Dear Steam Settlers, you have probably already heard the news about the upcoming technology change to a Unity version of our beloved The Settlers Online. While we are happy, that you can still settle via Steam at the moment, this will unfortunately not be possible with the new interim Air Client or Unity version afterwards. Be assured, that we looked into maintaining a playable client for Steam, as we know that many of you really like the platform. In the end we decided to streamline all our Settlers to our official website. The Steam version will shut down on the 31.12.2020. However, we are able to offer you an TSO account de-partnering from Steam. This will allow you to access your home island with all it's progress via our website. Please get in contact with our support team as soon as possible, if you want to make use of it. In line with our terms of sale, we hereby inform you that there will be no refund of any virtual currency you have spent in the game or for any resources you still may own on shutdown date, nor any conversion of any remaining virtual currency to another game. Thank you for your ongoing support. See you on the other side Your Settlers Online Team!

Dear Steam Settlers, we are currently investigating the future of The Settlers Online on Steam. Since we are exploring some different approaches, we are going to disable purchase options for the time being. The game will remain accessible for you however. We will let you know as soon as we have more news in this regard. For more general information on the future of The Settlers Online, please visit our official forum here. Your The Settlers Online"-Team

Dear Settlers, Today we'd like to ask you for help! We need a lot of players online and playing the game on our test server, www.tsotesting.com! For hitting a certain amount of active players at the same time, we will reward all players worldwide with this nice loot:
Cool, isn't it?! Here's how it works:

• Go to www.tsotesting.com,
• Register / Log in and...
• Play the game for at least 15 minutes and
• take it to its' limits!

Dear Settlers, A brand new event will be making its way to you (and your hearts) this year: Valentine's Event will share the love next month. Since this will be its debut, it's important that we get your feedback as quickly as possible!
Once the version is finalised, a corresponding Dev Diary will be published. Visittsotesting.comfor more details and don't forget to let us know what you think! Happy Testing! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, For this festive season, we have several new buildings for you to add to your home-island: featuring the sparkling star that is the Christmas Market. New specialists, quest chains, skins and more - we've made sure you have plenty of new toys to play with!
So join us in the Christmas Market, grab some hot chocolate, and settle down with a mince pie. It's time for a brand new Dev Diary: our annual snow-filled Xmas event is returning to our islands! Read every detail right here. Happy settling! BB_Acadma

20th of November 2018 NEW FEATURES

• Weekly Challenges are a brand new set of short quest chains that have to be solved within 7 days! If you're successful, you will be awarded tokens which can be used to upgrade residences. The Training Grounds and Elite Training Grounds are new buildings which boost the recruitment speed of both the Barracks and Elite Barracks by 50% respectively. Available for Magic Beanstalks and Gems at the merchant.
• The Medic General & Scouting Post have been added to the in-game Merchant to purchase with Gems!

• The weekly chat server reset message has been updated.
• Added a confirmation pop-up window when deleting mails: the old "delete" context menu popup will now show an overview of their selection and request confirmation.
• Fixed an issue that caused talents and skills on some specialists to not be correctly displayed.
• The Mail Window will now automatically close itself after successfully sending a guild application mail.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent players from sending guild/private mails everytime they log into the game.
• Pumpkin Field Fertilizers will not be available to trade after the Halloween Event has ended, as intended.
• Permanent retro skins can now be applied to buildings with an active production buff.
• Fixed an issue preventing the editing of Guild Ranks.
• "Brief Sance" runtime is now fixed at 24 hours as intended.
• The "Placeholder" item in trade has been removed.
• Resolved some inconsistencies with text that used the word "Fisher" instead of "Fishermen".
• The amount of pre-selected buffs should now not exceed the amount of available buffs or the camp capacity.
• Fixed an issue with the collect all feature which could lead to a visual error where items and XP were temporarily added twice and later the excess resources were removed again. This visual error only occurred temporarily and no player actually received any more/less rewards than they were due.

Dear Settlers, As this year's Halloween Event is creeping around the corner, it's time to feast your eyes on the newly published Dev Diary and find out more about the upcoming features:

• New Quest Campaign:Can you save the Terrorized Town?
• New General: Recruit the Mad Scientist for some explosiveresults!
• New Buildings: Experiment in The Laboratory to master the art of transmutation.
• New Seasonal Adventures: Now rewarding 2x experience points on completion!

16th of October 2018 NEW FEATURES

• The Mail Window usability has been improved with new features such as mass deletion, multiple select and filter sorting.
• This year's Halloween Event will be technically implemented into the game, which will officially begin on 22/10/18 at 10:00 CEST!

• Removed two side banners from the shop to increase category list size.
• Adjusted the fog in the "A Giant Battle" adventure to make only discovered camps targetable by buffs.
• Daily Quests from Premium will remain available for the whole day on which Premium expires.
• The Footie Field now displays the buff duration in a consistent format.
• Adjusted the cost of several low-level buildings to better reflect the resources players at that level can produce: Pinewood Cutter, Pinewood Sawmill, Pinewood Forester, Tavern, Mason, Fisherman, Provision House, Storehouse, Copper Mine, Coking Plant, Copper Smelter, Toolmaker.
• Players can now purchase the Ballista in the shop for Star Coins.
• Players can now purchase certain Battle Buffs in the shop for Gems.

18th of September 2018 NEW FEATURES

• The technical implementation of the Anniversary Event, which will begin on September 24th worldwide and last for 2 weeks. More information will be posted in a corresponding Dev Diary.

• Tutorial related highlights blink at a normal pace again.
• The title of the mails received after an unskilled explorer's search are no longer containing the term "skillful".
• The text of certain quests has been adjusted in The Mountain Clan campaign venture, Unknown Region.
• Changed units which were not affected by combat abilities in certain co-op adventures.
• The descriptions of the buffs affecting your troops in the Mountain Clan Campaign will be more specific.
• A display glitch affecting the cavalry's tooltip description due to the piercing cold debuff of the Mountain Clan Campaign has been fixed.
• The little water tile on which it was possible to apply an island deed has been linked to the proper sector.
• If a production of an epic workyard is upgraded while a buff is running, the upgraded production is also affected by the buff.
• The description of the quest "Save the Deers" has been adjusted to be more specific.
• The issue with claiming new island sectors has been fixed.
• There are no deposit limitations for Titanium, Granite and Saltpeter on the archipelago anymore.
• Settlers Headquarters cannot be deleted if it is the last storehouse in the sector.

22nd of August 2018 NEW FEATURES

• Island Expansion: four new islands have been added to the home-island! Find out more details about this expansion in our Dev Diary.

