Blizzard has officially announced the details we've been patiently waiting for in the Forged in the Barrens reveal season and launch!
- Like last expansion, they're doing a large mega bundle giveaway across streams and reddit.
- March 22 - RegisKillbin, Chris Sierra, and Liv Breeden are revealing the cards in the final reveal stream.
- March 22 - 16 Creators are going to ask for your deck lists to play during the theorycrafting streams. You can win a mega bundle code.
- March 23 - Theorycrafting Stream Day.
- March 26-29 - Pre-Release Weekend.
- March 30 - Forged in the Barrens Launch
- April 2-4 - Twitch Drops for Forged in the Barrens Packs.
Read on for all the details. Also, be sure to participate in our Forged in the Barrens Giveaways! Also, the card reveals schedule has begun filling in. Stay up to date on our dedicated Forged in the Barrens Card Reveal Schedule page.
Quote From Blizzard It’s time to celebrate this amazing community and the launch of Forged in the Barrens on March 30 with another Pre-Launch Party! In the lead up to expansion launch will be giving away over 500 Mega Bundle codes, gifting a ton of Twitch subscriptions in Hearthstone Creator channels, and having those creators play community submitted decklists during Theorycrafting Livestreams!
But first, mark your calendars to join RegisKillbin, Community Manager Chris Sierra, and Game Designer Liv Breeden on March 22 at 10:00 a.m. PT as they reveal the final Forged in the Barrens cards on stream at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone and Youtube.com/Hearthstone!
Decklist Submission Contest
On March 22, 16 Hearthstone Creators will take to their social channels to source desklists from YOU to play during Theorycrafting Livestreams. Each creator will select one winner, with that winner earning a free Mega Bundle code!
If you’d like to submit a deck of your own just visit our website and build a Standard deck using at least 10 Forged in the Barrens cards. You can have 10 unique cards or duplicates (such as x2 of 5 cards). Then, reply to your favorite creator’s deck contest post on March 22 with your deck code and a brief description of how it works. The winning decks will be played by the creator that selected it during Theorycrafting Livestreams on March 23!
Theorycrafting Livestreams
Starting at 9:00 a.m. PST on March 23, Hearthstone creators will showcase the new set and their respective contest-winning decks on their personal streaming channels, using at least 10 Forged in the Barrens cards in each deck they play. This time around we’ll be gifting 100 subs in several participating creator channels during Theorcrafting Livestreams, and each creator will give away 10 Mega Bundle codes throughout the day!
Mega Bundle Giveaways and Gifted Subs
Next up, a Reddit Mega Bundle giveaway! That’s right, we hooked the Hearthstone Subreddit up with another 100 Mega Bundle codes to giveaway on Wednesday, March 24.
Then, on March 25-26, 30 different Hearthstone creators will give away 10 Mega Bundles apiece live on their personal channels! Finally, on March 27, we’re planning to drop gifted subs in a bunch of these channels, so don’t go anywhere!
Forged in the Barrens Twitch Drops
We’re planning to host category-wide Twitch Drops the weekend following the launch of Forged in the Barrens, April 2-4! We’ll provide full details for Forged in the Barrens Twitch Drops on launch day, but you can expect to earn Forged in the Barrens packs for watching a few hours of any Hearthstone channel on Twitch, provided you’ve linked your Battle.net and Twitch accounts. Stay tuned for more details!
Open Packs Early During Pre-Release Weekend
Finally, brave the Barrens during Pre-Release Weekend from March 26-29! A private pre-release Fireside Gathering will give you a chance to bust open Forged in the Barrens card packs before the expansion officially launches on March 30. In addition to opening your packs early, Pre-release will also feature Fireside Brawls that will let you play with new cards!
- In the Forged in the Barrens No Cards Barred! Brawl, you’ll be able to construct decks using the cards that you open during the Pre-Release event. There are no restrictions on class or duplicates, so go crazy!
- We’ve also got A Recipe for Tenacity, a pre-constructed Brawl that will include new deck recipes from the upcoming set for you to play with. You won’t need to have pre-purchased packs to play this Brawl.
Private pre-release Fireside Gatherings will take place the weekend before Forged in the Barrens goes live, March 26 at 10:00 a.m. PT – March 29 at 10:00 a.m. PT.
