# Cursed Gnomes **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [December 23, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494 "2021-12-23T06:10:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SE7ENDEVILS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@SE7ENDEVILS](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SE7ENDEVILS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/61 "2021-12-24T12:29:32Z")
Just got a vault key from a cursed gnome and the rate of appearance of the gnomes is still as low as ever. Devs - absolutely nothing has been implemented has it? Just admit it. ---
**Author:** ![Corpos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Corpos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Corpos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/62 "2021-12-24T12:36:50Z")
Greed + dust devil gives you some bonus gold 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/terberos/32/68944_2.png) [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/63 "2021-12-24T12:43:57Z")
How did you get so many cursed runes from a palooza battle? My cursed gnomes give me 2 in Palooza and somehow I doubt that you are slow so the prizes are not nerfed😂 ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/64 "2021-12-24T12:52:23Z")
And again in the very next GAP! Must be my lucky day!! 😃 ![2 double gnome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/0/2069b71eb3a4b48e1e1f49696d2d4c6a2bd1a3e6.jpeg) ![2 double reward](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/1/41aa809afa7efdf0520ce12cf11cdb251c2d6d5f.jpeg) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/65 "2021-12-24T13:12:57Z")
How long do you wait before ending the battle, to get max runes drop? 🙏 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![terberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/terberos/32/68944_2.png) [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/66 "2021-12-24T13:14:16Z")
What are we doing differently? My cursed gnomes are retarded 😭 😅 ![Screenshot_20211224-150854](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/8/f/8f40f9337eff7e4849bac372904050c207e78ad8.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20211224-150420](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/6/26ec2ee3570301e1c7672182007b917f727f3c52.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20211224-150054](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/a/9a1a65b60e9b7cc24d0dfb536d72a43ce5b5e4c9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Andruwjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Andruwjones](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Andruwjones)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/67 "2021-12-24T13:19:41Z")
I’m curious too. I just tried a GAP and all my rewards are the nerfed amount. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/68 "2021-12-24T13:21:50Z")
I too tried yesterday at Explore 1, and even after waiting a full minute the reward was nerfed down to 2 runes: had to go for PvP T3 or Explore 12 and wait for a full minute before getting the full rewards. 😅 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![Any2803](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/any2803/32/39417_2.png) [@Any2803](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Any2803)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/69 "2021-12-24T13:23:30Z")
I think the difference is the difficulty, at level 1 it gave me only 1 rune, at level 5 it gave me 5 and at level 10 it gave me 10 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/70 "2021-12-24T13:24:51Z")
In Fleg’s screenshots, the gnomes’ HP suggest Explore 1. 😅 🖖 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/71 "2021-12-24T13:45:41Z")
> [@OminousGMan](#): > > Firstly, we are making an update to the rewards given by Cursed Gnomes. Currently, the rewards given are Cursed Runes or a Vault Key. The Vault Key will be removed from the Cursed Gnomes Rewards and it will only drop Cursed Runes going forward. > > Secondly, to celebrate the holidays we will be increasing the chance of Cursed Gnomes appearing. This will run for the next 2 weeks. So we can confirm that one of these two statements didn’t happen. Therefore the second statement is probably a lie as well. Again… Y’all can’t just say things. You ACTUALLY have to put the work in to do them. Or eventually the laws will catch up to you and your company will be guilty of illegal business practices. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/72 "2021-12-24T13:48:07Z")
> [@AMT](#): > > How long do you wait before ending the battle, to get max runes drop? There was a ninja change it seems like to screw players over. Now (it seems from various reports) that regardless of how long the battle takes. The rewards are still nerfed depending on difficulty level. Merry Christmas from Infinity Plus 2 and 505 Games. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/73 "2021-12-24T13:57:00Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > Now (it seems from various reports) that regardless of how long the battle takes. The rewards are still nerfed depending on difficulty level. I assumed this was the case since the early nerf: > [@Gnome-a-Palooza Changes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gnome-a-palooza-changes/71394/1): > > As of today, if (and only if) a Gnome-a-Palooza is active, rewards from Gnomes will be reduced if one of two things is noted in a battle; if a battle is completed too quickly or if the enemies are too easy, rewards will be reduced proportionally. However, since @Fleg is showing us screenshots of full rewards in Explore 1 GaP, it got me wondering. 🤔 😅 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/74 "2021-12-24T14:14:08Z")
If you finish a battle after the GAP ends you get full rewards. Merry Christmas! 😃 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/75 "2021-12-24T14:19:43Z")
🙏🖖 ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/76 "2021-12-24T14:20:32Z")
I’m just not going to touch this, I have way more interesting things to do than deal with the nonsense coming out of this company. Ever closer to just quitting. ---
**Author:** ![terberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/terberos/32/68944_2.png) [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/77 "2021-12-24T14:43:11Z")
I’m not even sure my rewards should be nerfed, because most of my GAP time goes to watching different colored gems chasing each other in a circle… They could have changed that to Christmas gnomes dancing around a bonfire, because I am slowly starting to see that… ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/79 "2021-12-24T15:03:48Z")
I’m finally seeing some Cursed Gnomes. Wish I had more than 3 days to do this and/or not during Xmas Eve/Xmas/Day after. ---
**Author:** ![Raistlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/raistlin/32/61294_2.png) [@Raistlin](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Raistlin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/80 "2021-12-24T15:06:01Z")
I’m starting to see more as well. It should have been this way last event. ---
**Author:** ![terberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/terberos/32/68944_2.png) [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/81 "2021-12-24T15:22:48Z")
I’m sure there was no boost last time, not sure what went wrong. All it would have taken to keep everyone calm was an honest announcement “something went wrong, let’s try again”. I just love honesty… [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494.md?page=5)