Terms of Service

Operator: see contact address

Contact: contact@settlers-mmo.com. How we handle personal data is in the Privacy Policy.

Settlers MMO is a free online strategy game. It is still being built: access may be limited to people we have approved, worlds start and end on dates we announce, and features change. We try to keep it running but do not promise that it will always be available or that a feature will stay.

• You must be at least 16 years old.
• Give a real e-mail address that you can read, and keep your sign-in details secret. What happens under your account is your responsibility; tell us at once if someone else got in.
• Do not share your account, and do not make a new one to get around a suspension or a limit.
• You can sign in with a password, or with a Google or Microsoft account if the sign-in page offers it. Those accounts stay under the terms of Google and Microsoft; we only receive your account number, name and e-mail address from them (see the Privacy Policy).
• You can delete your account at any time (how).

Play fair and keep it friendly. You must not:

• cheat: use bugs on purpose, bots, scripts or modified clients to get an advantage, or hide a bug from us that you found
• attack or overload the servers, try to get into other people’s accounts or into data that is not yours, or test our security without our written permission
• harass, threaten or insult others, or use hate speech, in names, messages or anything else other players can see
• use names or text that are illegal, sexual, violent, or that pretend to be someone else, or that contain personal data of others
• sell, buy or trade accounts, game items or anything from the game for real money or other real-world value

The names you choose (your player and your alliances) and the messages you send (for example alliance proposals) are your content. You stay responsible for it. You allow us to store it and to show it to the other players as the game works, and nothing more.

We may change or remove a name or message that breaks these terms, without warning. If you see content or behaviour that breaks them, tell us at contact@settlers-mmo.com with your player name, the world and what you saw, and use the report and block functions in the game where the game offers them. We look at every report and act on it as soon as we can.

If you break these terms, endanger the service or other players, or the law requires it, we may warn you, remove content, suspend your access to a world or the whole game, or delete the account. Where we can, we tell you why and listen to your answer. You can stop playing at any time and delete your account; the Privacy Policy and the Delete account page say what happens to your data.

The game is played in worlds, and a world is reset from time to time, as announced on the website or in the game. A reset removes the buildings, units, land and progress of every player in that world, and you start again in the next one. Progress in a world is not property you own, and a reset is not a breach of these terms.

The game is free. There are no purchases, no virtual currency and no paid advantages, and game items have no value outside the game. If that ever changes, we will change these terms first and announce it.

The game, its software and artwork belong to us or our licensors. We give you a personal, non-exclusive licence to use the client we provide to play the game. Open-source parts keep their own licences (list). Settlers MMO is an independent fan project, inspired by The Settlers II and Return to the Roots; it is not affiliated with Ubisoft, Blue Byte or the Return to the Roots team. The Settlers is a trademark of Ubisoft.

The game is provided "as is" and "as available", without promises that it is free of errors or interruptions, or that progress, buildings or data will never be lost. As far as the law allows, we give no warranty of any kind. Rights that the law gives you as a consumer and cannot be waived are not affected.

As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, for loss of progress or of game items, or for loss caused by something outside our control, and our liability for any one claim about the game is limited to the amount you paid us for it, which is nothing. None of this limits liability that cannot be limited by law, for example for death or injury, for fraud or intent, or for gross negligence.

The version and date are at the top. When we change the terms we raise them, and announce material changes on the home page. If you keep playing after a change, you accept the new terms; if you do not accept them, you can delete your account.

These terms are governed by Romanian law. Disputes go to the competent courts of Romania. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection that the mandatory rules of the country where you live give you, and you may bring a claim in the courts there.

Questions about these terms or reports: contact@settlers-mmo.com. Questions about your data: privacy@settlers-mmo.com.