Dev Diary: Anniversary Event 2020

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Dear Settlers,

In 1993, Blue Byte released the very first "The Settlers" game, launched for Amiga in Germany, and followed later with international releases after great reception and success. It's been wonderful 26 years on PC, a long, meaningful, and nice journey which we'd like to celebrate with a special. In 2020 we also celebrate the 10th birthday of The Settlers Online, a full decade has passed and we got so many updates, expansions, new quests, new buildings. In the past 10 years, many of our settlers stayed with us and we are extremely proud of what you created together with us!!

ANNIVERSARY EVENT

Start: 31. August 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Removal: 21. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC *
Deactivation: 24. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC


Level requirement: 16+

Note: General event features unlock at level 16. If you are below level 16, you still see the first quest of the quest chain, which tasks you to reach level 16.

However, if your level is below 26, you cannot go on missions and will not receive the mission-based quest chain before catching up. You will also lack access to one farmable source of Cake Dough.

The Anniversary Event ends on September 21st, 08:00 UTC, however, you will have 3 additional days to collect your potential reward(s).

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The Anniversary Event lasts for 3 weeks and has 3 phases.

Donation Phase 1: 31. August 2020 - 08:00 UTC- 06. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Donation Phase 2: 06. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC - 13. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Donation Phase 3: 13. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC - 21. September 2020 - 08:00 UTC

The goal is to collect and donate as many balloons as possible. The main way to do so is to convert the resources available within your level range in a special event Epic Workyard, the Festival Hall.

You will be rewarded for donating certain totals of balloons. In addition, every week of the event features a special reward for everyone with level 16 and above if a certain total of balloons is donated worldwide.

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• New Celebration Questchain with great rewards for each stage for the 10th-year celebration
• New Questchain with several Subquests each day
• The donation quests have been reworked and 2 new subquests with more rewards have been added
• Event duration extended to 3 weeks & 3 phases
• Special 10th-anniversary Seasonal Event Bonus: 2x XP and 3x loot!
• New General "General Tremble Beard"
• New Geologist "Diligent Geologist"
• New Explorer "Bold Explorer"
• New Oil Refinery Building
• New Residence "Celebrative Lookout"
• 3 new Settler retro buildings from Settlers IV: The Sickbay, The Thatched Cottage, and the Old-School Barracks
• A brand new retro adventure with level-based, semi-randomized enemy camps
• 2x New time-limited event bundles
• 1x Retro Buildings Bundle
• Reworked Anniversary Calendar to match the 3 weeks
• Cake dough and candles added to venture loot
• Adjusted level ranges for Cake Dough and Candles (16-57 for Cake Dough / 58 and up for Candles)

Ready to kick off the party?
Then join us in celebrating 27 years of The Settlers (Amiga), 26 years of The Settlers (PC), and 10 Years of "The Settlers Online"!

You're invited to share a slice of your feedback > here <

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The Anniversary Event wouldn't be the epic celebration that it is without countless amounts of balloons; we'll need everyone to band together in order to make sure every island has enough as to furnish the proper festivities! Instead of serving as a currency, these balloons are donated to unlock personal and worldwide rewards in a predetermined order. Balloons can be earned in the following ways:

• Conversion:
  When converting level appropriate resources into balloons

• Event Quest Chain:
  Completing Event Quests

• In-game merchant:
  Balloons can be purchased from the in-game merchant

The first donation goal is set at 400.000.000 Balloons!
The second and third goals will be provided at a later time.

Once earned, balloons can be donated from the resources' context menu in any warehouse. Just click on the warehouse, click on the Balloons, and there you find the "Donate"-button. They serve no other purpose and can not be traded. The main way in which balloons are earned is through the Festival Hall; an Epic Workyard on the event isle that you can use during the event. It has three slots in which productions can be activated that convert different resources into balloons.

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The Festival Hall

Blowing up balloons can be exhausting work, so when your Settlers are all out of puff you'll need to motivate them with the tastiest of treats: cake! The Petite Birthday Cake and the Enormous Birthday Cake are two buffs that can be produced in the Provision House. They are made from two event resources, Cake Dough and Birthday Candles, which can only be earned by players up to level 57 and from 58 upwards.

