# Hark Attack **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [February 1, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209 "2026-02-01T11:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gems-of-War](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gems-of-war/32/2281_2.png) [@Gems-of-War](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gems-of-War)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/1 "2026-02-01T11:00:09Z")
Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/hark-attack/](https://gemsofwar.com/hark-attack/) New Invasion Troop: Grave Worm The Grave Worm will be available in the Invasion Shop, and will appear in Glory, Gem, Guild, and VIP chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. New Epic Troop: Lord Harker Lord Harker will be available this week for 400 Glory in the shop as well as in Event Chests, and will… ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/2 "2026-02-01T11:23:52Z")
A halfway decent week for troops for once.. Ghulvania finally gets a proper exploder (even if 14 mana is high) and Assassin Vine can snipe out the enemy Alderfather making pure faction not take an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/3 "2026-02-01T11:27:35Z")
Does Queen Wilemina needs to be in the team for it to explode 25 gems tho? Or is that just for the first thing that spells says.. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/4 "2026-02-01T12:12:53Z")
If they programmed it right, the Queen is only for the first part of the spell.. We’ll find out tomorrow. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![DracoL1ch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dracol1ch/32/75027_2.png) [@DracoL1ch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DracoL1ch)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/5 "2026-02-01T13:34:40Z")
I refuse to believe they would add a troop whose spell does absolutely nothing unless a specific other troop is in the team ---
**Author:** ![Zuul-Emo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/6 "2026-02-01T14:02:16Z")
> [@DracoL1ch](#): > > I refuse to believe they would add a troop whose spell does absolutely nothing unless a specific other troop is in the team I don’t believe they would intend to do that. I do believe they would mess it up and do that by accident. Hopefully they haven’t, though. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/7 "2026-02-01T14:24:17Z")
tomorrow we will know then.✨ ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/8 "2026-02-01T14:29:56Z")
> [@DracoL1ch](#): > > I refuse to believe they would add a troop whose spell does absolutely nothing unless a specific other troop is in the team Essencia is halfway there already. Considering everything else we put up with in this game related to really poor design and design choices, it wouldn’t be that much of a leap. ---
**Author:** ![Darkborne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkborne/32/95796_2.png) [@Darkborne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkborne)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/9 "2026-02-01T15:41:52Z")
How many times did we request to have Essencia’s spell…do…something? (Especially with all the dragonite dragons). Or even request that Glory shop troops weren’t so useless? Even though Lord Harker will be an excellent mana generator, even without Queen Wilhlmina. Spreading bleed to the enemy team while generating mana like obsidian libram is a nice added effect. Whenever we request changes to HQ, It is always like… [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/0/d/0d900015c7b135d98ecafad8252f90982026cbe6.jpeg "Crickets (Awkward Silence) - Sound Effect (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGtBnVZLSk) ---
**Author:** ![TbIKBA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tbikba/32/76180_2.png) [@TbIKBA](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TbIKBA)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/10 "2026-02-02T04:31:49Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > a new Epic Troop – the Assassin Vine Epic? Not Ultra Rare? ---
**Author:** ![itsGettingOldQuick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@itsGettingOldQuick](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/itsGettingOldQuick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/11 "2026-02-02T10:47:34Z")
Its so good with wilhelma. Just add trick n treat. And a utility troop. And your smashing underspire. Love this troop. Need more like it. A mythic troop. Having a lower rarity mana gen for that troop. Is a cool idea. We add mana gens anyway. So with this sort of add on troop. We can mess with weapons now. Its a thumbs up from me. Iv stuck umberwolf in last spot. For darkstorm every turn. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/12 "2026-02-02T13:22:41Z")
So glad I got the pas this time around, she is quite fun to use with Hark. ---
**Author:** ![Theoden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Theoden](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theoden)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/13 "2026-02-06T10:48:56Z")
Turns out the new faction troop really is epic. Wasn’t this new wave of faction troops supposed to be Ultra rare? The others so far have been, so this one’s the odd one out and will be competing with two other epics in the drop table. Do we need a bug report for this? ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/14 "2026-02-06T14:31:14Z")
> [@Theoden](#): > > Turns out the new faction troop really is epic. Wasn’t this new wave of faction troops supposed to be Ultra rare? The others so far have been, so this one’s the odd one out and will be competing with two other epics in the drop table. I’ve been wondering whether those new ultra-rare troops might not even be treated as epic troops in the drop table. I’ve recently pulled 16 copies of the ultra-rare Gloom Ocularen, which took way more than 10k shards. That’s a very significant outlier based on the drop chances listed, I’ll have to pay more attention to this when going for the next faction expansion troop. ---
**Author:** ![Jeto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jeto/32/101682_2.png) [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hark-attack/89209/15 "2026-02-10T23:32:09Z")
> [@\[reported\] Assassin Vine Has Wrong Rarity](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-assassin-vine-has-wrong-rarity/89234/8): > > With the above being said, we are looking at temporarily adjusting the pool for the Primal Rift Chaos Portal so Assassin Vine is the only Epic troop available. This would go live from weekly reset Feb 16th and then be adjusted back March 6th. Once I have confirmed this is possible and happening, I will post again Seems to be confirmed, just waiting for it to be implemented and tested Seems to be confirmed, just waiting for it to be implemented and tested