# Ship of the Damned **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [September 3, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175 "2023-09-03T23:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 3, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/1 "2023-09-03T23:00:15Z")
Originally published at: [Ship of the Damned – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/ship-of-the-damned/) New Invasion Troop: The Iron Maiden The Iron Maiden will be available in the Invasion Shop, and will appear in Glory, Gem, Guild, and VIP chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. New Epic Troop: Infernal Voyager The Infernal Voyager will be available this week for 400 Glory in the shop as well as in Event Chests,… ---
**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:** [September 3, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/2 "2023-09-03T23:11:47Z")
![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/3/b39e4de945fdc9eaebd3823c8e8cf91e57d07bac.png) The loot table for troops in Blighted Lands event chests is expected to look like this: | Chance | Amount | Troop | | --- | --- | --- | | 0.11% | 1 | Abynissia, The Archduke | | 3.2% | 1 | Baphomet, Dark Monolith, Infernal King | | 12% | 1 | Desdaemona, Erinyes, Helgor the Guardian, Hellcat, Herald of Blight, Herald of Chaos, Herald of Damnation, Herald of Woe, Infernal Voyager, Lamashtu, Lucifria, Sir Mordayne, Venbarak, Vrawk Daemon | | 21.6% | 1 | Bone Daemon, Gate of Souls, Incubus, Twisted Hero | | 21.6% | 2 | Blightwing, Hellhound, Succubus | | 21.49% | 3 | Creeper, Nightmare, Quasit | Remaining 20% is various resources. Data is based on community observation, there is no reliable official information, even in-game ads have been incorrect in the past. If you plan to open event chests, wait till the weekend for the community to find irregularities, this significantly reduces your risk of getting burned. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/3 "2023-09-03T23:36:16Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > **Trial Changes** > > We will be changing the Player team for Trials in Blighted Lands to the following: > > - Herald of Woe > - Baphomet > - Lucifria > - Blightwing > > With the Epic Trials happening this week, we wanted to give a team that would perform better at higher levels. We have also changed the Enemy Team to: > > - Herald of Chaos > - Twisted Hero > - Bone Daemon > - Hellhound Old Player Teams Herald of Damnation Baphomet Lucifria Hellhound Old Enemy Team Twisted Hero Venbarak Herald of Chaos Infernal King No enemy Infernal King is good. Hellhound is a terrible troop, so it’s nice the AI has it and not us. Herald of Chaos in the first slot on the enemy team is a little rough at Epic Trial 5, but otherwise the enemy team is a lot weaker. Nice to see we’re in the right Kingdom again. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/4 "2023-09-03T23:49:30Z")
The invasion troop gives bonus towers if used in the team? ---
**Author:** ![Darkborne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkborne/32/95796_2.png) [@Darkborne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkborne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/5 "2023-09-03T23:51:04Z")
Thank the cat gods u guys don’t have to endure the hell us switch users had to endure for epic trials in blighted lands. After trying for over an hour and having some choice words, I just put baphomet up front and prayed for triple damage skulls to outpace the enemy team. U guys also don’t have to deal with the infernal king’s “25% revive on death but actually it’s 100%” I got trolled several times on the lvl 300 and 350 fights, and his revive forced me to reset because it was too much to overcome.🤬 ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/6 "2023-09-04T00:36:07Z")
yup, for all of those events from now on ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/7 "2023-09-04T15:17:58Z")
Is the bonus based on the troops ascension level or is it just static? ---
**Author:** ![sylverscale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sylverscale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sylverscale)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/8 "2023-09-04T15:43:10Z")
It is static. Using the weekly troop doubles your points. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/9 "2023-09-04T15:44:15Z")
Thanks, good to know! ---
**Author:** ![Nrthrnlad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@Nrthrnlad](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nrthrnlad)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/10 "2023-09-04T18:57:13Z")
This is the fixed epic trial? It’s a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![esslee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/esslee/32/103072_2.png) [@esslee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/esslee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/11 "2023-09-04T19:28:34Z")
I found the trial to be quite straightforward this week with all matches won first time. Last week was ok too - no need for paloozers 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![KeiFlox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/keiflox/32/76144_2.png) [@KeiFlox](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KeiFlox)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/12 "2023-09-05T07:00:28Z")
I haven’t tried this week’s Epic Trials yet myself, but lots of guildies are saying it’s very hard. ---
**Author:** ![DAeron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/daeron/32/89036_2.png) [@DAeron](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DAeron)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/13 "2023-09-05T08:05:01Z")
I found it very easy. Left the team as is, dodge skulls. Restart if needed. I think some people assume youre supposed to win without losing any troops or something? Idk… Cast Lucifria before Baphomet. Double spell damage eats up enemy Life and Triple skull if Herald dies. If youre lucky you can get a deathmark or two to work but so can they. I found Herald to be kind of pointless but you can cast to keep him alive or to boost Attack for latent skull damage. Cast Blightwing on any Burned enemy. ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/14 "2023-09-05T12:24:38Z")
It was difficult for me, but when I say “difficult,” it’s nothing compared to pure delves. Had to try the last battle or two a few times, but not terrible. ---
**Author:** ![sylverscale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sylverscale](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sylverscale)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/15 "2023-09-05T13:03:03Z")
It sure now the original order is not I placed herald first, then wing, then baphomet, then lucifria. It wasn’t mindlessly easy but also not all that hard. A little bit of a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jerry_the_skunk/32/53897_2.png) [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jerry_the_skunk)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/16 "2023-09-08T08:48:49Z")
Looks like even shop tier 4 in the invasion will not be enough this week, and guilds that want to finish it have to go for 5. That used to be 3 previously. With all the update chaos, this may have slipped into the background, but I regard this as an issue, that needs to be fixed the next time. ---
**Author:** ![Schaafy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Schaafy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Schaafy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/ship-of-the-damned/81175/17 "2023-09-08T17:28:51Z")
ALL of the scoring is completely messed up, but especially for ToD, they’ve completely screwed over the guilds that either didnt complete, or barely completed, the events in the past. They’ve not only completely screwed up the scoring but also moved one of the best rewards (celestial traitstones) from tier 10 to tier 13, which is like, completely out of my reach of my guild, which used to hit tier 10 pretty comfortably each time.