This week's Screenshot of the Week Winner is KingDonk5, showing some country flag swag!

Click here to see the full pic and share your own!

See you in-game,
~ BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers!

The Summer Event will be deactivated on the 15th of July. We've collected the most frequent questions and created a brief FAQ.

> Visit the forum for more information <

There will be a special maintenance to deactivate the Event:

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

There will be no further maintenance during that week.

Happy Settling!
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers!

Today's dev's diary provides information about 2 new buildings. Also, we introduce a solution for level 50 players to receive Star Coins from quests!

This issue's topics:

• Granite Pit (v2) & Special Goldmine
• XP to Star Coins

The dev's diary is available in the forums.

Happy Settling!
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers,

Please note that weekly maintenance for the Zeus and Ares servers will occur on Thursday this week. Keep in mind: These times are estimates only and maintenance may be extended based on need. We will do our best to keep you up to date. 

• Start: Thursday, July 10th at 4:00 AM EDT / 1:00 AM PDT)
• End: Thursday, July 10th at 7:00 AM EDT (4:00 AM PDT)
• Premium/Adventure Times: Extended
• Guild Quests: will be reset.

Happy Settling,
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers!

Here are the latest winners of the community event! More winners will be announced next week as there are 2 matches to go.

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You can still join the prediction league.

Happy Settling!
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers,

Today, we introduce a new part of our developer's diary section: the DevBlog. DevBlogs are written by members of the development team and will provide further insights into feature design.

BB_Stokely, a game designer who designed this year's summer event, answers some of the most common questions seen in the forums. Read more to find out why click adventures were chosen over military adventures and how humor factors into design choices!

Click here to read more

Happy Settling,
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers!

Round of sixteen in Brazil is over. Today, the quarter finals start. There are six days of World Cup matches to go which means 30 more participation rewards!

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You can still join the prediction league.

Happy Settling!
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers,

Applications for the Community Representative program are now open! If you have a great idea for a community-based project, we'd love to hear it. We will be accepting applications until July 13th. For more information on the program and how to apply, click here!

Happy Settling,
BB_Rawren

This week's Screenshot of the Week Winner is Furia81, joining The Settlers Online team to wish everyone a happy Fourth of July!

Click here to see the full pic and share your own!

See you in-game,
~ BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers,

Please note that weekly maintenance for the Zeus and Ares servers will occur on Thursday this week. Keep in mind: These times are estimates only and maintenance may be extended based on need. We will do our best to keep you up to date. 

• Start: Thursday, July 3rd at 4:00 AM EDT / 1:00 AM PDT)
• End: Thursday, July 3rd at 7:00 AM EDT (4:00 AM PDT)
• Premium/Adventure Times: Extended
• Guild Quests: will not be reset.

Happy Settling,
BB_Rawren