# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 127
**Author:** ![canadademon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@canadademon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/canadademon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494/127 "2021-12-26T06:38:56Z")
> [@Fleg](#): > > Why would you wait 5 minutes though? The longest I waited was a little over 1 minute. Have to agree with that, if you’re planning on doing this method. I went back and found a topic where some folks were researching the reward reduction with the change in GAP. Seems to me any time over a minute should be safe. > [@\[Investigating\] Reduced GAP gnome rewards in slow fight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/investigating-reduced-gap-gnome-rewards-in-slow-fight/71475): > > Platform, device version and operating system: All Screenshot or image: Reference found in the following two threads: What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened: I expected reduced rewards from gnomes in GAP during a fast fight. However, the rewards are also reduced in a slow fight. According to @Kafka, playing 2 battles a minute won’t result in any change to drops. In other words, as long as the fight is longer than 30 seconds, rewards are not reduced. However, the… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/cursed-gnomes/73494)._