A new card back has arrived in today's Hearthstone patch which doesn't appear to have a well-defined source!
Mysteries of the Phoenix's in-game description states you can obtain it by:
Solve the mysteries hidden throughout the Barrens.
This card back is related to a new achievement called "???" which has 4 different criteria to finish. Completing these tasks will reward you with 100 experience and the new card back. The card back internally is called "Card_Back_Kael'thas_Sunstrider", which isn't very surprising when you look at the art, and could give us a potential clue to start.
It should be noted that this card back was one of the runner-ups in a competition that was run over in China earlier this year. Congrats to liguang for getting their card back into Hearthstone!
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FYI: Regis is posting (2 so far) the answers to the puzzles on his YT.
Bit off-topic: is it safe to disenchant non-diamond version of Ragnaros the Firelord if you have the diamond version through the achievement?
Hope so, I already did it. I actually don't see any reason to not do so.
I would say yes, the Diamond will stay as a reward
It looks like the blood elves crest, with that golden and red and the three fel orbs from Kael'thas
Many people in the Discord said that was fake the poster admitted it. So who knows.... Until we see the card back in play.
Since the barrens achievements inclusion it was there:
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Could the treasure hunt achievement criteria be related to the typos (which seemed to be made almost on purpose) in the letter in the wooden crate featured on this site (barrens survival pack or something)?
Are you talking about the crate from this article?
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2887-im-forging-into-the-barrens-the-horde-has-sent-a-war-supply-crate-to-my-location-thanks-blizzard
Awesome idea. Been clicking around and thinking how to solve it, but I got nothing yet.
so are we supposed to solve a puzzle in the boom labs?
Ooh, a treasure hunt! Will this work like the one for two golden copies of Transfer Student?
I was not able to chose the Tier 2 skin although the achievement is marked as Achieved. Were you able to get it?
does it require 200 levels or 400 for the first portrait?
As far as I can tell it goes like this:
1/10: 200 total levels
2/10: 400
3/10: 600
...
maxes out at
10/10: 2000
Should be 200. The first achievemnt (1/10) is completed and says Portrait reward in the description
i haven't even found that "Regular Tavern level" or something that shows the accumulated reward track level of all seasons...
It's under the "Progression" section, and since everyone who has achieved it is already showing as collected it is giving no notification and won't currently let people choose a portrait.
Same here! Already reported the bug.
report a bug to blizzard I suppose?
This is one of the winners of Chinese card back competition. Glad to see it's in the game now.