• The limit for Lucky Explorers in the Black Market has been increased by one (1) since the Summer Event ended.
• The cursor will be focused on the chat input when the home island updates.
• Wildlife should now be visible again when visiting a friend's island.
• The tooltip for the buff quests "A Mysterious Coin" & "A New Gemstone" are now displayed as intended.
• The "Hearty Soup" buff now recovers the correct amount of units in "The People of the Mountain" adventure.
• Removed restrictions to player actions from the "New Settlers" quest.
• Fixed a rounding issue in the damage calculation for the General's "Sniper Training" skill.
• Fixed an issue in the "A Giant Battle" adventure where destroying a boulder wouldn't correctly unblock the path.
• The Obsidian Ore payout should now be correctly increased if multiple debuffs are still active in the Moutain Clan Campaign.
• Deleting one of multiple Provision House buildings no longer cancels the production in any that still remain.
• The cost for the Watchtower Construction Kit in the Rarity Provision House is now 8,000 Granite during "The People of the Mountain" adventure.
• Fixed a UI issue that would cause achievement tasks to not be displayed as intended.
• The PVP button in the Water Castle now works correctly again.
• The UI will now correctly focus the input on the number of buffs, instead of the stacks in all buff producing buildings.
• Opening the mail window and battle report is now properly counted for quests.


25th of July 2018 NEW FEATURES

• The loot for all Coop Adventures has been improved to make them more appealing. You can read all about this change in great detail in our latest Dev Diary.

• Several UI elements have been improved for usability and quality of life - read more on these changes here.
• Improved the client loading times.
• Mail Drafts - if the mail window closes while writing a message, the message will be saved as a draft and displayed when you next open the mail window, as long as it's within the same session.
• The limitation of the Lucky Explorer has been increased by 1 in the Event Shop.
• The "Cheese Sandwich" has been removed from the in-game shop, and is now deletable in the Star Menu.
• Changed all appearances of the red crosses with green ones.
• Fixed a rare issue on the "Unknown Regions" mission where players couldn't apply trade offers.
• The side quest "Decoration Buildings" has the intended translation now.
• The Mountain Clan Campaign tutorial quest "Seismic Waves" has had its requirements adjusted.
• The Landing spots on "The People of the Mountain" mission should now work as intended.
• The quest text for the task "Platinum Production Program" has been adjusted.
• Comparing achievements should now work as intended.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Retro Buffs to become permanent after they were due to expire.
• Increased the size of the Star Menu input field when adding resources to deposits and/or storage.
• Restored some missing text in various Pathfinder tasks.
• Tooltips for both "A Mysterious Coin" and "A New Gemstones" buff quests will now be displayed properly.
• Fixed some naming inconsistencies for enemy camps in the Mountain Clan Campaign missions.
• Fixed a highlightable decoration on the "El Chupacabra" venture.
• All players on an adventure will now receive a notification if a horseshoe buff is used, regardless of who used it.
• Fixed a landing spot issue in various adventures when more than one player was on the adventure.
• Fixed an inconsistent description for both "Quality Copper Mineshafts" and "Quality Gold Mineshafts" in the Geologist skill tree.

Dear Settlers, The new Mountain Clan Campaign is one of our boldest updates yet, and we'd like to share with you how it all began and its journey to live servers!
Learn about how the idea came about, the challenges our developers had to overcome and insight into how each adventure was designed in our latest Dev Blog.  Happy Settling! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, The long-awaited Summer Event is making its way to the live servers! It's going to kick-off with some brand new features: an exciting specialist, building, quest chain, buffs and much more! Make sure you warm up properly before tackling all of it. We've posted a Dev Diary which explains all new and changed features in our forum. See you on the pitch! BB_Saqui

Dear settlers, Not only will the upcoming game version bring the Mountain Clan Campaign to our islands, but it will also technically implement the Summer Event 2018, which will be activated on a worldwide basis on June 25th! 
Find out more about the changes and improvements coming along with the new version in our latest change log. Happy settling! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, The Mountain Clan Campaign is finally heading to live servers on June 19th! Take your first steps on new land, make contact with its troubled people and defend them against an ancient evil. Those who persevere will find themselves the new owners of a great power unlike anything you've seen before - are you up for the challenge? Check out all the new missions, buildings, buffs and much more in the full Dev Diary. We'd also like to say a big "thank you" to everyone who helped us test this brand new content on our test server, and can't wait to hear your thoughts on the forum! Happy settling! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, A big feature is making its way to the live instances, but to make that happen, we would need your help testing it on the test server this week! All five Mountain Clan Campaign Ventures are awaiting new testers on the public test server!
A special gift has been sent in-game. Wondering what happened to the Summer Event? Worry not - we haven't forgotten about it. The Summer Event will be available for testing in the second half of May! Happy testing!

Dear Settlers, As this year's Easter Event is just around the corner, it's time to feast your eyes on the newly published Dev Diary and find out more about the upcoming features.

• The Spring Park: A new cultural building that produces zone-wide buffs
• Three new zone-buffs: Walpurgis Night, Spring Festival, Spring Cleaning
• New buffs: Easter Egg Roll, Good Weather Charm, Sack of Omniseeds
• The Iron-Willed Geologist: finds iron ore deposits of doubled size in half the usual time

Dear Settlers, As this year's Easter Event is just around the corner, it's time to feast your eyes on the newly published Dev Diary and find out more about the upcoming features.

• The Spring Park: A new cultural building that produces zone-wide buffs
• Three new zone-buffs: Walpurgis Night, Spring Festival, Spring Cleaning
• New buffs: Easter Egg Roll, Good Weather Charm, Sack of Omniseeds
• The Iron-Willed Geologist: finds iron ore deposits of doubled size in half the usual time

Dear Settlers, For this season we made sure you have a Mary Christmas... available at the in-game merchant! Along with this new general, a new mysterious box is awaiting you!
So wrap yourself up in the blanket, grab a hot lemon tea and put on your reading glasses! It's time for a brand new Dev Diary: our annual snow-filled Xmas event is returning to our islands! Read every detail right here. Happy settling! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, For this season we made sure you have a Mary Christmas... available at the in-game merchant! Along with this new general, a new mysterious box is awaiting you!
So wrap yourself up in the blanket, grab a hot lemon tea and put on your reading glasses! It's time for a brand new Dev Diary: our annual snow-filled Xmas event is returning to our islands! Read every detail right here. Happy settling! BB_Saqui

NEW FEATURES

• The implementation of the Jump and Cancel button for the Barracks, the Elite Barracks, the Combat Academy, the Combat Armory, the Provision House and the Rarity Provision House. This will allow you to move orders to the top, bottom or cancel them altogether.
  
• The Christmas Event will be technically implemented in the game and activated on a worldwide basis on December 12th, at 09:00 GMT. More details will follow in a corresponding Dev Diary.

