Hearthstone 32.2 Patch Notes

Update: The patch is now live on both PC and mobile! Enjoy!

Blizzard just posted patch notes for the upcoming 32.2 update. They dropped a bit earlier than usual, because the patch only launches next week (Tuesday, April 29). Here’s a quick summary of what’s coming:

Battlegrounds Season 10 – A new Battlegrounds season launches with lots of updates. While there are no new mechanics or minion types, the Trinket system is making a return, and we’re also getting a big update to all minion types + two new Heroes. Season 10 adds a QoL update to minion borders too, they will now use one of the Constructed class borders for each minion type (e.g. Elementals – Mage, Pirates – Rogue etc.). New season also means MMR and rewards track reset. Learn more about Season 10 here.
Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set – Upcoming mini-set is launching two weeks after the patch itself, on May 13. We already knew that it will drop during Patch 32.2 this expansion, and ultimately it will be about 2 weeks earlier than usual. For now that’s all the info we have, we should learn more about it soon.
New In-Game Event – A new in-game event called (just like the mini-set) “Embers of the World Tree” will be live between May 13 and June 3. The rewards are 7 card packs, 2 random Emerald Dream Epic cards and the Ardenweald Huln Hunter cosmetic skin.
Arena Updates – After the patch launches, a new Arena season begins. It means that all of the runs will be forcefully retired (players with an existing run will get compensated with a Tavern Ticket) and we’ll get a new rotation. Players will be able to draft cards from the following sets: Into the Emerald Dream (including the mini-set), Showdown in the Badlands, Voyage to the Sunken City, Forged in the Barrens, Scholomance Academy and Core Set. Note that it should be the final Arena update before its revamp (unless it gets delayed again).
Heroic Brawliseum Returns – On May 14, instead of a regular Tavern Brawl we’re getting a repeat of Heroic Brawliseum. As always, it comes with a 1000 Gold entry free and a really top-heavy rewards structure, where players need to get at least 5-6 wins to break even. Unless you’re one of the top players or a content creator, we never recommend playing in those Brawls. Still, if you’re interested, we’ll be posting a bunch of successful 12 wins decks you can pick from.
Loaner Decks Update – New/returning player decks are getting another update with Patch 32.2. With this update, they will now include cards from Into the Emerald Dream, but not the mini-set. We don’t know the exact deck lists yet, but the available classes are Death Knight, Druid, Mage, Paladin, Shaman, and Warlock.
Bug Fixes and Game Improvements – As always, major patches come with a hefty amount of bug fixes and small QoL changes. We have an update to Wallow, the Wretched, the card will no longer lose other Dark Gifts if you pick the one that gives it +4/+5 and puts it on the top of the deck (other minions getting moved from your hand to deck still lose buffs – it’s an exception for Wallow and only for buffs from Dark Gifts). There’s also a small adjustments to Evolve/Devolve rules, rules about Starship launch effect order or a fix to card trigger order (fixing Briarspawn Drake‘s interaction with Cliff Dive as an example).

Check out the full 32.2 patch notes below:

Patch 32.2, launching April 29, brings Battlegrounds Season 10, fires up the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, and more!

Appeal to your Second Nature in Battlegrounds Season 10

On April 29, Battlegrounds Season 9 will end and Season 10 will begin. That means ratings will reset, Anomalies will leave the Tavern, the Battlegrounds Rewards Track will switch over, and a new Battlegrounds Season Pass will be available. All rewards that were earned on the Season 9 track, but not yet claimed, will be automatically claimed. You can learn more about the new Season, and the details of all three levels of the Rewards Track, in the Season 10 Announcement Blog.

Trinkets Return

Trinkets are back in Season 10, with an updated offering system that means type synergy Trinkets will be offered more often. The Trinket pool has also gotten a major shake-up, with over 100 new Trinkets being added alongside over 100 returning Trinkets! See the Card Library for the entire Trinket Pool, and see the Dev Insights post for more details about the offering system updates.

Two New Heroes

Forest Lord Cenarius (10 Armor)

Wisdom of the Ancients [3 Gold]

Increase your maximum Gold by 1.

Buttons (10 Armor, 7 Armor in Duos)

Growing Collection [Passive]

On Turn 8, choose a Greater Trinket to buy.

These new heroes will be offered in every Battlegrounds game for two weeks following their introduction in Patch 32.2. Since they will be in the initial hero offerings each game, you will not be able to Reroll into them during this period.

