# 8.1 Update: Quests, Maps & More **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [September 3, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039 "2024-09-03T05:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gems-of-War](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gems-of-war/32/2281_2.png) [@Gems-of-War](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gems-of-War)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/1 "2024-09-03T05:30:40Z")
Originally published at: [8.1 Update: Quests, Maps & More – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/) Gems of War 8.1: Quests, Maps & More will be available from 4pm PDT Tuesday September 3rd on all platforms except for Nintendo Switch.We will announce the Nintendo Switch release date as soon as it is confirmed. We have made several improvements to Quests for lower level players, but also for existing high-level players to… ---
**Author:** ![AMT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amt/32/56829_2.png) [@AMT](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AMT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/2 "2024-09-03T05:41:14Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have added a new dragonite recipe in the Soulforge that will rotate each week with a different Dragonite Dragon (one those available from either the Gem Dragon Egg or the Cosmic Dragon Egg). > > - Because this allows you to target a Dragonite Dragon, it has a higher cost than its respective Dragonite Egg. > - Any future new Dragonite Egg Dragons will have a 1 year exclusive period with their own egg before they are added into this rotation. > - The new recipe will go live next week around weekly reset. 👆 Good > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > - We have changed access to Alliance chat from Centurion V to Legionary V > - We have changed the amount of VP from Icons remaining at the start of a new PvP season from 10% to 20%. 👆 **Alliance Ranks Should Not Reset Every Season** 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![IbstockMafia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ibstockmafia/32/74600_2.png) [@IbstockMafia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IbstockMafia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/3 "2024-09-03T05:49:36Z")
I wish they would stop adding achievements 😡 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![iTouchedAnu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d26b3c/32.png) [@iTouchedAnu](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/iTouchedAnu)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/4 "2024-09-03T05:51:02Z")
Too little. Too late ---
**Author:** ![TbIKBA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tbikba/32/76180_2.png) [@TbIKBA](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TbIKBA)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/5 "2024-09-03T05:55:48Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have changed the amount of VP from Icons remaining at the start of a new PvP season from 10% to 20%. It has to be 100%. Otherwise, what’s the point of leaving them to rot? ---
**Author:** ![IbstockMafia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ibstockmafia/32/74600_2.png) [@IbstockMafia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IbstockMafia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/6 "2024-09-03T05:55:51Z")
I wasted a lot of time and effort going for those dragons, and dare I say spent a lot to get the Dragonite needed. So now they have made it a lot easier for new players to get them. But I also feel sorry for those who since they went live wasted a lot just to get dupes. They are the ones I feel sorry for. ---
**Author:** ![FanDeHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FanDeHen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/FanDeHen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/7 "2024-09-03T05:58:38Z")
Yes, The Sentinel is also facing the same problem now. Perhaps we should also stop searching for them and reduce our losses. ---
**Author:** ![IbstockMafia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ibstockmafia/32/74600_2.png) [@IbstockMafia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IbstockMafia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/8 "2024-09-03T06:00:02Z")
I stopped a long time ago going for the Sentinel’s… ---
**Author:** ![AMT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/amt/32/56829_2.png) [@AMT](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AMT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/9 "2024-09-03T06:01:07Z")
> [@TbIKBA](#): > > It has to be 100%. Otherwise, what’s the point of leaving them to rot? Completely agree: anything less than that is a deterrent for potential pass buyers who have all the VP they need for this season (i.e. why buy a pass that will give us 20% of what is already a dud reward by most metrics) 🤷 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![IbstockMafia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ibstockmafia/32/74600_2.png) [@IbstockMafia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IbstockMafia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/10 "2024-09-03T06:04:42Z")
![Screenshot 2024-09-03 070345](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/8/b8b872a021315fde24a5bbaffdb0b754eabde07b.jpeg) Proving I stopped going for them 😄 ---
