Ahoy, mateys and scallywags! Batten down the hatches, hoist the Jolly Roger, and set sail for a swashbuckling adventure on the High Seas as the Summer Event returns with a twist for 2023!
Prepare to embark on a treasure-laden voyage to our secret pirate hideaway deep in the Caribbean, where you can spend your golden Doubloons to win a trove of prizes that would make Blackbeard himself green with envy!
| The Summer Event will start on June 6th and runs until July 7th! |
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The Shuffle Board
To kick off the fun you'll need to amass Doubloons from quests and incidents that pop up in your city. These precious Doubloons are your key to flipping tiles on the mysterious shuffle board that lies ahead.Each treasure laden tile costs 10 Doubloons to reveal. Fear not, for each tile flipped will also automatically grant you a toss of the Chips. Two Chips will be thrown in total, and when the Chips fall heads up, count yourself lucky, for they shall grant you progress towards the most sought-after treasure of them all: the Grand Prize!
Keep a weather eye open, for among the tiles on the shuffle board lies a prize most coveted: Treasure Maps! You can get them on the following rewards: Shuffle, the x2 and the Reveal. You can easily identify them since there will be an additional Treasure Map icon on those rewards, as you can see from the screenshot down below.
Each Treasure Map leads to a bonus prize. Choose between two tantalizing options to add that prize to your hoard.
At any moment, or when your pile of Treasure Maps is full, you can dig up that buried treasure using diamonds to collect the rewards. To get the best deal, wait until you will have collected the max amount of Treasure Maps before claiming your rewards!
Find yourself torn between these two rewards? You can pay the diamond fee to claim both! And should the wind not blow in your favour with your prize options, you can use the swap to re-roll each one of them.
With Treasure Maps you can also get a new exclusive building, the Cartographer House. It gives bonuses to Attack for Attacking army and produces Forge Points and Fragments to build and upgrade your Trading Post!
Daily Calendar
That's not all, me hearties! Feast your eyes upon the Summer Calendar, a trove of daily delights, each day unveiling a new door concealing a prize worthy of Davy Jones' locker. Unlock all the doors in this bountiful Calendar, and you shall be rewarded with an extra haul of bonus prizes from the Aztec Chest!In the chest you can also get a new unique reward: the Skull Cave! This 2x2 building bestows a massive boost to your attack stat, bolstering both your offensive and defensive forces in battle.
Now, unlocking these Calendar doors won't be smooth sailing, for you'll be needing keys! Fear not, for you can win these Turquoise Keys by flipping tiles on the shuffle board. Set your course to nab a Turquoise Key each day, and you'll be well on your way to unlocking the entire Calendar!
Should Lady Luck smile upon you and bless you with more than one key in a day, you'll be rewarded with a Turquoise Key Part instead. With these handy pieces, you can assemble additional Keys to pry open any Calendar days that may have slipped past. Keep a sharp eye on the Daily Challenges, too, for Turquoise Key Parts may be found there or purchased with your precious diamonds.
Take heed, me buckos: If fortune doubles your Daily Key, a Daily Key and a Turquoise Key Part shall be granted! Savvy?
Prizes
Enough with the games and keys, me hearties! We all know a pirate's heart truly yearns for plunder and loot, do we not? So cast your eyes upon the bountiful treasures awaiting your grasp!The Grand Prize
First on the list, we present you with the Trading Post, a fine establishment of 9 levels fit for any pirate port. Boost it with a special Upgrade Kit to the Buccaneer's Bay, and watch those stats soar to new heights!| Trading Post - Lv. 9 (4x5) | Buccaneers Bay (4x5) |
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They both provide you the following:
- Happiness
- Population
- Coins
- Forge Points
- Goods
- 100% Coin Boost item
- Fragment of Buccaneers Bay Upgrade Kit
(only Trading Post level 9)
- Chance for Fragments of Pirate Boosts or Buccaneers Hideouts Selection Kit
- Attack for Attacking army
- Defense for Attacking army
- Attack for Defending army
Additional Prizes
But wait, there's more! We've added a mighty boost to an old favorite: the Viceroy's Villa. Bag the Viceroy's Villa Upgrade Kit from the Summer Prizes, Treasure Maps and later Grand Prizes, and turn your Governor's Villa into a veritable powerhouse!| Viceroy's Villa |
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| As well as increasing existing boosts, this adds attack and defense for your defending army |
Missed out on the Governor's Villa in events past? Fret not, me hearties! The Summer 2023 Epic Selection Kit boasts a collection of popular structures from bygone adventures, including the Governor's Villa and Pirate's Hideout!
Still not convinced, you say? Feast your eyes upon our Buccaneers Hideouts! Choose from a trio of options in the Buccaneers Hideouts Selection Kit! They grant Goods, Forge Points, Units, Attack/Defense for Defending army and can also be obtained in the daily specials individually.
| Hidden Goods | PY-R8 Marauder | Paradise Rose |
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New boosts!
New this Event are also additional Pirate boosts! Arr, they provide a short boost for your attacking army and might be gathered at various places in the event, as well as produced as fancy fragments by the previous 3 and the Trading Post!Avatars
No event be truly shipshape without some swashbuckling new Avatars for you to don!| Kati | Jean Jacques | Madame Tuerie | Don Manuel | Sir Price |
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Should you have thoughts, queries, or concerns that be needing our attention, don't be shy! We are standing by, waiting with bated breath for your feedback, for it be the compass that steers our vessel to grander adventures and finer treasures!
Your swashbucklin' Forge of Empires Team!