Patch 35.6 Overview
Patch 35.6 is live as of 06/02/2026. This update begins the lead-up to Escape from Violet Hold, adds new events and free rewards, adjusts Arena drafting, refreshes Battlegrounds, and includes a large bug-fix pass.
- Next expansion: Escape from Violet Hold launches July 7.
- Expansion size: 135 new collectible cards.
- New mechanics highlighted: Prepare keyword, minions placed on the opponent’s board, and Legendary Rulebreaker minions.
- Free login reward: Vanessa the Ringleader Legendary card.
- Major modes touched: Arena and Battlegrounds.
Escape from Violet Hold Pre-Purchase and Shop Offers
Escape from Violet Hold is available for pre-purchase ahead of its July 7 launch. The expansion centers on Vanessa VanCleef, Maiev Shadowsong, and a prison-break theme in Dalaran’s Violet Hold.
Pre-purchase bundles are available now and include cards and cosmetics.
Starting June 2, the Battle.net Shop also has a Runestones offer that includes a random Legendary card from Escape from Violet Hold.
Free Legendary: Vanessa the Ringleader
Log in to Hearthstone now to receive the Vanessa the Ringleader Legendary card for free.
Limit one per account. After Patch 36.6, Vanessa the Ringleader will be granted when you open your first Escape from Violet Hold pack instead of through login.
New Events and Quest Rewards
Prison Break: June 2-16
The Prison Break event runs from June 2-16 and offers event rewards tied to Vanessa VanCleef’s crew-gathering setup for Escape from Violet Hold.
Rewards:
- 2x Tunneling Geomancer, Golden and regular versions
- Random Unowned Lite Hero Skin from Year of the Pegasus
- 1x Escape from Violet Hold Pack
- 1x Golden CATACLYSM Pack
- 1x CATACLYSM Pack
- 2x Tavern Tickets
Lockdown!: June 16-July 7
Lockdown! runs from June 16-July 7 and continues the pre-expansion event chain.
Rewards:
- Dalaran Warden Maiev Rogue Hero Skin
- 2x Commissary Crook, Golden and regular versions
- 2x Deadly Bribe, Golden and regular versions
- 3x Escape from Violet Hold Packs
- 1x CATACLYSM Pack
- 2x Tavern Tickets
Event Reward Card Availability
Event reward cards will return through pack-opening grants in later patches:
- Starting in Patch 35.6, Dragon Soul, Shattered will be granted after opening a CATACLYSM pack.
- Starting in Patch 36.0, Tunneling Geomancer will be granted after opening an Escape from Violet Hold pack.
- Starting in Patch 36.2, Commissary Crook and Deadly Bribe will be granted after opening an Escape from Violet Hold pack.
Legendary Quest Chain: June 9-July 7
A new Legendary Quest Chain runs from June 9-July 7. Complete Standard games to earn packs.
Rewards:
- 1x Golden Escape from Violet Hold Pack
- 1x Escape from Violet Hold Pack
- 1x Golden CATACLYSM Pack
- 1x CATACLYSM Pack
Arena Updates
Dual Class Arena is getting a Herald draft-rate adjustment. Herald cards will appear less often after previously receiving an elevated appearance rate.
- Legendary buckets that contain Herald Legendaries will include one fewer Herald card, replaced by a non-Herald card.
- The overall appearance rate of Herald cards is being reduced to match other class cards.
This should reduce the frequency of double Herald drafts and slow some of the snowball-heavy Arena games from the current season.
Battlegrounds Updates
Anomalies are back in Battlegrounds. These effects apply to all players from the start of each game. Patch 35.6 adds seven new Anomalies, returns 17 Anomalies, and brings back five more with updates.
The patch also changes the minion pool, adds new Trinkets, updates Tavern Spell availability, and returns Timewarped Nest Swarmer to the Timewarp Pool.
New Battlegrounds Minions
- Dead Sea Ravager — [Tier 6 Pirate/Undead] 5 Attack / 5 Health. Rally: Give 3 other friendly minions this minion's Attack.
- Ingenious Inventor — [Tier 5 Mech] 9 Attack / 4 Health. Deathrattle: Your Mechs have +2 Attack this combat. Improved by each time you've Magnetized this game.
- Tidecaller Prophet — [Tier 5 Murloc] 5 Attack / 6 Health. Your Tavern spells give an extra +1 Attack / +1 Health this turn. After you play 2 Murlocs, improve this. (2 left!)
Changed and Returning Battlegrounds Minions
- Malchezaar, Prince of Dance (Adjusted) — [Tier 3 Demon] 2 Attack / 1 Health. Two Refreshes each turn cost Health instead of Gold. (2 left!)
- Dancing Barnstormer (Adjusted) — [Tier 5 Elemental] 4 Attack / 4 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +8 Attack / +8 Health this game.
