# New Faction - Illithia **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013 "2020-07-24T07:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/1 "2020-07-24T07:00:07Z")
Originally published at: [New Faction – Illithia – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/new-faction-illithia/) New Faction: Illithia Join Gemhammer, as you explore the citadel of Illithia! We have a new Faction to delve, as well as lots of new troops, controlled by the Hive Mind! To celebrate the release of this new Faction, we will be running a Faction event over the weekend for Illithia. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/2 "2020-07-24T07:19:43Z")
3 room delve!!! ![giphy - 2020-07-24T021915.256](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/6/26b3aeae978c74dc8e26c37b89c5f26b05f8722f.gif) ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/3 "2020-07-24T07:26:45Z")
what a weird set of pulls 1,800 to get the epic to mythic (4 tier 7) 4,000 to get the legendary to mythic 7,600 to get the ultra-rare to mythic 8,400 to get the rare to mythic 26 coin purse 117 gold ring 58 priest’s chalice 30 king’s crown 11 genie’s lamp 0 sacred treasure Legendary at Mythic + 10 copies Epic at Mythic + 20 copies ---
**Author:** ![Stix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Stix](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stix)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/4 "2020-07-24T07:37:59Z")
Didn’t we already have a hive mind? _buzz buzz_ ---
**Author:** ![Redi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/redi1/32/63215_2.png) [@Redi1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Redi1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/5 "2020-07-24T08:10:56Z")
I think you misread it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/3/d/3d3609a1bef61714bfd8e87f16bcabb36d1ef3fc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sytro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sytro](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sytro)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/6 "2020-07-24T08:17:03Z")
8200 shards to get all faction troops to mythic ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/7 "2020-07-24T10:30:19Z")
@Redi1 thanks for the catch! I’ve passed it on. ---
**Author:** ![Stix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Stix](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stix)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/8 "2020-07-24T11:17:14Z")
Of course when launching new content making sure there are no bugs is more important. So typos aren’t at the front of your mind 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/9 "2020-07-24T11:53:22Z")
Drop rate for legendary was simply asinine, atrocious, heinous, preposterous and what-else ![Capture1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/3/438ff2a4b208a0b3719962295603522b9438fcf4.jpeg) What is the probability to get less than half of the sated (2,52%) drop rate? By far the most expensive pull since I’ve been recording left me with this: ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/3/1328faa3a22759fa2dcf2b630e6effcfcc6677e9.jpeg) ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/10 "2020-07-24T11:58:52Z")
Just bad luck man. The ascensions for me were in the normal order. Legendary, Epic, Ultra Rare and rare. ![Screenshot_20200724-070009](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/8/9/8959311e018f69b999092c4d6e0d0e027fcbb1e0.jpeg) (Epic is high due to the tier shop) Were you experiencing lag at all? ---
**Author:** ![SpaceOddity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/spaceoddity/32/22898_2.png) [@SpaceOddity](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SpaceOddity)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/11 "2020-07-24T12:05:32Z")
Anyone else noticed that when you make a 4/5 match when playing _against_ the faction team they get the random +2 stat bonus? I don’t think that’s not how it is supposed to work, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/12 "2020-07-24T12:16:24Z")
I haven’t started buying tiers yet. At one point it said ‘server difficulties’ but no more lag than any other day. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/13 "2020-07-24T14:56:07Z")
4400 shards to get Illithian Servitor to mythic (Tier V) 6800 for Illithian Colossus 7000 for Mind Eater and a whopping **13700** to get 4 mythic copies of the Hive Mind (forgot to write down when it first ascended—was less than 11k shards, but I like to have at least 4 of each). 54 Coin Purses 152 Gold Rings 85 Priest’s Chalices 46 King’s Crowns 21 Genie’s Lamps 7 Sacred Treasures -Anyone know what my Hoard level would be if I just use 50 King’s Crowns?- EDIT: thanks to @ElDuderino for the following tool that helped me know I’d need 1 Genie Lamp and 49 Crowns to make my hoard level 100: [Hoard Master](https://el-hackerino.github.io/hoard-master/) Trying to save those high-rarity treasures to boost the more difficult faction hoards further down the road… EDIT 2: So I either did it wrong, or the calculator was slightly off. Last purchase made had to be 1 Crown, 4 Lamps. Not a huge deal, but if someone knows where my error was made I’d appreciate being taught ❤ ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/14 "2020-07-24T15:05:47Z")
I’m with you and @Dust_Angel: the drop rate of the Legendary seemed way off, to the point that I came to see reports of any drop rate bug after receiving no Legendary after the first 3-4k shards. 😅 🤔 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![Voq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/voq/32/54089_2.png) [@Voq](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Voq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/15 "2020-07-24T15:42:32Z")
Sounds like my luck last time. I had to spent 12K to Mythic the Legendary + 3 extra copies. It took me 10.8K shards to just ascend it to Mythic. EDIT: Oh I got my numbers wrong. Corrected now. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/16 "2020-07-24T18:23:12Z")
Plus, you can go through the 2 3 4 or 5 room! ---
**Author:** ![Nullings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nullings/32/39207_2.png) [@Nullings](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nullings)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/17 "2020-07-24T19:14:19Z")
Looks like amount of treasure rooms varies from 0 to 3. Did anyone see 4 treasure rooms in one delve? 5?.. ---
**Author:** ![Sossitch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sossitch/32/60933_2.png) [@Sossitch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sossitch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/18 "2020-07-25T00:09:02Z")
This is the easiest faction possible. After the first room you can go to any room you like, and they all unlock the boss room. Best colors too. Tesla, rowanne, leprechaun, maraji queen, and thrall, all my favorite troops, are available. ---
**Author:** ![rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@rojo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/19 "2020-07-25T00:51:19Z")
I also got all my troops to mythic before getting a mythic treasure. At least it wasn’t only me 😂 ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013/20 "2020-07-25T01:16:08Z")
I had the legendary at mythic x12, which is the opposite bad luck some people had lol [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-faction-illithia/65013.md?page=2)