Hearthstone Patch 28.6 dropped on February 13th, 2024, just in time for the game's 10th Anniversary. You can check our previous articles for a more in-depth explanation of the new Whizbang’s Workshop expansion as well as the 10-Year Celebration Event. In this article, we will focus on the changes made in Battlegrounds for this season.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds Updates Patch 28.6
- Hearthstone Battlegrounds: Quests Return
- Hearthstone Patch 28.6: New Minions
- Hearthstone Patch 28.6: Minion Updates
- Hearthstone Patch 28.6: New Tavern Spells
- Hearthstone Patch 28.6: Card Pool Updates
Hearthstone Battlegrounds: Quests Return
The biggest update in Battlegrounds is the return of the Quests as of Patch 28.6. The Battlegrounds Quests will appear in each of your games and will lead your gameplay. On turn 4, you’ll be offered a choice from three Quest-Reward pairs that will tell you what you need to do in order to progress your Quest and your Reward for completing it.
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New and Returning Quests
Fill the Cauldron is the only new quest. The rest are well-known from before and are returning.
- Fill the Cauldron
- Cast 9 spells.
- Unlikely Duo
- Play 5 <minion type> or <minion type>.
- Invite the Guests
- Buy 6 minions.
- Dust for Prints
- Add 20 cards to your hand.
- Cry for Help
- Play 4 Battlecry minions.
- Exhume the Bones
- Trigger 7 friendly Deathrattles.
- Assemble a Lineup
- Summon 17 minions.
- Find the Murder Weapon
- Increase a friendly minion’s stats 14 times.
- Reenact the Murder
- Have 19 friendly minions die.
- Sort it All Out
- Order your minions from lowest to highest Attack for 4 combats.
- Follow the Money
- Spend 33 Gold.
- Hire an Investigator
- End your turn with unspent Gold 3 times.
- Crack the Case
- Have friendly minions attack 12 times.
- Pressure the Authorities
- Get your warband to 35 total Attack.
- Round Up the Suspects
- Destroy 18 enemy minions.
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New and Returning Rewards
You will see all of the following rewards appear twice as much for a limited time.
- Beyond the Mirage
- Tavern spells cost (1) less.
- Temporal Tampering
- Your Tavern spells cast twice.
- Splitting Scroll
- Whenever you buy a Tavern spell that costs (3) or more, get an extra copy of it.
- Cycle of Energy
- Avenge (4): Get a random Tavern spell.
- Tumbling Disaster
- Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give it +1/+1. Avenge (4): Upgrade this permanently.
- Double-Headed Reward
- The first time you buy a card each turn, get an extra copy of it.
- Gift of the Golden Kobold
- After you Refresh 5 times, make the highest Tier minion in the Tavern Golden.
- Secret Culprit
- Get <a particular Tier 7 minion>.
- Open Auditions
- At the start of your turn, Discover a Buddy.
- Stash of the Scribe
- At the start of each turn, get 3 random Tavern spells.
- Stable Amalgamation
- Avenge (7): When you have space, summon a 50/50 Amalgam.
- Snicker Snacks
- At the end of your turn, 2 friendly minions trigger their Battlecries.
- Stolen Gold
- Start of Combat: Make your left and right-most minions Golden.
- Evil Twin
- Start of Combat: Summon a copy of your highest-Health minion.
- Ritual Dagger
- After a friendly Deathrattle minion dies, give it +4/+4 permanently.
- Anima Bribe
- After you sell a minion, give its stats to a minion in the Tavern.
- Devils in the Details
- At the end of your turn, your left and right-most minions consume a minion in the Tavern to gain its stats.
- The Smoking Gun
- Your minions have +4 Attack.
- Cooked Book
- After you buy a minion, give it +1/+1 and upgrade this.
- Mirror Shield
- After each Refresh, give a minion in the Tavern +4/+4 and Divine Shield.
- Secret Sinstone
- After you Discover a card, get an extra copy of it.
- Ghastly Mask
- Add <a particular “end of turn” minion> to your hand. Your end of turn effects trigger an extra time.
- Theotar’s Parasol
- At the end of your turn, give your right-most minion Stealth until next turn and +8 Health.
