The outgoing 2020 was a very difficult year. And now everyone, holding their breath, are looking into the New Year and make wishes. At this time, everyone believes in a miracle: both children and adults!
We sincerely wish all our players a very bright Christmas and a happy New Year! May the new year bring you and your loved ones health, happiness and fulfillment of desires, may in the new year you have unforgettable adventures, brave battles and new acquaintances!

Thanks to all the players who were and will be with us! Thank you for being!

And we invite all players to plunge into the festive atmosphere, join the winter celebrations, get ready for the new year and celebrate it properly!


In honor of the New Year, all players will receive 1 bonus point!


NEW TEMPORARY SOLDIERS
The frost season has begun and our temporary soldiers, the Northern Hunter and the Nordic Archer, have returned to us. And this year they will be accompanied by the Snow Leopard. Soldiers can be obtained for a mini-game, purchased, or received as a gift. The soldiers will serve until mid-February, after which they will automatically retire.


Also, in contests, you can get special units: snowmen (evil and shooter) and of course Santa Claus.


All of them will only serve until mid-January.


PLAYING ALL TOGETHER

Take part in the Match-3 Mini Game! Once in a while, the player will have access to free moves, and additional moves can be purchased for gold. Statistics are kept for each player, and at the end of the holidays, the TOP 10 best players from each server will receive individual prizes!
The rules of the game are very simple: You need to collect 3, 4 or 5 identical elements in a row or column. Depending on the number of collected items, the player gets points. Obstacles in the form of blocks that block elements will appear on the playing field. You can break the blocks by crossing two striped elements or two bombs, or break them with a hammer. The blocks can be very strong and once may not be enough to completely break the block.

Collect game points and get super prizes! The more games, the more valuable the prizes.

Statistics on the number of points collected are kept for each player and for each Order, and at the end of the holidays, the TOP-10 best players and the TOP-10 best Orders* will receive valuable prizes. Win different items for yourself and extra skill points for the order!

Players also have access to the TOP, in which the most effective Order will be determined among all participating Orders.

The top 3 players from this TOP will receive special prizes, however, each player can receive only one prize in the following nominations:
- the best mini-game player;
- The best decorator;
- the best collector of combinations;
- The best player in terms of efficiency;
- Christmas Grinch.

After the main winners are awarded, prizes will also be given to the 15 players who scored the most points in the mini-game, but who were not included in the previous tops.

Follow the game statistics, and win unique prizes!
This New Year's prize will be a special city with a nice bonus and rich architecture.
So make sure you have a free city possesion point in advance!


NEW CROWN

By the way, the crafting of a new crown was opened in the forge, which will give the player +1 point of city possession. The main thing is to remember that the crown can be used only once.


NEW UNIQUE BUILDINGS
During unique excavations in historical cities, unique drafts for the buildings of the Augustinian monastery and Siena Cathedral were found.
You can also find them in some temporary locations and build buildings in your cities, increasing your status and power!


P.S. - building construction limit = 14.


NEW BUILDING LEVELS
And since we are talking about buildings, we hasten to inform you that the Winter Residence received +3 levels of development. Monument of the Glory, Museum, Crystal Mine, Jewelry Workshop, as well as some draft buildings also received level increases.

MINI GAME - SNOWMAN

This year a new mini-game "Build the Snowman" has appeared. To mold a snowman, you need to collect special artifacts that can be obtained for research in temporary locations.


The collected artifacts must be inserted into suitable slots of the snowman's body. When all parts are in place, the player receives the indicated reward. The list of rewards can be shuffled for gold.

For each player, statistics are kept on how many snowmen he collected. At the end of the holidays, the TOP 10 best players will receive a prize. You can see your place in the TOP statistics.

The Snowman Mini Game also features a mid-server competition!
TOP-20 best players among all servers, who score the most points in the mini-game, will receive valuable prizes, including a special city with a nice bonus and rich architecture.

We announce in advance that a special multiplier will be applied when identifying Cross-Server winners.
The number of artifacts found by the player must be greater than the number of collected tables multiplied by 4.
The use of this formula allows players who really spent a lot of effort on collecting to get a worthy prize. At the same time, the players who took the easier path will remain outside the top.


LOTTERY

Lottery tickets could be obtained as bonus for purchases or exploring temporary adventure huts. Each used ticket gives a certain bonus. You can also find the Christmas lottery in the Christmas tree. There will be a window with 9 gifts in the holiday lottery, you need to open 3 of them. Based on the total number of points, you will receive a Bronze, Silver or Gold gift, which includes resources, soldiers, buildings and other bonuses. One lottery game costs one lottery ticket. By playing the lottery, you can also get a special prize - a stone statue of a bull.

The statue acts as a storehouse for resources.
To do this, you need to reach 100% in the progress bar and get a special artifact.


With this artifact, you can build a statue. A limit of 10 statues per account has been introduced.
Each statue has 10 levels of development.


NEW YEAR COLLECTION
n all temporary locations for research and for completing special quests, you can get a Simple Collectible Chest. You can also purchase a Premium Collectible Chest. It is important to know that simple collectible chests, unlike premium ones, cannot be transferred to another player.


You need to open chests in a special "Collection" tab.


The chests contain 2 Christmas toys and a nice bonus in the form of gold, diamonds and other bonuses pleasant to the player's heart.

These toys are not simple, but from the new collection that hangs on our Christmas tree.
There are 5 levels of toys in total.
By collecting toys, you fill out a special album.


If you do not have enough toys to complete the collection, you can create them.
To do this, you need to break the toys into essence, through the menu. Do not be afraid to break toys, once dropped out, the toy will remain in the collection, only repeated toys can be crushed!


Having crushed the toys, go to the Collider section and start trying your luck: you can choose the level of the toy to create, and by paying extra gold, increase the chance of a rarer toy falling out.


Collecting toys through the collider, however, may fail.


You can switch the type of toy you create or try to create this level again.

If you need an ingredient that is definitely not yet in your collection, use the runes that can be found for exploring some locations.


For the fifth level of toys, instead of a rune, you will need a festive tangerine.


It can only be found in the Krampus bag. This cunning villain collected all the tangerines for himself.
However, the cunning Snow Queen decided to complicate the task, and players will need the Snowman's Rod and the ingredients of the Gingerbread House besides the runes with mandarin.


Each level of the collection has its own rune and its own ingredient. Be careful!

But remember: the number of runes and tangerines you can use to create ingredients is limited to 10, so use them wisely to create the most needed.
If during creation, creation was unsuccessful, then the rune, gold and essence will be spent, but the attempt will not be counted.

When the album is full, you will receive the prize specified in the Information tab.

For each player, statistics are kept on the assembling of the collection so that players can see the progress of its filling.
Collection assembling is available until 14/01/2021. Upon completion, all chests, both simple and premium, will be withdrawn with compensation.

Hurry up to collect the collection!


HOLIDAY TOPS
And according to the old tradition, we announce holiday tops:
1. The holiday atmosphere reigning everywhere made Krampus very angry. This character will appear at the most unexpected moment and try to ruin the holiday. We will lead the top players who will give a fitting rebuff to this villain. The best will be awarded with special gold medals. Knowledgeable people say that medals hold a very valuable prize.

2. Collecting holiday artifacts. Drop of thematic artifacts in temporary locations will also fall into a special Top. You can find out which artifacts are taken into account by hovering over the top name in the statistics


Other changes and additions:
1. Changed the system of working with artifacts and improved design
2. In order to improve the battles in the citadel, the limits of units that can be present in it have been changed. All units that do not require mercenary and population points are completely excluded.