32.2.2 Patch Notes
Release date: 05/13/2025
Battlegrounds balance updates, bug fixes, and the Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, are live.
Hearthstone updates
Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set — Embers of the World Tree unlocks today. The mini-set contains 38 new cards and can be acquired through Into the Emerald Dream packs or as a complete 72-card* Mini-Set. The standard Mini-Set costs $14.99 or 2000 Gold. The all-Golden Mini-Set costs $69.99 or 10,000 Gold and includes a bonus Diamond copy of Fyrakk, the Blazing legendary minion. See the Card Library for full card details.
* 4 Legendary cards, 2 Epic card (x2), 16 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2).
Dev note: There are no general Hearthstone mode balance changes in this patch — the team wants to observe how the new mini-set affects the format before adjusting anything else. A balance window will follow shortly after launch, and another balance window is planned for early June if additional changes are needed.
Battlegrounds updates
Dev note: These changes focus on strengthening underperforming compositions and weakening two dominant strategies: Tavern-spell Mechs and End-of-Turn Elementals. We’re also increasing options within types (for example, Elementals) and returning Kangor’s Apprentice to the pool. Several Trinket adjustments and a trial rule change for Greater Trinket offerings are included — team will monitor data and feedback before making the change permanent.
Trinket rules
The Greater Trinket slot previously offered either an untyped Trinket (50%) or a discounted Trinket (50%). It will now always offer an untyped Trinket. The intent is that a neutral Trinket is generally more compelling at the current Turn 9 timing.
Minor Trinket changes
Gem Donation (Buffed)
Old: The first minion you sell each turn plays its Blood Gems on the 2 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern.
New: The first minion you sell each turn plays its Blood Gems on the 3 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern.
Cliffdiver Sticker (Buffed)
Old: At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+2. (Improved by each Battlecry you’ve triggered this turn!)
New: At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+3. (Improved by each Battlecry you’ve triggered this turn!)
Weary Portrait (Adjusted)
Old: [7 Gold] Get a Weary Mage and a Coilskar Sapper. Your Weary Mages’ Spellcrafts are permanent.
New: [3 Gold] Get a Weary Mage. Your Weary Mages’ Spellcrafts are permanent.
Shrine of Evolution (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] Transform all your minions into random Tier 3 minions.
New: [2 Gold] Transform all your minions into random Tier 4 minions.
Finley’s Helmet (Buffed)
Old: After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +2/+2 and a random Bonus Keyword.
New: After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +5/+5 and a random Bonus Keyword.
Sacrificial Altar (Adjusted)
Old: [2 Gold] Remove all your minions. Gain 3 Gold for each removed.
New: [4 Gold] Remove all your minions. Gain 4 Gold for each removed.
Vibrant Bubble (Adjusted)
Old: [2 Gold] Spellcraft: Give a Murloc 2 random Bonus Keywords.
New: [1 Gold] Spellcraft: Give a Murloc a random Bonus Keyword.
Fountain Pen (Buffed)
Old: Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1/+1.
New: Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +2/+1.
Bleeding Heart (Nerfed)
Old: After 7 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.
New: After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.
Archaic Scroll (Nerfed)
Old: After you cast 6 spells, get a random Tavern spell.
New: After you cast 7 spells, get a random Tavern spell.
Unholy Sanctum (Nerfed)
Old: Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+3 permanently.
New: Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+2 permanently.
Goldgrubber Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [6 Gold] Get a Golden Goldgrubber.
New: [2 Gold] Get a Goldgrubber and an Aureate Laureate.
Eclectic Shrine (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each different type +2/+2. Improve this permanently.
New: [1 Gold] Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each different type +3/+2. Improve this permanently.
Glowing Gauntlet (Adjusted)
Old: [1 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +3/+3.
New: [2 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +4/+4.
Booty Bay Brew (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +1/+2.
New: [2 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +2/+3.
Heart of the Forest (Adjusted)
Old: [1 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1.
New: [2 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+1.
Impulsive Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [0 Gold] Get an Impulsive Trickster. Your Impulsive Tricksters’ Deathrattles target adjacent minions.
New: [1 Gold] Get a 6/6 Impulsive Trickster. Your Impulsive Tricksters’ Deathrattles target adjacent minions.
Explorer’s Binoculars (Buffed)
Old: [1 Gold] Get two random Tier 4 minions.
New: [2 Gold] Get three random Tier 4 minions.
Golden Pendant (Buffed)
Old: Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of every 2 turns, repeat this.
New: Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of each turn, repeat this.
Wicket Tome (Adjusted)
Old: [2 Gold] Avenge (4): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.
New: [3 Gold] Avenge (3): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.
Innkeeper’s Hearth (Adjusted)
Old: [1 Gold] Discover a minion of your Tier. Set its stats to 10/10.
