The Rewards Track is a map of rewards that can be earned during an expansion by gaining experience XP from completing Quests, completing select achievements, and playing the game in any mode.

When a new expansion launches, all players will get a new Rewards Track for that expansion. The Rewards Track includes a free track for all players, and a paid track that can be unlocked by purchasing the Tavern Pass.

Battlegrounds Perks will now be available as a standalone purchase, separate from the Tavern Pass. Cosmetic Coins will have their own tab in the Collection Manager where you can set them as your favorite to use during games, much like Hero Skins and Card Backs.

There are two Cosmetic Coins available in Madness at the Darkmoon Faire obtainable by the following means:.

Onto Achievements next, which have long been lacking from Hearthstone and work much as you'd expect. There are various flavours to hunt for, ranging from collection-based stuff like 'own three Hunter cards from the new expansion' that seem pretty boring, to more interesting things like 'resurrect six minions using the new N'Zoth card from the Madness of Darkmoon Faire set'.

Achievements will extend across all Hearthstones modes, meaning yes, there will be stuff for the new Duels mode announced today and Battlegrounds too.

The example given here was 'control the mini-amalgam without playing as The Curator', which I've done and is indeed a delight.

Finally we have the new Player Profile page, which will host lifetime stats for your account, including current rank, number of wins per class, Battlegrounds and Duels ratings and so on.

Each Arena run features a potential of 14 matches for each player, with runs ending upon reaching 3 losses or 12 wins.

In the ideal scenario, players either win or lose each match, dividing players between one of two possible paths for each match.

The below table shows the percentage of runs that will reach each win-loss state, with numbers rounded off to two decimal places. The numbers in bold indicate possible final scores, assuming the player does not retire their deck.

For example, we can see that only 0. In October , official statistics were released for Arena play between January and September A series of infographics listed the top players in each region , followed by some global statistics.

The original infographics can be found here. The performance of individual players was broken down by region, and by a number of criteria.

Some of these statistics are collated for all regions below. As a rule China and Asia tallied higher numbers of total wins, runs and win runs, compared to the Europe and Americas regions.

The individual class records were mostly claimed by the Americas region, while the Europe region dominated in areas related to average run performances.

The following stats were presented collated for all regions, for January-September period. Additional stats can be found in the original infographics.

The design of the Arena provides for a very different way of playing Hearthstone than that found in constructed play. In comparison, Arena rewards players based more on their ability to construct decks from a less than ideal selection of cards, and to improvise in unlikely match circumstances.

It also features a greater emphasis on basic gameplay skills, rather than complex strategies and specific gimmicks. Arena is far less dependent upon knowledge of the current meta, and sees far fewer highly organised decks, but frequently features unlikely, improvised and sometimes extraordinary plays which can be extremely hard to predict.

Arena also provides a second chance for cards rarely seen in constructed play. Many cards widely considered poor choices for constructed decks are presented to players as Arena picks, and end up finding their way into players' decks.

Because of this, the diversity of cards seen in Arena is far greater than that of constructed, again contributing to a greater focus on improvisation in response to unexpected circumstances.

This is one answer to the often asked questions regarding the existence of certain seemingly poor cards; while they may rarely be chosen in constructed, their presence in Arena broadens the variety of the game mode, and allows it to offer almost an additional set of cards to that seen in constructed play.

Not only does their presence provide a greater range of options, but due to the random nature of Arena picks, these otherwise panned cards have the opportunity in Arena to become valuable and even game-winning choices, due in part to the other unlikely cards presented to players when constructing their decks.

Because of the far greater difficulty in constructing a deck with a specific design, knowledge of the current meta, and the ability to play around a central gimmick or specific strategy are far less valuable in the Arena.

Improvisational skills are highly important, both in responding to an unpredictable opponent and in playing a less than ideally constructed deck.

Players cannot rely on a common sense expectation of what the opponent's deck should hold, nor on a consistent or balanced deck of their own.

While "net-decking" the latest top-ranked decklists can provide great advantage in constructed, Arena is far more rewarding of a knowledge of the constituent parts of a deck, and the many ways in which they can be combined when ideal opportunities fail to present themselves.

For these reasons, a different type of player can expect to shine in Arena than in constructed play. While it is possible for players to excel at both, many will find themselves consistently seeing more success in one type of play than in the other.

Players with a greater knowledge of the current meta and a focus upon refining specific decks and strategies will likely fare better in constructed, while those less well-versed in the latest trends may have a better chance in the Arena.

The lack of opportunity for ideal deck construction allows players with less advanced deck building knowledge a greater chance of success, with familiarity with the latest decklist less valuable than a shrewd instinct for the basic building blocks of the game.

Arena can also provide a break from the relatively construction-focused domain of constructed play. While success in constructed often requires constant tweaks to a deck, and may punish players who do not keep an eye on the latest developments in the meta, a deck made in Arena cannot be changed, and once built must be played as is for better or worse.

This can allow players to simply enjoy doing their best under less than ideal circumstances, without excessive focus on where they could have improved the deck, especially considering the great variety between the cards offered in each Arena run.

A season in Hearthstone is just a calendar month. Each month, Blizzard offers a new seasonal card back for you to add to your collection, which you get your hands on by winning five games in Ranked.

While you have to stack these wins in Ranked mode—not Casual—the wins count at any rank, making these seasonal rewards easy to obtain. You can check to see whether you've earned this season's card back by clicking on your Ranked chest.

The new ranking system came into effect in April so if you haven't progressed through all the leagues yet, here are the first-time rewards you can expect to earn along the way:.

As you hit each rank floor, more items are added to your Ranked chest. Each league has a range of 10 ranks, numbered from 10 to 1 in increasing rank.

For example, a player can be categorized as being in "Gold 5", "Gold 2", or "Diamond 1". The following table lists all the normal ranks for a typical player, from Bronze to Diamond:.

Players advancing out of Diamond 1 of the normal player ranks will be inducted into the prestigious Legend rank. Players at Legend rank have their rank displayed as a yellow number on top of an orange gem.

For example, if a player's gem displays the number , that player is ranked the th best Ranked player in their region. For a live leaderboard of Legend players, please visit the official Legend player leaderboards for both Standard and Wild in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions.

With the new Ranked mode overhaul in April alongside the coronavirus pandemic , a record-breaking number of players achieved Legend rank in China, reaching as high as , Legend players in Standard.

Winning matches earns players stars, and stars are needed to advance ranks. Each rank contains three "star slots", so only three stars are needed to advance out of each rank.

The number of stars awarded for winning each match is determined by a Star Bonus, which is given at the start of each season, and also by a winning streak bonus.

Players are awarded a Star Bonus based on both the player's MMR and numbered rank in the previous season. Every player starts with at least 2 Star Bonus at the beginning of a season.

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With the new season in Hearthstone, the new ranked season will also be implemented.