• The detail window of owned colonies will now always display the correct values.
• Marking collectables will no longer be counted as buffs for friends when completing certain quests and achievements.
• Granite pit will no longer leave a rock behind if destroyed.
• Fixed a situation where a depleted deposit was shown as available building space.
• It is now possible to disable the full storage notification for Epic Workyards.
• Fixed a situation where enemy camps in Expeditions would intercept across the border.
• The icon of the Epic Woodyard got adjusted in the merchant for consistency reasons.
• The five tiny retro scenarios "A new experience", "Hero wanted", "The Jester's Map", "Retro Style" and "Nothing special" now reward 100 XP and drop a random retro skin changer buff.
• A few quest trigger texts got adjusted to be more precise.
• The reward of the subquest "Returning to Mama Panda" can no longer be claimed twice.
• Fixed the bonus value of the first rank of the Geologist skill "Quality Copper Mineshafts", from 8% to 15%.
• A couple of items at the Merchant were using inconsistent icon frames. All entries have been adjusted to use the correct ones again.
• The chat should no longer replace usernames with "SERVER".
• The terms used for treasure searches in quests should now be consistent.
• The limited item counter in the shop now shows the proper amount left and lock key symbol again.

NEW FEATURES

• The implementation of the Jump and Cancel button for the Barracks, the Elite Barracks, the Combat Academy, the Combat Armory, the Provision House and the Rarity Provision House. This will allow you to move orders to the top, bottom or cancel them altogether.
  
• The Christmas Event will be technically implemented in the game and activated on a worldwide basis on December 12th, at 09:00 GMT. More details will follow in a corresponding Dev Diary.

• The detail window of owned colonies will now always display the correct values.
• Marking collectables will no longer be counted as buffs for friends when completing certain quests and achievements.
• Granite pit will no longer leave a rock behind if destroyed.
• Fixed a situation where a depleted deposit was shown as available building space.
• It is now possible to disable the full storage notification for Epic Workyards.
• Fixed a situation where enemy camps in Expeditions would intercept across the border.
• The icon of the Epic Woodyard got adjusted in the merchant for consistency reasons.
• The five tiny retro scenarios "A new experience", "Hero wanted", "The Jester's Map", "Retro Style" and "Nothing special" now reward 100 XP and drop a random retro skin changer buff.
• A few quest trigger texts got adjusted to be more precise.
• The reward of the subquest "Returning to Mama Panda" can no longer be claimed twice.
• Fixed the bonus value of the first rank of the Geologist skill "Quality Copper Mineshafts", from 8% to 15%.
• A couple of items at the Merchant were using inconsistent icon frames. All entries have been adjusted to use the correct ones again.
• The chat should no longer replace usernames with "SERVER".
• The terms used for treasure searches in quests should now be consistent.
• The limited item counter in the shop now shows the proper amount left and lock key symbol again.

Dear Settlers, The Guild Market vote has been finally implemented into the game! While our developers have tested it in the background on the live servers over the last few weeks, it is now time to activate the new UI and the very first vote.
Learn how to vote, where the new interface is located in the game and more in our latest Dev Diary. The feature will be activated in December. Happy settling! BB_Saqui

NEW FEATURES

• The guild market in-game voting system has been technically implemented in the game. The activation will take place later, after further internal tests.

• The icon of the medipack has been adjusted
• The improved bakery and the recipe for platinum horseshoes have been added to the shop
• The Excelsior UI should no longer freeze when interacting with it
• The error message of a crashed adventure has been adjusted to make it better understandable
• Changed the difficulty value in the description of "Old Ruins" to 6
• Removed moving costs for the university
• Quests that task you to produce any type of book now specify that they have to be produced in the Bookbinder
• A rare problem with costs when moving certain buildings was fixed
• The text of "The Larsian Silk Cat" quest text has been adjusted
• The description of the "Decorative tree pack" has been adjusted

Settlers, beware! A spook-tacular Halloween Event is makings its way to the game. Zombies, ghosts and golems will soon take over your island! Are you prepared to face them?
Don't fret, grab some garlic and check out all details in our Halloween Dev Diary. Event start: 17th of October, at 10:00 CEST Start of removal phase: 7th of November, at 09:00 GMT Complete deactivation: 14th of November, at 09:00 GMT Level requirement: 19+ Witch-ing you a great event! BB_Saqui


10th of October 2017 NEW FEATURES

• Halloween Event will be technically implemented in the game and activated on a worldwide basis on October 17th. More details will follow in a corresponding Dev Diary.

• The adventure difficulty level will now be displayed in the invitation mail.
• Wardog stacks are now properly reduced after attacks in Expeditions.
• Sending generals to the Star menu or adventure zones should no longer cause freezes in the game.
• Hit points status bar in battle reports have been adjusted for multiple bosses.
• Guild house levels will now be properly displayed for friends visiting your island.
• Generals and marshals will now move at the expected speed, whether at the beginning of an attack command or after it ends.
• Quest description of "Two sides of the same" got adjusted to match the quest tasks.
• You can now select either an Industrial or a Special Gold Mine to complete the second objective of "The King's Visit Part 2" quest.
• Assassin buffs can now be applied after Weak Point Potions on the same camp.
• Fixed an issue that caused invested books to vanish from generals if they were sent to an adventure shortly after training the skills. Sometimes books would not be assigned correctly to the generals. For example, if you invested 5 books and went to an adventure too fast, the general would not have the new skills, but you would still have the 5 books. This situation has now been adjusted; to clarify even further, no books were truly lost during the process.
• Buff quests will not be triggered again if one is already running.
• Zone-wide buffs can now be overwritten with similar ones by the adventure's host player. Guest players can no longer cancel zone-wide buffs on adventures.
• Trading history will never display deleted trades again.
• Buff quests should no longer get stuck.
• Adjusted the tooltip of the "Disable smoke" option to reflect the current situation.
• The achievements "Head Shot!" and "Rampage!" now refer to leader camps instead of boss camps.
• Fixed a bug in Firefox which moved parts of the UI to the upper left screen
• Buff UI in buff adventures will now always have the right target area.
• The "Village schools" limit at the in-game merchant has been adjusted for those who already bought some during a previous Halloween event.
• The avatar message for the tropical cage buff for "The little panda" quest chain has been adjusted. An icon will be now displayed along with a text specifying the correct buff name.
• Sectors are now reachable via hotkeys even when a building menu is open.
• The image in the game archive is now updated with the new adventure UI layout.
• The falsely applied bonus to instant finish productions of the Mayor’s House got removed.
• The [undefined text] should no longer appear in the guild chat
• Deposits that have the skill to be mined faster should now have the correct "Production time".
• Island deeds can now only be purchased from level 50 onwards.
• A panel in the adventure window has been relabeled from "Mission" to "Details".

12th of September 2017 NEW FEATURES Tell Excelsior's Tale Event.

• The Larsian Silk Cat: New short quest chain, based on the winning entry by Julie3 (can be acquired through short letters).
• Of Songs and Curses: New venture, based on the winning entry by Thejollyone (can be acquired through rough travel guides)
• Adventure categorization has been adjusted in order to be easier to understand. More details in the corresponding Dev Diary.
• New Guild house upgrade levels have been added to the game. The levels are based on the member limit unlocking at 30 members (level 2), 45 members (level 3), 60 members (level 4), 80 members (level 5) and 100 members (level 6)
• A mountain has been added to the home island map in sector 3.

