# Guide to Traits - 1.0.8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Guides\ **Created:** [December 17, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012 "2015-12-17T05:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![orbin111](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/orbin111/32/509_2.png) [@orbin111](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/orbin111)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/41 "2015-12-22T18:32:12Z")
First of all, great guide. I am pretty sure the following list was already posted somewhere on this forum but I wasn’t able to find it today. This list is copied from our **Rainmakers** facebook page. Hope it will add usefull information to this guide. I will also have everything together on one place 😄 **Sorts of Traitstones you get when:** - invading this Kingdom - playing Challenges/Quests in this Kingdom - Revenging with this as your home Kingdom Adana: Fire / Wind Broken Spire: Water / Earth Darkstone: Earth / Magic Divinion Fields: Magic / Wind Forrest of Thorns: Nature Ghulvania: Magic / Fire Grosh-Nak: Fire / Earth Karakoth: Magic Khaziel: Earth Khetar: Water / Magic Maugrim Woods: Nature / Water Mist of Scales: Water / Fire Pan’s Vale: Nature / Wind Pridelands: Fire Stormheim: Water Sword’s Edge: Water / Wind Whitehelm: Wind Wild Plains: Fire / Nature Zaejin: Earth / Nature Zhul’Kari: Nature / Magic - - - Arcane Traitstones: Arcane Stoic Traitstone: Stormheim Arcane Swamp Traitstone: Maugrim Woods Arcane Blood Traitstone: Mist of Scales Arcane Blade Traitstone: Swords Edge Arcane Spirit Traitstone: Khetar Arcane Shield Traitstone: Broken Spire Arcane Stealth Traitstone: Forrest of Thorns Arcane Beast Traitstone: Wild Plains Arcane Light Traitstone: Pan’s Vale Arcane Venom Traitstone: Zhul’Kari Arcane Forest Traitstone: Zaejin Arcane Rage Traitstone: Pridelands Arcane Storm Traitstone: Adana Arcane Dark Traitstone: Ghulvania Arcane Lava Traitstone: Grosh-Nak Arcane Summer Traitstone: Whitehelm Arcane Plains Traitstone: Divinion Fields Arcane Death Traitstone: Karakoth Arcane Skull Traitstone: Darkstone Arcane Deep Traitstone: Khaziel Arcane Mountain Traitstone: No Kingdom available yet (Needs Earth / Wind) so that might be the next kingdoms banner ---
**Author:** ![kzintiwife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kzintiwife/32/2350_2.png) [@kzintiwife](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/kzintiwife)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/42 "2015-12-22T19:04:06Z")
wish i could like x 1000! ---
**Author:** ![Ragereaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Ragereaver](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ragereaver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/43 "2015-12-22T22:16:13Z")
I asked and they said that invasion/defense kingdoms was not related to traitstones at all. It is random. ---
**Author:** ![MarvelKit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/marvelkit/32/7072_2.png) [@MarvelKit](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarvelKit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/44 "2015-12-22T22:29:32Z")
I don’t believe that. My home was Khaziel and when defending I received only earth stones. Now I switched to Stormheim and guess what? Only water stones. So who is ‘they’? ---
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkness/32/2712_2.png) [@Darkness](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/45 "2015-12-22T22:31:08Z")
I only get magic traitstones while defending (home kingdom is Karkaroth)… ---
**Author:** ![Ragereaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Ragereaver](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ragereaver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/46 "2015-12-22T22:34:01Z")
> [@Guide to Traits - 1.0.8](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/20): > > I assume that traitstones from pvp are random and not associated with the kingdoms colour? Perhaps it is different for defending ---
**Author:** ![Archenassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/archenassa/32/153_2.png) [@Archenassa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Archenassa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/47 "2015-12-22T22:39:56Z")
Thanks for the additional info, this is great! I’ll add it to the guide. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![orbin111](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/orbin111/32/509_2.png) [@orbin111](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/orbin111)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/48 "2015-12-22T22:41:05Z")
My battles both invasions and defenses results in traitstones according the list I posted above. The list seems to be accurate. @Nimhain can you please explain? ---
**Author:** ![Ragereaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Ragereaver](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ragereaver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/49 "2015-12-22T23:02:01Z")
They were severely tinkering with drop rates for the first few days, perhaps that was changed too. ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/50 "2015-12-23T04:30:59Z")
Hey Guys, So I made a mistake when I said that traitstones in pvp were given out randomly. Sorry that was totally my bad. I double checked with the team about where color traitstones appear. So as everyone has worked out, the traitstones’ color drop is based on the kingdom you are playing/invading. Defending traitstones will be based on your home kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/51 "2015-12-23T04:35:03Z")
> [@Nimhain](#): > > So as everyone has worked out, the traitstones’ color drop is based on the kingdom you are playing/invading. Defending traitstones will be based on your home kingdom. And just to quantify that: ``` Blue Blue Stormheim Blue Brown Broken Spire Blue Green Maugrim Woods Blue Purple Khetar Blue Red Mists of Scales Blue Yellow Sword's Edge Brown Blue Broken Spire Brown Brown Khaziel Brown Green Zaejin Brown Purple Darkstone Brown Red Grosh-Nak Green Blue Maugrim Woods Green Brown Zaejin Green Green Forest of Thorns Green Purple Zhul'Kari Green Red Wild Plains Green Yellow Pan's Vale Purple Blue Khetar Purple Brown Darkstone Purple Green Zhul'Kari Purple Purple Karakoth Purple Red Ghulvania Purple Yellow Divinion Fields Red Blue Mists of Scales Red Brown Grosh-Nak Red Green Wild Plains Red Purple Ghulvania Red Red Pridelands Red Yellow Adana Yellow Blue Sword's Edge Yellow Green Pan's Vale Yellow Purple Divinion Fields Yellow Red Adana Yellow Yellow Whitehelm ``` Kingdoms listed twice to make searching faster (i.e. Adana is in as both Red Yellow and Yellow Red) ---
