May 13, 2025By Blizzard Entertainmentpatch
32.2.2 Patch Notes
The latest Hearthstone Battlegrounds patch introduces numerous balance changes, including minion pool adjustments, stat and text updates for minions and trinkets, and a significant overhaul of trinket mechanics to enhance gameplay diversity.
Trinket Updates
Gem Donation
- The first minion you sell each turn now plays its Blood Gems on the 3 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern, up from 2.
Cliffdiver Sticker
- At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+3, up from +3/+2.
Weary Portrait
- Cost reduced from 7 Gold to 3 Gold, and now only gets a Weary Mage.
Shrine of Evolution
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 2 Gold, and now transforms all your minions into random Tier 4 minions, up from Tier 3.
Finley’s Helmet
- After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +5/+5, up from +2/+2.
Sacrificial Altar
- Cost increased from 2 Gold to 4 Gold, and now gains 4 Gold for each removed minion, up from 3.
Vibrant Bubble
- Cost reduced from 2 Gold to 1 Gold, and now gives a Murloc a random Bonus Keyword, down from 2.
Fountain Pen
- Your Elementals that give stats now grant an extra +2/+1, up from +1/+1.
Bleeding Heart
- After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Undead, up from 7.
Archaic Scroll
- After you cast 7 spells, get a random Tavern spell, up from 6.
Unholy Sanctum
- Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+2 permanently, down from +3/+3.
Goldgrubber Portrait
- Cost reduced from 6 Gold to 2 Gold, and now gets a Goldgrubber and an Aureate Laureate.
Eclectic Shrine
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 1 Gold, and now gives a friendly minion of each different type +3/+2, up from +2/+2.
Glowing Gauntlet
- Cost increased from 1 Gold to 2 Gold, and now gives minions in the Tavern +4/+4, up from +3/+3.
Booty Bay Brew
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 2 Gold, and now gives a friendly Pirate +2/+3 whenever you spend Gold, up from +1/+2.
Heart of the Forest
- Cost increased from 1 Gold to 2 Gold, and now grants an extra +2/+1, up from +1/+1.
Impulsive Portrait
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 1 Gold, and now gets a 6/6 Impulsive Trickster.
Explorer’s Binoculars
- Cost increased from 1 Gold to 2 Gold, and now gets three random Tier 4 minions, up from two.
Golden Pendant
- Now repeats the effect at the start of each turn, instead of every 2 turns.
Wicket Tome
- Cost increased from 2 Gold to 3 Gold, and now has Avenge (3), down from Avenge (4).
Innkeeper’s Hearth
- Cost increased from 1 Gold to 3 Gold, and now sets discovered minion stats to 15/15, up from 10/10.
Marvelous Mushroom
- Cost reduced from 2 Gold to 1 Gold.
Blingtron’s Sunglass
- Cost reduced from 6 Gold to 3 Gold.
Tarecgosa Sticker
- Cost reduced from 4 Gold to 2 Gold.
Tough Tusk Sticker
- Cost reduced from 2 Gold to 1 Gold.
War Drum
- Cost reduced from 1 Gold to 0 Gold.
Divine Signet
- Cost reduced from 6 Gold to 5 Gold.
Gritty Portrait
- Cost increased from 5 Gold to 7 Gold.
Quilligraphy Set
- Cost increased from 2 Gold to 3 Gold.
Spell-powered Wrench
- Cost reduced from 5 Gold to 3 Gold.
Electromagnetic Device
- Cost reduced from 4 Gold to 3 Gold.
Yu’lon Sticker
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 2 Gold.
Horn of Summoning
- Cost reduced from 3 Gold to 2 Gold.
Vash’jir Anemone
- Cost reduced from 4 Gold to 3 Gold.
Implicator Portrait
- Cost reduced from 1 Gold to 0 Gold.
