What changed in Catan Universe in 2018

Catan Universe Season 2, titled 'Catan - The Emperor’s Quest', starts on December 17th.

Season 2 will start on Mon. Dec. 17th, offering competitions in specific expansions or game modes.

Players must have a registered account, be level 5, own the relevant expansion, and unlock season access with scrolls.

There is no limit on the number of games players can participate in during a Season.

Participants who play at least 5 placement matches will receive rewards based on their leaderboard position.

Placement matches are required for each Season and do not count towards regular expansion matches.

All participants start with a base Elo score of 1000, and Season matches will affect overall Elo.

Players can still play other expansions while signed up for a Season.

Rewards will be automatically added to accounts after the Season concludes.

Season 2 will start on Dec 17th, 2018.

Players can win the orient game pieces, orient table, and orient resource-set in the upcoming Season 2.

(desktop only) When trying to use a card's special function, the action button is no longer hidden behind the enlarged card

Your opponents building actions will be displayed now

Random map method was changed to spiral distribution for numbers in scenarios that allow this kind of distribution

Mightiest Combat Arts can now be used only on time during your turn

"Sebastian the itinerant preacher" will now save you from only one Feud or Fraternal Feuds

Longest road trade bonus now also offers to trade different 2 resources for one resource of choice

Mightiest Combat Arts can now be used before rolling the dice

Pan your camera from one principality to another with the click of a button

Visual indicators for actions performed on a draw stack by your opponent

The monopoly card now shows the correct info text

(mobile only) Building on overgrown cities/settlements via the mobile drag & drop menu will now display the new village properly

It's now possible to see the colour of your opponents progress cards

Resource tile highlights are now consistent in Catan Duel.

Coast lines shouldn't flicker on coasts with a harbour on it in WebGL.

Fixed Robber edge case when trying to rob someone holding 0 resources.

Statistics now show correct values for 'Times robbed by players'.

Fixed issue where a game got out of sync if the host reconnects during a trade.

Knight actions are now available in the same turn after stealing an already activated knight using 'Deserter'.

Kicktimer once again displays properly when connection issues occur.

Fixed a rare error when the AI used the resource monopoly card.

Added hint to player frame to highlight number of cards on hand if over limit for robber event.

Fixed a special case regarding the rules implementation for the deserter card.

The merchant once again appears in the correct color when loading a saved game.

Optimized registration flow in case of wrong or already existing entries.

The 'Duel of the Princes' game mode now has the correct VP requirement for winning.

Various improvements, especially when handling disconnects and timeouts.

Optimization to AI players, especially in regards to trading.

Added extra timer notifications when players left the game.

Fixed flickering on the coast fields and building cost card.

Added notification when players tried to reconnect to a game after the timer ran out.

New counter-offer system added to the trade menu.

Pets will be available from the shop or as special rewards.

Players who lost a match can once again review the match statistics as intended.

The AI once again properly continues its building projects in all in-game situations during special seafarers scenarios.

The start of the first season will be announced soon.

Fixed color display issue for the female version of the Viking Avatar Set.

Catan Universe 1.6.0 will introduce the first purchasable pet, replacing the avatar in the player frame.

Players can now make counter offers for every suggested trade, integrated into the current trade system.

New shop system allowing special offers, discounts on expansions, and visibility of new shop entries.

Competitions with scrolls in one expansion, rewarding participants with cosmetics and exclusive in-game items.

Fixed an issue where it wasn´t possible for certain accounts to create his own custom match lobby.

Players can now be reported via the report button in the statistics screen.

Metropolis is now displayed again when using the standard board pieces.

Rivals: 'traveling merchant' now will allow to trade 2 gold.

Seafarer tutorial now progresses past chapter 3.

Edge case of Duel scout card fixed.

Unlocking 'Rivals' with a Scroll will no longer result in only 2 theme set stacks available in 'Duel of the Prices'.

The second last remaining player of a match will no longer get displayed a wrong message (game canceled) when all players except one got kicked by the kicktimer.

A second 'create guild' button will no longer get shown in the interface where it shouldn’t.

Rivals: 'Gudrun' card could cause the AI to be stuck in case the AI owned a gold cache which was full already.

Rivals tutorials chapter 6 'Heroes' updated.

Building via the game pieces below the board now works as intended when placing cities.

Rivals card game victory screen now always displays the correct Elo changes.

