# 100 things you wish you knew about Gems of War \[DONE\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Guides\ **Created:** [November 20, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529 "2016-11-20T04:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/1 "2016-11-20T04:10:55Z")
## #Thank you to everybody that helped make this series come alive !!! We’re all done here 🙂 I was chatting with some newbies on Reddit and off-handedly asked they’d enjoy a video on this subject. I got good feedback and many people said they would love it. So I’m asking for your help coming up with as many things as possible - credit will be given to ALL contributors! I’d like to pass along a list of things I wish I knew when I started out. Some examples I can think of are: In Arena you can re-arrange the troop order and choose your Hero weapon Harder difficulties give better rewards but take too long. Find balance between speed/reward. Which questlines to complete first The Show All (troops) button etc… * * * Here is the list of things that were talked about over the course of the series: Complete Zhul’Kari quest 1st to get Tyri Join a guild, why you should, and how to do so Basics of Kingdoms (level, home K, power, income, tribute, etc) Basics of Tribute bonuses (how often to collect, what happens, etc) How to pick/train/trait Hero classes Magic masteries overview and unlockable weapons Hero is optional teams Mana bonus traits on troops apply to whole team [ASHTENDER.COM](http://ASHTENDER.COM) (This could be it’s own video lol) Observe/understand the gold/soul/map caps Understand Soul generation troops Troops that generate currencies (souls/gold/maps) do not do so in PvP Defend Show All (Troops button) Only use Glory for weekly troop packs (and show how to buy them) Difficulty settings overview (doesn’t affect PvP) How the Magic stat works, where it is shown on the card, etc. Speed vs. Difficulty overview Show mana/spell details In Arena you can re-arrange troop order In Arena you can choose Hero weapon You can leave Arena any time and resume where left off Unlocked traits shown in Arena is a bug (traits aren’t active in Arena) Basics of Mana Surges Linking accounts Web, forum, wiki, SUPPORT links in Setting panel Buy the Death Knight armor (personal recommendation only) How to get armor with gems Do not ask for advice on Global Chat Brief “game is NOT p2w” explanation Early on the 15 gems / 15 days deal is very economical How matches work in Treasure Hunt; Where upgraded gem(s) appear Basics of Search function in Troops UI Using the SEARCH function in the Troops interface * * * The videos Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/embed/N6ycDNLTxrU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/embed/V7jRLYId0RA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zy3mTZMcVqA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Part 4 (CONTROVERSY WARNING!!!) https://www.youtube.com/embed/oul8vslDqLs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Part 5 https://www.youtube.com/embed/-gZRk9piFWw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Part 6 FINAL PART https://www.youtube.com/embed/0h-gFeWJZao?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![kzintiwife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kzintiwife/32/2350_2.png) [@kzintiwife](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/kzintiwife)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/2 "2016-11-20T04:20:09Z")
might check out — [What new guild members ask about the most :) (fast newbie faq)](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-new-guild-members-ask-about-the-most-fast-newbie-faq/9775) ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/3 "2016-11-20T04:20:55Z")
- Level and ascend Valkyrie first. She is the most important troop in the entire game. ---
**Author:** ![kzintiwife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kzintiwife/32/2350_2.png) [@kzintiwife](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/kzintiwife)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/4 "2016-11-20T04:21:42Z")
get tyri early and do the treasure maps for glory so you can buy the weekly troops ---
**Author:** ![psydotogist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/psydotogist/32/12747_2.png) [@psydotogist](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/psydotogist)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/5 "2016-11-20T04:22:37Z")
- activate show mana/spell details ---
**Author:** ![Ashasekayi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ashasekayi/32/61090_2.png) [@Ashasekayi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ashasekayi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/6 "2016-11-20T04:22:51Z")
- a 4-match doesn’t give you a mana surge - a 5±match always gives a mana surge ---
**Author:** ![kzintiwife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kzintiwife/32/2350_2.png) [@kzintiwife](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/kzintiwife)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/7 "2016-11-20T04:24:21Z")
how to link an account so you dont lose it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/8 "2016-11-20T05:09:10Z")
