32.2 Patch Notes

32.2 Patch Notes

Patch 32.2 goes live April 29 and introduces Battlegrounds Season 10 (Second Nature), the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, new heroes and hero updates, a seasonal minion refresh, quality-of-life changes, events, and a large set of bug fixes and rules updates.

Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set (Releases May 13)

Overview

The Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set unlocks on May 13 and adds 38 new cards. You can obtain these cards in Into the Emerald Dream packs or buy the full 72-card* Mini-Set. Pricing and options:

• Normal Mini-Set: $14.99 or 2000 Gold
• All-Golden Mini-Set: $69.99 or 10,000 Gold (includes a bonus Diamond copy of the legendary Fyrakk, the Blazing)
• *72-card Mini-Set composition: 4 Legendary cards, 2 Epic cards (x2), 16 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2).

Cards from the Mini-Set will appear in the official Card Library once available.

Battlegrounds Season 10 — Second Nature (Starts April 29)

Season 10 begins April 29. Ratings will reset, Anomalies will leave the Tavern, the Battlegrounds Rewards Track switches over, and a new Season Pass becomes available. Any unclaimed rewards from Season 9 will be automatically claimed at the season change.

Trinkets Return

Trinkets come back in Season 10 with an updated offering system that improves type-synergy offerings. The Trinket pool has been heavily revised: over 100 returning Trinkets plus over 100 brand-new Trinkets were added. See the Card Library for the full Trinket pool.

Two New Heroes (Available in initial offerings for two weeks)

Forest Lord Cenarius (Buffed)

Armor: 10 Armor

• Wisdom of the Ancients [3 Gold]
• Effect: Increase your maximum Gold by 1.

Buttons (Buffed)

Armor: 10 Armor (7 Armor in Duos)

• Growing Collection [Passive]
• On Turn 8, choose a Greater Trinket to buy.

Note: These two new heroes will appear in the initial hero offerings in every Battlegrounds game for two weeks after Patch 32.2, and you will not be able to Reroll into them during that period.

Hero Updates

Several heroes received adjustments to their powers, availability, or interactions.

Dinotamer Brann (Adjusted)

• Battle Brand [Passive]
• After you buy 6 Battlecry minions, get Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)

Shudderwock (Nerfed)

Now banned in Beast lobbies.

Jim Raynor (Buffed)

Hero Power (Lift Off) now interacts with itself under the Cosmic Duality Anomaly and works with the Battlecruiser Trinket.

E.T.C., Band Manager (Buffed)

Golden Buddy (Talent Scout) now makes 2 Buddies Golden.

Onyxia (Buffed)

Returned to the Hero Pool.

Teron Gorefiend (Buffed)

No longer banned in Mech lobbies.

The Great Akazamzarak (Buffed)

No longer banned in Mech lobbies.

Professor Putricide (Buffed)

Relentless Sentry has been returned to the Build-an-Undead pool.

Rakanishu (Buffed)

Lantern Light now works with cards that buff Tavern spells.

Queen Azshara and Aranna (Nerfed)

These two heroes will be temporarily banned at the start of the patch due to a bug.

Seasonal Minion & Tavern Spell Pool Changes

• 79 minions removed from the minion pool
• 19 previously removed minions returned to the minion pool
• 52 new minions added to the minion pool
• 8 Tavern spells removed from the spell pool
• 1 previously removed Tavern spell returned to the spell pool
• 4 new Tavern spells added to the spell pool

Consult the Card Library for the full directory of minion and Tavern spell pool updates.

Quality of Life: Updated Minion Frames

Battlegrounds minions now use Hearthstone class card frames appropriate to their minion type to make it easier to identify minion types when re-rolling in the Tavern. Assignments:

• Beasts – Hunter Frame
• Demons – Warlock Frame
• Dragons – Warrior Frame
• Elementals – Mage Frame
• Mechs – Paladin Frame
• Murlocs – Shaman Frame
• Naga – Demon Hunter Frame
• Pirates – Rogue Frame
• Quillboar – Druid Frame
• Undead – Death Knight Frame
• Typeless and All – Neutral Frame

Dual-Type minions will display Dual-Class card frames. This change affects only minion art frames, not Tavern spells, Trinkets, or other associated elements.

Dev note: Previously most Battlegrounds minions used the Neutral frame. This change aims to make minion types more instantly readable and improve the Battlegrounds experience.

Battlegrounds Preview Event

On April 25, content creators will stream the new Season live. Regional streaming windows:

• JP players: 2:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (PDT)
• Americas and EMEA players: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Twitch drops are enabled category-wide. Watch for 2 total hours (1 hour per drop) to earn 4 Battlegrounds Tokens.