- Nomi, Kitchen Nightmare (Adjusted) — [Tier 5 Neutral] 6 Attack / 6 Health. After you play an Elemental, give Elementals in the Tavern +4 Attack / +4 Health this game.
- Unleashed Mana Surge (Adjusted) — [Tier 6 Elemental] 6 Attack / 5 Health. After you play an Elemental, give your Elementals +4 Attack / +4 Health.
- Volcanic Visitor (Adjusted) — [Tier 4 Naga] 4 Attack / 4 Health. Spellcraft: Choose One - Give your minions +4 Attack; or +4 Health.
- Briarback Drummer (Adjusted) — [Tier 3 Quilboar] 5 Attack / 3 Health. Battlecry: Get a Blood Gem Barrage.
- Razorfen Flapper (Adjusted) — [Tier 4 Quilboar] 6 Attack / 2 Health. Deathrattle: Get a Blood Gem Barrage.
Returning Minions
- Archlich Kel'Thuzad
- Barrens Conjurer
- Buzzing Vermin
- Charmwing
- Clunker Junker
- Coldlight Diver
- Devout Hellcaller
- Felboar
- Forest Rover
- Glowing Cinder
- Greymane's Champion
- Lord of the Ruins
- Mooneater's Champion
- Sand Swirler
- Silent Enforcer
- Silky Shimmermoth
- Spacefarer
- Sundered Matriarch
- Turquoise Skitterer
- Upbeat Duo
- Unleashed Mana Surge
- Wrathscale Rogue
Removed Minions
- Batty Terrorguard
- Bazaar Dealer
- Blazing Skyfin
- Determined Defender
- Floating Watcher
- Gem Smuggler
- Hired Ritualist
- Ichoron the Protector
- Leeching Felhound
- Living Azerite
- Manasaber
- Nightbane, Ignited
- One-Amalgam Tour Group
- P-0UL-TR-0N
- Sewer Rat
- Ship Master Eudora
- Shoalfin Mystic
- Sinrunner Blanchy
- Stomping Stegodon
- Tichondrius
- Tidemistress Athissa
- Ultraviolet Ascendant
- Waverider
Returning Tavern Spell
- Blood Gem Barrage
New Lesser Trinkets
- Rylak Portrait — [2 Cost] Get a Rylak Metalhead. Start of Combat: Trigger your Rylak Metalheads' Deathrattles.
- Timeworn Candelabra — [2 Cost] Discover a 2-Cost minion from the Minor Timewarp.
- Maxwell Sticker — [1/3/5 Cost] Get the Buddy of your Hero Power.
- Stuffed Coin Purse — [0 Cost] When you reach Tier 6, gain 15 gold.
- Mysterious Orb — [0 Cost] Gain 10 Gold. Your next Trinket is a Lesser Trinket.
- Minion Bait — [2 Cost] The Tavern offers 2 extra <insert minion type> whenever it is Refreshed.
Returning Lesser Trinket
- Beetle Band
New Greater Trinkets
- Chillmere Mosaic — [5 Cost] Spellcraft: Refresh the Tavern with Battlecry minions. They cost (1).
- Sky Golem Portrait — [3 Cost] Get a Falling Sky Golem. Start of Combat: Give your minions “Deathrattle: Give your minions +3 Attack / +3 Health permanently.”
- Bloodbound Ring — [1 Cost] After you play a Blood Gem from hand, this plays a Blood Gem on your minions with Divine Shield.
- Vinespeaker Portrait — [6 Cost] Get a Vinespeaker. Your Vinespeakers also improve the Health given by your Blood Gems.
- Deathtouch Apple — [3 Cost] After a friendly Undead is Reborn, give it Reborn. (3 times per combat.)
- Soul Fermenter — [4 Cost] Start of Combat: Destroy your 3 left-most minions. After your last minion dies, resummon them.
- Timeworn Candelabra — [2 Cost] Discover a 2-Cost minion from the Major Timewarp.
- Maxwell Sticker — [4 Cost] Get the Golden Buddy of your Hero Power.
- Orb of the Unknown — [0 Cost] Get a random Greater Trinket and 3 Gold.
- Double Stitch Needle — [1 Cost] Spellcraft: Choose a friendly minion. Double its stats and lock it in your hand for 1 turn.
- Sinstone Sticker — [3 Cost] The first 2 times you Discover a card each turn, get an extra copy of it. (2 left!)
Returning and Removed Trinkets
- Returning Greater Trinket: Beetle Band
- Removed Trinkets: Stegodon Portrait, Azerite Portrait, Anomaly Updates
New Anomalies
- Fly the Flag — Every 3 turns, get a spell that adds plain copies of a minion to YOUR minion pool. (3 turns left!)
- Anomalous Cube — Start with 'Mystery Cube' as your second Hero Power. It unlocks on Turn 5. (4 turns left!)
