# Scuttlebutt
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741
**Category:** Official News
**Created:** [February 11, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741 "2018-02-11T23:00:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/1 "2018-02-11T23:00:29Z")
Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/scuttlebutt/](https://gemsofwar.com/scuttlebutt/)
Don’t believe everything you hear.
**New Troop: Sand Scuttler** [
](https://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blog_sandscuttler.png)
Sand Scuttlers can be found in many dry sandy areas throughout Krystara, but they are most common in the Drifting Sands.
Their favorite tactic is to burrow down, just below the surface, and lie in wait for their prey to walk overhead, then leap up. They are cunning enough to know the paths frequently travelled by adventurers seeking wealth in the Drifting Sands’ many Ruins, and will wait there in case their favorite snack - camels - happens to travel by.
When not hunting, they live in giant sand castles - like termite mounds, but a hundred feet high, made of sand and hardened with their saliva.
Please note this Event is on the XBox One, PS4, PC and Mobile versions of the game.
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### Author:  [@XLS78](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/XLS78)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/2 "2018-02-11T23:02:47Z")
Rapid response team! Battling valiantly with Roc for my favorite one-shot troop.
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### Author:  [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/3 "2018-02-11T23:02:53Z")
Scuttlebutt, sculttlebutt, does whatever a scuttlebutt doess… Does it scuttle, in the sand?
Okay i’m done now. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/4 "2018-02-11T23:03:43Z")
Only 1 troop? ☹ Please unleash the shocktopus
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/5 "2018-02-11T23:04:55Z")
> [@Sirrian](#):
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> and will wait there in case their favorite snack - camels - happens to travel by.
Ooh, can we get a Mythic Camel at some point?
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### Author:  [@Sidousai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sidousai)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/6 "2018-02-11T23:09:01Z")
Troop… meh
But Yellow/Red Arcane Stone? Oooooh 😍
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### Author:  [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/7 "2018-02-11T23:19:18Z")
Rare give x2 traitstones i think?
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### Author:  [@Venar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venar)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/8 "2018-02-11T23:29:06Z")
What a terrible troop. Why in the world is the spell cost so high?
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### Author:  [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/9 "2018-02-11T23:29:59Z")
Also can cast only once lol
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### Author:  [@Venar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venar)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/10 "2018-02-11T23:30:41Z")
That’s what I think it should be cheaper.
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### Author:  [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/11 "2018-02-11T23:31:52Z")
Early game wall troop. Has a static +20 life/armor gain on its spell and scales flatly with magic. Mana cost seems a bit high for what it does regardless, just like most other one-shots who seem to have a high mana cost just _because_ they are one-shots and not because of the magnitude of their spell.
This spell is entirely defensive, so even having a super low mana cost (say, 6 or 9) still as a one-shot isn’t going to move the power curve for what a wall troop is meant to be (Since things like Silvermaiden and Coral Golem still have _much_ better longevity by midgame) or for early game scaling (even something like Lance Knight has comparative defensive prowess _and_ board control even early on). More than likely, though, at the stage of the game where you’d want to use something like this because of the flat +20 life/armor buff you lead with your hero who has about 3x the stat pools to _start_ with of most other troops and a comparatively useless spell pool, making the Hero the ultimate fodder blocker. Scuttler is more likely to die before you can even fire the spell.
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/12 "2018-02-11T23:31:57Z")
x2 troop, x1 stone
unless they mess up
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### Author:  [@XLS78](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/XLS78)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/13 "2018-02-11T23:32:15Z")
I think Epic is usually the one that gives x2 traitstones.
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### Author:  [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/14 "2018-02-11T23:33:48Z")
Yeah this troop will be good in arena but will suck in other modes
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### Author:  [@Razzagor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Razzagor)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/15 "2018-02-11T23:34:12Z")
> [@Rickygervais](#):
>
> Rare give x2 traitstones i think?
For such a crap troop we should get three arcanes on each pack… 😛
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### Author:  [@XLS78](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/XLS78)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/16 "2018-02-11T23:34:25Z")
Maybe it’s intended to survive a Dawnbringer blast in arena? Too bad it’s so expensive and just sits there waiting for the next hit, if so.
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### Author:  [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/17 "2018-02-11T23:36:12Z")
Well they give us crap cause we will get shentang friday, they can’t give better troop then the new kingdom troops 😛
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### Author:  [@raphael](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/raphael)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/18 "2018-02-11T23:44:45Z")
Ah, the good old days when you could by Bone Dragon and two arcanes for glory.
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### Author:  [@en9nhcet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/en9nhcet)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/19 "2018-02-11T23:54:12Z")
reminds me of 🕶
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### Author:  [@VegaDark541](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/VegaDark541)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/scuttlebutt/35741/20 "2018-02-12T00:11:41Z")
Really bad troop, even if it cost 1 mana nobody but early gamers would use it.
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