Hero Updates

Dinotamer Brann

Battle Brand [Passive]

After you buy 6 Battlecry minions, get Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)

Shudderwock

Now banned in Beast lobbies.

Jim Raynor

Hero Power (Lift Off) now works with itself under the Cosmic Duality Anomaly and with the Battlecruiser Trinket.

E.T.C., Band Manager

Golden Buddy (Talent Scout) now makes 2 Buddies Golden.

Onyxia

Returned to the Hero Pool.

Teron Gorefiend

No longer banned in Mech lobbies.

The Great Akazamzarak

No longer banned in Mech lobbies.

Professor Putricide

Relentless Sentry has been returned to the Build-an-Undead pool.

Rakanishu

Lantern Light now works with cards that buff Tavern spells.

Queen Azshara and Aranna will be temporarily banned at the start of the Patch, due to a bug.

Seasonal Minion Refresh

79 minions have been removed from the minion pool, 19 previously removed minions have been returned to the minion pool, and 52 new minions have been added to the minion pool.

8 Tavern spells have been removed from the spell pool, 1 previously removed Tavern spell has been returned to the spell pool, and 4 new Tavern spells have been added to the spell pool.

See the Card Library for the complete directory of minion and Tavern spell pool updates.

Quality of Life Improvement: Updated Minion Frames

Battlegrounds minions have been given a refresh to make them easier to spot and understand, especially when quickly re-rolling through the Tavern. Now, each minion type will have one of the Hearthstone class card frames associated with it, as follows:

Beasts – Hunter Frame

Demons – Warlock Frame

Dragons – Warrior Frame

Elementals – Mage Frame

Mechs – Paladin Frame

Murlocs – Shaman Frame

Naga – Demon Hunter Frame

Pirates – Rogue Frame

Quillboar – Druid Frame

Undead – Death Knight Frame

Typeless and All – Neutral Frame

Dual-Type minions will have Dual-Class card frames. These changes only apply to minions, not Tavern spells, Trinkets, or anything else that might associate to a minion or minion type.

Dev Comment: Previously, all Battlegrounds minions had the Neutral frame, except for exact copies of Hearthstone-Mode cards, which would have their corresponding Hearthstone frame in Battlegrounds for consistency between the two Modes. We think this change lets the cards in each Mode better serve the gameplay and player experience of that Mode.

Battlegrounds Preview Event

Tomorrow, April 25, don’t forget to 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 players: 2:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. (PDT)

Americas and EMEA players: 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).

Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, coming May 13

Prepare your forces, an incendiary incursion is nearly upon us! The Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, unlocks on May 13. Keep an eye out for more information about the Mini-Set, coming soon!

In-Game Event: Embers of the World Tree

Sift through the ashes in the wake of the Mini-Set to keep your Dreams alive! From May 13 to June 3, complete event quests to earn XP on a special rewards track. Complete the entire rewards track to earn 6 Into the Emerald Dream Packs, 1 Year of the Pegasus Pack, 2 random Into the Emerald Dream Epic Cards, and the Ardenweald Huln Hunter Hero Skin.

Heroic Tavern Brawl Returns

Things are heating up! Heroic Tavern Brawl returns for the week of May 14-21. Pay an entry fee and compete in high-stakes games until reaching either 12 wins or 3 losses, with prizing based on how well you do.

Arena Update

When Patch 32.2 launches all ongoing Arena runs will end and there will be one last Arena season under the current system. The eligible sets for that season will be:

Into the Emerald Dream (including the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, even before it releases, and the Fleeing Treant Arena-only card)

Showdown in the Badlands

Voyage to the Sunken City

Forged in the Barrens

Scholomance Academy

Core

Loaner Decks Update

With Patch 32.2, the new/returning player loaner decks* will update to include cards from the Into the Emerald Dream expansion (the main set, not the Mini-Set). The loaner decks that will be available for this expansion cycle will be Death Knight, Druid, Mage, Paladin, Shaman, and Warlock.

* Returning players who have been away for 90 or more days are eligible for a free deck just for logging in. Returning players can claim these returning decks each time they are eligible. New players are eligible for their free deck after completing the tutorial and Apprentice Track.