• Stacked scenarios are now counting correctly towards certain scenario achievements, such as Scenario Source.
• The sidequest "Gift baskets" will now start at lvl 22 instead of 21.
• The Pathfinder task "Adventure time" now recognizes The Dark Priests as a mini adventure/mission.
• The information in the help archives about Bandit camps has been updated
• Moved a sector border in "Red Riding Hood" to fix an interception issue.
• A trigger in the quest "Send your Training Forces" got fixed.
• The amount of troops sent to the Training Expedition when restarting it after a prior cancellation is now being reset.


15th of August 2017 CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

• Excelsior's shield icon has been removed.
• Generals can no longer be sent to an expedition.
• Resources from colonies can always be claimed now.
• Currently active expeditions will not show a false status anymore in the Colony Overview.
• The description of five scenario achievements has been adjusted in order to avoid confusion.
• The description of the "Trouble-seeker" skill has been adjusted to reflect that it also affects map fragments.
• The "Send to adventure" button on the general UI will display all options now when running two active adventures.
• The checkmark button to finish the main quest in an adventure should not appear anymore in the adventure tab of the quest book.
• The level 69 side-quest "Miscalculation" has been renamed to "Titan Inc."
• Hotkeys will now respect the input field priority, no longer be causing the viewfinder to jump to certain locations, such as the Mayor's House or the adventure zone.
• A new entry called "Bandit Camp Demolition" has been made available in the archive and the text for "Detailed combat breakdown" has been adjusted accordingly.
• The tooltip of items produced for "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" had been adjusted to make it clear that they get removed when the adventure ends.

Dear Settlers, With a little over a month until the end of Summer, it's time to start planning for one of the most anticipated events on The Settlers Online. You guessed it: Halloween is right around the corner! If you'd like to have a Sneak Peek of the upcoming Halloween event, hurry on over to our test server. The newest game version on the test server will give you a glimpse of the the 2017 Halloween Event edition, including this incredible new building:
Improved Bakery: Produces bread at three times the speed of a normal Bakery And for those of you who've expressed interest in a way to make generals move faster with a buff, we proudly introduce this brand new recipe: Platinum Horseshoes Description: Unlocks a new production in the Rarity provision house. Effect of the buff: Increases movement speed of generals in the zone by 20%. In addition to these two new items, several minor changes have been implemented in comparison to last year. Among others, 10 adventures will be pushed as "seasonal adventures" for this year's event. They will drop three times as many resources and refills as usual. A complete list of these adventures, as well as all other changes, will be provided with the event Dev Diary in October.
Halloween, the scariest time of the year Have fun testing! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, The Science System was extended with the game update on May 16th. Generals got their own skill tree with 26 new skills!
Rapid Fire, Juggernaut, First Aid and Jog are only the first four new skills. A list of all the new skills was published in the corresponding Developer Diary. A Dev Blog with further explanations was published in our forums as well.  Happy Settling! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, The upcoming version of the game brings along new features, such as the Skill Tree of Generals, but also multiple changes in order to improve your game experience. 
  New functions, interface and localisation improvements, as well as general changes, will be made available on 16.05.2017. Read all about it here.  Happy Settling! BB_Saqui

Dear Settlers, It is a well-known fact that Dev Diaries are Rabbids' favourite food. All hard work would have gone in a byte had it not been for the Courageous explorer bringing it back! Let's meet this brave woman and the rest of the new features from Easter 2017!

• The Courageous Explorer: A specialist that excels in treasure searches

• The Settlers University: Easter 2017 Achievement building
• Improved Mill: New building in the in-game merchant, amongst other new offers
• New decorations and many other improvements based on your feedback

21st of March 2017 NEW FEATURES

• The technical implementation of the Easter Event: new buildings, new decorations and a new specialist will become available worldwide on March 28th, at 00:01 GMT. More information will be posted in a corresponding Dev Diary.

CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

• Improvements for removing the quest notification in colony defense mode.
• Fixed an issue with retreating that causes generals on the wait queue to start attacking.
• All production quests will now trigger for completion.
• Avatar notifications are only displayed to the player who is sending their general from a zone to another.
• When visiting a friend, the open tabs close automatically now.
• Various localization adjustments.
• The chat will not minimize any longer when switching zones.
• The quest "Harr!" in Bastille Island adventure will now display the proper icon.
• Battle buffs can now be used on the boss camp "Pirate compound" in Bastille Island adventure.

Dear Settlers from the UK, if you are experiencing issues in the UK English shop of TSO on Steam, we are aware of those and already work on a solution. Right now, every purchase attempt only triggers an error message, saying: "The gem pack you requested is invalid". Please give us some time to analyze the problem and fix it. Shops for all other language version of the game should work fine. Thanks for your patience!

21st of February 2017 NEW FEATURES

• 3 new generals are available at the merchant. Each can only be acquired once. If you already have one of them from the Christmas event Calendar, you won't be able to buy it from the merchant, but you will still be able to buy the other 2 generals.
• A new buff available at the merchant "Decorations" category, granting a new Excelsior skin for 14 days.
• A new icon will be now displayed when the storage maximum capacity for the produced good of a building has been reached.
• New items are available in the Guild category of the merchant: > check out all details here <
• You can now cancel adventure invitations for invited players, as well as leave an adventure you were invited to.
  

• Certain Pathfinder military tasks will now update the counter trigger when the military production has been completed.
• The achievement "Master Breeder" now requires a production value of 1,200 Battle Horses per 12 hours.
• "Brown mountains", "Grey mountains" and "White mountains" achievements' description has been adjusted.
• "Efficient Traps" Recipe's description has been adjusted.
• "Favor of Metal" buff from "The Lost City" venture is now effective on cannoneer and besiegers.
• "A celebrity comes to town" buff's description is now consistent with other buffs' description.
• Generals should now attack enemy camps in the order of their arrival.
• The Help Window Archive now displays accurate information about the Star Menu categories.
• A bonus quest is now triggered for the "Gunpowder" adventure received from Explorers invested with "Sophisticated Pillager" skill.
• The Combat Preview calculator will also work for the new CoA generals.
• Canceling the construction of a building in the building queue menu will now display a more accurate confirmation dialogue.
• Text and images have been updated in the Productivity buffs Help Window archive.
• The term "Used Barrels" will now be consistent throughout the "The Grain Conflict" scenario.
• The achievements' description tasking you to learn the highest rank of certain groups of Specialists' skills have been adjusted.
• Expeditions defense buildings can now be deleted.
• Certain achievements take into account the new generals and adventures now.
• The CoA generals' description has been adjusted in the general UI and in the combat report tooltips, for consistency reasons.
• Quests tasking you to produce a buff in the Provision house will now display the respective buff icon in their requirement, instead of the building icon.

For those having trouble starting the game, here are two solutions: a) make sure to keep your Flash-Plugin up-to-date and re-install if in doubt, e.g. from here: https://get.adobe.com/de/flashplayer/?no_redirect For Firefox and other browsers use: https://get.adobe.com/de/flashplayer/otherversions/ By experience the Firefox NPAPI Flash version works best. Choose your Operation System, then choose Firefox NPAPI. b) Set up your game: choose between two versions of the Flash-Plugin if one is not working for you, by selecting Options/Plugin Settings from the main menu. After installation, set up the TSO app as can be seen on this screenshot:

24th of January 2017 NEW FEATURES

• Adventures are now stacked in the Star Menu.
• A new zone buff relocating the remaining collectibles on the map is now available in the Provision house.
  

