🔥 Developer Insight - Trinkets!

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The following is being posted on behalf of our Battlegrounds team.

Hello everyone!

We’re excited to have Trinkets back with this new and improved version. As some of you probably remember, when we first introduced Trinkets we mentioned that one of our core concepts of Battlegrounds design was to keep the game accessible to everyone, but full of depth for our super-engaged players. As we started working on bringing back Trinkets, we wanted to further lean into that concept - the new Trinkets bring in a variety of new strategies, with opportunities to change and adapt your warband through all phases of the game.

Trinkets are still intuitive enough to allow everyone to just hop into a game and start having fun, but for those of you that like to plan their climb up the leaderboards carefully, the information below might be of help.

We’re eager to read your feedback and see what you’ll build this time around; see you in the Tavern!

General Rules

Trinkets are special passive power-ups that you buy with Gold and use for the rest of the game. Trinkets are offered twice per game: on turn 6 (Lesser Trinkets) and turn 9 (Greater Trinkets). Each offering, you’ll get 4 Trinkets to choose from.

The four choices are always distinct (you won’t get offered two of the same Trinket at the same time, or a duplicate of a Trinket you already have through something like Marin’s Hero Power), but some Trinkets have a Lesser and a Greater version of themselves (example: Booty Bay Brew) and you can get both of those.

  • The overall pool of Trinkets you can get is modified by the minion types in the game, your warband, and your hero power.
  • Some Trinkets have an internal tag that ties them to a particular minion type. In each Trinket offering, you’ll get at least one Trinket that has a type tag. You more frequently get Trinkets for your most common minion type.
  • You need 2 minions of a type to be considered “in” it for the lesser trinket. For the greater, you need 3 minions.
  • Certain heroes always have particular typed Trinkets in their pool, even if they don’t have minions of that type in their warband (like Azshara always has access to Naga Trinkets).
  • You won’t be offered more than one Trinket for a minion type that isn’t your most common type. If you get offered a Trinket for a minion type that you don’t have at least 2 of, the cost of that Trinket will be reduced by (1).
  • Most Trinkets cost 1-4 Gold, but some cost more or less than that. In each Trinket offering, you’ll be offered at least one that costs 2 or less.
Lesser Trinkets Rules

During the Lesser Trinket turn, you’ll always be offered 4 Trinkets. At least one of the 4 trinkets will:

  • Be Neutral
  • A Trinket of your most common type
  • Cost (2) or less

Note: Only warbands that have at least 2 minions of a type are considered “in” it for a Lesser Trinket of that type.

Greater Trinkets Rules

During the Greater Trinket turn, you’ll be offered 4 Trinkets. At least one of the 4 trinkets will:

  • Be a Neutral Trinket or a trinket for a minion type you’re not “in”
  • Be typed
  • Cost (2) or less

Note: Only warbands that have at least 3 minions of a type are considered “in” it for a Greater Trinket of that type.

Advanced Rules
  • You need 3 minions of different types to be considered “in” menagerie
  • You need 3 minions with no type to be considered “in” no type
  • You can’t be offered 2 trinkets from a type you don’t control
  • You can’t be offered more than 1 menagerie trinket
  • You can’t be offered more than 1 of Shrine of Evolution or Sacrificial Altar
  • You can’t be offered more than 1 of Souvenir Stand, Trip Vouchers, or Ornate Clock
  • You can’t be offered more than 1 of Gastly Sticker or Drakkari Portrait
  • The pivot discount (when you are offered a trinket of a type you don’t control at least 3 of) is 2 gold
  • You can’t be offered Unholy Sanctum if you don’t control at least 1 Deathrattle minion
  • You can’t be offered Divine Signet if you don’t control a minion with Divine Shield
  • Auric Offering, Gilded Anchor can’t be offered if you don’t control a Golden minion
  • You cannot be offered Sacrificial Altar unless you control 4 or more minions
  • You can’t be offered Horn of Summoning or Turbocharged Drill if you don’t have handspace
  • You can’t be offered Valdrakken Wind Chimes unless you have a Start of Combat minion
  • You can’t be offered Hogwash Basin if you Blood Gems have not been buffed
  • You can’t be offered Ghastly Sticker if you don’t have an End of Turn minion
  • You can’t be offered The Eye of Sargeras or Nether Pendant if you don’t have a health rewinder effect
  • You can’t be offered Shaker Portrait or Spitescale Sushi Roll if you don’t control Thaumaturgist

:pushpin: Battlegrounds Early Access Event & Drops

Tune into our Battlegrounds Early Access event on April 25th!

  • Americas and EMEA regions: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PDT)
  • JP: 2:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (PDT)

Don’t forget to link your Battlenet and Twitch accounts as drops will be enabled category-wide on Twitch. Watch for a total of 2 hours to earn 4 Battlegrounds Tokens (2 total hours, 1 hour per drop).

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