Pyroclast: class guide and playstyle

What does Pyroclast bring to a party?

Role: Hazardous-terrain control. Core idea: Shapes fights with hazardous terrain.

Place terrain where enemies must make a useful choice, while preserving friendly access to objectives. Plan placement together with any push or pull. Compare the board after the attack with the board after the forced movement before choosing the order.

How do you unlock this class?

Campaign unlock; exact digital requirements not yet independently checked.

How should you build around its strengths?

Favor terrain creation, repeatable control and movement that keeps your own character relevant. Build damage through useful paths rather than simply covering empty spaces. Keep alternate answers for flying enemies and encounters that move quickly.

1. Preserve a safe friendly route to the objective.
2. Place terrain where enemy movement and your forced movement can make use of it.
3. Apply the control sequence and reassess how the surviving enemies will travel.

Which cards are named in digital sources?

These names are corroborated by official digital announcements. Their current level, full wording and unlock requirements should be checked in the in-game Codex.

• Igneous Path — official digital reference.
• Quenched Rage — official digital reference.
• Living Magma — official digital reference.
• Return to the Source — official digital reference.
• Hardened Spike — official digital reference.

What commonly goes wrong?

Do not replace digital perk names with a tabletop guide’s assumed equivalent: the official notes use Measured. Also, Living Magma’s element occurs at end of turn in the corrected digital behavior, so it cannot fuel an earlier action in the same turn.

Where should you go next?

Read the Pyroclast build framework, compare party composition, and review card economy before committing to a long scenario.

Evidence boundary: Roster name corroborated against tabletop index and digital full-roster announcement; exact digital class text and unlock require Codex verification. Strategy is tabletop-informed editorial advice.

Sources and version notes

Researched on October 16, 2026 for the digital edition. Strategic recommendations are editorial advice; they are not represented as hands-on testing. Refer to current in-game tooltips when a patch changes an interaction.

• Official Frosthaven announcements and patch notes — Digital: 1.0 features and earlier patch-confirmed names. Historical fixes do not prove current bugs.
• Cephalofair official Frosthaven FAQ — Tabletop ONLY: class mechanics and rules context; not a claim of exact digital implementation
• Frosthaven asset index — Tabletop ONLY: seventeen class names and source asset identification, no digital numeric parity
• Patch Notes 0.12.3 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Hotfix 0.12.2 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.11.3.28821 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.13.30384 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes Hotfix 29497 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.11.2 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.32366 (July 22) — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.31755 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.32181 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.
• Patch Notes 0.11.1 — Primary official digital announcement; historical patch facts require current-version context.