# New Kingdom: Darkstone **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [December 9, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788 "2015-12-09T06:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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:** [December 9, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/1 "2015-12-09T06:38:30Z")
Explore the Isle of Darkstone, swarming with the demonic and corrupted! Details \>\> [http://bit.ly/1HUbkqK![|600x300](upload://wGCFmCeAYv2yMK6Ie8O3QWkxALb.png)](http://bit.ly/1HUbkqK!%5B%7C600x300%5D(upload://wGCFmCeAYv2yMK6Ie8O3QWkxALb.png)) ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/2 "2015-12-09T06:50:57Z")
_Darkness…_ ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/3 "2015-12-09T06:59:00Z")
Oh wow its unlocked already. Why do I have to go _now_ … must test all the things … ---
**Author:** ![Odin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/87869e/32.png) [@Odin](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Odin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/4 "2015-12-09T07:41:01Z")
Will console users have access to Darkstone? It looks like an interesting place! ---
**Author:** ![Serale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/serale/32/1081_2.png) [@Serale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Serale)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/5 "2015-12-09T08:21:57Z")
Unless an actual reward is presented for higher level players, I don’t think half of us are doing Quest/Challenges. To use or not keys is the question, I think i’ll pass on this one, 1.0.8 is just around the corner. ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/6 "2015-12-09T08:40:59Z")
In my experience it’s quite easy to get all the troops (including the Legendary) from new kingdoms with 400-500 keys, except the storyline Epic and the special event Epic. The question is: why would we? We don’t need the troops anymore to level the kingdom, so maybe it’s better to just go with the new patch and see what comes from keys. I’m not sure what to do. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Kairyu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kairyu/32/1054_2.png) [@Kairyu](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kairyu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/7 "2015-12-09T08:46:55Z")
Do higher level players not play this for the story any more? 😛 ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/8 "2015-12-09T08:48:19Z")
Mostly not. We do play the storylines eventually, if only to get the Epic troop, but it’s not a high priority task. Speaking for myself of course. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kairyu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kairyu/32/1054_2.png) [@Kairyu](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kairyu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/9 "2015-12-09T08:50:06Z")
Pity. The story is one of the things I love about this game. Filler aside, I feel like its written with love for its readers. ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/10 "2015-12-09T08:53:55Z")
Well, I enjoy them too, and I DO play them, but not first thing when a new kingdom appears. ---
**Author:** ![Serale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/serale/32/1081_2.png) [@Serale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Serale)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/11 "2015-12-09T08:54:25Z")
I’m the kind of player who plays for resources and rewards, never really get into lore. Maybe if all the stories were connected, that would be awesome. If I fail to get the epic with my keys then sure, you will see me there! ---
**Author:** ![melkathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/melkathi/32/131_2.png) [@melkathi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/melkathi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/12 "2015-12-09T09:42:32Z")
Same here. It also has one of the best protagonists. I just love the player character’s attitude. ---
**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 9, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/13 "2015-12-09T10:46:00Z")
If the lore didn’t feel like a grind… maybe I’m just mentally merging it with challenges, maybe not. And the completionist in me is going to open keys until I have at least one of everything, although I assume one of those epics is next week’s event. ---
**Author:** ![DonBoba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/donboba/32/25457_2.png) [@DonBoba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DonBoba)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/14 "2015-12-09T10:55:00Z")
I think that if will be the anoiented one (I probably said the name wrong). It looks like a nice unit. I like the new troops synergy. All except the common one who I really don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![melkathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/melkathi/32/131_2.png) [@melkathi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/melkathi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/15 "2015-12-09T11:11:10Z")
Well, if you guys had played the story, you wouldn’t need to guess, since you’d know who the kingdom epic is 😛 I’m missing the Anointed One and the Legendary. 50 iron keys: Keeper of souls + 5 random epics 162 magic keys: Gloom Leaf, Venoxia, Goblin King, Webspinner, Orion + about 10 random epics. ---
**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 9, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/16 "2015-12-09T11:27:01Z")
100 Iron Keys got me a couple Watchers, I think I might wait until the keys can be opened more rapidly… Also, I just tried to level Thrall and 10-\>11 generated _this_ error: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/5/54f588ff9a7e59a9065918fe9134875afb5b691b.png) Only way out was to close Gems. Thought I ought to mention. ---
**Author:** ![melkathi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/melkathi/32/131_2.png) [@melkathi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/melkathi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/17 "2015-12-09T11:27:52Z")
I got errors when leveling up Watcher. But restarting the game fixed it. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/18 "2015-12-09T14:28:20Z")
I wonder if Darkstone will be the first Event Chest when 1.08 goes live. It would make sense 😉 ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/19 "2015-12-09T14:43:08Z")
This is pretty great! I knew this was coming, but I didn’t expect it so soon. Thanks for this! 🙂 I liked the quests and the new troops are pretty cool overall. The Anointed One in particular is a great Epic! ---
**Author:** ![Maquis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/maquis/32/108_2.png) [@Maquis](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maquis)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788/20 "2015-12-09T18:17:33Z")
I’m getting a lot of errors when attempting to open keys. On an iPad so can’t easily attach a pic. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-kingdom-darkstone/1788.md?page=2)