If you're missing one of the two resources, feel free to trade with your friends! But if that's not your thing, you can always convert the resources into each other at a rate of 2 to 1 for Candles to Cake Dough or 3 to 1 for Cake Dough into Candles!

<table style="border: 1px dashed black; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; background-color: rgb(235, 222, 193); width:800px"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Effect</th> <th>Cost of production</th> <th>Production time</th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: white;"> <td><span style="padding-left: 7%">

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Petite Birthday&nbsp;Cake

</span></td> <td> +50% output Festival Hall for 16 hours (24 hours on friend/guild member)

Not giftable, not tradable, not deletable, not redeemable </td> <td colspan="1">

100 Candles

80 Cake dough

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Lvl. 1 Provision House: 20 minutes

Rarity Provision House: 4 minutes

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Enormous Birthday&nbsp;Cake

</span></td> <td> +100% output Festival Hall for 16 hours (24 hours on friend/guild member)

Giftable via in-game merchant interface, not tradable, not deletable, not redeemable </td> <td colspan="1">

500 Candles

400 Cake dough

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Lvl. 1 Provision House: 40 minutes

Rarity Provision House: 8 minutes

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And if you're wondering how to get Cake Dough and Candles in the first place, here are some tips:

• Collectibles:

  Up to 10 collectible objects per cycle
  Each Cake Dough collected from the map will grant 2-3 resources
  Each Candles object collected from the map will grant 2 resources

• Treasure Search
  Cake Dough (Levels 1-57):
  <table><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Search</b></th><th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Small amount</b></th><th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Big amount</b></th></tr><tr><td>Short</td><td>3</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Medium</td><td>6</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Long</td><td>9</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Very long</td><td>12</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Prolonged</td><td>15</td><td>24</td></tr></tbody></table>
  
  Candles (Level 58-80):
  <table><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Search</b></th><th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Small amount</b></th><th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Big amount</b></th></tr><tr><td>Short</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Medium</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Long</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Very long</td><td>4</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Prolonged</td><td>5</td><td>8</td></tr></tbody></table>
  

• Adventure Loot
  

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As soon as the event starts, you will receive a quest chain if the level requirement is met. The first quests guide you through the event mechanics, whereas the next ones task you to complete the event.

With the 10th Anniversary we added an additional Event Quest Chain!
This quest chain only starts after the anniversary tutorial main quest "Party Preparations" has been done.
A new quest will then appear every day during the event (21 days / 21 main quests).
The quests span 4 level ranges: 26-35 | 36-50 | 51-61 | 62+. Finishing a full main quest line will offer you balloons!

The Donation Quests are a means of rewarding you for the balloon donations - they can also help you take a peek at what rewards await you! ;) If you are level 16 or higher, you will immediately receive this main quest and all milestone subquests. After completing all of them, a looping quest will reward further donations with consumables.

Who says you cannot party while preparing for an even bigger party? Let's do a celebration Marathon - a Celebrathon - and see how many small parties we can do in the next weeks! A new Questchain with increasing challenge "Celebration Marathon", split into 10 rounds with several subquests, was added as a Main Quest to the game. The first main quests start after reaching level 16 and the next Main Quest will start after the previous one is finished.

Are you already overwhelmed with the news? Then let's sink in the rare numbers! For this Anniversary Event, you will be able to explore over 200 new Quests, including new Stories, new connections and also a lot of outstanding rewards, which will push the celebration spirit to a maximum!

The quest for the 1st phase will not be removed during the second phase, the quest for the 2nd phase will not be removed during the third phase in order to allow you to collect the reward of the 1st, 2nd phase during the 3rd one.

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Completing event-related achievements is a means of earning balloons. The achievements do not contribute to the overall achievement score and the ones that have not been earned by the end of the event will be hidden from the achievement menu.

