Event Anniversary Event 2023

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Dear Kings and Queens,

Forge of Empires is turning 11 years young! Those of you who were here last year will remember our big tenth anniversary celebration, but we thought - why stop there? We had such a great time we decided to celebrate our birthday again this year! So get your party hats ready and prepare to join us in our sparkly new event with brand new mechanics and some beautiful new prizes to be won.

The event starts on February 15th and runs until March 7th!

The plot​

This year, we take you on a journey to investigate a mysterious phenomenon. A group of scientists discovers a rich vein of gems they've never seen before. Moreover, some of the gems hold what appears to be keys, or at least parts of them.

Lacking existing solutions, the scientists develop new technologies to analyze the gems and find out their origin: the Spawner to extract the ores, and the Converter to crack them open for keys. Digging deeper, the scientists discover a chamber full of chests, each requiring multiple keys to open, and rewarding you with valuable resources.

To aid their research, our characters hired Lilith, the Key Master. Overseeing all the operational details, Lilith will give you event quests. Make sure to complete them to gain enough Energy to extract the gems. Of course the Energy can also be found in incidents, just like in any other event.

Want to know more about the plot? Check out the Avatars section for details from each scientists' role in the research!

Event mechanics​

Spawn and merge the gems​

This year's event features an all new merge mechanic! When the event starts, you will gain access to a board full of marvelous gems. Most of these gems will be locked in place behind the glass. To break the glass and unlock the gem, you need a free gem of the same color and level. To get the free gem, click on the Spawner button. This button will use Energy to spawn the gem. You can then use this newly spawned gem to "break the glass" and unlock a locked gem of the same size and color. Doing so, you will also level up your gem and can use it to continue merging. Every new merge with a locked piece will also get you a small reward and Grand Prize progress. The higher the level of the gem, the bigger the reward! Note: gems will get you different type rewards depending on their color. Check out the Cheat Sheet under the board to see which rewards you can get!

Convert gems into keys​

Each locked gem will also come with a key part: either a top part or a bottom part. Pay close attention to these when you are choosing which gems to merge! If you merge two gems with key parts, those parts will be combined into a full key. But remember - to make a full key you need to merge a top part and a bottom part, as well as matching the colors and sizes of the gems. Feed the gems with a full key into your Converter to remove the piece from the board and free up the key. Keys can be created on gems of many sizes, but the bigger the gem, the more keys you will get for converting that gem! You can also receive one per day from Daily Challenges.

Open chests for rewards​

Keys can be used to unlock chests to give you a chance to win the Daily Special, among a variety of other useful resources! Your first chest of each day will also have a bonus increasing the prizes you gain from that chest, so pick your first chest of the day carefully!

The objective is to clear all the gem combinations on the board and collect all of the keys required to open the reward chests. If you have unlocked all of the locked gems on the board, you can reset the board for free to populate it with new gems and keep matching. But most importantly, you get a board completion reward for the finished board!

Feeling stuck? Don't worry, you can also reset the board with locked gems still on it. Once refresh a day is free, but you will have to spend Energy to do the reset afterwards. If you have a lot of pieces left on the board, you'll gain some bonus keys when you progress to a new board!

Prizes​

Grand Prizes​

Every time you merge a previously locked gem or open a chest, you gain progress towards the Grand Prize. This year's Prize includes kits for our stunning new building, the Tower of Conjunction! It does not require any road connection! A fully upgraded Tower of Conjunction will get you the following bonuses:

Tower of Conjunction - Lv. 10
61 to 4524 Medals 1000 to 63200 Supplies 9 to 11 Forge Points 20 to 22 Goods +12% to +22% Attack for Attacking army

With the help of the Golden Upgrade Kit, you can branch out the Tower of Conjunction into one of the four different variants, each favoring a certain gameplay style. After this upgrade, the building boosts the level 10 stats and a couple of extra bonuses, depending on the style of the building.

You can get the Golden Upgrade Kit from the Grand Prize, from the Tower of Conjunction Selection Kit, from the Anniversary Prizes, and also from the final League Reward.