**Author:** ![Zelarith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelarith/32/1642_2.png) [@Zelarith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelarith)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/52 "2015-12-23T17:09:05Z")
> [@Nimhain](#): > > Playing on a harder difficulty increases that chance by a _slight_ amount. Could you tell us the droprates? Something like Difficulty : Normal Hard Warlord1 Warlord2 Warlord3 Warlord4 Quality XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% Minor XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% Major XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% Runic XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% Arcane XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% Celestial XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% XX% It would be a great help, thanks 😄 ---
**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 23, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/53 "2015-12-23T17:13:23Z")
> [@Zelarith](#): > > It would be a great help, thanks 😄 Agreed, for things like ‘will I ever be bothered to do this / is it at all efficient?’ That being said, _slightly_ implies no. … I still wish to know also though. ---
**Author:** ![LegendMaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/legendmaker/32/859_2.png) [@LegendMaker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LegendMaker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/54 "2015-12-24T02:29:28Z")
> [@Nimhain](#): > > So as everyone has worked out, the traitstones’ color drop is based on the kingdom you are playing/invading. Defending traitstones will be based on your home kingdom. Thanks for the update, but there is a problem @Archenassa and I have noticed, as we both play a lot of Arena: the Arena only gives you Brown or Blue Traitstones, as though you were doing a PVP battle in Broken Spire. This doesn’t feel right, and I think it’d be a great improvement if the Traitstones earned in Arena were 100% random. It would fit the spirit of the mini-game better, and also make it more varied for us Arena fans. ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/55 "2015-12-24T02:31:42Z")
> [@Zelarith](#): > > Could you tell us the droprates? The chance of getting a traitstone is around 80% and scales up towards 100% as your difficulty goes up. As we’re still adjusting the numbers, we aren’t really give more out than that. > [@LegendMaker](#): > > Thanks for the update, but there is a problem @Archenassa and I have noticed, as we both play a lot of Arena: the Arena only gives you Brown or Blue Traitstones, as though you were doing a PVP battle in Broken Spire. This doesn’t feel right, and I think it’d be a great improvement if the Traitstones earned in Arena were 100% random. It would fit the spirit of the mini-game better, and also make it more varied for us Arena fans. We’ll have a look into this after the Holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Zelarith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelarith/32/1642_2.png) [@Zelarith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelarith)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 9:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/56 "2015-12-24T09:46:15Z")
> [@Nimhain](#): > > The chance of getting a traitstone is around 80% and scales up towards 100% as your difficulty goes up. > As we’re still adjusting the numbers, we aren’t really give more out than that. It’s something ! Though I’m more interested in the chance to get higher quality traistones on higher difficulties than the chances to get a traistone at all. Will you let us know through a patch note or through this very post when the numbers are fixed? Thanks ! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Archenassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/archenassa/32/153_2.png) [@Archenassa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Archenassa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/57 "2015-12-25T23:09:48Z")
Well, it’s true that playing the Arena, I only gather Earth and Water traitstones… if I ever care to level up the Templar, that’d be something I guess… 😛 I’d also be interested in @Zelarith’s question, because I tried to grind for hours to get a specific Arcane traitstone, no luck so I gave up. But knowing our chances might make me try again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Emos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/emos/32/5163_2.png) [@Emos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Emos)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/58 "2015-12-25T23:34:49Z")
I’m awash in Minor and to a lesser extent Major Traitstones. It’s the Runics that are a miserable bear to get. I tried farming for several hours to get some specific colors and had a grand total of one drop. I understand they should be harder to get then major but it seems that the percentage differential is too lopsided. And don’t get me started on the 15 or so different Arcanes 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Archenassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/archenassa/32/153_2.png) [@Archenassa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Archenassa)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/59 "2015-12-31T18:47:17Z")
Added a small recap table on where to farm traitstones. Forgetful me completely forgot to add it after Orbin’s post… 2 weeks ago. No comment. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![subitoit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@subitoit](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/subitoit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012/60 "2016-01-04T15:13:37Z")
Yes you do. Creatures don’t have Traits on, though (thankfully). Edit: Just in case, if you mean traitstones as part of the rewards at the end of your run, then no. But you do win a random traitstone at the end of every other battle or so, as in PVP. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guide-to-traits-1-0-8/2012.md?page=4)