# Can't create a viable guild wars team because of astral spire and shiny keys issues

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cant-create-a-viable-guild-wars-team-because-of-astral-spire-and-shiny-keys-issues/89557>\
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\
**Created:** [April 13, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cant-create-a-viable-guild-wars-team-because-of-astral-spire-and-shiny-keys-issues/89557 "2026-04-13T21:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![thmmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@thmmaster](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/thmmaster)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cant-create-a-viable-guild-wars-team-because-of-astral-spire-and-shiny-keys-issues/89557/1 "2026-04-13T21:52:35Z")

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Our team undefeated in guild wars on Xbox platform and we are now tied in first. We have dedicated players testing teams. Even with kingdom restrictions, such as Wild Plains and Silver Glade, we were averaging around 45k points. I was working on Swords Edge. One battle, the practice defense hit 2 of my troops on the same turn with Essence of Evil. I unlocked the 20% cleanse per turn in astral spire and both troops were cleansed after 1 turn. Troops like Orissa and Champ of Anu have 10-19 extra magic, allowing me to win battles instead of losing. We need to be able to turn off Astral spire or have a practice room.

I don’t need gold marks anymore for upgrading my kingdoms, so I decided to look into buying shiny keys. We have almost 200 shiny troops, but the only way to check them is through the upper right portal, which takes forever to scroll through all the troops and see what is shiny. Any way we can access shiny under the troop management window. I type shiny in the search engine and it gives me Cedric.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Anam\_Cara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/anam_cara/32/103620_2.png) [@Anam\_Cara](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Anam_Cara)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cant-create-a-viable-guild-wars-team-because-of-astral-spire-and-shiny-keys-issues/89557/2 "2026-04-13T22:35:11Z")

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Astral Spire will work in PvP (which includes your test battles against yourself), but it will not affect Guild Wars. 🙂

I agree that it would be nice to have a dedicated GW testing area. 🙏

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**Author:** ![thmmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@thmmaster](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/thmmaster)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cant-create-a-viable-guild-wars-team-because-of-astral-spire-and-shiny-keys-issues/89557/3 "2026-04-13T22:41:42Z")

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I tested against our own guild mates who have standard guild wars defences already set