# 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:** 2
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/21 "2024-09-03T08:24:34Z")
> [@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). That’s great news. Spoilering this a bit early might have helped to lower frustration. > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Because this allows you to target a Dragonite Dragon, it has a higher cost than its respective Dragonite Egg. The patch notes don’t mention how much higher, so it’s going to be at least 2500 dragonite, possibly more. Still, I’m sure it will help those on an extended unlucky streak. > [@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%. I don’t think you understand that this changes nothing at all. I won’t waste time explaining, you’ve ignored enough feedback about it. ---
**Author:** ![Darklord1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@Darklord1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darklord1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/22 "2024-09-03T10:12:23Z")
We need to know how much it will cost so we at least have a chance of getting dragonite up front given how pitiful the ability to gain it outside of buying is. We will even more annoying to have the first dragon be the one you want when you could have had enough if you knew the cost and hadn’t wanted all the previously earned on duplicates. ---
**Author:** ![CLARE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clare/32/68377_2.png) [@CLARE](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CLARE)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/23 "2024-09-03T11:35:33Z")
Impossible > Own 5 Immortals at level 10 ---
**Author:** ![STUB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stub/32/74879_2.png) [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/24 "2024-09-03T11:54:55Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have fixed an issue where exploding Mana Potions could cause the game to lock up. Only took 5 months. Congrats xx ---
**Author:** ![overthinker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/overthinker/32/86337_2.png) [@overthinker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/overthinker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/25 "2024-09-03T12:27:34Z")
Overall, I can say that I’m mostly positive about this update. Thank you for finally hearing your playerbase. It feels like a huge step to me. > [@Fourdottwoone](#): > > That’s great news. Spoilering this a bit early might have helped to lower frustration. Absolutely! A few of our Alliance members have spent their stash of dragonite this morning. To get dupes, of course. > [@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, there will be new dragonite eggs. I’m not quite sure if I’m OK with such long waiting period. > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have added a new dragonite recipe in the Soulforge that will rotate each week with a different Dragonite Dragon Will it be somethig like a mythic cycle? Or will the dragons for the recipe be picked randomly each week? ---
**Author:** ![DracoL1ch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dracol1ch/32/75027_2.png) [@DracoL1ch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DracoL1ch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/26 "2024-09-03T13:07:13Z")
Don’t be excited about Mana potion fix. They didn’t say “Fixed bug when gem creation on turn start caused Mana gems to get stuck preventing from casting any spells until board move done”. I believe this is still there. Wish one day they could afford more than 1 Janitor to work with game’s code. ---
**Author:** ![Lucien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lucien/32/75325_2.png) [@Lucien](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lucien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/27 "2024-09-03T13:21:31Z")
> [@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. this has to mean more dragons on the horizon ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/28 "2024-09-03T14:09:49Z")
> [@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). At long last! Better late than never! > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have changed access to Alliance chat from Centurion V to Legionary V Not that I’m ever going to use Alliance chat when Purple dominates so completely, but this is a needed change 😄 ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/29 "2024-09-03T14:17:13Z")
Yeah, so true! And now we can even double up on some we only got 1 of if necessary, instead of taking the risky way. ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/30 "2024-09-03T14:19:03Z")
And this time too, we’ll re-introduce Guild Wars next time! Hopefully by then Guilds will be dissolved. ---
**Author:** ![Ypsilon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e8c25b/32.png) [@Ypsilon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ypsilon)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/31 "2024-09-03T14:44:49Z")
Sounds good to me overall - less frustrating dragon dupes, no freeze with mana potions, talking with Alliance mates without grinding PvP, new dragons. If Guildwar will follow, I have fun again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TimeKnight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/timeknight/32/50221_2.png) [@TimeKnight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TimeKnight)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/33 "2024-09-03T16:48:56Z")
> [@Beg](#): > > It’s a pure pay to win achievement If you want it on day 1, yeah. But why the rush? I will get my first level 10 Immortal near the end of the PvP pass once I finish the PvP Goals. For free players with no farming, it’s garantee to get at least level 9, and more with lucky Burning Mark opening. So by just casual playing, 5 Immortal at level 10 would just take 4 more Pass, which is doable, just take a while. Saying it’s impossible is just dishonest. ---
**Author:** ![Willow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Willow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Willow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/35 "2024-09-03T17:26:58Z")
We are heading straight towards the death of the game ! The Devs have started digging the grave ! ---
**Author:** ![Sylwani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sylwani](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sylwani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/36 "2024-09-03T18:41:59Z")
I dont think making us grind 560k vp every season is acceptable either. Ive logged in pretty much every day for 7 years. In the past few weeks ive had multiple days i didnt play. The idea that ill have to grind 560k vp to get the immortal to 20 next season killed my desire. DEVS. Do not reset vp. At all. ---
**Author:** ![Sylwani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sylwani](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sylwani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/37 "2024-09-03T18:42:36Z")
Was just about to say this. They dont throw a bone to us like this without strings attached ---
**Author:** ![Sylwani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sylwani](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sylwani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/38 "2024-09-03T18:43:51Z")
Exactly. NO ONE wants vp to reset. AT ALL. Meaning they are ignoring their entire playerbase because they want to force pvp engagement ---
**Author:** ![BranaHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BranaHawk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BranaHawk)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/39 "2024-09-03T19:45:56Z")
I think killing one’s desire is especially true if you pop open the chests rewards you get for completing the VP goals and the game insults you with silver marks. I did the 560k VP once and never again. VP should stay, I agree. * * * As for the Achievement for owning 5 Immortals at level 10. When the system relies on chests that are commonly unrewarding all I can say is “Nope, absolutely not happening”. I think that’ll be the very first achievement I’ll pop with SAM… 5 troops at shiny level 2 has proven bad enough, but I’ve stuck with it. Burning Chests and Immortals are so much worse. ---
**Author:** ![mrzombiechicken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@mrzombiechicken](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mrzombiechicken)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/40 "2024-09-03T20:01:43Z")
This is such a BS achievement. Totally doable, but it will take forever. Achievements should be a reward for skill or dedication, not luck or your ability to buy your way to the achievement. The Geoff achievement sucked, but at least it was a reward for putting in hundreds hours of work into the game. You earned it through effort, so I don’t have a big problem with it. To get 5 immortals to level 10, it will most likely take a minimum of 5 seasons (55 weeks) and a whole lot of luck. I will get Glaycia to level 10 by the end of the season when I finish ALL the goals with ZERO souls to spare. That is only possible because I lucked out on some of the burning chests and got souls for her, and because of the glitch that gave you double burning marks for a while. That is not going to happen in future seasons (probably). In theory I will get about half the burning marks next season that I got in the current one. If you’re going to do something like this, at least improve the drop rates from the burning chests. In my opinion silver marks should NEVER be a reward in burning chests. You have such a limited number of chests to open, getting useless silver marks more than 50% of the time is just insulting. What are you even supposed to use them for? I already have over 10,000 that I can’t spend on anything useful, so why give me more? At least gold marks can be useful. I get that microtransaction is how the game stays online. I buy occasional lanterns and maybe a campaign pass. No problem with such things. Stuff like this is what makes people say screw it and stop playing. ---
**Author:** ![Sinnycool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sinnycool](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sinnycool)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/41 "2024-09-03T20:08:57Z")
Good update. Not a big update but hey if you gonna talk crap ya gotta say when its good too. So yeah nice one devs. I dont need anything here but will help others so thats great. No blatant money grabs either… Lets go! ---
**Author:** ![gow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@gow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/8-1-update-quests-maps-more/85039/42 "2024-09-03T20:20:37Z")
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