32.0 Patch Notes
Patch 32.0 prepares Hearthstone for the Year of the Raptor and the Into the Emerald Dream expansion. The update includes the usual Wild pass, several Standard changes ahead of the new meta, a Core Set refresh, event and board additions, Arena and Battlegrounds updates, and a large balance pass. Patch 32.0 goes live on March 18, 2025; Into the Emerald Dream launches March 25, 2025.
Into the Emerald Dream (March 25) and Rewards Track
Into the Emerald Dream — a 145-card expansion introducing the Imbue and Dark Gift keywords and Legendary Wild Gods — releases on March 25. A new Rewards Track for the expansion will run at launch, and players receive five free packs (4 Year of the Pegasus Packs + 1 Into the Emerald Dream pack) to claim in the in-game Shop from March 25–April 15.
Pre-Release Tavern Brawl & Community Days
The Into the Emerald Dream Pre-Release Tavern Brawl begins with Patch 32.0 and runs until the expansion launch on March 25. Everyone gets one free entry; subsequent entries cost 2 Tavern Tickets, 300 Gold, or 400 Runestones. Each run locks in a deck and ends at 6 wins or 3 losses — rewards scale with performance.
The eligible card pool for the Pre-Release Brawl is:
- Core Set (pre-rotation)
- Event Set (pre-rotation)
- The Great Dark Beyond (without Heroes of StarCraft)
- Into the Emerald Dream
An extended 5-day Community Days event runs alongside the Pre-Release Brawl with creator content and more ways to earn packs.
Hearthstone Card Updates (go live with Patch 32.0 on March 18)
Dev note: This update includes the yearly Wild pass and a number of Standard changes to reduce overly dominant or unfun interactions going into Into the Emerald Dream.
Dreadhound Handler (Nerfed)
Old: 2 Attack / 2 Health.
New: 2 Attack / 1 Health.
Infestor (Adjusted)
Old: 3 Attack / 2 Health. Deathrattle: Your Zerg minions have +1 Attack / +1 Health for the rest of the game.
New: 4 Attack / 2 Health. Deathrattle: Your Zerg minions have +1 Attack for the rest of the game.
Hydration Station (Nerfed)
Old: [8 Mana]
New: [10 Mana]
Alien Encounters (Nerfed)
Old: Summon two 2 Attack / 5 Health Beasts with Taunt. Costs (1) less for each card you Discovered this game.
New: Summon two 2 Attack / 4 Health Beasts with Taunt. Costs (1) less for each card you Discovered this game.
Painter’s Virtue (Nerfed)
Old: Lifesteal. After your hero attacks, give minions in your hand +1 Attack / +1 Health.
New: After your hero attacks, give minions in your hand +1 Attack / +1 Health.
Holy Glowsticks (Nerfed)
Old: Lifesteal. Deal 4 damage. Costs (1) if you’ve cast a Holy spell this turn.
New: Lifesteal. Deal 4 damage to a minion. Costs (1) if you’ve cast a Holy spell this turn.
Timewinder Zarimi (Nerfed)
Old: Battlecry: Once per game, if you’ve summoned 8 other Dragons, take an extra turn.
New: Battlecry: Once per game, if you’ve played 8 other Dragons, take an extra turn.
Raza the Resealed (Adjusted)
Old: Battlecry: For the rest of the game, your Hero Power refreshes whenever you play a card.
New (reworked): Battlecry: Shuffle copies of 5 random friendly minions that died this game into your deck. They cost (0).
Orbital Halo (Nerfed)
Old: Give a minion +2 Attack / +1 Health and Divine Shield. Costs (0) if you played an adjacent card this turn.
New: Give a minion +1 Attack / +1 Health and Divine Shield. Costs (0) if you played an adjacent card this turn.
Domino Effect (Nerfed)
Old: [3 Mana]
New: [4 Mana]
Kerrigan, Queen of Blades (Nerfed)
Old: [7 Mana]
New: [8 Mana]
Zergling (Nerfed)
Old: Battlecry: Summon a copy of this.
