Dear Settlers!

You bookbinder bought a new machine, but it took quite some time to set it up. Finally, it's ready to produce lots of books! The greatest minds on your islands worked hard to invent a special glue that will speed up the machine.

Please check your in-game mailbox.
Within the next 1-2 hours you'll get 3 rare buffs!

Have fun!
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers!

A new test version featuring some changes will be available
on our public test environment today, approx. at 8:00 AM PST/11:00 AM EST.

You can preview a new building: The Exotic Wood Tree School

First facts are summarized in a tiny > Dev Diary <

Happy Settling!
BB_Rawren

Dear Settlers,

A friendly reminder, the Settlers Online: Castle Empire servers will come down for its weekly maintenance. This will be the last maintenance for this year.

• Start: Wednesday, December 18th at 11:45 PM PST (December 19th at 2:45 AM EST)
• End: Thursday, December 19th at 4:00AM PST (7:00 AM EST)
• Note: Premium account time and Adventure time will be extended for maintenance downtimes. 
• Guild quests will be reset and each guild member will receive 100 Guild Coins.
• The move building feature will be re-activated and it will be possible to request more then 25 units of refillers when trading again. 

Update: The maintenance is complete and the game is now available.

Happy Settling,

BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager

What better way to celebrate the holidays than with a little something extra? From now until January 9th, The Settlers Online:Castle Empire will offer a 20% bonus on all packages in the in-game shop. This is your chance to fill your coffers with all the Gems you could ever want! 

>>> Click to shop now! <<<

Dear Settlers,

Santa's making a list and checking it twice - but wait! He appears to be missing a few lists from some of your Settlers. Better send them in quickly! In this contest, create a wish list of items from the in-game store and post it to our forums. Five lucky winners will be chosen to receive all of the items on their list. Hurry - this contest ends January 7th!

Click here to enter!

Happy Holidays, 

~BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager

Dear Settlers,

As a reminder, the Settlers Online: Castle Empire servers will come down for its weekly maintenance.

• Start: Wednesday, December 11th at 11:45 PM PST (December 12th at 2:45 AM EST)
• End: Thursday, December 12th at 4:00AM PST (7:00 AM EST)
• Note: Premium account time and Adventure time will be extended for maintenance downtimes.  

Ho Ho Ho! The Christmas Event is starting!

More info about this in the Dev Diary.

There are also some fixes and improvements that you can see in the Patch Notes.

Remember to also check our FAQ for some useful info. Good luck gathering presents!

Happy Settling,

BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager

Dear Settlers,

The Fall Haiku Contest has come to a close and the winners have been announced. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Click here to see the winners!

Happy Settling,

~ BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager

Are you a fan of trivia shows? Fancy yourself the next Ken Jennings? Do you regularly stump your friends with your knowledge of seemingly-random facts and figures? Than you might be interested in our evening trivia, hosted by our intrepid group of GMs Saturdays at 7:00PM EST on Zeus/7:30 PM EST on Ares. 

Four questions. Five winners. Free Gems. Have what it takes? 

Play Now or Read the Rules

Happy Settling,

BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager

This week's screenshot of the week winner is TheWarDuck, with a postcard-perfect Happy Holidays from the [DUCK] guild!

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

See you in-game,

~ BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager

Dear Settlers,

The Create Your Founder Contest has come to a close and the winners have been announced. Learn more about SpartacusVixen's renegade founder "The Scarlet Archer;" Featherbottom's whimsical feathered founder "Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third;" and John-Axe's heartwarming tale about a father, a daughter, and an ewe named Lucy.

Click here to see the winners!

Happy Settling,

~BB_Rawren

Ubisoft Community Manager