Hearthstone Patch 30.2 Brings Battlegrounds Season 8, Wild Heroic Tavern Brawl, and More!

It's Patch Time in Hearthstone, bringing a long list of new material to Battlegrounds for its Season 8: Trinkets & Travels, plus some other stuff! A couple highlights include:

• Battlegrounds Season 7 will end, leading into Season 8 and its Rewards Track on August 20th.
  • The newest addition will be Trinkets, passive bonuses you can buy on turns 6 and 9 that'll last the full game.
• A new season for Arena, being a Dual-Class Arena once again.
• An in-game event - "The Marin Resort's Treasure Hunt" - earning you up to 14 packs.
• The return of the Heroic Tavern Brawl, this time for Wild.
• Stealth has been replaced with Elusive for the pool of random "bonus effects", such as on Elemental Inspiration.

To see the full list of additions, bugfixes, and the like - plus the expansive changes to Battlegrounds with Season 8 - you can read the quote below:

Quote From Blizzard

Patch 30.2, launching on August 20, brings Battlegrounds Season 8: Trinkets & Travels!

Stop by the Trinket Shop: Battlegrounds Season 8 is Open

On August 20, Battlegrounds Season 7 will end and Season 8 will begin. That means ratings will reset for Battlegrounds and Duos, Buddies will be removed, and the Battlegrounds Track will switch over. All rewards that were earned on the Season 7 track, but not yet claimed, will be automatically claimed.

Learn more about the upcoming Season, including a preview event on August 19, in our Season 8 Announcement Blog.

New Mechanic: Trinkets

Trinkets are passive power-ups that you buy with Gold and then use for the rest of the game! The Trinket shop is open twice per game: on turns 6 (the 8-Gold turn) and 9. Each offering, you’ll get 4 Trinkets to choose from, influenced by your Hero, the Minion Types in the game, and your Warband.

 

Lesser Trinkets (Turn 6 Pool)

See the Card Library for images of all the Trinkets once Patch 30.2 goes live.

Feral Talisman

• [3 Gold*] Your minions have +2/+1.

Lucky Tabby

• [2 Gold] After 6 friendly minions die, get a random Beast.

Tiger Carving

• [2 Gold] Whenever a friendly minion takes damage, give a random friendly minion +2 Attack permanently.

Felblood Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get a ‘Slimy Felblood.’ Your Fiery and Slimy Felbloods give Attack and Health.

Rewinder Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get a ‘Soul Rewinder’ and a ‘Wrath Weaver’. Your Soul Rewinders also gain Attack.

Glowing Gauntlet

• [4 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +3/+3.

Darnassus Pie

• [4 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +1/+1 for each minion you’ve sold this turn.

Demonblood Gourd

• [1 Gold] Spellcraft: Choose a friendly minion. It consumes a random minion in the Tavern to gain its stats.

Holy Mallet

• [3 Gold] Start of Combat: Give your left and right-most minions Divine Shield.

Valorous Medallion

• [2 Gold] Start of Combat: Give your minions +2/+2.

Dragonwing Glider

• [1 Gold] Whenever you play a card, give a friendly Dragon +3 Attack.

Smuggler Portrait

• [1 Gold] Get a ‘Whelp Smuggler’. Your Whelp Smugglers are Dragons.
• Dev Comment: This applies to Whelp Smugglers you see in the Tavern or Discover as well, not just the ones in your warband.

Training Certificate

• [4 Gold] Start of Combat: Double the stats of your two lowest-Attack minions.

Rockin’ Music Box

• [4 Gold] At the end of each turn, get a random Battlecry minion.

Lava Lamp

• [3 Gold] After you sell 4 minions, get a random Elemental.

Nomi Sticker

• [4 Gold] After you play an Elemental, Elementals in the Tavern have +1/+1 this game.

Primordial Terrarium

• [4 Gold] After you play an Elemental, your next Tavern spell costs (1) less.

Dalaran Cheese Wheel

• [4 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +1/+1. Upgrades every 3 times you Refresh.

Kodo Leather Pouch

• [2 Gold] After you buy a card, give a random friendly minion +2/+1.

Charging Staff

• [3 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your minions with Divine Shield +4 Attack.

Kaboom Bot Portrait

• [2 Gold] Get a ‘Kaboom Bot’. Your Kaboom Bots’ Deathrattles deal 8 extra damage.

Automaton Portrait

• [5 Gold] Get an ‘Ancestral Automaton’. Start of Combat: Summon an Ancestral Automaton.

