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It's all about Soul

It's all about Soul

Reach level 20 in the Soulforge

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How to unlock the It's all about Soul achievement in Gems of War - Definitive Guide

For most people, this achievement sees you already at Level 10 for the Soulforge. To get to Level 20, you have 2 options:

1) Kill Cursed Gnomes and get the Cursed Runes they drop
2) Spend Gems to upgrade immediately

I went with option 2, but here's what you're looking at cost wise for each:

1) 330 Cursed Runes
2) 6000 Gems

Whichever you decision, it's going to take time to build up that resource to finish up if you haven't already been saving. Just keep in mind that Cursed Gnomes are a battlecrasher similar to all the other gnomes and are not exactly common appearers. So you could find yourself waiting quite a while to get there.

As noted by Mystic, if you are going to do the gem route, if you earn enough runes to upgrade, you'll be forced to use runes rather than gems. Grind at your own risk.

NOTE: As pointed out by Gee Its Will, you can technically now purchase Cursed Runes at a much more reasonable price than just spending gems outright to upgrade everything. So consider purchasing runes through the Dungeon to then spend to upgrade the forge.
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15 Dec 2021 17:17

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Also, since cursed runes are used as materials for forging things, you may not want to spend them on the upgrade. Save them and go the gems route instead.
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By MrZombieChicken on 15 Dec 2021 22:35
If you're going the gems route don't hunt for the gnomes first, you'll be force to use the runes instead of gems.
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By MysticWeirdo on 16 Dec 2021 16:34
Not like they're giving many cursed runes out with the current gnome appearance chances, but nice to know there might be a change in the future for those not looking to do gem spends.
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By RadicalSniper99 on 22 Dec 2021 22:49
I agree with radical. I had a cursed gnome that didn't give any runes. Found that highly frustrating
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By Har Miggido on 29 Jan 2022 11:48
Had to spend most of my remaining gems on this, I've only had one cursed gnome within the past three months!
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By Otouto72 on 01 May 2022 12:54
Would it be worth mentioning that with with dungeon patch that this achievement is much easier as you can buy daily 25 curse runes for 200 gems. So the last few levels particularly levels 17-20 are much cheaper buying the runes then using gems.

Tbh doing the maths 330/25 is 14 times you will need to buy runes. 14x200 is 2800 which is cheaper then 6000 gems outright
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By Gee Its Will on 06 Sep 2022 16:27
Good point. Hadn't thought about the implications on the dungeon side of things. Good old Gems always changing up the formula for older stuff...
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By RadicalSniper99 on 06 Sep 2022 17:08
Got mine to 20 2 days ago, still no achievement, stuck at 95%
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By GremlinLord615 on 11 Sep 2023 17:04
Starting 12/16/21 there will be a 1 week event where the Cursed Gnomes get a higher chance to appear.
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By Xtowers on 15 Dec 2021 22:11
@MysticWeirdo - I believe they will eventually patch it so you can use either gems or runes at some point. On their official forums I read from a moderator that they recognized some people would rather save their runes for recipes, and they passed along that feedback to the development team. Obviously, the company would rather you used paid currency over the free currency anyways, so forcing you to use the free currency would go against the logic of their bank account.
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By Xtowers on 22 Dec 2021 15:38
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