

Town Portal: the portal is always to the nearest town (no more randomness).Plus 2 or 3 of the racial unique abilities. Note that absolute abilities of all factions now require 3 abilities of 4 different skills, for a total of 12. Wizard: Summoning Magic/Wall of Fog replaces Summoning Magic/Exorcism.Necromancer: Attack/Power of Speed replaces Attack/Retribution.Demon Lord: Dark Magic/Dark Renewal replaces Light Magic/Twilight -> Urgash's Call no longer requires Light Magic!!.


Artificer/Magic mirror can now reflect creature spells as well.Others have swapped icons with their upgraded version (Shadow Witch, Unicorn). Graphics: Some units have a new icon (Master Gremlins, Blood Fury, Shadow Dragon, Spectre, Inquisitor, Treant and Treant Guardian).Inferno: Imp and Familiar names have been swapped (yet again!!).Dungeon: Shadow Dragons are not immune to magic anymore (Black Dragons still are of course).Sylvan: Druid Elder now have the Stone Spikes spell instead of Ice Bolt.Sylvan: Emerald Dragon now costs 4700 Gold + 2 Gems (was 4700 Gold).Sylvan: Green Dragon now costs 3500 Gold + 1 Gem (was 3500 Gold).So, let's start that with the changes from the demo (0.8) to the 1.0 retail version.Ĭhanges from the demo (0.8) to the 1.0 retail version Creatures To help you go through one version to another, and better understand what has been changed, we'll detail here the relevant changes of those patches.

Why? Because all the game mechanics and texts (unit stats, buildings costs, heroes names, skills prerequisites.) are subject to change in future balance patches.Īs always, we do our best to deliver you the most up-to-date information about Heroes 5: our content is accurate - 1.0 status - since the day of the release (and even before it if you're in the US!!). It has version number 1.0 (you can see that on the main menu screen in the game), and as technical as it may seem, it is of primary importance regarding gameplay. Updates and changes to Heroes of Might and Magic VĪs you know, the release version of Heroes of Might and Magic 5 is out.
