Today the team at Blizzard went live with update 25.0.4 for their popular trading card game Hearthstone along with the accompanying patch notes. The 25.0.4 update to Hearthstone is going to make changes to standard cards, battlegrounds, arena, and more. With a lengthy list of patch notes, the community can expect a good amount of changes to cards they are familiar with. So, without any more introduction, read the full patch notes for the Hearthstone 25.0.4 update.

 

Hearthstone 25.0.4 Patch Notes

The following cards are being adjusted to be less powerful:

Unleash Fel

  • Old: Manathirst (4)
  • New: Manathirst (6)

Relic of Dimensions

  • Old: [Costs 5]
  • New: [Costs 6]

Anub’Rekhan

  • Old: Battlecry: Gain 8 Armor. This turn, your minions cost Armor instead of Mana.
  • New: Battlecry: Gain 8 Armor. This turn, your next 3 minions cost Armor instead of Mana.

Boon of the Ascended

  • Old: [Costs 4]
  • New [Costs 5]

Priestess Valishj

  • Old: [Costs 0]
  • New: [Costs 1]

Necrolord Draka

  • Old: [Costs 4]
  • New: [Costs 5]

Sinstone Graveyard

  • Old: [Costs 2]
  • New: [Costs 3]

Sketchy Information

  • Old: [Costs 3]
  • New: [Costs 4]

Forsaken Lieutenant

Prince Renathal

  • Old: Your deck size and starting Health are 40.
  • New: Your deck size is 40. Your starting Health is 35.

Tome Tampering

  • Now banned in Wild.

We’re taking a hard look at what systemic changes we want to make to Signature cards in the future, and have not finalized those decisions. This time, players who have the Signature version of Anub’Rekhan as of December 20th at 10am PST will receive a grant of 1600 Arcane Dust at login, later that week. Things may work differently in the future. We will share more information on those future plans once they’re finalized.

The following cards are being adjusted to be more powerful:

Corpse Bride

  • Old: Battlecry: Spend up to 8 Corpses. Summon a Risen Groom with stats equal to the amount spent.
  • New: Battlecry: Spend up to 10 Corpses. Summon a Risen Groom with stats equal to the amount spent.

Malignant Horror

  • Old: At the end of your turn, spend 5 Corpses to summon a copy of this minion.
  • New: At the end of your turn, spend 4 Corpses to summon a copy of this minion.

Meat Grinder

  • Old: Battlecry: Shred a random minion in your deck to gain 3 Corpses.
  • New: Battlecry: Shred a random minion in your deck to gain 4 Corpses.

Blightfang

  • Old: 3 Attack, 3 Health
  • New: 3 Attack, 4 Health

Stitched Giant

  • Old: [Costs 10]
  • New: [Costs 9]

Ymirjar Deathbringer

  • Old: 3 Attack, 3 Health
  • New: 4 Attack, 3 Health

Rime Sculptor

Obliterate

  • Old: Destroy a minion. Your hero takes damage equal to its Health.
  • New: Destroy a minion. Your hero takes 3 damage.

Blood Tap

  • Old: Give all minions in your hand +1/+1. Spend 3 Corpses to give them +1/+1 more.
  • New: Give all minions in your hand +1/+1. Spend 2 Corpses to give them +1/+1 more.

Battlegrounds Updates

Quest Reward Updates

  • The Kidnap Sack Quest Reward has been made harder to earn.
  • The Hidden Treasure Vault and Teal Tiger Sapphire Quest Rewards have been made easier to earn.
  • The Partner in Crime, Pilfered Lamps, Wondrous Wisdomball, and Yogg-tastic Tasties Quest Rewards will appear more frequently.

Minion Updates

Toxfin

  • Old: Tavern Tier 4
  • New: Tavern Tier 6

Minion Pool Updates

  • Mechano-Tank and Interrogator Whitemane have been removed from the minion pool.
  • Witchwing Nestmatron, Mechano-Egg, Mythrax the Unraveler, and Seafood Slinger have been returned to the minion pool.

Arena Updates

Arena draft appearance rates have been adjusted as follows:

  • Death Knight and Paladin cards that generate more cards will appear less frequently.
  • Death Knight cards that remove opposing minions and leave a board presence will appear less frequently.
  • Low winrate cards from low performing classes will appear less frequently.
  • High winrate cards from low performing classes will appear more frequently.
  • Some Neutral cards will appear more or less frequently, depending on their performance in a given class.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Potion Belt could not Discover two of the same Concoction.
  • [Hearthstone] The wording on Astalor, the Flamebringer has been updated for clarity; this is not a functional change.
  • [Hearthstone] Grim Patron and Gruntled Patron will now once again leave Corpses. Adjusted the Corpse Explosion interaction so that it no longer chains infinitely.
  • [Duels] Fixed a bug where Greatsword of the Ebon Blade would lose Durability whenever any card was played, not just minions.
  • [Duels] Fixed a bug that made Scourge Strike unable to be played.
  • [Duels] Fixed a bug where the Scourging Hero Power doesn’t work if your board is full.
  • [Duels] Fixed a bug where Hematology and Unholy Embrace did not count as consuming Corpses.
  • [Duels] Fixed a bug where Unholy Embrace always filled your hand if you had any Corpses to spend when you played it.

After reading through the patch notes for the Hearthstone 25.0.4 update, you can find the game available free to play on PC, Android, and iPhone. Additionally, the Hearthstone 25.0.4 official patch notes, along with any more information you’re looking for on the official website. Lastly, outside of the Hearthstone 25.0.4 update patch notes, you can learn more on their official website if you’re interested in the developers at Blizzard and any of their other projects.