Battle Chronicles

"What the sea will not tell, the captain writes down."

— From the logbook of an old bastion

Summary: Publish your combat reports as public chronicles. Stories of victory and defeat become readable for anyone — and they carry your island's name out into the world.

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What is a Battle Chronicle? #

After each battle, you can find your report under Reports. Reports start out private. Besides the attacker and defender, captains with a participating garrison receive their own copy. You can turn a shareable report into a public chronicle: a page with its own address that anyone online can read, even without an account.

A chronicle contains:

• The essentials of the battle (who fought whom, where and with what outcome). The date shown is the chronicle’s publication date.
• Your own commentary on the battle — written in your words, in your language.
• An automatically generated title that captures the character of the engagement (decisive victory, heroic defense, narrow escape, glorious last stand).

Why publish a chronicle? #

Chronicles are the legacy of your captain's career. They are:

• Readable by anyone — you can send the link to friends, post it in forums, or share it on social networks.
• Word-of-mouth for the world — new players often discover Kampfinsel through chronicles like these. Whoever reads your battle today could be a captain tomorrow.
• A keepsake of your finest hours — an improbable defeat, a narrow victory, a cunning colonization run. Chronicles preserve those moments.

How to publish a chronicle #

The sharing area is at the bottom of your report page, below the battle phases. Clicking the share button opens your device’s sharing dialog — a system menu on mobile or a copy function on desktop. A chronicle is created automatically if none exists yet. Below the button, you can add your own commentary. Saving that text already publishes the chronicle.

Player names in chronicles #

Ordinary battle chronicles show the attacker and defender under their player names. Deleted accounts and Old Empire ruins remain anonymous; slumbering captains appear by name. Fortress chronicles show the participating alliances. A name hidden in the Hall of Chronicles also stays hidden on the chronicle page and preview image.

What does the public chronicle show? #

The public page shows the same five battle phases as your private report: Naval Battle, Harbor Defense, Land Battle, Building Destruction and Plunder — plus colonization where applicable. Readers see the same overview you see, without your internal research and strategy detail numbers.

You can change the page’s display language using the language selector. Without a selection, country and browser language can also determine the display. Your personal text stays in the language you wrote it in; a note identifies that language.

Public chronicles can be shared directly via link.

Editing and withdrawing #

If you published the chronicle and it is still public, you can edit your commentary during the first days after publication — correct a typo or add a memory. After that, direct editing closes; republishing can introduce a new text.

As the publishing captain, you can withdraw a public chronicle using the button in the report’s sharing area. The link then initially shows an unavailable notice. While the report is still shareable, the other side can also republish it at the same address. Removing only the report from your list leaves the chronicle online; keep the direct link to your report page to find its sharing area again.

When someone reports a chronicle #

Beneath every chronicle is a Report button. Anyone who sees insults, doxxing, spam, or other violations can flag the chronicle for review. Review is handled by the team.

If your chronicle is reported, it may be paused during review. You cannot open, edit or withdraw the chronicle while it is paused. Your private battle report remains readable. The chronicle may be approved again after review.

Frequently asked questions #

• Who can publish a chronicle? For ordinary battles, the attacker, defender and captains with a garrison copy can publish. Each report has only one chronicle; a chronicle that is already public is managed by its publisher. Only the wave’s captain can share a combined attack wave. Fortress holders’ defense reports cannot be shared.
• What happens to old reports? Reports that already lie further in the past can no longer be published. They have become history.
• How often can I publish chronicles? Brand-new accounts cannot publish chronicles during their first three days. After that a generous daily cap applies — the same for every account — so nobody can flood the Hall of Chronicles with dozens of chronicles in a day.
• Can I write a chronicle in a different language from the UI? Yes, but there is no separate language field: the chronicle is marked with the game language you have set while writing. So switch the language first if you want to write in another one — readers whose game language differs then see a small notice "This chronicle is written in [language]" so they know what to expect.
• What remains after an account is deleted? Your own chronicles are removed. Some chronicles by other captains can stay online even if they show your battle. Your deleted account appears there without its player name.

Fortress battles as chronicles #

The capture of a Corsair Fortress, its recapture and repelled attacks on a fortress can be shared as chronicles. The holders’ defense reports are excluded.

Which reports can be shared as a chronicle? #

It is not just combat reports: spy reports and trade reports can be published as chronicles too — with their own direct link you can share with others. The share section appears at the bottom of each such report, just like for combat reports. For battles over Corsair Fortresses, reports of a capture, a recapture or a repelled attack are shareable; holders’ defense reports are not. Spy reports on Corsair Fortresses and your own combined attack waves can also be shared. Spy reports about an account pending deletion instead show a notice that the report cannot currently be shared. Defenders and garrison helpers cannot publish combined attack wave reports; those copies have no sharing area. A shared Combined Attack wave publicly shows only your own share of the joint wave; the chronicle of a corsair-fortress scout names the bastion's location and state, but no defense figures.

The Hall of Chronicles #

The most striking chronicles gather in the Hall of Chronicles — chapter by chapter, month by month. When sharing, you can tick an optional box to add an eligible chronicle to the hall. Even without that tick, anyone with the link can read it publicly, but it does not appear in the hall. Other captains can “pay tribute” to a hall entry. The other side can permanently remove an entry about their battle from the hall.

Battle and fortress chronicles with your own text belong in the hall. Spy and trade chronicles stay outside. There is a daily submission limit; against the same captain, you can have at most three entries per month. No chronicle displaces another, and each keeps its glory. Glory alone determines the order in each chapter; long chapters span several pages.

As a displayed attacker or defender, you can permanently hide your name. This applies to the battle’s hall card, chronicle page and preview image and cannot be undone. In battles between players, you can also permanently remove the entry from the hall. That option is not available for battles over Corsair Fortresses.

When you write your story, the Archivist will, on request, offer a suggestion that you can freely rewrite or replace with your own words.

You can also ask questions about the game through the Archivist menu item. The page shows how many questions you have left for the day.