- Red Hand
- At the start of your turn, give a minion in your hand +12/+12.
- Victim’s Specter
- After each combat, get a copy of the last friendly minion that died.
- Another Hidden Body
- Discover a minion of your Tier. (Can be earned endlessly!)
- Alter Ego
- Even Tier minions in the Tavern have +7/+7. (Swaps to Odd next turn!)
- The Friends Along the Way
- At the start of your turn, get two random <particular minion type>.
- Menagerie Mayhem
- At the end of your turn, give your minions +1/+1 for each different friendly minion type.
- Pilfered Lamps
- You only need 2 copies of a minion to make it Golden.
- Yogg-tastic Tasties
- At the start of your turn, spin the Wheel of Yogg-Saron.
- Wondrous Wisdomball
- Occasionally gives helpful Refreshes.
- Essence of Zerus
- At the end of your turn, get a ‘Shifter Zerus’ which transforms into random minions.
- Hidden Treasure Vault
- At the start of your turn, gain 1 Gold. (Upgrades each turn!)
- Ethereal Evidence
- At the start of every turn, choose from 2 new Rewards.
- The Golden Hammer
- Spellcraft: Make a friendly minion Golden until next turn.
- Sinfall Medallion
- After you play a minion, give 2 other friendly minions of its Tier +2/+2.
- Kidnap Sack
- Spellcraft: Choose a non-Golden card. Move it to your hand.
- Enhance-a-matic
- At the start of your turn, get an Enhanced Part that gives +5/+5 and a random bonus. <Taunt, Windfury, Divine Shield, or Reborn>
- Partner in Crime
- Get your Golden Buddy.
- Ice Sickle
- Avenge (1): Give a minion in your hand +4 Attack.
- Soul Pact
- After you play a minion, give other minions of the same type +1/+1.
- Sturdy Shard
- At the end of your turn, give your minions without Taunt +1/+2 for each Taunt minion you control.
- Doppelganger’s Locket
- After each combat, Discover a non-Golden minion from your last opponent’s warband. It keeps enchantments.
- Timeline Acceleration
- At the start of your turn, get two Accelerators that transform a minion into one from a Tier higher.
- Invigorating Conch
- When you buy a minion, give its stats to a random friendly minion.
- Boom Squad
- Avenge (3): Deal 10 damage to the highest Health enemy minion.
- Divine Armor
- At the end of your turn, give the left-most minion in your hand +6/+6 and Divine Shield.
- Map of the Unknown
- After you play a minion of a type you don’t control, give a friendly minion of each type +2/+2.
- Bloodsoaked Tome
- Minions in the Tavern cost 2 Gold.
- Scepter of Guidance
- The Tavern always offers 2 <a particular minion type> when Refreshed.
- Endless Blood Moon
- Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1. At the start of your turn, add two to your hand.
- Turbulent Tombs
- Add <a particular Deathrattle minion> to your hand. Your Deathrattles trigger an extra time.
- Gilnean War Horn
- Add <a particular Battlecry minion> to your hand. Your Battlecries trigger an extra time.
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Hearthstone Patch 28.6: New Minions
Here are all the new minions coming to Hearthstone and their abilities:
Eagill [Tier 3, Murloc/Beast]
- 7/1. Battlecry: Give another random friendly minion and a minion in your hand +2/+3.
Vengeful Slitherer [Tier 3, Naga/Undead]
- 5/1. Spellcraft: Give your minions +1 Health until next turn. Any that die next combat gain it permanently!
Saloon Dancer [Tier 4]
- 4/5. Taunt. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give another friendly minion +3/+3.
Augmented Laborer [Tier 5, Mech/Demon]
- 1/6. Avenge (4): Get a random Mecha-Demon.
Felboar [Tier 6, Quilboar/Demon]
- 1/4. After you cast 3 spells, consume a minion in the Tavern to gain its stats.
Deadstomper [Tier 6, Undead/Beast]
- 2/6. After you summon a minion in combat, give your minions +3 Attack.
- Dev Comment: This is a minion-type update to Felstomper (and a corresponding art update, too).
Whirling Lass-o-Matic [Tier 6, Mech]
- 9/2. Divine Shield. Windfury. Whenever this attacks, get a random Tavern spell.
