# \[not a bug\] Valravens not appearing in PvP **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [October 27, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349 "2026-10-27T23:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/1 "2026-10-27T23:48:52Z")
🛑 **ENSURE YOUR INVITE CODE IS IN YOUR PROFILE & IS CORRECT** Also, read the [Known Issues article](https://infinityplus2.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/150000207951-known-issues) first to make sure this isn’t a known issue 🛑 **Platform:** 👉 iOS **Video or screenshots:** 👉 _REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO_ **What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened** Valravens normally appear in the first three PvP battles. Having an issue where they appear sporadically, similar to when they were first introduced. For example I only got one raven in 10 minutes of playing and I should be able to get two more immediately ![IMG_4644](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/6/6/662c33e186bce77b98284e14f289fbd086fe72d5.jpeg) **Steps to make it happen again** 👉 _REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR ISSUE. e.g. Sometimes there are certain steps that can lead to a problem that may not be obvious! Example: I lost once in the Arena, I then exit to the World Map, select Broken Spire on the Map and enter Arena. The Broken Spire’s quest is lost instead._ **How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?** 👉 _It’s not consistent but becoming more frequent_ 🛑 **ENSURE YOUR INVITE CODE IS IN YOUR PROFILE & IS CORRECT** 🛑 ---
**Author:** ![Tresk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tresk/32/98004_2.png) [@Tresk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tresk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/2 "2026-10-28T00:09:03Z")
I can confirm that the valhawks seem to have reverted to their original random nonsense. That’s assuming I ever get a second or third one today. ---
**Author:** ![Namour](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/namour/32/2957_2.png) [@Namour](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Namour)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/3 "2026-10-28T09:03:41Z")
Yep. Took 16 battles to get the three valravens (which should normally appear in the first 3 non-citadel battles. _Glass Half Full_ - they are tweaking so many aspects of the game to overcome the iOS issue that they must have accidentally changed code that went back to how valravens appeared a few years ago. _Glass Half Empty_ - the programmers continue to prove their incompetence. _Conspiracist_ - Following the changes to the PvP shop where Crystals (ie Book replacements) cannot be purchased for gold marks, and where the promised improvements to pvp matching in 9.4 did not materialise….the amount of PvP matches plummeted. Consequently, the devs maliciously re-introduced the random valraven appearance to force an increase in pvp. ---
**Author:** ![WhoDat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/whodat/32/63679_2.png) [@WhoDat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WhoDat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/4 "2026-10-28T11:40:38Z")
same issue .. not appearing as usual in the first three PvP battles.. strange.?! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/5 "2026-10-28T13:16:25Z")
No issue here on Android. đź–– ---
**Author:** ![Stroganrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Stroganrog](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stroganrog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/6 "2026-10-28T13:33:01Z")
Same issue, no Valravens - Android ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/7 "2026-10-28T13:48:40Z")
Yep I hope it gets resolved soon - the Valravens appearing in the first three battles was such a nice QOL improvement when it was introduced. Hate the idea of spending 20-30 min in random battles trying to find them now ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Alfhild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@Lady\_Alfhild](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lady_Alfhild)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/8 "2026-10-28T13:54:00Z")
Same issue for PC - steam. I’m super busy and do not have time to grind PvP for valhawks ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/9 "2026-10-28T18:35:21Z")
Just a thought - I recently unlocked the Waning Portal capstone (reduces enemy summons). Could that be it? ---
**Author:** ![WWDiver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/wwdiver/32/40338_2.png) [@WWDiver](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WWDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/10 "2026-10-28T19:14:12Z")
Same issue here. On PC /cSteam ---
**Author:** ![Rastafar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rastafar/32/95924_2.png) [@Rastafar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rastafar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/11 "2026-10-28T19:39:57Z")
Will confirm, I am getting the same result - need to grind PvP (which I hate) to get all 3 Valhawks since Monday, 10/26/26. On both my Steam and IOS platform. ---
**Author:** ![LucianoPoa78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@LucianoPoa78](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LucianoPoa78)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/12 "2026-10-28T20:59:28Z")
Tive o mesmo problema no xbox one ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/13 "2026-10-28T22:02:36Z")
