Patch 27.6.0.187190

Patch 27.6.0.187190 is a Hearthstone patch released on October 17, 2023. It's a major patch, containing the pre-order bundles for Showdown in the Badlands, the new mass pack opening feature, card changes for Journey to Un'Goro, Battlegrounds updates, Dual-class Arena, and the Hallow's End event.

A hotfix for this patch, 27.6.1, was released on October 20, 2023.

Patch Notes

Patch 27.6, launching today, is a huge patch that introduces Hearthstone's next expansion, Showdown in the Badlands, brings Un'Goro to Twist, makes Battlegrounds mid-season adjustments, and includes goodies for Blizzcon and Hallow's End festivities!

Pre-Purchase Showdown in the Badlands

Saddle up for Hearthstone's next expansion, Showdown in the Badlands, coming November 14! In the Badlands, the Bloodrock Mining Company's struck Gold—or, rather, something even better: Azerite! Now they're conscripting the townfolk and bleeding the land dry, putting the entire Badlands at risk. A band of mysterious, noble outlaws has banded together to put a stop to it, but the greedy Sheriff Barrelbrim won't give up that easy. It all leads to this, a massive Showdown in the Badlands!

Showdown in the Badlands has 145 all-new, rootin' and tootin' collectible cards! You can learn more in the Showdown in the Badlands Announcement Blog. Two pre-purchase options are available now so you can be quick on the draw once the expansion launches.

Log in and Get Thunderbringer for Free!

Log in to Hearthstone now to start taming the Badlands with the free Thunderbringer Legendary minion!* This powerful steed is a noble Beast, infused with Elemental power. When its Deathrattle triggers, it summons an Elemental and a Beast from your deck! What will you choose to fill out your stable?

* Limited one per account. After Patch 28.6, Thunderbringer will be granted upon opening your first Showdown in the Badlands pack, instead of upon logging in.

Join the BlizzCon Celebration!

Blizzcon is right around the corner! This is your last chance to buy a ticket or a special BlizzCon Collection of in-game goodies. Hearthstone has some fun stuff planned for BlizzCon, including the premier of the Showdown in the Badlands cinematic, so you won't want to miss it! Learn more about everything happening at BlizzCon this year in the official BlizzCon site, learn more about what Hearthstone goodies you can get in the BlizzCon Collection, and get your tickets today!

Whether you're joining us at BlizzCon or following the announcements from home, from November 3 to November 10 you can complete a Legendary Quest to earn the special BlizzCon For All card back!

Twist Seasonal Update: Wonderful Un'Goro

We're expanding the Wonders format for November, adding Un'Goro to the mix! With this update, the sets that are legal in Wonders will be:

• Caverns of Time
• Legacy (not Core)
• 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

There will be no special rules modifier for the November season, but there is one more card pool update:

• “The Caverns Below” is banned in Twist this season.

Hearthstone Updates

In celebration of Un'Goro being added to Twist, the following cards are getting updated to better match Wild and the upcoming Twist format. These changes will go live with Patch 27.6, so you have some time to dust off your Un'Goro cards and try these updates out ahead of the Twist season rollover.

