Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4 update: Release date, new hero, minion remix & more

You’ll want to know everything about the Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4 update, such as its release date, the new hero being introduced, the minion remix, and much more. 

Hearthstone is one of the most popular digital trading card games in the world, and part of this is the consistently refreshed content that sees new cards, heroes, minions, and arenas. If you’re looking forward to the next batch of content, take a look at our explainer of the Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4 update. 

• Make sure to also check out our Hearthstone patch notes 26.0.4 guide, which covers all the latest changes.

Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4 update: Release date

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The Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4 update is confirmed to be launching on May 9, 2023. This gives players just under a week left of waiting as of writing this. 

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Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4 update: All changes

Here are all the changes in Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4. You can find the official patch notes here.

New Hero

Rockmaster Voone

• Passive: Upbeat Harmony - At the end of every three turns, get a plain copy of the left-most card in your hand. 

New Upbeat Minions

Upbeat minions are new minions that have special effects that trigger every few turns that they’re in play. The longer you have them in play, the more time their effects trigger. These are:

• Upbeat Frontdrake - At the end of every three turns, get another random Dragon. 
• Upbeat Impressionist - At the end of every two turns, make a random Pirate in your hand Golden. 

Minion type remix

This season sees a remixing and revamping of the entire Battleground minion pool. A total of 59 minions are being removed from the pool, with 58 new minions being introduced, and three minions being brought back. 

Below are the all the minions available in the Battleground minion pool by type:

Beast

• Scavenging Hyena
• Manasaber
• Leapfrogger
• Humming Bird
• Sewer Rat
• Rylak Metalhead
• Banana Slamma
• Rat Pack
• Monstrous Macaw
• Reanimating Rattler
• Sly Raptor
• Mama Bear
• Palescale Crocolisk
• Bonemare
• Sinrunner Blanchy
• Octosari, Wrap God
• Ghastcoiler
• Felstomper

Murlocs

• Swampstriker
• Rockpool Hunter
• Tad
• Upbeat Flutist
• Blazing Skyfin
• Saltscale Honcho
• Coldlight Seer
• Primalfin Lookout
• Scourfin
• Bream Counter
• Bassgill
• Plagued Tidewalker
• Operatic Belcher
• King Bagurgle
• Magmaloc
• Choral Mrrrglr
• Young Murk-Eye

Dragons

• Dozy Whelp
• Upbeat Frontdrake
• Low-Flier
• Twilight Emissary
• Blazing Skyfin
• Whelp Smuggler
• Bronze Warden
• Amber Guardian
• Tarecgosa
• Prized Promo-Drake
• Stormbringer
• General Drakkisath
• Sanctum Rester
• Murozond
• Electric Synthesizer
• Disco Shuffler
• Kalecgos, Arcane Aspect
• Nadina the Red

Elementals

• Refreshing Anomaly
• Sellemental
• Flourishing Frostling
• Molten Rock
• Crackling Cyclone
• Smogger
• Felemental
• Dancing Barnstormer
• Upbeat Upstart
• Recycling Wraith
• Wildfire Elemental
• Tavern Tempest
• Gusty Trumpeter
• Magmaloc
• Nomi, Kitchen Nightmare
• Rock Rock
• Elemental of Surpise

Naga

• Mini-Myrmidon
• Shell Collector
• Reef Riffer
• Deep-Sea Angler
• Lava Lurker
• Snail Cavalry
• Eventide Brute
• Zesty Shaker
• Pashmar the Vengeful
• Deep Blue Crooner
• Silent Swimmer
• Pufferquil
• Corrupted Myrmidon
• Glowscale
• Orgozoa, the Tender

Undead

• Risen Rider
• Incorporeal Corporal
• Micro Mummy
• Scarlet Skull
• Nerubian Deathswarmer
• Eternal Knight
• Corpse Refiner
• Radio Star
• Ghoul of the Feast
• Handless Forsaken
• Anub’arak, Nerubian King
• Xylo-bones
• Plagued Tidewalker
• Sin’dorei Straight Shot
• Soulspitter
• Hungering Abomination
• Sinrunner Blanchy
• Bonemare
• Sister Deathwhisper
• Eternal Summoner
• Colossus of the Sun

Pirates

• Scallywag
• Southsea Busker
• Thorncaptain
• Ripsnarl Captain
• Freedealing Gambler
• Corpse Refiner
• Gunpowder Courier
• Bloodsail Cannoneer
• Underhanded Dealer
• Blade Collector
• Lovesick Balladist
• Peggy Sturdyhome
• Vanessa VanCleef
• Record Smuggler
• Upbeat Impressions
• Fleet Admiral Tethys

Demons

• Picky Eater
• Icky Imp
• Wrath Weaver
• Mind Muck
• Impulsive Trickster
• Soul Rewinder
• Backstage Security
• Leeching Felhound
• Keyboard Igniter
• Legion Overseer
• Felemental
• Malchezaar, Prince of Dance
• Annihilan Battlemaster
• Ring Matron
• Insatiable Ur’zul
• Imposing Percussionist
• Tichondrius
• Famished Felbar
• Felstomper
• Mecha-Jaraxxus