New: Battlecry: Summon a 1 Attack / 1 Health Zergling.
Jim Raynor (Nerfed)
Old: [7 Mana]
New: [8 Mana]
Viking (Lift Off and Starport Token) (Nerfed)
Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 7 Armor.
New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 5 Armor.
Liberator (Lift Off and Starport Token) (Nerfed)
Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 2 damage to all enemies.
New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.
Raven (Lift Off and Starport Token) (Nerfed)
Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 3 random Bonus Effects.
New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 2 random Bonus Effects.
Banshee (Lift Off and Starport Token) (Nerfed)
Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 5 damage to a random enemy.
New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 3 damage to a random enemy.
The Ceaseless Expanse (Nerfed)
Old: 15 Attack / 15 Health.
New: 10 Attack / 10 Health.
Incindius (Nerfed)
Old: [6 Mana]
New: [7 Mana]
Bob the Bartender (Recruit a Minion option) (Nerfed)
Old: Put an enemy minion into your hand. Your opponent gets 3 Coins.
New: Put a copy of an enemy minion into your hand. Your opponent gets 3 Coins.
Zilliax Deluxe 3000 (Virus Module) (Adjusted)
Old: 1 Attack / 4 Health. Elusive, Poisonous, Reborn.
New: 2 Attack / 5 Health. Elusive, Poisonous.
Gorgonzormu (Nerfed)
Old: [3 Mana] 3 Attack / 3 Health.
New: [4 Mana] 4 Attack / 4 Health.
Arkonite Defense Crystal (Nerfed)
Old: Taunt. Deathrattle: Gain 6 Armor. Starship Piece.
New: Taunt. Deathrattle: Gain 4 Armor. Starship Piece.
The disenchantable cards above, plus Lift Off and Starport, will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 32.0.
Wild-Focused Updates
The following changes are targeted primarily at Wild and cards moving into Wild:
Reska, the Pit Boss (Buffed)
Old: [25 Mana]
New: [20 Mana]
Sickly Grimewalker (Adjusted)
Old: [4 Mana] 3 Attack / 5 Health.
New: [3 Mana] 2 Attack / 4 Health.
Blindeye Sharpshooter (Nerfed)
Old: [4 Mana] 3 Attack / 3 Health.
New: [3 Mana] 1 Attack / 3 Health.
Desert Nestmatron (Buffed)
Old: 3 Attack / 4 Health.
New: 3 Attack / 5 Health.
Splish-Splash Whelp (Buffed)
Old: [3 Mana] 3 Attack / 2 Health.
New: [2 Mana] 2 Attack / 1 Health.
Cactus Construct (Buffed)
Old: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1 Attack / 1 Health copy of it.
New: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1 Attack / 2 Health copy of it.
Doomkin (Buffed)
Old: [7 Mana]
New: [6 Mana]
Shattered Reflections (Buffed)
Old: Choose a non-Titan minion. Add a copy of it to your deck and battlefield.
New: Choose a minion. Add a copy of it to your hand, deck, and battlefield.
Starstrung Bow (Buffed)
Old: 5 Attack / 2 Health.
New: 6 Attack / 2 Health.
Saddle Up (Buffed)
Old: [4 Mana]
New: [3 Mana]
Awakening Tremors (Buffed)
Old: Get three 3 Attack / 1 Health Worms. They cost (1).
New: Get three 4 Attack / 1 Health Worms. They cost (1).
Inquisitive Creation (Buffed)
Old: [5 Mana]
New: [4 Mana]
Chaos Creation (Buffed)
Old: Deal 5 damage. Summon a random 5-Cost minion. Destroy the bottom 5 cards of your deck.
New: Deal 6 damage. Summon a random 6-Cost minion. Destroy the bottom 6 cards of your deck.
