Clarification on Rise of Shadows Free Packs Quest Chain
Previously we reported on the quest chain that was to arrive with Rise of Shadows using datamined information. Upon launch of the expansion we found out this information was incorrect thanks to a launch blog from Blizzard. This is what you need to know.
- There are five quests.
- Each quest is time-gated by a different day. Rise of Shadows launch was day 1.
- Login each day and get the next quest after you've completed the previous one.
- There are not 12 Rise of Shadows packs rewarded for full completion.
- Remember that datamined information can always be inaccurate. Never make plans around it!
The Quests
- Day 1 - Play 25 Cards in Play mode
- Day 2 - Play 5 Games in Play mode
- Day 3 - Draw 20 Cards in any mode
- Day 4 - Win 1 Game in Play Mode
- Day 5 - Play 100 Cards
The Rewards
- Day 1 - 1 Rise of Shadows card pack & 1 The Witchwood card pack
- Day 2 - 1 Rise of Shadows card pack & 1 The Boomsday Project card pack
- Day 3 - 1 Rise of Shadows card pack & 1 Rastakhan’s Rumble card pack
- Day 4 - 1 Rise of Shadows card pack & 1 The Witchwood card pack
- Day 5 - 1 Rise of Shadows card pack, 1 The Boomsday Project card pack, 1 The Witchwood card pack, and 1 Rastakhan’s Rumble card pack
In total, we're still receiving 12 card packs, it's just a lot less Rise of Shadows packs. In total you'll receive:
- 5 Rise of Shadows Packs
- 3 Witchwood Packs
- 2 Boomsday Packs
- 2 Rastakhan Packs
I'm sorry to anyone that was mislead by the original datamined information for the expansion quest chain.
also i am really upset with the datamined info..i had my hopes up for 12 packs and i was excited..although blizzard clarified that quests from rise of shadows and other packs from year of the dragon would be given and at first i had low hopes
only 5 packs from new expansion in the duration of 5 days...ohh blizzard what a money grabber..i know i'm gonna get a lot of downvotes, but it's really frustrating trying to keep up with a very expensive game
Emeriss from WW and Archivist Elysiana from RoS... Can't complain.
HEY MAN, did u get quest for day 2 ?
They probably don't get reset until 9AM PDT.
Got it and finished it within a few minutes since some friend was online and needed it as well. Not hardly as good, just basic packs this time.
I got a normal quest instead. Is this supposed to happen? :(
I think that these quests are in addition to standard quests.
As the release time was 7 pm CEST I suggest to wait until this evening (if you are in EU)
I have yet to receive my 2nd quest in the cahin, even though it's the next day. Is it gated by the expansion release hour or by midnight?
It's not the next day yet, there's 6 hours from now till you're supposed to get it.
Free packs is free packs. I don't really care what set they came from. Just dust cards from non ros packs and get what you want.
Edit: my free Boomsday pack I that I got today netted me a golden Wizbang, I am super happy.
I would like to add to that I have a coworker who wanted to start playing again having stopped since ungoro, for people like him this seems great
you can't be more wrong, but it mostly comes because people(including you in this case) often think that if something works/doesn't work for them it must be the same for everyone else
the truth is there are a lot of new players that might start playing exactly now with this expansion because they saw ad somewhere, stumbled across a stream, heard that it's rotation and it should be fun...lots of reason, and blizzard has to care both for new and old players,
witchwood is in standard for another year so it's actually very nice of blizzard to give out packs from the other expansions too and not only from the newest one
why I didn't get today daily quest ??
I need fast answer
We'll probably get it the same everywhere in the world like the launch time for the expansion, so you'll probably get it around 5pm GMT if you play on the Europe server.
Maybe you complete the first quest today?
is this a "matter of life or death" situation? happens so often in hearthstone ... :D
PS: your dailyquest: maybe you had no space? if you miss your RoS quest: nobody knows. most likely you get that later today...
Yes, I'm playing in EU, so probalby i have to w8 to 7pm ,
Thanks a lot
Read the article...
Thanks for the clarification. Not your "fault" tho - it was datamined information to begin with. Still nice to have some free packs from Blizzard even if they are not only from the last expansion. All those packs are still i standard.