Patch 10.0 Paves Way for Tomorrow's Release of Kobolds & Catacombs

If you've been looking forward to playing Hearthstone's next expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs, your wait is almost over. In preparation for tomorrow's launch, patch v10.0 has been deployed for the desktop version of Hearthstone with a bit of matchmaking going live already and the rest arriving with tomorrow's launch.

Anyone logging in starting tomorrow can receive up to three Kobolds & Catacombs card packs and a Legendary weapon card just for the effort. In addition, players can take on the single-player challenge called Dungeon Run, a new feature in Hearthstone.

Here's what else you'll find:

• Legendary weapon collectible cards for ALL nine classes
• A new keyword: Recruit
• Two new card types: Spellstones and Unidentified Items
• In total, 135 new cards to add to your collection!
• Added three progressive Dungeon Run quests that each reward a Kobolds & Catacombs card pack*.
• Defeat Dungeon Run with all nine classes to acquire the Candle King card back!
• New daily quest – Spelunker: Defeat 5 Dungeon Run encounters. Reward: 1 Classic card pack.
• The Hearth and Home cinematic has replaced the previous Hearthstone cinematic.
• New card backs
• Arena draft appearance rates have been adjusted.
• Note: Non-Basic Neutral Classic minions represent the baseline for draft appearance rates.
  • Basic/classic neutral minion: .5x
  • Non-basic/classic neutral minion: 1x
  • Most recent set neutral minion: 2x
  • Basic class minion: 2x
  • Basic class spell: 3.5x
  • Non-basic/classic class minion: 2x
  • Non-basic/classic class spell/weapon: 3.5x
  • Most recent set class minion: 4x
  • Most recent set class spell/weapon: 7x
• As part of our ongoing efforts to improve Class balance in the Arena, we are making small, periodic appearance rate adjustments to specific Arena cards.

Check out the full update notes on the Hearthstone site.