# 2.2 Patch Notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [December 14, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599 "2016-12-14T12:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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:** [December 14, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/1 "2016-12-14T12:31:27Z")
Originally published at: [2.2 Patch Notes – Gems of War](http://gemsofwar.com/2-2-patch-notes/) The 2.2 Update is coming tomorrow… **New Event System** - 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. **New Shop Items** Several new bundles have been added to the Store: _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 & 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_ - Path to Glory Packs are 30-day subscription packs, that can be purchased once per month - Players may purchase both subscriptions at the same time if they want - There are 2 types of subscription packs: Path to Glory I + Path to Glory II - 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 - We are changing the weekly rotation of shop bundles to always include the following: - Troop Bundle - Weapon Bundle - 2 Traitstone bundles of specific colors - Gem purchases of Gold and Souls now give significantly more rewards **General Changes** - 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. - Redeem Codes have been disabled in the Store. - Arena rewards have been increased. - 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). **Balance Changes** _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. **Troop Refunds** The following troop will be available for refund for the next week: - Manticore **Bug Fixes** - 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 - Fixed an Avatar issue where the headwear displayed was matching costume Armor, instead of the selected custom headwear - 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. - 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 **Known Issues** - 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. Please note this Update only applies to Steam, iOS and Android versions of the game. 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**Author:** ![CSZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/csz/32/4784_2.png) [@CSZ](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CSZ)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/2 "2016-12-14T12:35:43Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > 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. Is that also affecting enemies in Explore Mode? > [@Sirrian](#): > > Manticore\* Empowered changed to Fast. I hope you guys are finally satisfied regarding Manticore. I’m really looking forward to these events. Seems to make Explore even more interesting. Many thanks 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Isis\_Kitty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/isis_kitty/32/9189_2.png) [@Isis\_Kitty](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Isis_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/3 "2016-12-14T12:38:54Z")
I cannot WAIT til this evening when I can D/L the new update and poke around the game. Really looking forward to checking things out. Also looks like I’ll finally have a reason to spend some money in the shop! ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/4 "2016-12-14T12:43:39Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > Runic Blade > > Spell changed so that killing an enemy gives +10 to all Stats. This feels insanely powerful for Arena. Any chance this could be changed to scale in some way with Magic, possibly only giving a bonus to Life, Armor and Attack? ---
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/5 "2016-12-14T12:43:59Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > Guild Rewards may not be sent out correctly for some players when too many players complete tasks at once, particularly after Weekly Reset Ah so that is what’s causing that. Good to know. Nice amount of fixes and the events sound interesting. Other than that I think we can dub this update: ## 2.2: The Wallet Killer 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/6 "2016-12-14T12:52:56Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > Weapon Bundle > > Costs $5 and contains an old event weapon along with a few miscellaneous consumables. 😍😍😍😍😍 thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Emos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/emos/32/5163_2.png) [@Emos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Emos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/7 "2016-12-14T12:54:33Z")
Regarding the Gorgotha Cleanse, is that in addition to his Explode X number of Gems? Didn’t know he needed a buff! ---
**Author:** ![Emos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/emos/32/5163_2.png) [@Emos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Emos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/8 "2016-12-14T12:55:53Z")
Think I’ll head down to my local Costco, I think they still have Apple App Store coupons for sale. Happy Holidays to me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/9 "2016-12-14T13:00:51Z")
Imagine that @DonBoba buys Path to Glory II and Growth Pack II at the same time, after 30 days he will end up getting two more Draakulis. 😅 ---
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/10 "2016-12-14T13:00:55Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > - We are changing the weekly rotation of shop bundles to always include the following: > - Troop Bundle > - Weapon Bundle > - 2 Traitstone bundles of specific colors Fixed bullets for you. 😛 Actually I want to know what those contain… detail-wise. Glory = what? ---
**Author:** ![ZooKeeper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zookeeper/32/30875_2.png) [@ZooKeeper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZooKeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/11 "2016-12-14T13:01:30Z")
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**Author:** ![PlayerDaniels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/playerdaniels/32/6939_2.png) [@PlayerDaniels](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PlayerDaniels)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/12 "2016-12-14T13:08:39Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > Fixed an Avatar issue where the headwear displayed was matching costume Armor, instead of the selected custom headwear 😘 Much obliged to ya. ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/13 "2016-12-14T13:10:45Z")
Why a buff to Elwyn? It’s his birthday? 🙂 Only 5 troops were “balanced” with the most funny one… Gorgotha which _obviously_ needs a buff… That’s all? ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/14 "2016-12-14T13:11:49Z")
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**Author:** ![Azbra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/azbra/32/23589_2.png) [@Azbra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Azbra)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/15 "2016-12-14T13:15:14Z")
That one made my day! ---
**Author:** ![Verdugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/verdugo/32/9407_2.png) [@Verdugo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Verdugo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/16 "2016-12-14T13:17:02Z")
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**Author:** ![en9nhcet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/en9nhcet/32/1673_2.png) [@en9nhcet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/en9nhcet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/17 "2016-12-14T13:18:52Z")
**2.2 : Operation money grab!** ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/7/72e4a797a46576e5c47d4249c98f86397cdcd44c.gif) ---
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/18 "2016-12-14T13:26:26Z")
> [@Emos](#): > > Didn’t know he needed a buff! Compare his spell to those of Ragnagord and Herdmaster, considering their rarity and mana cost. Yes, I do believe his spell could use a buff. Then add the fact that Stun hurts his usefulness more than it does other troops, and the self cleanse makes sense. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/19 "2016-12-14T13:29:35Z")
Meanwhile, Carnex … ---
**Author:** ![DonBoba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/donboba/32/25457_2.png) [@DonBoba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DonBoba)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599/20 "2016-12-14T13:32:43Z")
This is true on so many levels xD Lucky I’m to poor to spent money on the game. Wait what. Well let’s call it luck being poor xD [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-2-patch-notes/16599.md?page=2)