Beetle Band
- Now banned from Onyxia.
Primordial Terrarium
- Removed from the pool.
Selfless Portrait
- Removed from the pool.
Blood Golem Sticker
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 4 Gold, and now summons a Golem 3 times per combat, up from 2.
Reinforced Shield
- Now gives summoned minions Divine Shield 5 times per combat, up from 4.
Battle Horn
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 1 Gold, and now has Avenge (2), down from Avenge (3).
Hackerfin Portrait
- Cost increased from 3 Gold to 4 Gold, and now triggers Hackerfins’ Battlecries at the end of each turn.
Heart of the Forest
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 2 Gold, and now grants an extra +3/+3, up from +2/+2.
Toxic Stinger
- Cost reduced from 3 Gold to 2 Gold, and now gives a random friendly Murloc +10/+10, up from +7/+7.
Fountain Pen
- Cost increased from 2 Gold to 3 Gold, and now grants an extra +4/+2, up from +2/+2.
Feral Talisman
- Your minions now have +8/+5, up from +6/+4.
Extravagant Scale
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 2 Gold, and now doubles minions’ Attack twice per game, up from once.
Innkeeper’s Hearth
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 2 Gold, and now discovers two Tier 6 minions with stats set to 20/20.
Booty Bay Brew
- Now gives a friendly Pirate +4/+5, up from +3/+4.
Hogwash Basin
- Now plays 3 Blood Gems on all your minions, down from 4.
Wizard’s Pipe
- Now gives minions with no type +5/+5, down from +6/+6.
Poet Portrait
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 4 Gold, and now gets a Bronze Steward in addition to a Persistent Poet and a Prized Promo Drake.
Wicked Tome
- Now has Avenge (3), down from Avenge (4).
Theotar Sticker
- Now gives a friendly minion of each type +6/+6, up from +5/+5.
Gilded Anchor
- Cost increased from 0 Gold to 1 Gold, and now gives Golden minions +8/+8, up from +6/+6.
Artanis Sticker
- Now only Immortal or Mothership can be offered.
Mecha-Jaraxxus Sticker
- Cost reduced from 5 Gold to 3 Gold.
Behemoth Portrait
- Cost reduced from 4 Gold to 3 Gold.
Rivendare Portrait
- Cost reduced from 5 Gold to 3 Gold.
Dazzling Dagger
- Cost reduced from 3 Gold to 2 Gold.
Bronze Timepiece
- Cost increased from 2 Gold to 6 Gold.
Czarina Portrait
- Cost reduced from 8 Gold to 3 Gold.
Shaker Portrait
- Cost increased from 3 Gold to 6 Gold.
Electromagnetic Device
- Cost reduced from 6 Gold to 4 Gold.
Beetle Band
- Cost reduced from 6 Gold to 3 Gold.
Thaumaturgist Portrait
- Cost increased from 5 Gold to 6 Gold.
Aggem Sticker
- Cost increased from 4 Gold to 5 Gold.
Unholy Sanctum
- Cost increased from 4 Gold to 5 Gold.
Bristlebach Portrait
- Cost increased from 6 Gold to 7 Gold.
Nazjatar Postcard
- Cost increased from 3 Gold to 4 Gold.
Fancy Spellbook
- Cost increased from 2 Gold to 3 Gold.
Balladist Portrait
- Cost increased from 5 Gold to 6 Gold.
All-Purpose Kibble
- Cost increased from 4 Gold to 6 Gold.
Butcher’s Sickle
- Cost reduced from 8 Gold to 7 Gold.
Turbocharged Drill
- Cost reduced from 5 Gold to 4 Gold.
Boom’s Monster Portrait
- Cost reduced from 6 Gold to 5 Gold.
Great Boar Sticker
- Cost increased from 1 Gold to 2 Gold.
S’Thara Sticker
- Cost reduced from 1 Gold to 0 Gold.
Nether Pendant
- Cost reduced from 1 Gold to 0 Gold.
Eye of Sargeras
- Cost increased from 4 Gold to 5 Gold.
Guiding Candle
- Cost increased from 3 Gold to 4 Gold.
Hero Updates
Dinotamer Brann
- Now gets a Brann Bronzebeard after buying 5 Battlecry minions, down from 6.