I’ll follow up if anything has been changed, or any info ~~I expect that if nothing has been changed (directly or indirectly) it **will** get mentioned they they are intended to appear randomly.~~ Update: There was a bug where Valravens were appearing consistently, as well as they were bypassing the random check. A fix for that went out yesterday (I was on leave). Which is why they are appearing randomly again. ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/14 "2026-10-28T22:29:34Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > A fix for that went out yesterday (I was on leave). Which is why they are appearing randomly again. Could you transfer to a Sirrian or who is on charge now that the way they appears consistently is a right way we all want them to appears) could we get it back to this stance?) ---
**Author:** ![gow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@gow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gow)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/15 "2026-10-28T22:34:45Z")
So a QoL change got reverted or someone forgot that they even added this change earlier? Mind boggling indeed. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/16 "2026-10-28T22:37:24Z")
> [@Nagflar\_dv](#): > > they appears consistently Is that because you want to just have them done and dusted for the day as soon as possible? Or a different reason? ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/17 "2026-10-28T22:56:35Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > as soon as possible? It’s the one reason - the other is a situation when i want to jump down from a diamond league to ruby and get my 3 ravens/day. When you do this you should win a minimal number of battles (i.e. 5 citadel battles a bay) while trying to not to loose a gold marks and not to get too much VP, but make a 6500 VP weekly target. And hope you will be in the last 5 pllayers. In this model you should open a battle (next day after a citadel battle to get a GM for 5 battles) and if there’s no raven - you quit, etcetra etcetra, it’s anoying and completelly not fun. We could have only 3 ravens/day so we can’t farm them or something, so it’s a just anoying routine when they are not going in a row. From my side it’s not the way we could beat the game and get too much benefits ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/18 "2026-10-28T23:05:24Z")
Yes having the Valravens appear ASAP is such a nice quality of life feature in those days where you’re pressed for time and don’t feel like grinding PvP for the three birds. A patch a couple years ago (I think) changed the random appearance to the first three PvP battles and it was widely praised ---
**Author:** ![Tresk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tresk/32/98004_2.png) [@Tresk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tresk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/19 "2026-10-28T23:06:03Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > Update: There was a bug where Valravens were appearing consistently, as well as they were bypassing the random check. > > A fix for that went out yesterday (I was on leave). Which is why they are appearing randomly again. Question, was this “bug” ever in the known issues? If not, why not? It’s been “bugged” for a couple of years. Out of all the various actual problems, how on earth did this “bug,” that approximately zero people wanted fixed and does not actually hurt the game in any way, manage to shoot to the top of the fix list? “Fixing” it like this will actually hurt the game. PvP has been devalued a bit by the new kingdom prestige. It’s not a “must do,” anymore. I still play it, because I don’t hate it. I usually get the season pass, because I play it. But if I have to get stuck behind unlucky rng for valhawks (which is always guaranteed to hit me when I absolutely don’t have time for that 💩 ), I’ll just skip the whole thing. For sure, not everyone will be turned off the mode by this change. But some will be. And I’d bet cash money that zero people stopped playing pvp because the valhawks came three in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Lamatiel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lamatiel/32/88935_2.png) [@Lamatiel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lamatiel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349/20 "2026-10-28T23:10:50Z")
> [@Update 8.4 Guild Wars Reforged Patch Notes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-4-guild-wars-reforged-patch-notes/87333/58): > > Maybe it was mentioned and I just didn’t see it but anyone notice a change with the valhawks appearance rate? I have had all three hawks appear in the first 3 regular pvp battles for several days in a row now. That can’t be just luck. It’s either a deliberate change or a bug. If it is a bug, I hope they don’t fix it cause this is so much better than how it worked before. ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/e/a/eab4f3b05e4a87ce4d9bbae112eb7e46759582af.png) > [@Guild Wars Reforged: The future and beyond](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-reforged-the-future-and-beyond/87332): > > Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/guild-wars-reforged-the-future-and-beyond/](https://gemsofwar.com/guild-wars-reforged-the-future-and-beyond/) Hello Adventurers! With Gems of War Update 8.4 and the return of Guild Wars on the horizon, we wanted to share one final blog to get into the revamped Guild Wars Reforged, what’s in store for its future, and where we want to evolve it as the feature rolls out in its initial form. If… [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-valravens-not-appearing-in-pvp/90349.md?page=2)