Puzzle Lab
- "A LOT of SCIENCE happens at Boom Labs, and that means that there are dozens and dozens of unfinished or abandoned experiments hidden away in the complex. It’s a golden opportunity for a certain clever someone to figure out what the heck went wrong! Can you unravel their mysteries without exploding, dissolving, or becoming irrevocably poultry-ized forever?
- When you experience The Boomsday Project’s free single-player content, The Puzzle Lab, you’ll discover that science is fun! And dangerous! Not necessarily in that order!"[1]
The Puzzle Lab is a free single-player game mode added with the The Boomsday Project expansion. The mode became available on August 21, 2018, two weeks after the release of the expansion.[1]
The Puzzle Lab is categorized into various puzzles that the player will have to solve:[2]
- Lethal: Destroy the enemy hero in a single turn.
- Mirror: Create a board state in which both sides are perfect mirrors of one another, including minion positioning, attributes, etc.
- Board Clear: Clear the battlefield of all minions.
- Survival: Survive the enemy's Hero Power (by healing to full, plus some Armor in higher difficulties).
Special cards[edit | edit source]
Puzzles[edit | edit source]
Lethal[edit | edit source]
- Poisonmaster Pollark
Lethal puzzle set #1 with 9 puzzles.
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| 1 | Cold Blooded | Lethal with murloc |
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| 2 | Frostbite | Lethal with |
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| 3 | Battle Boar | Lethal with |
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| 4 | Stand By Me | Lethal with Charge minions |
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| 5 | Frothing Fighters | Lethal with |
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| 6 | Leeroy Returns | Lethal with |
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| 7 | Cosmic Fire | Lethal with Spell Damage |
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| 8 | Full Draw | Lethal with Hunter hero power |
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| 9 | Plan B | Lethal with |
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- Myra Rotspring
Lethal puzzle set #2 with 7 puzzles.
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| 1 | Quick and Quiet | Lethal with Charged Beasts |
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| 2 | Dinosaur Domination | Lethal with |
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| 3 | Hot Potato | Lethal with |
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| 4 | A Dim Flame | Lethal with |
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| 5 | Lethal Lepers | Lethal with spell damage and |
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| 6 | The Wall | Lethal with |
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| 7 | Four Horsemen | Instant win with |
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- Lil' Stormy
Lethal puzzle set #3 with 7 puzzles.
| No. | Title | Description | Solution | Notes |
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| 1 | Light and Fire | Lethal with |
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| 2 | Hostile Hoppers | Lethal with Pogo-Hoppers |
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| 3 | A Corrupted Spirit | Lethal with |
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| 4 | The Best Offense | Lethal with |
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| 5 | Healing Hammers | Lethal with |
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| 6 | Toasted Hydra | Lethal with |
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| 7 | C'Thun! C'Thun! C'THUN! | Lethal with |
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- Electra Stormsurge
Lethal puzzle set #4 with 6 puzzles.
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| 1 | Tossing Taters | Lethal with |
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| 2 | Pride's Fall | Lethal with Charging Beasts |
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| 3 | Keepers of the Gate | Lethal with Doomguards |
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| 4 | A Shaman's Strength | Lethal by clearing enemy minions |
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| 5 | Selective Stampede | Lethal with Charging Beasts |
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| 6 | Spell Addiction | Lethal with |
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Mirror[edit | edit source]
- Test Subject #362
Mirror puzzle set #1 with 8 puzzles.
| No. | Title | Description | Solution | Notes |
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| 1 | First Steps | Mirror by playing two minions |
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| 2 | Smoldering Shield | Mirror by Fireballing a |
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| 3 | In a Flash | Mirror by clearing Chargers |
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| 4 | Adorable Sacrifice | Mirror by sacrificing |
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| 5 | Pursuit of Knowledge | Mirror by drawing cards |
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| 6 | Brazed Pork | Mirror by Fireballing a |
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| 7 | Shields Up! | Mirror with |
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| 8 | Three Odd Yetis | Mirror the Health of three Chillwind Yetis |
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- Astromancer Arwyn
Mirror puzzle set #2 with 7 puzzles.
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| 1 | Loss and Gain | Mirror with |
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| 2 | Explosive Assault | Mirror by clearing Unstable Ghouls |
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| 3 | Dragonslayer | Mirror by clearing |
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| 4 | Nature's Wispers | Mirror Wisps |
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| 5 | Burning Volley | Mirror Gurubashi Berserkers |
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| 6 | Divine Alignment | Mirror with |
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| 7 | Aha! | Mirror using |
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- Stargazer Luna
Mirror puzzle set #3 with 6 puzzles.
