Gems of War News

Greetings Matchers!

Below you will find the Patch Notes for Update 2.2. As always, we would love to hear your feedback and have you join the conversation at: community.gemsofwar.com

Happy Matching,

-Gems of War Team





There are 3 types of Events that can be run. They may be available all at once, or at different times:

Troop Bonus Events:

• Troop Skills get increased by 25%
  
• These events can be based on either Troop Type (like Knight or Dragon), or Troop Kingdom (like Khetar or Adana), or both!
  
• The Skill Bonuses will apply to all game modes including the Arena.
  
• When multiple Troop Bonus Events are run at the same time, the bonuses will stack.

Bonus Resource Events:

• Using a combination of either Troops, Troop Types, Troop Color, or Troop Kingdoms, construct a team that rewards bonus resources at the end of a victorious battle.
  
• These events will sometimes apply to specific game modes and difficulties.

Collection Events:

• Complete specific objectives such as: Killing enemies, killing troops of specific types or kingdoms, summoning troops, or playing treasure maps, to earn points.
  
• Based on your point total, collect rewards for the event as you progress.
• Each event may contain up to 6 rewards.

Several bundles have been added to the Store to give you great new deals just in time for the holidays:

Growth Packs

• These packs give rewards for reaching certain levels in the game.
  
• They may only be purchased once.
  
• They will give appropriate rewards instantly, if purchased by a player who has already achieved some/all of the levels.
  
• There are 2 types of Growth Packs: Growth Pack I and Growth Pack II

Growth Pack I:

• Costs $30 and contains $150 value of rewards.
  
• Gives rewards at levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.
  
• At level 50 gives a bonus random Legendary troop.

Growth Pack II:

• Costs $50 and contains $250 value of rewards
  
• Gives rewards at levels 50, 75, 100, 125, 150
  
• At level 150 gives a bonus random Mythic troop

Path to Glory Packs

• Path to Glory Packs are 30-day subscription packs that can be purchased once per month.
  
• There are 2 types of subscription packs: Path to Glory I and Path to Glory II
  
• Players may purchase both subscriptions at the same time if they want.
  
• These packs may be repurchased once they expire.
  
• You will not miss out if you do not collect them on consecutive days (i.e. if you have collected the Day 5 Reward, and you miss 2 days’ play, then when you log in, the pack will continue from the Day 6 Reward, running all the way up to Day 30).

Path to Glory I

• Costs $15 and contains $75 value of rewards
  
• Each day gives random consumables (Gems, Gold, Souls, etc)
  
• On day 30, gives a random Legendary Troop

Path to Glory II

• Costs $50 and contains $250 value of rewards
  
• Each day gives traitstones
  
• On day 30, gives a random Mythic Troop

VIP Bundle

• $5 Bundle that gives 1 VIP key and a few miscellaneous consumables.
  
• VIP keys can be used even if the player isn’t VIP 5.
  
• Can be purchased 3 times per account

Weapon Bundle

• Costs $5 and contains an old event weapon along with a few miscellaneous consumables.

Typhoon of Keys

• $100 bundle that has been brought over from the console versions
  
• This pack contains a huge selection of keys of all types (including VIP)
  
  • 240 Gold Keys
    
  • 120 Glory Keys
    
  • 60 Gem Keys
    
  • 30 Event Keys
    
  • 15 VIP Keys

Other Shop Updates

• Shop tabs have been reorganised to improve Shop layout. This includes Gold and Soul purchases now sharing a tab.
  
• Gem purchases of Gold and Souls now give significantly more rewards.
  
• We are changing the weekly rotation of shop bundles to always include the following:
  
  • Troop Bundle
    
  • Weapon Bundle
    
  • 2 Traitstone bundles of specific colors
    

Elwyn

• Increased his boost ratio from x1 to x3
  
• Base damage increased from 2 to 6
  
• Now gains Magic at level 16
  

Gorgotha

• Spell now cleanses Gorgotha.
  

Kraken

• His legendary trait has been corrected to the original version. We’ve fixed the problem that caused his trait not to end the game correctly.
  

Manticore

• Empowered changed to Fast.
  

Wulfgarok

• Mana Cost reduced from 24 to 22
  

Withering Touch

• Spell changed to do Life Steal instead of flat true damage and life gain.
  

Runic Blade

• Spell changed so that killing an enemy gives +10 to all Stats.
  

• Chat is now available in Treasure Hunt mini games.
  
• Treasure Hunt now displays the number of turns taken as well as, current number of earned Traitstones.
  
• Arena rewards have been increased.
  
• Redeem Codes have been disabled in the Store due to issues with First Party terms.
  
• New load screen has been added to game start up.
  
• Chest menu now always defaults to the Gold chest screen, rather than highest chest that players have keys for (like gem or event).
  

• Fixed an issue where Guild Statue levels weren’t displaying above 100.
  
• Fixed the issue where Kraken’s original 3rd trait would cause the game to get stuck if used to end the battle.
  
• Fixed Guild chat messages – they no longer disappear when typing multiple lines.
  
• Fixed Infernal King’s 3rd Trait triggering despite being stunned when he is killed.
  
• Fixed various Avatar visual issues
  
• Improved load times on Android and iOS devices.
  
• Fixed an issue where guild tasks were not resetting correctly if a player was not in a guild when the weekly reset happens.
  
• Fixed an issue where PVP Defences show as 0 PVP points.
  
• Fixed a guild issue were number of guild members were sometimes displaying 1 more than actual guild members.
  
• Fixed an issue where a player could start a new battle while in the middle of a battle through chat, causing the game to crash.
  
• Adjusted team scores to take into account any Guild Stat bonuses.
  
• Fixed an Avatar issue where the headwear displayed was matching costume Armor, instead of the selected custom headwear
  
• Improved the load time of the News menu when the game first loads.
  
• Fixed an issue where currency in Treasure or Arena intro was overlapping the menu popup on 4:3 devices
  

• A “ghost” Orbweaver Hero may be triggered when it summons a Giant Spider on damage that caused death. (This doesn’t affect the game – it’s just a visual issue)
  
• Summoned Troops' traits are sometimes not triggering correctly for some players.
  
• Troops summoned by the AI can occasionally have higher Skills than normal (particularly on higher Warlord difficulties).
  
• Transformed enemy's traits are sometimes still triggering after being transformed for some players.
  
• Guild Rewards may not be sent out correctly for some players when too many players complete tasks at once, particularly after Weekly Reset.
  
• The Lion and Tiger Weapon is not working correctly for some players especially on older or slower devices.
  
• Troops that get summoned into a team slot, where a troop had previously been killed by a status effect (such as burning), may very occasionally be inflicted with the same status effect.