# Update 9.4 Patch Notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [September 9, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-9-4-patch-notes/90160 "2026-09-09T01:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 176
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-9-4-patch-notes/90160/176 "2026-09-30T21:55:38Z")
Not sure how common it is, but I got stuck during the animation, where it wasn’t playing, after buying from a merchant. The game did allow me to exit back to the map, instead, but the animation wasn’t playing and normally you can’t exit at all, so this could be a soft-lock issue, if the animation won’t play and it doesn’t let us exit. Bug already reported here, but cross-posting for visibility. [Explore map locking during animations - Bug Reports - Gems of War | Forums](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explore-map-locking-during-animations/90247) I’m trying to test if I can repeat the bug, but if anyone else encounters it, share it on the post so we can try to work out the cause. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-9-4-patch-notes/90160)._