• The arctic iron mine received by opening the calendar door 30 will no longer be recurring.
• Newly acquired specialists can now be sorted by date in the Star Menu
• PvP camps will no longer change their troops during the attack.
• A subquest of "Mysterious Anonymous Threat" has been adjusted to be meet the level 53 requirements.
• Premium loot will always be granted when an adventure finishes during premium time.
• A tropical filter has been applied in the El Chupacabra, One Step Ahead and Valuable Intel ventures.
• The game responsiveness has been increased when applying buffs on buildings.
• Avatar messages for applying blueprints to the Rarity Provision House and Epic Farmyard will now display a proper icon.
• Quest names for Adventure Bonus quests are now consistent with one another.
• The help window for the star menu is now updated.
• The daily login reward bonus text displays the plural form of the word "Crystal" now.
• The quest buff "Bart, the Barterer" is now consistent between different language versions.
• Upon reaching the level cap, the XP from adventures will be converted into Star Coins at a 1 star coin for 1000 XP rate.
• The XP from Fairy tale adventures at level 75 will not be converted into magic beans as it used to be with level 50. You will get Star coins instead.

13th of December 2016 CHRISTMAS EVENT 2016

• Start: The Christmas Event starts worldwide on December 15th (approximately 00:01 GMT)Features: Three new Anteria Generals, new event achievements and a new buff called "Winter Paint"
  

• Changing the production order in the Rarity Provision House is saved properly now.
• Applying Sandman's Powder on your island will trigger the specific icon in thezone-wide buffs window.
• The fog over unexplored home island sectors doesn't interact anymore with the snow effects caused by "A Thousand Snowflakes".
• Guild quest progress should be shown again when the guild quest is preselected.
• Arctic Explosion and Bastille Island adventures will now spawn collectibles on the adventure map.
• The amount of XP rewarded for defeating camps with battle buff was adjusted to be more accurate.
• Zone buffs applied by friends on existing zone wide buffs will now take into account the extra time.
• "One Step Ahead" quest will now trigger the unlock conditions as intended, to prevent having it stuck.
• Avatar messages of Epic Farmyard blueprints will now display a more accurate message.
• The calendar is now called "Event Calendar", for consistency reasons.
• The buff "Krampus" cannot be deleted anymore, making it consistent with other exclusive Merchant buffs.
• No number will be displayed any longer in the in-game message received from friends buffing your buildings.
• The quest in the Christmas scenarios is now called "Spread the Christmas Spirit", because it shared its old name with a subset of those scenarios.

15th of November 2016 NEW FEATURES

• 20 new daily quests using and rewarding the new resources introduced with the Level Cap Raise are added to the game.

• Avatar buttons and their corresponding tooltips can only be accessed in their due hitboxes.
• The production times for Barracks and Elite barracks are now displayed correctly with an active "Recruitment Guide".
• Tactical event resources are now hidden from the Star Menu outside the respective event.
• The "Economy Overview" option in the Mayor's House is not missing anymore for some resources.
• "Turning the Key" Quest text has been adjusted to fit the window requirement.
• The quest trigger text for applying buffs on friends' islands has been adjusted.
• 2015 achievement Vice Pumpkin Master displays the text now, when hovering over it.
• Event icons are now displayed on some achievement UI items.
• Excelsior's interface will not be locked anymore when interacting with the Forge.
• The Bookbinder (X) and Zoom (+-) are now listed as shortcuts in the game archives.
• Explorer skill "Sophisticated Pillager" will now trigger a quest for certain adventures.
• The "Attractive Prices" quest displays the requirements as intended.
• The landing zones were adjusted in the following adventures: in Ali Baba the young Woodcutter, Ali Baba and the first thief, Ali Baba and the second thief, Ali Baba and the Treasure of Knowledge, Aladin and the Oil Lamp, Sindbad and the Sea Snake and Aladdin and the beautiful princess.
• The explorer skills "Mountain Boots" and "Pathfinder" will now be displayed in the Artifact search notification mail and in the Rarity search tooltip.The description of the zone wide buffs "Sandman's Powder" and "A Thousand Snowflakes" is now consistent with the layout of the zone wide buffs changing the wildlife.

Dear Settlers, it's that time of the year again: Halloween is coming closer! If you need Gems for your island's Halloween party, this is the time to get them: Have a look at the gem shop and take advantage of the Happy Hour bonus packages available! Sonya Graham reported seeing some ghosts in the distant. Your Geologists spotted  Golems rowing up in tunnels below your island - a brand new "Supreme Golem" has been found!
We've implemented new content like buffs, buildings and decorations in this year's Halloween event. Also, the way Pumpkin Cemeteries work has been changed.
More Adventures reward Pumpkins (via Refillers). Find Pumpkins by sending Explorers out on a Treasure search, collect guaranteed Pumpkins on the island and play hard to get all 2016 Halloween Achievements. Check out the Dev Diary about Halloween Event 2016. Have a happy Halloween time &  spooky settling!

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18th of October 2016 NEW FEATURES

• The start of the Halloween Event. Read more in the corresponding Dev Diary.
• A decorative item similar to the Pumpkin cemetery is now available in the in-game merchant.
• The option to disable PvP related tasks from the Pathfinder has been implemented.

• A red cross is now visible on the failed subquest when "Tikki Island" adventure has been canceled.
• The window size of the browser is now taken into account when avatar messages are being displayed.
• The landing zones in "Secluded Experiments" are now consistent for all generals.
• Enemy camps will not have the aggro zone reactivated as long as the generals are queued in the attack process.
• Collection avatar messages now open the Mayor's House as intended if the pop-up is being clicked on.
• Event limited shop items are now by default non giftable.
• The Zone Buff tooltip has been increased to avoid truncated text for some language versions.
• Buff descriptions that incorrectly mention increased duration for friends' islands have been adjusted.
• Ongoing Provision House or Rarity Provision House productions are now canceled when a buff adventure is canceled or finished.
• The Zone Buff displays the premium time correctly when visiting a friend.
• The trigger for "Books" achievement has been changed.
• The Economic overview displays the production of the Elite buildings again.
• The trigger for "The first goldmine" quest is now switched when the building is built.
• The icon for Shiny Bug Spray is now displaying the glow as intended.
• Kitty Lure now lists the improved Silo as a possible target.
• Forest Offerings now lists the Exotic Wood Tree Nursery as a possible target.
• Kitty Lure and Forest Offerings' description in the Provision House now follows the new productivity buff layout.
• The background tile for "Fisherman and his Wife" adventure has been adjusted to avoid a texture cut off.
• The Bookbinder production time is now displayed accurately when the building is buffed.
• The long and very long adventure search loot for explorers invested with Wild Determination skill gives out the correct number of map fragments.