Blingtron’s Sunglasses

• [3 Gold] After you summon a Mech in combat, give a friendly Mech Divine Shield.

Nerglish Phrasebook

• [1 Gold] After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +3/+3.

Belcher Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get an ‘Operatic Belcher’. Whenever a friendly minion loses Venomous, it gains +5/+5 permanently.

Rusty Trident

• [3 Gold] Start of Combat: Give your Naga, “Deathrattle: Get a random Spellcraft spell.”

Replica Cathedral

• [3 Gold] Your first spell each turn casts twice.

Shaker Portrait

• [6 Gold] Get a ‘Zesty Shaker’. Your Zesty Shakers give an extra copy of the spell.

Lorewalker Scroll

• [4 Gold] Whenever you cast a spell on a minion, give it +2/+2.

Ship in a Bottle

• [4 Gold] Start of Combat: Get and summon a random Pirate. It attacks immediately.

Booty Bay Brew

• [3 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +1/+2.

Ceremonial Sword

• [3 Gold] Whenever a friendly minion attacks, give it +4 Attack.

Hoggy Bank

• [3 Gold] Start of Combat: Give your Quilboar “Deathrattle: Get a Blood Gem”.

Quilligraphy Set

• [4 Gold] Avenge (4): Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game.

Great Boar Sticker

• [1 Gold] Your Blood Gems give an extra +3 Attack.

Eternal Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get an ‘Eternal Knight’. Start of Combat: Give your Eternal Knights Taunt and Reborn.

Twin Sky Lanterns

• [2 Gold] When you have space, summon a copy of the first minion you summon each combat.

Staff of the Scourge

• [3 Gold] Avenge (5): Give a random friendly minion Reborn.

Comfy Coffin

• [4 Gold] After you cast a Tavern spell, your Undead have +1 Attack this game (wherever they are).

Fishy Sticker

• [2 Gold] Start of Combat: Summon a Fish of N’Zoth that copies Deathrattles.

Artisanal Urn

• [3 Gold] Your Undead have +3 Attack.

Windrunner Necklace

• [3 Gold] Your left-most minion in combat has +8 Attack in combat.

Alliance Keychain

• [4 Gold] The first time a friendly minion dies each combat, give its maximum stats to a random friendly minion.

The Eye of Dalaran

• [2 Gold] Whenever a friendly minion with no type dies, get a random Tavern spell.

Colorful Compass

• [2 Gold] Get a random <minion type>. At the start of each turn, get another.
• Dev Comment: The minion type offered will be your most common minion type.

Yogg-Tastic Pastry

• [5 Gold] Spin the Wheel of Yogg-Saron. At the start of each turn, spin it again.

Enforcer Portrait

• [6 Gold] Get a ‘Lightfang Enforcer’. Your Lightfang Enforcers have all minion types.

Innkeeper’s Stein

• [2 Gold] The Tavern offers an extra minion of a higher Tier whenever it is Refreshed.

Azeroth Model Globe

• [4 Gold] At the start of every 2 turns, Discover a Tier 6 minion.

Goldenizer Supply

• [0 Gold] At the end of every 3 turns, get a Goldenizer.

Token of the Old Gods

• [1 Gold] Spellcraft: Transform a minion into one of a Tier higher.

Souvenir Stand

• [4 Gold] When you buy your Greater Trinket, this transforms into a copy of it.

Trip Vouchers

• [2 Gold] In 2 turns, choose a Greater Trinket to buy and replace this.

Goblin Wallet

• [2 Gold] At the end of each turn, increase your Maximum Gold by 1.

Bob-blehead

• [2 Gold] The Tavern no longer offers cards from Tier 1 or Tier 2.

Book of Medivh

• [5 Gold] Discover a Tavern spell. At the start of each turn, Discover another.

* All listed Trinket Costs are base Costs. Trinket Costs may be influenced by the minion types in the game and your warband.

 

Greater Trinkets (Turn 9 Pool)

Feral Talisman

• [3 Gold] Your minions have +5/+3.

Tiger Carving

• [2 Gold] Whenever a friendly minion takes damage, give a random friendly minion +4 Attack permanently.

Glowing Gauntlet

• [4 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +7/+7.

Nomi Sticker

• [5 Gold] After you play an Elemental, Elementals in the Tavern have +2/+2 this game.

Dalaran Cheese Wheel

• [4 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +2/+2. Upgrades every 3 times you Refresh.

Nerglish Phrasebook

• [1 Gold] After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +6/+6.

