Hearthstone Ranked Season: July 2026 Dates & the Monthly Reset
Updated for the July 2026 season · last reviewed
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Hearthstone runs the most frequent reset cycle of any ladder we boost: a full ranked season every calendar month, rolling over on the 1st. This page is the permanent season tracker — the current month's dates, exactly how the monthly reset and Star Bonus work, and what the climb back to your league costs in games. Every claim is sourced; we update it each month.
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July 2026 season dates
The July 2026 Ranked Season runs from 1 July to 31 July, and the August season begins on 1 August 2026. The rollover happens per region (Asia first, then Europe, then the Americas) — Blizzard publishes no exact hour, so don't plan your final push around a specific minute. End-of-season rewards lock to the highest rank you reached during the month, not where you finish.
What happens to your rank at the monthly reset
Hearthstone's reset is a genuine hard reset with a soft landing: everyone — including Legend players — restarts at Bronze 10 on the 1st. The cushion is the Star Bonus: a per-win star multiplier set by your previous season's best rank and MMR, from ×2 (a Bronze finish) up to ×10 for Legend and ×11 for high Legend — that's the hard cap. Each win normally moves you one star; with the bonus it moves you that many.
The bonus drops by one every time you cross a rank floor (the floors sit at rank 10 and rank 5 of every league, and you can never fall below a floor you've reached that season). Win streaks pay double stars from the third consecutive win, but only below Diamond 5. Your matchmaking rating carries over — since a June 2024 change, matchmaking stays MMR-based even after your bonus stars run out — so the early-month ladder pairs you against your real skill bracket while your badge says Bronze.
How long the climb back takes
The full ladder is 5 leagues × 10 ranks × 3 stars = 150 stars from Bronze 10 to Legend. With a Legend-level ×10 bonus and streak doubling, the theoretical fast path back is a few dozen games; with a mid-ladder bonus it's a real grind again every single month. That monthly re-climb is exactly what our Hearthstone rank boost covers — and because rewards track your highest rank, every league banked before month-end is locked in. The calculator above shows the boosted price and ETA for your exact from→to.
Season history
Modern Hearthstone seasons have no theme names — Blizzard simply numbers them and players call them by month. The month-long cadence has been unchanged since the current league system launched in 2020 (Year of the Phoenix); the only mechanical update since is the June 2024 matchmaking change noted above. For how the leagues, stars and floors fit together in detail, see the full Hearthstone rank guide.
Frequently asked questions
On the last day of each calendar month — the July 2026 season ends 31 July and the August season starts 1 August. The rollover lands per region (Asia, then EU, then Americas) and Blizzard publishes no exact hour.
Yes — every player, Legend included, restarts at Bronze 10 on the 1st. Your Star Bonus (×2–×11, based on last season's best rank and MMR) is what makes the climb back fast: each win moves you multiple stars until the bonus decrements away at rank floors.
Rank 10 and rank 5 of every league are floors: once you reach one, you cannot drop below it for the rest of the season. Your Star Bonus also ticks down by one at each floor you cross.
150 stars: five leagues, ten ranks each, three stars per rank. Wins award one star times your Star Bonus, and from the third consecutive win stars double (below Diamond 5 only).
Your highest rank reached during the month. That makes the last week of every season the highest-value time to push — anything you bank is locked in even if you slide afterwards.