New: [3 Gold] Discover a minion of your Tier. Set its stats to 15/15.
Marvelous Mushroom (Buffed)
Old: [2 Gold]
New: [1 Gold]
Blingtron’s Sunglass (Buffed)
Old: [6 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Tarecgosa Sticker (Buffed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [2 Gold]
Tough Tusk Sticker (Buffed)
Old: [2 Gold]
New: [1 Gold]
War Drum (Buffed)
Old: [1 Gold]
New: [0 Gold]
Divine Signet (Buffed)
Old: [6 Gold]
New: [5 Gold]
Gritty Portrait (Nerfed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [7 Gold]
Quilligraphy Set (Nerfed)
Old: [2 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Spell-powered Wrench (Buffed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Electromagnetic Device (Buffed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Yu’lon Sticker (Nerfed)
Old: [0 Gold]
New: [2 Gold]
Horn of Summoning (Buffed)
Old: [3 Gold]
New: [2 Gold]
Vash’jir Anemone (Buffed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Implicator Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [1 Gold]
New: [0 Gold]
Beetle Band (Nerfed — banned from Onyxia)
Now banned from Onyxia.
Primordial Terrarium (Nerfed)
Removed from the pool.
Selfless Portrait (Nerfed)
Removed from the pool.
Greater Trinket changes
Blood Golem Sticker (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] Whenever a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (2 times per combat.)
New: [4 Gold] Whenever a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (3 times per combat.)
Reinforced Shield (Buffed)
Old: Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (4 timers per combat.)
New: Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (5 times per combat.)
Battle Horn (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] Discover a Battlecry minion. Avenge (3): Trigger a friendly Battlecry.
New: [1 Gold] Discover a Battlecry minion. Avenge (2): Trigger a friendly Battlecry.
Hackerfin Portrait (Adjusted)
Old: [3 Gold] Get a Hackerfin. Your Hackerfins also trigger at the end of each turn.
New: [4 Gold] Get a Hackerfin. At the end of each turn, trigger your Hackerfins’ Battlecries.
Heart of the Forest (Adjusted — Greater)
Old: [0 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+2.
New: [2 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +3/+3.
Toxic Stinger (Buffed)
Old: [3 Gold] At the end of each turn, give a random friendly Murloc +7/+7 and Venomous.
New: [2 Gold] At the end of each turn, give a random friendly Murloc +10/+10 and Venomous.
Fountain Pen (Buffed — Greater)
Old: [2 Gold] Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +2/+2.
New: [3 Gold] Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +4/+2.
Feral Talisman (Buffed)
Old: Your minions have +6/+4.
New: Your minions have +8/+5.
Extravagant Scale (Buffed)
Old: [0 Gold] When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions’ Attack. (Once per game.)
New: [2 Gold] When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions’ Attack. (Twice per game.)
Innkeeper’s Hearth (Buffed — Greater)
Old: [0 Gold] Discover a Tier 6 minion. Set its stats to 20/20.
New: [2 Gold] Discover two Tier 6 minions. Set their stats to 20/20.
Booty Bay Brew (Buffed — Greater)
Old: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +3/+4.
New: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +4/+5.
Hogwash Basin (Nerfed)
Old: Start of Combat: Play 4 Blood Gems on all your minions.
New: Start of Combat: Play 3 Blood Gems on all your minions.
Wizard’s Pipe (Nerfed)
Old: Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with no type +6/+6.
New: Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with no type +5/+5.
Poet Portrait (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] Get a Persistent Poet and a Prized Promo-Drake.
New: [4 Gold] Get a Persistent Poet, a Prized Promo Drake, and a Bronze Steward.
Wicked Tome (Buffed)
Old: Avenge (4): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
New: Avenge (3): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
Theotar Sticker (Buffed)
Old: After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +5/+5.
New: After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +6/+6.
Gilded Anchor (Adjusted)
Old: [0 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +6/+6.
New: [1 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +8/+8.
Artanis Sticker (Nerfed)
Now only Immortal or Mothership can be offered.