The achievements deal with 3 aspects of the event:

• Friends applying birthday cake buffs
• Balloon gathering and production
• Solving missions

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A quest chain will guide you through the mechanics of the event, regarding the collection of candles and dough, the production of birthday cakes, donation of balloons, and the specific missions you have to solve. Additionally, a Calendar is present in which you should open the doors daily! A longer celebration time also means more days to collect from our calendar!

To access the Calendar, just click on the icon next to your avatar.

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2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOORS

There is a total of 21 doors. You can open one door each day. Opening missed doors for gems has will cost 100 gems for normal doors and 300 gems for special doors due to a very high value in the calendar.

Don't forget to open the doors daily and also remind your friends to do so!

Type: Regular door
Amount: 17
Description: Can be opened on the specific date displayed or for 100 gems afterward
Requirement: It doesn't matter if previous doors are still closed or not
Rewards: Provides basic rewards (such as resources), sometimes chosen randomly

Type: Special door
Amount: 4
Description: Can be opened on the specific date displayed or for 300 gems afterward.
Requirement: All previous doors need to be open
Rewards: Most special doors offer a choice between several rewards when opened

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Are you dreaming of old Settlers adventures and wish it was the year 2001 again? Would you like to live in that nostalgic memory?<br><br>

Check out our new "old" retro-styled "Misty Cake" Adventure!

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A mysterious island suddenly appeared out of the morning mists visible close to the horizon. Several fishermen and boats that came close enough gave reports about evildoers roaming around the island. Strangely, it seems everybody saw completely different types of evil, but no leaders at all! Anyway, you cannot leave this so close to your own island.<br>
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Level: variable, 26 upwards<br>
Difficulty: ~7-11<br>
How many players: 1<br><br>


<center><table style="border: 0px dashed black; margin: 0px; padding: 1px; background-color: #7b6645;" width="550"><tbody><tr ><th style="background-color: #be9561;" colspan="2">The mist is clearing</th></tr><tr ></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #372e24;" align="center" colspan="2"><font color="white">Task </font></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #8f7650;" align="center" width="35"><img src="https://ubistatic-a.akamaihd.net/0034/int/forum/pictures/2020_anniversary/cake_adventure_buff.png" title="Misty Camp"><td align="left"><font color="white">Defeat 9 Mysteriously Misty Camps </font></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #625640;" align="center" colspan="2"><font color="white">Description</font><br></td></tr><tr ><td style="background-color: #dabd7f;" colspan="2">This strange island and this suddenly appearing mists. I wonder what is going on here. I guess only thing we can do is exploring the island and defeating all evildoers along the way.It seems they don't have any leaders. I wonder if this will make it easier, or not?!
</td></tr></tbody></table>The tasks change for the specific level ranges</center>

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REMINDER: During the 10th Anniversary of "The Settlers Online" a seasonal Event Bonus with 2x XP and 3x loot will be active.<br><br>

In 2020 cake dough and candles are also obtainable within Ventures!

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Valuable Intel<br>
The Dragon's Roost<br>
Of Songs And Curses<br>
El Chupacabra<br>
Raid Of The Nords<br>
The Pied Piper of Hamelin<br>
Snow White<br>
Hansel and Gretel<br>
The Fisherman and his Wife<br>
The Lost City<br>
Red Riding Hood<br>
At the Foot of the Mountain<br>
One Step Ahead<br>
Unknown Regions<br>
Mountain Labyrinth<br>
The People Of The Mountain<br>
A Giant Battle<br>

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The following entries will show a detailed list of the new* specialists and their talents.<br>
*new Content in this event is marked in blue

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Explorer behavior during the Event:<br>
Explorer will only bring back cake dough /candles if they are sent during the event (after the event started). In rare cases, explorers might bring back resources when directly sent before the event starts, and returning after the event started!

