Warcraft Rumble Season 4 Patch Notes – Not Much to See Yet Again

Is this a sign of a dying game and a failed Blizzard mobile game?

Blizzard's latest entry into the mobile gaming market - Warcraft Rumble - is already on its fourth season since its global release on November 3, 2023. A game quite similar to Clash Royale, its development journey so far has not exactly been pleasant to follow for its players. Where will the future of the game hold? Let's find out!

What is Warcraft Rumble?

Let's start from the beginning, just briefly. You can skip this section if you are already familiar with the game.

Warcraft Rumble, was originally titled Warcraft Arclight Rumble and first revealed all the way back in May 2022. Since then, it has been in soft launch under a limited number of regions, has undergone a complete reset, shortened its title to just Warcraft Rumble and finally released globally on November 3, 2023.

As a Blizzard title, it was bound to get a lot of attention. Like Diablo Immortal, Warcraft Rumble wanted to emulate its massive financial success but was always going to be scrutinized by gamers with their free-to-play monetization model, typical of mobile games.

Unlike Diablo Immortal however, Warcraft Rumble since its release has been mired with development troubles and lack of content. So what's happening?

Gaming Industry Layoffs

Back in January 26, 2024, it has been reported that Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, joining many other companies that are currently doing to same (which also includes the giant Riot Games).

We don't know the extent that this has impacted the current Warcraft Rumble team, but since its global release, it does not look to be smooth sailing at all.

Major Bugs, Issues, and Delayed New Content

Warcraft Rumble launched globally at the same time as BlizzCon 2023, where it was announced to the world. The game's panel had some information on what's to come:

Raids, a co-op mode that requires at least level 26 units to participate.

The Scholomance dungeon featuring Jandice Barov, Rattlegore, and Darkmaster Gandling.

The final campaign zone, Moonglade featuring bosses are Brightwing, Brumera, Ysera, and Cenarius.

Unfortunately, none of these have come to fruition quite yet with no further news since then. Other than minor unit balances, one new unit per season (every 6 weeks), oh, and a new icon clearly changed in an attempt to attract more players - what's been happening?

Since the game's launch, numerous bugs and game loading issues have prevented players from enjoying the game fully. The worst of the issue was the "infinite Gold" exploit, where some players could farm the most valuable currency in the game for hours on end.

The fiasco ended with compensation for all players and taking back the Gold from those that exploited the bug.

With that, the communication between the community has been mostly reduced to lacklustre patch notes (that have been a few days late at times). Another minor point to add: Season 4 was originally announced to be the Faerie Dragon as the new unit, but has been changed to the Witch Doctor. You can take a look at the Season 4 overview and the patch notes below.

Monetization and Sensor Tower Data

Of course, there is no exact way of telling how the game is doing currently after all that. Warcraft Rumble's monetization depends heavily on the typical mobile free to play experience - pay to speed up your progress because leveling up gets exponentially harder. While there are numerous bundles that cycle throughout a player's shop, the Arclight Booster is something a bit more unique to Warcraft Rumble.

For $19.99 USD equivalent, you get extra Gold for everything you do in-game forever. You can even buy it retroactively. Some players also say the cost of the game is essentially $19.99 because it takes a lot of Gold to level up your army and progress in a satisfying manner.

Warcraft Rumble's data in February 2024 according to Sensor Tower has revealed it had around 140,000 downloads and made around $2 million across iOS and Android. This is compared to approximately 500,000 downloads and $4 million in January 2024!

Even if these numbers are estimates of the in-app purchases, they are known to be fairly accurate. Here's a good breakdown from Old Guardian about this topic:

Season 4 Overview

New Troop

Ability

Talents

...
Amplify Curse
...
Spirit Ward
...
Alchemist

New Emotes

Season Schedule

March 6, 2024 - March 9, 2024

Family: Undead
Dungeon: Deadmines

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Hero's Resolve
  • Modifier: Bounty Hunt

Arclight Surge

WednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Baron / GrommashBaron / GrommashBaron / Grommash
BloodsportBloodsportDragon's Hoard

March 10, 2024 - March 16, 2024

Family: Beast
Dungeon: Gnomeregan

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Hero's Resolve
  • Modifier: Bounty Hunt

Arclight Surge

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Sneed / DrakkisathSneed / DrakkisathSneed / DrakkisathDrakkisath / JainaDrakkisath / JainaDrakkisath / Jaina
Dragon's HoardDragon's HoardDing!Ding!Ding!Towers of Power

March 17, 2024 - March 23, 2024

Family: Alliance
Dungeon: Blackfathom Deeps

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Hero's Resolve
  • Modifier: First Strike

Arclight Surge

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Tirion / GrommashTirion / GrommashTirion / GrommashCairne / CharlgaCairne / CharlgaCairne / Charlga
Towers of PowerTowers of PowerOverclockedOverclockedOverclockedGlass Cannons

March 24, 2024 - March 30, 2024

Family: Horde
Dungeon: Diremaul

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Hero's Resolve
  • Modifier: First Strike

Arclight Surge

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Murkeye / TirionMurkeye / TirionMurkeye / TirionJaina / ThalnosJaina / ThalnosJaina / Thalnos
Glass CannonsGlass CannonsGilded ArmamentsGilded ArmamentsGilded ArmamentsSappertime!

March 31, 2024 - April 6, 2024

Family: Blackrock
Dungeon: Deadmines

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Stonebind
  • Modifier: First Strike

Arclight Surge

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Baron / MurkeyeBaron / MurkeyeBaron / MurkeyeMurkeye / RendMurkeye / RendMurkeye / Rend
Sappertime!Sappertime!BloodsportBloodsportBloodsportDragon's Hoard

April 7, 2024 - April 13, 2024

Family: Undead
Dungeon: Gnomeregan

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Stonebind
  • Modifier: First Strike

Arclight Surge

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Drakkisath / ThalnosDrakkisath / ThalnosDrakkisath / ThalnosBaron / SneedBaron / SneedBaron / Sneed
Dragon's HoardDragon's HoardDing!Ding!Ding!Towers of Power

April 14, 2024 - April 17, 2024

Family: Beast
Dungeon: Blackfathom Deeps

PvP

  • Tower: Dragon Tower
  • Enchant: Stonebind
  • Modifier: First Strike

Arclight Surge

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesday
Sneed / RendSneed / RendSneed / Rend
Towers of PowerTowers of PowerOverclockedOverclocked

Version 4.5.0 Patch Notes

Rewards

Daily Offers

Quests

Bug Fixes

Conclusion

Season 4 brings some bonuses to in-game rewards, one new unit, no balance changes to note, and no other words on further game improvements. This has been the case for every season up until now - putting out fires for big issues, as the content of the game becomes further and further away. Many players have now hit a bottleneck in terms of their progress as well. This means the only thing left is PvP, which has many things to be desired in terms of balance and rewards, or the final stages of the single player campaign where unit levels need to be quite high, and takes a very long time without paying.

So in conclusion, it looks like the timing of Warcraft Rumble did not align with the current landscape of mobile gaming, nor did it deliver quality to players that gave it a shot. Compounded with lack of resources, income, and active promotion from Blizzard, a potential scenario would mean that the game will fail to attract more (paying) players and will be a vicious cycle until its eventual end of service.

For transparency, our in-depth coverage of Warcraft Rumble is currently on hiatus for the foreseeable future.