Heartsteel Loot Guide

Earn Hearts by killing enemies. Gain even more by losing player combat. Every 4 player combats, convert Hearts into powerful rewards!

(3) 1x Hearts (5) 2.5x Hearts (7) 6x Hearts (10) 10x Hearts, Gain rewards every round and keep 80% of your Hearts!

While the description is more or less clear on how the trait works, it still leaves out a lot of details. For example the amount of points you receive for a loss differs for each stage:

• Stage 2: 10 Points
• Stage 3: 18 Points
• Stage 4: 25 Points
• Stage 5: 32 Points
• Stage 6+: 40 Points

This means if you lose a fight in Stage 4 you receive a base of 25 points. If you're playing 7 Heartsteel, then this number will be multiplied by 6 and you end with a total of 150 points. Losing four fights in a row in this setup would grant you 600 Points and receive at least a cashout worth 70 gold.

Since you receive points for killing units and losing fights, the ideal setup wants to kill as many enemy units possible and always aim for a perfect loss. There are certain thresholds worth aiming for, so you don't always have to commit on 4 losses to receive a good cashout.

• Stage 2 / 3 / 4 -> Killing 1 unit = 1 point
• Stage 5 / 6 / 7 -> Killing 1 unit = 2 points

Killing a unit in the early stages will give you a base of 1 point. This number can get multiplied by the Heartsteel trait. Something that is worth noting is that 5 Heartsteel is supposed to multiply by 2.5, but it will ALWAYS round up to 3. For example if you kill 4 units in Stage 3 with 5 Heartsteel active, then you will end up receiving 12 points in total and not 10 points.

If you kill 8 units in Stage 5 with 7 Heartsteel active you would end up receiving a total of 96 points, even if you win the fight. These bonus points can definitely add up and help you reach a potentially higher cashouts that wouldn't be possible if you play a weak board that can only lose.

A good strategy involving Heartsteel is to field 7 Heartsteel in Stage 4-1 with all four combats remaining before your cashout. For example you can simply play your strongest possible board in Stage 2 / 3 and stay very healthy throughout the early and mid game.

If you end up receiving a Spatula from either a PVE round or from a carousel then you can sell your Headliner with Level 7 and look for a new one. You look for Aphelios, Sett or Yone as a Heartsteel Headliner. Combined with the Spatula you can reach 7 Heartsteel as long as you managed to find an Ezreal.

Losing all four fights will grant you more than 500 Hearts and therefore a Cashout worth 70 gold. Reaching the next outcome requires 750 Heart and is incredible difficult. To achieve this you would need to lose 4 fights in a row with 7 Heartsteel active and also kill a total of 25 units.

You can give yourself a bit of an advantage by running 5 Heartsteel in Stage 3-2 with the Heartthrobs Augment. This allows you to maintain 20% of the Hearts from the Stage 3 Cashout, which makes the goal much more obtainable, but you will also be running around with a lot less HP.

• 50%: 4 gold
• 25%: 3-cost + 1 gold
• 25%: 2x 2-cost

• 50%: 6 gold
• 25%: 2x 3-cost
• 25%: 2x 2-cost + 2 gold

• 50%: Item Component
• 25%: 2x 3-cost + 2 gold
• 25%: 8 gold

• 50%: 3x 3-cost + 2 gold
• 25%: Thief’s Gloves
• 25%: Item Component + 3 gold

• 50%: Item Component + 6 gold
• 25%: 2x 4-cost + 6 gold
• 25%: Thief’s Gloves + 3 gold

• 40%: 2x Item Component + 1 gold
• 30%: Support Item
• 30%: Reforger + Completed Item + 2 gold

• 25%: Artifact + Reforger + 3 gold
• 25%: Support Item + Reforger + 3 gold
• 25%: Tome of Traits
• 25%: Completed Item + Item Component

