# Update 8.9 Patch Notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [October 28, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836 "2025-10-28T23:59:04Z")\ **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:** [October 28, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/1 "2025-10-28T23:59:04Z")
Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/update-8-9-patch-notes/](https://gemsofwar.com/update-8-9-patch-notes/) We have updated the 1 hour Pet Rescues, from Pet Gnomes to help players try to target the Pets they are missing. When players defeat a Pet Gnome (and there are no other Pet Rescues currently active), they will now get a new popup menu that will allow them to pick between 3 potential Pets… ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/2 "2025-10-29T00:04:28Z")
Looks good, thank you ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/3 "2025-10-29T00:34:17Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Paragon of War: Earn the Paragon rank in a Guild Wars event. There’s so many good things about this update, except this one Achievement. This can lead to guild hopping or internal guild disruption just to get this done… Also doesn’t help the previous Achievement was named “Guild Paragon” as if that isn’t confusing enough. Can we seriously not have this please. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/4 "2025-10-29T00:34:46Z")
The Paragon leaderboard is back! Thank you so much for bringing this back because it encourages people to become better players. I know there are those who don’t like the stress, but Guild Wars **needs** to be competitive—too much of the game is dumbed down, and we don’t even have to think anymore most of the time… Mythics and Legendaries being reset twice each week (every Monday and Thursday) will be much better! From the visual, having a timer helps, but they should just indicate whether you have that troop or not because with nearly 1700 troops in the game, it’s hard to remember sometimes… Choosing 3 pets from the rescue will be helpful, but… Will previous campaign exclusive pets be available? I’m worried that they will not be available from the new selection menu… I could care less about updated troop upgrade menus, but they do seem to like to change the UI.🤣 And hopefully the money offers work now and gnome-a-paloozas aren’t ruined, but we are all expecting some new (and old) bugs to return… ---
**Author:** ![Gortus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gortus/32/9265_2.png) [@Gortus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gortus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/5 "2025-10-29T00:36:06Z")
From these notes it seems like only one person in the guild can unlock the Paragon of War achievement during each guild war. Or nobody, if the top performer already has it. Is that correct? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/6 "2025-10-29T00:41:44Z")
Is this… Could it be? A true QoL update? Krystarians, rejoice! Doubters, look and see! The prophecies were true! Truly, though - great to see some much-needed QoL updates. I like the new troop menu, and the GW member stats were much-needed. Soulforge rotations and pet-picking are fantastic to help with all the units in the game. I very much hope to see more QoL in the near future! ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/7 "2025-10-29T00:42:23Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Warbands will now rotate around every 2 weeks should have probably highlighted this in the main section of the patch notes ---
**Author:** ![MysticWeirdo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MysticWeirdo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MysticWeirdo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/8 "2025-10-29T00:46:37Z")
When is this going live? Still on 8.8 on Xbox. ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/9 "2025-10-29T00:50:48Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#): > > There’s so many good things about this update, except this one Achievement. This can lead to guild hopping or internal guild disruption just to get this done… > > Also doesn’t help the previous Achievement was named “Guild Paragon” as if that isn’t confusing enough. > > Can we seriously not have this please. Allow me to second this. I know and accept that there’s this continuous trickle of new trophies/achievements to keep us running around the track chasing that mechanical rabbit. But every other trophy/achievement is (theoretically) possible to earn through normal play without having to do ridiculous things. This one isn’t. Outside of the handful of truly elite players, or people who get lucky on a given weekend, we’ll end up with a ton of people who will never be able to earn this trophy. Either change the trophy description and requirements, or change what it takes to earn “Paragon”. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/10 "2025-10-29T00:53:22Z")
> [@MysticWeirdo](#): > > When is this going live? It’s not live for anyone yet, expected tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![MysticWeirdo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MysticWeirdo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MysticWeirdo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/11 "2025-10-29T00:54:08Z")
Thank you. I can safely resume doom mapping tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/12 "2025-10-29T01:07:48Z")
1. remove that paragon achievement 2. still waiting for cross play across all systems. ---
**Author:** ![IllegallySam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e495f1/32.png) [@IllegallySam](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/IllegallySam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/13 "2025-10-29T01:13:08Z")
As written, that Paragon achievement is somehow the worst achievement this game has seen so far, and that’s saying something. It will take literal years for a full guild of people to all get the achievement, and that’s assuming there’s never any repeats. It actively punishes top players and benefits those in inactive guilds, as well as causing people to guild hop and the like in order to get that one achievement. It needs to be changed, it is simply not acceptable as is. ---
**Author:** ![Aragorn1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Aragorn1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Aragorn1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/14 "2025-10-29T01:15:58Z")
This is a fair point. If a different person in a 30 person guild gets Paragon over 30 GW it would take that last person to do it 2 1/2 years to unlock the achievement??? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/15 "2025-10-29T01:55:02Z")
**Remove** the new Paragon achievement. Easiest solution. As previously mentioned, this is going to lead to people guild hopping (just create your own and get Paragon easily🤣) and a lot of tension that will put a stain on a long-lost feature of Guild Wars. ---
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/16 "2025-10-29T02:05:00Z")
This all sounds great, very excited to see mythics and legendaries rotate at double speed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sxesic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sxesic/32/30287_2.png) [@sxesic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sxesic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/17 "2025-10-29T02:06:52Z")
It is possible? There is no “minimum X number of players req. to participate in GW” rule or something? ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/18 "2025-10-29T02:12:05Z")
> [@sxesic](#): > > It is possible? There is no “minimum X number of players req. to participate in GW” rule or something? it’s not) If anyone needs this achivement so drastically - he can make a guild of 1 member, joing a GW and make an achievement ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/19 "2025-10-29T02:14:04Z")
> [@IllegallySam](#): > > in order to get that one achievement. Oh. c’mon, it’s an achievement after all - if you can’t make it - you don’t deserve it - that’s how an achievements seems to work ---
**Author:** ![Nagflar\_dv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nagflar_dv/32/100704_2.png) [@Nagflar\_dv](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nagflar_dv)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/20 "2025-10-29T02:15:36Z")
Just look at another steam achievements for other games - making them 100% is an ACHIEVE, why GoW should be an exception? [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836.md?page=2)