Deceptively simple in design but epically engaging, Hearthstone will be instantly accessible to players regardless of their familiarity with Warcraft or collectible card games. Whether players prefer to wield magic or arms in battle, strike from the shadows or head on—or have never given any of that much thought—they’ll be able to jump right in, create a deck, and get in on the card-slinging action.
In addition to honing their skills in practice matches against the computer and taking on their buddies via their Battle.net friends list, players can challenge each other in two competitive game modes. “Play Mode” features traditional head-to-head battles, with players facing off for a chance to increase their medal ranking and earn card packs along the way. And for a different type of challenge, players can enter “The Forge,” where they start each match by building a deck from a new set of cards, and then use that deck to duel other Forge participants. Aside from winning new cards, players will be able to round out their collections by purchasing new card packs or disenchanting some of their existing cards to craft the ones they’re missing.
With hundreds of cards to choose from, featuring a wide range of colorful Warcraft spells, weapons, and characters, players will have limitless possibilities for developing and fine-tuning their deck-building strategies.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 3 begins on January 17!
While the Lich King marches through Silvermoon, Season 3 adds more to the Battlegrounds mode: a new minion type and dual minion types, the return of a warped hero, plus Silvermoon and Scourge themed cosmetics.
Starting on January 17, Professor Putricide will be taking over, replacing Battlegrounds Quests with all his new creations.
New Undead and Dual-Type MinionsThirty-two new minions come crashing into Battlegrounds in the new Season, including 16 new Undead minions and 11 new dual-type minions! While the Undead revolve around death effects like Reborn and Deathrattle, Dual-type minions have synergies with two different minion types at the same time!
A New Side to Putricide
Professor Putricide has been revived for Season 3! His new Hero Power—Build an Undead—lets you craft up to 3 custom Undead throughout the game! What twisted creations will you create?
Battlegrounds Track Refresh
On January 17, Battlegrounds Season 2 will end, and Season 3 will begin. At that point, players will switch over and begin earning rewards on the new Season 3 Battlegrounds Track. Any rewards that were already earned from the Season 2 Battlegrounds Track but not yet claimed will be automatically claimed.
The Battle for Silvermoon has spilled into Battlegrounds for Season 3! This Battlegrounds Track includes chilling new Scourge-themed, and fiery new Silvermoon-themed, cosmetics. Pick up the Season Pass to instantly get +2 Hero options at the start of each game, unlock all stages of the new Silvermoon Legendary Strike along the Track, and earn up to 15 additional Hero Skins throughout the Season.
Reveals and Developer Insights
Level XP To Level Cumulative XP Free Reward With Season Pass 1 0 0 2 Hero Slots 2 20 20 The Ramparts (Rare Board) 3 20 40 Scourge Sindragosa (Rare Emote) 4 20 60 Rending Winter (Rare Strike) 5 30 90 Phoenix-flight Kragg (Rare Hero Skin) 6 30 120 Cariel, the Chosen (Rare Emote) 7 30 150 Silverguard Faelin (Rare Hero Skin) 8 30 180 Sindragosa of the Scourge (Legendary Hero Skin) 9 40 220 Sunfed Rakanishu (Rare Hero Skin) 10 40 260 Silvermoon Dawngrasp (Rare Emote) 11 40 300 Icelord Jaraxxus (Epic Hero Skin) 12 50 350 Savior Kael'thas (Legendary Hero Skin) 13 50 400 Scourgestorm Millhouse (Rare Hero Skin) 14 50 450 Silvermoon Nguyen (Rare Emote) 15 50 500 Rising Phoenix (Rare Strike) 16 60 560 Sunwell Nguyen (Rare Hero Skin) 17 60 620 Silvermoon Tavish (Rare Emote) 18 60 680 Commander Vanndar (Epic Hero Skin) 19 60 740 Scourge Millhouse (Rare Emote) 20 60 800 Lady Deathwhisper (Rare Bartender) 21 60 860 Scourgewind Chenvaala (Rare Hero Skin) 22 60 920 Silvermoon Phoenix (Rare Emote) 23 60 980 Scoutmaster Tavish (Epic Hero Skin) 24 60 1040 Rising Phoenix (Epic Strike) 25 60 1100 Prince Kael'thas (Rare Emote) 26 60 1160 Scourgewolf Drek'thar (Rare Hero Skin) 27 60 1220 Plague Rat (Rare Emote) 28 60 1280 Rune Raised Galakrond (Legendary Hero Skin) 29 60 1340 Bonethresher Sneed (Epic Hero Skin) 30 60 1400 Scourge Arthas (Rare Emote) 31 60 1460 Rending Winter (Epic Strike) 32 60 1520 Off-Duty A. F. Kay (Rare Hero Skin) 33 60 1580 Deathwing, Risen (Epic Hero Skin) 34 60 1640 Shady Deathwhisper (Rare Emote) 35 60 1700 Skellywock (Rare Hero Skin) 36 60 1760 Cariel, the Chosen (Legendary Hero Skin) 37 60 1820 Scourge Zombie (Rare Emote) 38 60 1880 Ozumat, Glacial Horror (Rare Hero Skin) 39 60 1940 Icebinder Baz'hial (Legendary Hero Skin) 40 60 2000 Rending Winter (Legendary Strike) We’ll be sharing more details about Battlegrounds Season 3 over the next few days. Join us as your favorite content creators reveal some exciting new cards, developer insights, and more!
Battlegrounds Preview Event
- Jan. 10 – 11:00 a.m. PT – Undead Minions Card Reveals
- Jan. 10 – 12:00 p.m. PT – New Hero Deep Dive
- Jan. 11 – 10:00 a.m. PT – Dual Type Minions Card Reveals
- Jan. 11 – 11:00 a.m. PT – Other Minion Card Reveals
- Jan. 11 – 12:00 p.m. PT – BG Balance Changes and Dev Interview
- Jan. 14 – 10:00 a.m. PT – Dev Interview
After the reveals, join us on January 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. PT for Professor Putricide’s special “Build a Team” Battlegrounds Season 3 preview event! Teams from NA, LATAM, and EMEA* have come to compete, and Professor Putricide is trying to make his most amazing creation yet: the perfect Battlegrounds team. How, you ask? By mixing them up!
Players will compete in three teams: Team Nerubian, Team Eternal, and Team Abomination. After each round, each team will trade one player for a player from another team. Teams will keep playing, and mixing, until the time for the event is up and the winning team will be deemed “Plague Perfected”! 15 Season Passes will be awarded to each member of the winning team, for them to distribute to their communities!
Starting Teams
Team Nerubian (LATAM)
Team Eternal (NA)
Team Abomination (EMEA)
Each competitor will be streaming from their perspective. They will each also have additional Season Pass codes to give away throughout the event, so make sure you watch your favorite streamer as they push for plague perfection in the new, unknown meta! For more details, see the complete event rules, scoring, and standings.
* APAC will be hosting its own separate preview on January 13, from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. PT (January 12, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. KST).
Celebrate the New Season with Battlegrounds Twitch Drops!From January 17 at 10:00 a.m. PT to January 23 at 11:59 p.m. PT, you can earn our first ever Battlegrounds-specific Twitch drop! Watch any Hearthstone Twitch stream for just 1 hour to earn the new Lightkeeper Xyrella Epic Battlegrounds Skin. You must link your Twitch and Battle.net accounts for your view time to count towards drops.
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