Greetings Settlers,

In anticipation of the new Science System that will be hitting our servers next week, we've decided to hold a new 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 from June 6th to June 30th, so act fast!

Click here to participate!

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 (PDT). During this time, the website may be down.

The Crisis Quest: "The Fallen Army" will no longer be available after this maintenance.

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,

Today, we're happy to share a brand new episode of "Blue Byte Backstage."
This time, they discuss the Science System being deployed on June 13th:

For more details, check out the Science System dev diary over in our official forums or even play it in advance on our public test server.

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Next week, the new Science System will be hitting our servers! Here are some things to look forward to:

• 7 brand new buildings, new production chains and 9 new resources.
• A skill tree for geologists (with 20 different skills!).
• The ability to specialize each of your geologists individually.
• A few tutorial quests and help windows to help guide you on your path.
• The ability to assign unique names to each of your specialists.

For more details, visit the Science System Developer’s Diary over in our official forums.

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Have you voted in the Guild Market election yet? For the first time, the worldwide community of The Settlers Online: Castle Empire has the ability to select one of the items that will be included in the upcoming Guild Market update. It is up to YOU to vote to help decide which item will be included!

In order to vote in the Guild Market election, you must click on the pop-up that appears in front of your news feed when you first log in. It looks like this:

Clicking on the pop-up will take you to a survey that will allow you to vote on the Guild Market item you would like to have included in the upcoming Guild Market update.

Click here for more information on the Guild Market election!

This election will only be running through Sunday, June 9th so cast your vote today!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

This week's winner is KingDonk5! We love the global theme as well as the nod to various community events!

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

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Today, we are excited to share with you a brand new update from Blue Byte on the following 3 topics:

• The community Guild Market voting (which starts TODAY at 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT)
• New, rare buffs for active players
• New details about the upcoming free gem increase and the distribution of the free gem adjustment package

Click here to read this new dev diary!

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

Greetings Settlers,

Have you visited our newly updated Official Guide List? Compiled by our very own BB_xMISTY, these guides are meant to help players who would like advice on everything from combat to building placement.

Today, we would like to highlight the brand new Beginner Guide compiled by BB_Katealyst and BB_xMISTY available for download.

Click here to download the Beginner Guide!

We hope this updated guide helps new players understand the various game features available and assists in understanding beginning gameplay mechanics.

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager

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

Please note: We will be resetting ALL guild quests this week. Like last time, all active guild members will receive 100 guild coins. The coins will be sent via in-game message by the end of the week (at the latest).

We will continue to perform a guild quest reset every two weeks until a fix is implemented.

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

This week's winner is SerkanT, with his beautifully organized mayoral landscape!

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

See you in-game,

~BB_Effiluna

Ubisoft Community Manager