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In light of the ongoing global health risks associated with in-person gatherings, we’ve canceled official Fireside Gatherings for the near future and disabled the ability to create public events.

We do, however, want individuals at home to have an opportunity to partake in the upcoming Pre-Release weekend, so we’ll be keeping private event functionality intact. Players can register their own one-person event to enjoy opening Madness at the Darkmoon Faire card packs from November 13-15.

Thank you all, innkeepers and patrons, for understanding.

Private Fireside Gatherings will:

• Be eligible to receive Nemsy Necrofizzle if they fulfill all hosting prerequisites. This means having an established Tavern - ...

We’re planning to release a sizable balance patch for Duels and Battlegrounds tomorrow! You can read the full details below.

Duels Balance Updates

• Ratings change dialog at the end of a run will now be more impressed with your number of wins.

Active Treasures

• Mr. Bigglesworth has been removed from the active Treasures pool.
  • Dev Comment: Mr. Bigglesworth was a very bad kitty and snuck into the pool, he has now been removed and is being dried off.

•  Old: 6 Health → New: 4 Health

To bolster our usual Theorycrafting Livestreams and Pre-Release Weekend, we’re introducing something completely new: A Pre-Launch Party! To sum it up, we’ll be doing Mega Bundle code giveaways, Twitch Drops, sub giftings, and more in the lead up to the launch of Madness at the Darkmoon Faire and Duels: Season One!

Our goal with the Pre-Launch Party is to make this period feel a bit more interactive for everyone while celebrating our incredible community and the launch of the new expansion. Check out the calendar to see what’s happening around the community and what we've got in store for you!

Card Reveal Livestream & Reddit Deck Contest

Join Kripp, Community Manager Chris Sierra, and Game Designer John McIntyre on November 11 at 10:00 a.m. PT as...

Zheng “iGXc” Qianhao is the Masters Tour Online: Madrid champion! In the final Masters Tour event of 2020, with 304 players from more than 40 countries, iGXc secured the championship following an intense 3-1 final against Asia-Pacific Grandmaster Yashima “Alutemu” Nozomi. He is the first Chinese player to win a Masters Tour, earning the Masters Tour Online: Madrid trophy, and $32,500 in champion prizing!

With the relegation of nine Grandmasters following Grandmasters 2020 Season 2, as well as the retirement of Americas Grandmaster Fei “ETC” Liang, Masters Tour Online: Madrid was the last chance for players aiming to earn enough to advance to Grandmasters. The top three players from ...

The 18.6 Patch brings the introduction of a new game mode: Hearthstone Duels, pre-purchase for Hearthstone’s newest expansion Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, Battlegrounds updates, game improvements, and more! 

Duels Early Access, Live Today

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We’ve been hinting at a new progression system for a while, and it’s finally here! In what is shaping up to be Hearthstone’s biggest systems update ever, the progression revamp includes four major parts:

• The addition of an Achievements System that tracks your in-game accomplishments.
• A central Rewards Track for all earnable rewards outside of Ranked play.
• A Quest Revamp that supports daily and weekly quests.
• An updated Profile Page with player info, ranks, and stats.

You’ll be able to access each of these pages by clicking on a new Journal icon that will replace the Quest Log on the main menu. The Progression & Rewards revamp detailed here will go live on November 12!

Achievements System

INTRODUCING HEARTHSTONE DUELS!

Welcome to Duels, a new competitive Hearthstone game mode that changes every season! In Duels, you’ll choose a Hero, a Hero Power, a starting Treasure, and build a 15-card starter deck from your collection before facing off against a series of worthy human opponents—Dungeon Run-style! Devise your path to victory by enhancing your deck after each match with minions, spells, and powerful Treasures to aid in increasingly difficult encounters with other players!

How It Works:

Duels will be accessible through the Modes button from the Hearthstone main screen, where you’d go to play Battlegrounds or Arena. Here’s how it works:

• When you start a Duels r...

ANNOUNCING

MADNESS AT THE DARKMOON FAIRE

HEARTHSTONE’S NEWEST EXPANSION

Come one, come all...

...to the Darkmoon Faire, Azeroth’s one and only traveling carnival! Bear witness to supernatural wonders, spectacular performances, and exotic beasts! ...

With more than 300 players to keep an eye on, Masters Tour events are full of new competitors to follow. For every returning player at each event there is someone new hoping to make a name for themself, and everyone is playing for their shot at joining Hearthstone Grandmasters. It is this mix of players that makes the Masters Tour so exciting to watch!

Although Grandmasters also participate in the Masters Tour, I’m going to introduce you to regular players who have incredible stories you may not be familiar with, all of which you should keep an eye on. This is the second of two Tales from the Tavern explorations for Masters Tour Online: Madrid, live beginning this Friday only on ...

With more than 300 players to keep an eye on, Masters Tour events are full of new competitors to follow. For every returning player at each event there is someone new hoping to make a name for themself, and everyone is playing for their shot at joining Hearthstone Grandmasters. It is this mix of players that makes the Masters Tour so exciting to watch!

