Hearthstone Patch 7.1

The promised end of February balance patch has arrived! A quick summary of today's patch:

Card nerfs to Small-Time Buccaneer and Spirit Claws.

A new keyword for the Emperor Cobra effect which will now be known as Poisonous .

. The march ranked reward card back which is labelled Year of the Kraken.

It looks like we're getting a Hearthstone puzzles brawl and another co-op brawl!

Arena updates, ranked play floors, and plenty of bug fixes.

Year of the Mammoth Approaches! The Login Rewards

A special reward to celebrate the upcoming Hearthstone New Year! Each day leading up to the Year of the Mammoth, rewards are available on login.

There are seven days of real rewards with an extra 7 days which are used as backup days (assuming the expac gets delayed) which only end up granting 50 gold.

Quote from HearthPwn Day 1 : 50 Gold

: 50 Gold Day 2 : 1 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Pack

: 1 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Pack Day 3 : 100 Arcane Dust

: 100 Arcane Dust Day 4 : 1 Old Gods Pack

: 1 Old Gods Pack Day 5 : 1 Journey to Un'Goro Pack

: 1 Journey to Un'Goro Pack Day 6 : 50 Gold

: 50 Gold Day 7 : 1 Journey to Un'Goro Pack

: 1 Journey to Un'Goro Pack Day 8 - Day 14: 50 Gold

Small-Time Buccaneer & Spirit Claws Nerfed

Our friends have been nerfed!

Small-Time Buccaneer's Health is now 1. (Down from 2)

Spirit Claws' Mana is now 2. (Up from 1)

New Poisonous Keyword

Destroying minions when they receive are damaged by a particular minion now makes use of the Poisonous keyword instead of having all the extra text. The following cards have received this change.

New Card Backs

Year of the Kraken - Ranked Play March 2017

- Ranked Play March 2017 Fossil - Journey to Un'Goro Pre-Order



Fossil

Year of the Kraken

Strings

It seems all the references to Battle.net have been changed to Blizzard. This is them changing over to Blizzard branding. They have not been added here due to clutter. These other new strings showed up though!

Quote from HearthPwn GLOBAL_KEYWORD_POISONOUS Poisonous

Poisonous GLOBAL_KEYWORD_POISONOUS_TEXT Destroy any minion damaged by this.

Destroy any minion damaged by this. GLOBAL_KEYWORD_BOSS Boss

Boss GLOBAL_KEYWORD_BOSS_TEXT The players are fighting together to overcome the Boss.

New Tavern Brawls

Quote from HearthPwn TB_LETHALPUZZLES_SUCCESS You did it!

You did it! TB_LETHALPUZZLES_START Each round, you must defeat your opponent... good luck!

Each round, you must defeat your opponent... good luck! TB_MP_CROSSROADS Wait, who's that guy?

Wait, who's that guy? TB_MP_STORMWIND_SUCCESS You did it! How much more can you go?

You did it! How much more can you go? TB_MP_BOSS Decorated Stormwind

Decorated Stormwind TB_MP_BOSS2 Partytown

Partytown TB_MP_BOSS3 Party Capital

Party Capital TB_MP_CROSSROADS_CRASHER What's he doing here??

What's he doing here?? TB_MP_COOP_TEXT_START Use your Hero Power to decorate the Tavern with the other player!

Use your Hero Power to decorate the Tavern with the other player! TB_MP_COOP_FIRST_CRASHER Watch out! Those guys are trying to crash the party. Get rid of them!

Watch out! Those guys are trying to crash the party. Get rid of them! TB_MP_COOP_PINATA You did it! Time to hit the Piñata! But the Party Crashers are getting out of hand....

You did it! Time to hit the Piñata! But the Party Crashers are getting out of hand.... TB_MP_COOP_CRASHER_DISCARD The Party Crasher gets bored of sitting in the player's hand and leaves.

The Party Crasher gets bored of sitting in the player's hand and leaves. TB_MP_COOP_ENDING Success! Thanks for celebrating the Year of the Mammoth with us!

Success! Thanks for celebrating the Year of the Mammoth with us! TB_MP_COOP_1STSPELL Uh oh, the Kabal may have gotten into the punch....

Uh oh, the Kabal may have gotten into the punch.... TB_MP_COOP_2NDSPELL Please don't light the fireworks inside!

Official Patch Notes