https://empiresandpuzzles.forum/rss/7-info-announcements.xml/RSS feed for news, updates, and announcements.en Calendar of Events for May 2026 Schedule April 24, 7:00 UTC → April 28, 7:00 UTC: Contest of Elements April 25, 7:00 UTC → April 29, 7:00 UTC: Vigilant Vegetables April 29, 7:00 UTC → May 3, 7:00 UTC: Charming Costume Chamber April 30, 7:00 UTC → May 4, 7:00 UTC: Astral Plane May 3, 7:00 UTC → May 8, 7:00 UTC: Ninja Tower May 8, 7:00 UTC → May 13, 7:00 UTC: Alliance Quest: Brave and the Beautiful May 9, 7:00 UTC → May 13, 7:00 UTC: Costume Chamber May 11, 7:00 UTC → May 14, 7:00 UTC: Covenant Quest May 13, 7:00 UTC → May 17, 7:00 UTC: Astral Plane May 14, 7:00 UTC → May 18, 7:00 UTC: Monster Island May 15, 7:00 UTC → May 18, 7:00 UTC: Dragon Cave May 15, 7:00 UTC → May 19, 7:00 UTC: Contest of Elements May 17, 7:00 UTC → May 21, 7:00 UTC: Vigilant Vegetables May 19, 7:00 UTC → May 23, 7:00 UTC: Shadows of the Deep May 20, 7:00 UTC → May 22, 7:00 UTC: Mythic Titan May 21, 7:00 UTC → May 26, 7:00 UTC: War of the Three Kingdoms May 22, 7:00 UTC → May 25, 7:00 UTC: Hero Coach May 23, 7:00 UTC → May 27, 7:00 UTC: Charming Costume Chamber May 26, 7:00 UTC → May 30, 7:00 UTC: Windfall Temple May 28, 7:00 UTC → May 31, 7:00 UTC: Soul Exchange May 30, 7:00 UTC → June 4, 7:00 UTC: Ninja Tower Starting October 25, Season II Atlantis Rises, Season III Valhalla Forever, Season IV Tremors of Underwild, Season V Judgment of Dunes, Untold Tales I and Untold Tales II will rotate every 4 days without pause. From February onward Ancient Underroot will have a 4 day event starting every Tuesday. From April onward Legendary Troop Quest will have a 4 day event starting every other Thursday. Disclaimer As always, the above schedule is accurate at the time of publication, but may be affected by future updates and/or unforeseen live service issues. We will of course update this post if any changes are made.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:47:19 +0000Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:01:51 +0000Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:45:00 +0000Note: These balance changes are now live! Full details of the changes are as follows: Buffs Springvale family New Costume Passive Skills added: Stack on Special On each Special Skill cast, all allies or enemies receive a Stack. Defense reduction variant: All enemies receive -5% defense per Stack. Heroes receiving this variant: Killhare, Master Lepus, Archie, Sir Roostley, Jack O'Hare Heal variant: All allies recover 30 HP each turn. Heroes receiving this variant: Jasper, Lady Woolerton Amount of HP healed each turn is 10 for Epic heroes Costume bonus increased 5 Legendary OLD: +22% attack/+20% defense/+25% defense/+5% mana NEW: +35% attack/+35% defense/+35% defense/+5% mana 4 Epic OLD: +3% attack/+3% defense/+6% defense/+5% mana NEW: +24% attack/+24% defense/+24% defense/+5% manaThu, 26 Mar 2026 14:50:50 +0000Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:41:07 +0000Calendar of Events for April 2026 Schedule March 28, 7:00 UTC → April 2, 7:00 UTC: War of the Three Kingdoms March 30, 7:00 UTC → April 27, 7:00 UTC: Springvale April 2, 7:00 UTC → April 6, 7:00 UTC: Vigilant Vegetables April 5, 7:00 UTC → April 9, 7:00 UTC: Astral Plane April 6, 7:00 UTC → April 11, 7:00 UTC: Ninja Tower April 10, 7:00 UTC → April 14, 7:00 UTC: Costume Chamber April 11, 7:00 UTC → April 16, 7:00 UTC: War of the Three Kingdoms April 14, 7:00 UTC → April 18, 7:00 UTC: Shadows of the Deep April 16, 7:00 UTC → April 21, 7:00 UTC: Alliance Quest: Brave and the Beautiful April 17, 7:00 UTC → April 20, 7:00 UTC: Dragon Cave April 18, 7:00 UTC → April 21, 7:00 UTC: Visiting Outfitter April 21, 7:00 UTC → April 25, 7:00 UTC: Windfall Temple April 24, 7:00 UTC → April 28, 7:00 UTC: Contest of Elements April 25, 7:00 UTC → April 29, 7:00 UTC: Charming Costume Chamber April 29, 7:00 UTC → May 3, 7:00 UTC: Vigilant Vegetables April 30, 7:00 UTC → May 4, 7:00 UTC: Astral Plane EDIT: Ninja Tower and War of the Three Kingdoms swapped places. Ninja Tower will start 6th of April and War of the Three Kingdoms starts on the 11th of April. Starting October 25, Season II Atlantis Rises, Season III Valhalla Forever, Season IV Tremors of Underwild, Season V Judgment of Dunes, Untold Tales I and Untold Tales II will rotate every 4 days without pause. From February onward Ancient Underroot will have a 4 day event starting every Tuesday. From April onward Legendary Troop Quest will have a 4 day event starting every other Thursday. Disclaimer As always, the above schedule is accurate at the time of publication, but may be affected by future updates and/or unforeseen live service issues. We will of course update this post if any changes are made.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:27:04 +0000Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:19:25 +0000Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:31:51 +0000Sat, 07 Mar 2026 23:34:51 +0000Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:56:16 +0000Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:55:35 +0000Sat, 21 Feb 2026 04:15:39 +0000Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:48:12 +0000Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:56:42 +0000