Kobolds & Catacombs Launches Today!
Hearthstone's newest expansion launches this Thursday (Friday in EU) and we're here to give you all the details in one easy place.
- 135 new cards have been added to the game.
- You'll be getting 3 free Kobolds packs for logging in.
- You'll be getting a free random Legendary weapon for logging in.
- Dungeon Run is a new solo mode available 100% for free. You pick a class and defeat special bosses.
- 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
- [LIVE] Americas Region: December 7 12:00 PM PST
- Asia Region: December 8 9:00 AM KST
- [LIVE] Europe Region: December 8 05:00 AM CET
Launch Day Goals
- Login to get your free packs and random Legendary weapon.
- Complete Dungeon Runs to get up to 3 more free Kobolds card packs. (Discuss your runs on our Dungeon Run forum)
- Craft any golden Legendaries you really want. This is important due to the no duplicate legendaries rule.
- Open up your packs! You get a guaranteed Legendary within your first 10 packs.
- Share your awesome decks with everyone on HearthPwn via or Deckbuilder.
New Keyword: Recruit
Cards with the Recruit keyword immediately summon minions from your deck and put them into play. Some cards recruit minions that match certain conditions; others recruit randomly chosen minions.
Legendary Weapons
Each class has received a Legendary Weapon, yes, even the ones who didn't previously have weapons! You will get one of these for free, at random, by logging in when the expansion has launched.
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Spellstones
Spellstones are a new type of card which can be upgraded during play! Once you fulfill a listed condition, such as playing two Elemental minions, the card upgrades into a more powerful version.
Unidentified Items
Unidentified Items are cards which when put into your deck don't have a predetermined effect. When the card is put into your hand, the effect of the card will become known. Each item has its own pool of effects that it can randomly choose from.
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 4 months to go. We've got a great post explaining how these work right here.
Dungeon Runs
Dungeon Runs are a new type of single player content for Hearthstone, much like an Adventure. We won't be getting an adventure this time around due to Dungeon Runs but they're very similar in idea though Dungeon Runs have a ton of replayability.
- You'll pick a class to go on your Dungeon Run with.
- After you defeat a boss in a Dungeon Run, you get extra loot to power your deck up.
- Passives: Cards that give you a bonus for your run.
- Treasures: Powerful cards that are added to your Dungeon Run deck.
- Cards: You'll get to pick between themed bundles of cards to add to your Dungeon Run deck.
- There are 48 unique encounters in total, which are further augmented by the variance in cards you play with each time.
- Losing to a boss in a Dungeon ends your current run.
- If you win a Dungeon Run with each of the 9 classes, you unlock a card back!
The best part about Dungeon Runs? They're completely free! You don't even need to have cards in your Hearthstone collection.
Theorycraft Kobolds Decks
Our community here on HearthPwn has been busy throughout the reveal season creating new ideas with the Kobolds 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 StanCifka.
Share your own decks using our deckbuilder tool.
Community Decks
Deck | Author | Cost |
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1-2-3 Punch | SirLancelop | 11240 |
Questless Mage (Exodia-OTK) | kiwiinbacon | 7940 |
Kingsbane Miracle Rogue | Jumarti | 9620 |
Elemental Jade Shaman Is Back | Snowian | 8840 |
Skull of the Man'ari Combo | Poghy | 7600 |
Spellstone Control warrior | messy_casts | 9140 |
Windlust Totem Shaman | XIII | 4700 |
To My Side! Best deck ever! | Always_Reno | 11040 |
NickChipper Miracle Hunter | NickChipperHS | 5340 |
StanCifka's Decks
Deck | Author | Cost |
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Armor Warrior | StanCifka | 7600 |
Doom Lock | StanCifka | 10540 |
Dragon Priest | StanCifka | 3100 |
Mill Rogue | StanCifka | 9360 |
Tempo Mage | StanCifka | 4800 |
Kobolds 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 Kobolds cards!
Visit Our Kobolds Guide
Our usual expansion guide is live! See all the new cards and learn more.
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Could someone correct me on this if I'm wrong? When a new set releases, the first 10 packs of ALL SETS has a guaranteed legendary. Example, I buy 10 packs of each set, and each set will have a legendary.
you are wrong, first 10 packs of a set you haven't opened any packs from contains legendary
No it's the first time you open that set you have a chance so when the new expansion is out 1 in 10 guaranteed legendary the patch that changed this did apply to all current and past packs but only if you had never opened a single pack from that set
nah, each set only has that once.
No. Not right. The new set will contain a legendary in the first 10 packs. Not every set which you’ve already gotten 10+ packs in the past.
No, you get a guaranteed legendary for any set of which you've never opened any pack. As the expansion is new, you'll get a legendary in the first 10 K&C packs you open. If you've never opened e.g. a Frozen Throne pack and you buy 10, you'll get a legendary in them too; but if you've already opened at least 10 of them, you've already had your guaranteed legendary from that set (the same applies to every set, including Classic, but apart from new players, pretty much everybody already opened more than 10 Classic packs).
The change was introduced some time ago (I don't remember when exactly) and is not retroactive. I.e. it applies only to sets from which you had never opened any pack starting from the release of the patch that made the change.
Thanks everyone. You saved me gold :)
Blizzard love and respect EU consumers...
Publish time of this post US (9 AM), Asia ( 2 AM of 8 December) and EU (5 PM )
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So, Naxx out in NA?
At least I didn't take off work for this, since it doesn't release until noon. Might be taking a slightly long lunch break though, tee hee.
5 am on EU? Wasnt it 7PM every time before?
No, it wasn't. However, I'm pretty confident it won't be 5AM, but something between 2 - 3 AM, as that is the time the expansions usually launched before.
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Eu release 5am cet. what else could i add...