Bug Fixes, Rules Updates, and Game Improvements

[Hearthstone] The Dark Gift keyword is being adjusted so that Dark Gifts with keywords can’t be applied to minions that already have one or more of those keywords (previously, Dark Gifts were only blocked if fully redundant). Additionally, 0-Attack minions won’t be able to get the Sleepwalker Dark Gift (which gives Charge).

[Hearthstone] Normal game rules are that a card moving backwards in a zone (such as from the board to hand, or hand to deck) loses its enchantments. Wallow the Wretched now has a specific exception to this rule: if Wallow the Wretched is moved from your hand to the top of your deck due to the Sweet Dreams Dark Gift, Wallow will now retain all its Dark Gift enchantments (but not other enchantments, and not any enchantments if it is moved backwards in a zone due to anything other than its own effect).

[Hearthstone] Adjusted the evolve/devolve rules. The full rule is now: When evolving, if a minion costs 10 or less, it is capped at 10. When evolving, if a minion costs more than 10, it evolves into a random minion of its same cost (which could just be the same minion). When devolving, if a result is not available then the minion will continue devolving until a result is found (for instance, devolving a 15-cost minion would result in a 12-cost if there was a 12-cost minion in the pool, but no 13- or 14-cost minions).

[Hearthstone] Starship Piece “when launched” effects will now always trigger in a random order.

[Hearthstone] Effects that have the same resolution trigger will now always resolve in timestamp order. (This means Briarspawn Drake’s effect will now always trigger its own effect before the “return to deck” effect given to it by Cliff Dive).

[Hearthstone] Replaced Flint Firearm with Astalor Bloodsworn in the Splendiferous Whizbang in the Deck of Legends (Hunter) Experimental Deck. Flint was firing blanks in Standard after Quickdraw rotated out of the format.

[Hearthstone] Made Floppy Hydra less floppy (fixed a bug where it kept enchantments other than its own effect).

[Hearthstone] Fixed an issue where the Druid Imbue counter would get cut off on some mobile devices.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ohn’ahra’s effect would have no effect if your board was full and the top card of your deck was a minion or location.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ohn’ahra’s effect would not maintain spell buffs provided by Incindius.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Exarch Akama’s effect didn’t work on minions with Rush.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Consume wouldn’t eat the location Durability when indirectly or automatically cast.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where automatically attacking minions (like Specimen Claw) wouldn’t work after Sleepy Resident’s effect.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Narain Soothfancy’s Fortunes would permanently transform into cards that transform in hand each turn.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Amphibian’s Spirit couldn’t be copied by effects like Death Growl.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a Cosplay Contestant that turned into Ancient of Yore would give the opponent its Dormant effects.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Forging a Choose One card would reveal it to your opponent.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where moving a Titan from hand to deck would reveal the Titan abilities.

[Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Druid Imbue Plant Golem arts were in the wrong order.

[Hearthstone] Fixed various visual bugs related to history tiles.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Arcanotron, Activated could activate in the Shop.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Catacomb Crasher didn’t always trigger as intended.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Slippery Slider’s Spellcraft spell didn’t trigger Treasure-Seeker Elise’s effect.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Efficient Engineer didn’t work with Bountiful Bedrock.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where having two Rivendare Portraits tripled health, instead of quadrupling it.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where two Dalaran Cheese Wheels didn’t stack that cheese.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Kerrigan’s Zergs could get permanent Stealth or Taunt if Tripled into a Golden.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Pyramad’s Brick by Brick counted as being used when another Hero Power with a button was used as your second Hero Power.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Battlecruiser and Showy Cyclist’s Deathrattle effects weren’t copied by cards that inherited Deathrattles.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Crabby didn’t get the bonus from Aim Low! when it was picked as the secondary Hero Power.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Wandering Wight didn’t work with Pack Tactics.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Alkali, Rock Rhino didn’t properly copy generated Triple Rewards.

[Battlegrounds] Fixed a visual issue where Sire Denathrius’s Quest counter disappears after one turn on certain mobile devices.

[Battlegrounds Duos] Fixed a bug where Refreshing Anomaly’s effect, triggered by Rylak Metalhead, gave both players the free refresh.

[Battlegrounds Duos] Fixed a bug where Tamsin’s Phylactery would trigger twice in one combat if your teammate defeated both enemies in the prior combat.

[Solo Content] Fixed a bug where using the Throw Rocks hero power in Mine Cart Rush caused a crash.

[Solo Content] Fixed an issue where recent card changes made Dawngrasp’s Book of Mercenaries impossible to complete.

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