Announcing Battlegrounds Season 8
No vacation is complete without a stop at the souvenir shop. But this is a unique boutique: it sells magical Trinkets—the new Battlegrounds seasonal mechanic! Come see what’s in store for Battlegrounds Season 8, Trinkets & Travels, launching on August 20!
With Season 8, Battlegrounds Ratings will reset (for both regular Battlegrounds and Duos) and Buddies will rotate out of the Tavern to make room for new Trinkets.
New Mechanic: Trinkets
Trinkets are special passive power-ups that you buy with Gold and use for the rest of the game—kind of like Quest Rewards. Trinkets are offered twice per game: on turns 6 and 9. Each offering, you’ll get 4 Trinkets to choose from.
In total, there are 56 Lesser Trinkets (turn 6) and 60 Greater Trinkets (turn 9) coming in Season 8! Some Trinkets have a Lesser and a Greater version--letting you diversify or double-up on your effects!
Your Trinket offerings and their Costs are influenced by your Hero, the Minion Types in the game, and your Warband to ensure you’ll always be offered something exciting to build from.
New Hero: Marin the Manager
Want a special Trinket offer? Speak to the Manager! Marin the Manager is coming to Battlegrounds in Season 8, bringing you an extra Trinket—and one turn early, to boot!
Full Itinerary of Reveals
When Season 8 begins, 41 minions will be removed from the minion pool and 22 old favorites will return, plus 27 new minions and 2 new Tavern spells will be added. Follow your favorite content creators as they check out all the sights on each reveal layover ahead of Patch 30.2 at these times:
- Neutrals: August 7, 12:00 p.m. (PDT)
- Elementals: August 8, 12:00 p.m. (PDT)
- Demons and Mechs: August 9, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
- Naga and Quilboar: August 10, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
- Pirates: August 11, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
- Undead: August 12, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
- Beasts: August 13, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
- Dragons and Murlocs: August 14, 10:00 a.m. (PDT)
You can track the flight using the hashtag #BGSeason8.
Battlegrounds Preview Event
On August 19, the day before Patch 30.2 launches, watch your favorite content creators try out Trinkets live! Participating players will be streaming on their own channels, so make sure you have notifications turned on. Time slots by region are:
- APAC region: August 19, 2:00 a.m. - 8:00a.m. (PDT)
- NA, LATAM, and EMEA regions: August 19, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PDT)
Battlegrounds Track Refresh
On August 20, Battlegrounds Season 7 will end and Season 8 will begin! With that, you'll switch over to begin earning rewards on the new Battlegrounds Season 8 Rewards Track. Any rewards that were already earned in the Season 7 Rewards Track, but not yet claimed, will be automatically claimed for you.
The Season 8 Battlegrounds Track includes vacation themed cosmetics. Pick up the Season Pass to instantly unlock +2 Hero options at the start of each game. Then, progress through the track to earn the Beach Blast Legendary Strike, 17 additional Hero Skins, a new Bartender, and more!
| Level | XP to level | Cumulative XP | Free Reward | With Season Pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 Hero Slots | |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | Gnomeregan Omen (Rare Emote) | |
| 3 | 20 | 40 | Beach Chenvaala (Rare Emote) | |
| 4 | 20 | 60 | Crystalsong Sindragosa (Rare Hero Skin) | |
| 5 | 30 | 90 | Gnomeregan Omen Sunglasses (Epic Emote) | |
| 6 | 30 | 120 | Exodar Guff (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 7 | 30 | 150 | Beach Chenvaala (Rare Hero Skin) | |
| 8 | 30 | 180 | Beach Blast (Rare Strike) | |
| 9 | 40 | 220 | Future Nozdormu Ohoho (Rare Emote) | |
| 10 | 40 | 260 | Fishing Cookie (Rare Hero Skin) | |
| 11 | 40 | 300 | Moody Jandice (Rare Emote) | |
| 12 | 50 | 350 | Snorkeler Elise (Rare Hero Skin) | |
| 13 | 50 | 400 | Future Nozdormu (Rare Emote) | |
| 14 | 50 | 450 | Future Vacation Nozdormu (Legendary Hero Skin) | |
| 15 | 50 | 500 | Moody Jandice (Rare Hero Skin) | |
| 16 | 60 | 560 | Outdoorsy Ini (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 17 | 60 | 620 | Surfer Kael'thas (Rare Hero Skin) | |
| 18 | 60 | 680 | Bird Watching Drek'Thar (Legendary Hero Skin) | |
| 19 | 60 | 740 | Castle Mutanus (Rare Emote) | |
| 20 | 60 | 800 | Surfer Kael'thas (Epic Emote) | |
| 21 | 60 | 860 | Dalaran Wagtoggle (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 22 | 60 | 920 | Griftah (Epic Bartender) | |
| 23 | 60 | 980 | Swashbuckler (Rare Strike) | |
| 24 | 60 | 1040 | Orgrimmar Rakanishu (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 25 | 60 | 1100 | Griftah (Rare Emote) | |
| 26 | 60 | 1160 | Ribbon Tavish (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 27 | 60 | 1220 | Castle Mutanus (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 28 | 60 | 1280 | Beach Blast (Epic Strike) | |
| 29 | 60 | 1340 | Royal Edwin (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 30 | 60 | 1400 | Sunburned C'Thun (Legendary Hero Skin) | |
| 31 | 60 | 1460 | Orgrimmar Faelin (Epic Emote) | |
| 32 | 60 | 1520 | Desert Ozumat (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 33 | 60 | 1580 | Moonwell Sylvanas (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 34 | 60 | 1640 | Griftah Just Right (Rare Emote) | |
| 35 | 60 | 1700 | Swashbuckler (Epic Strike) | |
| 36 | 60 | 1760 | Ski Ragnaros (Legendary Hero Skin) | |
| 37 | 60 | 1820 | Vacation Holmes (Epic Emote) | |
| 38 | 60 | 1880 | Vacation Holmes (Epic Hero Skin) | |
| 39 | 60 | 1940 | Shark Patchwerk (Legendary Hero Skin) | |
| 40 | 60 | 2000 | Beach Blast (Legendary Strike) |