Belcher Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get an ‘Operatic Belcher’. Whenever a friendly minion loses Venomous, it gains +15/+15 permanently.

Booty Bay Brew

• [3 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +2/+4.

Quilligraphy Set

• [3 Gold] Avenge (4): Your Blood Gems give an extra +2/+2 this game.

Twin Sky Lanterns

• [2 Gold] When you have space, summon 2 copies of the first minion you summon each combat.

Gilnean Thorned Rose

• [3 Gold] Avenge (3): Give your minions +3/+3 permanently and deal 1 damage to them.

Slamma Sticker

• [3 Gold] After you summon a Beast in combat, double its stats.

Rivendare Portrait

• [2 Gold] Get a ’Titus Rivendare’. Start of Combat: Give your Titus Rivendares Stealth.

Nether Pendant

• [2 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +1/+1. Upgrades every 4 times your hero takes damage.

Felbat Portrait

• [5 Gold] Get a ‘Famished Felbat’. The Tavern always has 7 cards.

Darnassus Pie

• [3 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +2/+2 for each minion you’ve sold this turn.

Valorous Medallion

• [3 Gold] Start of Combat: Give your minions +5/+5.

Dragonwing Glider

• [1 Gold] Whenever you play a card, give a friendly Dragon +6 Attack.

Shaman Prayer Beads

• [3 Gold] After you buy 2 Battlecry minions, get a random Battlecry minion.

Emerald Dreamcatcher

• [4 Gold] Start of Combat: Set your Dragons’ Attack to the highest in your warband.

Jarred Frostling

• [3 Gold] Start of Combat: Give 2 friendly Elementals ‘Deathrattle: Summon a Flourishing Frostling’.

Azerite Portrait

• [5 Gold] Get a ‘Living Azerite’. Your Living Azerites also give stats to friendly Elementals.

Kodo Leather Pouch

• [2 Gold] After you buy a card, give a random friendly minion +4/+4.

Fridge Magnet

• [3 Gold] Avenge (3): Get a random Magnetic minion.

Charging Staff

• [3 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your minions with Divine Shield +7 Attack.

Mechagon Adapter

• [4 Gold] After a friendly Mech loses Divine Shield, give it Divine Shield. (3 times per combat.)

Boom Controller

• [4 Gold] When you have space, summon an exact copy of your first Mech that died each combat.

Essence of Dreams

• [2 Gold] Get a ‘Dreamer’s Embrace’. At the start of each turn, get another.

Bronzebeard Portrait

• [1 Gold] Get a ‘Brann Bronzebeard’. Your Brann Bronzebeards are both Murlocs and Dragons.

Tinyfin Onesie

• [2 Gold] Start of Combat: Your left-most minion gains the stats of the highest Health minion in your hand.

Spitescale Sushi Roll

• [6 Gold] Get a ‘Spitescale Special’. Your Spellcraft spells cast twice.

Glowscale Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get a ‘Glowscale’. Your first Spellcraft enchantment each turn is permanent.

Lorewalker Scroll

• [2 Gold] Whenever you cast a spell on a minion, give it +5/+5.

Elementium Chest

• [3 Gold] Each combat, after 3 friendly Pirates attack, gain 1 Gold next turn.

Balladist Portrait

• [4 Gold] Get a ‘Lovesick Balladist’. At the start of each turn, get another.

Designer Eyepatch

• [5 Gold] You only need 2 copies of a Pirate to make it Golden.

Fancy Spellbook

• [3 Gold] After you spend 7 Gold, get a random Tavern spell.

Conductor Portrait

• [3 Gold] Get a ‘Snarling Conductor’. Whenever you discard a card, play a Blood Gem on all your minions.

Great Boar Sticker

• [6 Gold] Your Blood Gems give an extra +4/+4.

Jar o’ Gems

• [3 Gold] Each combat, after 2 friendly minions attack, play a Blood Gem on all your Quilboar.

Blood Golem Sticker

• [4 Gold] After a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (3 times per combat.)

Butcher’s Sickle

• [3 Gold] Get a ‘Butchering’ and a random Undead with a Deathrattle. At the start of each turn, repeat this.

Artisanal Urn

• [5 Gold] Your Undead have +7 Attack.

Mug of the Sire

• [3 Gold] Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your minions +4 Attack.

Comfy Coffin

• [4 Gold] Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, your Undead have +2 Attack this game (wherever they are).

Reinforced Shield

• [3 Gold] Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (4 times per combat.)

