The patchnotes for Patch 26.4, read all about it and the upcoming events and Tavern Brawls, including the return of Diablo to Hearthstone!
Quote from BlizzardPatch 26.4 brings the Audiopocalypse Mini-Set, Diablo appearances across game modes, and more!
The Audiopocalypse is Upon Us!
The Festival of Legends has rocked on, and on, and on. The local Grimtotem Tauren have grown tired of the racket! Now they and their leader, Magatha, have come to not just shut down the show, but to snuff out all music on Azeroth! The fate of music is in your hands.
Dual-class cards, Remixed cards, and E.T.C. himself are on the setlist for this Mini-Set of 38 all-new cards to add to your collection. Get them in Festival of Legends packs, or as a complete 72-card* Mini-Set. Get the normal version in-game for $14.99 or 2000 Gold, or get the all-Golden version for $69.99 or 10,000 Gold. The all-Golden version also comes with a bonus Diamond copy of the Magatha, Bane of Music Legendary minion!
* 4 Legendary cards, 1 Epic card (x2), 17 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2).
Special Event – Epic Duels of Rock Legends
You’ve been challenged to an Epic Rock Duel! Will you step up to the stage? From June 6 to June 20, complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on a special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track for one Standard Pack, one March of the Lich King Pack, and one Festival of Legends Packs!
Special Returning Tavern Brawl: The Dark Wanderer
On June 7 and June 14, we’re bringing back a special Diablo-themed Tavern Brawl! Face off against the mysterious Dark Wanderer in this epic boss battle where progression is saved after a loss and the stakes are raised each fight!* The first time you Defeat Diablo, you’ll earn a special Lilith card back!
*Progression is saved within each week’s Tavern Brawl, not across both weeks. This is one Tavern Brawl run twice in a row, not a 2-week long Tavern Brawl. Your first time defeating Diablo each week will grant you one Standard Pack.
New Tavern Brawl: Battle of the Bands
On June 21, with a second encore performance on June 28, we’re running a new, special dungeon-run style Tavern Brawl! You play as a fan turned musician, trying to win their way onto the main stage! Face off against 7 randomized musical acts on your way to the final battle against E.T.C. himself.
Each week, you get one Standard pack for your first win and one Festival of Legends pack for your first full clear.
Battlegrounds Updates
New Heroes
Inge, the Iron Hymn (15 Armor)
- Major Hymn
- [0 Gold] Give a minion Attack equal to your Tavern Tier. (Swaps to Health next turn!)
- Minor Hymn
- [0 Gold] Give a minion Health equal to your Tavern Tier. (Swaps to Attack next turn!)
Cap’n Hoggarr (10 Armor)
- I’m the Cap’n Now
- [Passive] After you buy a Pirate, gain 1 Gold.
New heroes will be guaranteed in every game for the first 2 weeks after launch.
Diablo Returns!
The lord of terror is back for a limited time! From June 5-7, Diablo will be available in every game, before he is removed from the hero pool once again.
Diablo (10 Armor)
- Realm of Terror
- [Passive] Every 4 turns, ALL enemies fight the Lord of Terror and your warband for loot.
New Epic Emotes!
Battlegrounds Emotes are getting even more emotive. Introducing new Battlegrounds Epic Emotes! Epic Emotes are animated emotes that can be equipped in place of your base Battlegrounds emotes.
Duels Updates
Hero Updates
Diablo has returned to Duels for a limited time! Diablo’s back and more menacing than ever! Diablo has all his original Hero Powers and Signature Treasures, fully unlocked. He also has one new Signature Treasure:
Journey to the East
- [1 Mana Spell] Quest: Take 25 damage on your turns. Reward: Add Uber Diablo to your hand.
Uber Diablo
- [6 Mana Hero Card, 6 Armor] Battlecry: Deal 6 damage to ALL enemies. Shuffle an Uber Apocalypse into your deck. Draw 3 cards.