**Author:** ![FanDeHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FanDeHen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/FanDeHen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/11 "2024-09-03T06:08:12Z")
Me too 😆 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/5/a/5a36620ff15b421c50281a9ead8144bd332de227.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![IbstockMafia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ibstockmafia/32/74600_2.png) [@IbstockMafia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IbstockMafia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/12 "2024-09-03T06:10:00Z")
I got one when they first came out, then a dupe. Then decided I had better things to do with my time 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Zuul-Emo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/13 "2024-09-03T06:17:20Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Any future new Dragonite Egg Dragons will have a 1 year exclusive period with their own egg before they are added into this rotation. Guess we’re getting more new eggs and dragon teams, sometime. I’m glad we’re getting recipes to craft dragons specifically, but it doesn’t change how many players are seriously annoyed by the BS levels of RNG being pushed into the game, regarding new troops. Hoard mimic, sentinels, dragonite eggs and now burning chests. It’s ruining the game experience. > [@AMT](#): > > 👆 **Alliance Ranks Should Not Reset Every Season** Totally agree, Let us keep our ranks, and just have season pass VP reset, and make players earn that, if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Asmodai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/asmodai/32/92925_2.png) [@Asmodai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Asmodai)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/14 "2024-09-03T06:25:49Z")
> [@Zuul-Emo](#): > > I’m glad we’re getting recipes to craft dragons specifically, but it doesn’t change how many players are seriously annoyed by the BS levels of RNG being pushed into the game, regarding new troops. Hoard mimic, sentinels, dragonite eggs and now burning chests. It’s ruining the game experience. It made me give up on ever having 100% of the troops… I am at peace now with never completing my set of troops, and did not spend another $ (or €). 🧘 ---
**Author:** ![Namour](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/namour/32/2957_2.png) [@Namour](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Namour)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/15 "2024-09-03T06:26:20Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Any future new Dragonite Egg Dragons will have a 1 year exclusive period with their own egg before they are added into this rotation. So this seems to mean that ‘targeted recipes’ for future troops with similar egg mechanics will only become available 12 months after the troops are initially released. > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have added a new dragonite recipe in the Soulforge that will rotate each week with a different Dragonite Dragon (one of those available from either the Gem Dragon Egg or the Cosmic Dragon Egg). And this would seem to mean a 12 week rotation to get through the 12 unique dragons. 18 weeks once they add the next set of 6…. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/16 "2024-09-03T06:44:19Z")
@IbstockMafia Try rather to be happy for the players that does not have to go down this horrible road. ---
**Author:** ![Ash3nShad3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ash3nshad3/32/96675_2.png) [@Ash3nShad3](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ash3nShad3)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/17 "2024-09-03T06:47:37Z")
> [@IbstockMafia](#): > > I wasted a lot of time and effort going for those dragons, and dare I say spent a lot to get the Dragonite needed. So now they have made it a lot easier for new players to get them Old things always get easier as time goes by - it was extremely hard to get Zuul in the beginning and back in those days players took 1 - 2 years to get him. Now it is easy with vault weekends. So the older troops will get easier to get as they add more new things into the game. Thing is those that want them super fast often have to pay. This makes me think they are already ready with their newest set of dragons. ---
**Author:** ![IbstockMafia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ibstockmafia/32/74600_2.png) [@IbstockMafia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IbstockMafia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/18 "2024-09-03T07:00:05Z")
Believe me, I’m happy they’ve made it easier to get them. One less thing to think or stress about in the evergrowing frustration we call Gems of War. ---
**Author:** ![Talcaram](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/talcaram/32/99398_2.png) [@Talcaram](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Talcaram)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/19 "2024-09-03T08:14:29Z")
When guild war comes back? Just remember the name of this game ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/20 "2024-09-03T08:24:32Z")
> [@Ash3nShad3](#): > > Old things always get easier as time goes by I think its a dangerous mindset to have. Just because many of the older things have become easier doesnt mean it’s guaranteed to always happen. Things like specific pet rescues and the hoard mimic come to mind immediately as not made easier by any means. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039.md?page=2)