Official Patch Notes

In this Hearthstone update we’re decorating the Tavern for a spooky Hallow’s End event that includes a special guest: the new Paladin Hero Sir Annoy-O! We’re also adding New Player Ranks, giving the Welcome Bundle a facelift, adding new Daily Quests, fixing some bugs, and more. Read on for details!

The Headless Horseman returns with a Hallow’s End celebration that’s trickier and treatier than ever!

• Hallow’s End begins October 17 and lasts through October 31.
• Get a free golden Witch’s Cauldron card just for logging in during the event!
• There’ll be decorations and special Hallow’s End emotes.
• Special Dual Class Arena

 

• The Headless Horseman returns to Tavern Brawl, and friendly foes from the Monster Hunt join us for a new Tavern Brawl!

• Hallow’s End marks the arrival of a friendly new Paladin Hero who will be available for purchase as a part of a special deal!

• For newcomers to the Hearthstone Tavern, we added New Player Ranks to ease you into the fray.

• New Ranks from Rank 50 to 26 for new players only. 
• New players can earn a total of 22 free packs just by ranking up in New Player Ranks, so it’s a great time to introduce a friend to Hearthstone! 
  • Earn 3 free Classic card packs by reaching milestones at Rank 45, 40, 35, and 30. Upon graduating up to Rank 25, earn 2 Classic card packs, and 2 packs each of the most recent four Hearthstone expansions.
• There’s no loss of stars for losing a match while in New Player Ranks.
• New Player Ranks earn end of season rewards (the same rewards as reaching Rank 25).
• Players can skip the New Player Ranks (but they’ll miss out on milestone card pack rewards!)
• Players in the New Player Experience are unable to craft the Whizbang the Wonderful card until they reach Rank 25 or manually exit the New Player Experience.
• New players can unlock Wild Format and Casual mode by reaching Rank 25. As before, Tavern Brawls unlock after achieving Level 20 with any Class.

• This roaring deal includes 10 Classic card packs, and one of six Legendary dragons from the Classic set (instead of a random Class legendary).

• Even if you purchased a Welcome Bundle in the past, you can still purchase this one!

• "Spells are Fun!" Cast 40 spells. Reward: 60 gold.
• "Draw!" Draw 20 cards. Reward: 50 gold.
• "Full Northshire" Draw 30 cards. Reward: 60 gold.
• "Are We There Yeti?" Take 20 turns. Reward: 50 gold.
• "Time Warp Again" Take 30 turns. Reward: 60 gold.

• This new keyword has been added to the following cards: Nerubian Ambush!, Burrowing Mine, Bomb, Ancient Curse, Spider Ambush!, Scroll of Wonder, Darkness Candle

• Innkeepers will now be able to select one additional Fireside Brawl from a curated library of brawls to offer their patrons during their Fireside Gathering events! 

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• The animation when drawing multiple cards will now speed up after the first three cards are drawn.
• Resolved a disconnect that could occur when attempting to play cards while [Hearthstone Card (Myra’s Unstable Element) Not Found] is drawing a player’s deck.
• Fixed an issue where Countess Ashmore would sometimes draw fewer than the maximum number of cards possible.
• [Hearthstone Card (Earthshock) Not Found] will no longer sometimes deal damage to the target minion’s buffed Health total.
• Celestial Emissary’s effect will now be consumed by cards cast by minions in addition to cards played from hand.
• Sideshow Spelleater will no longer sometimes cause a player’s Hero Power to remain inactive.
• Certain minions are no longer revealed in the history when they are affected by cards that target minions in hand.
• A skull will no longer appear over a player’s Hero portrait when dealing damage with a weapon that makes the Hero Immune.
• Minion summoning Deathrattles triggered by non-death effects will now more consistently place those minions to their immediate right.
• A spell attempting to target Lynessa Sunsorrow will now correctly return to hand when she is affected by a previously cast Shadowstep.
• Flobbidinous Floop’s tooltip text now correctly details his ability.
• Using the Rogue Hero Power now correctly triggers Orgrimmar Aspirant’s Inspire ability.
• Fixed several issues where stats or keywords were incorrectly applied by Magnetic minions.
• Mountain Giant’s mana cost will now correctly increase when its owner plays a spell and it is Counterspelled.
• Hero experience is now displayed correctly after playing a game with a deck created by Whizbang the Wonderful.
• Certain “While Damaged” abilities will now correctly activate from damage caused by Explosive Trap.
• Unexpected Results now displays the correct information when affected by Prophet Velen.
• The Darkness now gains Echo from Glinda Crowskin!
• The Darkness no longer advances Jungle Giants when summoned.
• Choose One minions that transform will now properly receive Echo from Glinda Crowskin
• Lifesteal provided by Zilliax now correctly applies to damage dealt by Deathrattle effects.
• Puzzle Lab: Fixed an issue that could cause the Restart button to become stuck.
• Puzzle Lab: Fixed an issue that could cause a crash.
• Karazhan: The Magic Mirror no longer uses the Heroic Mode version of its Hero Power in the Normal and Class Challenge versions.
• Naxxramas: Instructor Razuvious’ Massive Runeblade weapon now correctly deals double damage to Heroes.
• Fixed several UI, animation, and effects visual issues.