Hearthstone 35.6.2 Patch Notes (11th June 2026)

Patch 35.6.2 launches today with balance updates for Hearthstone, Arena, and Battlegrounds, plus some bug fixes.

Reminder: Join us on June 15 for our next Dev Update on YouTube! The Hearthstone Design Team will cover Escape from Violet Hold, the new Pre-Release Tavern Brawl format, and more.

DISCOVER

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: Well met! With a new expansion on the horizon, we’re taking this opportunity to tone down some dominant cards from the current meta. We’ve had our eye on these cards for a while but held off since the meta was in a mostly balanced spot. Now, with a major shakeup on the way, it feels like the right time to bring these powerhouses down a notch.

Confront the Tol'vir

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]
• Dev Comment: Dev Comment: Confront the Tol’vir has been weakened to rein in the strength of No Hand Hunter and Companion Hunter builds. Hunter has been showing up a bit too often, and this adjustment should help bring things back into a healthier range. Interestingly, Hunter has been appearing more often than its power level alone would suggest, pointing to a particularly compelling play pattern. Given that popularity, we’re opting for a simple mana nerf for now to make it a bit weaker instead of less interesting. We’ll continue to closely monitor Hunter (and Tol’vir) going forward.

The Eternal Hold

• Old: If your deck has no minions, your next one costs (0).
• New: If your deck has no minions, your next one costs (1).
• Dev Comment: Despite costing 6 mana, Eternal Hold has been one of the strongest cards to keep in your opening hand. This shows that a lot of power was concentrated into this single card in No Minion Demon Hunter, and this change should help bring the card's performance more in line with the rest of the field.

Hatchery Helper

• Old: Battlecry: Give your other minions with 2 or less Attack +1/+2 and Taunt.
• New: Battlecry: Give your other minions with 2 or less Attack +1/+1 and Taunt.
• Dev Comment: Hatchery Helper has been adjusted as part of our continued effort to tune Token Druid. This archetype has been resilient through multiple changes, so we’re taking another incremental step here to keep it in check.

Twilight Egg

• Old: Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Whelp.
• New: Deathrattle: Summon a 2/1 Whelp.
• Dev Comment: Twilight Egg is a particularly efficient neutral option which has centralized early game strategies for a variety of midrange and board-based aggro decks. We’re dialing it back to help rein in these decks. This one sparked a bit of internal debate as we kicked around which number to tweak! In the end, we landed on Health, since the real frustration is how much effort it takes to clear the Whelp. This is a relatively light-touch adjustment, and it’s a card we’ll continue to keep an eye on.

The above cards will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 35.6.2.

Crystallized Leyline

• Old: Summon a 5-Cost minion.
• New: Summon a 6-Cost minion.
• Dev Comment: On the flip side, Crystallized Leyline is receiving a buff. Our previous adjustment didn’t quite land where we wanted it to, so we’re rolling back the previous reduction we gave it alongside our earlier buff to give it a better chance to make an impact.

Arena Updates

The following cards have been added to the Arena draft pool:

• Bursting Leyline
• Mystic Runesaber
• Leywalker
• Crystallized Leyline
• Surge Needle
• Leyline Nexus
• Baleful Blazer
• Destructive Phoenix
• Primordial Lord
• Tunneling Geomancer

Battlegrounds Updates

Dev Comment: We’re overall quite happy with the meta after the midseason update, but there were a few adjustments we wanted to make. First, we buffed several minions to support Beasts, Murlocs, Quilboar, and Undead, and brought back Felhorn, Costume Enthusiast, and Trench Fighter for some extra help.

For nerfs, we focused mostly on Dragons. One notable card we chose not to nerf directly is Ring Bearer. While its power level is fairly reasonable, its play rate is very high. We wanted to keep the strategy viable, but make it significantly less prevalent. To do that, we removed Egg of the Endtimes (and its related Trinkets) to reduce how easily and consistently the comp can be assembled. We also nerfed Twilight Hatchling to lower the number of attacks you can reasonably have in a single combat. We’ll be watching to see if these changes are enough to bring the strategy in line, and will make further adjustments in a future patch if needed.