Fixed unintended card rotations in Rivals when trying to discard cards in the draw phase.

Post-Match screen (board game) updated.

Prevented users from being held in the 'you are offline' state and/or receiving frequent 'offline messages'.

Resource tiles now rotate correctly and indicate the correct amount of resources.

Password recovery now works again as intended.

Server messages are functional again.

The full version of Rivals of Catan (Catan Cardgame) can be purchased in the ingame shop.

Additional Quest and unlocks for 'Arrival on Catan' are now available.

Large Tradeship can now be used as intended.

Rivals of Catan now offers all play modes (Singleplayer / Free match / Auto-Match / Custom Match).

Rivals theme sets 'Era of Gold', 'Era of Progress', 'Era of Turmoil' and 'Duel of the Princes' are now available.

Searching the card stack and playing the scout card is now possible again.

Double-clicking the autopay button in Rivals will no longer crash the WebGL version.

GDPR addition to Catan Universe.

Rivals of Catan now offers a tutorial.

Drag and drop with the right mouse button is now disabled (drag&drop still works using the left mouse button).

Starting a tutorial while not logged in could result in an infinite loading screen.

Application could crash after resuming it from minimized state.

Added badges for treasure chests with specific display conditions.

Added notifications if a game session is closed while the app is minimized.

The AI should no longer give commodities away which are still needed.

Game session was closed if player lost game, preventing statistics view.

Kicks players from the match when the timer runs out to penalize stalling.

'Arrival on Catan' rewards didn’t activate in certain cases.

Players are moved back to the main menu without penalties if a game is corrupted.

A new turn timer feature has been introduced for Catan Rivals.

Some users could not create custom matches in certain cases.

Users can now click on draw stacks to draw in all situations.

Chatting could trigger the kick timer.

Could occur if lobby creator leaves the lobby.

Keyboard opened automatically when entering in game chat.

Users couldn’t re-enter their very own name in 'Arrival on Catan'.

Reworked the longest road calculation to fix a counting bug with circular roads.

Version 1.4.5 includes a variety of bug fixes to improve overall gameplay.

The Almanac has been extended with new content.

Display of wrong Viking tooltip when entering a category in the player profile.

Fixed overlap issue when switching between categories in player profile.

Notifications for currently played Event & Action cards are displayed longer.

Chat input fields are now limited to 512 characters.

Scenario info overlay in multiplayer games was not being shown.

Complete overhaul of the kick timer stability.

Fixed cursor issues when email tab was selected in login.

Guild requests were not shown, resulting in an infinite loading circle.

Automatic camera movement when dragging & dropping a card to the screen edges.

Dozens of new loading screen hints added.

Could cause a match to be stuck.

The Mac version of Catan Universe supports cross-play with all other versions.

Catan Universe is now available for Mac via STEAM, allowing users to download and play for free.

Catan Universe is now available for Mac via STEAM, allowing users to download and play for free.

The Mac version of Catan Universe supports cross-play with all other versions.

Fixed edge cases where AI taking over didn’t work properly

Store/Friend list searches have been optimized

Server-Sync when game states on different clients aren´t in sync anymore; The loading screen will appear shortly

Changed Kick-Timer position on mobile devices to prevent action buttons from being blocked/overlapped

Fixed issues related to network code

Fixed edge cases where AI taking over didn’t work properly

Identified and fixed edge cases related to the Turn-Timer

Server-Sync when game states on different clients aren´t in sync anymore; The loading screen will appear shortly

Added additional version checks upon login to ensure smooth matchmaking only with players using the same client version (most recent client version 1.4.4)

Fixed issues related to the network code

Made the communication for Kick-Timer more robust, especially for players with bad or unreliable connections

Claymore (Sword) available for free for every player at level 4

Identified and fixed edge cases related to the Turn-Timer

Claymore (Sword) available for free for every player at level 4

Kick-Timer position on mobile devices changed to prevent action buttons being blocked/overlapped

Made the communication for Kick-Timer more robust, especially for players with a bad or unreliable connection

Added additional version checks upon login to ensure smooth matchmaking only with players using the same client version (most recent client version 1.4.4)

Optimized searches in Store and Friend list

Play the Seafarers expansion for free from Feb. 1 to Feb. 4.

Play the Seafarers expansion for free from Feb. 1 to Feb. 4.