Showdown (Buffed)
Old: [3 Mana]
New: [2 Mana]
Keeper’s Strength (Buffed)
Old: [5 Mana]
New: [4 Mana]
Prismatic Beam (Buffed)
Old: [8 Mana] Deal 3 damage to all enemy minions. Costs (1) less for each enemy minion.
New: [7 Mana] Deal 3 damage to all enemies. Costs (1) less for each enemy minion.
Thirsty Drifter (Buffed)
Old: [7 Mana]
New: [6 Mana]
Injured Hauler (Buffed)
Old: Overheal: Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions.
New: Overheal: Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.
Lab Constructor (Buffed)
Old: [5 Mana]
New: [4 Mana]
Shattershambler (Buffed)
Old: The next Deathrattle minion you play immediately dies.
New: The next Deathrattle minion you play costs (1) less and immediately dies.
Coppertail Snoop (Buffed)
Old: 3 Attack / 2 Health.
New: 4 Attack / 3 Health.
Flash of Lightning (Buffed)
Old: [3 Mana]
New: [2 Mana]
Crash of Thunder (Buffed)
Old: [6 Mana]
New: [5 Mana]
Staff of the Nine Frogs (generated by Doctor Holli'dae) (Buffed)
Old: 1 Attack / 9 Health.
New: 2 Attack / 9 Health.
Aftershocks (Buffed)
Old: Deal 1 damage to all minions, three times. Costs (1) less if you cast a spell last turn.
New: Deal 1 damage to all minions, three times. Costs (2) less if you cast a spell last turn.
Forge of Wills (Buffed)
Old: [4 Mana]
New: [3 Mana]
Crescendo (Buffed)
Old: [3 Mana]
New: [2 Mana]
Sludge on Wheels (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 4 Health.
New: 2 Attack / 5 Health.
Waste Remover (Buffed)
Old: 5 Attack / 7 Health.
New: 7 Attack / 7 Health.
Azerite Snake (Buffed)
Old: Battlecry: Your hero steals 7 Health from the enemy hero.
New: Battlecry: Your hero steals 10 Health from the enemy hero.
Movement of Pride (generated by Symphony of Sins) (Buffed)
Old: Draw a minion. Reduce its Cost by (6).
New: Draw your highest Cost minion. Reduce its Cost by (6).
Odyn, Prime Designate (Buffed)
Old: [9 Mana]
New: [8 Mana]
Deepminer Brann (Buffed)
Old: [8 Mana]
New: [6 Mana]
Battleworn Faceless (Buffed)
Old: [3 Mana]
New: [2 Mana]
Sanitize (Buffed)
Old: [6 Mana] Deal damage equal to your Armor to all minions. Forge: Gain 4 Armor first.
New: [4 Mana] Deal damage equal to your Armor to all minions. Forge: Gain 3 Armor first.
Craftsman’s Hammer (Buffed)
Old: Whenever your hero attacks, gain 3 Armor.
New: Whenever your hero attacks, gain 4 Armor.
Yogg-Saron, Unleashed (Buffed)
Old: [10 Mana]
New: [9 Mana]
Reno, Lone Ranger (Buffed)
Old: [10 Mana]
New: [8 Mana]
Pozzik, Audio Engineer (Buffed)
Old: 4 Attack / 4 Health.
New: 5 Attack / 4 Health.
Molten Giant (Buffed)
Old: [22 Mana]
New: [20 Mana]
Celestial Projectionist (Buffed)
Old: [3 Mana] 3 Attack / 3 Health.
New: [2 Mana] 3 Attack / 2 Health.
Rowdy Fan (Buffed)
Old: Battlecry: Choose a minion. It has +3 Attack while this is alive.
New: Battlecry: Choose a minion. It has +4 Attack while this is alive.
Snake Oil (generated by Miracle Salesman and Snake Oil Seller) (Buffed)
Old: [1 Mana]
New: [0 Mana]
New Year Rotation & Core Set Update
When Into the Emerald Dream launches on March 25, the Year of the Raptor begins. Cards from the Year of the Wolf (Festival of Legends, TITANS, and Showdown in the Badlands) will rotate out of Standard. The Core Set and Event Set pools will be updated at that time; Core Set text changes occur with Patch 32.0 on March 18.
