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8.1 Update: Quests, Maps & More

Gems of War 8.1: Quests, Maps & More will be available from 4pm PDT Tuesday September 3rd on all platforms except for Nintendo Switch.
We will announce the Nintendo Switch release date as soon as it is confirmed.

We have made several improvements to Quests for lower level players, but also for existing high-level players to enjoy during Legends Reborn events.

Kingdom Quest Map

  • We wanted to bring some more life to Krystara, so Kingdom Quests now take place on a Kingdom Quest Map.
  • Quest Maps take players down into the Kingdom’s Region.
  • Players will be able to see the Kingdom quests as nodes on a path on the map.
  • Tapping on the active quest’s node will cause the quest’s popup to appear, allowing players to play that quest.
  • Class Quests will appear as a separate location on the map. They will unlock once the main storyline is complete.
  • Most kingdoms (71 of 76, including factions) will have their Quest Map in the 8.1 Update, but a few didn’t quite make it in time, so expect to see those Quest Maps updated in a future patch. In the meantime, they will share a generic map image.
  • The Intro Questline and World Quests will have their own maps too.

Quest Changes

  • On top of the new quest map, we have made some additional visual updates to quests.
    • Quest Battle “Enemy Yells” now appear over the kingdom quest map, and have a new look + animation.
    • Quest Rewards also appear over the kingdom quest map, and have had a visual update.
  • We have adjusted the sequence for our Quest flow.
    • Quest rewards are now given before the final cutscene.
    • The starting conversations for the next quest will play after the end conversation of a quest (making it feel like a single conversation).
    • Interacting with a quest node will take players straight into the first battle.
8.1 Achievements

We have 2 new Achievements for this update:

  • Open the Gates: Match 100 Daemonic Portal Gems.
  • The Growing Tide: Own 5 Immortals at level 10.
8.1 General changes
  • We have added a new dragonite recipe in the Soulforge that will rotate each week with a different Dragonite Dragon (one of those available from either the Gem Dragon Egg or the Cosmic Dragon Egg).
    • Because this allows you to target a Dragonite Dragon, it has a higher cost than its respective Dragonite Egg.
    • Any future new Dragonite Egg Dragons will have a 1 year exclusive period with their own egg before they are added into this rotation. 
    • The new recipe will go live next week around weekly reset (7am GMT Monday 9th September).
  • We have added a new Heroic Gem for a future Campaign – the Daemonic Portal Gem.
  • We have changed access to Alliance chat from  Centurion V to Legionary V
  • We have changed the amount of VP from Icons remaining at the start of a new PvP season from 10% to 20%.
8.1 Bug Fixes
  • We have fixed an issue where exploding Mana Potions could cause the game to lock up.
  • We have fixed an issue where having an active Gnome-a-Palooza could cause the game to freeze if you tried to play the Citadel Battle.
  • We have fixed an issue that would allow players to include 2 Immortals into their team if they manually adjusted the pasted team share code.
  • We have fixed an issue where Immortal Troops could be summoned.
  • We have fixed an issue where Immortal Titanius’ spell “destroy column” effect would not resolve Heroic Gems correctly.
  • We have fixed an assortment of smaller issues.