Knights of the Frozen Throne Launches This Thursday!
Hearthstone's newest frosty expansion launches on Thursday (Friday EU) and we're here to give you all the details in one easy place!
- 135 new cards have been added to the game.
- Datamined client data shows there is 3 Free Frozen Throne Packs waiting for you when you login!
- The expansion contains mission content for free. These missions can earn you Frozen Throne packs.
- Four mission bosses will be available the first week, with another three opening up the week after.
- The Lich King boss fight will be available during week 3.
- Don't forget you can use Innkeeper to track your collection on the site to find decks easier that you can craft!
Global Launch Times
- Americas - LIVE
- Asia - LIVE
- Europe - LIVE
Your Launch Day Goal
- Craft any golden Legendaries you really want. This is important due to the new no duplicate legendaries rule.
- Login and complete The Prologue to get a free Death Knight card.
- Open any Frozen Throne packs you have acquired. You get a guaranteed Legendary within your first 10 packs.
- Play Hearthstone!
- Share your awesome decks with everyone on HearthPwn via or Deckbuilder.
New Keyword: Lifesteal
Hearthstone's taken one of the previously seen effects on cards and turned it into a new keyword.
- Damage dealt by cards with Lifesteal will also restore that amount of Health back to your hero.
- All minions with Lifesteal have a broken heart at the bottom of their portraits when on the gameboard.
- The Keyword appears on 16 collectible cards.
Here are some Lifesteal cards that you can find in the game. You can find all collectible Lifesteal cards right here.
The Death Knights
Each of Hearthstone's primary nine heroes has died! These new collectible cards can go into your deck and give your hero new Hero Powers when played.
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Death Knight Class Cards
A set of Death Knight class cards has been added to the game! These cards aren't in anyway tied to the Death Knight heroes but instead are generated through the effects of The Lich King and his little borker, Arfus.
Wild Set Rotations
There are no sets rotating out to wild with the release of the new expansion. Set rotations only happen at the beginning of a new Hearthstone year which usually happens in April which means we've got another 8 months to go.
Icecrown Citadel Adventure Missions
A free adventure is included with the Frozen Throne expansion, and future ones too!
- You earn free card packs for completion of wings. First wing gives you a DK Hero Card instead.
- The first week will see The Prologue open up and the Lower Citadel which contains 3 bosses.
- Don't forget you're able to share your decks that helped you beat bosses by using our deckbuilder.
- We'll have more information on the adventure content in an upcoming post!
These are the current guides we have up for the new adventure
New Playable Hero: Prince Arthas
A new hero has arrived! Prince Arthas is the new Paladin hero and can be yours provided that you can defeat the Lich King with all nine of Hearthstone's classes. Prince Arthas will not be available until the third week of the Frozen Throne as that is when The Lich King boss fight activates.
Hero Voiceovers
Background Music
Theorycraft Frozen Throne Decks
Our community here on HearthPwn has been busy throughout the reveal season creating new ideas with the Un'Goro cards. Check out some of our favourites below and be sure to share your ideas in the comments. We've also included a set of decks courtesy of TrumpSC.
Share your own decks using our deckbuilder tool.
Community Decks
Deck | Author | Cost |
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Treachery Combo Warlock | simonsald | 11960 |
KFT Hemet N'Zoth DK Priest | Ellstrom44 | 14960 |
[KotFT] Shadow Word: Combo | XIII | 10660 |
KFT C'thun druid | Hakkene | 8160 |
Thief Rogue w/ Lilian Voss and Valeera the Hollow | seksireturns | 10700 |
[KFT] Ultimate Control Mage | HaruAritaRAM | 13480 |
[EXTENSIVE] Digging up Rexxar | Aeneas80 | 5000 |
Kelesath-Idea Buffadin | Riicochet | 13280 |
Trump's Decks
Frozen Throne Deck Recipes
Blizzard has added in 9 new deck recipes to the game with this week's patch which feature some of the new cards.
Share Your Own New Decks
Have you created a deck using cards from the new expansion that you're finding success with? Head on over to our deckbuilder and share it with us! Click the banner below to go to the deckbuilder. Don't forget to write a short description to let people know how it works!
Share Your Pack Openings
We'd love to see what you crack open whether that is out of those pre-order packs or from all that gold you've been saving up for months. Check out our two dedicated threads for sharing your openings, one that is for opening videos and the other for screenshots.
Open a Simulated Card Pack
Compete on our site leaderboard with simulated pack openings now featuring Frozen Throne cards!
Visit Our Frozen Throne Guide
If you want to take a look at everything the set has to offer, you should head on over to our guide where you can take a visual look!
Get Cheaper Packs!
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Although you can't make use of this offer for the new packs yet, you can collect cards on the cheap from expansions by using Amazon Coins. It does require an Android device though since you need to install the Amazon Underground Appstore in order to get the correct Hearthstone app that lets you redeem the coins.
So go buy some Amazon Coins at a discount to get cheaper packs! You can save your coins for the launch or spend them on older packs now. Be sure to visit our guide to learn more about Amazon Coins.
