# Stay Frosty! **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 18, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747 "2025-05-18T23:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gems-of-War](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gems-of-war/32/2281_2.png) [@Gems-of-War](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gems-of-War)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/1 "2025-05-18T23:00:07Z")
Originally published at: [Stay Frosty! – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/stay-frosty/) New Guide Troop: Boudicca Boudicca will be available in the Journey Shop, and will appear in Glory, Gem, Guild, and VIP chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. Please note the Pathfinder trait is a unique Trait, this means the Trait cannot be stacked with itself, and only one Troop with the Pathfinder trait will apply its… ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/2 "2025-05-18T23:03:06Z")
Awaiting the details on the Divinion Field troops having changes made before Guild Wars this week. Edit: I know two are mentioned above, but also there were some others that were being considered so just want to double confirm they aren’t also still being changed but weren’t mentioned. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/3 "2025-05-18T23:11:40Z")
Journey looks somewhat less awful now. 😲 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/4 "2025-05-18T23:15:09Z")
Glad to see that you are doing well, Jeto.🙏 Thank you for the adjusted changes to Journey and the updates to the mythics in Divinion Fields. (Astral Mother needed her final trait increased to a 50% chance to reflect and Worldbreaker needed his mana cost reduced to 26 imo) But it is what it is. The penalty for taking more than 10 turns should be removed. We shouldn’t get less points when we can’t defeat enemies who are level 300+ in less than 10 turns. It’s one of the main reasons why difficulty scaling in the Journey event is so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Theoden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Theoden](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theoden)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/5 "2025-05-18T23:16:11Z")
Definitely welcome changes to Journey 😀 ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/6 "2025-05-18T23:20:57Z")
Positive changes. Hurray! ---
**Author:** ![Lucien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lucien/32/75325_2.png) [@Lucien](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lucien)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/7 "2025-05-18T23:30:41Z")
someone at IP2 “get lucky” 🤣 this actually looks like a positive change ---
**Author:** ![Zuul-Emo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/8 "2025-05-19T00:07:42Z")
Looks like a slight improvement. Nice to see we can choose an option that doesn’t increase enemy level, even if it does come at the cost of less miles. We still need for the max level to be capped or for the penalties to be reduced/removed. When enemies can scale forever and we get punished for taking too long to kill them, it makes the mode feel really unfair. This is a step in the right direction, but it’s still not enough to make Journey a good event. Fingers crossed we continue to get improvements. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/9 "2025-05-19T00:37:58Z")
So far confirmed the 2 troops mentioned above are the only changes coming, but asked if that does change, for the blog to be updated if anymore are adjusted. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/10 "2025-05-19T01:25:48Z")
Updated in the blog: > [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Troop Changes > > _Astral Mother_ > > - Increased boost ratio from x7 to x10 > > _The Worldbreaker_ > > - Mana Cost reduced from 30 to 28 > > _Artema_ > > - Base Damage increased from 4 to 5 > > _The Wendigo_ > > - Base Damage increased from 4 to 7 ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/11 "2025-05-19T02:24:53Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > _Artema_ > > - Base Damage increased from 4 to 5 > > _The Wendigo_ > > - Base Damage increased from 4 to 7 Thanks for being the messenger. Someone back there must really not like Divinion Fields. “I heard the players think Divinion Fields is a weak kingdom. Quick, let’s raise Artema’s damage by 1 damage! That’ll make the players think we did something!” Meanwhile, buffing The Wendigo’s base damage doesn’t do much when it has a completely illogical half-magic penalty for its spell. Even Orrery got away from the half-magic penalty. ---
**Author:** ![Voq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/voq/32/54089_2.png) [@Voq](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Voq)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/12 "2025-05-19T03:31:45Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > _The Worldbreaker_ > > - Mana Cost reduced from 30 to 28 Lots of positive changes here. I’m ecstatic about this one, since Worldbreaker was my first Mythic. I’d like to use him more, just out of sentimentality. I thought we missed a chance at a buff earlier but glad to see he finally got one. ---
**Author:** ![terberos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/terberos/32/68944_2.png) [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/13 "2025-05-19T03:50:45Z")
And that’s how you handle feedback! Nice to go to the game chat and bring some good news to guildies, that happens rarely… Thanks! Seems that no one has brought it up in this thread yet so.. There is an issue with the PvP teams not being saved…🥲 ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/14 "2025-05-19T05:03:36Z")
Shout-outs and positivity to Gman who took over writing up and sharing our gathered Journey feedback to the team, while I was out. ---
**Author:** ![Elfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@Elfin](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Elfin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/15 "2025-05-19T05:10:47Z")
Thanks @OminousGMan ! ---
**Author:** ![Risa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@Risa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Risa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/16 "2025-05-19T05:55:25Z")
> [@Darkborne](#): > > But it is what it is. The penalty for taking more than 10 turns should be removed. We shouldn’t get less points when we can’t defeat enemies who are level 300+ in less than 10 turns. Well, 35/45/55 base with current penalty (-1 for every turn more than 10, up to -10) can be also read as “25/35/45 base with a bonus +1 for every turn less than 20, up to +10”. Compared to previous 30/35/40 base with penalty, you can say the penalty is not only removed, but grant extra bonus also. That is, so long as reward requirement remains the same. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/17 "2025-05-19T06:38:37Z")
Thanks for doing more math on the turn penalty than me, my brain just wasn’t up to it at the time.🤣 The devs did make journey better now that I looked at it closer. Before it was roughly 72 battles to achieve the 9,167 average member score. Now it’s about 58 battles to get that same score and collect all the rewards. Hopefully, this makes it easier for newer players because if they didn’t have powerful troops and weapons, journey events could be too challenging for them. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/18 "2025-05-19T09:09:22Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > We have made some changes to the 3 paths in Journey events, based on internal data review, and player feedback. Previously the Top Path would increase the enemy level by +1 and give 25 Miles. It will now no longer increase the enemy level, but will give 25 Miles. The Bottom Path would previously increase the enemy level by +2/+3/+4 and give 30/35/40 Miles. It will now increase enemy level by +1/+2/+3 and will give 35/45/55 Miles. The Boss Path that only appears every 5 battles, previously would increase the enemy level by +6, and give 75 Miles. It will now increase enemy level by +5, and will now give 90 Miles. Just making sure, this change now applies always, without any hidden caveats? I’m asking because the last time Journey was supposedly made easier, scaling secretly came back with a vengeance, and we only learned about it when we opened a bug report: > [@\[Not a bug\] Journey Level Rising Too Quickly](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-journey-level-rising-too-quickly/86539/2): > > The journey bosses are meant to go up by 6 until the player has played 60 battles, after which they will go up by an extra 2, which will be 8. ---
**Author:** ![Theoden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Theoden](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Theoden)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/19 "2025-05-19T10:54:36Z")
Just pointing out one last time: Tomorrow’s Faction Assault is set to be Frostfire Keep, the Stormheim faction. This is a Glacial Peaks week, so it should be Mirrored Halls. ---
**Author:** ![Cooookie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cooookie/32/55339_2.png) [@Cooookie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cooookie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747/20 "2025-05-19T12:41:49Z")
Was close that’s the one for the other snowy type kingdom. Slight oops!! ![4558f5ac-c342-4a0a-87df-219c0cc96b5e_text](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/5/f/5f68871356ab10ce51b74366b468cfee7e89ed5f.gif) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/stay-frosty/87747.md?page=2)