- Hero Power: [3 Mana] Gain 3 Attack this turn. Gain 3 Armor.
Uber Apocalypse
- [10 Mana Fire Spell] Destroy all minions. Enemy characters take double damage for the rest of the game.
New Active Treasure
The Stone of Jordan [Pool 1]
- [3 Mana Spell] Gain +2 Attack this turn only. Draw 2 cards and give any spells drawn Spell Damage +1.
New Arena Season
On May 31, when the Audiopocalypse begins, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:
- Core
- Voyage to the Sunken City
- Murder at Castle Nathria
- March of the Lich King
- Path of Arthas
- Festival of Legends (including the new Audiopocalypse Mini-Set)
Bug Fixes & Game Improvements
- [General] Hover-over text now dynamically updates in real time, instead of requiring an un-hover and re-hover to update.
- [Hearthstone] Added to and improved Signature card tooltips.
- [Hearthstone] Photographer Fizzle’s Snapshot will now grant cards when recast by cards like Grand Magister Rommath.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Tony, King of Piracy shuffled decks when swapping them. He’s a pirate, not a magician.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a minion granted Masked Reveler’s Deathrattle would check for “not Masked Reveler” instead of “not this minion.”
- [Battlegrounds] Lord Barov has been temporarily removed from the Hero Pool due to a bug; he will be returned to the Hero Pool in an upcoming hotfix patch.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Elemental of Surprise would sometimes be a little too surprising, by triggering a triple at a time when the triple effect is supposed to be suppressed until the next shop phase.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where certain Strikes did not have preview videos.
- [Progression] Fixed a bug blocking loaner deck grants for some new/returning players.
- [Progression] Improved display of rewards, including class progression and monthly ranked rewards.
- [Achievements] Diamond Zephrys the Great has been returned to his spot in the Achievements and is ready to offer you the perfect Boulderfist Ogre.
- [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the “Friend of a Friend” achievement did not track.
- [Achievements] Updated Mercenaries Achievements that could no longer be completed after Mode updates.
- [Shop] Time for an adventure! All old Hearthstone Adventures are now available in the in-game Shop for Gold.
So glad to see Diablo back in duels! Everyone sure missed it running the warlock self-damage quest and completely ignoring playing board. Oh look at that, they went and built the warlock quest into his treasures this time and it aoes the board, adds a board wipe, and doubles all damage card to your hand!
Every Diablo I've fought since the update is 100% ignoring the board right now cause they can SMORC faster than you can keep up, Even if you do manage to keep a board (they're running all of warlock's cheap hard removals), they just start smashing minions for double quest completion, then kill you with that.
I think it didint go live yet :c
These god damn idiots did not nerf beasts in battlegrounds, awesome.
A few more weeks of this banana slammer cancer, thank you!
Depends on your rating I guess? Almost nobody seems to play beast beyond 7K. You can highroll with it, but a lot of high scaling races tend to have higher win rates, whereas beasts fall off pretty heavily and tend to be harder to set up. The previous nerf to beasts seems to have worked from my perspective.
Dude beasts suck unless you get the perfect combo. The only thing I'd nerf is how long turns are with their constant deathrattles.
Devs: Adds any new stuff to keep the game fresher
HS Community: BLI$$ARD GREED
lmao
Everything added here is free besides the Mini-Set, which you can easily save up the gold for.
Hell we know we're getting a mini-set each expansion, so you know to save until you get 2000
I only play all gold cards so im saving up :D
Took them long enough. Glad it's now available for Gold instead of having to pay for them.
hope it includes darkmoon races
You always pay. Your time or money ;)
As a f2p player, I've been wanting the reno cards and Emperor Thaurissen so badly. Now they're unlockable with the adventures right?
They've been craftable with Dust. But yeah, you can obtain them from the Adventures with Gold.
finally that one question from https://youtu.be/EOyfhco3Upc?t=351 answered