Apart from the extra stat bonuses, you can also select a brand-new look of your Tower, as shown below:

Royal Tower of Conjunction	Cardinal Tower of Conjunction	Phantom Tower of Conjunction	Scholar Tower of Conjunction
+ bonus Supplies and Medals, Previous Era Goods, Guild Goods, One Up Kit Fragments, Supply Production boost	+ Coins, Renovation Kit Fragments, Coin Production boost	+ bonus Defense and Attack for Defense and Attack Army	+ Population, Happiness, Random Units, Blueprints

Other prizes up for grabs!​

Daily Specials​

Daily Specials deserve a separate mention in this announcement as this time they feature quite a few rewards from past events. So don't forget to check your Specials! One of them might be that last Selection Kit you need to finish your favorite special building.

Anniversary prizes​

Can't get enough of our gorgeous art deco style main prize? We have a bonus for you - the Key Master's Workshop! It is a brand new 4 level building, also in that elegant art deco style, which provides a wealth of resources for your city. However, all this comes at a price: note that the building will increase your City's demand for Happiness and decrease the available population. Use it with caution!

The Key Master's Workshop is available as a reward in the Anniversary Prizes lane.

Key Master's Workshop - Lv. 4
1220 to 25710 Happiness demanded 195 to 11297 available Population demanded 6 to 8 Forge Points 18 to 20 Goods +2 Tower of Conjunction Selection Kit Fragment (100 required) +9% to +11% Attack for Attacking army +10% to +12% Attack for Defending army

We've also added two more brand-new items to the Anniversary Prizes lane of the event:

	The Epic Anniversary 2023 Selection Kit. Did you miss out last year or hope to gain more copies of the Golden Orrery? This kit containing all the popular buildings from last years' Anniversary Events is here to grant your wishes!
	But if that doesn't float your boat we have even more to offer! The Epic Historical Questlines Selection Kit, containing almost all buildings which were available in our previous Historical Questlines, is here to add some history to your city Forge of Empires style!

Leagues​

For the more competitive players, the Event League is the perfect way to match your progress against the other players on your world. The more you progress through the event, the higher you rank, and the better the bonus prizes you could win at the end of the event.

Avatars​

For this event, our talented artists bring you 6 new avatars, available from Quests, the League Reward and the Anniversary Prizes.

Each avatar represents one of the scientists investigating the mystery gems together with you.

	Elise	Hadwin	Viktor	Akari, Calder & Nigel
Portrait
Where to get?	Quest reward	Quest reward	League reward	Premium Pass
Biography	Was the first to discover the new vein of gems you have never seen before.	Singlehandedly concepted and engineered the Spawner and the Converter – the key elements of your search.	Released a research paper unifying all of the gem theories and reached the conclusion that those gems are not natural but created by some artificial process, yet unknown to our civilization.	Each one of those scientists formed their own theory about each of the specific gem elements. Can you guess which scientist is responsible for which research?

As always, should you have any comments, questions or concerns, please let us know! We're very much looking forward to your feedback here!

Let the journey of discovery begin!

Your Forge of Empires Team

 

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Here are the current stats for the new Event buildings. If you don't know what an icon means, just hover over it on browser or tap and hold on mobile.
Spaces for Space Ages were removed for formatting reasons.

Spoiler: Tower of Conjunction - Lv. 10 (3x7)

• Can not be plundered

Age	Ranking	Passive	1 Day Production
Bronze Age Iron Age Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Colonial Age Industrial Age Progressive Era Modern Era Postmodern Era Contemporary Era Tomorrow Era The Future Arctic Future Oceanic Future Virtual Future SpaceAgeMars SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt SpaceAgeVenus SpaceAgeJupiterMoon	105 168 420 840 1,260 2,100 4,200 6,300 10,500 16,800 25,200 42,000 67,200 100,800 126,000 168,000 273,000 378,000 441,000 504,000	12% 13% 13% 14% 14% 15% 15% 16% 16% 17% 17% 18% 18% 19% 19% 20% 20% 21% 21% 22%	61 1,000 9 20 79 2,400 9 20 96 4,000 9 20 114 5,600 9 20 131 7,400 9 20 157 9,400 9 20 218 11,400 9 20 305 13,400 9 20 435 15,600 9 20 609 17,800 9 20 870 20,000 9 20 1,175 22,300 9 20 1,436 24,500 9 20 1,740 26,900 10 21 2,001 29,500 10 21 2,436 31,900 10 21 2,958 51,700 10 21 3,480 55,500 10 21 4,002 59,500 10 21 4,524 63,200 11 22