Global Launch Times Blue Post
Quote from AratilGreetings!
There’s a chill in the Tavern as we prepare for the launch of Knights of the Frozen Throne! We’re excited to get Hearthstone’s latest expansion in your hands as quickly and as smoothly as possible. The expansion will roll out on a region-by-region basis, beginning with the Americas. After we ensure that everything is running smoothly, we will then roll out the expansion to Asia, followed by the Europe region. We estimate that Knights of the Frozen Throne will be available for play by the following times:
Americas Region: August 10 12:00 PM PDT
Asia Region: August 11 07:00 AM KST
Europe Region: August 11 05:00 AM CEST
The new Icecrown Citadel mission content will also be available with the release of Knights of the Frozen Throne, in the form of three parts. One part will release each week, at the estimated release times indicated below:
Rise of the Knights of the Frozen Throne: Prologue & Lower Citadel
Americas Region: August 10 12:00 PM PDT
Asia Region: August 11 07:00 AM KST
Europe Region: August 11 05:00 AM CEST
Battle For Icecrown Citadel: Upper Reaches
Americas Region: August 17 10:00 AM PDT
Asia Region: August 18 05:00 AM KST
Europe Region: August 18 12:01 AM CEST
Showdown with the Lich King: The Frozen Throne
Americas Region: August 24 10:00 AM PDT
Asia Region: August 25 05:00 AM KST
Europe Region: August 25 12:01 AM CEST
Don’t forget to shake off your boots before coming into the Tavern -- We’ll see you soon!
wait wasn't also a gruntee legendary after 10 packs
Everyone who's smart should switch the order of steps 2 and 3. Open your packs BEFORE completing the prologue. This will slightly increase your chances of getting multiple Death Knights since the free DK you get from the prologue can't be a duplicate.
Ignore this advice if you don't believe as I do that the Death Knight cards are on a higher average power level than the rest of the legendaries in the set.
So, Asia has to wait 3 hours, that's ok (not too many people absolutely NEED the expo at 4am anyway).
But Europe...... I feel ya. You'd think that with revenue predominantly coming from US, they'd push a major update in smaller markets first to eliminate bugs. But whatever.
Murica FTW
Devs are liers. there isn't everything we need here. We're missing the refreshments and chips + Dip.
HAHA this made my day!
call me anything you want, but "Death Knight Class Cards" naming is so confusing as fuck.
Like, WTF "class cards"???... CLASS CARDS??
How Blizzard expected me dummy who "might not be able to handle 18 deck slots" to go through this thing without being confused?!
(well, even Kibler were confused during live stream with Ben Brode.)
I love all the prerelease articles like this but is someone going post the statistics of card polls. That's always my favourite pre release post.
HYPE!!!!!!!!!!
Why are people still complaining about this EU time thing like its new?? time is relative!!...Blizz isnt delaying EU release....its because, by that short sighted logic, CEDT (europe time) is in the future lol
I mean, the European release is 8 hours after the American release. Asian release is 3 hours after the American release.
People complain because it doesn't feel good to have to wait several hours for something when, logistically, it seems like it should be perfectly possible for them to get it at the same time. EU received Naxx first, so it isn't that America needs it first - why can't everyone get it at the same time?
I don't know if there's ever been an official response on it from Blizzard, but if I had to guess, I'd say they stagger the release so they can keep bugs to one region - for example, the Gadgetzan packs bug - and thus deal with less angry customers. In that case, I'd venture that it's easier for them to use America as the bug testers, since they're an American company.
The Asian release is 3 hours after release but actually it's about 9-10 hours after release because for most of the Asian countries the expansion will be releasing in the middle of the night. In my country it will release at 3:30 AM. And I won't be able to open packs until evening cause I have to attend classes.
I was hopping arthas to have responses to Mal'Ganis/Kel'Thuzad
Your Launch Day Goal
**********IGNORE THIS ADVICE - REPEAT IGNORE THIS ADVICE********
If you craft GOOD Legendaries... you will waste dust you could have saved GETTING those Legendaries in packs
This advice is totally backwards and will give you a much higher chance to get a useless legendary
OPEN your packs first... craft LAST...
You missed the point...read more carefully.
What they're saying is, if you want a specific GOLDEN legendary, craft it first, because you can't open a golden legendary if you already own its regular version.
normal players don't go for a full golden legendary collection... this advice is for the masses... why would I waste 3200 dust to NOT get a chance to open a regular version. I did read it, still bad advice.
If you craft a Jaina straight up, Golden or NOT, your chance to get legendaries like the prince 3 drop increases.
answer me this: do you really think duplicate golden legendaries are the FIRST consideration that should be made in a guide for the common player... cmon. The chance of getting good cards from opening packs first far outweighs the chance you will even get *what would have been a duplicate* golden legendary in under 400 packs
please by all means, downvote me and listen to "TheWhiteDelight" everyone! I want people to have a smaller pool of playable legendaries anyway (better for me). Follow step 1 of the guide people, craft first!