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Patch Notes for 0.8.60

Full list of changes:

Game fixes / changes:

Fixed various typos in different languages.
Fixed issue whereby rewards for ranked matches were not available until the next login.
Fixed issue whereby the level indicator font background was not completely transparent.
Fixed typo in name of the author of the Fireball Trap card (Anna Podedworna).
Fixed issue whereby Numpad Enter was not functional in the game.
Margarita Laux-Antille should no longer spawn an additional Adept when Shani is played.
Fixed an issue whereby certain SFX or VFX were missing for some cards.
Fixed an issue whereby Svanrige's ability would not trigger with Svanrige and 1 other card in hand.
Fixed an issue whereby Quen could protect units from Draug's ability.
Savage Bear should no longer target units spawned by other units.
Fixed an issue whereby Johnny wouldn't put the selected card on the bottom of the deck.
Fixed an issue whereby cards awarded for progressing weren't available until the next login.
Game should no longer get stuck on the loading screen when connection is lost.
Reinforced Ballista should no longer cause Out of Sync errors.
Fixed an issue whereby the Rally card would get stuck on the screen when no cards were left to draw.
Fixed an issue whereby points required to rank up after a Ranked match were displayed incorrectly if you pressed "Skip".
Fixed an issue whereby demoted Redanian Elites would return back to Gold.
Fixed an issue whereby Fireball Trap would deal damage to units pushed by Geralt: Aard.
Fixed an issue whereby Weather effects would visually remain on the board after the end of a round.
Fixed an issue whereby text shown while opening Card Kegs overlapped with player level and avatar in certain languages.
Fixed an issue whereby Sarah would get a double strength bonus when the opponent spawned Weather with Coral.
Fixed text scaling of username and level in pre-match and victory screens.
Fixed an issue with disappearing highlight on XBOX ONE.
It will no longer be possible to exploit GG for easy Scraps (at least one round and some cards have to be played).
It shouldn't be possible to win the first round of the Advanced Mechanics tutorial anymore.
Fixed an issue whereby the game would end in a Draw when a player tried to use Decoy on Vrihedd Sappers.
Specific Weather immunities are gone, now those units will be immune to all types of Weather.
Rally card will now be banished after being played.
Units that transform in a row affected by Weather will now also be affected after transformation.

Game polishes:

Option to enable the classic W3 Gwent soundtrack was added to the menu!
Added Premium card filtering in the Collection.
Numerous audio polishes.
Added a Spying tag and icon.
Added an icon to mark revealed cards.
New card backs were implemented.
Nilfgaard BGM tracks added.
Overall improvements to fonts / UI.

Gameplay – card Strength / abilities changes:

General / Neutral:

Decoy will now be Fleeting.
Myrgtabrakke will now deal 2, 2 and 1 damage.
Geralt: Aard's strength changed from 6 to 7.
Geralt: Aard will now target 3 units on the opposite row and move them to a higher row.
Adrenaline Rush will now be able to remove Resilience from units that have it, in addition to giving it to those that do not.
Ocvist's countdown timer will not reset now (will only trigger once).
Commander's Horn will now give a +5 buff to all non-Gold units on a chosen row.
Stammelford's Tremors will now deal 2 damage to enemy non-Gold units and 1 damage to yours.
Dimeritium Bomb will now affect a chosen row.
Dimeritium Bomb will now convert Gold units to Silver or Bronze (if that was their original color) on top of resetting their strength to base value.
Small Golems spawned by Golem will now be Fleeting.
Shadows spawned by Gaunter O'Dimm will now be Fleeting.
Regis: Higher Vampire's strength changed from 8 to 10.
Both Field Marshal Duda cards will now be playable on all 6 rows.
Mutagen will now be able to target units on both sides of the battlefield.
Spores will now be able to target units on both sides of the battlefield.
Iris will now be Agile.
Ciri: Dash will now also return to the player's deck when discarded.
Alzur's Double Cross will now apply a +3 buff to the played card.
Yennefer: The Conjurer's strength changed from 4 to 7.
New Special Card: Blizzard Potion
Mardroeme: Mutagen's buff changed from +4 to +3.
Mardroeme: Spores' damage value changed from 4 to 3.
New unit card: Cyprian Wiley
New unit card: Cleaver
King of Beggars' strength changed from 4 to 3.
Iris strength changed to 1
Yennefer: Conjurer will only affect the opposite side.