Spoiler: Royal Tower of Conjunction (3x7)

• Can not be plundered

Age	Ranking	Passive	1 Day Production
Bronze Age Iron Age Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Colonial Age Industrial Age Progressive Era Modern Era Postmodern Era Contemporary Era Tomorrow Era The Future Arctic Future Oceanic Future Virtual Future SpaceAgeMars SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt SpaceAgeVenus SpaceAgeJupiterMoon	105 168 420 840 1,260 2,100 4,200 6,300 10,500 16,800 25,200 42,000 67,200 100,800 126,000 168,000 273,000 378,000 441,000 504,000	12% 40% 13% 40% 13% 40% 14% 40% 14% 40% 15% 40% 15% 40% 16% 40% 16% 40% 17% 40% 17% 40% 18% 40% 18% 40% 19% 41% 19% 41% 20% 41% 20% 41% 21% 41% 21% 41% 22% 42%	84 1,600 9 20 27 25 1 108 3,800 9 20 27 25 1 132 6,300 9 20 27 25 1 156 8,800 9 20 27 25 1 180 11,700 9 20 27 25 1 216 14,800 9 20 27 25 1 300 18,000 9 20 27 25 1 420 21,100 9 20 27 25 1 600 24,600 9 20 27 25 1 840 28,000 9 20 27 25 1 1,200 31,500 9 20 27 25 1 1,620 35,300 9 20 27 25 1 1,980 38,800 9 20 27 25 1 2,400 42,500 10 21 28 25 1 2,760 46,600 10 21 28 25 1 3,360 50,400 10 21 28 25 1 4,080 81,600 10 21 28 25 1 4,800 87,600 10 21 28 25 1 5,520 93,900 10 21 28 25 1 6,240 99,900 11 22 29 25 1

Required Fragments for

: 30

Spoiler: Cardinal Tower of Conjunction (3x7)

• Can not be plundered

Age	Ranking	Passive	1 Day Production
Bronze Age Iron Age Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Colonial Age Industrial Age Progressive Era Modern Era Postmodern Era Contemporary Era Tomorrow Era The Future Arctic Future Oceanic Future Virtual Future SpaceAgeMars SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt SpaceAgeVenus SpaceAgeJupiterMoon	105 168 420 840 1,260 2,100 4,200 6,300 10,500 16,800 25,200 42,000 67,200 100,800 126,000 168,000 273,000 378,000 441,000 504,000	12% 34% 13% 34% 13% 34% 14% 34% 14% 34% 15% 34% 15% 34% 16% 34% 16% 34% 17% 34% 17% 34% 18% 34% 18% 34% 19% 35% 19% 35% 20% 35% 20% 35% 21% 35% 21% 35% 22% 36%	63 1,100 800 14 20 1 81 2,500 1,900 14 20 1 99 4,200 3,200 14 20 1 117 5,900 4,400 14 20 1 135 7,800 5,800 14 20 1 162 9,900 8,900 14 20 1 225 12,000 11,100 14 20 1 315 14,100 13,400 14 20 1 450 16,400 16,700 14 20 1 630 18,700 21,000 14 20 1 900 21,000 27,300 14 20 1 1,215 23,500 31,700 14 20 1 1,485 25,800 36,300 14 20 1 1,800 28,400 41,200 15 21 1 2,070 31,100 46,500 15 21 1 2,520 33,600 52,100 15 21 1 3,060 54,400 87,000 15 21 1 3,600 58,400 96,400 15 21 1 4,140 62,600 106,200 15 21 1 4,680 66,600 116,600 16 22 1

Required Fragments for

: 30

 

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Spoiler: Phantom Tower of Conjunction (3x7)

