26.0 Patch Notes.v3.final.final2.PR_edit.FINAL
The patch notes you’ve all been waiting for are finally here, including balance and system changes to Standard, Wild, Battlegrounds, and more!
Now everyone can be part of the streaming action! When you get paired up against a streamer, a link will appear next to their Battletag. Click on it to go directly to their stream, have a barrel of fun alongside them, and see what chat thinks of your plays!
Quartermaster
Hemet Nesingwary
Dev Comment: Hemet Nesingwary’s effect is a bit too gruesome for Hearthstone, so we’re updating it to be more appropriate for all ages.
Worgen Greaser
Dev Comment: EXCITING NEWS! No changes planned to Worgen Greaser this year.
Pizza Stone (card back)
Dev Comment: Due to overwhelmingly popular demand, pineapple has been put on the Pizza Stone card back.
Corrupting a card will now corrupt its art assets too.
This patch, we’re removing some keywords from Hearthstone. Keywords in Hearthstone are those bolded words in card text that signify the cards have a special meaning. Keywords can help make learning cards easier, add flavor, condense card text, and give the design team mechanical “hooks” to use for referencing groups of cards.
While there are clear benefits, having too many keywords can muddy the game and sometimes detract from the play experience. We saw this before with the “Enrage” keyword. To make our cards look more uniform and easier to understand, we’ve again made the decision to cut some keywords. Here are some examples to show you what this change will look like in the client:
Titus Rivendare
Tarecgosa
Picky Eater
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