Year of the Raptor Board
A new Year of the Raptor game board is added at expansion launch and will appear more frequently throughout the year. The board represents the year’s three expansions and will update with each expansion launch.
In-Game Events
Release the Raptor!
The Release the Raptor event that began March 4 ends on March 25. Complete it before it finishes.
Into the Emerald Dream Event (March 25–April 15)
Complete daily Dream quests (and optional Nightmare quests for higher XP) on the event Rewards Track to earn packs and other rewards. Event rewards include: 6 Into the Emerald Dream Packs, 3 Year of the Pegasus Packs, 3 The Great Dark Beyond Packs, 2 Perils in Paradise Packs, 1 Whizbang’s Workshop Pack, and the Woodland Valeera Rogue Hero Skin.
Defend Amirdrassil! (April 22–May 13)
Complete event quests across Modes to earn XP on a special Rewards Track. Completing the track rewards: 3 Into the Emerald Dream Packs, 3 Tavern Tickets, 3 Battlegrounds Tokens, and 6 Signature Cards from Into the Emerald Dream (2 Twisted Treant, 2 Kaldorei Priestess, 2 Lunarwing Messenger).
New Shan Shui Signature Cards (April 15)
Three new Shan Shui-style Signature cards arrive on April 15. Shan Shui Signature Tyrande and Naralex, Herald of the Flights will be available in bundles, and Shan Shui The Curator will be claimable for free in the in-game Shop from April 15–May 13.
Battlegrounds Update
Captain Bonerender (Adjusted)
Old: [Tier 4] 5 Attack / 5 Health.
New: [Tier 5] 6 Attack / 6 Health.
Arena Updates
All current Arena runs end at Patch 32.0 and a new Arena season begins. The Arena pool this season includes:
- Into the Emerald Dream
- The Great Dark Beyond (plus Wayward Probe)
- Perils in Paradise
- Whizbang’s Workshop
- Core (Core Set list updates at expansion launch)
- Raptor Herald from the Event Set
An additional Arena-only card, Fleeing Treant, is added this season.
Bug Fixes & Game Improvements
- [General] Fixed a bug causing missing text on Pixel devices.
- [Hearthstone] Evolve-style transformations are now capped at 10 Mana; results over 10 become a random 10-cost minion.
- [Hearthstone] Using the last charge on a location that summons a minion now clears the location first so there is space for the summoned minion.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed Planetary Navigator interaction with Murmur.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed The Ceaseless Expanse tracking for cards destroyed when overdrawn or destroyed in hand/deck by Flik Skyshiv.
- [Hearthstone] Cards that track cards played (e.g., Rat Trap) now consistently exclude Countered cards.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed Liberator not dealing damage to functionally dead minions in some cases.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed Multi-Strike extra attack not carrying over after a hero skin transformation.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed Chaotic Consumption being unplayable in certain edge cases.
- [Hearthstone] Several visual fixes for multi-class StarCraft cards, Signature glow states, and End of Turn behavior when launching Starships.
- [Battlegrounds] Multiple fixes for selling minions, Trinket interactions, spell spawning, Tough Tusk activation, Goldenization edge cases, and UI visuals (rope, reroll heroes).
- [Collection] Deck recipes and loaner decks will be updated at expansion launch to only include Standard cards after rotation.
- [Collection] Fixed a bug where Signature Prince Renathal could rarely drop from Packs.
- [Progression] Fixed a bug where Quests and Tavern Brawl timers could display “0 days” when under one day remained.
- [Cosmetics] Multiple fixes for hero skins, animations, golden frames, and transformation targeting.
- Miscellaneous other bug fixes and game improvements.
On HSLeaderboard, these changes are likely to shake up top-ladder decks and the early Into the Emerald Dream meta — especially the large number of Wild buffs and the targeted Standard nerfs.