• Can not be plundered

Age	Ranking	Passive	1 Day Production
Bronze Age Iron Age Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Colonial Age Industrial Age Progressive Era Modern Era Postmodern Era Contemporary Era Tomorrow Era The Future Arctic Future Oceanic Future Virtual Future SpaceAgeMars SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt SpaceAgeVenus SpaceAgeJupiterMoon	105 168 420 840 1,260 2,100 4,200 6,300 10,500 16,800 25,200 42,000 67,200 100,800 126,000 168,000 273,000 378,000 441,000 504,000	25% 18% 16% 17% 26% 19% 17% 18% 26% 19% 17% 18% 27% 20% 18% 19% 27% 20% 18% 19% 28% 21% 19% 20% 28% 21% 19% 20% 29% 22% 20% 21% 29% 22% 20% 21% 30% 23% 21% 22% 30% 23% 21% 22% 31% 24% 22% 23% 31% 24% 22% 23% 32% 25% 23% 24% 32% 25% 23% 24% 33% 26% 24% 25% 33% 26% 24% 25% 34% 27% 25% 26% 34% 27% 25% 26% 35% 28% 26% 27%	63 1,100 9 20 81 2,500 9 20 99 4,200 9 20 117 5,900 9 20 135 7,800 9 20 162 9,900 9 20 225 12,000 9 20 315 14,100 9 20 450 16,400 9 20 630 18,700 9 20 900 21,000 9 20 1,215 23,500 9 20 1,485 25,800 9 20 1,800 28,400 10 21 2,070 31,100 10 21 2,520 33,600 10 21 3,060 54,400 10 21 3,600 58,400 10 21 4,140 62,600 10 21 4,680 66,600 11 22

Spoiler: Scholar Tower of Conjunction (3x7)

• Can not be plundered

Age	Ranking	Passive	1 Day Production
Bronze Age Iron Age Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Colonial Age Industrial Age Progressive Era Modern Era Postmodern Era Contemporary Era Tomorrow Era The Future Arctic Future Oceanic Future Virtual Future SpaceAgeMars SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt SpaceAgeVenus SpaceAgeJupiterMoon	105 168 420 840 1,260 2,100 4,200 6,300 10,500 16,800 25,200 42,000 67,200 100,800 126,000 168,000 273,000 378,000 441,000 504,000	12% 171 710 13% 366 1,230 13% 561 1,360 14% 788 1,510 14% 1,034 1,690 15% 1,305 1,980 15% 1,594 2,240 16% 1,903 2,450 16% 2,231 2,630 17% 2,571 2,740 17% 2,930 3,180 18% 3,302 3,860 18% 3,692 4,620 19% 4,095 5,380 19% 4,511 6,210 20% 4,940 7,410 20% 7,819 11,860 21% 8,493 12,890 21% 9,180 13,920 22% 9,885 15,000	63 1,100 4 9 20 4 81 2,500 4 9 20 4 99 4,200 4 9 20 4 117 5,900 4 9 20 4 135 7,800 4 9 20 4 162 9,900 4 9 20 4 225 12,000 4 9 20 4 315 14,100 4 9 20 4 450 16,400 4 9 20 4 630 18,700 4 9 20 4 900 21,000 4 9 20 4 1,215 23,500 4 9 20 4 1,485 25,800 4 9 20 4 1,800 28,400 5 10 21 5 2,070 31,100 5 10 21 5 2,520 33,600 5 10 21 5 3,060 54,400 5 10 21 5 3,600 58,400 5 10 21 5 4,140 62,600 5 10 21 5 4,680 66,600 6 11 22 6

Spoiler: Key Master's Workshop - Lv. 4 (3x2)

• Can not be plundered

Age	Ranking	Passive	1 Day Production
Bronze Age Iron Age Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Colonial Age Industrial Age Progressive Era Modern Era Postmodern Era Contemporary Era Tomorrow Era The Future Arctic Future Oceanic Future Virtual Future SpaceAgeMars SpaceAgeAsteroidBelt SpaceAgeVenus SpaceAgeJupiterMoon	30 48 120 240 360 600 1,200 1,800 3,000 4,800 7,200 12,000 19,200 28,800 36,000 48,000 78,000 108,000 126,000 144,000	9 10 195 1,220 9 10 418 2,100 9 10 641 2,320 9 10 900 2,590 9 10 1,181 2,890 9 10 1,491 3,400 9 10 1,822 3,830 9 10 2,175 4,200 9 10 2,549 4,500 9 10 2,938 4,690 9 10 3,348 5,450 9 10 3,773 6,610 9 10 4,220 7,920 10 11 4,680 9,220 10 11 5,156 10,640 10 11 5,645 12,710 10 11 8,936 20,330 10 11 9,706 22,090 10 11 10,491 23,870 11 12 11,297 25,710	6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 6 18 2 7 19 2 7 19 2 7 19 2 7 19 2 7 19 2 7 19 2 8 20 2

