Blizzard just announced the details for the 10th Battlegrounds season. Subtitled Second Nature, this season sees the return of Trinkets, with 100+ new ones and 100+ returning ones for players to explore. The odds of getting a trinket helpful for your minion types has also been increased, so you're more likely to see helpful ones. As with the last time Trinkets were a thing, you'll get a new one on Turn 6 and another on Turn 9. 

The new season also brings two new heroes to the pool, new minions in the Tavern, and a new Tavern Pass for players to grind towards. The biggest change is with minion frames, who now have specific frames depending on their tribe (though they're the same frames from Constructed). You can find all the details in the attached quote.

Quote From Blizzard

See the other side of the Emerald Dream, with revamped Trinkets, a huge minion refresh, and more in Battlegrounds Season 10, Second Nature, going live on April 29!

When Season 10 begins, Anomalies will be removed from the Tavern and turn lengths will be temporarily lengthened.

Returning Mechanic: Trinkets

Trinkets are back! Trinkets are special passive power-ups that you buy with Gold and use for the rest of the game. Trinkets are offered twice per game: on turn 6 (Lesser Trinkets) and turn 9 (Greater Trinkets). Each offering, you’ll get 4 Trinkets to choose from.

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The Trinket system has been adjusted for their return, so that you now more frequently get Trinkets for your most common minion type. To keep things interesting, we’ve also infused the Trinket Shop with tons of new offerings: 100+ new Trinkets to go alongside 100+ returning Trinkets!

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Two New Heroes: Forest Lord Cenarius and Buttons

Harness the power of Nature with the Druidic demigod, Cenarius, and ramp up your Gold reserves for powerful late-game plays!

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Or celebrate the return of Trinkets with… more Trinkets! Buttons is a regular at the Trinket Shop, picking out an extra Greater Trinket to grab towards the end of his vacation.

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A Massive Minion Refresh

Explore the second side of the minion pool, with over 75 new and returning minions and Tavern spells!

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Over the next week, we’ll be sharing more information about all the new, returning, removed, and updated cards. You can see all the card updates as they’re revealed in the official Card Library. You can see the whole reveal schedule towards the bottom of this post.

 

Quality of Life Improvement: New Minion Frames

We’re updating minion frames to make it easier to tell which minions belong to the same minion type, even when you’re quickly rerolling the Tavern! Each minion type’s frame will correspond to one of the Hearthstone class frames, and dual type minions will use the half and half frames that Hearthstone uses for dual-class cards.

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Creator Early Access Event (with Drops!)

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On April 25, watch your favorite content creators play the new Season live! Participating players will be streaming on their personal channels, so make sure you have notifications turned on. Time slots by region are:

  • JP: 2:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (PDT)
  • Americas and EMEA regions: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Drops will be enabled category-wide on Twitch. Watch for a total of 2 hours to earn 4 Battlegrounds Tokens (2 total hours, 1 hour per drop).

 

Upcoming Reveals

  • April 17: Neutral and Elemental Reveals
  • April 18: Dragon, Demon, and Mech Reveals
  • April 21: Undead and Pirate Reveals
  • April 22: Naga and Quilboar Reveals
  • April 23: Murloc and Beast Reveals
  • April 24: Patch Notes
  • April 25: Early Access Event
  • April 29: Patch 32.2, new Battlegrounds Season begins

See the Card Library for updates during reveal season. Unlike prior minion refreshes, there won’t be any minion rollout with the patch—all the new cards will be available right away—make sure you follow along with reveal season so you’re ready to play as soon as the patch drops!

 

Battlegrounds Track Refresh

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On April 29, Battlegrounds Season 9 will end and Season 10 will begin! With that, Battlegrounds Ratings will reset and the Battlegrounds Track will update. Any rewards that were already earned from the Season 9 Rewards Track, but not yet claimed, will be automatically claimed for you.

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The Season 10 Battlegrounds Track includes afterlife-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 Ardenweald Legendary Strike, 13 additional Hero Skins, a new Bartender, and more! Or the Season Pass + to get all the rewards from the Season Pass plus one included Hero re-roll per game.

What do you think about the new Battlegrounds season? Are you excited about the return of trinkets? Let us know in the comments below!