The Darkness
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- You might be looking for one of these cards: The Darkness (boss), The Darkness (dormant minion), The Darkness (The League of Explorers boss card).
The Darkness is a legendary neutral minion card, from the Kobolds & Catacombs set.
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs | The Regular version can be opened from any of these packs:  | Regular | 1 (random) |
| Card packs | The Golden version can be opened from any of these packs: | Golden | 1 (random) |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 1600  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 3200 | Golden | 1 |
Generated cards[edit | edit source]
Notes
To edit these notes, go to Template:The Darkness notes.
- When The Darkness is summoned by any means other than being played, it will start Dormant but no Darkness Candles are generated. When copied while on the board as a minion, the copy will start dormant.
- The Darkness is exempt from random summon or transform effects.
- After playing The Darkness, if you then obtain a
Darkness Candle from your opponent's deck through effects such as Psionic Probe or 
Archbishop Benedictus, casting it will not snuff out one of the candles of your own Darkness. You will, however, draw a card.
Lore[edit | edit source]
The Darkness may be intended to represent the Devouring Darkness.
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.- Despite living underground, kobolds do not have keen nocturnal sight, and rely on candles to traverse the mines they call home. However, kobold legends also speak of a dark, devouring presence deep in the caverns of Highmountain, which is the reason that the kobolds fear the dark. The Bluewax of Candle Rock frequently mention that if a kobold's candle goes out, or if they lack a candle altogether, "the darkness" will "eat them". The Bluewax historian Kipp Brightwick tells how the Bluewax were once forced out of their home by a group of drogbar who claimed the cave as their own. However, the drogbar did not have candles, and so "the darkness" began to follow them, until it finally "swallowed them whole", allowing the kobolds — safe with their candles — to move back in. Additionally, a circle of six large candles can be found in the eastern part of Candle Rock. If an adventurer extinguishes the flames of all six candles, a large voidwraith called "Devouring Darkness" will appear and attack them.
Sounds[edit | edit source]
- Play
- ▶️
VO_LOOT_526_Male_Darkness_Play_01.wavYour candles flicker, little kobolds. - ▶️
Cursed_Play_Stinger_3.wav<music stinger>
- Trigger
- ▶️
VO_LOOT_526_Male_Darkness_Trigger_01.wavOne by one...
- Attack
- ▶️
VO_LOOT_526_Male_Darkness_Attack_01.wavSnuffed out...
- Death
- ▶️
VO_LOOT_526_Male_Darkness_Death_01.wav<death sound>
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The Darkness was a part of Patch 22.6.1.1.1.1, an April Fools 2022 prank, with the announced stats change from 20/20 to 20/22 and a Dev Comment "The Darkness has fallen behind other strategies in the current year of Hearthstone, and we feel that it's only fair to keep it up to date."
Gallery[edit | edit source]
The Darkness, full art
The Darkness in Patch 22.6.1.1.1.1
Patch changes
Patch 10.0.0.22611 (2017-12-06):
- Added.