Deathling is the newest Hearthstone pet, looking really cute but still possibly costing as much as $158

When Hearthstone pets were introduced, they cost up to $158, which was already insanely high. Then we got a special edition of the Darkmoon Faire that had two top rewards, a Hogger Pet and a Mythic Varian skin — and with two top prizes, the total cost went up to as much as $200. Now we’re back to a single top reward with the new Deathling pet, which is really cute — but did the maximum cost go down from $158? Of course not. It’s still $158.

You can read the full details on our previous post, but the gist of the Darkmoon Faire roulette is that it’s a gacha-style roulette with several possible prizes, and your first roll is free. But the chances of getting the top-tier item on that single free roll are microscopically low (around 0.1%), and they increase by absolutely measly amounts with each new roll. At the same time, each roll costs proportionally more than the previous. By the time you’ve already purchased nine rolls and there are only two prizes left, you’d think your chances to get the pet would be at around 50%, right? Wrong: they’re still at a diabolical 6.67%.

So the only way to guarantee you’ll get the top prize is to purchase all ten rolls, so you’ll obtain every item on the roulette. Since each of those top tier rewards has the same low odds and Runestone cost as all the previous top rewards, the total Runestone cost to guarantee you’ll get all ten rewards is 15,800 this time — which equates to $158.

I mean, we give up. We literally can’t even. It started out bad, most people were outraged, but a few people must still be buying it, because these things are not getting more accessible. And most of us — the vast majority of Hearthstone players — still don’t have a single pet in our collections. The elite Hearthstone pet collectors club looks like it’ll remain very exclusive.

Last published February 17, 2026. Updated April 14, 2026.