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    [Dev Diary] Christmas Event 2014

    More information about the upcoming event: Christmas 2014! More details can be found below.


    CHRISTMAS EVENT 2014

    Dear Settlers,

    The cold season of the year is getting closer and closer. Did you manage to spot the first signs of the upcoming winter?
    All the settlers are preparing for the special Christmas Event! The summary of the event is available below.

    The Christmas Event 2014 will start at the same time worldwide and it will end with 2 removal phases.

    • Start: 11th of December 2014
    • Removal phase I: After the maintenance on the 8th of January 2015
    • Removal phase II: With the maintenance on the 15th of January 2015 Sometimes between approx 9 and 10 AM GMT on the 16th of January 2015.

    Several graphics will be modified to fit the Christmas mood, like the logo and the loading screen.
    Information about the removal phases can be found in post #4.



    During the Christmas event, all players will get the opportunity to gather special event resources: Presents.


    Presents (Event resource)
    Presents are displayed in the "Event" tab in storehouses.
    The event resource can be traded. In case you still have Presents from previous years, you can use them during this year's event.
    The game will offer a variety of possibilities to collect many gifts, including Presents!
    • Advent Calendar: The event calendar has been improved. Open one door every day to get gifts
    • Buff Adventures: New special non-combat buff adventures that provide useful rewards. Available through Christmas Surprise special doors
    • Adventures: Two combat adventures with a Croaker Christmas story are available
    • Collections: Special collectible items will start to spawn on your home islands - you will be able to transform them into Presents
    • Daily Quests: Special Christmas Daily Quests will be running during the whole event
    • Event Quest Chain: A Christmas Quest Chain will guide you through the event
    • Explorers: Each standard treasure search will have a chance to bring you some Presents (in addition to a standard search reward)
    • Shop: There will be 2 packages with Presents available in the Shop



    With the start of the Christmas 2014 event, the Advent Calendar will become available again!
    It provides many useful gifts, including buildings.

    After the Christmas 2014 event activation, you can open one of the 28 doors in the Advent Calendar every day.

    The Advent Calendar interface will feature 4 different types of doors:

    Type: Regular door
    Description: Can be opened on the specific date that is displayed on the door
    Rewards: Opening a regular door provides rewards that are chosen randomly



    Type: Buff Adventure door
    Description: Can be opened on or after the date that is displayed on the door, regardless of previously opened doors
    Rewards: These doors offer special Christmas buff adventures



    Type: Special door
    Description: Can be opened only if all previous doors have been opened.
    Rewards: When it's time to open this door, one reward must be chosen



    Type: 28th window
    Description: Can be opened on 28th day of the event only if all previous doors have been opened
    Rewards: When it's time to open this door, one reward must be chosen

    There is also a very special reward waiting for players who will open all calendar doors:
    This year it's a bundle including an Arctic Iron Mine and a Frozen Manor!
    Opening the Advent Calendar interface is simple! Just click on the icon of a star that's floating next to your avatar:





    Only available through the Advent Calendar, new buff adventures are introduced with this year's event. The "Buff Adventures" are a series of adventures that require you to "deliver" gifts to houses on multiple islands.


    Find all details about these new adventures, buffs and units in post #2.


    Additional item productions can be unlocked in the Rarity Provision House with Recipes.
    A Recipe must only be acquired and applied once, the new production item is permanent.
    Recipes can be obtained with Presents during the event.



    Read all about the Details in post #3.


    Two special Christmas-themed combat adventures will be available in the shop. Details can be found below.

    Name: Save the Christmas feast
    Required level: 26
    Description: The Croaker has stolen all the presents. Defeat the Croaker and retrieve the missing presents.
    Price: 95 Gems

    Name: The stolen Sleigh
    Required level: 36
    Description: The Christmas Feast is in danger. The Croaker has stolen Santa’s sleigh. It is up to you to get it back.
    Price: 95 Gems


    You will be able to find special collectible items on your home island for the entire duration of the event. As usual, after you spot a collectible item, you need to click on it to collect it and transfer it to your storehouse. After you have collected a certain amount of these event collectibles, they can be converted into Presents (event resource) in your Mayor's house!






    While the event is active, it will be possible to acquire the buffs shown below.

