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Hearthstone 31.4 Patch Notes: Everything you need to know

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Hearthstone just released the 31.4 Patch Notes ahead of the game’s new season.

In this latest development, Hearthstone has rolled out Update 31.4. Here’s a breakdown of the key information included in the official Update Notes for your convenience.

Here is an overview of Hearthstone’s 31.4 Patch Notes.

Hearthstone explores the StarCraft universe in 31.4 Patch Notes

In a fresh twist, the widely-loved card game is merging with the StarCraft universe, introducing new cards featuring iconic StarCraft characters. Notably, this latest expansion, Heroes of StarCraft, marks the largest Mini-Set in the game’s history. It includes four Legendary cards, one Epic card, 20 Rare cards, and a whopping 24 Common cards.

The set has 49 new cards overall, making it a massive addition in the game’s new update.

Individual factions from the new StarCraft set are $9.99 or 1200 Gold. Get your wallets prepared!

New Mythic Hero skin added to Hearthstone: Queen of Blades

In the popular card game Hearthstone, the notorious character known as Queen of Blades, Sarah Kerrigan, has been introduced as a playable hero. This new appearance can be utilized by any class that aligns with the Zerg faction.

All Zerg classes in Hearthstone:

  • Death Knights
  • Demon Hunters
  • Hunters
  • Warlocks

The fierce leader also comes with new emotes, special animations and more.

New card updates

In the latest update for Hearthstone, the Ethereal Oracle card now costs 4 Mana to play, a change from its previous requirement of 3 Mana.

New in-game event

Hearthstone is set to host a fresh StarCraft in-game event commencing on January 21, 2025, and wrapping up on February 11, 2025. During this period, players can select from three distinct Event Tracks to participate and reap rewards such as 13 card packs and a skin tailored to their faction.

Arena updates

Hey there! If you’re a fan of competitive Hearthstone play, I thought you might be interested to hear about some recent changes in the Arena mode that have been rolled out.

Upon the commencement of version 31.4, all ongoing games in the Arena will conclude. Prepare yourself for the fresh start of a brand new Arena season, and get ready to keep playing diligently!

Card pool sets in new season:

  • Voyage to the Sunken City
  • Murder at Castle Nathria
  • Whizbang’s Workshop
  • Perils in Paradise
  • The Great Dark Beyond (including Heroes of StarCraft)

A new Arena card, Wayward Probe, will also be added to the game mode.

Loaner deck updates

When the new season starts, loaner decks will receive an upgrade too. These updated decks are designed to let players dive into the game even if they don’t possess some of the latest and top-notch cards. Cards as fresh as those from The Great Beyond main set can be played using these Loaner decks.

Return to Un’Goro in new February update

Starting from February 4th, the Un’Goro Wonderful Update commences. In this 30-card gameplay, we’ll be employing the Wonders format, which includes the following collections:

  • Legacy
  • Curse of Naxxramas
  • Goblins vs Gnomes
  • Blackrock Mountain
  • The Grand Tournament
  • The League of Explorers
  • Whispers of the Old Gods
  • One Night in Karazhan
  • Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
  • Journey to Un’Goro
    • The Caverns Below is banned.
  • Caverns of Time

All bug fixes and performance updates

  • [General] Updated Unity version.
  • [Hearthstone] Like Galakrond and C’Thun, you will not be able to randomly Discover or generate StarCraft faction cards unless you started the game with at least one card in your deck from that faction or you are actively the Hero for that faction.
  • [Hearthstone] Some older cards have had their names updated (Banshee is now Wailing Banshee, Mothership is now Stormcoil Mothership, and Hallucination is now Spore Hallucination).
  • [Hearthstone] Cards that draw an unfixed amount of cards will now check for player deaths between draws (meaning that if you draw a Plague from a card like Malygos the Spellweaver and your life goes to 0, you will now immediately lose, instead of continuing to draw and possibly gaining the life back). However, cards that draw a set amount (like Arcane Intellect) will finish their full effect before checking for deaths.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Spore Empress Moldara could be added to E.T.C.’s Band.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug with copying or repeating the Deathrattle of Velen, Leader of the Exiled with Xyrella, the Devout.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug were Screaming Banshee didn’t work with Airlock Breach.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Magnetic effects didn’t work properly with static board-wide stat increases (like Zilliax Deluxe 3000 or Stormwind Champion).
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where launching a Starship could count as summoning twice for “when summoned” effects.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Lucky Comet could trigger Bounty Wrangler’s Quickdraw effect twice.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Exarch Maladar’s effect could use Corpses to pay for Forge or Tradeable costs.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Dreamboat’s buff effect counted minions summoned by his heal effect (like if you had a Mana Geode in play).
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Galaxy’s Lens targeting an Elusive minion would switch the target to the enemy Hero.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Tess Greymane wouldn’t replay Spontaneous Combustion.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where you could launch your Starship with Bloodbloom.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Orbital Halo would get reduced to 0 when your opponent played cards.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where, for some reason, Bloodbound Imp didn’t get buffed by Kil’jaeden’s Portal.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where all the minions in Diamond Kil’jaeden’s Portal would come out Golden, even if they had a higher quality (Diamond or Signature) available.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed an issue where certain Legacy cards were not included in the eligible Twist Wonders card pools.
  • [Battlegrounds] Reverber Drake and Echoing Roar will be temporarily banned at patch launch due to a bug that is scheduled to be fixed in an upcoming hotfix.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Knockoff Wisdomball would sometimes Refresh into an empty Tavern (not very helpful).
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Efficient Engineer couldn’t trigger an Echoing Roar on an Upbeat minion during its off turns (not very efficient).
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed various bugs with Karmic Chameleon sometimes not correctly copying (not very… Karmic?).
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Rylak Metalhead, Reverber Drake, and Persistent Poet didn’t work together.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Thundering Abomination’s buff overrode Butchering’s buff on Reborn minions, instead of them stacking.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Golden Private Chef wasn’t animated.
  • [Collection] Players who missed getting Bob the Bartender from the event can now get the normal version by going to the pack opening screen with a regular The Great Dark Beyond pack and get the golden version with a Golden The Great Dark Beyond pack.
  • Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.

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2025-01-18 01:10

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