# New Kingdom - Blackhawk **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [November 11, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172 "2016-11-11T07:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/1 "2016-11-11T07:01:08Z")
Originally published at: [http://gemsofwar.com/new-kingdom-blackhawk/](http://gemsofwar.com/new-kingdom-blackhawk/) Prepare to be boarded! **New Kingdom: Blackhawk** Talk-like-a-pirate-day may have passed, but that’s no reason not to give a hearty “YARRRRR!” for the arrival of Blackhawk. Ever wondered what happened to Tyri’s father in Zhul’Kari? Or how Tyri and Marid could EVER be related? These questions and more will be answered as you search for treasure on the high seas! [ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/d/ddba3436191e40330c7d4d7c9f4bcaf638a649e7.jpg) ](http://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/soc_blackhawk.jpg) With the release of Blackhawk, 6 new troops have been added to chests: - Ship’s Cannon (common) - Deck Hand (rare) - Pirate (rare) - Sharkey (ultra-rare) - Lil’ Johnny Bronze (epic) - The Kraken (legendary) You may see a couple more pirate-y folk in the story - they’ll be arrrr-iving in our upcoming Blackhawk event! Please note this Kingdom is currently only available for Steam, iOS and Android versions of the game. [ ![Join the Forum!](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/6/6a9e2c271bae814e09a700741ada774bb61874ef.png) ](http://community.gemsofwar.com/) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/2 "2016-11-11T07:01:51Z")
First isn’t 10 characters apparently. … Also, its giving me an endless loading animation. WTB servers. ---
**Author:** ![Sidousai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sidousai/32/604_2.png) [@Sidousai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sidousai)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/3 "2016-11-11T07:11:16Z")
Tyri’s dad is in the storyline… To be honest… He’s not at all what I expected 😥 ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/4 "2016-11-11T07:13:06Z")
Spoiler text!!! EDIT: nope, not Spoiler text… er, well, spoiler text! from @sirrian! ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/5 "2016-11-11T07:13:58Z")
Can anyone confirm that new troops have indeed appeared? I just did a bunch of gold chests and didn’t get any Blackhawk troops… @sirrian? ---
**Author:** ![Venan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/venan/32/17175_2.png) [@Venan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/6 "2016-11-11T07:18:31Z")
gold chests: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/f/f9ac42cbba8215a2840eb00c289152c706b88267.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sidousai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sidousai/32/604_2.png) [@Sidousai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sidousai)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/7 "2016-11-11T07:19:07Z")
> [@Jainus](#): > > Can anyone confirm that new troops have indeed appeared? I just did a bunch of gold chests and didn’t get any Blackhawk troops… @sirrian? You might have to restart app first ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/8 "2016-11-11T07:33:47Z")
Blackhawk troops are definitely in chests. ---
**Author:** ![Venzael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/venzael/32/1921_2.png) [@Venzael](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venzael)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/9 "2016-11-11T07:35:45Z")
Yarrr! A pirate’s life for me, you mangy currs! ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/10 "2016-11-11T07:36:32Z")
Why Blackhawk when the hawk is blue? Else, most beautiful banner/logo ever ;-). ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/11 "2016-11-11T07:42:17Z")
> [@turintuor](#): > > Why Blackhawk when the hawk is blue? Because it’s a kingdom of Pirates… those who run the black flag. ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/12 "2016-11-11T07:44:07Z")
Nice done ;-). But in fact, my question was more: why the hawk is blue and not black? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/13 "2016-11-11T07:46:10Z")
Cool Kingdom, can’t wait for the quests! .😁 Looking forward to Monday now to spend some event keys. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/14 "2016-11-11T07:46:11Z")
Because the kingdom is primarly Blue/ Brown and we’ve tried to keep kingdoms shields reflecting the kingdom colors. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/15 "2016-11-11T07:52:59Z")
@sirrian @Nimhain Kraken’s third trait: is sorta working - no damage numbers appear when it triggers, but the enemy’s life / armour does go down… intended? it’s kinda confusing… ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/16 "2016-11-11T08:06:13Z")
BLACKHAWK The Pirate Isles The Pirate Kingdom of Blackhawk is the scourge of the western seas. Banner: Kraken Banner (This banner gives +2 Brown, +1 Blue, and -1 Purple Mana when matching gems.) Tribute: 200 Gold, 1 Glory, 4 Souls At Level 10: +1 Attack New troops, in ascending order of rarity: > **[Ship Cannon - Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/6272)** > > Broadside (8 Brown): Deal \[Magic + 1\] damage to 3 random enemies. > **[Deck Hand - Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/6270)** > > Swab the Deck (11 Blue/Red): Create 5 Purple Gems, then transform all Purple Gems to Blue. > **[Pirate - Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/6271)** > > Yarr! (11 Blue/Yellow): All allied Rogues gain \[Magic + 1\] Attack. Give 10 Gold, boosted by allied Rogues. \[5x\] > **[Sharkey - Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/6273)** > > Anchors Aweigh (12 Blue/Brown): Deal \[Magic + 5\] scatter damage, boosted by my Gold. \[3:1\] > **[Lil' Johnny Bronze - Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/6274)** > > Hook Me Up (12 Yellow/Brown): Create 8 Skulls, plus 4 more for every Treasure Map collected. 20% chance to gain a Treasure Map. \[4x\] > **[Kraken - Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/6275)** > > Depths Below (17 Green/Purple): Deal \[Magic + 5\] damage to the last 2 enemies. Create 8 Blue Gems. Then there is a 35% chance to devour the last enemy. Kingdom is in the kingdom page: > **[Kingdoms - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/kingdoms/)** > > A list of all kingdoms in Gems of War and their statistics. > **[Kingdom Table - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/kingdomtable)** > > A table of all kingdoms in Gems of War and their statistics. Quests are here (spoilers): > **[Blackhawk - Kingdoms - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/kingdoms/3026)** > > The Pirate Isles: The Pirate Kingdom of Blackhawk is the scourge of the western seas. ---
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/17 "2016-11-11T08:16:50Z")
> [@Jainus](#): > > Kraken’s third trait: is sorta working - no damage numbers appear when it triggers, but the enemy’s life / armour does go down… intended? it’s kinda confusing… I thought that was normal with traits. Do Many Heads or Thorns show damage numbers? Also there’s Mana Burn… ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/18 "2016-11-11T08:16:54Z")
> [@Jainus](#): > > no damage numbers appear when it triggers Undoubtedly this is the same thing as Mana Burn numbers not appearing. Not that I’ve got Kraken yet. Maybe it appearing on more things will make it a greater ROI to fix the thing - apparently its complicated as hell to do. ---
**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/19 "2016-11-11T08:20:00Z")
Killing the last enemy with the Tentacles trait causes the battle to hang. Can’t even access the gear to retreat or exit normally, only a force quit will work. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172/20 "2016-11-11T08:22:00Z")
And by undoubtedly I mean maybe. I honestly have no idea what it looks like. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-blackhawk/15172.md?page=2)