	Card Name	Change
Druid	Verdant Longneck	5/5
	Evolving Spores	3 Mana
	Giant Anaconda	Gained Taunt
	Jungle Giants	Summon 4 minions with 5 or more Attack.
	Tyrantus	14/14. Taunt. Can't be targeted with spells or Hero Powers.
Hunter	Jeweled Macaw	1/2
	Grievous Bite	Deal 3 damage to a minion and 1 to adjacent ones.
	Tol'vir Warden	[4 Mana] 3/4
	Terrorscale Stalker	[2 Mana] 2/3
	Raptor Hatchling	Deathrattle: Shuffle a 4/5 Raptor into your deck.
	Dinomancy	Replace your hero power with ‘Give a Beast +3/+3.'
	Stampede	0 Mana
	Queen Carnassa (from The Marsh Queen)	Rush. Battlecry: Shuffle 20 Raptors into your deck.
	Swamp King Dred	6 Mana
Mage	Shimmering Tempest	2/2. Battlecry: Add a random Mage spell to your hand.
	Meteor	Deal 15 damage and 4 damage to adjacent ones.
	Pyros	Second version is [4 Mana] 6/6, third version is [8 Mana] 10/10.
Paladin	Adaptation	[0 Mana]
	Hydrologist	Discover and cast a Secret.
	Vinecleaver	6 Mana
	Lightfused Stegodon	[3 Mana] 3/3
	Dinosize	[7 Mana] Set stats to 7/14
	Primalfin Champion	1/3
	The Last Kaleidosaur	Quest: Cast 5 spells on your minions. Galvadon: 8/8
Priest	Tortollan Shellraiser	[3 Mana] 2/5
	Free From Amber	7 Mana
	Crystalline Oracle	1/2
	Mirage Caller	Can target any minion, not just friendly.
	Curious Glimmerroot	3/4
	Lyra the Sunshard	4 Mana
	Awaken the Makers	Summon 6 Deathrattle minions.
Rogue	Razorpetal Volley and Razorpetal Lasher	Razorpetals now deal 2 damage each.
	Obsidian Shard	Costs (1) less for each non-Rogue class card you've added to your hand this game.
	Envenom Weapon	2 Mana
	Mimic Pod	2 Mana
	Biteweed	1/2
	Sherazin, Corpse Flower	6/3
Shaman	Tidal Surge	5 Damage
	Volcano	Overload (1)
	Spirit Echo	2 Mana
	Stone Sentinel	5 Mana
	Unite the Murlocs	Summon 8 Murlocs
	Kalimos, Primal Lord	7 Mana
Warlock	Ravenous Pterrordax	[3 Mana] 3/3
	Feeding Time	[4 Mana] Deal 3 damage to a minion. Summon three 1/1 Pterrordaxes and Adapt them.
	Cruel Dinomancer	5 Mana
	Chittering Tunneler	[2 Mana] 2/2
Warrior	Tar Lord	6 Mana
	Ornery Direhorn	6/6
	Direhorn Hatchling	4/6. Deathrattle: Shuffle a 8/12 Direhorn with Taunt into your deck.
	Molten Blade	Transforms into a new weapon when in hand that changes each turn.
	Sudden Genesis	4 Mana
	Explore Un'Goro	“Choose Your Path” card costs 0.
	King Mosh	7 Mana
Neutral	Sated Threshadon	5/8. Taunt. Deathrattle: Summon three 1/1 Murlocs.
	Stubborn Gastropod	1/3
	Giant Mastodon	6/12
	Fire Plume Phoenix	Battlecry: Deal 3 damage.
	Volatile Elemental	3/1
	Primalfin Lookout	2 Mana
	Igneous Elemental	3/3
	Stonehill Defender	1/5
	Tol'vir Stoneshaper	3/6
	Servant of Kalimos	5/5
	Frozen Crusher	5 Mana
	Volcanosaur	6 Mana
	Emerald Hive Queen	3/3
	Blazecaller	6 Mana
	Bright-Eyed Scout	3 Mana
	Tortollan Primalist	5/5
	Charged Devilsaur	7 Mana
	The Voraxx	[3 Mana] 3/4
	Ozruk	8/8
	Elise the Trailblazer	Battlecry: Shuffle a sealed Un'Goro pack into your deck. If your deck contains no duplicates, draw it.

Battlegrounds Updates

General Update

You can now favorite multiple Hero Skins per Hero to get a random one of your favorites at the start of each game. Now you can bring even more great looks to the Tavern!

New Anomalies

Additional Anomalies will be added to the Anomaly pool each week throughout Patch 27.6. When Anomalies are newly added to the Anomaly pool, they'll have an increased appearance rate for that week. This is our last planned infusion of new Anomalies this Battlegrounds Season!

