With Hearthstone's Patch 31.0, we can finally see what awaits us when we blast off into The Great Dark Beyond. The Exodar will be the free Legendary for everyone this time around: will we have time to build our magnificent Starships, or will they crash and burn? Only time will tell, but for now, we can at least peruse the Rewards Track in all its cosmic splendor.

For this release (and presumably, moving forward), Blizzard has decided to infuse the Track with additional packs from The Great Dark Beyond, so you can get your hands on more cards from the latest expansion sooner than ever before. 50 gold wasn't a particularly "rewarding" stop along the track beforehand, so hopefully they'll keep those to a minimum from now on.

You can see Blizzard's full post below:

Quote From Blizzard

We’re about to blast off into The Great Dark Beyond, where a new Rewards Track awaits! When the Rewards Track refreshes with The Great Dark Beyond launch, all players will automatically be granted any unclaimed rewards on the current free Rewards Track and the Tavern Pass track (if acquired), before a completely new The Great Dark Beyond Rewards Track takes its place. This time, we’ve improved both the free Rewards Track and the Tavern Pass track with an extra infusion of The Great Dark Beyond packs, so you get access to more new cards faster!*

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* On the free Rewards Track, levels 2, 7, 11, 14, and 17 were upgraded from 50 Gold grants to The Great Dark Beyond Packs. On the Tavern Pass track, The Great Dark Beyond Packs were added into four previously empty spots at levels 6-9!

 

The Great Dark Beyond Rewards Track

The improved free Rewards Track for The Great Dark Beyond will include a random Epic card, two random Legendary cards, Tavern Tickets, lots of Gold, and more expansion packs than ever before! There are also 14 Golden cards and The Exodar Legendary card from the set!*

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* These 14 Golden cards (two copies of each of 7 cards from the set) and The Exodar Legendary card earned on the Rewards Track can’t be crafted or disenchanted.

 

