Hearthstone Battlegrounds is gearing up for the release of its seventh season, which will introduce the new co-op mode that was announced at last year’s BlizzCon. The new Battlegrounds Duos mode will allow players to team up with a partner and take on three other teams of two. The new mode will launch alongside the rest of Season 7 on April 16.
With the addition of Battlegrounds Duos, the total player count in Battlegrounds will remain the same at eight players. However, instead of an eight-player free-for-all, Duos will share a single life pool and have the ability to pass cards back and forth to each other at a cost of 1 Gold. Four new Heroes, 16 minions, and three new Tavern Spells have been designed specifically for Duos matches and will only be available in that mode. Players will be able to pair up with a friend for Duos matchmaking or get paired with a random player. Duos will also have its own ranking and leaderboard.
The new Heroes for Duos include Cho and Gall, a two-headed ogre combo with a passive ability that gives your partner a Triple Reward up to three times each whenever you earn one.
In addition to the new Duos mode, the single-player Battlegrounds mode will also be receiving updates. These updates include 50 new minions, more than a dozen returning minions, and new Tavern Spells. Blizzard plans to refresh the Dragon and Mech types, rework the Beast type, and rebalance lots of heroes and minions.
The theme of Season 7 will be Once Upon a Tavern, with various fairy tale cosmetic rewards. Quests will rotate out at the start of the new season, but Tavern Spells will remain a permanent part of Battlegrounds. A new Battlegrounds rewards track and season pass will also begin at that time. Blizzard will be announcing new heroes and minions leading up to launch, including a streamer preview event.
This update follows the recent release of Whizbang’s Workshop, the latest expansion to traditional Hearthstone, which marks the game’s 10-year anniversary. Whizbang is a nostalgic-themed expansion, featuring familiar mechanics and characters reimagined in new ways. For more information on the new Battlegrounds Duos mode and other updates, check out the Hearthstone blog.