The following Anomalies are being added to the Anomaly pool with Patch 27.6:

Anomalous Wisdomball	Starting on Turn 6, you occasionally get helpful Refreshes!
Anomalous Twin	Start of combat: Summon a copy of your highest-Health minion.
Anomalous Bribe	After you sell a minion, give its stats to a minion in the Tavern.
The Keys to Victory	After you play a minion, give your other minions +1/+1 for each Keyword they share with it.
Bring Home the Bacon	Start with two upgrading Piggy Banks. Break them open to gain Gold! Piggy Bank: Gain 1 Gold. (Upgrades each turn!)
Temperance of Aman'Thul	Start at Tavern Tier 4. Gain 10 extra Gold on your first turn only.
Audience's Choice	At the start of each turn, one player chooses a card of ANY Tier for ALL players to get at end of turn.

The additional Anomalies coming throughout Patch 27.6 are:

What Are the Odds?	Only Tavern Tiers 1, 3, and 5 exist. Triple rewards Discover a minion of your Tier.
How to Even??	Only Tavern Tiers 2, 4, and 6 exist. Triple rewards Discover a minion of your Tier.
Deep Blue Sooner	At the start of your turn, get 2 temporary 'Deep Blues'. They give a minion more stats each time
Battlegrounds/Treasure Hoard	On Turn 5, Discover a Golden Tier 3 minion. Dev comment: Like the “Oops All” Anomaly, there are multiple versions of this one.
Treasure Hoard	On Turn 6, Discover a Golden Tier 4 minion.
Treasure Hoard	On Turn 7, Discover a Golden Tier 5 minion.
Treasure Hoard	On Turn 8, Discover a Golden Tier 6 minion.
Valuation Inflation	Tavern Tier 1 does not exist. Minions cost gold equal to their Tavern Tier.
No Place Like Holmes	Each turn, look at 2 minions. Guess which one your next opponent had last combat for a Coin.
No Face, No Case	Every 4 turns, Get a 'Faceless Manipulator' that copies a minion of your choice. Faceless Manipulator: [Tier 1] 3/3. Battlecry: Choose a minion and become a copy of it.
Eleventh Hour	The first time your hero takes fatal damage, prevent it and gain 11 Gold next turn instead.
Feline Fortune	After another hero dies, Discover a minion from their warband. It keeps enchantments.

Additionally, the “Transient Treasures” Anomaly has been renamed to “Anomalous Evidence” (no functional changes).

New Minions

Observer of Myths (Tier 3)

• 1/4. After you summon a minion with more attack than this, give all friendly minions +1 Attack.

Diremuck Forager (Tier 3, Murloc)

• 4/3. Start of Combat: Give a Murloc in your hand +2/+2, then summon it for this combat only.

Heedless Hoarder (Tier 4, Murloc)

• 5/6. When you sell this, give a friendly Murloc this minion's stats.

Slitherspear, Lord of Gains (Tier 5, Naga)

• 3/5. At the end of your turn, give your other Naga +1/+1 for each different spell you've cast this turn.

Sprightly Scarab (Tier 4, Beast)

• 5/2. Choose One – Give a Beast +1/+1 and Reborn; or +4/+4 and Taunt.

Hawkstrider Herald (Tier 5, Beast)

• 5/2. Start of Combat: Trigger all friendly Deathrattles.

Audacious Anchor (Tier 4, Pirate)

• 3/13. Start of Combat: Battle the nearest enemy minion to death!

Rapscallion Recruiter (Tier 5, Pirate)

• 9/3. Deathrattle: Summon 3 Scallywags.

Admiral Eliza Goreblade (Tier 6, Pirate)

• 6/7. Whenever a friendly Pirate attacks, give your minions +2/+1.
• Dev Comment: She's alive!

Motley Phalanx (Tier 6, All)

• 7/7. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give a friendly minion of each type +7/+7.

Battlegrounds/Cultist S'thara (Tier 6)

• 11/3. Stealth. Deathrattle: Summon your first Demon that died this combat. It keeps enchantments.