For Trinkets, our changes are fairly straightforward, focused on smoothing out the power of the highest- and lowest-performing options. We also banned several Trinkets from specific Anomalies that were causing unfun or unintended interactions.

We’ll continue to monitor how things develop and make additional balance changes as needed, likely a bit after Violet Hold launches. Have fun, and we’ll see you in the Tavern!

Minion and Spell Pool Changes

Returning Minions

• Felhorn
• Costume Enthusiast
• Trench Fighter

Cut Minions

• Egg of the Endtimes
• Bristleback Bully
• Skulking Bristlemane
• Ship Jumper

Hero Changes

Double Time (Mister Clocksworth)

• Old: You only need 2 copies of a minion to make it Golden. Golden minions give Tavern Coins instead of Triple Rewards.
• New: You only need 2 copies to make minions Golden. They give Tavern Coins instead of Triple Rewards.
• Dev Comment: Wording change only for brevity.

Minion Changes

Tidecaller Prophet

• Old: Your Tavern spells give an extra +1/+1 this turn. After you play 2 Murlocs, improve this. (2 left!)
• New: Your Tavern spells give an extra +1/+1. After you play 2 Murlocs, improve for this turn only. (2 left!)
• Dev Comment: Wording change only for increased clarity.

Bronze Chromadrake

• Old: Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +4/+2.
• New: Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +3/+1.

Green Chromadrake

• Old: Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +2/+4.
• New: Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +1/+3.

Twilight Broodmother

• Old: [Tier 4] 5/3.
• New: [Tier 5] 7/4.

Holo Rover

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/4. Rally: Get a random Magnetic Mech.
• New: [Tier 5] 4/6. Divine Shield. Rally: Get a random Magnetic Mech.

Primitive Painter

• Old: 3/8. After you play a card from Tier 3 or below, give your Murlocs +1/+2.
• New: 2/7. After you play a card from Tier 3 or below, give your Murlocs +2/+2.

Bream Counter

• Old: 5/5. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +5/+5.
• New: 6/6. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +6/+6.

Moon-Bacon Jazzer

• Old: [Tier 3] 2/5.
• New: [Tier 2] 2/3.

Hot-Air Surveyor

• Old: [Tier 5] 4/8.
• New: [Tier 4] 3/7.

Skeletal Strafer

• Old: 6/6. At the end of your turn, give your minions +1/+1. Avenge (2): Improve this permanently.
• New: 5/5. At the end of your turn, give your minions +1/+1. Avenge (1): Improve this permanently.

Dustbone Devastator

• Old: 2/6. Rally: Your Undead have +1 Attack this game (wherever they are).
• New: 1/6. Rally: Your Undead have +2 Attack this game (wherever they are).

Dead Sea Ravager

• Old: 5/5. Rally: Give 3 other friendly minions this minion's Attack.
• New: 4/5. Rally: Give 4 other friendly minions this minion's Attack.

Brazen Buccaneer

• Old: 6/6. At the end of your turn, give your left-most Pirate +3/+3. Repeat for each card you played this turn. (0)
• New: 5/6. At the end of your turn, give your left-most Pirate +2/+3. Repeat for each card you played this turn. (0)

Spell Changes

Butchering

• Old: Destroy a friendly Undead. Your Undead have +3 Attack this game (wherever they are).
• New: Destroy a friendly Undead. Your Undead have +5 Attack this game (wherever they are).

Trinket Changes

Trinket Pool Bans

• Double Stitch Needle has been banned in Murloc games.
• Chillmere Mosaic has been banned from Millhouse and Sindragosa.

Lesser Trinket Pool Changes

• Egg of the Endtimes Portrait has been removed from the Lesser Trinket Pool.
• Chromatic Tear has been returned to the Lesser Trinket Pool.

Greater Trinket Pool Changes

• Egg of the Endtimes Portrait has been removed from the Greater Trinket Pool.