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In-Game Event: Embers of the World Tree

Event window: May 13 – June 3. Complete event quests to earn XP on a special rewards track. Full completion rewards include:

• 6 Into the Emerald Dream Packs
• 1 Year of the Pegasus Pack
• 2 random Into the Emerald Dream Epic cards
• Ardenweald Huln Hunter Hero Skin

Heroic Tavern Brawl

Heroic Tavern Brawl returns the week of May 14–21. Pay the entry fee and play until you reach 12 wins or 3 losses. Prizes depend on final results.

Arena Update

When Patch 32.2 launches all ongoing Arena runs will end. One final Arena season will run under the current system. Eligible sets for that season:

• Into the Emerald Dream (including the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set and the Fleeing Treant Arena-only card)
• Showdown in the Badlands
• Voyage to the Sunken City
• Forged in the Barrens
• Scholomance Academy
• Core

Loaner Decks Update

Loaner decks for new and returning players will be updated to include cards from the Into the Emerald Dream expansion (main set only; not the Mini-Set). The returning/new-player decks available this cycle are: Death Knight, Druid, Mage, Paladin, Shaman, and Warlock.

Returning players who have been away 90+ days are eligible for a free returning-player deck upon logging in. New players receive a free deck after finishing the tutorial and Apprentice Track.

Shop Updates

The in-game Shop will feature the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, the Battlegrounds Season Pass, new and returning Hero Skins, Ink Wash Signature cards, a new Wild-focused bundle, and other rotating offers. Check the Shop weekly for specifics.

Bug Fixes, Rules Updates, and Game Improvements

Key technical and rules fixes in Patch 32.2 include the following (selection):

• [General] Minimum iOS version increased to iOS 14.0.
• [Hearthstone] Dark Gift adjustments: Dark Gifts that grant keywords can no longer be applied to minions that already have one or more of those keywords (previously only fully redundant applications were blocked). Also, 0-Attack minions cannot receive the Sleepwalker Dark Gift (which grants Charge).
• [Hearthstone] Wallow the Wretched exception: if Wallow is moved from your hand to the top of your deck due to the Sweet Dreams Dark Gift, it will retain its Dark Gift enchantments (but not other enchantments, and not in other backward-zone movements).
• [Hearthstone] Evolve/Devolve rules clarified: evolving caps at 10 for minions that cost 10 or less; minions costing more than 10 evolve into a random minion of the same cost (possibly the same minion). When devolving, if an exact-cost result isn’t available, the effect continues devolving until a valid result is found.
• [Hearthstone] Starship Piece “when launched” effects will now always trigger in a random order.
• [Hearthstone] Effects that share the same resolution trigger will now resolve in timestamp order. (Example: Briarspawn Drake will always trigger its own effect before Cliff Dive’s “return to deck” effect.)
• [Hearthstone] Replaced Flint Firearm with Astalor Bloodsworn in the Splendiferous Whizbang (Deck of Legends — Hunter) Experimental Deck because Flint no longer worked in Standard after Quickdraw rotated out.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed Floppy Hydra so it no longer retained enchantments other than its own effect.
• [Hearthstone] Various bug fixes and visual improvements (Druid Imbue counter display on some mobile devices, Ohn’ahra interactions, Incindius spell buffs, Exarch Akama with Rush, Consume and location Durability, Sleepy Resident interaction with auto-attacking minions, Narain Soothfancy Fortunes transforms, Amphibian’s Spirit copy interactions, Cosplay Contestant/Dormant interactions, Forging Choose One reveal bug, Titan ability reveal bug, Druid Imbue art ordering, history tile visuals).
• [Battlegrounds] Numerous fixes: Arcanotron, Activated activation in Shop; Catacomb Crasher triggers; Slippery Slider Spellcraft interaction with Treasure-Seeker Elise; Efficient Engineer with Bountiful Bedrock; Rivendare Portrait stacking health; Dalaran Cheese Wheel stacking; Kerrigan Zergs permanence when Tripled into Golden; Pyramad Brick by Brick usage count; Battlecruiser and Showy Cyclist Deathrattle inheritance; Crabby and Aim Low! bonus; Wandering Wight with Pack Tactics; Alkali, Rock Rhino and generated Triple Rewards; Sire Denathrius Quest counter visual on some mobile devices.
• [Battlegrounds Duos] Fixed Refreshing Anomaly interaction (Rylak Metalhead) that incorrectly gave both players the free refresh; fixed Tamsin’s Phylactery triggering twice in a single combat when teammate defeated both enemies in prior combat.
• [Solo Content] Fixed a crash caused by Throw Rocks hero power in Mine Cart Rush; fixed an issue that made Dawngrasp’s Book of Mercenaries impossible to complete after recent card changes.

If you want a full, itemized list of every minion/spell pool change or all bug fixes, consult the official Card Library and patch notes pages in-game or on the Blizzard site.