Required Fragments for

: 100

 

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The Event is available on mobile, once you have the version 1.251.5 (or higher) downloaded and installed.
Please note, that this minimum version is required, since not all necessary data is available in older app versions. On Android, you can download our Beta App version to play the event now already! More information can be found here: https://forum.beta.forgeofempires.com/index.php?pages/BetaApp/

 

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Dear Kings and Queens,
it is already time for some balancing adjustments! Since it is a completely new Event mechanic, your feedback is very valuable. Thank you for providing it!

• We have increased the keys in Daily Challenges from 1 to 3.
• We have increased the Daily Special chance in all chests.

Please keep on providing your feedback, so we can shape the Event into one you can enjoy as much as possible!
Your Forge of Empires Team

 

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Dear Kings and Queens,
we know it has only been one day since the last changes, but we have prepared more for you already. This time we have some improvements, but also other adjustments as well.

• We have reduced the Grand Prize progress received from merging locked pieces. Level 1 and 2 remain unchanged. Adjusted from (1/2/4/8) to (1/2/3/4).
• We have increased the Grand Prize progress received from the chests. Bronze chests have a bigger increase than Gold and Silver ones. The chests now provide between 2 and 18 progress.
• We have adjusted the Daily Special chances again. Bronze chests now have a better "Daily Special per key" ratio than Golden chests.
• We have adjusted the Board Completion reward. It now provides one of the following rewards:
  • 20% 10x Wind Keys
  • 10% 10x Fire Keys
  • 20% 10x Water Keys
  • 20% Epic Historical Questlines Selection Kit
  • 20% Epic Anniversary 2023 Selection Kit
  • 10% Instant Finish All Special Buildings

We hope you like these changes overall. Keep on forging!
Your Forge of Empires Team

 

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Dear Kings and Queens,
another week is over and we analyzed the data and looked through your feedback again. Therefor we will do another wave of adjustments with the next update. This time the focus is on increasing the importance of keys. Please see the following list for more details.

• We have increased the requirement for keys in every chest. You now need 3x the amount than before.
• We have reduced the Grand Prize progress from merging locked pieces again. Adjusted from (1/2/3/4) to always one.
• We have also increased the Grand Prize progress received from chests to 2-23 (depending on chest).
• The rewards from merging with a locked piece have been reduced (by around 40%)
• We have increased the keys received from Daily Challenges to 9 (from 3).
• When first starting the Event, you now have 2 Fire Keys, instead of 1.
• The Board completion reward has been adjusted as well again. It now provides the following rewards:
  • 20% One Up Kit
  • 20% Renovation Kit
  • 20% Instant Finish One Special Building
  • 15% Epic Historical Questlines Selection Kit
  • 15% Epic Anniversary 2023 Selection Kit
  • 10% Instant Finish All Special Buildings

We know, that these changes mainly contain reductions of rewards, however we noticed, that the amount was way too high compared to other Events. This will bring it more in line with them. We want to provide a balanced game and with too many rewards, that is simply not possible. We hope you therefor understand our decision, but don't hesitate to discuss these changes in the Feedback Thread!
Your Forge of Empires Team

 

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Dear Mergers,

We hope you enjoy our new Event! We know, that some parts can be very tricky, which is why we have decided to share some Tips and Tricks with you to get the most out of the Event! Please note, that these are just hints and suggestions. You don't have to follow them of course.

Merging is limitless​

You can merge 2 pieces as often as you want, however at some point it is not worth it anymore. All piece variants (elements) have 4 levels. You get to a higher level by merging 2 of the same one. However, merging 2 level 4 pieces will result in another level 4 piece. This means, you should only merge level 4 pieces to unlock another level 4 piece, or to combine two key parts into a full key.