Lesser Trinket Cost-Only Changes

Cost Increases

• Rylak Portrait: 2 → 4
• Archaic Scroll: 2 → 3
• Spell-Powered Wrench: 1 → 2
• Sunken Anchor: 5 → 6
• Sellemental Portrait: 4 → 5
• Bluegill Flippers: 1 → 2
• Lens Case: 2 → 3
• Splinter of Aurum: 3 → 4

Cost Decreases

• Eternal Portrait: 6 → 5
• Putricide Sticker: 4 → 2
• Explorer's Binoculars: 2 → 1
• Glowing Gauntlet: 3 → 2
• Rockin' Music Box: 2 → 1
• Deathly Phylactery: 1 → 0
• Defiler Portrait: 1 → 0
• Staff of the Scourge: 5 → 3
• Cowrie Necklace: 1 → 0
• Bazaar Sticker: 1 → 0
• Lucky Tabby: 4 → 3
• Nomi Sticker: 3 → 2
• Pocket Cyclone: 3 → 2
• Jewelry Box: 2 → 1
• Blessing Portrait: 3 → 0
• Pilgrimp Sticker: 4 → 2
• Rewinder Portrait: 3 → 2
• Demonic Tapestry: 3 → 1

Lesser Trinket Changes

Chromatic Tear

• Old: [5 Cost] Get 2 random Chromadrakes. At the start of each turn, repeat this.
• New: [2 Cost] Get a random Chromadrake. At the start of each turn, repeat this.

Stuffed Coin Purse

• Old: When you reach Tier 6, gain 15 Gold.
• New: When you reach Tier 6, gain 12 Gold.

Copper Coil

• Old: Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +2/+1 and improve this.
• New: Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +1/+1 and improve this.

Mysterious Orb

• Old: Gain 10 Gold. Your next Trinket is a Lesser Trinket.
• New: Gain 8 Gold. Your next Trinket is a Lesser Trinket.

Stormcoil Sticker

• Old: After 7 friendly minions die, get a random Mech. (7 left!)
• New: After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Mech. (8 left!)

Nerglish Phrasebook

• Old: After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +3/+2.
• New: After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +3/+3.

Bleeding Heart

• Old: [0 Cost] After 9 friendly minions die, get a random Undead. (9 left!)
• New: [1 Cost] After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Undead. (8 left!)

Booty Bay Brew

• Old: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +4/+2.
• New: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +4/+3.

Tiger Carving

• Old: Whenever a friendly minion takes damage, give a random friendly minion +3 Attack permanently.
• New: Whenever a friendly minion takes damage, give another friendly minion +3/+1 permanently.

Mama Bear Sticker

• Old: Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +4/+4.
• New: Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +5/+5.

Cursed Crystal

• Old: [3 Cost] After the Tavern is Refreshed, give its minions +2/+2 this turn.
• New: [1 Cost] After the Tavern is Refreshed, give its minions +3/+3 this turn.

Greater Trinket Cost-Only Changes

Cost Increases

• Spitescale Sushi Roll: 4 → 5
• Fridge Magnet: 3 → 4
• Accord-o-Tron Portrait: 4 → 5
• Powder Keg: 1 → 2
• Shaker Portrait: 4 → 5
• Protective Ring: 1 → 2
• Electrode Attractor: 2 → 5
• Flaming Portrait: 5 → 6
• Fancy Spellbook: 2 → 3
• Nazjatar Postcard: 4 → 5
• Boom's Monster Portrait: 0 → 2
• Behemoth Portrait: 0 → 2

Cost Decreases

• Timeworn Candelabra: 2 → 0
• Bloodbound Ring: 1 → 0
• Dalaran Cheese Wheel: 2 → 1
• Comfy Coffin: 6 → 4
• Book of Medivh: 4 → 2
• Quilligraphy Set: 6 → 4
• Guiding Candle: 3 → 1
• Pocket Cyclone: 4 → 2
• Blood Amulet: 5 → 3
• All-Purpose Kibble: 5 → 2
• Thornspike Pauldron: 5 → 2

Greater Trinket Changes

Baller Portrait

• Old: Get a Temperature Shift. After you play 8 Elementals, repeat this. (8 left!)
• New: Get a Temperature Shift. After you play 9 Elementals, repeat this. (9 left!)

Beatboxer Portrait

• Old: [6 Cost] Get a Polarizing Beatboxer and 1 random Magnetic Mech.
• New: [4 Cost] Get a Polarizing Beatboxer.