Minion and Spell Updates
Tauren Spiritwalker
- Stats increased from 6/5 to 7/5, and now casts 1 Tavern spell each turn twice, instead of 1 spell.


Silithid Burrower
- Stats increased from 5/1 to 5/4, and now has Avenge (1), down from Avenge (3).


Gentle Stag
- Now gives your right-most Beast +3/+3 permanently, up from +2/+2.


Valiant Tiger
- Stats increased from 4/3 to 5/5, and now gives your right-most Beast +5/+5 permanently, up from +4/+3.


Ashen Corruptor
- Tier increased from 4 to 5, and stats increased from 5/5 to 6/6.


Shadowdancer
- Tier reduced from 5 to 4, and stats reduced from 5/2 to 4/2.


Fire-forged Evoker
- Now gives your Dragons +2/+1, up from +1/+1, and improves after casting a Tavern spell, down from 2.


Spirited Whimsydrake
- Tier reduced from 5 to 4.


Greenskeeper
- Stats increased from 2/7 to 4/8.


Bronze Steward
- Stats increased from 7/3 to 10/2, and now gives your other Dragons +10 Attack, up from +7.


Technical Element
- Tier reduced from 5 to 2, and stats reduced from 10/10 to 4/5.


Amplifying Lightspawn
- Tier reduced from 6 to 5, stats reduced from 5/9 to 3/8, and now grants an extra +1 Health each turn, swapping to Attack next turn.


Lokholar, Frostforger
- Tier increased from 5 to 6, stats increased from 7/5 to 8/5, and now gives your other Elementals +3/+2, up from +2/+2.


Blazing Greasefire
- Now gives Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4, up from +3/+2.


Dancing Barnstormer
- Now gives Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4, up from +2/+2.


Land Lubber
- Tier reduced from 3 to 2.


Electron, Powered Up
- Stats increased from 5/5 to 6/6, and now Magnetizes a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs at the end of your turn.


Ancestral Automaton
- Now has +3/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned, up from +2/+2.


Grimscale Elegist
- Stats increased from 2/1 to 3/2.


Shoalfin Mystic
- Now grants an extra +1/+1, up from +1 Health.


Gormling Gourmet
- Stats increased from 2/2 to 4/3.


Apprentice of Sefin
- Tier increased from 4 to 5, and now gains +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword at the end of your turn.


Hackerfin
- Stats reduced from 6/3 to 5/3, and now gives your other Murlocs +1/+1, improved by each different Bonus Keyword in your warband.


Coilskar Sapper
- Stats reduced from 5/4 to 3/2.


Weary Mage
- Tier increased from 3 to 4, and stats increased from 4/1 to 5/1.


Slumber Sorcerer
- Tier reduced from 5 to 4.


Defiant Shipwright
- Tier reduced from 3 to 2, and stats reduced from 3/6 to 2/5.


Starry-eyed Explorer
- Stats increased from 3/4 to 5/5.


Goldgrubber
- Stats increased from 2/2 to 3/3, and now gains +3/+3 for each friendly Golden minion, up from +2/+2.


Dastardly Drust
- Stats increased from 5/4 to 6/4, and now gives your minions +1/+2, up from +1/+1, and Golden ones +2/+3, up from +2/+2.


Glowgullet Warlord (Golden only)
- Deathrattle now summons two 2/2 Quilboar with Taunt, up from 1/1.


Dreaming Thornweaver
- Stats increased from 2/6 to 2/8.


Corrupted Bristler
- Tier increased from 3 to 4.


Darkgaze Elder
- Tier reduced from 6 to 5, stats reduced from 6/7 to 5/6, and now plays a Blood Gem on all your Quilboar.


Three Lil' Quilboar
- Tier increased from 5 to 6. Text was updated for clarity (“all your Quilboar”) but this does not reflect a gameplay change.


Anub’arak, Nerubian King
- Tier reduced from 4 to 3, and stats reduced from 4/3 to 3/2.


Drustfallen Butcher
- Stats increased from 2/8 to 2/9, and now has Avenge (4), down from Avenge (5).


Noisul of the Many Faces
- Stats increased from 2/9 to 3/9, and now gives all friendly Undead +2/+1, up from four friendly Undead +1/+1.


Catacomb Crasher
- Stats increased from 5/10 to 6/10, and now gives your Undead +2/+2, up from your minions +1/+1.


Arcane Behemoth
- Now gains the full stats of sold Elementals, up from half.


Natural Blessing
- Now gives all minions that share a type with the chosen minion +3/+3, up from +2/+2.

Seafood Stew
- Now gives a minion +1/+1, and repeats for each different Bonus Keyword in your warband.

Last updated: May 13, 2025 at 06:15 PM