Quilboar

• Sun-Bacon Relaxer
• Razorfen Geomancer
• Thorncaptain
• Tough Tusk
• Thorncaller
• Prophet of the Boar
• Bannerboar
• Moon-Bacon Jazzer
• Bristlemane Scrapsmith
• Necrolyte
• Gem Smuggler
• Dynamic Duo
• Prickly Piper
• Pufferquil
• Aggem Thorncurse
• Bongo Bopper
• Bristleback Knight
• Charlga
• Bristlebach

Mechs

• Pupbot
• Micro Mummy
• Lullabot
• Harvest Golem
• Metaltooth Leaper
• Accord-o-Tron
• Replicating Menace
• Deflect-o-Bot
• Annoy-o-Module
• Scrap Scraper
• Wargear
• Utility Drone
• Dr. Boombox
• Polarizing Beatboxer
• Omega Buster
• Foe Reaper 4000
• Mecha-Jaraxxus

Neutrals

• Mistake
• Patient Scout
• Menagerie Mug
• Prophet of the Boar
• Sparring Partner
• Selfless Hero
• Budding Greenthumb
• Faceless Disciple
• Menageri Jug
• Fireworks Fanatic
• Upbeat Duo
• Vigilant Stoneborn
• Treasure-Seeker Elise
• Strongshell Scavenger
• Tunnel Blaster
• Lightfang Enforcer
• Titus Rivendare
• Kango’s Apprentice
• Tortollan Blue Shell
• Leeroy the Reckless
• Drakkari Enchanter
• Brann Bronzebard
• The Walking Fort
• The Boogie Monster
• Mantid Queen
• Uther the Lightbringer
• Zapp Slywick

Battlegrounds Track refresh

On May 9, Season 3 of Battlegrounds will end as Battlegrounds Season 4 begins. This gives players access to a new Battlegrounds Track, full of both free and premium rewards. Here is all the content in the Hearthstone Battleground Season 4 Track.

Level	XP To Level	Cumulative XP	Free Reward	With Season Pass
1	0	0		2 Hero Slots
2	20	20		E.T.C.'S Main Stage (Rare Board)
3	20	40	Applauding E.T.C (Rare Emote)
4	20	60		World Tour (Rare Strike)
5	30	90		Punk-Pop Vol'jin (Rare Hero Skin)
6	30	120		Happy Blingtron (Rare Emote)
7	30	150	Tavernwave Tavish (Rare Hero Skin)
8	30	180		Mister Mukla (Legendary Hero Skin)
9	40	220		Merch Manager Silas (Rare Hero Skin)
10	40	260		Kragg Love (Rare Emote)
11	40	300	Mixmaster N'zoth (Epic Hero Skin)
12	50	350		E.T.C., King of Rock (Legendary Hero Skin)
13	50	400		Vanndar Stormpipes (Rare Hero Skin)
14	50	450		MC Scabbs, No (Rare Emote)
15	50	500	Doom Symphony (Rare Strike)
16	60	560		Glitch_CoilST0RM.ini // Glitchvibe Ini (Rare Hero Skin)
17	60	620		Whistling Mukla (Rare Emote)
18	60	680		The Pyramp 3000 // Pyramplifier (Epic Hero Skin)
19	60	740	Radnar Horns (Rare Emote)
20	60	800		Paparazzo Gro'kan (Rare Bartender)
21	60	860		Enhance-o-musician (Rare Hero Skin)
22	60	920		DJ Manastorm (Rare Emote)
23	60	980	Country Kragg (Epic Hero Skin)
24	60	1040		World Tour (Epic Strike)
25	60	1100		Sad Rocker Rokara (Rare Emote)
26	60	1160		Entrancing Ysera (Rare Hero Skin)
27	60	1220	Nevermind, A.F.Kay (Rare Emote)
28	60	1280		Sire Melodious (Legendary Hero Skin)
29	60	1340		Bru'kan, Rock God (Epic Hero Skin)
30	60	1400		Entrancing Ysera (Rare Emote)
31	60	1460	Doom Symphony (Epic Strike)
32	60	1520		Showstopper Alexstrasza (Rare Hero Skin)
33	60	1580		One-Vashj Band (Epic Hero Skin)
34	60	1640		One Vashj Band (Rare Emote)
35	60	1700	MC Scabbs (Rare Hero Skin)
36	60	1760		Study Kay (Legendary Hero Skin)
37	60	1820		MC Scabbs, Yes (Rare Emote)
38	60	1880		Rocker Rokara (Rare Hero Skin)
39	60	1940	DJ Manastorm (Legendary Hero Skin)
40	60	2000		World Tour (Legendary Strike)

Key dates

• May 3: Dev Talk 1
• May 4: Playtest Preview Event
• May 8: 26.2 Patch Notes
• May 9: Dev Talk 2; Patch 26.2 goes live with minion phase one (Beasts, Murlocs, Dragons, Elementals, Naga, and Undead)
• May 11: Dev Talk 3; Pirates are added to the minion pool
• May 15: Dev Talk 4; Demons are added to the minion pool
• May 22: Dev Talk 5; Quilboar and Mechs are added to the minion pool

That’s all for our breakdown of Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 4, and now you know the release date and all the changes set to come on May 9. 

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