Level XP to level Cumulative XP Free Track Tavern Pass
1 0 0 The Exodar (Uncraftable Legendary) 10% XP Boost
2 100 100 The Great Dark Beyond Pack Archimonde Diamond Card
3 100 200 The Great Dark Beyond Pack 2x Red Giant (Signature Epic)
4 150 350 2 x Astrobiologist (Golden Uncraftable Common) Card Back - Akama
5 150 500 The Great Dark Beyond Pack Ranked Skin - Smuggler Marin (Rogue)
6 225 725 2 x Eredar Brute (Golden Uncraftable Common) The Great Dark Beyond Pack
7 225 950 The Great Dark Beyond Pack The Great Dark Beyond Pack
8 300 1250 2 x Starscale Constellar (Golden Uncraftable Common) The Great Dark Beyond Pack
9 300 1550 The Great Dark Beyond Pack The Great Dark Beyond Pack
10 325 1875 Random Epic Card Ace Wayfinder (Golden Uncraftable Epic)
11 325 2200 The Great Dark Beyond Pack  
12 350 2550 50 Gold  
13 350 2900 Splitting Spacerock (Golden Uncraftable Rare)  
14 375 3275 The Great Dark Beyond Pack  
15 375 3650 Card Back - The Great Dark Beyond Ranked Skin - Starhunter Kurtrus (Demon Hunter)
16 400 4050 50 Gold  
17 400 4450 The Great Dark Beyond Pack  
18 425 4875 Standard Pack  
19 425 5300 50 Gold  
20 450 5750 Random Legendary Card 15% XP Boost
21 450 6200 50 Gold  
22 550 6750 50 Gold  
23 600 7350 Splitting Spacerock (Golden Uncraftable Rare)  
24 650 8000 50 Gold  
25 675 8675 Standard Pack Ace Wayfinder (Golden Uncraftable Epic)
26 675 9350 50 Gold  
27 875 10225 50 Gold  
28 875 11100 Perplexing Anomaly (Golden Uncraftable Rare)  
29 1000 12100 50 Gold  
30 1100 13200 Tavern Ticket 2x Galactic Crusader (Signature Rare)
31 1200 14400 50 Gold  
32 1200 15600 50 Gold  
33 1250 16850 Perplexing Anomaly (Golden Uncraftable Rare)  
34 1250 18100 50 Gold  
35 1300 19400 Standard Pack Ranked Skin - Navigator A.F. Kay (Mage)
36 1300 20700 50 Gold  
37 1350 22050 50 Gold  
38 1350 23400 Relentless Wrathguard (Golden Uncraftable Rare)  
39 1400 24800 50 Gold  
40 1400 26200 Standard Pack Nexus Prince Shaffar (Golden Uncraftable Legendary)
41 1450 27650 50 Gold  
42 1450 29100 50 Gold  
43 1500 30600 Relentless Wrathguard (Golden Uncraftable Rare)  
44 1500 32100 50 Gold  
45 1550 33650 Tavern Ticket Ranked Skin - Medic Elise (Priest)
46 1550 35200 50 Gold  
47 1600 36800 50 Gold  
48 1600 38400 Standard Pack  
49 1650 40050 Tavern Ticket  
50 1650 41700 Random Legendary Card Ranked Skin - Akama (Shaman)
51 1700 43,400 75 Gold  
52 1700 45,100 75 Gold  
53 1750 46,850 75 Gold  
54 1750 48,600 75 Gold  
55 1800 50,400 Standard Pack The Exodar (Golden Uncraftable Legendary)
56 1800 52,200 75 Gold  
57 1850 54,050 75 Gold  
58 1850 55,900 75 Gold  
59 1900 57,800 75 Gold  
60 1900 59,700 Standard Pack Ranked Skin - Scout Poxi (Death Knight)
61 1950 61,650 75 Gold  
62 1950 63,600 75 Gold  
63 2000 65,600 75 Gold  
64 2000 67,600 75 Gold  
65 2050 69,650 Doommaiden (Golden Uncraftable Epic) Ranked Skin - Pilot Zail (Warlock)
66 2050 71,700 75 Gold  
67 2125 73,825 75 Gold  
68 2125 75,950 75 Gold  
69 2250 78,200 75 Gold  
70 2250 80,450 Standard Pack 20% XP Boost
71 2375 82,825 75 Gold  
72 2375 85,200 75 Gold  
73 2500 87,700 75 Gold  
74 2500 90,200 75 Gold  
75 2500 92,700 Doommaiden (Golden Uncraftable Epic) 2x Supernova (Signature Epic)
76 2500 95,200 100 Gold  
77 2500 97,700 100 Gold  
78 2500 100,200 100 Gold  
79 2500 102,700 100 Gold  
80 2500 105,200 100 Gold Golden Standard Pack
81 2500 107,700 100 Gold  
82 2500 110,200 100 Gold  
83 2500 112,700 100 Gold  
84 2500 115,200 100 Gold  
85 2500 117,700 100 Gold Ranked Skin - Captain Varian (Warrior)
86 2500 120,200 100 Gold  
87 2500 122,700 100 Gold  
88 2500 125,200 100 Gold  
89 2500 127,700 100 Gold  
90 2500 130,200 150 Gold Cosmetic Coin - Planetary Coin
91 2500 132,700 150 Gold  
92 2500 135,200 150 Gold  
93 2500 137,700 150 Gold  
94 2500 140,200 150 Gold  
95 2500 142,700 150 Gold Golden Standard Pack
96 2500 145,200 150 Gold  
97 2500 147,700 150 Gold  
98 2500 150,200 150 Gold  
99 2500 152,700 150 Gold  
100 2500 155,200 Hero Skin Choice 3x Ranked Skins - Libram Aponi (Paladin), Astral Talanji (Priest), and Astro Arfus (Death Knight)
101-130 1325-1475 […] 50 Gold  
131-400 1500 602,200 50 Gold  

 

The Great Dark Beyond Tavern Pass

With the launch of The Great Dark Beyond, a new and improved Tavern Pass will be available, featuring a universe of new cosmetic rewards, XP Boosts, and expansion packs!

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Getting the Tavern Pass at any time will immediately get you a 10% XP Boost that lasts the rest of the duration of the expansion, plus all items up to your current level on the paid track. As you progress along the Tavern Pass during The Great Dark Beyond expansion, you can earn: additional XP Boosts; the Archimonde Diamond Legendary card; the Nexus-Prince Shaffar and The Exodar Golden Legendary cards; 2 Ace Wayfinder Golden Epic cards; 2 Red Giant Signature Epic cards; 2 Supernova Signature Epic cards; 2 Galactic Crusader Signature Rare cards; a new cosmetic coin and card back; and 10 new Hero Skins; 2 Golden Standard Packs; and 4 The Great Dark Beyond Packs!*

* All Tavern Pass card grants are unable to be crafted or disenchanted.

 

Signature Card Achievement Awards

Progress along the Legendary Collector Achievement to get two copies each of two stellar new Signature cards:

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Two New Cosmic Cosmetic Coins

Two new cosmetic coins have been added with The Great Dark Beyond: the Planetary Coin and the Draenei Coin. The Planetary Coin is earned by reaching level 90 on the Rewards Track with the Tavern Pass. The Draenei Coin is earned by completing the Achievement for having 145 The Great Dark Beyond cards.

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The Great Dark Beyond will have a special Mini-Set that will go where no Hearthstone set has gone before, and which will make it easier to complete the collection-based Achievements. We’ll share more information about the Mini-Set closer to when it comes out. In the meantime, see the 31.0 Patch Notes for everything lifting off soon!


Ready to blast off to The Great Dark Beyond? Gonna buy the Tavern Pass? Let us know in the comments below!