# \[not a bug\] Can not select explore level 13 and above

**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [July 15, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966 "2026-07-15T11:55:17Z")
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### Author: ![gow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@gow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gow)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966/1 "2026-07-15T11:55:17Z")

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**After the update, you need to finish an E12 run (it doesn’t count your previous E12 runs) to unlock E13 and so on and so forth.**

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### Author: ![Snarko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Snarko](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Snarko)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966/2 "2026-07-15T11:57:09Z")

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Have you finished a level 12 run since the patch? You have to finish a run on one difficulty to unlock the next.  
Previous level 12 runs apparently don’t count.

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### Author: ![gow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@gow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gow)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966/3 "2026-07-15T12:04:43Z")

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No have not tried that. Will give it a go.

Edit: you are right. I have to actually finish an e12 run before e13 unlocks. I will change the title

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### Author: ![Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@Vorlon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vorlon)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966/4 "2026-07-15T12:09:58Z")

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Once you unlock a new difficulty level in 1 kingdom, it’s available in all kingdoms.

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### Author: ![gow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@gow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gow)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966/5 "2026-07-15T12:11:34Z")

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The new animation on the map wastes too much time imo

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### Author: ![Trebr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Trebr](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Trebr)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-can-not-select-explore-level-13-and-above/89966/6 "2026-07-15T13:14:33Z")

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This. RIP to speed running E1s for vault weekends