Monsters:

Ice Giant will now be buffed whenever a Frost effect is applied, and won't lose the buff when Weather is removed.
Vran Warrior's strength changed from 7 to 5.
Vran Warrior is now Agile.
New ability added to Vran Warrior: Consume the weakest unit on the row every 2 turns.
Frightener will no longer trigger its ability when there are no cards to consume.
Nekker Warrior will now put base copies of the targeted unit on the bottom of the deck.
Arachas' strength changed from 2 to 3.
Earth Elemental's strength changed from 6 to 8.
Monster Faction ability will now keep the last-played non-Gold, non-Fleeting, non-Resilient Monsters or Neutral unit at the end of the round.
Monster Nest will now spawn 3 base copies of a Breedable unit.
Small Fire Elementals spawned by Fire Elemental will now be Fleeting.
Small Earth Elementals spawned by Earth Elemental will now be Fleeting.
Wolves spawned by Woodland Spirit will now be Fleeting.
Wild Hunt Hounds spawned by Caranthir will now be Fleeting.
Eredin's strength changed from 10 to 11.
Brewess' strength changed from 7 to 8.
Weavess' strength changed from 7 to 9.
Katakan's strength changed from 4 to 6.
Katakan will now consume a chosen non-Gold unit from either Graveyard.
Nekkers will now also be buffed while on the battlefield.
Wyvern's strength changed from 3 to 5.
Wyvern will now deal 3 damage.
Wyvern is now played on the Siege row.
Ekimmara will now be Agile.
Draug will now only destroy enemy's units.
Draug's strength changed from 8 to 6.
Archgriffin's strength changed from 5 to 6.
Caranthir's strength changed from 8 to 6.
Drowner's strength changed from 5 to 7.
Foglet's strength changed from 1 to 2.
Imlerith's strength changed from 8 to 9.
Grave Hag's strength changed to 1
New unit card: Succubus
New unit card: Old Speartip: Asleep
New unit card: Old Speartip: Awake
New unit card: Harpy
New unit card: Celeano Harpy
New unit card: Harpy Egg
Caretaker will no longer be able to resurrect Permadeath units.

Nilfgaard:

New Leader card: Emhyr var Emreis
New Leader card: Morvran Voorhis
New Leader card: John Calveit
New unit card: Letho of Gulet
New unit card: Menno Coehoorn
New unit card: Vattier de Rideaux
New unit card: Cahir
New unit card: Vilgefortz
New unit card: Stefan Skellen
New unit card: Tibor Eggebracht
New unit card: Xarthisius
New unit card: Albrich
New unit card: Assire var Anahid
New unit card: Cynthia
New unit card: The Guardian
New unit card: Peter Saar Gwynleve
New unit card: Fringilla Vigo
New unit card: Sweers
New unit card: Vanhemar
New unit card: Auckes
New unit card: Serrit
New unit card: Cantarella
New unit card: Joachim de Wett
New unit card: Fake Ciri
New unit card: Ceallach
New unit card: Daerlan Foot Soldier
New unit card: Rot Tosser
New unit card: Cow Carcass
New unit card: Spotter
New unit card: Vicovaro Medic
New unit card: Black Infantry Arbalest
New unit card: Fire Scorpion
New unit card: Impera Brigade
New unit card: Impera Enforcers
New unit card: Nauzicaa Standard Bearer
New unit card: Nauzicaa Brigade
New unit card: Alba Pikeman
New unit card: Alba Spearman
New unit card: Combat Engineer
New unit card: Emissary
New unit card: Ambassador
New unit card: Alchemist
New unit card: Mangonel
New unit card: Nilfgaardian Knight
New Special Card: Assassination
New Special Card: Treason