Since I have a friend that has been playing for about two weeks, and recently started a side account so I could check out the state of the low level game, I have quite a few things I can pass along here: Join an active guild or at least one you can keep pace with. Buy one of every weekly glory troop from the shop. This is possible just from the glory rewards from the first three red guild tasks (35k total for the entire guild) and either tier 1 in PvP or with treasure maps to fill in the remainder. If you have a faster guild, you should also have this just from opening the 670 glory keys plus the 360 glory you get from the red task. Depending on how fast you progress, the middle and left PvP option may be easier than quests. Difficulty (and its bonuses) do not apply to ranked PvP. Don’t be afraid of PvP. You don’t need much to be effective super early in the game. Always play Ranked PvP, whether or not you are interested in the ranked rewards. Losing points won’t cost you anything, and gaining them gives the possibility of tier rewards. “Casual” PvP is pretty much entirely useless. Level all kingdoms to 5 as soon as possible for early tribute chances. Collect income as often as possible for more tribute chances. Level magic kingdoms to 10 first, then the stat of your preference. Other things being equal stat wise, prioritize Glory tribute for leveling kingdoms. Do challenges when you need the souls. Wear your best soul bonus armor and play on the highest difficulty you can take to maximize the one-time reward. Don’t be afraid to complete them if you need extra souls early on - the total available from challenges is not that much overall, and should be used as a small bump to bridge a needed gap before you can effectively farm. When leveling troops to get kingdom points for star levels, only commit resources when you know you have enough to reach the star. Level troops one at a time to conserve souls, as every level gives the same points, but higher levels cost more souls. Wight and Banshee are now effective early game soul generators. Very early on, they are better than Valkyrie. Don’t bother saving treasure maps, they are easy enough to get later on and you probably wont want to play treasure hunt later anyways. ---
**Author:** ![evilbatwitch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/evilbatwitch/32/1499_2.png) [@evilbatwitch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/evilbatwitch)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/9 "2016-11-20T05:09:18Z")
So, a kingdom to get quest done first, zhul-kari! ---
**Author:** ![Stan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stan/32/29888_2.png) [@Stan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/10 "2016-11-20T05:31:49Z")
Never use glory to buy glory chests. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/11 "2016-11-20T06:30:41Z")
Don’t disenchant _any_ troops for souls, keep them to ascend. ---
**Author:** ![Razzagor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/razzagor/32/50037_2.png) [@Razzagor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Razzagor)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/12 "2016-11-20T06:37:32Z")
> [@Shimrra](#): > > Don’t disenchant any troops for souls, keep them to ascend. And ascending troops won’t make it harder to acquire them. If you get a common troop ascended into an Ultra-Rare rarity it still drops on gold chests. ← This was one of my first concerns in the game when i started. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/13 "2016-11-20T07:06:15Z")
if you like the game, spend the $50 on death knight armor. That should also grant you free spying from vip level. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/15 "2016-11-20T07:29:57Z")
> [@Shimrra](#): > > Don’t disenchant any troops for souls, keep them to ascend I disagree with this just right at the start of the game. Up to about level 50, disenchant rubbish troops so you can level up a team of troops to actually use. Check the forums or post questions here to see which troops are good and which are rubbish! Once you pass level 50 and/or have a decent levelled team to use, then @shimrra is absolutely right. ---
**Author:** ![killerman3333](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/killerman3333/32/4068_2.png) [@killerman3333](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/killerman3333)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/16 "2016-11-20T08:36:37Z")
I want to know if we will get Myriad’s mother, and tyri’s mother, seeing as they are different mothers, and any other kids that their father has sired. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/17 "2016-11-20T08:40:40Z")
> [@killerman3333](#): > > Myriad’s mother You mean Marid? ---
**Author:** ![killerman3333](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/killerman3333/32/4068_2.png) [@killerman3333](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/killerman3333)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/18 "2016-11-20T08:42:10Z")
auto correct thought i spelled it wrong, but i spelled it like it is supposed to be spelled! Auto correct is the worst given troop names. ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/19 "2016-11-20T16:23:17Z")
Wow, great suggestions everybody! Keep them coming 🙂 At this rate I should have 10 good ones to start the 1st video (rather than do 100 things in one vid, I think viewers would rather have it in 10 chunks) ---
**Author:** ![ONOPALAVER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/onopalaver/32/46403_2.png) [@ONOPALAVER](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ONOPALAVER)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/20 "2016-11-20T21:13:19Z")
Let´s people know about GoW forums. I could say that many ones don´t know and many others think that are only for recruit. Use gems to buy the 2 best armor (without death knight) and later accumulate them till 450. Use them to open 50 gem chests. Ask your questions also in global chat I can say, there are a lot of good people helping new players every day. Arena since rewards not change is the best way to collect souls for newels players. I recommend do all the kingdoms quests to unlock all troops. If you like the game so much help it with support. Buy something for real money and get special rewards for being a vip. Enter, join, and be active in forums. Is incredible how many things you can also learn here being a top player. ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/21 "2016-11-21T00:08:21Z")
> [@kzintiwife](#): > > how to link an account so you dont lose it 🙂 Yes please do so. Helps our team out, if you do so. Easier to find your account. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529.md?page=2)