4.1.26 Patch Notes — Hearthstone — Blizzard News

This completely normal and very real patch includes updates to Hearthstone, Arena, and more! Wink.

Hearthstone Updates

General Updates

• We apologize for this, but, regrettably, for today only, we’ve restored the Sorry emote.
• Based on player feedback, Herald is now Harold.
• Added additional Cataclysms to Deathwing, Worldbreaker, including “overflowing toilet” and “forgot to cancel the free trial.”
• All Dark Gifts now come with a receipt, in case you want to return them.
• In compliance with the FDA, we will be disclosing the nutritional value of King Maluk’s Infinite Banana.
• Minions now deal super effective damage to minions they have an elemental advantage against.

Card Updates

Boulderfist Orge is now a Colossal minion.

Mister Clocksworth

• Old: Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Battlecry: Summon 2 random Legendary minions.
• New: Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Battlecry: Summon 2 random Legendary minions.

Timethief Rafaam

• Dev Comment: We’re giving the people what they want. Timethief Rafaam and his tokens have been redesigned as Baaaafam. This is a visual change only.

Arena Updates

New Arena Mode: Under-Underground Arena

Think you’ve mastered Underground Arena? Great. Now dig deeper. Under‑Underground Arena is a hidden mode with intense new rules for players who enjoy suffering a challenge.

Unlock Requirements

• Retire a run at 11 wins.
• Once unlocked, enter the new mode by clicking on a 10×10-pixel sized button that appears somewhere on the Arena menu screen.

New Gameplay Features

• Every card you play shortens your turn timer by 5 seconds.
• One random card in your deck is upside down.

How to Win

• Achieve a 24‑game win streak.
• One loss will end your run, revoke your access, reset the unlock requirements, and hide the button again.

Rewards

New Ways Ulfar Hero Skin

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• Chromatus has been disabled after the Green Head filed for separation. Please respect Chromatus’s privacy at this time.
• Fixed a bug where Misplaced Pyromancer didn’t work with the card Shatter.

  • Dev Comment: Seriously, try it out.

• Fixed a bug where Rewind would occasionally give you a result you actually wanted.
• Sent Remnant of Rage to anger management.
• Performed a memory wipe on all Mech cards that were exhibiting early signs of starting a robot uprising again.