# \[Reported\] 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/22 "2024-01-25T17:23:20Z")
> [@Dank](#): > > 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. Somebody DID add a tag to the thread title, meaning either a CX person did at least _read_ (albeit not reply to) the topic, or the OP added it themselves. The forum software could really benefit from a proper moderator tagging system… ---
**Author:** ![Ant\_Man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ant_man/32/90842_2.png) [@Ant\_Man](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ant_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/23 "2024-10-07T14:33:28Z")
I got Scarabi to Shiny level 2 yesterday. ![Screenshot_20241006-232051](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/f/c/fc00c32baecb3f43f9df39e0d286c5f8aff085e7.jpeg) And this is from another account that has only shiny lv1. ![Screenshot_20241007_113245](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/b/cb2da9c67181a4cd95f430eacad100e72c2384a2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/25 "2024-10-07T22:03:20Z")
Niiice . . . I mean, nice for the bug report that we finally have screenshot confirmation. ---
**Author:** ![Darklord1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@Darklord1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darklord1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/26 "2025-03-24T10:18:43Z")
@Jeto Bumping this as it has been mentioned again recently in another thread and despite being marked as reported still hasn’t been resolved. Let’s hope you don’t need any legendaries by this shiny guff. @TheIdleOne , @Theoden ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/27 "2025-03-24T23:36:04Z")
Should be going out with a fix in the next 48 hours ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/28 "2025-03-25T02:36:45Z")
I appear to have gotten this fix, confused with the Shadow Wraith fix - so this will be getting a fix, just not confirmed for the next 48 hours as previously mentioned ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/29 "2025-03-31T16:50:51Z")
not fixed yet ---
**Author:** ![Ant\_Man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ant_man/32/90842_2.png) [@Ant\_Man](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ant_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/30 "2025-03-31T16:52:40Z")
Still the same. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/4/d4d988e8a6daeb76e00b2624c2320d0d8f10c30c.jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/31 "2025-04-01T00:58:46Z")
If it was changed or fixed, we would have updated the thread. I am still waiting to hear back from the team about this one. At the moment I am swamped with GW issues. ---
**Author:** ![Theoden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Theoden](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theoden)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/32 "2026-08-13T20:28:47Z")
It’s been three years since this was reported. It should be a simple fix. Why does it take this long? Scarabi’s shiny spell is the non-shiny version but with a random 0-50% reduction in damage. Please explain why it’s so hard to fix? I’m a programmer myself, this seems like it’d take 5 minutes to fix. ---
**Author:** ![Sinnycool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sinnycool](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sinnycool)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/33 "2026-08-14T14:34:05Z")
Not $$$$$$$$$$ related Plus like 2 devs left Be a nice easy one to knock out so they can say they got something done tho. Like taking 3 years to pick up a sock n put in laundry. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/34 "2026-10-15T12:08:51Z")
@Jeto next Guild War is Drifting Sands, when does Scarabi get fixed? This is unbelievable! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/35 "2026-10-15T14:45:18Z")
I wonder what’s going on behind the scenes here. Someone picked a wrong entry in a dropdown when configuring the shiny spell effect, fixing it should be a matter of minutes. And yet the issue has been in status reported for over 3 years now. Is this some internal competition who can drag their feet the longest? Or just nobody left who knows how to maintain the data? ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/36 "2026-10-15T22:05:46Z")
I’m following up on this today - and will chase up (again) about the fix _possibly_ going out next week ---
**Author:** ![LittleWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/db5fbb/32.png) [@LittleWombat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LittleWombat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/37 "2026-10-17T23:16:21Z")
What’s the odds that the devs are so annoyed about being asked to fix this again, that they just don’t decrease the damage on the shiny 0/1 levels 🤣 Fixed!!! Shiny is better 👌 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/38 "2026-11-01T23:42:20Z")
I’ve been following this up **again** because there was a change going out, but I feel like it isn’t addressing the actual report that shiny lvl 2 does potentially less damage than lvl 1 And now I am waiting again, for a response to **that**.. _It could also be me misunderstanding the new changes.. so.. if that’s the case.. my bad_ ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/39 "2026-11-02T00:42:11Z")
thanks for trying (sincere). maybe we’ll have a scarabi worth talking about by 2027 (sarcasm) ---
**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:** [November 2, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/40 "2026-11-02T03:07:51Z")
Shiny level 1 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/a/3/a3ed2fced82f70696f3b264f2a394a16af92d48c.jpeg) Shiny level 2 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/3/7/37c04c92aabad7ba79cbe79a8bae5ce0c360a9cd.jpeg) The change should go out after weekly reset, was the last update I was given ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874/41 "2026-11-02T14:51:09Z")
Fixed (TBD) before GTA VI. Great job everyone! [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-scarabi-shiny-spell-is-actual-a-nerf-not-a-buff/80874.md?page=1)