# 9.2 Crystal Kingdom: A Deep Dive! **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 13, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654 "2026-05-13T00:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/22 "2026-05-13T02:15:33Z")
> [@NerdieBirdie](#): > > Skill Bonus: +4 ➡ +7 it was +3 for 20 lvl and +4 for 30 power ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/23 "2026-05-13T02:16:33Z")
Thanks for the correction! I’m getting confused looking between level and power… it’ll be nice to have all bonuses in one place with Prestige. ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/25 "2026-05-13T02:17:59Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Purchasing **Kingdom levels** > > - Spend Gold So we wouldn’t need a gold for a kingdom progression? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/26 "2026-05-13T02:18:19Z")
> [@Darkborne](#): > > Thank you for doing the math for us. If someone theoretically had all their kingdoms at power level 30 right now, the +7 jump from the +4 skill bonus we have now is roughly a 75% stat increase from kingdoms alone. > > It makes sense for them working on Explore for the next update because Explore 12 and other game modes are so brain dead and easy now. Sorry, that was incorrect. 😅 See @Nagflar_dv’s post above. ---
**Author:** ![Jeto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jeto/32/101682_2.png) [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/27 "2026-05-13T02:23:45Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Currently, to upgrade your Kingdom it is split into two tracks; > > - Completing Kingdom tasks to increase your **Kingdom Power** > - You need to complete all 3 Kingdom tasks to increase your Kingdom Power before you get a new set of 3 tasks > > - Purchasing **Kingdom levels** > - Spend Gold and then later, Deeds, to increase your Kingdom level > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > You will now earn Kingdom XP and Crystals (which can be converted to Kingdom XP) to upgrade your Kingdom Prestige level, unlocking Kingdom bonuses. .. no gold. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/28 "2026-05-13T02:25:02Z")
Interesting! The primary gold sink outside of Guild tasks has been kingdoms, so it sounds like we’ll have more gold to spend on epic tasks! ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/29 "2026-05-13T02:25:56Z")
most of it seems fair. I haven’t ran any numbers/I’ll leave it for other people that’s more knowledgable. My only concern is the whole Shiny troop requirement/Shiny Dust Because right now… 100 Shiny Dust for 1 token pull is such a horrible exchange rate and 5 Shiny Dust exchange per duplicate token is also a horrible exchange rate. Not my favorite system in the world. Pretty far down the list actually. ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/30 "2026-05-13T02:30:58Z")
Will this finally be the end of useless kingdom offers? Or will the curse remain and we will be offered event keys to “help” upgrade kingdoms blocked by shiny troop progression? ---
**Author:** ![Darkborne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkborne/32/95796_2.png) [@Darkborne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkborne)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/31 "2026-05-13T02:34:20Z")
It would be amazing if they added a new offer where you got shiny tokens for troops that you need to shiny level for kingdom progress. I have no idea if there are plans to completely overhaul the “Daily Deals” system, but it would definitely help us out more than the current outdated feature. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/32 "2026-05-13T03:22:11Z")
> [@Darkborne](#): > > It would be amazing if they added a new offer where you got shiny tokens for troops that you need to shiny level for kingdom progress. that reminds me that I still never got Owleth level 2 despite all of my key openings It’s rough sometimes ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/33 "2026-05-13T03:30:03Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > The Merchant and The Angel will no longer reward Deeds, and will **not** reward Crystals in their place. Is there any chance you would reconsider this? These offers were the only worthy thing from the wandering merchant system. And, literally, it was the main reason to play explore. ---
**Author:** ![Jeto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jeto/32/101682_2.png) [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/34 "2026-05-13T03:31:41Z")
At the moment, there are no further changes coming to the update as it releases next week. But it’s something we can keep and eye on and track in the data for this offer. ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/35 "2026-05-13T03:34:37Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > as it releases next week. Would a GW be pushed some other week or we’re gonna face some bugs which haven’t pops up during beta in the middle of a GW? ---
**Author:** ![DarwinX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@DarwinX](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DarwinX)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/36 "2026-05-13T03:34:57Z")
Also "PvP Shop - The Random Book of Deeds and Imperial Deed offer have been removed, and not replaced with a new offer." Random books was the only reason I care so much about gold marks. Without that choice the motivation for gold marks erodes, and the primary incentive for playing PvP with it. ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/37 "2026-05-13T03:35:58Z")
> [@DarwinX](#): > > Random books was the only reason I care so much about gold marks. fair enough ---
**Author:** ![canadademon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@canadademon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/canadademon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/38 "2026-05-13T03:38:37Z")
Well, thinking about that - I need forge scrolls (was planning on using the stack of writs for that eventually), so I’ll probably buy the cursed runes from PVP then. Additionally, dragonite makes sense now. And then the shiny keys if you want to get those tasks done. Or you could be real crazy and stack up gold marks for the Mythic. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/39 "2026-05-13T03:40:13Z")
Oh my gosh!!! I’ve totally missed that! Such an awful decision. It was the only reason to care about goldmarks, playing PvP, and, therefore, participating in GW So, they have killed my desire to play at least two game modes. UPD: Can’t even express my total dissatisfaction with all of these!!! Introducing random books allowed us to get past a bottleneck and upgrade our kingdoms. Seems like the devs DO NOT want us to upgrade anything (without real money purchases). ---
**Author:** ![Jeto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jeto/32/101682_2.png) [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/40 "2026-05-13T03:48:33Z")
> [@overthinker](#): > > allowed us to get past a bottleneck and upgrade our kingdoms I’m not sure what bottleneck you are thinking you will face in 9.2 that didn’t exist in 9.1? Additionally, Crystals are available in multiple locations and more locations than Deeds and Writs were, even without two of the PvP Shop offers. So, if there is a concern other than Gold Marks can’t be spent on Deeds anymore, can you share more on it? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/41 "2026-05-13T03:50:03Z")
The bottleneck we used to have before the release that added books of Deeds into the pvp shop. Before that, our kingdoms had been stuck at level 16 due to the lack of books of deeds. ---
**Author:** ![Jeto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jeto/32/101682_2.png) [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654/42 "2026-05-13T03:51:14Z")
Okay but now Deeds don’t exist. And you also don’t have to do all 3 Kingdom tasks before you get new ones and can upgrade Kingdom levels. Which is why I’m asking for more on your concerns [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/9-2-crystal-kingdom-a-deep-dive/89654.md?page=3)