20th September 2016 NEW FEATURES

• The Excelsior The Excelsior is available on the homezone from level 21 on and it opens up new content - see the corresponding Dev Diary.

• When purchasing temporary building slots, the duration is now displayed in the tooltip.

• Improvements to reduce the frequency of locked zones.
• The Epic Woodyard can now be built on the archipelago.
• Exotic Tree's tooltip has been updated in the Economy Overview.
• "Riches of the Mountain" will not appear in the loottables for long adventure searches until reaching level 46.
• Battles in expedition should no longer end in an endless loop.
• Krampus buff is not deletable anymore.
• All collectibles are now displayed in buff adventures, such as "Riches of the Mountain".
• Adventure Bonus quest "The Dark Brotherhood" now takes into consideration player participation on said quest.
• Interception works now as intended for "The Sons of the Veld" adventure, but the walking path to the boss camp is now different.
• Wheat fields' tooltip in the building menu has been updated.
• Valour Points have been removed from the Economy Overview.
• Sorting by name in the Star Menu works now as intended.
• The recipe Kitty Lure can no longer be deleted from the Star Menu.
• A new Grilled Steak recipe icon has been added to the merchant to stay consistent with other recipe icons.
• Trade office entries will appear in the history as intended.
• Country Saying, Fish Food and Musk Deer Fragrance can no longer be traded, while Wheat, Fish and Meat refillers can still be traded.
• All Mayor's House collections and all Rarity Provision House buffs except the ones used in buff adventures can now be deleted from the Star Menu.
• Landing spots have been relocated for Ali Baba and the Treasure of Wisdom, The Valiant Little Tailor, Outlaws, Secluded Experiments, The Dark Brotherhood, Witch of the Swamp and Tikki Island.
• The buffs "Rain of Arrows" and "Assassin" can now be used on the following enemy camps: Forward Guard Leader, Inner Fort, Fortified Storehouse, Mountain Stronghold and Giant bat's lair.
• Special Gold Mines now count for quests which ask to have a certain amount of Gold Mines.

Dear Settlers, Sonya Graham and her "Excelsior" are on their way to your islands! The latest Dev Diary will explain the new features around the Forge of Truth:

• Crystals, a new Resource
• New adventure type called "Ventures"
• Epic Raid "The Evil Queen" Venture campaign
• Daily quest and daily login bonus changes
• Lot's of new buildings & more

Implementierung des neuen Sternmenüs, sowie diverse andere Verbesserungen.
24. August 2016 NEUE FEATURES

• Sternmenü Filter/ Sortierung / Suche Das Sternmenü wurde verbessert, um mit der großen Menge an Gegenständen einiger Spieler zurechtzukommen.
  

• Neuer Gildenmarkt Es sind neue Gegenstände in der Gildenkategorie des Kaufmanns verfügbar > Hier gibt es alle Details <
  

• Größe des Chatfensters Die Maße des Chatfensters werden jetzt während einer Spielsitzung gespeichert.

• Zusätzliche Möglichkeiten, um die Händlergilde und das Gildenhaus aufzurufen Ein Klick auf die Händlergilde und Gildenhaus öffnet die dazugehörige Benutzeroberfläche.

• Abenteuer: Der Abfang-Bereich im Abenteuer "Sindbad und die belagerte Stadt" wurde verändert.
  Wenn ein General/Marschall auf dem Weg ist ([COLOR=Blue]blau[/COLOR]) ein Gegnerlager zu besiegen ([COLOR=Green]grün[/COLOR]), wird er nicht mehr an den ([COLOR=DarkOrange]orangenen[/COLOR]) Orten von anderen Lagern ([COLOR=Red]rot[/COLOR]) abgefangen. Der Grund hierfür ist, dass sich das Lager ([COLOR=Red]rot[/COLOR]) in einem anderen Sektor befindet.

• Abenteuer: Der Abfangbereich der Waldfalle (“B”) im Abenteuer "Die Insel der Freibeuter" funktioniert wieder korrekt, sodass die bestehende Waldfalle beim Angriff auf Lager (“A”) nicht mehr übersprungen wird.
  

• Abenteuer: Bei der Nutzung des PvP Planungstools werden Spielerlager jetzt berücksichtigt.
• Abenteuer: Wenn eine Einladung ausläuft oder ein Abenteuer abgebrochen wird, werden die Abenteuerplätze wieder frei.
• Benutzeroberfläche: Bei einem Abbruch eines Handelsauftrages erscheint jetzt ein Bestätigungsfenster.
• Benutzeroberfläche: Die PvP-Benutzeroberfläche für Kämpfe zeigt jetzt immer die korrekte Anzahl an Gegner-Einheiten.
• Benutzeroberfläche: Die Ranglistenzeit wird jetzt genauer angezeigt.
• Benutzeroberfläche: Die Produktions-Warteliste wird jetzt die vorgesehenen Reihenfolge beibehalten.
• Benutzeroberfläche: Bei dem Abriss eines Gebäudes, zeigt das Benachrichtungsfenster jetzt die richtigen Informationen an.
• Chat: Die Chatbeschränkung für Spieler unter Stufe 5 betrifft jetzt nicht mehr Spieler auf höheren Stufen.
• Chat: Die Zeit der Chatnachrichten wird jetzt richtig dargestellt.
• Erfolge: "Ein Meer aus Brot" und "Duft" Errungenschaften berücksichtigen jetzt alle Fisch und Fleisch Auffüller.
• Expedition: Die Grenze in einer Expeditionskarte wurde, aufgrund der Abfang-Situation, abgeändert.
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• Expedition:Die Kolonieplätze die mit Mutpunkten erworben wurden, laufen jetzt wie beabsichtigt aus.
• Expedition: Der Bau von großen Türmen beeinträchtigt nicht länger die Expeditionsgebäude und Karten-Details.
• Gilde: Der Reiter der Gildenoffiziere wird jetzt auch noch angezeigt nachdem die Ränge verändert wurden.

NEW FEATURES

• Premium Time Display Premium time is now displayed in the Zone-wide buffs window. Hours and minutes remaining are also displayed. The avatar display for remaining Premium Time is removed.

• Trade Office Limitations Default Limitation values when setting up a trade are consistent for both offers and requests. Depending on the trade, the limitations are as follows:

• Item - 100 - This is the general trade limitation for all items, regardless of their source.
• Resource - Storage Capacity - The limitation of resources is dependent on the storage capacity of the player.
• Refill - 10000 - The limitation for refills.
• Building - 1 - The limitation for buildings.

• Star Menu Stacking "Add Resource" and "Add content to a deposit" buffs stack together in the Star Menu.

