Additionally, for the first time in the series, the player can choose to develop their settlement along three different lines military, technology, and/or trade, with each one requiring different gameplay strategies and styles of play. The designers also introduced new game mechanics, particularly a dynamic Victory Points system. Roughly basing the game on the most acclaimed title in the series, The Settlers II, the designers foregrounded such popular features as road networks and complex daisy-chain economic processes, whilst emphasising economic micromanagement, technology trees, and trade requirements. In designing Paths to a Kingdom, Blue Byte explicitly set out to correct the perceived problems of the two previous Settlers titles Heritage of Kings (which had been criticised for focusing too heavily on combat) and Rise of an Empire (which had been criticised for its overly simplistic economic models).

The Chronicles of Tandria, a campaign included with the Rise of the Rebellion DLC, tells a prequel story depicting how and why Dracorian and his sister Rovyn first took up arms against Balderus. However, telling Zoé that he is a liberator, not a rebel, Dracorian claims that he is fighting to rid the Tandrian people of Balderus's tyranny, and warns her not to trust her father. Making her way through Tandria, she soon encounters the leaders of the rebellion, Lord Wolvering and his most loyal knight, Dracorian. When her father, King Konradin, learns there has been a coup in the neighbouring Kingdom of Tandria, with the Tandrian king, Balderus, forced into exile, he tasks Zoé with putting down the rebellion.

In the game's single-player campaign, the player controls Princess Zoé of the Kingdom of Kuron. In 2018, the Deluxe Gold Edition was re-released as The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - History Edition. The fourth pack, The Two Kings ( German: Die zwei Könige), was released in April 2011. In March 2011, The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - Deluxe Gold Edition was released, containing the original game, the three packs, an unlock code for an upcoming fourth pack, and a copy of The Settlers III.

Blue Byte released three DLC packs in 2010 Uncharted Land ( German: DLC Pack 1), Conquest - The Empire ( German: DLC Pack 2), and Rise of the Rebellion ( German: DLC Pack 3), released in July, September, and December, respectively. Released for Microsoft Windows and macOS in March 2010, it is the seventh game in The Settlers series. The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom ( German: Die Siedler 7) is a city-building game with real-time strategy elements, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft.

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