When you open your Battle.Net client now, you might expect a big Hearthstone gift. Because the developers are currently distributing up to 150 card packs to players. But why?
What kind of gift is this? Up to 150 card packs for Hearthstone are being given away by Blizzard itself. This corresponds to a purchase value of about €180. According to reports, the number of packs is supposed to depend on how long you have been inactive. We at MeinMMO have tried this and can confirm that these gifts are now being distributed.
On the Hearthstone reddit, this is currently a big topic.
How to claim the card pack gift
This is what you need to do: If you have been inactive in Hearthstone for some time, the chances are good that a gift awaits you. To do this, start your Battle.Net client. If no gift is displayed, restarting the software might help.
Right after starting, a popup should greet you with the good news.
Within the popup, select “Redeem” to secure your gift. The next time you start Hearthstone, you will have the packs available for selection.
What’s inside? The gift consists of 75 standard packs and 75 packs from Castle Nathria. If you were to buy the packs yourself, the prices would be as follows:
- 60 standard cards from Castle Nathria cost €70, 15 standard cards from Castle Nathria cost €20 – So together €90
- 60 standard cards cost €70 and another 15 cards cost €20 – That’s also €90, so the set amounts to a value of €180
We excluded special returner packages and offers from the calculation.
Does the gift expire at some point? Yes. You must redeem the gift by December 31, 2022. If you do not do this, it will expire. So it’s best not to wait too long.
By the way: If you clicked away the popup prematurely, you can still click on the gift icon at the top right among the icons and redeem the packs.
Why is Blizzard giving you so many packs?
What’s behind this: Already in the summer, we reported on happy players who received 150 card packs from Blizzard. At that time, Blizzard explained that this was a test. Players were divided into different groups and then distributed between 20 and 150 card packs to the respective players.
At that time, the test only ran in France and the United Kingdom. This time, players from Germany can also benefit from the gift.
What determines the number of packs? According to Blizzard, the group assignments for the number of packs in summer were supposed to be random. Whether that is the case again this time, players doubt.
On reddit , this is a big topic and players suspect that the period of inactivity plays an important role here. More specifically, it is assumed that it’s about the “Constructed” game mode and how long players have been inactive there. Because users report having received 150 packs even though they played Battlegrounds the day before – but hadn’t touched Constructed for years. Here, there seems to be a direct correlation.
Because many confirmed that they received the gift despite activity in Arena and BGs, but hadn’t played Constructed for a long time.