Fishy Sticker

• [4 Gold] Start of Combat: Summon a Golden Fish of N’Zoth that copies Deathrattles.

Windrunner Necklace

• [4 Gold] Your left-most minion in combat has +20 Attack in combat.

Bronze Timepiece

• [4 Gold] Start of Combat: Set each of your minions’ Attack and Health to the higher of the two.

Alliance Keychain

• [5 Gold] The first time a friendly minion dies each combat, give its maximum stats to 2 random friendly minions.

Horde Keychain

• [2 Gold] Your minions from Tier 3 or lower have +6/+4.

Colorful Compass

• [3 Gold] Get 2 random <minion type>. At the start of each turn, get 2 more.

Karazhan Chess Set

• [5 Gold] Start of Combat: Summon a copy of each of your minions.

Peacebloom Candle

• [2 Gold] The first two Tavern spells you buy each turn are free.

Devourer Sticker

• [2 Gold] Get a ‘Channel the Devourer’. At the start of each turn, get another.

Exquisite Dishware

• [5 Gold] At the end of each turn, get a random minion of each different type you control.

Book of Medivh

• [5 Gold] Discover 2 Tavern spells. At the start of each turn, Discover 2 more.

Ironforge Anvil

• [4 Gold] Start of Combat: Triple the stats of your minions with no type.

Pagle’s Fishing Rod

• [6 Gold] Get a random Tier 7 minion. At the start of each turn, get another.

Bob’s Tip Jar

• [0 Gold] Gain 3 Gold. Increase your maximum Gold by 3.

 

Battlegrounds Hero Updates

New Hero

Marin the Manager

• Fantastic Treasure
• Passive. On turn 5, choose a lesser Trinket to buy.

 

Hero Changes

Alexstrasza, Queen Azshara, Millhouse Manastorm, Cap’n Hoggarr, Vol'jin, Madam Goya, and Sylvannus Windrunner, all of which were temporarily removed from hero pool(s) throughout the last patch, have been returned to their hero pools.

Dancin’ Deryl (Hat Trick)

• Passive. When you play a minion, give it a +1/+1 hat that passes to a friendly minion when sold.
• Dev Comment: Now gives a hat when the minion is played, not bought.

Guff Runetotem (Natural Balance)

• Passive. After you buy 30 Tiers’ worth of cards, get a Triple Reward.
• Dev Comment: This can be triggered multiple times in a game.

Kael’Thas Sunstrider (Verdant Spheres)

• Passive. Every third minion you play gets +1/+1 and improves this by +1/+1.

Ragnaros the Firelord (Sulfuras)

• Passive. At the end of your turn, give your left- and right-most minions +4/+4.

Trade Prince Gallywix

• Now banned from Elemental games.

Aranna Starseeker

• Now unbanned from Elemental games.

Sylvanas Windrunner

• Now unbanned from Undead games. When she said she had no time for games, she didn’t mean those games.

