# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![danac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@danac](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/danac)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/61 "2025-10-30T03:25:55Z")
i am currently ONE achievement short of all achievements. ..well, now, 3. on steam. on android it’s a lot more because logging in thru steam and android gives achievements that don’t cross over. i will definitely switch guilds or create a new one to get paragon one if i have to. a simpler solution would just be switch the achievement to champion. i dont want to leave the guild just to get my final achievement, but this is what you are setting us all up for. as for pets, i‘m missing 38 pets. 20 of them are immortal pets, every single other one is either a campaign pet that was behind a paywall or …well, like, 2 event pets. if this gets those campaign pets put back into rescue rotations, great. also war corgi. tho i will probably leave the game once i get war corgi, as there will be no mountains left to climb. as for the forge,there are currently about 8 mythics and 2 legendaries that have never been in the forge. they are from pvp offers and campaigns.sorry, that i don’t have. i have the last 2 or so pvp offer mythics. so this should definitely help that. which just leaves the underspire sentinal troop issue and the horrible horrible horrible tarot troops issue. at this point getting a new tarot troop takes at least 2-400 keys. at least, and since it’s random, and the odds go down every 10 weeks, and since cedric drops are SO high in %, it’s a horrible system. ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/62 "2025-10-30T04:51:27Z")
![Screenshot_20251030_064459](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/0/d/0defd35b1d1746d221a7650b2986a2f004dbbd74.jpeg) And when, pray tell, will this be solved in a satisfactory manner so that one doesn’t have to download a crapful of pictures almost every time you release an update? I forgot about it while still at home with a wifi…what to do now with only mobile data available until evening? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/63 "2025-10-30T06:09:48Z")
What happens if you press skip? ---
**Author:** ![Hayabusa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hayabusa/32/85130_2.png) [@Hayabusa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Hayabusa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/64 "2025-10-30T06:54:27Z")
Looks good. But feels very uncomfortable to play and every action takes much longer to execute. 😒 @Jeto ---
**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, 7:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/65 "2025-10-30T07:06:26Z")
i’m not sure this would be a problem anyway - you don’t need to lvlup your troops too often. Two per week) and couple more when you’re lucky and get a new myth ---
**Author:** ![Hayabusa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hayabusa/32/85130_2.png) [@Hayabusa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Hayabusa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/66 "2025-10-30T07:20:33Z")
I’m checking those menus every 30-60 minutes. Old habit over the last decade. And now everything is completely different and way less intuitive. 😅 ---
**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:** [October 30, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/68 "2025-10-30T09:33:37Z")
> [@Eika](#): > > What happens if you press skip? Assets are downloaded per battle if applicable instead of as a batch. Slows down the game. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/69 "2025-10-30T09:43:20Z")
This is my favourite fix. No more PvP aggravation having to scroll to the far right to see the VP score 😀 ![IMG_7399](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/0/409b0382a8c1258f1459f82e11cd1dabba18be7b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Luposolitario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee59a6/32.png) [@Luposolitario](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Luposolitario)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/70 "2025-10-30T10:05:08Z")
![Screenshot_20251030_110046](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/8/1/816fb34a551bbd917e31d35badc20b972670cb48.jpeg)e successo pure a voi truppe da live. llare dopo l’aggiornamento ---
**Author:** ![SE7ENDEVILS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@SE7ENDEVILS](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SE7ENDEVILS)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/72 "2025-10-30T12:33:02Z")
Upgrading troops is now utterly god awful. Before i just had to filter the order to “Upgradable” and all troops which i could ascend were grouped together. Now they don’t group properly so i have to manually scroll through hundreds of items. What an utter mess! ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/73 "2025-10-30T12:35:18Z")
Vault keys are still jumbled at the bottom of the reward screen, and I don’t know why they are not in the same place as epic vault keys. They made it easy to see your VP score, so why not regular vault keys too? I think most people have enough trait stones and ingots, and I don’t know why those have such high priority.🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Sinnycool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sinnycool](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sinnycool)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/74 "2025-10-30T13:44:50Z")
Very smart. Now you are listening a little. Your players highly overrate pets. Smart Good update ---
**Author:** ![Herve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@Herve](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Herve)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/75 "2025-10-30T14:40:55Z")
CLIFFY ERROR after catching a pet gnome 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![Herve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@Herve](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Herve)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/76 "2025-10-30T14:44:25Z")
![1000005897](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/1/4/146b211139e072faf7a548fe91d1ab6511913d3e.jpeg) ---
**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, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/78 "2025-10-30T15:46:32Z")
@Jeto - a bug that has appeared….prior to 8.9, when a guild mate rescued a pet, a pop-up would appear in-game at the end of your battle to tell you it had occurred, prompting you to rescue the pet if you wanted. Since 8.9, that pop-up has stopped appearing. ---
**Author:** ![333DRAGON](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/333dragon/32/101551_2.png) [@333DRAGON](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/333DRAGON)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/79 "2025-10-30T17:00:18Z")
Great, your company has shown us some love again, and we’re thrilled. This is a fantastic update; it’s been a long time since we’ve enjoyed an update this much. We hope that the positive direction your company has taken with these updates continues, and that future updates maintain at least the same level of quality and that this wasn’t just a one-off. We’re counting on you for what’s next. 😊👍 ---
**Author:** ![333DRAGON](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/333dragon/32/101551_2.png) [@333DRAGON](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/333DRAGON)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/80 "2025-10-30T17:03:55Z")
Another bug in the new pet rescue feature: a guild member says that the pet that appeared is not the one that was chosen. We’ll have to see if this happens again or not. ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/81 "2025-10-30T17:07:18Z")
May I get my old upgrade screen back for Elite Upgrades? The one where I could see most/all of my available medals in one place AND have a listing of all three Glory orb types (with their current quantity in my inventory) going down the right side of the screen? I don’t like this new version. ---
**Author:** ![333DRAGON](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/333dragon/32/101551_2.png) [@333DRAGON](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/333DRAGON)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/82 "2025-10-30T17:14:12Z")
Yes, a nice surprise that wasn’t announced in the update post. ---
**Author:** ![PlayerDaniels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/playerdaniels/32/6939_2.png) [@PlayerDaniels](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PlayerDaniels)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836/83 "2025-10-30T17:19:28Z")
The positive QoL changes outweigh the “meh” in my view. 😆 Thanks. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-8-9-patch-notes/88836.md?page=5)