Arena of the Abyss and Witch’s Hut Get Updates

EBON GATE: GM Wyrom announced updates to the Arena of the Abyss and Undergrowth of Bittermere (Witch’s Hut) games: 1) Green orbs will randomize between 1 and 3 uses. 2) Witch’s Hut has reduced roundtimes for OBSERVE and SENSE. 3) Climb for fronds in WH increased to 50% chance (was 33%). 4) Those WH mushrooms were fixed to spawn better.

Text of Discord Post follows:

GM Wyrom
Arena of the Abyss and Undergrowth of Bittermere (Witch’s Hut) Updates.
on 15 Oct 2026 at 4:17PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #event-announcements channel

AotA and WH both have a change on green orbs. To account for the truncating of rewards (going from 10 SC entries to 100 SC entries) when it comes to the exp orbs, it will now randomize between 1 to 3 uses (rubs) when you find one.
WH’s roundtime for OBSERVE and SENSE has been reduced to be either 1 or 2 seconds vs 2 to 5 seconds.
WH’s climb for fronds has been increased to a 50% chance vs a 33% chance.
WH’s mushrooms should spawn better now (this was resolved a few days ago, but mostly making sure it’s announced).
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