A Chinese law has forced Blizzard to publish the drop rates for cards in packs of Hearthstone .
Who would have thought that a Chinese law would lead to gamers worldwide receiving a little more information from their favorite games? For Hearthstone, Blizzard is now required to publish the exact probabilities of drawing cards from a card pack.
According to Blizzard, the following chances are given for rarity:
- Each pack contains at least one rare (or better) card.
- On average, there is 1 in 5 packs that contains an epic card – that’s 20% of the packs.
- On average, there is 1 in 20 packs that contains a legendary card – that’s 5% of the packs.
Hearthstone Pity Timer Not Explained Accurately
Furthermore, there is the “Pity Timer” which increases the chance of rarer cards with the increasing number of card packs. However, how exactly this is affected is not described by Blizzard.
The “culprit” behind this publication is a new law from China that targets gaming methods reminiscent of gacha machines. Here, the customer puts money into the machine and receives a randomly selected ball with a game figure. There are also particularly rare and thus interesting figures for collectors. The concept is therefore comparable to the card packs.
It should be noted that the drop rates apply only to China. Hearthstone is handled separately in each region, which means it is possible that different drop rates for the card packs exist in different markets (Asia, Europe, America). However, Blizzard has neither confirmed nor denied this so far.