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| 1 | The Ol' Switcheroo | Mirror of Booty Bay Bodyguards |
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| 2 | It's in the Stars | Mirror with |
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| 3 | Nether Side Up | Mirror by Hellfiring Devilsaur Eggs |
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| 4 | Filthy Rodent | Mirror by using |
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| 5 | A Quest for Three | Mirror by activating |
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| 6 | Chilling Winds | Mirror Chillwind Yetis |
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- Zerek, Master Cloner
Mirror puzzle set #4 with 5 puzzles.
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| 1 | Noble Sacrifices | Mirror Bolvar Fordragons |
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| 2 | Shrinking Solutions | Mirror with |
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| 3 | Perfect Patrons | Mirror Grim Patrons |
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| 4 | Deathwing Dilemma | Mirror by dealing at least 5 damage to all minions |
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| 5 | Infestation! | Mirror with damaged Dirty Rats |
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Board Clear[edit | edit source]
- Dexter the Dendrologist
Board Clear puzzle set #1 with 8 puzzles.
| No. | Title | Description | Solution | Notes |
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| 1 | Quick Attack | Clear by attacking with Charge and Rush minions |
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| 2 | Holy Extermination | Clear with |
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| 3 | Stomp the Snail | Clear by forcing |
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| 4 | Sticky Scarecrows | Clear two Harvest Golems |
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| 5 | The Power of Pigs | Clear by buffing |
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| 6 | Position Perfection | Clear with |
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| 7 | Scorched Earth | Clear with Wild Pyromancers |
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| 8 | Dragon Removal Service | Clear with |
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- Flobbidinous Floop
Board Clear puzzle set #2 with 7 puzzles.
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| 1 | Fighter's Finale | Clear with |
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| 2 | No More N'Zoth | Clear with |
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| 3 | Contamination! | Clear with |
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| 4 | A Stolen Shadow | Clear with a Mind Visioned |
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| 5 | Hurricane of Horrors | Clear with |
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| 6 | Curious Crustacean | Clear with |
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| 7 | Shocking Spells | Clear with Gelbin's Coils |
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- Demonologist Draan
Board Clear puzzle set #3 with 5 puzzles.
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| 1 | Tiny Terrors | Clear with |
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| 2 | Defiling Demons | Clear with |
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| 3 | A Warrior's Weapons | Clear with |
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| 4 | Poultry Provoked | Clear with |
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| 5 | Bot Battle | Clear with |
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- Dr. Morrigan
Board Clear puzzle set #4 with 5 puzzles.
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| 1 | Airborne Assault | Clear with Flying Machines |
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| 2 | Dog Days | Clear with Charged beasts |
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| 3 | Grumble's Rumble | Clear with |
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| 4 | Toxic Treants | Clear using Treants and |
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| 5 | A Dance with Death | Clear with Elven Archers and Tentacle of N'Zoths |
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Survival[edit | edit source]
- Boomnician Breena
Survival puzzle set #1 with 8 puzzles.
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| 1 | Don't Panic | Survive with healing spells |
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| 2 | A Gentle Touch | Survive with |
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| 3 | Cleansing Corruption | Survive by attacking |
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| 4 | A Dire Situation | Survive by clearing |
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| 5 | Double Dip | Survive with |
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| 6 | A Priest's Feast | Survive with |
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| 7 | Splash! | Survive with |
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| 8 | Visions of Vitality | Survive by casting |
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- Boommaster Flark
Survival puzzle set #2 with 6 puzzles.
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| 1 | Up for Auction | Survive by refreshing the Hero Power twice with |
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| 2 | Sowing Seeds | Survive with |
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| 3 | Mechanical Medic | Survive with |
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| 4 | Lifesteel | Survive with |
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| 5 | Double Trouble | Survive with |
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| 6 | Revived and Refreshed | Survive with Corrupted Healbots |
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- Glow-Tron 2000
Survival puzzle set #3 with 6 puzzles.
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| 1 | That's the Spirit | Survive with |
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| 2 | Underhanded Dealing | Survive with lifesteal minions and healing spells |
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| 3 | Pesky Priest | Survive by lifestealing with |
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| 4 | Hallazeal? Hallaheal | Survive with |
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| 5 | Primal Investment | Survive with |
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| 6 | Healing Hands | Survive with |
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- Crystalsmith Kangor
Survival puzzle set #4 with 5 puzzles.
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| 1 | Just Jaraxxus | Survive with |
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| 2 | Strike Me Down | Survive with hand buffs on lifesteal minions |
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| 3 | For Me? | Survive with |
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| 4 | Risky Research | Survive with |
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| 5 | Tempting Demons | Survive with |
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The Secret Lab[edit | edit source]
These final puzzles are unlocked by completing their previous respective puzzle sets.