Minion Pool Updates

• The following minions have been removed from the minion pool: Saltscale Honcho, Witchwing Nestmatron, Vanessa VanCleef, Reanimating Rattler, Critter Wrangler, Nightmare Amalgam, Palescale Crocolisk, Coldlight Seer, Mechano-Tank, Felstomper, and The Boogie Monster.
• The following minions have been returned to the minion pool: Tavern Tipper, Felfin Navigator, Kangor's Apprentice, Goldrinn the Great Wolf, Tea Master Theotar, and Mecha-Jaraxxus.

Minion Updates

Kangor's Apprentice

• Old: Deathrattle: Summon the first 2 friendly Mechs that died this combat.
• New: Deathrattle: Summon your first 2 Mechs that died this combat.
• Dev Comment: This is a text-only update.

Bassgill

• Old: [Tier 4] 6/2
• New: [Tier 5] 8/3

Goldrinn, the Great Wolf

• Old: 4/4. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +5/+5.
• New: 3/3. Deathrattle: For the rest of this combat, your Beasts have +3/+3.

Arena Updates

When Patch 27.6 goes live, all current Arena runs will end and Hallow's End will come to the Arena! Dual-class Arena is back, this time with the spooky new addition of Death Knight into the mix. Dual-class Arena will last until Patch 28.0. The eligible card sets during this period will be:

• Core
• Path of Arthas
• Rise of Shadows
• Darkmoon Faire
• Forged in the Barrens
• Festival of Legends
• TITANS

In-Game Event: Hallow's End

There's a new cowboy in town—the Headless Horseman! From October 17-November 2, you can complete holiday-themed Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track to earn two Standard packs, two TITANS packs, a Festival of Legends pack, a Lich King themed Dancin' Deryl Battlegrounds skin, and a Pirate themed Illidan Demon Hunter skin!

Community Day and More!

Starting today, get into the spirit of the season with a treat of one free pack per week from the in-game shop, for a limited time. Check back often so you don't miss any!

Then, this weekend, October 21-22, we'll be hosting a special Community Day to celebrate the announcement of Showdown in the Badlands, prepare for the upcoming Twist season, and get hyped for BlizzCon! By participating in Community Day, you can rustle up 9 free packs within 24 hours! From October 21, 9:00 a.m. (PT) to October 22, 8:59 a.m. (PT), earn five drops, each for watching 45 minutes of any Hearthstone stream.

• First drop: 2 Journey to Un'Goro Packs
• Second drop: 1 Voyage to the Sunken City Pack + 1 Murder at Castle Nathria Pack
• Third drop: 1 March of the Lich King Pack + 1 Festival of Legends Pack
• Fourth drop: 1 TITANS Pack + 1 Showdown in the Badlands Pack
• Fifth drop: 1 Showdown in the Badlands Pack

Tune in to your favorite streamers and join them for this fun celebration of Hearthstone's community! Make sure you link your Twitch and Battle.net accounts so that your viewing time counts towards drops. Streamers in Hearthstone's Creator Program have also been given BlizzCon Collection codes they'll be giving away on their streams to add some giddyup to the celebration!

Mass Pack Opening Is Here!

Mass Pack Opening is now here, just in time for Showdown in the Badlands. Now you'll be able to open up to 40 of the same type of pack at once (or up to 20 at once for Golden Packs)! That means you'll be able to crack open your Pre-Purchase Bundles, or any other big bundles, with just a few clicks. Yee-haw!

Grab a pack from your stack and hold to pick up multiple packs at once. After you've gathered all the packs you want, move over to the pack-opening area and release your stack of packs!