Mecha-Jaraxxus Sticker (Buffed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Behemoth Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Rivendare Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Dazzling Dagger (Buffed)
Old: [3 Gold]
New: [2 Gold]
Bronze Timepiece (Nerfed)
Old: [2 Gold]
New: [6 Gold]
Czarina Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [8 Gold]
New: [5 Gold]
Shaker Portrait (Nerfed)
Old: [3 Gold]
New: [6 Gold]
Electromagnetic Device (Buffed — Greater)
Old: [6 Gold]
New: [4 Gold]
Beetle Band (Buffed — Greater)
Old: [6 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Thaumaturgist Portrait (Nerfed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [6 Gold]
Aggem Sticker (Nerfed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [5 Gold]
Unholy Sanctum (Nerfed — Greater)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [5 Gold]
Bristlebach Portrait (Nerfed)
Old: [6 Gold]
New: [7 Gold]
Nazjatar Postcard (Nerfed)
Old: [3 Gold]
New: [4 Gold]
Fancy Spellbook (Nerfed)
Old: [2 Gold]
New: [3 Gold]
Balladist Portrait (Nerfed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [6 Gold]
All-Purpose Kibble (Nerfed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [6 Gold]
Butcher’s Sickle (Buffed)
Old: [8 Gold]
New: [7 Gold]
Turbocharged Drill (Buffed)
Old: [5 Gold]
New: [4 Gold]
Boom’s Monster Portrait (Buffed)
Old: [6 Gold]
New: [5 Gold]
Great Boar Sticker (Nerfed)
Old: [1 Gold]
New: [2 Gold]
S’Thara Sticker (Buffed)
Old: [1 Gold]
New: [0 Gold]
Nether Pendant (Buffed)
Old: [1 Gold]
New: [0 Gold]
Eye of Sargeras (Nerfed)
Old: [4 Gold]
New: [5 Gold]
Guiding Candle (Nerfed)
Old: [3 Gold]
New: [4 Gold]
Hero updates
Dinotamer Brann — Hero Power change (Buffed)
Old: Passive. After you buy 6 Battlecry minions, get a Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)
New: Passive. After you buy 5 Battlecry minions, get a Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)
Armor reductions
- Forest Lord Cenarius now has 12 Armor (9 Armor in Duos).
- Buttons now has 13 Armor at higher ranks and 9 Armor in Duos; Buttons still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.
Minion and spell updates
Minion pool changes
- Removed from pool: Low Flier, Arm of the Empire, Slippery Slider.
- Added to pool: General Drakkisath, Hunter of Gatherers, Adaptive Ancestor, Coast Guard, Kangor’s Apprentice, Darkcrest Strategist, Handless Forsaken, Daggerspine Thrasher.
Minion balance changes
Tauren Spiritwalker (Buffed)
Old: 6 Attack / 5 Health. You cast 1 spell each turn twice.
New: 7 Attack / 5 Health. You cast 1 Tavern spell each turn twice.
Silithid Burrower (Buffed)
Old: 5 Attack / 1 Health. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1. Avenge (3): Improve this by +1/+1 permanently.
New: 5 Attack / 4 Health. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1. Avenge (1): Improve this by +1/+1 permanently.
Gentle Stag (Buffed)
Old: Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give your right-most Beast +2/+2 permanently.
New: Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give your right-most Beast +3/+3 permanently.
Valiant Tiger (Buffed)
Old: 4 Attack / 3 Health. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your right-most Beast +4/+3 permanently.
New: 5 Attack / 5 Health. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your right-most Beast +5/+5 permanently.
Ashen Corruptor (Nerfed)
Old: [Tier 4] 5 Attack / 5 Health.
New: [Tier 5] 6 Attack / 6 Health.
Shadowdancer (Buffed)
Old: [Tier 5] 5 Attack / 2 Health.
New: [Tier 4] 4 Attack / 2 Health.
Fire-forged Evoker (Buffed)
Old: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +1/+1. After you cast 2 Tavern spells, improve this.
New: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +2/+1. After you cast a Tavern spell, improve this.
Spirited Whimsydrake (Buffed)
Old: [Tier 5]
New: [Tier 4]
Greenskeeper (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 7 Health.
New: 4 Attack / 8 Health.
Bronze Steward (Buffed)
Old: 7 Attack / 3 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Dragons +7 Attack.
New: 10 Attack / 2 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Dragons +10 Attack.
Technical Element (Nerfed)
Old: [Tier 5] 10 Attack / 10 Health.
New: [Tier 2] 4 Attack / 5 Health.
Amplifying Lightspawn (Adjusted)
Old: [Tier 6] 5 Attack / 9 Health. At the end of your turn, your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
New: [Tier 5] 3 Attack / 8 Health. At the end of your turn, your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1 Health each turn. (Swaps to Attack next turn!)
Lokholar, Frostforger (Nerfed)
Old: [Tier 5] 7 Attack / 5 Health. At the end of your turn, give your other minions +2/+2.
New: [Tier 6] 8 Attack / 5 Health. At the end of your turn, give your other Elementals +3/+2.
Blazing Greasefire (Buffed)
Old: At the end of your turn, give Elementals in the Tavern +3/+2 this game.
New: At the end of your turn, give Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4 this game.
Dancing Barnstormer (Buffed)
Old: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +2/+2 this game.
New: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4 this game.
Land Lubber (Buffed)
Old: [Tier 3]
New: [Tier 2]
Electron, Powered Up (Buffed)
Old: 5 Attack / 5 Health. After you cast 2 Tavern spells, Magnetize a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs.
New: 6 Attack / 6 Health. At the end of your turn, Magnetize a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs.
