# Update 9.4 Patch Notes

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-9-4-patch-notes/90160>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/update-9-4-patch-notes/90160/201 "2026-10-04T19:11:56Z")

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> [@\[Investigating\] Explore map locking during animations](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/investigating-explore-map-locking-during-animations/90247):
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> Platform: PS5 Video or screenshots: [[Gems of War 20260930132732] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z65w_DrpExs) What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened: I expected the annoying animation spam to play out. Instead, the game freezes sometimes, and the animation spam won’t play. Luckily, I was able to exit out to the world map, even though the game normally won’t let us do that, since the last update (meaning that other people getting this bug might get soft-locked, where they can’t exit because the animat…

@Jeto I am just bumping this, so that it is easier for you to find and report it.✨

This also happens on Switch, and other platforms. Explore is very sensitive now, and if we press any buttons while watching the dots travel across the screen, the game can easily lock-up once you return to the screen where you select the difficulty.

Here is what Explore is now:

Okay. Let’s watch some dots after selecting the difficulty.

Now, let’s wait again for another loading screen.

Now, let’s cancel the Genie for the 1 millionth time.

Now, let’s wait for the dots again.

Oh, here is another loading screen that we have to wait for again.

If they think that is an enjoyable experience, I have nothing more to say. It was horrible before, and it is even worse now.

I honestly cannot tolerate it anymore, and I only log in for dailies, collecting things, and keeping up our reputation for Guild Wars. Everything else is ruined or a waste of my time.

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