Blast Dr. Boom[edit | edit source]
There are 4 final lethal puzzles.
| No. | Title | Description | Solution | Notes |
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| 1 | Of Pirates And Patrons | Lethal with Grim Patrons |
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| 2 | Erratic Explosive | Lethal with |
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| 3 | Never Go Full Northshire | Lethal with Northshire Clerics by fatiguing the opponent |
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| 4 | Full Northshire | Lethal with Northshire Clerics by fatiguing the opponent for even more damage |
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Mirror Dr. Boom[edit | edit source]
There are 4 final mirror puzzles.
| No. | Title | Description | Solution | Notes |
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| 1 | Cruel Souls | Mirror using minions given Rush by |
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| 2 | Ride the Wave | Mirror with a 14-damage |
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| 3 | Hello Darkness | Mirror with |
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| 4 | The Ray of Roasting | Mirror using |
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Clear Dr. Boom[edit | edit source]
There are 4 final board clear puzzles.
| No. | Title | Description | Solution | Notes |
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| 1 | A Storm of Souls | Clear Possessed Villagers using |
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| 2 | Plugging Away | Clear Mekgineer Thermapluggs with Cave Hydras |
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| 3 | The Test | Clear a board of Test Subjects and Cairne Bloodhoofs |
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| 4 | Warlock's Apprentice | Clear with |
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Survive Dr. Boom[edit | edit source]
There are 6 final survival puzzles.
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| 1 | Mal'Ganis and Me | Survive using |
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| 2 | Sharing is Caring | Survive using |
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| 3 | The Path to Victory | Survive using |
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| 4 | Doomed! | Survive using |
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| 5 | Copycats! | Survive using |
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| 6 | Fungal Frugality | Survive using |
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- Revisiting a puzzle set at any time, whether having completed the puzzle set or not, will have the player continue at the puzzle where they last left off.
Tips[edit | edit source]
- For all loading screen tips for Puzzle Lab, see Tips#Puzzle Lab.
Like Dr. Boom says, visualizing the endgame of a puzzle and working the puzzle backwards is a good idea towards solving these puzzles in general.
- It's good to plan ahead. Me? I plan behind. Results are guaranteed.
The titles of some of the puzzles are also a hint to how the puzzle is solved.
Videos[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The hardest puzzle by far that most streamers on Twitch struggled with was the last board clear puzzle (the "
Defile" puzzle).[3]
- From March 26 to May 12, 2020, Astromancer Arwyn's Mirror Puzzle #6 (Divine Alignment) and Dr. Boom's Lethal Puzzle #4 (Full Northshire) were impossible to complete due to card changes with
Holy Smite and
Power Word: Shield caused by the priest rework patch on March 26. The priest rework also affected priest cards in many other puzzles, but those puzzles were still solvable, including Test Subject #362's Mirror Puzzle #8 (Three Odd Yetis) and Dr. Boom's Lethal Puzzle #3 (Never Go Full Northshire). A hotfix to correct this problem was originally slated for April 9.[4] However, due to many unforeseen issues,[5] the fix for Puzzle Labs was delayed until May 12, 2020.
- The fix on May 12 made different versions of the changed Priest cards available in the various puzzles. For example, in Dr. Boom's Lethal Puzzle #3 (Never Go Full Northshire),
Power Word: Shield was changed to cost 0 mana and to draw a card. For example,
Holy Smite appeared in two different versions, one dealing 2 damage to a minion, and another dealing 3 damage to a minion.
- The fix on May 12 made different versions of the changed Priest cards available in the various puzzles. For example, in Dr. Boom's Lethal Puzzle #3 (Never Go Full Northshire),
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
Patch 20.0.2.79904 (2021-04-13): Fixed a bug where some Boomsday puzzles were causing desync issues.
Patch 17.2.0.47374 (2020-05-12): Fixed solvability issues caused by the Priest rework that occurred on March 26, 2020.
Patch 12.0.0.25770 (2018-08-02): Added, fully released two weeks after the patch.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daxxarri (2018-07-10). Announcing: The Boomsday Project. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
- ↑ Official site - The Boomsday Project. Retrieved on 2018-07-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Puzzle Lab Twitch videos for trumpsc, disguisedtoasths, nl_Kripp, HSdogdog, Kolento.
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on X (Twitter). (2020-03-27).
- ↑ Kerfluffle (2020-03-27). 17.0 HOTFIX UPDATE. Blizzard forums. Retrieved on 2020-04-15.
| Puzzle Lab | ||
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| Lethal | ||
| Mirror | ||
| Board Clear | ||
| Survival | ||
| Final Puzzles | ||