Ancestral Automaton (Buffed)
Old: Has +2/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).
New: Has +3/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).
Grimscale Elegist (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 1 Health.
New: 3 Attack / 2 Health.
Shoalfin Mystic (Buffed)
Old: Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health this game.
New: Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
Gormling Gourmet (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 2 Health.
New: 4 Attack / 3 Health.
Apprentice of Sefin (Nerfed)
Old: [Tier 4] Battlecry: Give a Murloc +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword.
New: [Tier 5] At the end of your turn, gain +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword.
Hackerfin (Adjusted)
Old: 6 Attack / 3 Health. Battlecry: Give your other minions +3/+3 for each Bonus Keyword they have.
New: 5 Attack / 3 Health. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1. (Improved by each different Bonus Keyword in your warband!)
Coilskar Sapper (Nerfed)
Old: 5 Attack / 4 Health.
New: 3 Attack / 2 Health.
Weary Mage (Nerfed)
Old: [Tier 3] 4 Attack / 1 Health.
New: [Tier 4] 5 Attack / 1 Health.
Slumber Sorcerer (Buffed)
Old: [Tier 5]
New: [Tier 4]
Defiant Shipwright (Adjusted)
Old: [Tier 3] 3 Attack / 6 Health.
New: [Tier 2] 2 Attack / 5 Health.
Starry-eyed Explorer (Buffed)
Old: 3 Attack / 4 Health.
New: 5 Attack / 5 Health.
Goldgrubber (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 2 Health. At the end of your turn, gain +2/+2 for each friendly Golden minion.
New: 3 Attack / 3 Health. At the end of your turn, gain +3/+3 for each friendly Golden minion.
Dastardly Drust (Buffed)
Old: 5 Attack / 4 Health. Whenever you get a Pirate, give your other minions +1/+1. Give Golden ones +2/+2 instead.
New: 6 Attack / 4 Health. Whenever you get a Pirate, give your minions +1/+2. Give Golden ones +2/+3 instead.
Glowgullet Warlord (Golden only) (Buffed)
Old: Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Quilboar with Taunt. Play 2 Blood Gems on them.
New: Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Quilboar with Taunt. Play 2 Blood Gems on them.
Dreaming Thornweaver (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 6 Health.
New: 2 Attack / 8 Health.
Corrupted Bristler (Nerfed)
Old: [Tier 3]
New: [Tier 4]
Darkgaze Elder (Adjusted)
Old: [Tier 6] 6 Attack / 7 Health. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, play a Blood Gem on three friendly Quilboar.
New: [Tier 5] 5 Attack / 6 Health. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, play a Blood Gem on all your Quilboar.
Three Lil’ Quilboar (Adjusted)
Old: [Tier 5] Deathrattle: Play 3 Blood Gems on your Quilboar.
New: [Tier 6] Deathrattle: Play 3 Blood Gems on all your Quilboar.
Dev note: The text update is a non-functional clarification.
Anub’arak, Nerubian King (Adjusted)
Old: [Tier 4] 4 Attack / 3 Health.
New: [Tier 3] 3 Attack / 2 Health.
Drustfallen Butcher (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 8 Health. Avenge (5): Get a Butchering.
New: 2 Attack / 9 Health. Avenge (4): Get a Butchering.
Noisul of the Many Faces (Buffed)
Old: 2 Attack / 9 Health. Whenever you summon an Undead, give four friendly Undead +1/+1 permanently.
New: 3 Attack / 9 Health. Whenever you summon an Undead, give all friendly Undead +2/+1 permanently.
Catacomb Crasher (Adjusted)
Old: 5 Attack / 10 Health. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your minions +1/+1 permanently.
New: 6 Attack / 10 Health. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your Undead +2/+2 permanently.
Arcane Behemoth (Buffed)
Old: Taunt. After you sell an Elemental, gain half its stats.
New: Taunt. After you sell an Elemental, gain its stats.
Spell updates
Natural Blessing (Buffed)
Old: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +2/+2.
New: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +3/+3.
Seafood Stew (Adjusted)
Old: Give a minion +1/+1 for each Bonus Keyword it has.
New: Give a minion +1/+1. Repeat for each different Bonus Keyword in your warband.
Bug fixes and game improvements
- [Hearthstone] Fixed an issue where players who received Creature of Madness from an Into the Emerald Dream pack (after the initial claim period) only got one copy instead of two. A separate grant will be done to affected players to deliver the missing second copy.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a Floating Watcher bug that could cause lag in late-game Demon compositions.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Spirited Whimsydrake could pull minions that were no longer in the pool.
- [Battlegrounds] Made a text-only correction to Guzzle the Goop.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Hackerfin was missing its VFX.
On HSLeaderboard, these Battlegrounds adjustments are likely to shift the ladder meta — expect the team to monitor results and follow up in the next balance window.