# 5.5 Update (Patch Notes) **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 12, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933 "2021-05-12T00:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 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:** [May 12, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/1 "2021-05-12T00:10:57Z")
#### 5.5 UPDATE ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/optimized/3X/5/f/5f4c557e67486c9c7e610db5e6c08f72dc64bd50_2_690x34.jpeg) - We have introduced new kinds of Gems. Heroic Gems are Gems that have special abilities which activate when they are either matched, destroyed or a set condition is met. - Heroic Gems will only appear as a random spawn in battle games for a limited time as part of Campaigns or Special Heroic Gem Events. However, there may be troops and weapons that will create these Gems as part of their spell. - We will be able to run multiple Special Heroic Gem Events at once too, so players may experience different combinations of Gems from time to time. - When 5.5 releases we will only have 1 new Heroic Gem active for players to enjoy, the Uber Doomskull, a more powerful version of the Doomskull. - The other Heroic Gems will be introduced and explained with the Campaign or event that they will be part of. We anticipate many new Heroic Gems releasing over time! ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/optimized/3X/c/c/cc045c75e58f7e095d09fdf6f90b4b5046fea4ec_2_690x34.jpeg) We have made some changes to Campaign Tasks to reduce some of the friction in completing certain tasks. - We have changed the ‘x’ button on a Task to be an arrow so it is easier for players to see. - This new button will bring up a new popup menu where “Skip Task” and “Do Task” options will be available. - A new Task option will also be available on this menu: Reroll Task. - Reroll Task will allow players to reroll a Task to another task to complete instead. - Each Campaign Task can be rerolled once. - Once a task is rerolled, the player must complete or skip the new task. The new task cannot be rerolled. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/optimized/3X/a/d/ad1e185095df61205bf0e8114da5af6767a77087_2_690x34.jpeg) **Doomed Weapons** The Doomed Blade, Doomed Crossbow, Doomed Club and Doomed Cauldron have all had their affixes that created a Gem changed to a new affix that debuffs the Enemy. **Legendary Traits Text Improvement** We have improved the text for all Legendary Traits that give Mana to Allies at the start of battle. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/optimized/3X/0/6/06f0e29463f2c079b5fbf1d82774428f19e4349c_2_690x34.jpeg) - _ **Dooooooom!** _ – Match 50 Uber Doomskull Gems - _ **They See Me Re-Rollin’** _ – Reroll a Campaign Task - _ **Lycan Subscribe** _ – Match 100 Lycanthropy Gems ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/optimized/3X/4/c/4c460495051fdbda4582bae14b73b5323a0254f8_2_690x34.jpeg) - We have improved the Elite+ Pass Campaign Rewards for over 1000+ Stars. This will appear in the next Campaign (starting May 24th). - We’ve added visual feedback when clicking on tab buttons on our screens (the 4-6 white text buttons on the tab bar that runs across the top of the screen in many places). This is to give feedback that input has been received by the game to players who may be running on slow connections. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/optimized/3X/3/8/38b17d1521cb162399b25096479ef8ac7699c80d_2_690x34.jpeg) - We have fixed an issue where the game would soft lock if Death Mark and Lycanthropy trigger at the same time. As part of this fix, Essence of Evil has been altered back to its original form where it inflicts Lycanthropy on the target. - We have fixed an issue where some players were getting stuck on the Warband tutorial. It took them to the shop, but there was no Warband shop tab to access. - We have also fixed an assortment of smaller issues. _This update will be available on Steam, iOS, Android, Xbox, PlayStation AND NINTENDO SWITCH._ If you are a Nintendo Switch player please be aware that you will be getting 5.5 + 5.4, and you can find the [5.4 patch notes here.](https://gemsofwar.com/5-4-update/) ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/2 "2021-05-12T00:27:55Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > Doomed Crossbow Overkill. There was absolutely nothing wrong with this affix. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/3 "2021-05-12T00:28:11Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > We have improved the text for all Legendary Traits that give Mana to Allies at the start of battle. Gar’Nok called, said something about “Hoomans too stoopid to get schtuff right”. ---
**Author:** ![alv-thanos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/alv-thanos/32/62164_2.png) [@alv-thanos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/alv-thanos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/4 "2021-05-12T00:30:24Z")
Lycantrophy on Hero still freezing the game. Bug report incoming soon. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/e/d/edc7d10bd6fec5f3c6cdc7c4cbc99dc75458e055.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MysticWeirdo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MysticWeirdo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MysticWeirdo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/5 "2021-05-12T00:33:27Z")
Essence of evil cast on the enemy hero still causes crashes. ---
**Author:** ![orangeink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@orangeink](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/orangeink)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/6 "2021-05-12T00:52:26Z")
It feels more like a nerf. @Saltypatra Is there any chance we get the original affix back for Crossbow? No player asked this affix to be fixed. I am very surprised to see this change. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Hurricane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Madd\_Hurricane](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Madd_Hurricane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/7 "2021-05-12T00:57:34Z")
Doomed Blade and Doomed Club are the only two Doomed weapons that needed fixed. I absolutely agree with @awryan and @orangeink that Doomed Crossbow should have been left alone. ---
**Author:** ![Gem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gem/32/68973_2.png) [@Gem](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gem)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/8 "2021-05-12T00:59:38Z")
I downloaded the new patch but my CLIFFY error still hasn’t went away that’s been preventing me from playing. It’s been almost a week and they haven’t fixed it or updated me when it can be fixed, and I spent over 200 on the game. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/9 "2021-05-12T01:14:59Z")