• Balloons are removed from the game, together with the corresponding conversion option.
• Avatar selection screen is displayed only during account creation.
• Landing spots are rearranged for "Aladdin and the beautiful princess"; their number remains unchanged.
• Zone-wide buffs now show the correct remaining time.
• Stripy Easter Eggs are now used in the provision House recipe "Golden Egg".
• General Achievement point values above 10000 no longer overlap the designated display area.
• The correct icon is displayed when hovering over leader camps in "Traitors" adventure.
• A pop-up is displayed on successful Geologist searches.
• Easter Egg returns are affected by the "Sturdy Shovel" Explorer skill.
• The number of tasks obtained from "The Pathfinder" remains unchanged (9 tasks).
• First camp in the "Arctic Explosion" adventure can now be attacked.
• The description of several buffs is updated to accurately reflect the resulting output.
• Requirements for the quest "The Final Task" are changed to "1000 Gold Ore to refill".

Dear Settlers, A new version of the Star Menu will be avalable for testing soon. The long awaited sort, filter and search functions will be implemented.
Read more about it in the latest Sneak Peek! The game version was deployed last Thursday on tsotesting.com!

7th of June 2016 NEW FEATURES

Summer Event 2016 The Summer 2016 Event is implemented to be activated worldwide on June 14th 01.00 BST. A pre-event conversion is planned. The (soon-to-be-published) Summer Event Dev Diary provides more information.

• Guild Quest Rebalancing Based on player feedback and as promised in the Guild Quest Rework Dev Blog, the feature is rebalanced. Guild Quests are now activated every day at 13:00 BST (12.00 noon GMT). The following quests are modified and can now be completed within the given time frame (24h): Stranded: The Novel, Robust Foundations, Huff and Puff, Ready the artillery, Royal Picnic, Brand new signs, Arabian fights, No more ice, Replenishing Weapons, Printouts, Sledge ride, Sadly skipped, Pigeon home, Hungry apprentice, Travelling fish, Plan B, Explored Land, More guitars, House well, Better view, Visiting, Those at the flank, Filled storeroom, Structural tests, Honor your comrade, Wisdom in books, Road to somewhere, Relief party, Librarian day, Noisy percussion, Desertic maneuvers

• Archipelago Islands Shortcuts Shortcuts are now available for the Archipelago Islands. You can access them by pressing Ctrl + Corresponding Number

• Instant complete with gems can no longer be unlocked for 2 items in the Provision House at the same time.
• Troop overview on training expeditions now displays the correct value.
• Old Iron deposit on the Third archipelago sector now correctly disappears when depleted.
• The golden laurel wreath icon can no longer be overlapped by other graphics.
• The screen does not freeze when cancelling an adventure.
• The quest "The More the Better" now correctly asks users to look for Platinum Ore.
• Guild leadership can now be reassigned as intended.
• Improvements to ensure the good functionality of guild leadership succession.
• Texts are adjusted for the quests "The Good Captain Part 6" and "The Good Captain Part 7".
• Requirements for "A Gift for a King (Part 3)" have been changed to "Own 50 Knights."
• Animals no longer appear in the water area of expeditions
• Nature's Gift now correctly replenishes Granite deposits.
• Easter Achievements are adjusted to fit the text box.
• When an adventure is cancelled, the correct Sender is displayed in the mail received by the invited players.
• Decorations remain in their assigned positions after a zone change.
• The scenario Buff UI no longer lingers when switching to home zone.
• Clicking on the avatar notification when a collection is completed opens the correct tab.
• Tooltip for "Double Time" now displays the correct info.
• Generals stuck while travelling to the Star Menu are unlocked.
• Invalid guild quests are not displayed anymore.
• Exotic Wood and Level 6 Wheelmakers are correctly counted for "The Good Captain Part 4". Any progress shown until now for Exotic Wood and Wheelmakers is reset to make the trigger work.

17th of May 2016 NEW FEATURES

• Task Building A new building available from level 70 that enables players to obtain weekly tasks. - see the corresponding Dev Diary.

• Button returning Military Specialists to the Star Menu To save space, Generals and Marshals can now be returned to the Star Menu at the touch of a button.
  

• Online status is correctly displayed for guild members.
• The cost of actions in the Building Menu is now displayed correctly.
• The correct icon is displayed in the Mayor's House overview for the buff "A celebrity comes to town".
• The correct message is displayed when visiting a previously banned friend.
• Animals and settlers can no longer access the "Event island" outside events.
• Loading and unloading generals now works as intended.
• The quests "The Good Captain Part 5" and "The Good Captain Part 6" can be successfully completed.
• Zone buffs last the intended amount of time.
• Improvements to reduce the frequency of locked zones on Colonies.
• Texts are adjusted throughout the game and are now consistently referring to treasure searches.
• The "Go to Shop" button always opens the corresponding Event section in the Merchant.
• "Barazek" and "Chocolate Rabbit" can now be used on a friend’s island.
• [s]When "Barazek" and "Chocolate Rabbit" are used to buff a friend, the correct message is displayed for the buffed player.[/s]
• All buffs for the Provision House can now be used on a friend's Provision House.

Depending on your game's country, a new game version will be rolled out Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. France already received the latest version last week. Please have a look at the game news (client) for more details on the exact update day and time. Change log
12th- 14th of April (France: 5th of April) 2016 NEW FEATURES

• Easter Event: Complete deactivation The Easter 2016 Event is completely deactivated, as per the announced Removal Phases.

• Changes in blocking and building space As previously announced, an increase in available building space was targeted with this update. Extra space is added in some cases (e.g. sector 17) and blocking is modified for several buildings and areas. Existing deposits cannot be removed, but more building space is available overall with the recent changes. A "Move Building" Event is also planned with this deployment.

• Guild Market Update New items are available in the Guild category of the merchant > check out all details here <
  

• Shop: (Buff) Bottled Innocence and Improved Butcher are available in shop.
• Specialist: Quartermaster General garrison is resized and can now be placed on regular landing spots.
• UI: Text in the Event Info window no longer gets truncated.
• Specialist: Sturdy Shovel now awards the correct amount of resources for Long treasure searches
• UI: Guild quest progress is no longer displayed in the Quest Book Adventure window.
• TO: Fur, Magic Stone and Sacred Stone are no longer displayed in the Trade Office.
• Help: Chat information is updated in the Help Window Archive
• UI: Lock Countdown message can no longer be edited by players.
• Adventure: Started adventures are correctly removed from the Star Menu.
• Adventure: Defence areas are removed for boss camps on The Nords, Invasion of the Nords, Surprise Attacks and Arctic Explosion.
• Adventure: A camp on Ali Baba and the Treasure of Wisdom is no longer empty.
• Adventure: Landing spots for generals are adjusted for Invasion of the Nords, Aladdin and the Oil Lamp, Ali Baba and the Treasure of Knowledge, Sinbad and the Besieged City, Aladdin and the Beautiful Princess and Ali Baba and the Second Thief
• UI: It is now possible to visit a started adventure from the PvP Defense Mode
• Expeditions: Building spots no longer disappear on PvP maps
• UI: Loot from Mystery Boxes is now displayed as flying to Star Menu
• Adventure: Camps in More Secluded Experiments have been rearranged for extra challenge.
• Alerts (avatar message and sound) are present again when an adventure is started
• Adventure: Camps with 0 units are now defeated
• UI: Decorations can be placed near deposits again
• Adventure: The "Collect all" quest counter in Riches of the Mountain now works as intended
• Chat: Correct tooltip is displayed for Level 5 chat unlock
• Building: The Settlers HQ can no longer be moved in order to prevent Locked Zones and building loss
• UI: Text is adjusted in the pop-up displayed when demolishing Gem Pit
• UI: Adventure chat colours are adjusted to make names visible
• Building: The Football Tournament Trophy from past soccer events is tradeable again.
• UI: Applying Wedding Cake buff now displays custom notification
• TO: Icons are added for Military Event items
• TO: Repeating the same trade now works as intended