    Name: Christmas feast
    Effect: Speeds up the process of getting new settlers into your village up to 600%.
    Duration: The effect lasts for 2 hours.
    Price: 50 Presents

    Name: Cookies
    Effect: Boosts the production of a workyard up to 300%.
    Duration: The effect lasts for 32 hours.
    Price: 80 Presents

    Name: The fermentation accelerator
    Effect: Boosts the production of a brewery up to 400%.
    Duration:The effect lasts for 24 hours.
    Price: 60 Presents

    Name: Hot Lemon Tea
    Effect: Boosts the speed of a village school up to 300%.
    Duration: The effect lasts for 24 hours.
    Price: 50 Presents

    During the event you will have the chance to acquire a special buff that changes the weather on your home island and bring some snow! In case you change your mind and want to remove the snow from your home island, there will be another buff allowing you to do so.

    Name: A Thousand Snowflakes
    Effect: After you activate the buff on your Tavern, it will bring snow to your home island.
    Duration: The effect lasts for 7 days.
    Price: 40 Presents

    Name: Solar Flare
    Effect: It removes the snow from your home island.
    Duration: Not applicable
    Price: 1 Fish


    There will also be a possibility to get more Granite: If you give some Presents and Marble to the elves, they'll be able to provide you with Granite! This option will only be available from the Provision house for a limited time (for the duration of the event).


    Name: Granite transformation
    Effect: Converts Presents and Marble into Granite.
    Required level: 7
    Available in: Provision house


    During the event, Grout can be obtained. This special resource allows you to upgrade certain buildings from level 5 to level 6!
    Two additional buildings can be upgraded to level 6: The Silo and the Improved Silo.






    Name: Christmas Tree (Small) (not limited)

    A very nice Christmas tree that can be used to decorate your settlement!



    Name: Christmas Tree (not limited)

    If you would like to decorate your city a little bit more, you can use this animated Christmas tree!



    Name: Snowman (not limited)

    Even if there's not enough snow outside, you will be able to get a Snowman too!



    Name: Deerstalker Hut (2 per player)

    Produces unlimited meat without consuming any resources or deposits.
    This year each player will be able to purchase 2 buildings of this type.
    It doesn't matter if you already acquired a building like this in the past or not.



    Name: Recycling Manufactory (2 per player)

    Produces unlimited coal without consuming any resources or deposits.
    This year each player will be able to purchase 2 buildings of this type.
    It doesn't matter if you already acquired a building like this in the past or not.



    Name: Arctic Iron Mine (not limited)

    Works like a level 5 level Iron Mine and does not require a building license.
    It needs to be placed on a free iron deposit (already discovered and not occupied).
    The building does not go back to the Star menu after demolition/being depleted.



    Name: Rarity Provision House (Total limit: 1 per player)

    A new Provision House that allows you to produce improved deposit re-fillers (Fish and Meat), new productivity buff that triples the output of a workyard and also Map Fragments. It's limited to 1 per player in total (if you already own one, you cannot buy another one).




    Last but not least: Have a look at the centre of your island... A surprise can now be found in the same spot you were defeating Golems not long ago...

    Please feel free to leave your feedback here.

    Happy settling!
    BB_Ravel

    Last edited by BB_Graubart; 23.10.15 at 11:06.

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    Only available through the Christmas calendar, new buff adventures are introduced with this year's event. The "Buff Adventures" are a series of adventures asking players to "deliver" gifts to houses on multiple islands. They are balanced for the following level groups: 16-25, 26-35, 36+. When opening one of the special doors, a player gets an adventure based on the player's level and the door itself (later doors include longer adventures). There will be 6 special adventure doors available in the calendar. Similar to the "Summer event" special adventures, camps on the map are occupied by 1 or 2 different unit types. Each can be "defeated" with 1 or 2 different buff types.

    Unit Types:

    Unit nameBuff alternative 1Buff alternative 2Adventure levelIcon
    Sad childSimple toysSimple decorations16-25
    Worried adultCookiesSimple decorations16-25
    Upset childSophisticated toysDelicate decorations26-35
    Grumpy adultGift wrapped beverageDelicate decorations26-35
    Impatient childPony rideExpensive toys36+
    Bitter adultArt giftJewelry36+
    The different types of buffs ("gift" themed) can be produced in the Provision House by using resources.
    They can then be used on houses (camps) on adventure islands to defeat and turn them into beautiful Christmas homes.