The interface will then show you some highlights from your packs, which you can reveal one by one or all at the same time, and then it will give you a full summary of all the cards opened in that pack stack. All the cards will be in your Collection, like normal, for browsing and deckbuilding once your packs are all open.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [General] The Hearthstone tutorial has been revamped and streamlined.
• [Hearthstone] Cards like Rolling Fireball and The Lurker Below will no longer skip over Dormant minions and Locations. Instead, if there is an illegal target blocking the effect, the effect will end there.
• [Hearthstone] The Scarab Lord is an Undead and Corruption is a Shadow spell.
• [Hearthstone] Scarab Lord's Scarab Gong has had its text updated to “Whenever” instead of “After” to better match how the effect works.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where playing a secret discovered by Void Scripture would cause a disconnect.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Amitus, the Peacekeeper's “Reinforced” Ability sometimes caused disconnects for the opponent.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Thori'belore did not trigger its Deathrattle when it died from being returned to hand when the hand was full.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Arcanite Ripper would upgrade if the attacker took damage equal to the Armor they had.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed bugs with Jotun, the Eternal's duplicate effect and Cast When Drawn spells and spells that gain effects when they enter your hand.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Disciple of Eonar's effect would apply, but not be spent, if a Choose One spell was either randomly cast or Cast When Drawn.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Kologarn's Deathrattle would return minions that had been stolen and then put into your deck to the opponent.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Zok Fogsnout's effect text would be inconsistent with a weapon equipped.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a Rivendare, Warrider victory would result in screen shake even when screen shake was turned off in the menu options.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Temple of Earth (generated by Runi, Time Explorer) used base HP instead of current HP.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Reliquary Seeker triggered off a board that included Locations.
• [Battlegrounds] Shifter Zerus will now carry over enchantments when it transforms in hand (meaning, if it gets buffs while it's in your hand, they won't be erased when it transformed).
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bugged interaction between Spellcraft and Magnetic.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where a Taunt Magnetic Mech wouldn't grant Taunt to a minion that previously had its Taunt removed by Iron Groundskeeper.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where your Win/Loss record did not appear in-game.
• [Solo Content] Fixed a bug where some players had issues accessing Adventures on mobile devices.
• [Progression] Fixed a text issue where the “Trust Fall” Achievement included the wrong card name.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where the “ALWAYS” Achievement only tracked excess damage directly done to the attacked minion, not counting cleave effects.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where the Poor Social Distancing Achievement progressed off a Poisonous minion killing the enemy hero, instead of just enemy minions.
• Fixed various visual bugs.
• Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.

27.6.1 Patch Notes

Patch 27.6.1 is a server-side patch going live today with the following updates:

Dev Comment: There are no Traditional Hearthstone balance changes in this patch. The reason is a bit technical, but the short of it is that the types of balance changes we'd want to make—and you'd want us to make—have to go into a different type of hotfix patch. We know that players are eager to see balance changes and are disappointed with the timeline they're coming in, and we want you to know that they're coming soon.

In fact, in light of the upcoming Masters Tour, we wanted to let you know that the balance hotfix is scheduled for next week, October 26. The main targets of that patch will be Yogg-Saron, Unleashed and Druid. Instead of our usual balance teaser and patch notes blog, we plan to get the changes finalized and the patch notes out on the forums as soon as possible, by early next week. We're looking forward to seeing what you think of the upcoming changes, and what our competitors are able to come up with in the new meta.

Battlegrounds Updates

The following Anomalies have been removed from the Anomaly Pool:

• Anti-Gravity Stadium
• Might of Khaz'goroth
• Fortitude of Khaz'goroth
• Wisdom of Ulduar
• Summoning of Champions

The following Anomalies will now appear less frequently:

• Shackles of the Primus
• Finicky Hourglass (except for lower-ranked lobbies)
• Big League (except for lower-ranked lobbies)
• Little League (except for lower-ranked lobbies)
• Blood of Sargeras (in lower-ranked lobbies only)

The following Anomalies will now appear more frequently:

• False Idols
• Battlegrounds/Transient Treasures (in lower-ranked lobbies only)
• Bring in the Buddies (in lower-ranked lobbies only)

The following heroes are now banned from the following Anomalies:

• Uncompensated Upset: Pyramad and Alexstrasza
• Packed Stands: Lich Baz'hial, Cookie the Cook, Shudderwock, Trade Prince Gallywix, Infinite Toki, Ysera, Varden Dawngrasp, Guff Runetotem, Overlord Saurfang
• Double Header: Galakrond, The Rat King, C'Thun, Maiev Shadowsong, Heistbaron Togwaggle
• Echoes of Argus: Overlord Saurfang, C'Thun, Cariel Roame, E.T.C. Band Manager, Jandice Barov, Sneed
• False Idols: Shudderwock, Chenvaala
• Grapnel of the Titans: Kurtrus Ashfallen, Chenvaala, E.T.C. Band Manager, Xyrella
• The Golden Arena: Death Speaker Blackthorn, C'Thun, Millificent Manastorm, Guff Runetotem, Sylvanas Windrunner, Maiev Shadowsong, Rakanishu, Lady Vashj, Pyramad, Thorim Stormlord, Fungalmancer Flurgl, Ambassador Faelin . The minion, Elemental of Surprise, is also banned in games with this Anomaly
• Big League: Captain Hooktusk, Galakrond, Ambassador Faelin, Sneed, Guff Runetotem, A. F. Kay, Cariel Roame, Professor Putricide, E.T.C. Band Manager, Tickatus
• Little League: Millhouse Manastorm, Overlord Saurfang, Pyramad, Captain Eudora
• Everything's on Fire!: Fungalmancer Flurgl, Cap'n Hoggarr, Maiev Shadowsong
• Perfected Alchemy: Galakrond
• Mimiron's Clockwork Stadium: Forest Warden Omu, Millhouse Manastorm, Alexstrasza, Ambassador Faelin, Chenvaala
• The Yogg-iseum: Mutanus the Devourer, Vol'jin, Tamsin Roame, Patches the Pirate, E.T.C. Band Manager, Captain Eudora
• Blessed or Blighted: Teron Gorefiend
• Golganneth's Tempest: Ysera, Enhance-o Mechano
• Shackles of the Primus: Ambassador Faelin, A.F. Kay, Lich Baz'hial, Drek'thar, Rokara, Vanndar Stormpike, Deathwing, Dinotamer Brann, King Mukla, Mutanus the Devourer, Pyramad, Inge the Iron Hymn, Scabbs Cutterbutter, Cookie the Cook, The Great Akazamzarak, Y'Shaarj, Ozumat, Queen Wagtoggle, Patchwerk, The Lich King, Sire Denathrius
• Curse of Aggramar: Captain Eudora, Maiev Shadowsong, Alexstrasza, Skycap'n Kragg, Tess Greymane, Ragnaros the Firelord, Galakrond, Sindragosa, Onyxia, The Rat King, E.T.C. Band Manager, Death Speaker Blackthorn, Xyrella, Dancin' Deryl, Yogg-Saron Hope's End, Aranna Starseeker, Queen Azshara
• Up-Prizing: Rock Master Voone
• Tavern Special: Millhouse Manastorm, Shudderwock, Dinotamer Brann, Lich Baz'hial, Maiev Shadowsong, Infinite Toki, Cap'n Hoggarr

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [General] Fixed a bug where Hallows End event quests were progressing too quickly.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed the bug where the Control the Makers Anomaly would “activate” Amalgam of the Deep.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Octosari, Wrap God caused desyncs and showed an extra tentacle for your opponent.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where discovering a minion from the Treasure Hoard Anomaly made stat-setting effects stop working (the Anomaly was also live early—it'll be returned to the Anomaly Pool when it's scheduled to go live).
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where minions that set stats (like Uther the Lightbringer) worked incorrectly while Enhance-o Medico was in play.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Murozond could, under certain circumstances, give a Golden minion instead of a plain copy.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Alexstrasza's Hero Power gave non-golden dragons when The Golden Arena Anomaly was active.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Glaive Ricochet (Kurtrus's Hero Power) did not give a copy of the Golden Monkey.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where the Elemental of Surprise's enchantment showed a sheep in the enchantment banner. Surprise!
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where Wilfred Fizzlebang would appear in some draft buckets. We're not ready to behold the absolute power of Wilfred Fizzlebang!
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where Battlegrounds Heroes didn't always display in alphabetical order in the Collection.