Northern Realms:

Pavetta's strength changed from 4 to 6.
Trololo's buff value changed from +1 to +2.
Reaver Hunter's buff removed.
Reaver Hunter's strength changed from 4 to 5.
Kaedweni Sergeant's strength changed from 6 to 5.
Lubberkin's ability changed to: "Add 3 strength to a random other non-Gold unit on your side at the start of your turn".
Lubberkin's strength changed from 1 to 3.
Permadeath tag removed from Lubberkin.
Keira Metz's ability will now also trigger on a 2 turn countdown (every two turns) after being triggered when she's played.
Field Medic will now be able to resurrect Bronze units only.
Field Medic's strength changed from 3 to 2.
Ban Ard Adepts spawned by Margarita Laux-Antille will now be Fleeting.
Blue Stripes Commando will now add 2 strength to all other copies of itself on your side of the battlefield, in your hand or deck.
Ballista will now deal 3 damage.
Sabrina Glevissig will now be Agile.
Reaver Scouts will now be unable to target themselves.
Reaver Scout's strength changed from 3 to 2.
Poor Infantry will now spawn two base copies of itself.
Poor Infantry's strength changed from 3 to 2.
Prince Stennis will now be Immune to Weather.
Prince Stennis' strength changed from 8 to 12.
Dandelion's strength changed from 4 to 3.
Dandelion will now only affect units on your side of the board.
Dijkstra's buff value changed from +1 to +2.
Odrin's strength changed from 4 to 6.
Ves' strength changed from 4 to 5.
Reinforced Siege Tower's strength changed from 3 to 4.
Kaedweni Siege Support's strength changed from 2 to 3.
Dun Banner Light Cavalry will now be Immune to Weather.
New unit card: Triss: Butterfly Spell
Sabrina Glevissig strength changed to 1
New unit card: Dethmold
New unit card: Temerian Foot Soldier
New unit card: Kaedweni Siege Expert

Scoia'tael:

Milva will now no longer return a unit to the hand of a player who has passed.
Ciaran's strength changed from 4 to 1.
Elven Mercenary will now be Relentless.
Schirru will now scorch only cards on the opponent's side of the battlefield.
Ida Emean will only cancel opponent's Special cards now.
Fireball Trap's ability changed to: "Ambush: When a revealed non-Gold unit appears on the opposite side, remove 3 strength from it and spawn a Commando Neophyte unit on a random row on your side".
Barclay Els' strength changed from 5 to 8.
Saskia's strength changed from 5 to 9.
Dol Blathanna Trapper will now deal 4 damage.
Dol Blathanna Trapper's strength changed from 2 to 4.
Commando Neophytes (e.g. spawned by Isengrim) will now be Fleeting.
Vrihedd Officer's buff value changed from +1 to +2.
Vrihedd Vanguard's strength changed from 6 to 5.
Milva's strength changed from 8 to 7.
Dol Blathanna Archer's strength changed from 2 to 5.
Dol Blathanna Archer will now deal 3 damage.
Yaevinn will now be Immune to Weather.
Yaevinn's strength changed from 11 to 14.
Yaevinn will now deal 1 damage instead of 2.
Dol Blathanna Archer will now be Ranged.
Elven Mercenary will now be Melee.
Vrihedd Officer will now be Siege.
Blue Mountain Commando will now be Siege.
Vrihedd Dragoon will now be Ranged.
Vrihedd Dragoon's buff value changed from +3 to +4.
Vrihedd Vanguard will now be Melee.
Hawker Support will now be Siege.
Ele'yas' buff value changed from +3 to +2.
Ele'yas will now be buffed when in hand, deck or on the battlefield.
Isengrim's strength changed from 6 to 7.
Elven Mercenary's strength changed from 3 to 4.
Elven Wardancer will now only be buffed by its owner's Ambush cards.
Aglais is now Relentless
Ele'yas will be now ranged instead of agile
New unit card: Ithlinne
New unit card: Dennis Cranmer
New unit card: Hawker Smuggler
New unit card: Dol Blathanna Marksman
Malena's base strength is now 6.
Braenn base strength changed from 3 to 4.