- Anomalous Conflux — Start with 'Warped Conflux' as your second Hero Power.
- Anomalous Timeline — Start with 'Alternate Timeline' as your second Hero Power.
- Anomalous Expedition — At the start of the game, Discover minions from Tiers 6, 4, and 2 to get at those Tiers.
- Lesser Fortune — Start with 'Lesser Crystal Ball' as your second Hero Power.
- Lesser Crystal Ball: When you buy a Lesser Trinket, this transforms into a copy of it.
- Greater Fortune — Start with 'Greater Crystal Ball' as your second Hero Power.
- Greater Crystal Ball: When you buy a Greater Trinket, this transforms into a copy of it.
Anomalies Returning with Changes
- Lesser Pouches — Start with 'Fantastic Treasure' as your second Hero Power.
- Greater Pouches — Start with 'Growing Collection' as your second Hero Power.
- Marin's Treasure Box — All heroes are Marin the Manager. Make 'Growing Collection' your second Hero Power.
- Pooled Resources — You can send up to 2 Gold to your teammate each turn.
- Unforeseen Portal — Visit a Timewarp on a random turn this game.
Returning Anomalies
- Darkmoon Faire Prizes
- Cosmic Duality
- Secrets of Norgannon
- Audience's Choice
- Grapnel of the Titans
- Double Header
- False Idols
- Bring in the Buddies
- Golden Arrow
- Perfected Alchemy
- Scout's Honor
- The Yogg-iseum
- Treasure Hoard
- Up-Prizing
- All Bottled Up
- Golganneth's Tempest
- Oathstone's Summoning
Timewarp Change
- Timewarped Nest Swarmer has been returned to the Timewarp Pool.
New Pet: C'Thun in Darkmoon Faire Treasures
From June 9-July 7, a mini Pet version of C’Thun will be available at the Darkmoon Faire Treasures booth with a new prize lineup.
C’Thun includes gameplay reactions, entrance animations, victory and defeat reactions, and emotes.
The Pet includes an Ahn’Qiraj Gates toy interaction: summon toy soldiers, tap C’Thun’s eyeball to fire lasers, and trigger a larger laser response if his health gets too low.
C’Thun gains XP as you play. Unlockable skins include Zombie C’Thun, Black Empire C’Thun, and Mecha’Thun.
C’Thun XP sources:
- Feed him a Treat.
- Have your hero take damage on your turn or shop phase.
- A friendly minion dies during your turn or shop phase.
- Deal exactly 1 damage to an enemy.
- Discard a card.
- Play a card with a Dark Gift.
- Play a shadow spell.
- Play a Colossal minion.
- Play a Legendary minion.
- In Battlegrounds, win a round of combat.
- In Battlegrounds, reach tier 6.
- In Battlegrounds, refresh 5 times in one turn.
- In Battlegrounds, play as C'thun, N'zoth, Y'shaarj or Yogg.
Darkmoon Faire Treasures is a random pull system for Pets, Mythic Skins, Signature cards, Hero Skins, and other prizes. The first pull is free, later pulls require Runestones, and every pull gives a prize. Prices can change as the booth’s prize collection rotates.
Free Battle.net Shop Packs
Free weekly packs are available through the Battle.net Shop over the next four weeks:
- Week of June 6-9: 1x Golden CATACLYSM Pack
- Week of June 9-16: 1x CATACLYSM Pack
- Week of June 16-23: 1x CATACLYSM Pack
- Week of June 23-30: 1x CATACLYSM Pack
Bug Fixes
Hearthstone
- Fixed a bug where Sands of Time could not Rewind to complete The Forbidden Sequence.
- Fixed a bug where Khadgar behaved incorrectly after using Rewind effects for The Forbidden Sequence.
- Fixed a bug where Cho’s Arm could trigger an additional time when summoning Cho’gall.
- Fixed a bug where Coldarra Drake could not be discovered in Wild.
- Fixed a bug where Scalebreaker Bulwark had inconsistent end-of-turn interactions with Baron Geddon.
- Fixed a bug where Medivh’s Triumph did not reduce cost while Underfel Rift was in play.
- Fixed a bug where Hero’s Welcome could summon Colossal minions like Sinestra.
- Fixed a bug where Broxigar’s Last Stand prevented card draw from minions dying.
- Fixed a bug where Submerged Map could not Discover Dormant Murlocs properly.
- Fixed a bug where Survivalist could incorrectly gain Immune.
- Fixed a bug where Edwin, Defias Kingpin’s green glow broke when played with Mr. Smite.
- Fixed a bug where Imbue progress text was missing with Dragonqueen Alexstrasza hero skin.
- Fixed a bug where Arcanite Ripper did not upgrade after gaining Health.
- Fixed a bug where Lightmender did not summon a copy when affected by Living Nightmare.
