# 5.2 Update (Patch notes) **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [October 7, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-2-update-patch-notes/66391 "2020-10-07T00:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-2-update-patch-notes/66391/1 "2020-10-07T00:35:31Z")
![arena](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/4/242fa5ff594c38b1db32134550ae6ee75423e1f4.jpeg) Arena was the first mini game we added to Gems of War back in 2015. We have mentioned several times in the past that we would like to go back and revisit the Arena to give it some love and attention. Now we have kept that promise. - We have removed the old Difficulty from Arena. - We have replaced Heroes with Epic Troops. - When drafting Troops, players will now be able to see their Arena team, so they can view the troops they have currently chosen. This allows them to plan out their other draft picks to optimize their team. - We have made improvements to the Arena Troop Pool, so newer troops will automatically appear as Arena options 3-4 weeks or so after they are released (previously, we would just add new batches of troops every 3-6 months). - We have reduced the max number of Victories from 8 to 6. - With the changes to Victories, we have rebalanced Arena Rewards and made some improvements to the amount of Trophies given: - We have made 2 changes to the Arena Offer. The first is that it will now trigger at 5 Wins instead of 6, and will only happen 3 times per day. - The second change is that the Arena Offer will give a random Daily Deal. - We have added a new perk for players who are VIP 4 or higher, that they will start Arena runs with 1 Victory. - Campaign Tasks around Arena have been changed to reflect the Victory changes. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/7/2/726d56f7b4e6106c1302bd2c2d7b0820f1746a8c.jpeg) We have added a new event focused around the Arena. - During the event players will earn Valor based on the number of Wins from the Arena run - The Mini Games Menu will have an Arena tracker (similar to Vault Event) which will track the amount of Valor a player has earned towards the current reward Stage. - The Arena Tracker has 5 different rewards that it will progress through before starting back at the first reward type again. Rewards that have been earned will be sent out via the In-Game Mail: - Arena of Valor also will support a pre-set Troop that will replace one of the regular troop draft picks. - Any Arena runs started before the event begins will not give any Valor, and any Arena runs in progress at the end of the event can be completed like a normal Arena run once the event ends. - Valor doesn’t carry over to the next event, and any reward progress is lost once the event ends. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/e/4e86a4f90c24d07c1e94faf0b105777e13d33156.jpeg) - We have added a special new Flash Offer for special Event Pets. - The offer will cost $1.99 USD and can be purchased up to 2 times - The offer will contain the following: - Pets are chosen randomly but Players will not be offered a Pet if they have enough pets to ascend or are already at the maximum ascension. - Like the Weapon Flash Offer, this flash offer will appear randomly during the week, as long as there isn’t another Flash Offer running. _We will continue to run special 1-Day Pet Rescue events over various weekends throughout the year. This will give players several means to complete their Pet Collection and level them up._ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/c/4c460495051fdbda4582bae14b73b5323a0254f8.jpeg) - We have made some changes when viewing Troop cards in Battles so that it does not affect game speed if the battle is running in the background. - We have made some visual improvements for Advent Calendars and Flash Offers - We have added support for more reward help popups in Advent Calendars and Flash Offers and Advent Calendars. - We have added a new Halloween themed Logo for the season. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/3/8/38b17d1521cb162399b25096479ef8ac7699c80d.jpeg) - We have fixed an issue where Class Masteries were not applying in Battles correctly. - We have fixed an issue where Battle Icons on the World Event Fight Map would jitter when they were too close together. - We have fixed an issue where Valravens could overwrite Battle Bosses in World Events. - We have fixed an issue where players not in a guild would get an error if they tried to open a World Event news item. - We have also fixed an assortment of smaller issues. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-2-update-patch-notes/66391)._