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The Settlers: Heritage of Kings

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This page is for the original release. For the History Edition, see The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - History Edition.

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings cover
Developers
Blue Byte Software
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows November 25, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Themes Fantasy, Medieval
Series The Settlers
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings on HowLongToBeat
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings on MobyGames
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings on Wikipedia
The Settlers 1994
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici 1996
The Settlers III 1998
The Settlers IV 2001
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings 2004
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary 2006
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire 2007
The Settlers: Rise of Cultures 2008
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom 2010
The Settlers Online 2012
The Settlers - History Edition 2018
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici - History Edition 2018
The Settlers III: History Edition 2018
The Settlers IV - History Edition 2018
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - History Edition 2018
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition 2018
The Settlers 7: History Edition 2018
The Settlers: New Allies 2023

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view building and RTS game in the The Settlers series.

General information

Official Forum - Ubisoft forum for game series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Does not include the expansions.[3]
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Does not include the expansions.[4] Replaced by the History Edition in 2018.
Windows
Ubisoft Store (unavailable)
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Replaced by the History Edition in 2018.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
The Gold Edition includes the base game and the first expansion disc.
The Complete Edition includes the base game and both expansion discs. The German version also includes a soundtrack disc and 4 exclusive maps, as well as a figurine in the first edition.

Monetization

Type Notes
Expansion pack The expansion packs include new missions, maps, units, heroes and technologies.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Expansion Disc Includes the map editor.
Windows
Legends Expansion Disc
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches only need to be installed on retail versions of the game, as digital downloads already come fully patched.
Installing the expansion pack also updates the main game to version 1.05.

Resolution Fixes

Resolution Fix bypasses the limited resolution selection in the graphics options.

Texture Packs

HD Texture Pack for EN version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Heritage of Kings\Data\GDB.bin
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15310/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Heritage of Kings\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15310/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Stretched by default, use Resolution Fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Stretched by default, use Resolution Fix.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Needs to be enforced via graphics driver's controls.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Needs to be enforced via graphics driver's controls.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Also the Expansion Disk was translated and dubbed. The Legends expansion was not released in Italy, so no official translation is available. Retail version only.
Russian
Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Removed from the History Edition
Online play
The official TinCat service has been shut down.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 6668,7073,40000-42999,45000-45001
UDP 7073,41006,44000
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Game blocks part of graphics settings

Remove driver version check[citation needed]
Use a graphics wrapper
  • Wrappers like DgVoodoo 2 can circumvent the graphics driver check.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer TinCat

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/15310/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15310) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References