This week's winner is Metalsmith23, with his resting garrisons preparing for the next big adventure!

Click here to see the full pic, as well as share your own!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

We've decided to relaunch our GM Island Showcase! Today's picture comes to you courtesy of BB_xMISTY's island! She appears to be dealing with a pesky rabbid statue infestation.

Click here to see a larger image!

See you in game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

"The Settlers" brand is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! We can't allow such a momentous occasion to pass without something really special happening in The Settlers Online!

More details will be revealed next week.

What do you think will happen?
Click here to share your thoughts in our official forums.

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

The votes have been tallied! Here are the results of the worldwide community vote on the upcoming changes to the Guild Market:

The above results represent the combined results from all international instances.

And the winner is: Silo!

Click here for more information!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

As a reminder, the Settlers Online servers will come down Wednesday night at 11:45PM PDT (2:45AM EDT) for a 5 hour maintenance. The game will be playable at 5:00AM (PT). During this time, the website may be down.

Be sure to follow The Settlers Online on Facebook and Twitter for news and exclusive updates!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Last week, the new developer's diary post informed you about a new complex feature that will go live in 2013. It will introduce new adventures, new enemies, impressive new buildings, new resources, and new items.

The first version of these high-level player challenges can be tested on our public test server starting today.

The public test starts at approximately 8:30 PDT / 11:30 EDT!

Click here to visit the public test server!

Please note: This content is still being tested and is not finalized.

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

This week's winner is WhiteAngelYY! We loved her simple garden with friendly visiting deer!

Click here to see the full pic, as well as share your own!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Have you entered our Caption Contest? The premise is simple: Make up a caption for the image below.

5 Players will win 500 Gems each. Only one entry per person. This contest will only be available until June 30th, so act fast!

Click here to participate!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

In celebration of new features that went live this week in The Settlers Online: Castle Empire, we've decided to hold a "Name Your Geologist" contest! Share the new custom name of your favorite geologist and give your geologist a backstory for a chance to win up to 750 gems!

Click here to participate!

See you in game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Our Pro Tip Event has come to a close and we are thrilled to announce our winners! Thank you to everyone who participated. Keep an eye on the Events and Promotions forum for more contests and more chances to win coming soon!

Click here for the full list of winners!

See you in game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager