Talk:Game Updates/@comment-5498474-20130823175951

Collecting Gems From The Gemstone Island

We've been getting a lot of emails and seeing a lot of Facebook posts about the Gemstone Island - players think that the timers aren't working correctly. They are! Please read!

The timer shows the countdown for one gem. The more dragons you have in a Habitat, the less time it will take that habitat to produce a gem. Keep in mind that the level of your Gemstone Dragon also plays an important role in how quickly gems are produced. If you have 3 level 1 Gemstone Dragons in a Habitat, they will produce gems much slower than 3 level 10 Gemstone Dragons will. More dragons = less time between each gem that is produced.

If you have upgraded any of your Gemstone Habitats, they will NOT display a notification that gems are ready to be collected until 2 gems have accumulated in the habitat. You can still tap on these habitats to collect the gems prior to a notification being displayed. So if only one gem dragon produces a gem, the collecting icon will not appear. You'll need to select the habitat and then tap the collect icon at the bottom of the screen to collect your gem. Once the gem has been produced the timer restarts for the next gem - how quickly this next gem is produced is again based on how many dragons are in the habitat and their level.

To see if there is a gem available in a habitat prior to the "collect" icon displaying, tap that habitat to select it. In the bottom left you'll see the "Collect" button - if it is lit up, there is a gem available and you can collect it by tapping the button. If the button is greyed out, there isn't a gem to collect.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have NOT upgraded your Gemstone Habitats at all, a notification will pop up when 1 gem has accumulated.

Also keep in mind that relocating your Gemstone Dragons will reset the timers for gem collection - simply move that Gemstone Dragon back to its 'original' habitat and the timer will readjust.