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He is as bold as his looks suggest. He absolutely loves to go on a treasure search and usually reaps in 50% more rewards due to his boldness. And whether on treasure or adventure searches, the rumor is he hasn't come home without a buff yet. Very impressive, isn't it?<br>
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Name: Bold Explorer (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Specialist<br>
Description: +150% task speed | Boldness: +50% rewards on treasure searches. Guaranteed to find a buff on treasure and adventure searches.
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Price: 1x Donation Quest, 3x 4199 Gems, 1x included in Bundle | per Event

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As wise as long as his beard. He has never been the bravest or strongest among the ranks of the generals but makes up for it with his extraordinary sageness.<br>
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Name: General Tremble Beard (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Specialist<br>
Description: Travels twice as quickly to adventures. Recover 2x as quickly from defeat. 375 - 425 dmg, 1 HP, 90% accuracy. First Strike / Flanking / Splash Damage / Can lead 160 Units<br>
Sageness: Increases XP gained from enemies defeated by this army by 200%. Natural Bounty Hunter, doesn't stack with skill.
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Price: 1x SECRET, 2x 4599 Gems, 1x included in Bundle | per Event

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Carefully looking in every nook and cranny the Diligent Geologist sometimes even finds the best-hidden treasures. Her passion began as a child when she accompanied her father on treasure hunts at the beach. She sure takes her time and enjoys the search more than her findings. She still remembers her father saying "if you are lucky once, you are always lucky twice". "Diligence always leads to success!" Needs 6 times as long for most searches, but has a chance to find two great treasures along the way.
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Name: Diligent Geologist (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Specialist<br>
Description: Chance to find a deserved Bonus on search:Marble 25% | Iron 35% | Coal 50% | GoldOre 50% | Titanium 75% | Salpetre 75% | Granite 75% | If treasure is found, always 2 things are found.<br>
"Possible Treasures"

Spoiler

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Tickets

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Treasure

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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Ore Mining Guide</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Rock Mining Guide&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Zombie</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Stadium snacks</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Bag of rainbow snow</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Elixir</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Machine Oil</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Gold Fever&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Vicsous Drinking Chocolate</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Chcolate Rabbit</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;Barazek&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Bookbinder Hide Glue</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Bookbinder Wilderwood Resin</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Bookbinder Sugar Glue</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Mr Myers</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Training Overtime</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Hugs & Kisses</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Rain of Arrows</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Rain of Flaming Arrows</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Chocolate Arrows</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Weak Point Potion</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Ranged Support</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Ballista</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Small Catapult</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">Big Catapult</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">1 Manuscript</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">1 Tome</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">1 Codex</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 Oil</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 AdvancedTools</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 AdventureTale</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">2 Token</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 StarCoin</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 MagicBean</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 MagicBeanstalk</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">2 Gems</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">2 Crystal</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 Grout</td>
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<td style="height: 23px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">20 ObsidianOre</td>
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Price: 1x Donation Quest, 3x 1599 Gems, 1x included in Bundle | per Event

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The following entries will show a detailed list of the new* buildings and their special traits.<br>
*new Content in this event is marked in blue

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<br>Get 1 gift every day after the last collection, for every lookout placed.
A group of tinkerers has secretly sat together to create this fantastic and a bit obscure building. To watch the 10th-anniversary celebration an idea was born to not just climb high, but even fly up in the sky to have the best possible view on all the festivities and fireworks. After months of preparation and testing, it would still not take off as the construction plans even included a space to celebrate and live. But with a little help from Sonya, the Celebrative Lookout was finally able to lift off.<br>
"You can even see other islands!"<br>
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Name: Celebrative Lookout (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Special, recurring<br>
Description: Reward items based on player level | Delay: 23 Hours | Size: 1x1<br>
Price: 1x SECRET, 3x 3299 Gems, 1x in Bundle | per Event

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The Oil Refinery enables 3 Productions:<br>
Produces 4 Oil from...<br>
(a) 2 Oil + 38 Fish in 45:00 minutes<br>
(b) 2 Oil + 3 Gold in 25:00 minutes<br>
(c) 2 Oil + 3 Magic Beanstalk in 17:30 minutes<br>
Every further Oil Refinery reduces the production time.<br>
Size: 5x4 3x3<br>

Name: Oil Refinery (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Building, recurring<br>
Description: The Oil Refinery enables 3 Productions.<br>
Price: 4x 10999 Gems, 1x Donation Quest, 1x in Bundle | per Event

