Tavern Tier

BGS 002 Battlegrounds — A Tavern Tier 3 minion in Battlegrounds.

The Tavern Tier is an unique mechanic exclusive to Battlegrounds.

In Battlegrounds, instead of minions having a mana cost, they have a Tavern tier, ranging from 1 to 6.

Minions can be purchased depending on which Tavern tier the player is currently at, and theTtavern tier itself can be upgraded for Gold.

Functionality[]

Main article: Battlegrounds

Upon entering the Tavern, Bob will have a group of minions lined up ready to be purchased. Minions can be purchased by dragging the minion over your hero or into your hand. Each minion costs 3 Coins (no matter their Tavern Tier), so choose wisely. Available minions automatically reset at the start of each round.

You can access higher-tier minions by upgrading your Tavern Tier. The minions that are offered to you in Bob's Tavern come from a pool of shared minions, shared by all players. All minions that are at or below your Tavern Tier level are available to be offered to you in Bob's Tavern, with the minions being randomly selected from the shared pool. Because the minion pool is shared, if another player buys a minion that you can buy (and the player is also still alive), you will have less chance of being offered that specific minion when Bob's Tavern is re-rolled, because there is one less in the pool.^[1]

At any time, you can upgrade your Tavern to the next tier. This will improve the quality of minions offered and occasionally increase the number of minions for sale. The number of minions offered to the player starts at 3 and is increased by 1 at tiers 2, 4 and 6. Taverns start at tier 1 and can be upgraded to tier 6. Your current Tavern Tier is displayed on a small flag next to Bob, and is visible to all players when they hover over. Upgrading will also notify every other player which tier you currently are.

Upgrading starts at 5 Coins, and each upgrade costs more than the last. However, at the start of each round, the cost of upgrading reduces by 1.