Renounce Darkness

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Renounce Darkness is an epic warlock spell card, from the Whispers of the Old Gods set.

Other versions

Wild Event

How to get

Type	Source	Quality	Count
Card packs	The Regular version can be opened from any of these packs:	Regular	1~2 (random)
Card packs	The Golden version can be opened from any of these packs:	Golden	1~2 (random)
Crafting	Craft a Regular copy for 400	Regular	1
Crafting	Craft a Golden copy for 1600	Golden	1

Generated cards

Renounce Darkness uses these card pools to generate cards:

• Class cards

Notes

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• Renounce Darkness functions in the following way:
  • First, select a random non-warlock class (which can happen to be even the same as the class of your current hero or Hero Power). Note that this does not change your current hero's class for game purposes (such as experience points or quest's completion), and Discover will offer class cards from your hero's original class.
  • Then, replace your Hero Power with the basic Hero Power of the selected class;
  • Finally, replace all warlock cards in your hand and deck with random class cards of the selected class, and attach to each of them a "costs (1) less" enchantment.
    • Neutral cards and non-warlock class cards in your hand and deck are left untouched.
    • All replacement cards (as well as the replacement Hero Power) are from the same randomly selected class and not from multiple classes.
    • Each replacement card is generated randomly: thus, it is possible to get more than 2 copies of the same class card (including legendaries).
    • If Renounce Darkness is golden all replacement cards that it generates will be golden. If you have Golden Warlock cards in your deck, they transform into golden cards.
    • If played in Standard mode, no cards exclusive to Wild will be generated.
• Note that if you play Renounce Darkness as a non-Warlock, no cards will not be replaced (unless you somehow got hold of some Warlock cards), and your Hero Power can become any non-Warlock one, including the Hero Power you already have.

Lore

This card appears to depict a human warlock renouncing the Darkness to follow the call of the Light. However, since the class switched to by the spell is random (and not limited to classes which worship the Light, namely the priest and paladin), this does not appear to be accurate. The light depicted may therefore simply be representative of a return from the Darkness, or may represent the Light turning the warlock away from their former path.

The spell is distinctly original to Hearthstone, as is the concept - warlocks are rarely (if ever) known to renounce the Darkness in favour of the Light, or any other path.

Trivia

• Renounce Darkness was designed by Peter Whalen.
• Renounce Darkness is one of few collectible Holy class spells outside of Priest and Paladin.

Gallery

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  Renounce Darkness, full art

Patch changes

Card changes

• Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
  • Spell school is now Holy (previously: no spell school).
• Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24):
  • Added.

Bug fixes and other changes

• Patch 27.4.0.185749 (2023-09-19):
  • 2023-09-22: Fixed a bug in Twist where you could Renounce Darkness and turn into an illegal class (Demon Hunter or Death Knight), resulting in you also renouncing all your class cards.
• Patch 17.2.0.47374 (2020-05-12):
  • Fixed a bug where Renounce Darkness could give upgraded Hero Powers.
• Patch 7.0.0.15590 (2016-11-29):
  • Fixed a bug where decrement cost enchantment didn't work in come cases.
• Patch 5.2.0.13619 (2016-07-12):
  • Fixed a bug where Renounce Darkness's decrement cost enchantment was not detached from minions that enter play.

External links

• PlayHearthstone
• HSReplay.net
• Hearthpwn