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<br>Combines the function of TrainingGround and EliteTrainingGround<br>
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Name: Oldschool Barracks (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Expansion, recurring<br>
Description: +50% recruitment speed for normal and elite units | Size: 2x2<br>
Price: 1x Challenge Quest, 2x 6999 Gems, 1x in Bundle | per Event

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<br>produces 1 medipack every 14 days, production speed can be increased by 50% with further sickbays. <br>
Base Production time 14 days.<br>
Production time reduces by 50% with additional buildings.<br>
Produces a Medipack out of: <br>
• 10 Crystal, 1000 Flour, 1000 SimplePaper <br>
• 50 Starcoin , 1000 Flour, 1000 SimplePaper <br>
• 2 Token, 1000 Flour, 1000 SimplePaper<br>
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Name: Sickbay (Lazarett) (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Provisioner, recurring<br>
Description: Allows production of Medipacks for resources| Size: 1x1<br>
Price: 1x Donation Quest, 3x 2199 Gems, 1x in Bundle | per Event

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<br>An ancient blueprint for this very nostalgic residence was found.
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Name: Thatched Cottage (not tradable, not giftable)<br>
Type: Building, recurring<br>
Description: Increases the population limit | +145 Population | Upgrades will increase the population by 25 | Can be upgraded 3 times.
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Price: 1x SECRET, 3x 3199 Gems, 1x in Bundle | per Event

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A noble tribute to education. Having great education draws in more settlers. Can be buffed with normal production buffs and Hot lemon Tea!<br>
1x by achievement "Give me Ten" / 1x by achievement "Defense on Strike" / 1x via Event Calendar<br>
Effect: Produces 1 Population every 2 hours<br><br>
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Education Tribute<br>
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Let's hear it for education! A good education draws more Settlers to your island.

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This majestic building allows to produce books in a queue!<br>
It requires your Settlers to write down the fantastical stories they experience during their adventures.<br>
Cannot be buffed or upgraded. Can be obtained once during this event (Secret).<br>

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Adventure Bookbinder<br>
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Every further Adventure Bookbinder reduces the production time.

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<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Name</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Effects</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Costs</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Duration</b></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Short Adventure Story</td>
<td>
<p>Produces 1 Manuscript<br />Level: 15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>590 Simple Paper<br />470 Nib<br />24 Coin<br />10 Adventure Tale</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24h</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Middle Adventure Story</td>
<td>Produces 1 Tome<br />Level: 25</td>
<td>
<p>605 Intermed. Paper<br />415 Letter<br />48 Coin<br />20 Adventure Tale</p>
</td>
<td>48h</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Long Adventure Story</td>
<td>Produces 1 Codex<br />Level: 40</td>
<td>
<p>560 Advanced Paper<br />400 Bookfitting<br />72 Coin<br />40 Adventure Tale</p>
</td>
<td>96h</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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The Wondrous Celebration Residence creates a festive ambiente on your island and increases the Population greatly. It is very small and only requires a 2x2 square of place!<br>
Wondrous Residence 1x in donation quest / 2x in bundle / 5x in shop<br>

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Wondrous Celebration Residence<br>
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Festively redecorated, the Wondrous Celebration Residence shines in a new light to celebrate all Settlers. Not requiring any special resources to upgrade this building is a gift in itself!

