# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/41 "2025-10-29T16:00:57Z")
Agreed, nice to see some legit quality-of-life improvements for the respective areas. I don’t personally encounter Pet Gnomes very much (because I don’t typically PVP or Arena) but it is nonetheless a good help for when I do. New upgrade screen is good. The loss of an “ascend all” is not really an issue for me anymore because I’ve adopted a practice of _only_ leveling troops that are fully traited – with a side effect that any time I ascend a Troop (that is fully traited), I immediately go to level it up +1, therefore I never use the mass ascend all. Timers shown on rotating Soulforge crafts is good. ---
**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/42 "2025-10-29T18:06:54Z")
> [@Kugare](#): > > Unhappy players that can’t unlock this achievement in years probably have to accept they don’t “deserve” it as harsh as it sounds, but that’s just my opinion as the rest. Except that’s not what’s going to happen for a lot of them. Many of them are going to leave the guild to go get it and likely just before the Guild Wars week so the rest of the guild will be shorthanded. ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/43 "2025-10-29T18:11:27Z")
> [@Darkborne](#): > > 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… you know that the number of copies you have of that troop is still shown in grey below the craft button? agree on could be shown better, in another color for example ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/44 "2025-10-29T18:20:25Z")
Agree: Paragon achievement isn’t a good idea. I would vote for Herald achievement to encourage people to get better than Soldier or Vanguard. Paragon or even Champion is too much imo. Last thing: New Roster in GW still can’t show the wins/losses of our defenses, if I understood correct? ---
**Author:** ![RottenSis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rottensis/32/59754_2.png) [@RottenSis](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RottenSis)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/45 "2025-10-29T21:52:56Z")
Also agree that the Paragon achievement is not a good idea for many of the reasons already explained above by others. And as someone who apparently doesn’t “deserve” the achievement because I will never be able to beat my best GW players (been trying for 7 years now) but will want to get the achievement anyway, this puts me (as a GM) and my guildmates in a terrible position. Recommended solution: Let me compete against my own team building skills and my guild wars opponents for the achievement. Change the achievement to be point/score based. For example: Using the screen shot in the patch notes…the achievement could be set at 1,300 or 1,375 points. Paragon level play without having to lose players, asking your top players to play at less than their best and losing wars or creating more dead guilds. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/46 "2025-10-29T22:45:54Z")
> [@RottenSis](#): > > Change the achievement to be point/score based. > For example: Using the screen shot in the patch notes…the achievement could be set at 1,300 or 1,375 points. That might not be a much better idea. You can achieve it easily in exactly the same way, by hopping into a newly created solo guild that faces generated sentinel teams each battle. In general, I’d avoid adding achievements that promote exploiting game mechanics in order to be gained in a reasonable way, especially if those exploits have a negative impact on other players, like your former guild members. What would probably work out okay is getting a total sum of points over any number of Guild Wars events. That way, everybody can work towards the achievement without possibly getting locked out, some will just progress faster than others. ---
**Author:** ![RottenSis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rottensis/32/59754_2.png) [@RottenSis](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RottenSis)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/47 "2025-10-29T23:05:24Z")
You can tell that I’m not great at finding the exploits. But yes, I like your suggestion as it uses points and not player ranking. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/48 "2025-10-29T23:27:13Z")
@jeto Hi there, previously you’ve mentioned that with 8.9 devices vith old android OS couldn’t run GoW? Is this info actual, would you implement that update to an engine? ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/49 "2025-10-29T23:30:12Z")
> [@Nagflar\_dv](#): > > Is this info actual Not exactly sure of what you are asking? ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/50 "2025-10-29T23:31:38Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > Not exactly sure of what you are asking? > [@Balancing & Changes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/balancing-changes/87074/32): > > Coming in 8.9 In the process of fixing an issue with the ad rewards on mobile devices, we will be updating the software related to it. Unfortunately, due to updating this software as a requirement, it will mean that devices that cannot be updated beyond Android 5.1 (from 2015) or iOS 12 (2018) will no longer be able to run Gems of War as of 8.9. Older devices, over time, lose their ability to meet minimum requirements for apps/games, but I wanted to call this out as we specifically have the in… I’m talking about that info. It’s present in a post. but don’t present in a Patch Notes. ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/51 "2025-10-29T23:37:42Z")
> [@Gems-of-War](#): > > Improvements to the tech around the Rewarded Ad videos, to help address the issue where no video is available. It is a result of this being fixed ^ and was likely missed from the patch notes by mistake. ---
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/52 "2025-10-29T23:39:56Z")
Thanks! I’m not sure someone of my friends get an device so old, but in some case it should be a way ti dig if someone’ll got a problems with a game ---
**Author:** ![Namour](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/namour/32/2957_2.png) [@Namour](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Namour)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/53 "2025-10-30T01:40:37Z")
Putting Victory Points (VP) to the top line of PvP Rewards screen was a nice QOL and worthy of a line in the patch notes. it would be nice to have some similar logic applied Vault tarot cards as has been applied to Pet Rescues …..ie present 3 Tarot cards to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![obi-juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@obi-juan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/obi-juan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/54 "2025-10-30T01:56:02Z")
That paragon achievement needs to be changed, for all the reasons already mentioned. The point based idea is a good one, let us get the achievement by accumulating GW points over time. I don’t think this achievememt was thought through well enough, but hopefully the case has been made here to change it. Or else I will just add this achievement to the list of unattainable achievements, like the hoard mimic, which as a daily player I still do not have after I don’t know how many years. ---
**Author:** ![canadademon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@canadademon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/canadademon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/55 "2025-10-30T01:56:32Z")
> ie present 3 Tarot cards to choose from. Pick your fortune? I don’t think that’s how tarot cards 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 30, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/56 "2025-10-30T02:16:28Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/5/9/5924c4e30e728f036e5e1c93c09c9f25e4c1037a.jpeg) There’s no timer on a SF troops - is it a bug or should we wait for a day reset? ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/57 "2025-10-30T02:18:32Z")
It will be after weekly reset next week I believe. ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/58 "2025-10-30T02:21:40Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/f/9f514ffa081f4a14a503759dfa7e847d23159b02.png) Ok, will wait for it xD ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/59 "2025-10-30T02:28:33Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/f/6/f67d333bcddf1f0b607b5c260d6d1cb43172d944.jpeg) BTW troop types are not translated in an upgrade menu, but menu itself looks fine. And a fonts - either i get used to it ether it was slightly changed - i just leave them be) ---
**Author:** ![ESR77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@ESR77](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ESR77)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/60 "2025-10-30T02:43:07Z")
Lots of great updates here, well done overall. I agree with the points being made about the Paragon achievement/trophy being a potential headache for GMs. The better GW players within a guild will get it before long, so no problem for most of us. However, like others have said I’m also worried about people dropping out because they won’t have a chance to get it if they stay with their current guild. Beyond that I’m even more concerned there will be long established members requesting to let them be Paragon just this week to get the achievement without having to leave the guild. That’s a no win situation for a GM to deal with. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836.md?page=4)