- Fixed a bug where Crackling Cloudstrider absorbed spells extra times with Shudderblock.
- Fixed a bug where Final Showdown required repeat completion if your hand was full.
- Fixed a bug where Desperate Prayer interacted inconsistently with Refreshment Vendor while Ruby Sanctum was in play.
- Fixed a bug where Sheltered Survivor could not complete Battle at the End Time.
- Fixed a bug where Teamwork could not be played when the board was full.
- Fixed a text bug where Gladesong Siren incorrectly said “played” instead of “cast.”
- Fixed a bug where Magma Hound with infinite Attack could result in a tie.
- Fixed a bug where Gruesome Nightmare could grant stats to Hero cards.
- Fixed a bug where Dread Corsair could still cost 0 with Razorscale in play.
Battlegrounds
- Fixed a bug where Gem Smuggler’s Blood Gems were not counted correctly.
- Fixed a bug where Timewarped Lava Lurker did not receive Spellcraft buffs correctly.
- Fixed a visual bug where Trinkets appeared lit during Mulligan.
- Fixed a bug where Reborn interactions could become permanent incorrectly.
- Fixed a bug where Tavern Guide preview did not reflect minion tier changes.
- Fixed a bug where Scarlet Survivor died before gaining Divine Shield.
- Fixed a visual bug where Brann Bronzebeard from the Bronzebeard Portrait displayed incorrect tribe typing.
- Fixed a bug where private lobbies did not use MMR for hero armor.
- Fixed a bug where hand protection did not work correctly during combat in Duos.
- Fixed a bug where Falling Sky Golem capped buffs incorrectly.
- Fixed a bug where Lord Barov’s Hero Power could soft lock the game.
- Fixed a bug where Lord Barov’s Hero Power offered incorrect choices.
- Fixed a text bug for Felemental where tribe order was listed inconsistently between minions and trinkets.
- Fixed a bug where Dragons could not be passed for 1 turn from Egg of the Endtimes in Duos.
- Fixed a bug where Nozdormu’s Clairvoyance granted 2 refreshes instead of 1.
- Fixed a visual bug where reward track banners overlapped when claimed.
- Fixed a bug where Discover choices could hang on screen if hand was full.
- Fixed a bug where Conflagration stat updates were delayed.
- Fixed a visual bug where reward track skin toasts overlapped text.
- Fixed a bug where leaderboard tiers displayed incorrectly with Lord Barov.
- Fixed a bug where Summoning Sphere summoned the wrong minion in Duos.
- Fixed a visual bug where cards duplicated by Transcribing Typewriter did not visually move to their destination when created.
- Fixed a bug where Boon of Beetles could trigger twice incorrectly.
- Fixed a bug where Warband Whistle could be overwritten by refresh effects.
- Fixed a bug where Shadowy Construct did not gain stats correctly.
- Fixed Earthsong Shaman text to read “this plays a Blood Gem” rather than “play a Blood Gem” to be consistent with other effects.
- Fixed a visual bug where Dustbone Devastator had an incorrect frame.
- Fixed a bug where Vol’jin’s Hero Power could be used infinitely.
- Fixed a bug where spells in combat did not trigger Archaic Scroll.
- Fixed a bug where Blue Chromadrake generated incorrect Tavern Spells.
- Fixed a bug where Old Soul did not goldenize properly.
- Fixed a bug where Fill the Cauldron did not progress correctly.
- Fixed a bug where Discover could burn cards in Duos with full hand.
- Fixed a bug where Banana Slamma overwrote Attack bonuses incorrectly.
- Fixed a bug where Scarlet Survivor did not gain Divine Shield from handbuffs.
- Fixed a visual bug where Jar o’ Gems FX appeared on the wrong side.
Cosmetics
- Fixed a visual bug where Dragonqueen Alexstrasza UI elements display incorrectly during gameplay.
- Fixed a bug where Duality Azshara portrait changes incorrectly after defeat.
- Fixed a visual bug where Deathling’s Pet victory screen has clipping at the top and bottom of the board on mobile.
- Fixed a bug where Deathling’s toy consumption animation could be interrupted by picking up food.
- Fixed a bug where Spell Pooling error message appeared at the end of games after using Signature Deathwing, Worldbreaker.
- Fixed a bug where text did not appear for Mecha’thun description on mobile.
General
- Fixed a UI bug in Arena Draft on PC where the mobile Back button appeared.
- Fixed a bug that can cause a soft lock with Starship and Felfire Thrusters interactions.
- Fixed a bug causing the game to get stuck on the loading screen on iOS devices.
- Fixed a text bug where multiple Gift cards were labeled as Classic set incorrectly.
- Fixed spelling and attribution issues for Artists and Studios across multiple cards.
Source: Blizzard Entertainment official Hearthstone news.