# 2.0 Will Be Arriving Shortly **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 26, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348 "2016-05-26T00:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/1 "2016-05-26T00:06:24Z")
Originally published at: [2.0 Arrives! – Gems of War](http://gemsofwar.com/2-0-arrives/) The wait is over, Patch 2.0 has landed! Get all the details of what’s new and what’s changed below! **PVP Rework** \* The PVP Menu now has 6 new menus, Ranked, Casual, Stats, Defense, Battle Log and Leaderboard. \* _Ranked_: - ~ Allows you choose between 3 opponents to earn points for rankings in the weekly event. - ~ Ranked is played at normal difficulty with the Combo-breaker turned off. \* _Casual_: - ~ Allows you choose between 3 opponents for a fun battle that does not affect PvP points or ranking. - ~ Casual is played at your currently-selected difficulty. - ~ Casual battles have a slightly reduced reward compared to Ranked battles. \* _Stats shows various stats for your PvP Career including:_ - ~ Current Tier and rewards for each Tier. - ~ Current Rank and rewards for with week’s event. - ~ Current Wins and Losses for Invades and Defenses. - ~ Favorite Troop for invading. - ~ Most Invaded Kingdom. \* The old Rank system is still around as the new Tier system (we've just renamed it, since "Rank" now applies to your position on the PvP Ladder). \* Tier Rewards can be collected once when you’ve reached a new tier level. \* Rank Rewards given at the end of an event are based on what rank you were when the event ended. \* Defense menu works the same as before, but now displays the current progress for successful defense rewards. \* Battle Log displays all of your recent battles (invades and defenses), whether you won or lost, and how long ago the battle was. \* Leaderboards show both your current rank as well as the top 100 players in the current weekly event. **Summoning Improvements** \* Summoning is no longer limited to a cap of level 15 for troops. \* Summoned troops are now limited by what level you have raised that troop to. \* Summoned troops now gain any team bonuses earned at the start of battle (from Troop type or Kingdom bonuses). \* Summoned troops come in with any trait you have unlocked on the troop. \* Summoning changes do not apply to Arena. **Hero Profiles** \* We’ve added a new social feature to the game: Hero Profiles. \* Hero Profiles allow you to view various information about another player in the game. \* You are able to use the Hero Profile to invite players to your guild or play in a friendly battle. \* Friendly battles do not give out rewards. \* You can access the new Hero Profile menu by tapping on a player’s name in chat or viewing it in the PVP Menus (either from the Leaderboard or Battle Log menus). **New Kingdom** \* Glacial Peaks has appeared on the map to unlock. \* New troops (including 2 new legendary troops) have been added to chests. \* Glacial Peaks introduces a new spell mechanic: Mana Burn - ~ Mana Burn deals damage to an enemy based on the enemy’s current mana. - ~ Mana Burn does not drain Mana from the enemy. **VIP Chests** \* VIP Chests have had some improvements: - ~ If you draw an epic card, you will gain 2 epic cards insteadd. - ~ If you draw a traitstone you gain 2 traitstones instead. - ~ VIP Chests now also rewards 2000 gold for every chest you open. **Mythic Troops** \* Mythic troops are super rare troops that can drop from Glory, Gem, and VIP chests. \* Mythic troops are the only troops with triple Mana colors. \* Like Legendaries they have a unique 3rd Trait. \* New Mythic Troop- War- has been added to chests. **Treasure Hunt** \* Red Chests no longer reward Gold \* Vaults no longer reward Gold and Souls **General** \* Claim All button has been added to the Mail menu, allows you to claim all rewards from mail at once. \* Victory and Defeat Menus has had a visual rework, and now display rewards from battles similar to Treasure Hunt mini game. \* Increased security to reduce amount of hacking with the new PvP changes. \* Mechanist Class’ legendary trait, Clockwork, has been added to the class. \* You can now opt out of Global Chat but still be part of Guild Chat. **Troop Balance** _Infernal King_ \* Immortal trait chance has been reduced from 30% to 25% _Banshee_ - Mana cost has been reduced from 14 to 12 **Troop Refunds** \* Infernal King is available for refund for 1 week. **Major Bug Fixes** \* Game no longer crashes when casting Soothsayer’s spell when there are no purple gems on the board. \* Frenzy should no longer activate multiple times from damage. \* Game should no longer end when a Troop is summoned from final troop’s Trait (such as Daemonic Pact). \* On Hit Traits (Such a Great Maw’s Hunger) should not trigger on multiple troops with large skull cascades. \* Hero Class Troop types should now be working correctly. Hero should now gain benefits/weaknesses from troop type spells/ bonuses. \* Watcher’s Mana drain on status effect now applies to Frozen, Disease and Death Mark. \* AOE Damage will now pop Barrier. \* We believe we have addressed the main cause of Dust Devil crashing after casting his spell. \* Fixed Mist Stalker’s spell so he should be dealing poison as intended. \* Hero Class Magic bonuses should no longer apply in the Arena. **Known Issues** \* Gem Mastery bonus from Hero Classes is not included/ displayed on the Gem Mastery Overview screen in the Hero menu. \* AI troops with Blessed and Curse are not activating correctly. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348)._