An exciting day with 35 new collectible cards dropping into Hearthstone! Here's everything you need to know about today and the patch notes that make the magic happen.

  • Note: Anduin's Book of Heroes chapter arrives on February 2. Stay tuned to the homepage for datamined info.

The Darkmoon Races Mini Set

  • 35 new collectible cards have been added to the game - 4 of them are legendaries!
  • The new cards can be opened in Darkmoon Faire packs or purchased in a special bundle for 2000 Gold (or $15 USD).
  • Dual-class cards and Spellburst are returning mechanics present on some cards. These mechanics were seen earlier in the Year of the Phoenix.

If you would like to see all the new cards, you can find the full list of them over here. Golden cards will be in our database as soon as possible after the patch goes live.

Hearthstone Battlegrounds Update

We've got two new Demon minions and a couple of new heroes joining the fun!

  • Floating Watcher has been removed from the Battlegrounds Minion pool.
  • Two new Demons are being added to the minion pool. Details below.
  • Tickatus joins us as a new hero - Passive: Every 4 turns, Discover a Darkmoon Prize.
  • Greybough's friendly face is also arriving as a hero - Passive: Give +1/+2 and Taunt to minions you summon during combat.
  • Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Argent Braggart would not retain stat buffs when tripled.

Hearthstone Duels Gets Tons of New Content

The largest Duels update since the mode was released prior to the Darkmoon Faire launch last year!

  • Ratings are being reset in Casual and Heroic due to the new content release.
  • Darkmoon Races has been added to the rotation.
  • Each class gets 1 new hero power and 3 new signature treasures.
  • 4 new passive treasures and 2 new active treasures have been added.

Here are the unlock requirements for the new content:

  • Hero Power #3 (Each Class) – Collect 1 Scholomance Academy Legendary Class card from that class.
  • Signature Treasure #4 (All Classes) – Collect 125 Unique Madness at the Darkmoon Faire cards.
  • Signature Treasure #5 (All Classes) – Collect 12 Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Legendary cards.
  • Dual-Class Signature Treasure (All Classes) – Collect 150 unique Madness at the Darkmoon Faire cards.

If you'd like to see all the new cards, please check out this dedicated article because it's a long one!

Arena Gets a New Rotation

We've got a new rotation in Hearthstone's Arena mode that will also arrive with the update. Here are all the new sets you can now see cards from.

  • Darkmoon Races Mini-Set
  • Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
  • Scholomance Academy
  • Ashes of Outland
  • Demon Hunter Initiate
  • The Boomsday Project
  • Journey to Un'goro
  • One Night in Karazhan
  • Basic
  • Classic

Bug Fixes

We've got a load of bug fixes arriving with the patch as well.

Quote From Blizzard

  • Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Argent Braggart would not retain stat buffs when tripled.
  • Fixed a bug where Malevolent Strike would not discount itself when created by Deck of Lunacy.
  • Fixed a bug where losing control of a minion immediately when it comes into play (such as playing Silas Darkmoon on an empty board) would not correctly Corrupt cards in hand.
  • Fixed a bug where the ‘created by’ tag on generated cards was showing up as ‘UNKNOWN ENTITY’ when played.
  • Fixed a bug where Glinda Crowskin would not grant Echo to cards modified by Deck of Chaos.
  • Fixed a visual bug where transforming a Dormant minion could make it appear to retain buffs while Dormant.
  • Fixed a visual bug where Corrupted minions appeared to respawn on the board after being destroyed.
  • Fixed a visual bug where viewing progress for quests such as Open the Waygate would no longer highlight cards in hand that did not start in your deck.
  • Fixed a visual bug where Zombeasts in play only displayed card text for the first beast selection when using the Build-A-Beast Hero Power.
  • Passive Treasures offered between matches in Duels should now present more options that are better suited for the class you're playing.