New Armor Totals

Captain Hooktusk

• High Rank: 11, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 9

Millhouse Manastorm

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 8

Master Nguyen

• High Rank: 8, Lower Rank: 8, Duos: 5

Forest Warden Omu

• High Rank: 8, Lower Rank: 8, Duos: 5

Galewing

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 7

Mutanus the Devourer

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

Ysera

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 5, Duos: 7

Arch-Villain Rafaam

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

Cookie the Cook

• High Rank: 7, Lower Rank: 7, Duos: 5

Scabbs Cutterbutter

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Trade Prince Gallywix

• High Rank: 5, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 3

The Lich King

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Sire Denathrius

• High Rank: 11, Lower Rank: 11, Duos: 8

Vanndar Stormpike

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Murloc Holmes

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 12, Duos: 8

Silas Darkmoon

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Tamsin Roame

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Pyramad

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 16, Duos: 14

The Rat King

• High Rank: 9, Lower Rank: 9, Duos: 7

Vol’jin

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

Elise Starseeker

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

George the Fallen

• High Rank: 17, Lower Rank: 17, Duos: 15

Xyrella

• High Rank: 8, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 5

Lady Vashj

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

Maiev Shadowsong

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 10

C’Thun

• High Rank: 19, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 18

Rokara

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

Tickatus

• High Rank: 12, Lower Rank: 12, Duos: 10

Varden Dawngrasp

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

N’Zoth

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

Kurtrus Ashfallen

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

Ini Stormcoil

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 6, Duos: 8

Al’Akir

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

Lord Barov

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 19, Duos: 12

Jandice Barov

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

Dancin’ Deryl

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

The Great Akazamzarak

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Lich Baz’hial

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 16, Duos: 13

Patchwerk

• High Rank: 0, Lower Rank: 0, Duos: 0

Sir Finley Mrrgglton

• High Rank: 12, Lower Rank: 12, Duos: 10

Galakrond

• High Rank: 17, Lower Rank: 17, Duos: 14

Guff Runetotem

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 7

Tess Greymane

• High Rank: 17, Lower Rank: 17, Duos: 14

Millificent Manastorm

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 5, Duos: 10

Deathwing

• High Rank: 12, Lower Rank: 12, Duos: 10

Cariel Roame

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 13

Reno Jackson

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 16, Duos: 13

Fungalmancer Flurgl

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 12

Professor Putricide

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 16, Duos: 14

Yogg-Saron, Hope’s End

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 11

Nozdormu

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

Shudderwock

• High Rank: 5, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 2

Patches the Pirate

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 5, Duos: 10

Heistbaron Togwaggle

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

Malygos

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

Dinotamer Brann

• High Rank: 18, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 15

Skycap’n Kragg

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

Infinite Toki

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

The Jailer

• High Rank: 19, Lower Rank: 19, Duos: 17

Lord Jaraxxus

• High Rank: 19, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 17

Drek’Thar

• High Rank: 7, Lower Rank: 7, Duos: 5

Enhance-o Mechano

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

Ozumat

• High Rank: 12, Lower Rank: 7, Duos: 10

Ragnaros the Firelord

• High Rank: 18, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 15

Y’Shaarj

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 16, Duos: 14

Kael’thas Sunstrider

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 7

Sneed

• High Rank: 18, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 16

Onyxia

• High Rank: 18, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 15

Alexstrasza

• High Rank: 7, Lower Rank: 7, Duos: 7

Ambassador Faelin

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

Bru’kan

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 11

Zephrys, the Great

• High Rank: 17, Lower Rank: 17, Duos: 15

Edwin VanCleef

• High Rank: 17, Lower Rank: 17, Duos: 15

Rakanishu

• High Rank: 17, Lower Rank: 17, Duos: 15

Queen Azshara

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 11

Chenvaala

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 7, Duos: 10

Tavish Stormpike

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 13

Captain Eudora

• High Rank: 19, Lower Rank: 19, Duos: 17

Greybough

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 11

Illidan Stormrage

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

Sindragosa

• High Rank: 18, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 16

Mr. Bigglesworth

• High Rank: 16, Lower Rank: 16, Duos: 14

Death Speaker Blackthorn

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 7

Queen Wagtoggle

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 13

Overlord Saurfang

• High Rank: 19, Lower Rank: 19, Duos: 17

Aranna Starseeker

• High Rank: 12, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 10

A. F. Kay

• High Rank: 14, Lower Rank: 14, Duos: 12

King Mukla

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

The Curator

• High Rank: 13, Lower Rank: 13, Duos: 10

Teron Gorefiend

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

E.T.C., Band Manager

• High Rank: 8, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 5

Rock Master Voone

• High Rank: 12, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 9

Inge, the Iron Hymn

• High Rank: 11, Lower Rank: 6, Duos: 8

Cap’n Hoggarr

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Thorim, Stormlord

• High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 12

Snake Eyes

• High Rank: 6, Lower Rank: 6, Duos: 3

Tae’thelan Bloodwatcher

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 7

Doctor Holli’dae

• High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 8

Cho

• Duos: 14

Gall

• Duos: 14

The Nameless One

• Duos: 12

Flobbidinous Floop

• Duos: 15

Madam Goya

• Duos: 8

 

Battlegrounds Card Updates

New Cards

Free Travel Winner (Tier 2)

• 2/2. At the start of your turn, if this minion survived last combat, remove this and get a Triple Reward.

 

Inspiring Underdog (Tier 4)

• 2/1. Battlecry: Give your minions of Tier 3 or lower +2/+1.

 

Lucky Egg (Tier 5)

• 2/2. Battlecry: Discover a Golden Tier 3 minion to transform into.

 

Sun Screener (Tier 6)

• 10/1. Start of Combat: Give you and your opponent’s 3 left-most minions Divine Shield.

 

One-Amalgam Tour Group (Tier 6, All)

• 6/7. Whenever you play a card, give friendly minions of its Tier or lower +1/+1.

