We've got a round of Battlegrounds and Arena balance adjustments that have made their way to Hearthstone today in a server-side hotfix. Due to this being a hotfix, no data update is required on your client, so no downloads!

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Patch 29.0.2 is a server-side hotfix patch rolling out today with the following updates.

Battlegrounds Updates

Armor Changes

The following heroes now have more Armor:

  • Doctor Holli’dae and Murloc Holmes now have 10 Armor.
  • Rokara and Skycap’n Kragg now have 14 Armor.
  • Death Speaker Blackthorn now has 15 Armor.
  • Millificent Manastorm now has 16 Armor at higher ranks, still has 6 Armor at lower ranks.
  • Tae’thelan Bloodwatcher now has 18 Armor.
  • Overlord Saurfang now has 19 Armor.
  • C’Thun now has 19 Armor at higher ranks, still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.

The following heroes now have less Armor:

  • Trade Prince Gallywix now has 5 Armor at higher ranks, still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.
  • Fungalmancer Flurgl now has 10 Armor.
  • Bru’kan now has 13 Armor.
  • Dinotamer Brann now has 14 Armor.
  • Professor Putricide now has 16 Armor.

Quest Changes

The following Quest offering rates have been adjusted:

  • Exhume the Bones won’t be offered to Bru’kan and Sneed.

The following Quest Rewards were made easier to earn:

  • Beyond the Mirage
  • Splitting Scroll
  • Temporal Tampering
  • Anima Bribe
  • Mirror Shield
  • Timeline Acceleration
  • Invigorating Conch
  • Scepter of Guidance
  • Endless Blood Moon

The following Quest Rewards were made harder to earn:

  • Tumbling Disaster
  • Untamed Sorcery
  • Secret Sinstone
  • Turbulent Tombs
  • Gilnean War Horn

Arena Updates

We’ve adjusted the draft pools and offering rates of several cards. The appearance rates of certain powerful cards in Death Knight, Hunter, Demon Hunter, and Paladin have been decreased. The appearance rate of certain powerful cards in Druid, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Warrior, and Rogue have been increased.

Draft card pools have been adjusted for Hunter, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Death Knight, Warlock, and Warrior, swapping certain cards out entirely (including all Hunter’s Wildseed cards).

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Sonya Waterdancer would give a copy of herself when played for 1 mana.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Crane Game sometimes wouldn’t work.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Galactic Projection Orb could continue targeting minions after they were functionally dead.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Galactic Projection Orb would fail to cast if you played it twice in a row.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Miniaturize cards granted by Spirit of the Badlands’s Mirage would not generate a Mini version.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ysera granted the wrong version of Dream cards.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Free From Amber could Discover and summon Neptulon the Tidehunter.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Aranna Starseeker and Queen Azshara lost all their Armor when they transformed.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Brann’s Blessing would override Brann Bronzebeard’s effect.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Sea Witch Zar’jira’s Siren Song didn’t work for minions buffed more than once by the same effect.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Silivaz the Vindictive didn’t give its Spellcraft spell after being Goldenized.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Vengeful Slitherer didn’t give its Spellcraft spell after being Goldenized.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Free-Flying Feathermane’s effect could be triggered during the Recruit phase under certain circumstances.