# Explore 12 in Shentang not counting for Campaign gold task **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 24, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631 "2020-08-24T14:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clark/32/29631_2.png) [@Clark](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/1 "2020-08-24T14:48:19Z")
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**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/2 "2020-08-24T14:50:05Z")
You have to complete the whole explore run (4+1), did you do that? ---
**Author:** ![Clark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clark/32/29631_2.png) [@Clark](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/3 "2020-08-24T14:50:46Z")
No, did not see that it had to complete the mini-boss battle ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/4 "2020-08-24T14:52:24Z")
I kinda missed that too on first sight 🙂 but then i remembered it from the previous time. ---
**Author:** ![Clark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clark/32/29631_2.png) [@Clark](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/5 "2020-08-24T14:53:29Z")
I do not recall it from previous time… but if this is the case then they need to change this wording as its completely inadequate… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/9/9985677354a423f155907eb54769b8642736dee7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/6 "2020-08-24T14:55:34Z")
Yeah… A “run” is a complete, well, run. A “battle” is a single explore match. Should be made more clear indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Clark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clark/32/29631_2.png) [@Clark](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/7 "2020-08-24T14:58:39Z")
yeah. I just did complete the mini-boss battle and it did count as 1… thanks for the help. Even after 4+ years playing I am still amazed at some of the stupid shit in this game that could and should be avoided with just a smidge of QA or testing. ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/8 "2020-08-24T15:00:35Z")
I’m a professional test engineer actually, i’d be glad to be on their payroll 😃 ---
**Author:** ![igniteice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/igniteice/32/67904_2.png) [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/9 "2020-08-24T15:08:28Z")
Seemed pretty self-explanatory to me. When you do a “run” of something, it’s not a single event in that run. So when they tell you to do five runs, they obviously don’t mean five battles, otherwise they would have said that. ---
**Author:** ![Clark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/clark/32/29631_2.png) [@Clark](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/10 "2020-08-24T15:11:30Z")
its obvious to me if they wanted me to complete 5 mini-boss explore battles at level 6 or higher then they should say that… I think a run is to complete the Mythic fight not just mini-boss, if your logic works for mini-boss then it also works for the Mythic boss… ---
**Author:** ![Lorien1973](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lorien1973/32/75546_2.png) [@Lorien1973](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lorien1973)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/11 "2020-08-24T15:19:20Z")
So I hate moon rabbit and his 25% spell damage reduction…Phoenicia is not one-shotting ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/12 "2020-08-24T15:59:06Z")
I’m not 100% sure but i actually think you get an extra point when finishing the Boss fight. Coincidentally, I had a Boss fight during the task and i _think_ it added a point to the counter too. ---
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/13 "2020-08-24T18:25:32Z")
> [@MarioDaems](#): > > I’m not 100% sure but i actually think you get an extra point when finishing the Boss fight. Coincidentally, I had a Boss fight during the task and i _think_ it added a point to the counter too. I don’t think so. I did 5 runs at difficulty 12 to complete it, I think 3 of them had a boss fight. ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/14 "2020-08-24T18:37:28Z")
Hmm, must’ve been dreaming then 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hawx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hawx/32/75772_2.png) [@Hawx](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Hawx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/15 "2020-08-24T19:05:54Z")
Just to pop in and say: An explore run is defined as the 4 explore battles and the mini boss battle (and if this provides enough mythstones to unlock the mythic battle, the mythic battle forms part of the explore run too). The game actually looks for just that mini boss or mythic boss victory so you can have explore runs prepared ready for a new campaign task. Kind of like beating the system. I agree that not everyone instantly knows what an explore run is so I try to list them on the bottom of my Campaign graphics to help clarify. I’ll grab the link to the thread, it has lots of tips on that may prove useful > [@Campaign Guide and Tasks (Week 10 Updated)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/campaign-guide-and-tasks-week-6-updated/64894): > > I’ve created a guide to the new Campaigns. Feel free to share with your guilds. This guide was made specifically for the BDC alliance so you will see some mention of a discord channel that only BDC Guild members have access to but other than that it should prove useful to you and your Guild mates Also here is full list of Campaign Tasks for Week One - Maugrim Woods Here is a full list of Week Two - Ghulvania Full list of Week Three’s Tasks - Silverglade Full … ---
**Author:** ![MarioDaems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariodaems/32/27855_2.png) [@MarioDaems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarioDaems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/16 "2020-08-24T19:12:33Z")
Makes sense! So i wasn’t dreaming the fact i received a point for finishing the Boss battle then. It was just because i didn’t receive it for the mini-boss battle in that case. Thanks for the clarification! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/17 "2020-08-25T12:32:04Z")
> [@Clark](#): > > if they wanted me to complete 5 mini-boss explore battles at level 6 or higher then they should say that… I really agree, here – would be very clear. ---
**Author:** ![Nemesis\_Online](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nemesis_online/32/56361_2.png) [@Nemesis\_Online](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nemesis_Online)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/18 "2020-08-25T13:47:15Z")
> [@Jonathan](#): > > I really agree, here – would be very clear. …but still incorrect. Because, as Hawx pointed out above, if after the mini boss battle you end up with enough mythstones to unlock the mythic boss battle, you are forced to complete that as well to get awarded the point. All in all hard to find a better word than “run” to summarize the concept. ---
**Author:** ![Denthegod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/denthegod/32/69138_2.png) [@Denthegod](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Denthegod)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/19 "2020-08-25T15:20:30Z")
You can’t start the next run unless you play the mini boss battle anyway, no? ---
**Author:** ![Nemesis\_Online](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nemesis_online/32/56361_2.png) [@Nemesis\_Online](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nemesis_Online)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631/20 "2020-08-25T21:11:42Z")
Correct, but you also have to complete your last run till the very end, be it the mini or the mythic boss. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-12-in-shentang-not-counting-for-campaign-gold-task/65631.md?page=2)