Blizzard has Released the 2017 Americas Championship Tour Rules

The rules update for the 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour has finally arrived! We've gone over the rules and the points distribution is changing. We've compiled all the differences in points earning below.

It's worth pointing out that the rules state you can earn points from any of the Hearthstone ladders, but only your highest ranking in a season will actually reward you with points.

Note: Rules for other regions will be released by Blizzard when they're ready. Some of these rules may be different in other regions.

Tour End Date

The 2017 championship tour is "expected to conclude on or about January 21, 2018".

Ladder Point Allocation

Earning points from hitting Legend has changed for next year.

Placement 2017 Tour (New) 2016 Tour (Old) 1st 12 15 2nd - 10th 10 12 11th - 25th 8 10 26th - 50th 6 8 51st - 100th 4 5 101st - 200th 2 Legend 1 1

Hearthstone Cups Point Allocation

Cup events will be rewarding players with more points than before, making them much more important!

Placement 2017 Tour (New) 2016 Tour (Old) 1st Place 5 3 2nd Place 3 2 3rd - 4th Place 2 1 5th - 8th Place 1 0

Hearthstone Majors Point Allocation

Like Cup events, the Majors will be rewarding players many more points and will now be rewarding more participants.

Placement 2017 Tour (New) 2016 Tour (Old) 1st Place 15 15 2nd Place 12 10 3rd - 4th Place 8 5 5th - 8th Place 4 2 9th - 16th Place 2 0

Hearthstone Season Championship Points Allocation

There will be less points awarded at the top end but those who simply made it will receive more than before. Blizzard has also adjusted the ranking distributions slightly to where places 33-64 won't receive as many points as those in the 17-32 bracket anymore.

The document specifies 32nd place twice but it wouldn't make sense for that spot to earn from both points allocations.

Placement 2017 Tour (New) 2016 Tour (Old) 1st 20 30 2nd 15 20 3rd - 4th 10 15 5th - 8th 8 10 9th - 16th 5 3 17th - 32nd 4 2 32nd and Below 2 2 or 1

Read the Document!

You can find the document for the Americas Rules over here. We've also uploaded a mirrored copy here just in case the rules end up changing so we have something to compare it to.