# \[Reported\] Scarabi shiny spell is actual a nerf, not a buff! **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 9, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874 "2023-08-09T22:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/1 "2023-08-09T22:22:32Z")
Please redo this shiny spell, cause it is a nerf and please do it quick, otherwise I want a refund for medalling it! I can’t even avoid shiny levels on it, cause tokens are random and will be immediately used on a troop without interaction. Thanks in advance. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/6/b666442552e2f5539d589cbb6806689d2cd7153f.png) ---
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/2 "2023-08-09T23:45:10Z")
This is interesting. I don’t suppose you have a shiny Scarabi to check what the spell actually is? Gary’s bot lists it as: ![Screen Shot 2023-08-09 at 4.42.36 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/6/169bd87124ab3fc5987a10eb3cb2f220f63bd2d9.png) Neither looks like the spell is improved when shiny. Curious what the actual spell is. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/3 "2023-08-10T03:53:58Z")
This was previously noticed in the 7.0 announcement thread, but the numbers stated were based on placeholders – yeah, does anyone actually have Shiny Scarbi yet, and can you screenshot its upgraded spell page? e.g. from a prior topic: > [@Shiny Troops](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/shiny-troops/80536/11): > > I want to assume that by {1} - {2} they mean the damage is changed from its original value only, to a random value between original and double (and not half and original). ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/4 "2023-08-10T04:57:41Z")
> [@Stratelier](#): > > does anyone actually have Shiny Scarbi yet, The chances of anyone having a shiny lv 2 Scarabi is basically 0. 30 Shiny (4/4/7 over 2 weeks) Keys, 31 or 32 possible troops depending on week and needing 15 of those tokens to be specifically Scarabi? Yeah… I’d rather win the lotto with those odds. Only ones you’d have a realistic chance of seeing a level 2 so far is Slughoarder and Jeweled Golem. Crysturtle too, if abnormally unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/5 "2023-08-10T08:08:27Z")
My guess is that they wanted the upgrade to be something like light splash damage, then picked the half damage modifier by accident. ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/6 "2023-08-10T09:16:31Z")
I know that Scarabi was mentioned a few times by players in the last weeks, but without a bug report, nothing will happen…so I learned. ---
**Author:** ![sylverscale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sylverscale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sylverscale)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/7 "2023-08-10T11:38:06Z")
Now wouldn’t that be nice if we could actually see the shiny spells beforehand? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![holyporko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/holyporko/32/75733_2.png) [@holyporko](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/holyporko)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/8 "2023-08-10T12:48:16Z")
Indeed. Without spoilers data and power of the community, no one could be known how the 2nd level of shiny, the spell will improve. The game offers you to open shiny tokens / chests for unknown world, how to say ‘buying a sealed package’. Official news offered only a troops list, nothing else ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/9 "2023-08-10T16:48:09Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#): > > The chances of anyone having a shiny lv 2 Scarabi is basically 0. Technically, more like 1/30 because of the free gift of Shiny keys for a random Troop? Still. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/10 "2023-08-10T18:03:23Z")
The free tokens for Crysturtle doesn’t benefit Scarabi in any way and doesn’t provide enough Crysturtle tokens to give a remote chance of taking it out of the drop pool and even if someone miraculously got a level 3 shiny Crysturtle, there’s not enough keys available to make that dust convert into a Scarabi token let alone enough to make it level 2. 1/30 would mean someone would actually have an outside chance at lv 2 Scarabi at this point. Yeah, no. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/11 "2023-08-10T20:38:41Z")
Wait. Did _everyone_ get free Crysturtle tokens then? If so, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/12 "2023-08-18T12:15:25Z")
@Bramble would be nice, if it would even be reported at least - fix that shiny spell ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/14 "2023-09-21T22:07:47Z")
one month later - nothing happened! @Bramble ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/15 "2023-12-06T00:33:56Z")
@Jeto @Bramble @Kafka nothing changed in almost 4 months? can you please rework that shiny spell? how hard is it? ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/16 "2024-01-07T21:51:37Z")
have to bump this, still not reworked! ---
**Author:** ![Setekh79](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/setekh79/32/101761_2.png) [@Setekh79](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Setekh79)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/17 "2024-01-08T08:52:14Z")
A bit disturbed by the lack of developer feedback on this one. The upgrade is clearly a worse version of the spell. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/18 "2024-01-08T18:34:38Z")
> [@Setekh79](#): > > A bit disturbed by the lack of developer feedback on this one. > The upgrade is clearly a worse version of the spell. I’m personally still waiting for somebody to have an actual screenshot (or equivalent proof) to evidence it’s not just hypothetical. The original information involves placeholders we (still?) can’t necessarily verify. ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/19 "2024-01-17T16:35:28Z")
neverending story! ---
**Author:** ![Dank](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dank/32/74470_2.png) [@Dank](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dank)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/20 "2024-01-18T11:24:09Z")
> [@Lack of communication](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/lack-of-communication/82796/3): > > we respond to every bug report made on this forum I doubted this claim from Kafka when I first read it, this thread is a clear counter-example. Nobody from the CX team has commented, despite the issue being well-explained, easy to confirm (assuming they can view the game data rather than relying on a third-party tool) and easy to fix. ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/21 "2024-01-25T11:50:53Z")
when will the fix arrive? August 2023 wasn’t yesterday… [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874.md?page=2)