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Hearthstone Patch 28.6: Minion Updates
Some minions are getting updated but the changes are not necessarily buffs or nerfs. Will probably see more of this next week.
Yrel [Tier 2]
- 1/4. After this attacks, give a friendly minion of each type +1/+2.
Rendle the Mistermind [Tier 4]
- 4/5. At the end of your turn, steal the highest Tier card from the Tavern.
Utility Drone [Tier 4, Mech]
- 3/4. At the end of your turn, give your minions +1/+1 for each Magnetization they have.
Scrap Scraper [Tier 5, Mech]
- 6/5. Deathrattle: Get a random Magnetic Mech.
Blazing Skyfin [Tier 2, Dragon/Murloc]
- 1/3. After you trigger a Battlecry, gain +1/+1.
Peckish Feldrake [Tier 4, Demon/Dragon]
- Regular: 0/1. Battlecry: Consume 3 minions in the Tavern to gain their stats.
- Golden: 0/2. Battlecry: Consume 3 minions in the Tavern to gain double their stats.
- Dev comment: This is just an update to the Golden version.
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Hearthstone Patch 28.6: New Tavern Spells
Fluidity [Tier 3, 1 Gold]
- Swap a friendly non-Golden minion with a random one in the Tavern.
Toxic Tumbleweed [Tier 4, 2 Gold]
- Start of Combat: Summon a 1/1 Tumbling Assassin with Venomous. It attacks immediately.
Channel the Devourer [Tier 6, 4 Gold]
- Remove a minion. Give its stats to a random friendly minion.
Scavenge for Parts [Tier 4, 4 Gold]
- At the end of your turn, get a random Magnetic minion. Lasts 3 turns.
- Only offered in Mech games.
Cloning Conch [Tier 5, 5 Gold]
- Get a copy of a Murloc in your hand.
- Only offered in Murloc games.
Guzzle the Goop [Tier 4, 4 Gold]
- At the end of your turn, give your Dragons +4 Attack. Lasts 3 turns.
- Only offered in Dragon games.
Boon of Beetles [Tier 4, 2 Gold]
- Start of Combat: Give your minions “Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Beetle.”
- Only offered in Beast games.
Butchering [Tier 4, 2 Gold]
- Destroy a friendly Undead. Your Undead have extra Attack equal to its Tier this game.
- Only offered in Undead games.
Suspicious Stimulant [Tier 3, 2 Gold]
- Freeze a minion in the Tavern. If it’s Frozen at the end of this turn, double its stats.
- Only offered in Elemental games.
Spitescale Special [Tier 3, 2 Gold]
- Get 3 random Spellcraft spells.
- Only offered in Naga games.
Corrupted Cupcakes [Tier 5, 3 Gold]
- Choose a friendly Demon. It consumes all minions in the Tavern to gain their stats.
- Only offered in Demon games.
Plunder Seeker [Tier 4, 6 Gold]
- Steal a random card from the Tavern. Repeat for each friendly Pirate.
- Only offered in Pirate games.
Gem Confiscation [Tier 4, 1 Gold]
- Play 2 Blood Gems on a friendly minion. It steals all Blood Gems from its neighbors.
- Only offered in Quilboar games.
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Hearthstone Patch 28.6: Card Pool Updates
A total of 14 minions have been removed from the pool:
- Fairy Tale Caroler
- Transmuted Bramblewitch
- Observer of Myths
- Scourfin
- Withered Spearhide
- Relentless Mur’ghoul
- Mecha-Jaraxxus
- Imposing Percussionist
- Octosari, Wrap God
- Niuzao
- Bejeweled Duelist
- Trembling Trolley
- Adaptable Barricade
- Necrolyte
6 minions are returning to the pool:
- Thorncaller
- Crackling Cyclone
- Yrel
- Rendle the Mistermind
- Tortollan Blue Shell
- Mantid Queen
2 Tavern Spells have been removed from the pool:
- Jaws of Fate
- Buddy Up
Those are all the major updates in Hearthstone Patch Notes 28.6. Check out our website for more in-depth information on all the changes that are arriving with this patch.
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