Bewitched Ribbon

• Old: [6 Cost] Whenever you cast a spell, give your minions +1/+1 permanently. (+3/+2 while in combat!)
• New: [4 Cost] Whenever you cast a spell, give your minions +1/+1 permanently. (+2/+2 while in combat!)

Copper Coil

• Old: Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +3/+3 and improve this.
• New: Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +3/+2 and improve this.

Heart of the Forest

• Old: Your Tavern spells give an extra +1/+1. After you cast 5 Tavern spells from hand, improve this. (5 left!)
• New: Your Tavern spells give an extra +1/+1. After you cast 6 Tavern spells from hand, improve this. (6 left!)

Shark Cannon

• Old: After you spend 9 Gold, give your Pirates +1/+1 and improve this. (9 left!)
• New: After you spend 10 Gold, give your Pirates +1/+1 and improve this. (10 left!)

Sky Golem Portrait

• Old: Get a Falling Sky Golem. Start of Combat: Give your minions "Deathrattle: Give your minions +3/+3 permanently."
• New: Get a Falling Sky Golem. Start of Combat: Give your minions "Deathrattle: Give your minions +2/+2 permanently."

Orb of the Unknown

• Old: Get a random Greater Trinket and 3 Gold.
• New: Get a random Greater Trinket and 4 Gold.

Redeemer Portrait

• Old: Get a Nalaa the Redeemer. Your Nalaa the Redeemers give an extra +3/+3.
• New: Get a Nalaa the Redeemer. Your Nalaa the Redeemers give an extra +4/+4.

Defiler Portrait

• Old: Get a Woodland Defiler. Fodders in the Tavern have +7/+7.
• New: Get a Woodland Defiler. Fodders in the Tavern have +10/+10.

Tiger Carving

• Old: Whenever a friendly minion takes damage, give a random friendly minion +5 Attack permanently.
• New: Whenever a friendly minion takes damage, give another friendly minion +6/+2 permanently.

Gilnean Thorned Rose

• Old: Avenge (3): Give your minions +3/+3 permanently and deal 1 damage to them.
• New: Avenge (3): Give your minions +4/+5 permanently and deal 1 damage to them.

Artisanal Urn

• Old: Your Undead have +12 Attack.
• New: Your Undead have +15 Attack.

Surveyor Portrait

• Old: Get a Hot-Air Surveyor. Blood Gems played from your hand give an extra +4/+4.
• New: Get a Hot-Air Surveyor. Blood Gems played from your hand give an extra +6/+6.

Anomaly Changes

Fly the Flag

• Fly the Flag Anomaly: Every 3 turns, get a spell that adds plain copies of a minion to YOUR minion pool. (2 turns left!)
• Old: Fly the Flag Spell: Choose a minion. Add plain copies of it to YOUR minion pool.
• New: Fly the Flag Spell: Choose a minion from Tier 6 or below. Add plain copies of it to YOUR minion pool.

Anomaly Gameplay Changes

• Removed increased rarity for all new trinkets and Anomalous Expedition.
• Added 10 seconds to Turn 1 for Anomalous Expedition.
• Added 15 seconds to Turn 5 for Anomalous Conflux.
• Added 15 seconds to Turn 8 for Anomalous Timeline.

Trinkets and Timewarped Card Bans

• Warband Whistle and Gold-Plated Compass are now banned in False Idols.
• Transcribing Typewriter is now banned on Mystery Cube.
• Timewarped Mythrax is now banned from Oathstone's Summoning.
• Lava Lamp is now banned from Souvenir Stand.
• Banned Trip Vouchers, Souvenir Stand, and Stuff Coin Purse in Lesser Fortune.

Bug Fixes and Gameplay Improvements

Battlegrounds

• Toned down the VFX for Shiny Ring.
• Fixed a bug where Designer Eyepatch Trinket could be offered in the False Idols Anomaly.
• Fixed a bug where the Wisdomball Supply Trinket could be offered while Golganneth's Tempest Anomaly was active.
• Fixed a bug where Stone Age Slab did not benefit from Elemental buffs from cards like Sand Swirler and Glowing Cinder.
• Fixed a bug where Double Stitch Needle doubled a minion's stats twice with Balinda Stonehearth in play.