Hearthstone Wiki
Register
Advertisement
650
Wild format
Wild icon
With the arrival of the Year of the Gryphon, Galakrond's Awakening is now a Wild format card set, which means cards from the Galakrond's Awakening will no longer be playable in Standard format matches. For more information, see Game format.

Galakrond's Awakening is the fifth adventure, added with the Descent of Dragons expansion. Featuring 35 new collectible cards, the adventure was released on January 21, 2020.[1]

Unlike The Dalaran Heist and Tombs of Terror, Galakrond's Awakening returns to the classic linear adventure format, featuring 24 bosses across 4 chapters, as well as a challenging Heroic mode. Each chapter contains two campaigns, one for both League of E.V.I.L. and League of Explorers.

Chapter 1 of E.V.I.L. campaign is available to all players for free, with Chapter 1 of Explorers campaign and other chapters are purchasable with Runestones.

Structure[]

Galakrond's Awakening shop icon

For general information on adventures, see Adventure.

  • Galakrond's Awakening comprises 4 chapters, with 24 boss encounters in total.
    • The adventure is split into two different campaigns, one for the League of E.V.I.L. and one for the League of Explorers. Each chapter contains 6 boss encounters, 3 for each campaign.
    • Purchasing an individual chapter unlocks that chapter for both campaigns.
  • Defeating each encounter for the first time will award 2 copies each of one or two new cards, which may be neutral or class-specific. If the new card has legendary rarity, it will award 1 copy instead.
  • The adventure has both Story and Heroic modes, with the latter featuring "immensely difficult" versions of the same bosses.
    • In Story mode, the player is given pre-made deck for each boss encounter, controls a special hero with their corresponding Hero Power, and gets special interactions between their hero and boss.
    • In Heroic mode, the player needs to use their own deck. Defeating all Heroic bosses will award two special card backs. (see below)

Summary[]

The below tables summarize the structure of the adventure, with bosses matched with their corresponding rewards. The "Dust value" column shows the amount of Arcane Dust the cards in each chapter will produce if disenchanted.

League of E.V.I.L.[]

Chapter Boss Boss reward Dust value
I: Battle of
the Frozen Coast
(January 21)
Sir Finley Galakrond's AwakeningAir Raid 100
Chenvaala Galakrond's AwakeningEye of the Storm
Reno Jackson Galakrond's AwakeningTwisted Knowledge

Galakrond's AwakeningBomb Wrangler

II: Clash at Wyrmrest
(January 28)
Dragoncaster Askaara Galakrond's AwakeningArcane Amplifier 430
United Sr. Explorers Galakrond's AwakeningHailbringer
Nithogg Galakrond's AwakeningRising Winds

Galakrond's AwakeningThe Fist of Ra-den

III: Air Battle
Over Dragonblight
(February 4)
Dragonrider Talritha Galakrond's AwakeningWaxmancy 290
The Wanderer Galakrond's AwakeningChopshop Copter
The Dragonflights Galakrond's AwakeningRisky Skipper

Galakrond's AwakeningBoompistol Bully

IV: Showdown in Dalaran
(February 11)
George and Karl Galakrond's AwakeningFrenzied Felwing 650
Rafaampage! Galakrond's AwakeningBoom Squad
Galakrond Galakrond's AwakeningChaos Gazer

Galakrond's AwakeningGrand Lackey Erkh

Total: 1470

League of Explorers[]

Chapter Boss Boss reward Dust value
I: Battle of
the Frozen Coast
(January 21)
(none, after unlocking
this chapter)
Galakrond's AwakeningFresh Scent
Galakrond's AwakeningLicensed Adventurer
Galakrond's AwakeningShadow Sculptor
350
Dr. Boom Galakrond's AwakeningSkydiving Instructor
Avalanchan Galakrond's AwakeningAnimated Avalanche
Kriziki the Winged Galakrond's AwakeningWinged Guardian

Galakrond's AwakeningDark Prophecy

II: Clash at Wyrmrest
(January 28)
Madame Lazul Galakrond's AwakeningFiendish Servant 70
Cultist Dawnshatter Galakrond's AwakeningCleric of Scales
Hagatha the Vengeful Galakrond's AwakeningExplosive Evolution

Galakrond's AwakeningSkyvateer

III: Air Battle
Over Dragonblight
(February 4)
Rotwing Galakrond's AwakeningRotnest Drake 490
Dragonslayer Skruk Galakrond's AwakeningAeon Reaver
The Slipstream Galakrond's AwakeningScalelord

Galakrond's AwakeningSky Gen'ral Kragg

IV: Showdown in Dalaran
(February 11)
George the Fallen Galakrond's AwakeningShotbot 650
Waxrider Togwaggle Galakrond's AwakeningEscaped Manasaber
Galakrond's AwakeningRafaam, Prime Evil Galakrond's AwakeningSteel Beetle

Galakrond's AwakeningThe Amazing Reno

Total: 1560

How to get[]

  • Each chapter of the adventure must be purchased before it can be played. Chapter 1 of E.V.I.L. campaign is free for all players.
  • Players must have unlocked all 10 classes in order to access the adventure.
  • Can only be bought from the in-game shop using Runestones.

