Murder at Castle Nathria Launch Day - Everything You Need To Know!
Hearthstone's newest expansion Murder at Castle Nathria launches today, August 2nd. We brought all the information and useful links together in this news post for you.
- The Murder at Castle Nathria expansion is now LIVE!
- Yet another 135 new cards have been added to the game.
- Another 35 cards will follow in a Mini-Set midway through the expansion. There's not been any official details revealed yet!
- You can view all the new cards in our Murder at Castle Nathria Card List.
- PvE content for the Murder at Castle Nathria expansion has not been announced.
Included for free in the Expansion
- Login now to receive Prince Renathal for free! Start your game with 40 cards and 40 health!
- All players opening up the first Reward in the new Free Reward Track will get two Cards for free, Sire Denathrius for Constructed and Sir Finley, Sea Guide for the Mercenaries game mode!
- All players will have access to the free Core set, a replacement for the Classic and Basic set, see the Year of the Hydra set here.
- There has been no mention so far of a chain of Event Quests to celebrate the release, like there often was, nor anything yet about any free PvE content this expansion.
- Regular and Golden copies of Murloc Holmes and Golden copies of Sire Denathrius will be eligible for a full dust refund until August 5, at 10 a.m. Pacific. (So that's 10am PT/ 1pm ET/ 19:00 CEST/ 18:00 BST).
New Mechanics
- New Card Type: Locations - Locations are played onto the battlefield for an initial cost, and then have an ability that can be activated for free on your turns, each time for a powerful effect. Each activation costs 1 Durability and has a 1-turn Cooldown.
- New Keyword: Infuse - Cards with the Infuse keyword sit in your hand and absorb anima from your friendly minions as they die. After the specified number of friendly minions die while the Infuse card is in your hand, the Infuse card transforms into a more powerful version.
- Ten Suspects - Sire Denathrius had a lot of enemies. And it just so happens that 10 of them were under his roof at the time of his demise! Each class will have a Legendary minion that is a prime suspect in Sire Denathrius’s murder. They all have the means and the motive, but it is up to you and Murloc Holmes to determine who is guilty.
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Other Mechanics
Some mechanics that were seen in previous card sets were brought back on new cards, as well as some truly new mechanics were added:
- Three different Relics that get improved every time you play one, as well as through other cards.
- Deathrattle support, but this time in Druid!
- Wildseed mechanic, which is a set of 3 minions that start dormant, and wake up at different intervals.
- Volatile Skeletons package for Mage, a Deathrattle minion that deals 2 damage randomly.
- Pure Paladin is getting support again, including a legendary.
- Priest is getting a new Thief Priest package.
- Secret Rogue recieves multiple secrets and support cards again.
- Totem Shaman rears it head for Shaman, as does an Evolve package.
- Imps, Imps everywhere, for Warlocks!
- Self-damage is back in Warrior, including a Weapon.
- You can view all the new cards in our Murder at Castle Nathria Cards List.
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The 10 Suspects
Each class will have a Legendary minion that is a prime suspect in Sire Denathrius’s murder. They all have the means and the motive, but it is up to you and Murloc Holmes to determine who is guilty.
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Arena Changes
On August 2, when Murder at Castle Nathria launches, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible card sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:
- Core
- One Night in Karazhan
- Saviors of Uldum
- Rastakahn’s Rumble
- Scholomance Academy
- Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
- Murder at Castle Nathria
Theorycrafted Decks
We created a special Decks post yesterday, with a lot of new archetypes and a lot of new deck ideas. You can find the links to that Decks post below.
Alternatively, create your own deck with the Deckbuilder, add a good guide on how to pilot the deck and help create the post-launch meta!
That should get you started! Thanks for being with us throughout this exciting Murder at Castle Nathria reveal period. Shoutout to everyone who helped in one way or another during this time, the other moderators and staff and the devs and all the users who gave us useful suggestions and feedback, and to everyone who enjoyed and supported our coverage. You rock!
If you are looking for some company while opening packs or playing, come chat with us on our Discord.
Murder at Castle Nathria Card List & Expansion Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.
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Posted Aug 3, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)The whole theme seems a bit off to be honest. Characters like Kel'Thuzad and Rafaam just don't feel like they belong in a goofy/spooky "let's find out who murdered the butler!" kind of storyline.
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Posted Aug 4, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)1
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Opened 45 packs. one legendary. what a joke. worst opening ever...
54 now and still ONLY ONE. Did they change anything? How am I suppose to play any new deck now?
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)At least you have done with your opening. New packs still doesn't apperead in my shop.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)KaidoHB, are you from Russia or Belarus? Well, tough luck then. They might never appear in the shop then. Either wait till tomorrow, or buy standard packs, or farm arenas / heroic duels for Nathria packs.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)u should have more than enough cards to try for now, game isnt bout netdecking pro decks the first day. u also might have 2 Legs within 10packs soon.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Glad to see I'm not the only one
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Posted Aug 3, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)If I remember correctly you're supposed to be guaranteed one legendary in the first 10 packs of a new expansion and then at least one every 40 packs. So you either miscounted or the system changed.
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Posted Aug 3, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Hey, I did not miscount. Maybe the legendary you receive from the Battlepass counts as a pack legendary. I am 56 packs in now and still just one legendary.
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Posted Aug 4, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Buy moar.
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Posted Aug 4, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)very strange, bro, I opened only 32 so far and I got 4 legendaries, despite the fact that I'm from Russia xD
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Cannot find new packs in the Shop… Blizzard, common ….
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)When does the curent Battleground Pass expire? I wanna buy it but it still charges 650 gold.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Any news about a new adventure in solo with Murloc Holmes solving the crime?
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)The is an imposter among us
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)AMOGUS
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Year 8 of Hearthstone release announcements giving zero fucks about well-established and widely accepted standards such as UTC.
Release in 2h from this comment, 17:00 UTC.
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)uhm, that's mostly cause Blizzard doesn;t actually announce the release time. It's just us assuming the time they always use. But I can add UTC as one of the options if it's easier for people. :)
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)Was all that really necessary? Go fight some other crime. Good lord….
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Posted Aug 2, 2022 (Castle Nathria Launch)I mean since they're a California based studio, it would make sense they would schedule the release to be in the morning on the West coast Pacific Time. It'd be nice if it was earlier but if the release was 12 PM UTC, that would make it 5AM PDT, which would be unfair to the devs having to work that early.