Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era received its biggest update yet — with new creatures, skills, and damage formula

The developers have prepared new content and more.

In late October, studio Unfrozen returned to Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era and introduced its biggest update yet. The developers updated the matchmaking system, created new neutral creatures and skills, and overhauled the balance.

Multiplayer fans can now select preferred map templates and timer durations in advance. In addition, it is now possible to queue for matches in two or three modes simultaneously. As soon as an opponent is found in one of them, searching in the others will stop.

New neutral creatures — Kitsune (tier 7 neutral) and Mummy (tier 5 neutral):

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Image source: Unfrozen, Hooded Horse

A new skill, “First Aid”, has been introduced, available for all heroes and factions to learn. With it, after winning a battle, surviving stacks in the hero's army restore 20/30/40% of the casualties suffered during combat.

It features sub-skills such as:

• “Back to the Ranks”: additionally restores 10% of casualties suffered during combat. The bonus is doubled if the hero possesses “Recruitment”.
• “Healthy Brews”: friendly creatures gain +2 to Health.
• “Antidotes”: a new ability — removes all negative effects from the target.
• “Thrill of Battle”: every time a friendly stack kills an enemy, it fully restores its health. Does not resurrect fallen creatures.
• “Adrenaline”: whenever a stack takes damage but survives, it deals +10% and takes −10% damage until the end of the next round.
• “Smelling Salts”: a new ability — allows resurrecting a fallen friendly stack once per battle, partially restoring its numbers relative to its count at the start of the battle.

In addition, the developers introduced new artifacts, such as the Epic boots “Dreamwalkers” (+3 to hero's defense and spell power) and the rare ring “Alchemist's Band” (+2 to hero's attack and spell power). Balance tweaks also affected factions and various units.

The full patch notes for the October update for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era are available via the following link. The game continues to be developed in Steam Early Access.