 

Prosthetic Hand (Tier 4, Mech/Undead)

• 3/1. Magnetic, Reborn. Can Magnetize to Mechs and Undead.
• Dev Comment: This card is mostly a card you might recognize from Traditional Hearthstone, but the Battlegrounds version is a Mech/Undead while the Standard version will remain just a Mech.

 

Depraved Felfin (Tier 5, Demon/Murloc)

• 4/3. After you Discover a minion, gain the stats of the other options.

 

Indomitable Mount (Tier 6, Beast)

• 3/6. Deathrattle: Summon a random Beast from Tier 3, 4, and 5.

 

Pilgrimp (Tier 4, Demon)

• 3/4. 1 Demon each turn costs Health instead of Gold to buy.

 

Mirage Conjurer (Tier 5, Demon)

• 4/4. Choose One – Double the Attack of all minions in the Tavern; or Double their Health.

 

Wannabe Gargoyle (Tier 4, Dragon)

• 5/1. Reborn. This is Reborn with full Attack.

 

Bountiful Bedrock (Tier 3, Elemental)

• 4/3. At the end of every 2 turns, get a random Elemental.

 

Sleeping Sea Glass (Tier 3, Elemental)

• 3/3. Choose One – Double this minion’s Attack; or Health.

 

Moss of the Schloss (Tier 5, Elemental)

• 3/4. When another friendly Elemental dies, gain its maximum stats. (Once per combat.)

 

Ancestral Automaton (Tier 2, Mech)

• 2/5. Has +3/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).

 

Mrglin' Burglar (Tier 6, Murloc)

• 6/6. After you play a Murloc, give a friendly minion and a minion in your hand +6/+6.

 

Volcanic Visitor (Tier 3, Naga)

• 3/3. Spellcraft: Choose One – Give your minions +2 Attack until next turn; or +2 Health until next turn.

 

Gift Pilferer (Tier 2, Pirate)

• 2/3. Upgrading the Tavern costs (1) less.

 

Sky Pirate Flagbearer (Tier 4, Pirate)

• 4/4. Start of Combat: Give your other Pirates “Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Pirate. It attacks immediately.”

Cruise Controller (Tier 5, Pirate)

• 6/3. Deathrattle: For the rest of this combat, after you summon a Pirate, give it +4 Attack.

 

Ice Fisher (Tier 6, Pirate)

• 8/8. After you buy a minion, gain stats equal to its Tier.

 

Fearless Foodie (Tier 4, Quilboar)

• 2/5. Choose One – Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game; or Get 4 Blood Gems.

 

Hot-Air Surveyor (Tier 5, Quilboar)

• 5/8. Blood Gems played from your hand cast an extra time.

 

Museum Mummy (Tier 2, Undead)

• 5/1. Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Skeleton.

 

Cadaver Caretaker (Tier 4, Undead)

• 4/4. Deathrattle: Summon four 1/1 Skeletons.

 

Thundering Abomination (Tier 4, Undead)

• 2/6. Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give it +2/+2. If there’s no space, gain +2/+2 permanently.

 

Catacomb Crasher (Tier 5, Undead)

• 5/10. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your minions +1/+1 permanently.

 

Cry Foul (Tier 2, Tavern spell)

• [2 Gold] Get a plain copy of a random minion from your last opponent’s warband.

 

Robust Evolution (Tier 3, Tavern spell)

• [2 Gold] Choose a minion. Transform it into a random minion of a higher Tier. It keeps its stats.

 

Card Pool Changes

Beasts and Dragons can no longer both be in the minion pool for a game due to an unwanted interaction.

41 minions have been removed from the minion pool:

• Corrupted Myrmidon
• Crafty Aranasi
• Deck Swabbie
• Felboar
• Fire Dancer
• Floating Watcher
• Freedealing Gambler
• Geomagus Roogug
• Ghastcoiler
• Greymane’s Champion
• Hateful Hag
• Hungering Abomination
• Magmaloc
• Marine Matriarch
• Mechanized Gift Horse
• Mini-Myrmidon
• Mooneater’s Champion
• Murgl Mk II
• Murozond
• Nightbane, Ignited
• Poetic Pen Pal
• Rat Pack
• Replicating Menace
• Rockpool Hunter
• Silent Swimmer
• Silivaz the Vindictive
• Sin’dorei Straight Shot
• Sister Deathwhisper
• Slitherspear, Lord of Gains
• Thousandth Paper Drake
• Underhanded Dealer
• Unforgiving Treant
• Untameabull
• Very Hungry Winterfinner
• Zapp Slywick
• Zilliax: Bonding Module
• Zilliax: Claw Module
• Zilliax: Crystal Module
• Zilliax: Defense Module
• Zilliax: Smoke Module
• Zilliax: Whirring Module