On the bright side about Lycanthropy crashes still not being fixed. At least they didn’t make the issue worse by making Lycanthropy more prevalent than before or anything. 🙄 Devs, how many signs do you need that the Mechanic is a horrible idea? Maybe the solution to fixing the bug is to make it work like all other transforms and divide the targets level by half and remove all traits after the transform. It’s not the code that’s broken. It’s your design. 🤷 ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/10 "2021-05-12T02:03:34Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > A new Task option will also be available on this menu: Reroll Task. I like this addition. But seriously, wouldn’t it have been easier to just get rid of the multi-day tasks? Because they are probably the only ones players will reroll. > [@Saltypatra](#): > > The Doomed Blade, Doomed Crossbow, Doomed Club and Doomed Cauldron have all had their affixes that created a Gem changed to a new affix that debuffs the Enemy. I have no idea why you changed Doomed Crossbow or Doomed Cauldron??? Multiple times you were shown it was Blade and Club that needed fixing??? > [@Saltypatra](#): > > We have improved the Elite+ Pass Campaign Rewards for over 1000+ Stars. This will appear in the next Campaign (starting May 24th). This better not include new exclusive troops or it could be the final straw for me and many others. > [@Saltypatra](#): > > Essence of Evil has been altered back to its original form where it inflicts Lycanthropy on the target. Seriously, why couldn’t this have been left out of EoE for good? LYCANTHROPY IS NOT A DEBUFF!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/11 "2021-05-12T02:06:33Z")
Exactly what everybody above says - why did you nerf Doomed Crossbow? All people really were asking for was to make respective Doomed Blade/Doomed Club affixes (create blue/brown) gem exactly like original Doomed Crossbow affix (create a doomskull). You’ve changed the two in question, it’s not ideal but better than nothing so thanks for that, but **nobody ever asked to touch the Crossbow.** Now it’s the same feeling as when you changed Sunspear’s third trait not understanding what players were saying and wishing for, only I doubt that this time we’ll get it reversed no matter the outcry. P.S. **Lycanthropy must be removed from negative status effects pool!** ---
**Author:** ![Maisie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maisie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maisie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/12 "2021-05-12T02:13:45Z")
Uber Doomskulls are active and seem quite common at the moment: I’ve gotten a couple of them in most of my faction assault battles so far. ---
**Author:** ![canadademon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@canadademon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/canadademon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/13 "2021-05-12T02:21:26Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > On the bright side about Lycanthropy crashes still not being fixed. At least they didn’t make the issue worse by making Lycanthropy more prevalent than before or anything. 🙄 > > Devs, how many signs do you need that the Mechanic is a horrible idea? > Maybe the solution to fixing the bug is to make it work like all other transforms and divide the targets level by half and remove all traits after the transform. > > It’s not the code that’s broken. It’s your design. 🤷 Well, it could be both. If the design called for this specific transform to act differently from the others, it’s possible the programmer just copied the code from the others but made some changes. It could be crashing on a specific call… my guess is something to do with level. If it’s just crashing when the hero is hit, maybe an out-of-range error (level \> 20)? ---
**Author:** ![junette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/junette/32/43709_2.png) [@junette](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/junette)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/14 "2021-05-12T02:23:27Z")
Thank you for the reroll on campaign tasks. I rerolled the adventure board task and it gave me a kill brown enemies task. This is very doable . No longer will I feel the need to stop playing for a day if I couldn’t finish a task til the next day. This will be very helpful for newer players or players low on gems that still want to play campaign. Thank u devs 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![Kafka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kafka/32/33529_2.png) [@Kafka](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kafka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/15 "2021-05-12T02:40:31Z")
We’ve removed Lycanthropy from Essence of Evil again until we can release the hot fix for the Lycanthropy freeze bug that has reappeared on 5.5. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/16 "2021-05-12T02:44:57Z")
Why bring it back at all? Isn’t it best to keep players happy? I haven’t seen a single player yet upset it was removed or any player who wants it back. If nobody likes it and it doesn’t cost you guys anyting to leave it off then why force it down our throats? Happy players spend more. ---
**Author:** ![sylverscale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sylverscale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sylverscale)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/17 "2021-05-12T02:57:47Z")
Please for the love of all things gems, leave lycanthropy off of essence of evil. It’s bad enough as is, every player commenting here and also those who don’t hate it. We forum goers aren’t the outliers. No one likes lycanthropy besides of whoever came up with it. Can’t the devs at least give us that and leave it off of essence of evil? Compromise? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/18 "2021-05-12T03:07:21Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/4/14d91de82ebb71aaa705d54227b967c5136485a2.jpeg) That is new, right? ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/19 "2021-05-12T03:14:30Z")
I’m still on 5.4 for now, and I have that recipe also. That’s gonna be frustrating to get, given how difficult it is to get non-Cedric legendaries from the Vault. ---
**Author:** ![Live](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/live/32/40596_2.png) [@Live](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Live)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933/20 "2021-05-12T03:36:48Z")
> [@turintuor](#): > > That is new, right? > [@New Soulforge Troop: Leonis Tower](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-soulforge-troop-leonis-tower/69937): > > Originally published at: [New Soulforge Troop: Leonis Tower – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/new-soulforge-troop-leonis-tower/) New Soulforge Troop: Leonis Tower As Emperor Khorvash gains more Favor from the people of the Leonis Empire, new allies join his banner. The Leonis Tower is now craftable from the Soulforge. It requires The Emperor Tarot card from the current Campaign rewards, as well as Legendary Ingots and Souls to craft. Once the Campaign… [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/5-5-update-patch-notes/69933.md?page=2)