In the year of the Hydra, Hearthstone is focusing on improving existing game experiences and building a better, more player-friendly game client. With that in mind, we're happy to share that three exciting new features will be coming to Hearthstone as soon as Patch 23.2!

Upgrade to Golden

Fans of Golden cards will now have the option of Upgrading their normal cards into Golden versions, in addition to the original option of crafting Golden versions from scratch. The Arcane Dust cost to Upgrade a card is the difference between its base cost and the Golden cost. That means that you get the full dust value of any of your cards you decide to Upgrade! Now fans of Golden cards have an option to easily and efficiently bling out their favorite cards.

Share Deck Codes in Chat

You can easily share deck codes through the in-game chat! Send your friend a deck code and they'll be able to copy it directly from chat into their deckbuilder. Show off your cool homebrew or grab the latest tech from ladder with ease as you fill up both your friends list and your deck slots.

Favorite Multiple Card Backs

You will be able to Favorite multiple card backs, instead of just one. This means that in each game you will randomly equip a card back from those you favorited. With so many great card backs now in the game, how could you choose just one?! Fans of pure randomness will still be able to toggle their decks to use ANY card back (uncheck "Favorites Only"), not just a favorite. Since card back settings are now saved on a deck-by-deck basis, out-of-match things like pack opening will use whatever settings you most recently selected.

Patch 23.2, launching on May 10, will bring with it the first ever Battlegrounds Season, Rise of the Naga. The new season will bring a Battlegrounds Rating reset, a new hero, and an entire new minion type, the Naga!

Naga

Naga are spell-thirsty minions that are drawn to magic. They tend to give you spells or get more powerful when spells are played around them.

Spellcraft

Some Naga have the unique new keyword, Spellcraft! Minions with the Spellcraft keyword grant a temporary spell each turn. That spell can give your minions a buff that lasts until the start of your next Recruit phase.

The Queen Comes for the Crown

Queen Azshara will be the newest hero to come to Battlegrounds. The Highborne Queen and her people were cursed to live out their days as vengeful Naga. After transforming into Naga Queen Azshara, wave after wave of Naga will be under your command! Do you have what it takes to lead them to victory?

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All aboard! Grab your snorkel and your flippers, Voyage to the Sunken City is now live worldwide with 135 new collectible cards, the new Naga minion type, new Colossal and Dredge keywords, sunken treasures, and more!

Naga

The vengeful Naga are Hearthstone's newest minion type. Naga are drawn to magic and tend to have stronger effects if you cast spells while they watch from your hand.

Colossal Minions

Colossal minions are so big, they don't fit on one card! Minions with the Colossal keyword come with additional appendages that synergize with the minion's main body. Those appendages are part of the Colossal minion, so they are summoned whenever the main body is summoned, even if it was not played from hand. Each class has its own Legendary Colossal Minion in Voyage to the Sunken City.

Dredge and Sunken Treasures

Dredge is a new keyword that lets you look at the bottom cards of your deck and choose one to bubble up to the top. Azsharan cards are cards that put a more powerful “Sunken” copy of themselves on the bottom of your deck. Use Dredge to find that pivotal removal spell, that key combo piece, or your powerful Sunken treasures!

It's once again time to look to the great Hearthstone clock in the sky as it ticks one more tock forward. Get ready for the next Hearthstone year—the Year of the Hydra! But before we move forward, let's take a quick look back at what has happened in the last Hearthstone year.

The Year of the Gryphon

During the Year of the Gryphon, we joined 10 hero-mercenaries on their journey, starting in the Horde's harsh proving grounds in Forged in the Barrens, then venturing to the Alliance's capital-city in United in Stormwind, and culminating in a bitter conflict in the snowy Fractured in Alterac Valley. In the Book of Mercenaries solo content, we followed the stories of these characters as they grew stronger, came to know one another, and, eventually, joined together to take down the Black Dragonflight.

Looking Forward

The Year of the Hydra will kick off with the launch of Voyage to the Sunken City on April 12. This year, our focus will be on adding to and improving our current systems, instead of creating entirely new game modes. This will include specific quality of life improvements, like the random hero skin feature and in-game reporting, as well as overall client performance improvements. On the roadmap below, you can see this emphasis on improvement and refinement for the upcoming year!

It's almost time to dive into a new Rewards Track! When the Rewards Track refreshes with the Voyage to the Sunken City launch, all players will automatically be granted any unclaimed rewards on both the free Rewards Track and the Tavern Pass track (if purchased), and a completely new Voyage to the Sunken City Rewards Track of unlockable treasure will take its place.

Rewards Track

The free Rewards Track for Voyage to the Sunken City will include packs from Voyage to the Sunken City, Standard packs, Tavern Tickets, a random Epic card, two random Legendary cards, a Murky Epic Mercenary Card, a Sunken City card back, and a lot of Gold! There are also 14 Golden cards* and the Ambassador Faelin Legendary minion, from the set. For finishing the Rewards Track, you'll get to choose from one of 10 returning Hero Skins.

Tavern Pass

Purchasing the Tavern Pass at any point during the expansion will immediately grant the Diamond Sir Finley, Sea Guide Legendary minion, a 10% XP Boost that lasts for the rest of the duration of the expansion, and all other items up to your current level on the paid track. As you progress with the Tavern Pass during the Voyage to the Sunken City expansion, you can earn additional XP Boosts, the uncraftable Golden Blademaster Okani Legendary minion, the Ambassador Faelin hero skin and card back, three Murky Mercenary Portraits, a new Battlegrounds Bartender, eight Battlegrounds hero skins, eleven Hearthstone hero skins, and a new cosmetic coin