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What is Arcane Dust?
Arcane Dust is the main crafting resource in Hearthstone. It is used to craft new cards to add to your collection. Arcane Dust can be obtained in a few ways:
- Disenchanting unwanted cards from your collection
- As rewards from certain game modes like Arena and Tavern Brawl
- Occasionally as login bonuses during special events
The rarity of the card determines how much Arcane Dust you get from disenchanting it:
- Common cards disenchant into 5 Arcane Dust
- Rare cards disenchant into 20 Arcane Dust
- Epic cards disenchant into 100 Arcane Dust
- Legendary cards disenchant into 400 Arcane Dust
Golden version of cards yield more Arcane Dust when disenchanted but also cost more to craft.
Why Do You Need Arcane Dust?
Arcane Dust allows you to directly craft cards you want instead of relying solely on random card packs. This lets you build competitive decks faster.
Having enough Arcane Dust gives you more flexibility in deck building. You can craft missing pieces for a particular deck archetype or experiment with off-meta card choices.
As new expansions release and the meta shifts, Arcane Dust also lets you adapt quickly by crafting cards from those latest card sets.
How Much Arcane Dust Do You Need?
How much Arcane Dust you need depends on your goals:
- For budget/basic decks: Get key commons and rares. Requires about 200-800 dust.
- For one top tier meta deck: Craft several epics and legendaries. Requires around 3000-5000 dust.
- For experimentation: Craft niche epics and legendaries. Requires 1000+ dust.
- For full collection: Obtain playsets of all cards. Requires 100,000+ dust.
As a general guideline for competitive play, having at least 3000-5000 Arcane Dust allows you to build one refined meta deck each expansion.
Best Ways to Get Arcane Dust
Here are the most efficient methods to earn Arcane Dust in Hearthstone:
1. Disenchant Extra Cards from Card Packs
The most reliable way to get Arcane Dust is opening card packs and disenchanting extra copies of cards you don’t need.
Focus on disenchanting extra golden cards first as they yield more dust. Also disenchant nerfed cards for full dust refunds.
2. Complete Daily & Weekly Quests
Many quests reward gold, card packs, or dust directly. Reroll 50 gold quests and complete as many as you can. Higher level weekly quests can yield 100-300 dust.
3. Play Arena Mode
Once you get decent at Arena, it becomes a good source of packs and dust. Strive for at least 3 wins per run. High win Arena runs can directly reward 100+ dust.
4. Rank Up on Ladder
At the end of each season, ranking up to higher ranks like Diamond 5 nets dust rewards. For example, Diamond 5 gives 325 dust.
5. Take Advantage of Events and Promotions
Login events, special Tavern Brawls during expansions, and other promotions can give dust or dust-yielding packs. Check the official site regularly.
6. Disenchant Wild Cards
If you only play Standard, you can disenchant Wild cards for full dust value. However, this limits your options long-term if you ever want to play Wild.
Tips for Managing Your Arcane Dust
- Craft neutral legendaries that retain value across multiple decks first like [[Zilliax]].
- Don’t disenchant cards you might use later. Recrafting costs more dust.
- Focus on crafting cards from the latest expansion sets since they will be in Standard longer.
- Don’t craft cards about to rotate to Wild unless you will play Wild.
- Craft golden cards only if you already have the normal versions.
Closing Thoughts
With the above tips, you should have a better idea of how much Arcane Dust you need and some efficient methods to start accumulating more dust.
Be selective in how you spend your hard-earned dust. Craft cards that will be viable for a long time or enable multiple deck archetypes first.
Dust management takes some planning and resource prioritization. But it is key to building the decks you want in Hearthstone sooner.
