Dear Settlers,

Today is the dawn of a New Year: a time to reflect and grow from the past year's experiences. It also marks a new beginning with good tidings, hope and peace! Here's to making 2021 a great year for all of our "The Settlers Online" players worldwide!

Happy New Year!
Your "The Settlers Online" Team

Dear Settlers,

Your townsfolk are gleefully singing carols under the sparkling Gift Christmas Tree, while your Settler families bask in the warming glow of the Christmas Market. It really is the perfect time of year. Just as you think it couldn't get any better, you notice some gifts under your Christmas tree from none other than BB_Santa himself!

Warm wishes for this festive season and happy holidays!
Your "The Settlers Online" Team

Dear Settlers,

With today's update, you can now play The Settlers Online with our new interim Flash-based Downloadable Client!

You can download it via the "Download Game" section on our homepage. For setup instructions, we've created a guide you can follow on our forums.

If you're experiencing issues, please read our troubleshooting post for solutions!

Happy Holidays!
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

A game maintenance is scheduled for Friday.

• Day: Friday, December 18th
• Game Worlds: (1 - 3) Closed
• Start: Approx. 09:00 CET
• End: Approx. 13:00 CET
• Adventures & Premium: Times will be extended

This maintenance is to prepare and deploy our new interim Flash-based Downloadable Client. You can read more about it here!

Happy Settling!
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

This year's Christmas Event is coming down the chimney next week, so it's time to feast your eyes on the newly published Dev Diary and find out more about the upcoming features:

• New General: Recruit the Frosty General!
  
• New Explorer: Recruit the Snowy Explorer!
• New Buildings: Build the Concert Hall and Wonderous Winter Residence!
• New Achievements: Drum up all-new achievement points from the Concert Hall?
  
• Improved Event Calendar: Even more improvements to this year's rewards!

Read all the ins and outs of this year's Christmas Event in our Dev Diary!

Happy holidays!
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

With Winter just around the corner, we think it's time to give you a taste of what you can expect for this year's Christmas Event. There's a new building for you to get excited for, which will make a great festive addition to your home-island!

We highlight the new Concert Hall building, as well as update you on our upcoming Flash-based Downloadable Client. Head over to our forums to find out more!

Happy holidays!
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

Our TSO Test website will be entering extended maintenance as we further prepare for the Flash-based Client deployment.

This will be expected to last until the morning of Friday the 11th of December.

Thank you to all players who have helped test the new temporary Flash-based client, and left feedback. This helped our development tremendously!

Happy Settling!
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

A game update is scheduled for Tuesday. This update will include the technical implementation of this year's Christmas Event, and more! During this time, the game will be unavailable.

• Day: Tuesday, December 8th
• Game Worlds: (1 - 3) Closed
• Start: Tuesday Approx. 08:00 CET
• End: Tuesday Approx. 12:00 CET
• Adventures & Premium: Times will be extended

A full Change Log has been posted on our forums.

Happy Settling!
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

This game update includes the technical implementation of this year's Christmas Event, which begins on December 21st!

Read more about the upcoming version in our Change Log.

Happy settling,
BB_Trafffer

Dear Settlers,

Our Test Server has just been updated to use our new downloadable client, which will act as an interim until our exciting Unity transition is complete!

Please note: this is not our "Step 2" from our previously posted "Future Timeline"; that will be met when we release this new downloadable client for our live instances.

We encourage you to head on over to our Test Server and try it out for yourself. If you get stuck, we've also put together a handy guide!

Happy Settling!
BB_Trafffer