22 minions have been returned to the minion pool:

• Deadly Spore
• Motley Phalanx
• Lightfang Enforcer
• Interrogator Whitemane
• Mecha-Jaraxxus
• Leapfrogger
• Sly Raptor
• Keyboard Igniter
• Twilight Emissary
• Warpwing
• Kaboom Bot
• Kangor’s Apprentice
• Grease Bot
• Murcules
• Saltscale Honcho
• Tidemistress Athissa
• Orgozoa, the Tender
• Warden of Old
• Critter Wrangler
• Southsea Busker
• Thorncaptain
• Xylo-bones

1 card has been removed from the Tavern spell pool:

• Primal Staff

 

Card Changes

Deadly Spore (Tier 3)

• 1/1. Venomous.

 

Motley Phalanx (Tier 4)

• 2/1. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1 permanently.

 

Lightfang Enforcer (Tier 5)

• 6/6. At the end of your turn, give a friendly minion of each type +3/+3.

 

Interrogator Whitemane (Tier 5)

• 8/5. Start of Combat: Give an enemy minion from Tier 5 or higher Taunt. It takes double damage this combat.

 

Land Lubber (Tier 3, Elemental/Pirate)

• 4/5. The Tavern offers an extra Tavern spell after each Refresh.

 

Prime Mate (Tier 5, Beast/Pirate)

• 3/9. After a friendly Deathrattle minion dies, gain 1 Gold next turn.

 

Monstrous Macaw (Tier 3, Beast)

• 4/3. After this attacks, trigger your left-most Deathrattle (except this minion’s).

 

Keyboard Igniter (Tier 3, Demon)

• 4/4. Battlecry: Give your other Demons +2/+2 and deal 2 damage to your hero.

 

Wildfire Elemental (Tier 4, Elemental)

• 9/5. After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to an adjacent minion.

 

Annoy-o-Module (Tier 3, Mech)

• 2/4. Magnetic, Divine Shield, Taunt.

 

Grease Bot (Tier 4, Mech)

• 1/4. Divine Shield. After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, give it +1/+1 permanently.

 

Saltscale Honcho (Tier 1, Murloc)

• 3/2. After you play a Murloc, give a friendly Murloc other than it +1 Health.

 

Snail Cavalry (Tier 1, Naga)

• 3/2. Once per turn, after you cast a spell, gain +1/+1.

 

Warden of Old (Tier 3, Naga)

• 2/2. Spellcraft: Gain 1 Gold.

 

Zesty Shaker (Tier 4, Naga)

• 5/4. Once per turn, when a spell is played on this, get a new copy of it.

 

Critter Wrangler (Tier 5, Naga)

• 3/5. Whenever you cast a spell on a minion, give it +2/+2.
• Dev Comment: Zesty Shaker and Critter Wrangler now work with any spell.

 

Xylo-bones (Tier 3, Undead)

• 5/1. After you summon a minion in combat, gain +2 Health permanently.

 

Corrupted Cupcakes (Tier 5, Tavern spell)

• [4 Gold] Choose a friendly Demon. It consumes 3 random minions in the Tavern to gain their stats.

 

New Battlegrounds Track and Season Pass

The Season 8 Battlegrounds Track, with the Season Pass, features 40 levels of vacation-themed rewards, including the Beach Blast Legendary Strike, 17 additional Hero Skins, a new Bartender, and more!

For full details about the Season 8 Battlegrounds Track and Season Pass, see the Season 8 Announce Blog.

 

Arena Updates

When Patch 30.2 launches on August 20, all ongoing Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. Like the current season, this season will be a Dual-Class Arena season. We are also keeping the “one Legendary card per draft, as your first card” rule as a general Arena rule until we announce otherwise. The eligible sets will be updated to the following:

• Core
• Perils in Paradise
• Whizbang’s Workshop
• TITANS
• March of the Lich King
• Voyage to the Sunken City

Additionally, we’ll now be tying Arena seasons to all major Patches (30.2, 30.4, 30.6, 31.0, etc.) until our larger-scale Arena adjustments coming down the line (more on that closer to when they come). This will make Arena season refreshes happen a little more frequently and predictably, so you know when to make your leaderboards pushes!

