Runestones Have Arrived to Hearthstone's In-Game Shop Alongside New Pack Bundles and Magical Cosmetics

A big update on Hearthstone's in-game shop arrived earlier this week - the new currency Runestones. Alongside them a set of new anime-inspired magical cosmetics as well as some card pack bundles hit the shop so you could start testing the new purchase method right away. Let's go through all the new stuff in detail!

Runestones in a Nutshell

In order to understand the pricing of items we're going to be discussing, you'll need to have some level of understanding on what the Runestones are. This new currency will be the only method of paying for cosmetics going forward, and can be used to buy anything from the in-game shop whereas money and gold will have increasing limitations. You can find monetary conversions of the Runestones to selected currencies below:

As you may have noticed, the biggest bundles aren't actually the cheapest option to obtain Runestones. While the prices of USD/EUR bundles aren't radically different, in GBP you'd be losing a relatively high amount of money if you bought anything but the cheapest bundle. We've bolded the best deals in each currency in the table above for your convienience.

Pack Bundles

With that out of the way, we can dig into the actual deals we got. Three new card pack bundles were added this time, all purchasable only with Runestones:

• Golden Standard Bundle (2 Golden legendaries and 10 Golden Standard packs): 5000 Runestones ($49.99)
• Mini Golden Standard Bundle (1 Golden legendary and 5 Golden Standard packs): 2500 Runestones ($24.98)
• Standard Bundle (1 legendary and 10 Standard packs): 1000 Runestones ($9.99)

In case you're wondering, the pricing seems to be more or less in line with previous card bundles (at least in EUR/USD), so the new currency isn't there to scam you in that regard.

New Constructed Skin Bundle

Spoiled in the last section! In addition to packs, we also got a new constructed skin bundle with a magically-themed Elise Starseeker Druid skin, 5 Druid Class packs, and a special card back. The bundle is priced at 1500 Runestones ($14.99).

Additionally, four other constructed-aimed skins were added in the patch, and three of them are likely to feature in similar bundles soon. The fourth one, Wicked Prince Kael'thas, was added as both a constructed and Battlegrounds skin, and their obtaining method has not been specified yet.

New Battlegrounds Skins

If the new skins section of Constructed was a bit lacking, Battlegrounds got a lot and then some more. Battlegrounds' own shop got a total of seven new skins with Star Scout Scabbs being free for everyone. The six other skins are individually purchasable for 150 Runestones.

Additionally, the new Battlegrounds rewards system gives you a couple of new skins for free, similarly to the regular Rewards Track.

The paid Season Pass includes even more skins and a new alternative bartender, as seen below. This bundle can be bought with 1500 Runestones or the equivalent amount of real money ($14.99).

One more skin, Little Witch Jandice, was added with the patch but is currently unobtainable. Additionally, the Mystery Mayhem emote bundle and Anima Crypt strike, previously sold for $4.99, are now purchasable with 500 Runestones (the same price).

Have you already acquired Runestones? Are you planning of buying any of the new bundles? Let us know in the comments below!