Skellige:

King Bran's ability changed to: "Discard 2 cards from your deck and add 2 base strength to them."
Skjall's strength changed from 4 to 3.
Skjall's ability changed to: "Lose 2 strength at the start of your turn. When removed from the battlefield, spawn Craven Revived on the same row".
Clan Brokvar Archer's strength changed from 3 to 5.
Clan An Craite Warrior's strength changed from 7 to 9.
Clan Tuirseach Axeman's strength changed from 2 to 4.
Clan Tuirseach Axeman will now be buffed whenever another unit is damaged on either side of the battlefield.
Cerys' strength changed from 8 to 12.
Savage Bear's strength changed from 3 to 4.
Raging Berseker's strength changed from 3 to 4.
Raging Bear's strength changed from 6 to 8.
Raging Bear's buff ability removed. It is now only Immune to Weather.
Clan Dimun Pirate Captain's strength changed from 3 to 4.
Clan Dimun Pirate Captain will no longer be Immune to Weather.
Coral will now spawn a Weather effect on the opposite row.
Donar an Hindar will now be Immune to Weather.
Donar an Hindar's strength changed from 8 to 10.
Udalryk will now be Loyal.
Udalryk will now draw and play a non-Gold card from your opponent's graveyard, instead of drawing it to your hand.
Birna's strength changed from 8 to 12.
Sigrdrifa will no longer be able to resurrect Permadeath units.
Sigrdrifa's strength changed from 1 to 2.
Sigrdrifa will be buffed by your opponent's resurrections if the resurrected unit is played on your side.
Madman Lugos will now have his base strength increased when buffed.
Madman Lugos will be reset to 4 base strength when sent to the graveyard.
Champion of Champions will now increase his base strength with his buff.
Clan Brokvar Hunter's strength changed from 3 to 5.
Clan Brokvar Hunter will now deal 3 damage.
Spectral Whale's strength changed from 4 to 3.
Spectral Whale will now be Immune to Weather.
Spectral Whale will no longer damage itself.
Blueboy Lugos' strength changed from 4 to 6.
Clan An Craite Raider's strength changed from 3 to 4.
Draig Bon-Dhu's buff value changed from +2 to +3.
Gremist's damage value changed from 2 to 1.
War Longship and Light Longship will now have the "Machine" tag.
Draig Bon-Dhu is now fleeting.
New unit card: Wild Boar of the Sea
New unit card: Djenge Frett
New unit card: Clan Tordarroch Armorsmith
New unit card: Clan Drummond Shieldmaiden
Morkvarg's strength changed to from 6 to 7.
Gremist's strength changed from 5 to 4.

Official Link: https://www.playgwent.com/en/news

Edit: Changed notes for Grave Hag (is now 1 strength) and Draig Bon-Dhu (is only "fleeting").
Beforehand their notes contradicted themselves.

Edit 2: As of today (02/08/2017) there have been several hotfixes to various cards.

These include the following:

Game polishes:

Tooltip changes

Neutral:

Yennefer: The Conjurer's strength changed from 7 to 5.

Skellige:

Draig Bon Dhu will now be Relentless.
Cery's strength changed from 12 to 8.
King Bran's buff value changed from 2 to 1.

Game Fixes/Changes:

Sarah should no longer get double points when weather effects are spawned by opponent's Coral
Fleeting Units should no longer stay in the middle of the board after being discarded by Bran's ability.
Isengrim will no longer spawn Scoia'tael Neophytes when the opponent plays Decoy.
Foltest will not be able to copy spying Units.
Tuirseach Axeman with Resilience will not be buffed by Units cleared from the Battlefield at the end of the round.
Harpies will not spawn more eggs when pushed by Geralt: Aard.
Hawker Support will not be boosted when the opponent plays Decoy.
Units affected by Weather and then replayed on the same row will now have proper Strength.