 

In-Game Event: The Marin Resort’s Treasure Hunt

Go on a treasure hunt for packs with a new type of in-game event! From August 27 to September 17, complete Event Quests to earn XP on the special Event XP Track. This time, there are Weekly Event Quests, instead of a Legendary Quest Chain, alongside the Daily Event Quests. Complete the entire Event Track to earn 14 total packs, 7 from Perils in Paradise, 4 from Whizbang’s Workshop, and 3 from Showdown in the Badlands!

The Weekly Quests are tougher than usual quests, designed to be completed over the course of a week or two instead of a day or two*, but completing the three Weekly Quests awards enough XP to earn the first three tiers of Event Rewards. Complete Daily Quests as you go to get that big Reward at the end of the Treasure Hunt!

* Weekly Quests are unlocked for all players on a weekly reset (start of event, day 7, and day 14), but players who start late or don’t finish one Weekly Quest before the next one is live will be given the next one immediately upon completing the one they were on—giving the opportunity to catch up.

 

Wild Heroic Tavern Brawl Returns

It’s time to get Wild! Heroic Tavern Brawl returns for the week of August 21-28. Compete in high-stakes games in the explosive Wild format for your chance at glory and huge prizes! Pay the entry fee and then play against other players until you get either 12 wins or 3 losses.

 

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [General] Fixed a bug where playing on full screen Mac desktop and tabbing away from the game would cause a crash.
• [General] Improved Shop Badging (the “!”), including badging on subcategories to make it clearer what is new and removing redundancy across devices so you don’t see the same new thing multiple times.
• [Hearthstone] Updates to the “bonus effect” keyword! Stealth has been replaced with Elusive in the pool of bonus effects. Additionally, Rush will no longer be granted to minions that can already attack for the turn, that already did attack for the turn, or if it’s not your turn.
• [Hearthstone] The cost of Cheese Elementals summoned by Muensterosity will now be based on their stats instead of always 9.
• [Hearthstone] Hydration Station will now only be able to be played if any Taunt minions have died.
• [Hearthstone] Explained to Magic Wisdomball that locations aren’t minions, but they do take up spots on the board, so Mirror Image is not actually helpful if you have a board full of minions and locations.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Cabaret Headliner could target spells that Cost 0 when there were other options available.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Terrible Chef’s Deathrattle didn’t work when transferred to another minion (like with Death Growl). 
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Sensory Deprivation counted Armor as Health.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where, if you were under the effect of Reno, Lone Ranger, and your opponent had two or more minions in play, you couldn’t play cards that summon a minion for both players (like Rest in Peace or Duel!).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a Location copied by Scrapbooking Student couldn’t be re-used until after the game client was restarted. 
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Colifero the Artist summoned base copies of minions, instead of buffed ones.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Tolin’s Goblet granted base copies of the card drawn, instead of buffed ones.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where other cost-reduction effects didn’t work on secrets discovered by Hidden Objects.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where different versions of Water Elemental across expansions were treated as distinct cards.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where if your max mana was already above 20, Wildheart Guff wouldn’t reset it to 20.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Owlonius couldn’t double temporary Spell Damage, like from Talented Arcanist.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Trampling Rhino didn’t work correctly with cards like Enchanter (damage should be designated to the enemy hero first, then the minion would take double damage, so this combo would not result in more damage to the enemy hero).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Whirlwind Tempest didn’t give Raging Worgen Mega-Windfury.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Hakkar the Houndmaster hero skin counted as a Demon and could be destroyed with Sacrificial Pact. 
• [Hearthstone] Fixed another bunch of Banana Shenanagins.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Leeroy the Reckless’s Deathrattle wouldn’t function when copied by Piloted Whirl-o-Tron or Fish of N’Zoth.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Prime Mate’s effect wouldn’t function when triggered in the Recruit phase.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where ‘Loc Prince’s effect didn’t work with Diremuck Forager.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Generous Geomancer’s Deathrattle triggered Passenger’s effect.
• [Collection] Fixed a bug where one version of Corpse Bride was showing the wrong text.
• [Collection] Fixed bugs with various hero skin emotes not presenting properly.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where the “Great Victory” Achievement couldn’t be progressed past 6/9.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where the “Was I a Good Card?” Achievement stopped tracking progress.
• [Shop] Improved visuals for random Signature card offerings.
• [Localization] Fixed a bug where certain cards and hero skins were missing their localized voicelines in several languages.
• [Localization] Fixed a bug where Harth was missing new expansion voicelines in several languages.
• Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.

What do you think of the latest Battlegrounds Season? Are you tired of Blizzard trying to squeeze people with the Heroic Tavern Brawls? Let us know in the comments below!