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<table>
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 23px;">
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Level</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Costs</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Population</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Constr. Time</b></th>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 23px;">
<td style="height: 23px;">1</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">&nbsp;-</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">140</td>
<td style="height: 23px;">5 min</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 43px;">
<td style="height: 43px;">2</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Coin 350<br />Marble 300</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+30 (170)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">10 min</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 43px;">
<td style="height: 43px;">3</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Coin 900<br />Hardwood Planks 1000</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+30 (200)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">30 min</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 43px;">
<td style="height: 43px;">4</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Coin 1100<br />Granite 1000</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+35 (235)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">1 hours</td>
</tr>
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<td style="height: 43px;">5</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Coin 1500<br />Exotic wood Planks 1000</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+35 (270)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">2 hours</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 43px;">
<td style="height: 43px;">6</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Grout 1500<br />Granite 2500</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+40 (310)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">3 hours</td>
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<td style="height: 43px;">7</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Coin 4000<br />Mahogany Planks 5000</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+40 (350)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">6 hours</td>
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<td style="height: 43px;">8</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Grout 2500<br />Granite 5000</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+50 (400)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">1 days</td>
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<td style="height: 43px;">9</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Coin 5000<br />Granite 7500</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+50 (450)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">3 days</td>
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<td style="height: 43px;">10</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Grout 5000<br />Granite 12500</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+50 (500)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">4 days</td>
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<td style="height: 43px;">11</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Magic Beanstalks 10000<br />Granite 12500</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+50 (550)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">7 days</td>
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<td style="height: 43px;">12</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">Grout 10000<br />Coin 15000</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">+100 (650)</td>
<td style="height: 43px;">7 days</td>
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</tbody>
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Apart from having Specialists as Anniversary rewards, the Event also grants buildings! The Settlers Headquarters will be available again (as a reward from the 1st weekly quest) and will increase population by 220. <br>
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Click on the image for full view

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<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Level</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Costs</b></th>>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Population</b></th>
<th bgcolor="#d5bb8d" style="height: 23px;"><b>Constr. Time</b></th>
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<td>1</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>220</td>
<td>01:30 min</td>
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<td>2</td>
<td>46 Tokens</td>
<td>+30 (250)</td>
<td>24:00 hours</td>
</tr>
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<td>3</td>
<td>55 Tokens</td>
<td>+30 (280)</td>
<td>36:00 hours</td>
</tr>
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<td>4</td>
<td>65 Tokens</td>
<td>+30 (310)</td>
<td>48:00 hours</td>
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<td>5</td>
<td>75 Tokens</td>
<td>+30 (340)</td>
<td>72:00 hours</td>
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</tbody>
</table>

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The event features a dedicated shop category. Unlike other seasonal events, there is no event currency. Most of these items can be purchased for gems only and many of them are intended to assist with the event.

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Name: Improved Floating Residence (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Building
Description: An improved version of the floating residence, granting more space for settlers impervious to seasickness!
Price: 2499 Gems (1 per Event) / 1x Bundle / 1x Challenge Quest

Name: Wondrous Celebration Residence (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Building
Description: Festively redecorated, the Wondrous Celebration Residence shines in a new light to celebrate all Settlers.
Price: 9999 Gems (Limit: 5 per Event)

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Name: Enormous Birthday Cake (not tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: +100% output on Festival Hall for 16 hours (24 hours on friend/guild member)
Price: 285 Gems

Name: Training Overtime (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: +200% recruitment speed in Barracks and Elite Barracks for 12 hours (18 hours on friend/guild member)
Price: 185 Gems

Name: Ballista (not tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Use on any enemy camp to remove 1 random boss stack from it
Price: 199 Gems

Name: Festival Fireworks (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Replaces buff sparkles with fireworks for 7 days (10.5 days on friend/guild member)
Price: 69 Gems

Name: Change Skin: retro woodcutter (15 days) (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives one of your woodcutters a retro look for 15 days
Price: 5 Gems (50% discount)

Name: Change Skin: retro forester (15 days) (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives one of your foresters a retro look for 15 days
Price: 5 Gems (50% discount)

Name: Change Skin: retro farm (15 days) (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives one of your farms a retro look for 15 days
Price: 5 Gems (50% discount)

Name: Change Skin: retro mason (15 days) (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives one of your masons a retro look for 15 days
Price: 5 Gems (50% discount)

Name: Change Skin: retro well (15 days) (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives one of your wells a retro look for 15 days
Price: 5 Gems (50% discount)

