What is arena???

Hi everyone,

This guide will be covering basic info regarding arena in hearthstone.

In hearthstone you have the following modes that you can play -

-Ranked
-vs AI
-Friendlies
-Adventure bosses
-Arena

To play arena you require 150 gold to enter it. Once you enter arena you are given a choice of three heroes. From these three heroes you get to select one. On selection you are shown three cards to select from. Once you click on a card it gets added to your deck on the right hand side and you are shown another set of three cards. You go on doing this until you have the allowed 30 cards in your deck. Once your deck is ready and you hit play you are matched up against a same win-lose record opponent (or closest to it ) . If you win the key on display would change. If you lose a strike is added to your arena session. Arena ends when you hit three losses, get 12 wins or if you simply retire. On the basis of your wins you are given arena rewards. The rewards always have one 1 card pack. Other rewards include dust,gold or cards.

For a breakdown of possible rewards please refer the table below.

Wins	Key	No.	Rewards	Random reward pool
0	Novice	2	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack One random reward	25-40 gold 25-40 dust One common card
1	Apprentice	2	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack One random reward	30-50 gold 25-50 dust One common card
2	Journeyman	2	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack One random reward	40-50 gold 40-50 dust One common card One rare card
3	Copper	3	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 25-35 gold One random reward	20-25 gold 20-25 dust One common card One rare card
4	Silver	3	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 40-60 gold One random reward	20-30 gold 20-25 dust One common card One rare card
5	Gold	3	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 45-60 gold One random reward	45-60 gold 45-60 dust One common card One rare card
6	Platinum	3	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 75-85 gold One random reward	45-60 gold 45-60 dust One common card One rare card
7	Diamond	3	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 150-160 gold One random reward	20-30 gold 20-25 dust One common card One rare card
8	Champion	4	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 150-160 gold One random reward One random reward	20-45 gold 20-25 dust One golden or regular common card One golden or regular rare card One golden or regular epic card One golden or regular legendary card
9	Ruby	4	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 150-160 gold One random reward One random reward	20-120 gold 20-50 dust One golden or regular common card One golden or regular rare card One golden or regular epic card One golden or regular legendary card
10	Frostborn	4	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 150-185 gold One random reward One random reward	65-125 gold 65-95 dust One golden common card One golden or regular rare card One golden or regular epic card One golden or regular legendary card
11	Molten	4	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 195-210 gold One random reward One random reward	70-180 gold 60-95 dust One golden common card One golden or regular rare card One golden or regular epic card One golden or regular legendary card
12	Lightforge	5	One Goblins vs Gnomes pack 215-235 gold One random reward One random reward One random reward	20-185 gold One golden common card One golden or regular rare card One golden or regular epic card One golden or regular legendary card One Goblins vs Gnomes pack

(Courtesy hearthstone.gamepedia)'

If you observe there are rewards even if you have zero wins. And that if you hit three wins you are more or less able to recover your 150 gold in form of card pack and gold/dust. Also if you hit 6-7 wins you are able to gain 150 gold other than the cards packs which already apply.

So first aim while playing arena should always be hitting 3 wins , and then to try for 6. Any more wins helps you improve from where you started.

So this was a small guide to basic info regarding hearthstone. Coming up is a guide regarding card selection and deck building.