Pricing[]

Galakrond's Awakening pre-purchase

Pre-purchase bundle

Players can purchase wings using Gold or Runestones. "Bundle" discounts are offered if purchasing all remaining locked wings at one time using Runestones.

Note while players can purchase a variable number of chapters, all options above a single chapter involve buying all remaining chapters.

  • For example, it is not possible to use Runestones to purchase the first 3 chapters, and then buy the final chapter later; in order to buy multiple chapters using Runestones, the player must buy all remaining chapters. It is however possible to buy individual chapters, and later buy all remaining chapters at once.

Each indiviual chapter can be purchased with 700 Gold or Runestones, unlocking for both two campaigns. Chapter 1 is, however, the only exception, as the E.V.I.L. campaign of Chapter 1 is free; 700 Gold or Runestones must be spent to unlock the Explorers campaign of Chapter 1.

Package Runestones Gold
All 4 wings 2000 Runestone 2300 Gold coin
Remaining 3 1500 Runestone -
Remaining 2 1000 Runestone -
Individual wings 700 Runestone 700 Gold coin

Previous availability[]

Prior to Patch 24.2.0.148211 and the introduction of Runestones, Galakrond's Awakening could also be bought with the following real money prices:

Package USD EUR GBP AUD BRL RUB MXN
Pre-purchase (All 4 chapters + 1 golden pack) $19.99 17.99€ £16.99 $24.99 R$44,90 1099₽ $259
Individual chapters $6.99 5.99€ £4.99 $8.99 R$15,90 399₽ $89

The player could also pre-purchase a bundle which includes the whole Galakrond's Awakening adventure and a Golden Classic pack before January 21, 2020. The bundle was available for sale until January 21, 2020.

Cards[]

The adventure features 35 new collectible cards. Galakrond's Awakening cards can be recognized with a special watermark (depicting the Descent of Dragons watermark emerging from a card) behind the card text, not found on other cards.

Regular versions of the cards can be obtained through beating bosses and completing chapters. Once the regular version of a card has been obtained, both regular and golden versions can be crafted and disenchanted for the usual amounts.

As each chapter is released, if Galakrond's Awakening is included during an Arena rotation, all cards from that chapter are made available for selection in the Arena, regardless of whether the player has purchased or completed the corresponding chapter.

Customize this list

Neutral

YOD 028
YOD 029
YOD 030
YOD 032
YOD 006
YOD 033
YOD 035
YOD 038

Related cards

GAME 005
DRG 052
DAL 741
DAL 613
DAL 739
YOD 029t
DAL 614
ULD 616
DAL 615
YOD 038t

Druid

YOD 001
YOD 040
YOD 003

Related cards

YOD 001t
YOD 001ts

Choice cards

YOD 001c
YOD 001b

Hunter

YOD 005
YOD 004
YOD 036

Related cards

YOD 005ts

Mage

YOD 008
YOD 007
YOD 009

Related cards

YOD 009h

Paladin

YOD 010
YOD 012
YOD 043

Related cards

CS2 101t

Priest

YOD 014
YOD 013
YOD 015

Rogue

YOD 016
YOD 018
YOD 017

Shaman

YOD 020
YOD 041
YOD 042

Related cards

YOD 041t

Warlock

YOD 026
YOD 025
YOD 027

Warrior

YOD 023
YOD 022
YOD 024

Related cards

GVG 110t
DRG 052
DAL 741
DAL 613
DAL 739
DAL 614
ULD 616
DAL 615

Boss cards and Hero Powers[]

Main article: Galakrond's Awakening boss cards

In addition to the playable cards listed above, Galakrond's Awakening brings more than 300 unique cards, Playable Heroes, Hero Powers and many more available only during the adventure's boss encounters.

Card backs[]

There are two card backs related to the adventure which can be obtained by defeating all bosses in Heroic mode.

Trailer[]

Themes[]

Galakrond's Awakening is considered a special mini-set that celebrates and sums up all flavors, keywords and mechanics introduced during the whole year, as it was the fourth and final set to release during the Year of the Dragon. Therefore, the adventure brings back the Twinspell and Reborn keyword, and introduces more cards that support Quests and Lackeys.

Twinspell throwback[]

In the Rise of Shadows expansion, the Hearthstone team had introduced a new keyword for the good side, Twinspell.

Reborn throwback[]

In the Saviors of Uldum expansion, the keyword Reborn made its debut.

Quest-supporting cards[]

In the Saviors of Uldum expansion, the Hearthstone team had brought back Legendary Quests, which was originally introduced in the Journey to Un'Goro expansion and rewards Hero Powers instead of cards when the player completes its objective.

The only card which supports the Quest archetype was Saviors of UldumQuesting Explorer. In this adventure, more cards are introduced to help supporting this archetype.

Lackey-generating cards[]

During the Year of the Dragon overall, the E.V.I.L. side has Lackey and gets introduced a lot of Lackey-generating cards which give E.V.I.L. classes the ability to play these 1-cost powerful minions.

Gallery[]

Patch changes[]

References[]

 
  1. Galakrond's Awakening - Launching January 21. (January 9, 2020). Retrieved on 2020-01-10.


Advertisement