Name: Change Skin: Permanent retro woodcutter (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives one of your woodcutters a retro look
Price: 199 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Permanent retro forester (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives one of your foresters a retro look
Price: 199 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Permanent retro farm (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives one of your farms a retro look
Price: 199 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Permanent retro mason (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives one of your masons a retro look
Price: 199 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Nostalgic Level 1 Mayor's House (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives your Mayor's House a nostalgic look for 15 days
Price: 75 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Nostalgic Level 2 Mayor's House (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives your Mayor's House a different nostalgic look for 15 days
Price: 75 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Sinister Mayor's House (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Gives your Mayor's House a sinister look for 15 days
Price: 75 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Permanent Nostalgic Level 1 Mayor's House (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives your Mayor's House a nostalgic look
Price: 1495 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Permanent Nostalgic Level 2 Mayor's House (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives your Mayor's House a different nostalgic look
Price: 1495 Gems

Name: Change Skin: Permanent Sinister Mayor's House (tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Permanently gives your Mayor's House a sinister look
Price: 1495 Gems

Name: Rain of Flaming Arrows (not tradable, giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: A defined amount of random units between 100 and 200 units in the camp will be defeated and removed. Roughly twice as strong as Rain of Arrows. Can only be used once on an enemy camp.
Price: 399 Gems

Name: Third Eye (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Buff
Description: Use on a building to cancel a permanent "Change Skin" buff affecting it
Price: 1 Fish

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Name: Fun-sized Pack of Balloons (not tradable, giftable)
Type: Resource
Description: 1,000 Balloons
Price: 799 Gems

Name: Large Pack of Balloons (tradable, giftable)
Type: Resource
Description: 5,000 Balloons
Price: 3,995 Gems

Name: Grout (tradable, giftable)
Type: Resource
Description: 200 Grout
Price: 450 Gems (25% discount)

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Name: Small Celebratory Bundle (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Bundle
Description: Gaze in astonishment on the content of this time-limited package:

Spoiler

• 1x Intrepid Explorer
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Enormous Birthday Cake
• 7 Premium Days (split into 2x 3days,1x 1day)
• 5x Rain of Flaming Arrows
• 1x Premium Friend Buff
• 1x Recruitment Guide
• 1x Weapon Crafting Guide
• 1x Paperwork Guide
• 1x Mining Guide
• 1x Farming & Hunting Guide
• 1x Rock Mining Guide
• 1x Wood Cutting Guide

Price: 5999 Gems (Limit: 1 per Player)

Name: Celebratory Bundle (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Bundle
Description: Gaze in astonishment on the content of this time-limited package:

Spoiler

• 1x Wondrous Celebration Residence
• 1x Improved Floating Residence
• 1x Storage Tower
• 1x Candid Explorer
• 1x Field Medic General
• 1x Versed Geologist
• 3x Enormous Birthday Cake
• 7 Premium Days (split into 2x 3days,1x 1day)
• 2x Medipack
• 1x Premium Friend Buff
• 5x Hugs and Kisses
• 5x Fairy Fire
• 5x Fairy Light
• 2x Sack of Omniseeds
• 5x Assassin
• 5x Big Catapult
• 5x Rain of Arrows
• 5x Rain of Flaming Arrows
• 5x Ballista
• 1x Recruitment Guide
• 1x Weapon Crafting Guide
• 1x Paperwork Guide
• 1x Mining Guide
• 1x Farming & Hunting Guide
• 1x Rock Mining Guide
• 1x Wood Cutting Guide

Price: 14999 Gems (Limit: 1 per Player)

Name: Anniversary Premium Bundle 1 (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Bundle
Description: Gaze in astonishment on the content of this time-limited package:

Spoiler

• 1x Oil Refinery
• 1x Celebrative Lookout
• 1x Bold Explorer
• 1x Diligent Geologist
• 7 Premium Days (split into 2x3 days, 1x1 day)
• 1x Large Pack of Balloons
• 250 Oil
• 2x Machine Oil
• 2x Celebrity comes to town
• 2x Small Birthday Cake
• 2x Elixir

Price: 14199 Gems (Limit: 1 per Event)

Name: Anniversary Premium Bundle 2 (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Bundle
Description: Gaze in astonishment on the content of this time-limited package:

