# Upcoming Change to Factions, Pets & Kingdom Levelling **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [July 17, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470 "2019-07-17T03:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/1 "2019-07-17T03:18:13Z")
Ahoy, adventurers! We are making some small changes to make it easier for players to advance their kingdom power levels with pets. Faction pets will now contribute to their faction’s linked kingdom. This means that even when kingdoms have exclusive cosmetic pets released, there will be more pets available to help increase kingdom levels. For example, in August an exclusive cosmetic pet is releasing for Darkstone, which will be needed in time to increase Darkstone’s kingdom level. With this change, pets from the All-Seeing Eye will also contribute to Darkstone’s kingdom level, making it easier to level a kingdom (Darkstone in this case) if a player misses a time exclusive cosmetic pet. We will be rolling this change out within the next 48 hours. Thank you for your feedback regarding this issue! (PS, in 4.5 we are bringing a little _somethingsomething_ to make Faction v Faction battles more approachable. This won’t be releasing at the same time as the pet change, as it is bundled into 4.5.) ---
**Author:** ![Ghaleon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ghaleon/32/24539_2.png) [@Ghaleon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ghaleon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/2 "2019-07-17T03:22:24Z")
Interesting, nice change 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/3 "2019-07-17T03:28:18Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > PS, in 4.5 we are bringing a little _somethingsomething_ to make Faction v Faction battles more approachable. This won’t be releasing at the same time as the pet change, as it is bundled into 4.5.) So excited for this! 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/4 "2019-07-17T03:34:23Z")
Pvp points fixed and now this?😍 ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/5 "2019-07-17T03:35:50Z")
We are trying our gosh darn hardest to do what we can for you all! ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/6 "2019-07-17T03:37:57Z")
Promising, but if we need a maxed out faction pet then that doesn’t solve _anything_ for most people until that mysterious helping hand happens in 4.5 - if that even works out. Obviously, perfect faction team clears are fairly ridiculous at the moment. I mean, the majority of my guild looks to me for faction advice and I’ve only gotten the full 2500 on one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Maxx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/maxx/32/50891_2.png) [@Maxx](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maxx)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/7 "2019-07-17T03:47:16Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > in August an exclusive cosmetic pet is releasing for Darkstone This is the real good news here. I’ll finally change my pet from Kit Sith after him him since he first released. ---
**Author:** ![Goodly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Goodly](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Goodly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/8 "2019-07-17T03:49:31Z")
I think I’m missing something here, doesn’t kingdom levelling require mythic level pets? How will players be able to mythic cosmetic pets without shelling out thousands of gems? ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/9 "2019-07-17T03:51:19Z")
Hey Goodly, this change means that players won’t need to level cosmetic pets, as more pets will be included under a kingdom. If a player can’t mythic a cosmetic pet, they will be able to level a different pet to increase their kingdom level. More pets will be available per kingdom moving forward, as faction pets will be counted towards their associated kingdom for levelling purposes. It’s a bit tricky to word, but I hope I have clarified this for you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/10 "2019-07-17T03:53:56Z")
It solves the conundrum some were facing in considering spending 3000 gems now they don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/11 "2019-07-17T03:54:53Z")
Only if they can successfully get a faction pet to mythic! And currently the only way to do that (other than extreme amounts of luck) is to pour gems on it during an event to get Tier 7+++++ and have the stats to do stuff. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/12 "2019-07-17T03:55:37Z")
Good job devs. ![source%20(2)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/5/b5dd62bc485a705ae6386fa0d42b1e3a7571c5f7.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/13 "2019-07-17T03:56:15Z")
I would rather spend 3000 gems on a faction event than a silly cosmetic pet. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/14 "2019-07-17T03:57:25Z")
Thaaat is a good point. Still, I’d like to see the F v F improvement kick in. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/15 "2019-07-17T04:00:29Z")
Another change you guys could consider if you feeling especially nice is change 17 star requirements from collect 2 mythic pets. It is a huge roadblock to 99% of players. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/16 "2019-07-17T04:04:13Z")
I’m going to have to see the whole 9 yards before I get excited because at this point I’d rather brush my teeth with sandpaper than do the faction grind. But you said “the faction pet will be relevant” combined with “getting the faction pet will be easier in ways I can’t describe to you yet” so I have to give you the chance to show me the secret before I decide how I feel. Suffice to say I’m interested in what 4.next brings. ---
**Author:** ![GemsOfWar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@GemsOfWar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/GemsOfWar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/17 "2019-07-17T04:17:00Z")
@Saltypatra Sounds great but my question is when is 4.5? In before Soon TM ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/18 "2019-07-17T04:20:57Z")
4.4 just dropped, so 4.5 will be a little while 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Smash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/smash/32/5574_2.png) [@Smash](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Smash)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/19 "2019-07-17T04:23:30Z")
4.5 will be out before year’s end lol. I think Sept or Oct is likely though based on previous timelines. But things change and could be sooner or longer. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470/20 "2019-07-17T05:04:58Z")
Great change. Always thought it was odd Faction pets didn’t apply to their home kingdom [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/upcoming-change-to-factions-pets-kingdom-levelling/56470.md?page=2)