Head over to FiresideGatherings.com to register your one-person event!
In light of the ongoing global health risks associated with in-person gatherings, we’ve canceled official Fireside Gatherings for the near future and disabled the ability to create public events.
We do, however, want individuals at home to have an opportunity to partake in the upcoming Pre-Release weekend, so we’ll be keeping private event functionality intact. Players can register their own one-person event to enjoy opening Forged in the Barrens card packs from March 26-29.
Thank you all, innkeepers and patrons, for understanding.
Private Fireside Gatherings will:
- Be eligible to receive Nemsy Necrofizzle if they fulfill all hosting prerequisites. This means having an established Tavern - Learn more about how to establish your tavern here.
- Be eligible for the Fireside Gatherings card back.
- Allow event listing creation the same day it is meant to be hosted.
- Have the same Fireside Brawls as public Fireside Gatherings.
- Be visible on the website only to the innkeeper hosting it. The Fireside Gathering itself will be visible in the game client, and participants will be able to search and find it in the client as well.
Private Fireside Gatherings will NOT:
- Be visible on Tavern or upcoming event pages.
- Show up if anyone tries to search for it on the upcoming events page.
- Count towards any Tavern or Innkeeper progression. They will not count towards establishing your Tavern. You will still need to host public events in the future with at least 3 check-ins in order to establish your Tavern.
Comments
Kibler still pretty involved, but I don't think I've seen Kripp on a final reveal stream in a LONG time. And pretty sure Day[9] quit playing Hearthstone around Rastakhan's Rumble. I know this because the launch day for that set I noticed all the HS streamers I follow on Twitch were in opening packs and/or playing the game, but he was playing MtGA. I don't know exactly when, but some time during the Boomsday expansion after MtGA came out he stopped with HS and that's basically his only CCG he plays now. Not counting things like Slay the Spire
What? The last 4 expansions that had reveal streams were all Kripp? It's become completely and utterly ridiculous in terms of blatant favoritism.
why is kripp always on these, he doesn't play standard or wild and hasn't in ages... get a new person please
Agree, many of Kripp's opinions were ... questionable ... even when he played more often.
He still is one of most popular Hearthstone players despite not playing Standard much.
Also first games are often fun to see meme and weird stuff not OP decks and Kripp is good for this.
I am glad he is not in Reveal stream but I am totally ok with him being in Theorycrafting.
Uhh it says that RegisKillbin will be in the final reveal stream, not kripp...?
I think he is referring to Kripp's inclusion in the Theory Crafting Livestream list of creators
UGH. I was hoping they'd skip the theorycrafting event and actually launch on time.
This is a much bigger disappointment than the dumb ol' Tavern Brawl.
Any news on the classic format release date ?
"We’re excited to share that we’ll be launching the Classic format alongside the patch for our next expansion!"
https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/news/23620129
Yeah, but I think Rook was asking more of when does patch 20.0 launch? They said it'd be before the expansion launch. My guess is maybe following the final reveal, or the day after. But definitely going to be sometime after the final reveal but before the Pre-Release weekend (March 26). They need the cards patched into the game so people can open them and use them during the pre-release event.
Oh great - so end of month reward packs should be Barrens packs :)
Good luck with your climb everyone :)
Yeah, I would usually open my packs in the pre-release weekend. This time I'll wait for the rotation to start with reward packs.
Im sure that is unintentional, but a welcome, byproduct :)
I don't get it. What is the unintentional welcome by product?
(I'm F2P, so I'm not that clued in to how the pre purchase stuff works)
Basically what Thonson said. Unitentional = very much doubt that the timing of the expansion was set with this in mind. Welcome = because the timing is what it is, you will most likely get a few more packs from a new expansion than what you were expecting, if you play ranked.
They are referring to the end of month packs you get based on your rank. Those packs are typically the most recent expansion, so in theory at the end of March we should get Barrens packs instead of Darkmoon packs for those rewards.
While it SHOULD work this way, it'll be interesting to see if that is what actually happens or not. I'd say after the 20.0 patch check your rewards chest in the in-game profile section and it should show what packs we're going to get. Right now of course they show as Darkmoon packs so we'll see if that changes.