'Hearthstone' Journey To Un'Goro Expansion Announced: New Quest, Adapt Mechanic And Elemental Dinosaurs

Amara, Warden Of Hope can be earned from a new mechanic called Questing
Amara, Warden Of Hope can be earned from a new mechanic called Questing Blizzard

Turns out the leaks were true, Journey To Un’goro will be Hearthstone's next expansion. The 135-card expansion will feature crazy dinosaurs, powerful elementals and even a few new mechanics. The set will be released sometime in early April, but preorder bundles of 50-card packs will be available for $49.99. More card reveals will start to roll out on March 17.

Here’s the announcement video:

On a special Hearthstone stream, a few of the new cards and new mechanics were announced by none other than Ben Brode:

  • Elemental- A new tribe, like Murloc or Beast, that will feature some truly powerful cards.

  • Pyros- 2/2 Elemental Mage Legendary that adds a 6/6 Phoenix to your hand that costs six mana.

Pyros
Pyros Blizzard
  • Adapt- A new keyword that works a lot like Kazakus’ spell. When you play a minion with Adapt, you will be able to pick one attribute to increase it’s stats, like +3 attack.

Verdant Longneck
Verdant Longneck Hearthstone
  • Verdant Longneck- Druid minion with Adapt

  • Volcano- Five-Mana Shaman spell that deals 15 damage to all minions, Overload 2.

Volcano
Volcano Hearthstone
  • Quest- New keyword on cards that creates an incredible task you have to complete with amazing rewards, essentially creates new win conditions.

Awaken The Makers
Awaken The Makers Hearthstone
  • Awaken the Makers- One mana Priest spell with a Quest- summon seven Deathrattle minions to get Amara, Warden Of Hope , which sets your health to 40.

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