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Hearthstone Patch 23.0 sees a number of Mercenaries get some buffs or even a bit of a rework . For the most part, a good deal of Mercs are getting an HP increase as well as some extra damage and/or to an ability or two. A notable rework/buff is a lot of AoE and some random target abilities now remove stealth. Here are the changes:

As there's (currently) no visual representation on the cards of Hearthstone Mercenaries to indicate whether a character belongs to the Alliance faction, I put together a list of Hearthstone Mercenary Alliance Characters for reference when you're planning an Alliance team in hopes of getting Alliance buff treasures. Generally, the following races belong to the Alliance: Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves, Gnomes, and Draenei. A notable exception is the Lich King, a Human that counts as part of the Horde. There are also neutral races (Beasts, Dragons, Elementals, Murlocs, and Pirates) that don't belong to either faction. Here's a current list:

With the arrival of Patch 23.0, the Hearthstone Mercenaries Task system gets a rework where you can complete all tasks for whichever Mercenaries are visiting your campfire as completing one task will move you to the next task in the progression .

Patch 23.0 sees a new Mercenary, Murky , added to Hearthstone Mercenaries . It should be the last one for a few months as they're moving to releasing Mercenaries in bigger bunches similar to what they do for sets and what not. You can get Murky for free through the Voyage to the Sunken City Rewards Track, which becomes available when Voyage of the Sunken City releases on April 12, 2022.