We've got a brand new event in Hearthstone's Mercenaries game mode and it's here only for a limited-time! This time, we'll venture into many dangerous Bounty zones with the aid of Yogg-Saron, fan favorite for its Constructed shenanigans and the third Old God that has come to pay us a visit.
Our journey won't be in search of just fame and success, but you'll be able to complete a set of 10 event Tasks, which will reward you coins for Yogg-Saron and many other goodies.
Here are all the tasks that are available during the Yogg-Saron Mercenaries event. Click any of the links below to visit our guide for the task.
- No Halftime
- Requirement: Complete Plaguemaw the Rotting Bounty with only 3 mercs.
- Reward: 75 Yogg-Saron coins.
- Camping
- Requirement: Complete Yeti Hunter Ranel Bounty with at least 2 Night Elves In Winterspring.
- Reward: 50 Yogg-Saron coins, 25 Elise Starseeker coins.
- Sacred Groove
- Requirement: Destroy Snowclaw in Winterspring without destroying any Frostbite Totems.
- Reward: Yogg-Saron Mercenary.
- Stay Cool
- Requirement: Complete Ahune the Frostlord Bounty without using any Fire abilities in Winterspring.
- Reward: 50 Yogg-Saron coins, 50 Lord Slitherspear coins.
- Shallow Waters
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Siren of the Deep Bounty with at least 2 Naga in Darkshore.
- Reward: 75 Fathom-Lord Karathress, 50 Zar'jira, the Sea Witch coins.
- Absolutely Smashed
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Coren Direbrew Bounty with only Casters in Blackrock Mountain.
- Reward: 50 Yogg-Saron coins, 50 random coins.
- Perfectly Calculated
- Requirement: Use Yogg-Saron's Oh My Yogg ability and win a fight.
- Reward: Golden Yogg-Saron portrait (random).
- Mountain Rescue
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Avalanchan battle with all your Mercs alive in Winterspring.
- Reward: 100 Yogg-Saron coins.
- Scuba Diving
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Coral Elemental Bounty with at least 3 Naga in The Sunken City.
- Reward: 75 Yogg-Saron coins, 50 Queen Azshara coins.
- One To Rule All
- Requirement: Heal and Deal 50 damage in one battle using Yogg-Saron.
- Reward: Diamond Yogg-Saron portrait.
As you can see, these tasks are quite the mixed bag: while some are fairly simple to complete, others require more than a bit of thinking (and luck: that one's always welcome) and planning ahead.
Moreover, certain tasks clearly state that you need Comps consisting of Mercenaries belonging to specific races in order for your progresses to count: while the Y'Shaarj event was about Humans and Pirates, this time you'll need the help of Naga and Night Elves!
Not all challenges might be as difficult as they seem at a glance: there are usually tips and tricks to be found to make everyone's lives easier. In this series of guides we'll take a look at how to complete each event Task, so that you'll be able to get your hands on all the rewards available. As of now, we'll focus our attention on the current task.
In case you missed them, if you click the banner below you'll have access to each of our task guides for this event.
Table of Contents
How to Complete the "Shallow Waters" Task from the Yogg-Saron Event
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Siren of the Deep Bounty with at least 2 Naga in Darkshore.
- Game Mode: Heroic
- Rewards: 75 Fathom-Lord Karathress, 50 Zar'jira, the Sea Witch coins.
- Difficulty: 2/5
Shallow Waters is the first task from the Yogg-Saron event that asks us to to complete a Heroic bounty: for the occasion, we'll have to venture into the Darkshore zone, where we'll have to start the Siren of the Deep bounty.
As you can see from the picture below, Siren of the Deep will appear on the board as a 15/275 Caster with two Fighters, a 15/150 Naga Searider and a 25/175 Naga Giant. Each of the aforementioned enemy units has an additional effect:
- Siren of the Deep - When Siren of the Deep has 30 or more Attack, she unleashes a devastating effect!
- Naga Searider - Deathrattle: Give Siren of the Deep +10 Attack.
- Naga Giant - Deathrattle: Give Siren of the Deep +10 Attack.
The fight revolves around Naga Searider and Naga Giant buffing Siren of the Deep's Attack with Charge Spear and their Deathrattle, so that the latter will be able to unleash powerful damaging abilities.
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There's no need to make things appear more difficult than they actually are: once Siren of the Deep falls, the rest of your enemies will crumble apart. Therefore, your main priority is to take down the final boss. As you can easily understand, Fighter damage is the most efficient way to achieve your goal.
Moreover, Shallow Waters will have you include 2 Naga in your party - here are the Mercenaries you'll have to choose from:
- Protectors: Fathom-Lord Karathress, Tidemistress Athissa.
- Fighters: Lady Vashj, Lord Slitherspear.
- Casters: Queen Azshara, Zar'jira, the Sea Witch.
Suggested Comps
Here are a few Mercenaries parties you can use to complete the "Shallow Waters" task. If the task will allow multiple solutions, you'll be able to choose between at least an efficient and a budget comp, so that our suggestions will accommodate any kind of player out there. Moreover, in case any other content creator will provide interesting strategies, we'll make sure to list them below.
Out of Cards Recommendation - Old Guardian's Holy Comp
Holy Comp, but not the one you're used to. While you usually think about Anduin Wrynn and Prophet Velen, this time around we'll make good use of the two Holy Fighters introduced recently: Yrel and Tyrael. Old Guardian recorded a very insightful clip you should definitely check out.
Budget Out of Cards Recommendation - Dragon Comp
Just like for many other tasks of the Yogg-Saron event, Nefarian-Sinestra-Yu'lon are just too good.
To prove this comp of being fit for this task, we actually recorded a video showing you that you can pull this off with ease.
- The usual climbing comp is Nefarian-Sinestra-Yu'lon.
- Focus all your Fighter damage on Siren of the Deep so that it will perish as soon as possible.
- With Yu'lon, you can either use [Hearthstone Card (Jade Gust 5) Not Found] on the Naga Giant or spam [Hearthstone Card (Jadeflame buffet 5) Not Found] to keep your party alive and healthy.
- Both Lord Slitherspear and Tidemistress Athissa line up really well into the fight, so don't be afraid to use them in case one of your Dragons die.
Other Resources
Our clever community members set up a forum thread to share your Mercenaries progression journey, and we have added an #mercenaries channel on our Discord server if you want to talk with others in real-time. If you need an assist, you can also respond to this guide and we'll do our best to help you out; the comments are also a great way to share your own comps that you've used to complete the task above.
Good luck taking on any of these Bounties for those sweet sweet coins or just for the sake of satisfying completion!
Comments
My Yu'lon is extremely weak and doesn't have the Pearls of Yu'lon equipment so I'm battling to even win the first fight without my dragons dying :(
Can't even use the other suggested comps coz those are even weaker :/
To be honest Yu'lon is not particularly important, as long as your Nefarian and Sinestra are fairly leveled. Do you happen to own Warmaster Voone?
Oh yes I do own Voone and he's max level, thanks for the suggestion!
I used the dragon comp. While there were a few close calls during the climb (only 2 health remaining in one case), it worked reliably in the boss fight.
If you haven't unlocked Tidemistress Athissa's equipment yet, that's another reason to use her over any other naga.
The Dragon comp is too good for PvE