Dear Settlers, This year's Easter Event is getting closer every day. We've implemented many new features, such as: 

• Party Crashers: A special bandit camp on the event island
• Intrepid Explorer: The first female specialist of "The Settlers Online"

• Spacious Warehouse: Easter 2016 Achievement points reward
• Improved Butcher: New building in the event shop, amongst other new offers

With this Dev Blog entry, BB_Alex from our Game Design Team provides another glimpse behind the curtain. He explains certain development decisions about the new Zone-wide Buffs feature. 
Read the complete entry on our forum Have fun reading! BB_Pandur  

Dear Settlers! February's game update introduces new features, UI improvements and even more changes and improvements. 

• New chat window buttons
• Multiplayer adventure chat rooms
• Zone-buff interface
• Several improvements & changes
• Read the complete change log in our [url=http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/32572-Change-Log-16-02-2016?p=296004&viewfull=1#post296004]forums

Dear Settlers, We are very happy to inform you of a major change:

No more weekly maintenance

New game deployment time

Dear Settlers, With the latest Dev Blog entry, the Game Design Team provides insights into the development of the Guild Quest Rework.
BB_BobMoriarty provides background information in the Dev Blog. Read the complete entry in our forums Have fun reading! BB_Pandur

Dear Settlers, The waiting for new features, useful items and the chance to enjoy the spirit of the most cozy season of the year is over soon: The Christmas Event 2015 starts this week! Are you curious to know what BB_Santa and his hard-working elves have prepared for this cold season?
Lean back, get a hot drink, some cookies and read the shiny new Dev Diary. Enjoy reading! BB_Pandur

Dear friends of Ali Baba and Co, Fuerst_Vlad, a German hobby map architect, seriously has to remove "hobby" from his forum rank. His most recent adventure map reminds us  of Dubai's "Palm Islands":
> Original post on the German forum < Download the map: small (1,3 MB), medium (3,8 MB), huge (23 MB) An incredible work - worth 1,000 Gems to us! Congratulations to Fuerst_Vlad!

Dear Present-Hunters, Santa is fast: He dropped a new Sneak Peek in our forum's chimney. The text from Mr. "Hohoho" provides first insights into the upcoming Christmas Event.
You can even test an early version. Please check tsotesting.com for details.

NEW FEATURES

• Guild market: New items are available in the guild category of the merchant > check out all details here <
• Merchant: The Industrial Iron Mine (output like level 7 iron mine) is available for a short period (Start: Nov 26th, ~00:00 GMT)
• Merchant: The Improved Farm can now be acquired for gems (Architect category)

• Achievement: "Have active guild" is only granted to guilded players
• Achievement: Discovered deposits of titanium ore, granite and saltpeter now contribute to "Lay of the Land"
• Building: The production of the Epic Woodyard can now be stopped
• Building: The Barracks, Provision House and Tavern can now be rebuilt properly after being torn down
• Building: The Cherry Tree uses less building space again > see the previous announcement here <
• Combat: The combat arrow in the combat report now points into the right direction
• Guild quest: "Island of the pirates" is replaced by "Witch of the swamp" in all quests
• Guild quest: Guild quests can now be properly deleted/cancelled again
• Interface: Orders in the Garrison window are unavailable when assigning units
• Locked Zones: Improvements to decrease the amount of locked zones
• PvP: Deleting expedition defense camps built from the star menu shows the correct message
• PvP: XP is now granted for all camps in a sector, once the leader is defeated
• PvP: Previously unattackable expeditions camps can now be defeated
• PvP: The training expedition is working properly again
• Quest: "Bandits!" and "Once and for all" can now be completed after defeating the correct number of bandit camps
• Scenario: Storm Recovery buffs have the same costs in both provision houses now
• Specialist: Geologist skill "Nature's Gift" shows the result right away - a refresh is no longer necessary
• Text: The Easter Basket Houses on the Tikki Island adventure have a proper name now

Werte Freunde des gepflegten Gildenlebens, zusätzlich zu dem Stapel-Feature enthält die aktuelle Version auf www.tsotesting.com auch einige spannende Neuerungen für die Gildenquests!
Mehr Informationen sind im aktuellen Sneak Peek zu finden Viel Spaß beim Testen! BB_Orowa

Dear fans of comfy Star Menus! You can finally get your hands on a long-awaited feature. Are you tired of searching through 6,516,321 pages for one particular item? In that case you'll love the upcoming stacking feature! Test it for the first time on www.tsotesting.com
Read more details about the upcoming feature in the latest Sneak Peek. Happy Stacking!

Dear Settlers, Though spooky times are approaching, don't be scared: The Halloween Event 2015 brings you new content, such as the Improved Farm, new Event Achievements and more.
Check out the > Dev Diary about Halloween 2015 < Changes compared to last year are highlighted for you Spooky Settling! BB_Pandur & Ravel

The long awaited XXL update is now available. Every language version received the update.
Please find the change log in the announcement section of Steam. Have much fun with the new features! BB_Pandur

Dear Settlers, The video crew visited us in Düsseldorf. Our team provided an impression of the XXL feature pack, insides and explanation of some of the numerous new features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pATryMnq_TU Have fun watching! BB_Pandur

Dear Settlers, A new Steam TSO app version was rolled out today.

• Flash player detection (Chrome, Linux) was improved
• NW library was updated (Kaspersky AV warning, Windows 10 compatibility)
• Steam overlay handling was improved in certain situations

UK / EU English: 29th of September 2015 Have a look at your local game news for the deployment date in your language version NEW FEATURES Island Archipelago

• Level 50+ players will be able to discover the Island Archipelago
• 10 new sectors will become available
• Read more about it in the corresponding Dev Diary

• The level cap will be raised from 50 to 75.
• New main quests, side quests and achievements
• Read more about it in the corresponding Dev Diary

• 10 new adventures in a new setting
• Read more about it in the corresponding Dev Diary

• A new Scenario offering a Puzzle challenge
• Read more about it in the corresponding Dev Diary

• Most buildings will be upgradable to level 6
• Read more about it in the corresponding Dev Diary

• Elite units will be produced using newly introduced production chains and both old and new resources
• Read more about it in the corresponding Dev Diary.

• A new buff will become available in the Provision House
• It will allow the conversion of copper ore to iron ore

• Quest "Further Help" now unlocks properly.
• The Tutorial quest has been updated.