[Dev Diary] The Settlers Football World Championship
Developer's Diary: More information about the event - The Settlers Football World Championship
Dear Settlers,
This developer's diary entry is related to the new event: The Settlers Football World Championship. More details can be found below.
The event resource is called Footballs. They can be traded and are listed in the storehouse (event tab) as usual.
In case you still have Footballs from the former event, you can also use these.
How to get Footballs (event resource)? 
- Rewards for completing event quests
- Rewards for completing adventures
- Loot collected by explorers during treasure searches
- Collectible Items
- Event Calendar
- Trading with other players
- In-game Shop
- Stefan’s Sports Box
With the start of the event, a special Event Calendar has been added to the game.
It allows all players (minimum level: 16) to receive many useful gifts, including buildings!
The calendar interface features 3 different types of windows:
- Regular Window (1) that can be opened on a certain day (or afterwards with Gems).
- Special Window (2) that can be opened on a certain day (or afterwards with Gems), only if all previous windows have been opened.
Important: Each player needs to choose the reward from the list on the right (the choice cannot be changed afterwards).
- Adventure Window (3) that can be opened on a certain day (or afterwards without Gems).
Opening the Event Calendar interface is easy: Just click on the icon of the Football that is located next to your avatar:
There are many event collectibles in the game. They can be used to produce special buffs (counter abilities)
that are needed for completing new event adventures. The production of counter abilities is available in the Provision house.
There is a chance to acquire event-related items through:- Collectible Items
Shoe, Elastic Spring, Telescope, Banana peel, Fist, Corner, Footballs, Red color
- Treasure searches (explorer)
Shoulder pad, Helmet, Twister, Studs, Wet grass, Grease, Footballs
- Adventures
Shoe, Banana peel, Shoulder pad, Studs, Helmet, Twister, Red color, Telescope,
Wet grass, Fist, Grease, Corner, Elastic spring, Footballs
- Daily quests (event)
Shoe, Banana peel, Shoulder pad, Studs, Helmet, Twister, Red color, Telescope,
Wet grass, Fist, Grease, Corner, Elastic spring, Footballs
- Stefan’s Sports Box
Shoe, Banana peel, Shoulder pad, Studs, Helmet, Twister, Red color, Telescope,
Wet grass, Fist, Grease, Corner, Elastic spring, Footballs
The 7 new, non-combat event adventures are available through the Event Calendar.
Calendar doors that provide these special adventures can be opened on (or after) a certain day, even if previous doors were not opened.
Therefore, every player is able to play all adventures.
During the event it is possible to acquire many objects, including decorative flags and other buildings.
The event brings a new resource to the game: Grout. This special resource allows you to upgrade certain buildings from level 5 to 6!
It is possible to upgrade three following buildings up to level 6: Farm, Mason and Marble mason.
A new Lucky explorer that is not only 3 times as fast as his colleagues from the Tavern, but also has a special ability.
This special ability grants you a chance to acquire a buff not only during treasure searches, but also during adventure searches!
Please feel free to leave your feedback here.
Happy settling!
BB_Ravel
Summer Event Deactivation FAQ
Dear Settlers!
The Summer Event will be deactivated during a maintenance.
It will be done in the early hours of the 15th of July 2014.
There will be no further maintenance that week.
Start: Around 01:00 BST
End: Approx. 09:00 BST
This brief FAQ will provide you with information about the deactivation.
- What happens during the maintenance?
All parts of the Summer Event will be deactivated.
Please be aware that the event shop category will also be disabled.
- What happens to Event quests that are not finished?
The event quest chains will be cancelled and disabled.
- What happens to Explorers who were sent out before the deactivation and are still searching?
If you are lucky, your explorers might bring back some event resources from his last search.
All explorers sent out on treasure hunts after the deactivation will not find event resources anymore.
- Will I still receive event items when I finish an adventure?
No. Only adventures completed before the deactivation have a chance to provide special event items.
- What if I have not opened all event calendar doors?
The calendar will be disabled. All doors would need to be opened before deactivation.
- What happens to event collectibles spread on my island?
There is a limited time frame to grab collectibles until the next batch replaces the former one. Depending on the time when the event collectibles spawned on your island, it might happen that you still have some time to pick up event collectibles after the deactivation. But the next batch of collectibles will be standard ones again.
- What happens with the productions in my provision house?
The productions that were started before the deactivation will continue to produce,
but you cannot add new event productions.
The provision house's event tab will be disabled.
- Is it possible to use the event buffs (like red card, etc.) after deactivation?
The event adventures will be stopped and removed, so you cannot use the special event buffs anymore.
- What happens with the event adventures?
The event adventures can only be finished before deactivation.
During the maintenance, all event adventures will be stopped and removed.
Further information
- All Summer Event resources will be hidden from the storehouse (except footballs).
You still own them (you don't lose any resources).
You can see the amount in the trade office when you place an offer.
With the next football related summer event, items will be visible in the Mayor's house again.
- All event buffs can be deleted from the star menu.
Be aware: They may be useful again in a future event
- Trade offers with (hidden) event resources won't be displayed to other players anymore
(i.e. you can still trade with footballs, pumpkins, eggs etc.)
- The Lucky Explorer will be available in the shop with the next game version
More details about the next game version that will be deployed on the 22nd of July will be provided with the change log soon.
Please feel free to leave your feedback here.
Happy Settling!
BB_Ravel
