.

• Game: Available 
• Day: Tuesday, April 12th
• Time Frame: Between 13:00 and 16:00 BST
• Limitation: Chat will be unavailable for 10-15 min during this time frame

A chat server error was causing outages and performance issues and the update is aiming to solve that.

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

UPDATE 12.00pm BST: The game update has been deployed. Enjoy your game!

UPDATE 10.15am BST: The downtime has been extended. New end time: 12.00 (noon) BST.

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

• Day: Wednesday, April 13th
• Worlds: All (1-3) closed
• Start: Approx. 07:00am BST
• End: Approx. 11:00am 12.00 (noon) BST
• Adventures & Premium: Times will be extended

A Change Log has been posted here.

Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

A long time ago Kaventsmann provided Settlers worldwide with the first version of his combat simulator. Five years later, version 2.0 is available in 18 languages, providing many features and covering almost all adventures. Impressive!

Have a look at the simulator here.

A big Thank You for his continued effort!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers!

Occasionally, Treasure searches ending shortly before the start of Easter's Removal Phase I did not return eggs. This is subject to change before the Christmas Event. Meanwhile, we'd like to make up for the inconvenience with an Explorer Week!

Treasure Boost: Granite
Saturday, April 9th (01:01 BST) to Friday, April 16th (00:59 BST)

Explorers finding Granite on their Treasure searches will deliver double the amount. The bonus applies if you login to receive your Explorers whilst the Event is active.

Coming Soon

A new Dev Blog is planned between April 11th and 22nd

• Details about blocking grid changes
• Blocking before and after recent map changes
• Treasure searches with event resources:
  Game mechanics, challenges, planned improvements

Have a great weekend and Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

The Forum-Spotlight continues to award the most interesting and creative contributions our users share with us.

Click for forum entry

Congratulations to Alsh for winning 500 gems! They used their generals to wish us all a Happy Easter in an original way.

We are waiting for more contributions!

Happy Creating!
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers!

The Easter 2016 Event will enter to "Removal phase I" soon:

Date: 05.04.2016
Time: 01:00 - 01:15 BST

Important: Please log out and wait 15 minutes before logging in again if you're experiencing issues with the UI during the announced time

The corresponding Dev Diary post on our > forums < provides more details.

Happy egg hunting finale!
BB_Ravel

Dear settlers,

On this occasion we wanted to post a new picture of the BB_Ducks. However,  we looked everywhere and all we could find were... unicorns. Nothing but unicorns today, everywhere you look. What do these marvellous creatures have to say about that?

Do you have any idea what else they are discussing?
We are looking forward to your creative ideas on the > forum < !
BB_Ravel

Dear Settlers,

The Forum-Spotlight continues to award the most interesting and creative contributions our users share with us.

Click for forum entry

Congratulations to Manuakash for winning 500 gems! They shared another amazing edition of our dedicated newspaper.

We are waiting for more contributions!

Happy Creating!
BB_Ravel

Dear Egg Hunters,

We are celebrating the season of bunnies, coloured eggs and... Party Crashers?
Whilst you were busy dealing with these uninvited guests, the Easter bunny snuck in to leave you all some gifts.

Check your in-game mail and enjoy!

Happy Easter to you, your family and your friends!
BB_Ravel