It's that time again: a few weeks into the Perils in Paradise expansion, we can now look forward to a new Season for Battlegrounds! With Season 8 comes a new seasonal mechanic: Trinkets. Let's give a quick rundown:

  • Trinkets provide passive powers that you'll benefit from for the rest of the game.
  • On turns 6 and 9, you'll be offered four (4) Trinkets to select from, purchasing one of them.
  • Turn 6 provides "Lesser" Trinkets, while turn 9 provides "Greater" Trinkets; some passives exist in both pools, allowing you to double-up!
  • Trinket offerings are based in-part on your Hero, the available Minion types, and your current Warband.

To peruse the full information, including a new Hero - Marin the Manager - and a Rewards Track refresh, see the quote below. Over the next few days, we'll see reveals for the 27 new minions coming to Battlegrounds, plus the Trinkets themselves; stay tuned for more!

Quote From Blizzard

Announcing Battlegrounds Season 8

No vacation is complete without a stop at the souvenir shop. But this is a unique boutique: it sells magical Trinkets—the new Battlegrounds seasonal mechanic! Come see what’s in store for Battlegrounds Season 8, Trinkets & Travels, launching on August 20!

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With Season 8, Battlegrounds Ratings will reset (for both regular Battlegrounds and Duos) and Buddies will rotate out of the Tavern to make room for new Trinkets.

 

New Mechanic: Trinkets

Trinkets are special passive power-ups that you buy with Gold and use for the rest of the game—kind of like Quest Rewards. Trinkets are offered twice per game: on turns 6 and 9. Each offering, you’ll get 4 Trinkets to choose from.

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In total, there are 56 Lesser Trinkets (turn 6) and 60 Greater Trinkets (turn 9) coming in Season 8! Some Trinkets have a Lesser and a Greater version–letting you diversify or double-up on your effects!

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Your Trinket offerings and their Costs are influenced by your Hero, the Minion Types in the game, and your Warband to ensure you’ll always be offered something exciting to build from.

 

New Hero: Marin the Manager

Want a special Trinket offer? Speak to the Manager! Marin the Manager is coming to Battlegrounds in Season 8, bringing you an extra Trinket—and one turn early, to boot!

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Full Itinerary of Reveals

When Season 8 begins, 38 minions will be removed from the minion pool and 18 old favorites will return, plus 27 new minions and 2 new Tavern spells will be added. Follow your favorite content creators as they check out all the sights on each reveal layover ahead of Patch 30.2 at these times:

  • Neutrals: August 7, 12:00 p.m. (PDT)
  • Elementals: August 8, 12:00 p.m. (PDT)
  • Demons and Mechs: August 9, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Naga and Quilboar: August 10, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Pirates: August 11, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Undead: August 12, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Beasts: August 13, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Dragons and Murlocs: August 14, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)

You can track the flight using the hashtag #BGSeason8.

 

Battlegrounds Preview Event

On August 19, the day before Patch 30.2 launches, watch your favorite content creators try out Trinkets live! Participating players will be streaming on their own channels, so make sure you have notifications turned on. Time slots by region are:

  • APAC region: August 19, 2:00 a.m. - 8:00a.m. (PDT)
  • NA, LATAM, and EMEA regions: August 19, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PDT)

 

Battlegrounds Track Refresh

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On August 20, Battlegrounds Season 7 will end and Season 8 will begin! With that, you'll switch over to begin earning rewards on the new Battlegrounds Season 8 Rewards Track. Any rewards that were already earned in the Season 7 Rewards Track, but not yet claimed, will be automatically claimed for you.

The Season 8 Battlegrounds Track includes vacation themed cosmetics. Pick up the Season Pass to instantly unlock +2 Hero options at the start of each game. Then, progress through the track to earn the Beach Blast Legendary Strike, 17 additional Hero Skins, a new Bartender, and more!

Level XP to level Cumulative XP Free Reward With Season Pass
1 0 0   2 Hero Slots
2 20 20   Gnomeregan Omen (Rare Emote)
3 20 40 Beach Chenvaala (Rare Emote)  
4 20 60   Crystalsong Sindragosa (Rare Hero Skin)
5 30 90   Gnomeregan Omen Sunglasses (Epic Emote)
6 30 120   Exodar Guff (Epic Hero Skin)
7 30 150 Beach Chenvaala (Rare Hero Skin)  
8 30 180   Beach Blast (Rare Strike)
9 40 220   Future Nozdormu Ohoho (Rare Emote)
10 40 260   Fishing Cookie (Rare Hero Skin)
11 40 300 Moody Jandice (Rare Emote)  
12 50 350   Snorkeler Elise (Rare Hero Skin)
13 50 400   Future Nozdormu (Rare Emote)
14 50 450   Future Vacation Nozdormu (Legendary Hero Skin)
15 50 500 Moody Jandice (Rare Hero Skin)  
16 60 560   Outdoorsy Ini (Epic Hero Skin)
17 60 620   Surfer Kael'thas (Rare Hero Skin)
18 60 680   Bird Watching Drek'Thar (Legendary Hero Skin)
19 60 740 Castle Mutanus (Rare Emote)  
20 60 800   Surfer Kael'thas (Epic Emote)
21 60 860   Dalaran Wagtoggle (Epic Hero Skin)
22 60 920   Griftah (Epic Bartender)
23 60 980 Swashbuckler (Rare Strike)  
24 60 1040   Orgrimmar Rakanishu (Epic Hero Skin)
25 60 1100   Griftah (Rare Emote)
26 60 1160   Ribbon Tavish (Epic Hero Skin)
27 60 1220 Castle Mutanus (Epic Hero Skin)  
28 60 1280   Beach Blast (Epic Strike)
29 60 1340   Royal Edwin (Epic Hero Skin)
30 60 1400   Sunburned C'Thun (Legendary Hero Skin)
31 60 1460 Orgrimmar Faelin (Epic Emote)  
32 60 1520   Desert Ozumat (Epic Hero Skin)
33 60 1580   Moonwell Sylvanas (Epic Hero Skin)
34 60 1640   Griftah Just Right (Rare Emote)
35 60 1700 Swashbuckler (Epic Strike)  
36 60 1760   Ski Ragnaros (Legendary Hero Skin)
37 60 1820   Vacation Holmes (Epic Emote)
38 60 1880   Vacation Holmes (Epic Hero Skin)
39 60 1940 Shark Patchwerk (Legendary Hero Skin)  
40 60 2000   Beach Blast (Legendary Strike)

Are you excited for a new Season of Hearthstone Battlegrounds? What do you think of the Trinket system? Let us know in the comments below!