Spoiler

• 1x General Tremblebeard
• 1x Cloaked General
• 1x Wondrous Celebration Residence
• 2x 7 Premium Days (split into 2x 3days,1x 1day)
• 1x Premium Friend Buff
• 1x Large Pack of Balloons
• 1x Enormous Birthday Cake
• 2x Ballista
• 2x Big Catapult
• 5x Flaming Arrows
• 1x Ranged Support
• 1x Weak Point Potion
• 1x Recruitment Guide

Price: 12399 Gems (Limit: 1 per Event)

Name: Old Era Bundle (not tradable, not giftable)
Type: Bundle
Description: Gaze in astonishment on the content of this time-limited package:

Spoiler

Lately, one of your settlers found some dusty old blueprints in his attic. These buildings look intriguingly familiar, don't they?
With this awesome bundle, you'll get all 3 of them at once.
"Good old Times!"

• 1x Oldschool Barracks
• 1x Thatched Cottage
• 1x Sickbay

Price: 8499 Gems (Limit: 1 per Event)

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Event deactivation

Adventures

• Adventures completed after the event deactivation end do not include event resources in their loot.
• Event scenarios are cancelled.
• Event scenarios cannot be started and become deletable.

Quests and achievements

• All event quests are cancelled.
• No new event daily quests are issued.
• Event achievements cannot be earned.

Goods

• Event collectables stop spawning.
• Treasure searches finishing after the event deactivation yield no event resources.
• Balloons, Candles and Cake Dough resources are hidden from the storage and star menu.
• Trade offers involving Candles and Cake Dough resources cannot be initiated. Already existing ones are hidden until they run out.
• The Festival Hall disappears from the event isle. It won't be possible to produce balloons anymore.

Merchant

• The event shop category disappears.

Miscellaneous

• The event bridge disappears.

Post-event Resource Conversion

• Balloons are removed from the star menu, all storages, and mail attachments.
• Affected players receive a mail with an attachment of 1 Coin per 1 removed Balloon.
• Petite Birthday Cake buffs are removed from the star menu and are compensated with 1 Chant of Focus for each 1 Petite Birthday Cake.
• Enormous Birthday Cake buffs are removed from the star menu and are compensated with 1 Fruits of Hardship for each 2 Enormous Birthday Cakes.
• Cake Dough & Candles will not be converted.
• Event scenarios are removed from the star menu.

Anniversary Premium Bundle 2

Dear settlers,

The purchases of the Anniversary Premium Bundle 2 currently only gives out 1x 7-Days Premium instead of the noted 2x 7-Days Premium.

This is an error and will be fixed with an upcoming update. All players who have already purchased this bundle will then automatically receive the missing 7 days premium with an in-game mail.

You don't have to contact the support for this.

Happy Settling,
BB_Sious

Dear settlers,

The following issues have been resolved in this latest hotfix:

• The double event quest issue has now been resolved.
• Several localisation issues have been resolved, including instances of undefined texts.
• The purchases of the Anniversary Premium Bundle 2 will now correctly give out 2x 7-Days Premium.*
• Improved the Misty Cake Adventure to help prevent an issue where a player could not attack with their generals, resulting in the player becoming stuck in the second sector.

*Those who previously bought it should check their mail for the missing Premium Days.
*Due to an error, players who previously bought the bundle will find only 4 Days of Premium in their mail. Please note that we will send the missing 3 Days a later date. We apologise for the delay!

Happy Settling,
BB_Sious

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Dear Anniversary-Fans,

This year was like an emotional rollercoaster but it all worked out in the end.

Once our Mayor reached out to you, the balloons were donated in their millions; some instances even got new records! Thanks to everyone, we managed to reach the third goal on time and would like to share some insights. Attached you can also find a GIF prepared by our annual our most beloved Balloon-Statistic-Collector: BigBang36.

Overview

Donated balloons phase 1: 496.488.575
Donated balloons phase 2: 910.853.889
Donated balloons phase 3: 831.250.147

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All phases together: 2.238.592.611

Average donated balloons per Second: ~1233

Overall donated balloons in the event: 2.238.592.611
Stored balloons: 86.003.405 (3.8%)

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Image provided by BigBang36 - Germany