    Buff Types:

    Buff nameRequired 1Resource 2Icon
    Simple toys30 x Pinewood20 x Stone
    Cookies14 x Wheat24 x Water
    Simple decorations10 x Marble20 x Hardwood
    Sophisticated toys10 x Bronze15 x Marble
    Gift wrapped beverage25 x Brew20 x Simple paper
    Special decorations5 x Nib2 x Gold ore
    Pony ride5 x Exotic wood20 x Tools
    Expensive toys12 x Gold ore

    Art gift10 x Iron Ore4 x Intermediate paper
    Jewelry12 x Gold ore

    Update"Art Gift": Changed Iron Bars to Iron Ore
    Last edited by BB_Ravel; 08.12.14 at 09:48.

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    Additional item productions can be unlocked in the Rarity Provision House with Recipes. Once a Recipe was acquired, it has to be applied to the Rarity Provision House. After that, a new item can be produced. A Recipe must only be acquired and applied once, the new production item is permanent. Recipes can be obtained with Presents during the event.

    Recipe name
    Recipe description
    Shop price
    Blueprint
    Production cost
    Buff
    Aunt Irma's feastProduction x2 for 24 hours60 Presents150 Fish
    100 Bread
    50 Sausage

    Enrollment campaign

    Buff for the Combat Academy
    Production x2 for 6 hours

    300 Presents50 Coins
    10 Banner

    Double-time

    Buff for the Combat Weaponsmith
    Production x2 for 6 hours
    300 Presents50 Coins
    10 Kettle
    Marble mountain (Marble refill buff)Adds 50 to a non-depleted marble deposit180 Presents20 Herbs
    20 Scarecrow
    Paper millConvert: 250 simple paper to 50 intermediate paper180 Presents250 simple paper
    Small glueSpeeds up the production of the bookbinder by 20%90 Presents5 Bronze Cauldron
    100 Water
    50 Flour
    A trader's gift (Stone refill buff)Adds 100 to a non-depleted stone deposit120 Presents5 Barrel

    Stop Buff

    Removes the current buff

    120 Presents100 Simple paper
    100 Water
    Last edited by Fexno; 05.12.14 at 23:41. Reason: inserted missing 20% for small glue

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    With the maintenance on the 8th of January the event will enter Removal phase 1.
    This brief FAQ will provide you with some detail information about that phase.

    • What does Removal phase 1 basically mean?
      The core mechanisms of the event will be turned off, but the event shop category will remain until Removal phase 2 on the 15th of January 2015 the 16th of January 2015. This means you have one additional week to get special event items for Presents. The Presents (event resources) are shown in your storage any time, even after removal phase 2.

    • Can I still collect Christmas Collectibles in Removal phase 1?
      Collectibles that spawned before the maintenance can still be collected. However, after the collectible items are newly refreshed in Removal phase 1, no new Christmas Collectibles will spawn.

    • What happens to Christmas Quests that are not finished?
      The event quest chains will be cancelled.

    • When will Explorers stop finding Presents on treasure searches?
      If the search was finished during Removal Phase 1 (after maintenance) and started before,
      no Presents will be included in the loot.

    • Is it still possible to create event items?
      The creation of the Christmas Adventure Buffs and the Collection "Basket of presents" are only possible until the start of Removal phase 1. If you started to produce an event item briefly before the Removal phase 1 maintenance, this item will be finished even after Removal phase 1. Same goes for completed items: You can still pick them up after Removal phase 1.

    • What happens to the Christmas Adventure buffs in my Star Menu?
      The buffs can still be used to play the Adventures.
      For a refund of the production resources, the buff has to be applied to the Mayor's house.

    • How long will the shop category be available?
      The Christmas Event category will be deactivated with Removal phase 2.
    Last edited by BB_Ravel; 14.01.15 at 12:36.

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    UPDATE: Removal Phase 2 of the Christmas Event has been postponed until Friday, the 16th of January (approx between 09.00 and 10.00AM GMT).
    This won't entail additional downtime.
    Last edited by BB_Ravel; 14.01.15 at 13:53.

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