• 30% Completed Item Anvil + 10 gold
• 30%: 3x Item Component + 2 gold
• 20% Target Dummy with Support Item
• 20%: Blacksmith’s Gloves + 2 gold

• 30%: Radiant item + 2x Reforger
• 30%: Artifact + Completed Item + Reforger
• 20%: Champion Duplicator + 12 gold
• 20%: Tome of Traits + 12 gold

• 40%: Completed Item Anvil + 22 gold
• 20%: Tactician’s Crown + 8 gold
• 20%: 2x 5-cost + 25 gold
• 20%: Support Item Anvil + 20 gold

• 25%: 2x Spatula + 2x Item Component
• 25%: 2x 5-cost + 2x Artifact Item Anvil + 2 Magnetic Remover
• 25%: Radiant item + Completed Item Anvil + 2x Reforger
• 25%: Tactician’s Crown + 16 gold

• 30%: Radiant Item + Reforger + 26 gold
• 25%: Tactician’s Crown + Artifact Item Anvil + 8 gold
• 20%: Champion Duplicator + 44 gold
• 15%: 3x Support Item Anvil
• 10%: 2x Zz’Rot Portal + 20 gold

• 20%: 2x Warmog’s Armor + 2x Virtue of the Martyr + 4 gold
• 20%: Radiant Item + 2x Support Item Anvil + 1 Reforger + 1 Magnetic Remover + 20 gold
• 20%: Tactician’s Crown + Rascal’s Gloves + 10 gold
• 20%: 4x Completed Item Anvil + Magnetic Remover + 6 gold
• 20%: Radiant item + Artifact Item Anvil + Reforger + 22 gold

• 20%: Training Dummy with 3x Locket of the Iron Solari + 20 gold
• 20%: 3x K’Sante 2 star + 3x Aphelios 2 star + 3x Yone 2 star + 3x Sett 2 star
• 20%: 5x 5-cost + Tactician’s Crown + Rascal’s Gloves
• 20%: Radiant Item + Completed Item Anvil + Support Item Anvil + Artifact Anvil + Reforger + Remover + 13 gold
• 20%: 2x Radiant Item + Champion Duplicator + 2x Reforger + 13 gold

• 30%: 40 gold + 2x Radiant Item + 2x Reforger + Magnetic Remover
• 30%: 100 gold
• 30%: Radiant Item + 2x Tactician’s Crown + Reforger + 10 gold
• 10%: Training Dummy with Radiant Warmog’s, Radiant Bramble Vest, Radiant Dragon’s Claw

• 25%: 4x Spatula + 65 gold
• 25%: 2x Zephyr + 2x Shroud of Stillness + 50 gold
• 25%: Tactician’s Crown + Rascal’s Gloves + 5-cost 2-star + 45 gold
• 25%: 2x Radiant item + 2x Artifact Anvil + Champion Duplicator + Remover + Reforger + 12 gold

• 25%: 3x Zeke’s Herald + 3x Locket of the Iron Solari + 40 gold
• 25%: Radiant Conversion (convert all of your items into their radiant version or receive 150 gold if you’ve already received this cashout) + Remover
• 25%: 4x Radiant item + Remover + Reforger + 30 gold
• 25%: 2x Radiant item + 2x Tactician’s Crown + 1 Remover + 1 Reforger + 30 gold

• 25%: Radiant Conversion/175 gold + remover
• 25%: 4x Support Item Anvil + Tactician’s Crown + 75 gold
• 25%: 2x Radiant Item + 2x Tactician’s Crown + 2x Champion Duplicator + Reforger + 30 gold
• 25%: 2x Radiant Item + 2x Tactician’s Crown + Completed Item + Reforger + 40 gold

• 35%: 4x Tactician’s Crown + 100 gold
• 30%: 2x Radiant Item + 2x Tactician’s Crown + Completed Item + Reforger + 85 gold
• 25%: 2x Champion Duplicator + 200 gold
• 10%: 5-cost 3-star + Remover