Merging with locked pieces provide Grand Prize progress and rewards​

Whenever you merge one piece with a locked one, you receive a reward. You can already see what you will get by first clicking on the locked piece. It will display the Grand Prize progress and reward you will receive when unlocking it by merging.

Key parts are only on locked pieces​

No matter how many pieces you spawn, none will have a key piece attached to it. Only the locked pieces on the board have a key part. So don't waste your precious Energy on trying to get more key parts!

Fire pieces have a higher chance to appear​

Did you know, that fire pieces appear more often than other ones? This means you will get more Fire Keys in the end. So choose your chest on where to spend your keys wisely.

Remember the Daily Challenges​

Daily Challenges are a part of this Event as well. Every day you have the option to choose the Event Key chest, providing 9 of one key variant. Completing the challenges might give you just the right keys you needed.

Incidents are important too​

Not only Daily Challenges provide a reward for the Event, Incidents in and around your city do the same. They have a chance to provide you with some extra Energy to spawn more pieces!

Keys are here to stay​

You don't have to worry about keys being lost when resetting or completing your board. They will stay until the Event is over. Only key parts left on the board might get lost.

Finishing the board provides extra keys and a great reward​

Whenever you finish a board you get a random reward from the displayed chest. However, you also receive some keys, depending on what is left on your board. You get keys for the following:

• 1 key for every 10 pieces of the same element without a key part.
• 1 key for every 4 pieces of the same element with one key part.
• 1 key for every piece of the same element with a full key.

This means you should always check what is left on your board before resetting. Spending a bit of energy can make sure you get a couple extra keys!

Converting pieces is (almost) always a good idea​

You probably already know, that you have to combine 2 different key parts to get a full key. What you may not know is, that depending on how big the pieces is, the amount of keys varies too! Level 3 pieces only provide 1 key when converted, while level 4 pieces provide 3! So make sure to always get your pieces to level 4.

Choose your chests carefully​

Depending on what your aim for the event is, you should carefully think about what chest to choose. Bronze chests are great to spend one key variant for a great reward, including the most Daily Specials, however they provide less progress towards the Grand Prize. Golden chests provide less rewards, however they help you progress towards the Grand Prizes way better than smaller chests. Silver chests are a balance between both.

Chest rewards are doubled once per day​

Every day, the first chest you open will provide double the rewards, including progress towards the Grand Prize. So make sure to collect at least one per day to get the most out of it. Also, you should open the biggest chest in these cases. It can also be good to open a couple chest on the previous day to get a better chest to double for the next day. Remember: The chests only change when you open one, they stay the same overnight!

Converting is better than finishing the board​

You should always Convert your level 4 pieces with full keys before finishing your board (resetting it). This is because by finishing it, you only receive 1 key for every full key on the board, no matter if they are level 4 pieces or not. So to not lose out on keys, make sure to convert every one you have before finishing your board.

You don't have to finish a board​

Sometimes it can be frustrating to get the last pieces to unlock the last pieces. We understand that and provided an option to reset the board. This will leave you with no extra keys and completion reward, however it gives you a new board to unlock a lot of pieces again. The first reset every day is free, afterwards it will cost an increasing amount of Energy per reset. The cost will be reset every day as well. If you play your cards right, resetting before completing a board can be beneficial!

We hope these Tips and Tricks were helpful. If you have more, please post them in the feedback thread and we might add them to this post!
Your Forge of Empires Team

 

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Dear Kings and Queens,
The Event is almost over, after the last balancing adjustments we got a lot of feedback from you, that you thought our adjustment was too harsh. This is why we decided to do some final adjustments for beta:

• We have increased the Grand Prize Progress from merging with a locked level 4 piece to 2.
• We have increased the Grand prize Progress received from opening a chest to 3-27 (depending on the chest).

We believe that these changes should make it easier now to a point where you can do some mistakes and still receive our intended amount of Grand Prizes.
This change was just done, so you can already see it in the game.

As always, please tell us what you think in the feedback thread!
Your Forge of Empires Team