Although Grandmasters also participate in the Masters Tour, I’m going to introduce you to regular players who have incredible stories you may not be familiar with, all of which you should keep an eye on. This is the first of two Tales from the Tavern explorations for Masters Tour Online: Madrid, live beginning this Friday only on ...

The final Masters Tour of 2020 is here! Over 300 invited players from more than 40 countries, will compete for the Masters Tour Online: Madrid trophy and their share of the $3,000,000 (USD) total prize pool for Hearthstone Masters Tour 2020. Join us this weekend for all of the competitive action only on YouTube Gaming!

After this weekend, the top total earners across all six 2020 Masters Tours in each region will earn invites to Hearthstone Grandmasters. There are currently a total of 10 spots open: three spots opened by Grandmasters Season 2 relegation in each region, and a fourth in Americas following Fei “...

Come one, come all! On October 22 at 8:00 a.m. PT, on both Twitch and YouTube, Hearthstone Game Director Benjamin Lee will open our Fall Reveal stream with several major announcements! From there, Game Designers Pat Nagle, John McIntyre, and John Yang will speak to each reveal in-depth with our host, Brian Kibler. We’ve got some very exciting news in store that you won’...

The first EMEA Battlegrounds Cup begins! Utilizing the new Battlegrounds Lobbies, the top 8 Hearthstone Battlegrounds players on the European Ladder and 8 invited streamers are ready to compete this weekend, October 16-18, for a share of the $10,000 (USD) prize pool and bragging rights as the best Battlegrounds players in the region.

Details

Dates: Friday, October 16 – Sunday, October 18

Broadcast Start Time: 9:00 a.m. PDT

Where to Watch: YouTube.com/HearthstoneEsports, ...

On October 15, we’ll be releasing the 18.4.2 patch that includes numerous Battlegrounds balance updates! You can check out the full details of the patch below.

Battlegrounds Hero Updates

• Bartendotron has been removed from the Battlegrounds Hero Pool.

• DIE, INSECTS!
  • Old: After you kill 20 enemy minions, get Sulfuras. → New: After you kill 25 enemy minions, get Sulfuras.

• ...

Grandmasters 2020 Season 2 has concluded, and three more players have secured their spot in the Hearthstone 2020 World Championship! Congratulations to Pramet “Bankyugi” Putchakan, Jaromir “Jarla” Vyskočil, and Jerome “Monsanto” Faucher on your Season 2 victories.

In Americas, Jerome “...

Hearthstone Grandmasters Season 2 reaches its epic conclusion this weekend! Following seven incredible weeks, including the rise and fall of Turtle Mage, the top eight players from each region are set to compete to see who will secure the final three Grandmasters spots for the 2020 Hearthstone World Championship.

The final matches to determine regional champions is not all that is on the line this weekend. Following the conclusion of last weekend’s regular season, the bottom two players from Division B were automatically relegated but this weekend will see the last relegation spot filled for...

The 18.4 patch marks the beginning of the Masquerade Ball limited-time event and includes a major Battlegrounds update that welcomes Elementals as a new minion type! Beyond that, we’ve got a new Hearthstone Book of Heroes featuring Rexxar, the return of Dual-Class Arena, Legendary Quests and rewards, new Tavern Brawls, and more!

Please note that mobile players may need to log-in again after updating to 18.4.

New Battlegrounds Heroes

Ragnaros the Firelord

• DIE, INSECTS! [Passive]
  • After you kill 20 enemy minions, get Sulfuras.
  ...

Greetings! I’m Tian, a Lead Data Scientist on the Hearthstone team. In 18.4, we are updating our Battlegrounds rating system and I’m here to talk about some science behind it!

Before I get into it, check out our previous blog on Battlegrounds rating if you’re interested in understanding the basics about personal rating and what it represents, how it’s updated after each game, and how variance works.

Now, let’s go to the main topic—the new rating system!

What are the motivations behind updating the rating system?

We want our rating system to b...

The administration of Scholomance Academy cordially invites you to a reception for the ages. We’re throwing a Masquerade Ball, right here on campus! What better way to celebrate a frightful holiday than embracing the supernatural spirit with a definitely-not-haunted costume ball?

The Tavern will undergo a makeover for the Masquerade Ball limited-time event and will feature brand new content unlocking weekly including Tavern Brawls, the return of Dual-Class Arena, a new Hearthstone Book of Heroes solo experience, and more!

September 29 - Exercise the Elements in Battlegrounds

On September 29, you’ll be able to recruit and wield the awesome power of Elementals in Battlegrounds! The addition of this new minion type comes in the form of 16 n...

As we near the end of Hearthstone Grandmasters 2020 Season 2, it’s time to look toward this year’s World Championship! Beginning at 8 a.m. PDT on December 12-13, the top eight players from around the w...