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Harvesters

**Harvesters** were exclusive rewards from the original Path of Valor. (Stored in the Inventory's tab "General > Utility" at the very top, their type is described as "Relics" unlike any other items, and they have 5 stars.) They were introduced in Version 25 (November 2019) but turned out to be of little use and unpopular among the players, so they were deprecated after several years – their position in the Path rewards was replaced with Aethers, however Harvesters already gained remain in the Inventory and can still be used.

Harvesters increase the amount of specific farmable loot gained from completing Map Stages by 50 % for 24 hours. Only one Harvester can be active at a time, so "specialised" Harvesters can not be combined. Also, their "bonuses don't apply to provinces under the effect of Atlantis Rises, Valhalla Forever, or Tremors of the Underwild events" (which lower the Energy cost of the relevant season and the first also increases the loot); even during these the other Seasons can be Harvested, although it would not be efficient use of time and Energy.

## Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/search?q=harvester
	+ https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/master-where-the-harvesters-now-not-in-pov/264569
Haulstone

Carry-It-All Construct

The Repair Core activates each time this character’s Special Skill is cast:
\* With fully charged Repair Core, boosts the health of all allies by 25%.
\* The healing is scaled by the amount of charge in the Core. All charge is exhausted when the Core is activated.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Each ally receives buffs based on their current health:
Full HP:
• The ally gets +50% attack for 3 turns.
• The ally gets +30% defense for 3 turns.
Above or equal to 50% HP:
• The ally gets +50% defense for 3 turns.
• The ally gets +34% mana generation for 3 turns.
Below 50% HP:
• The ally regenerates 810 HP over 3 turns.
• The ally gets +50% defense for 3 turns.
• The ally counterattacks with 130% of the damage received for 3 turns.

Haulstone was introduced when the Covenant Quest continued on June 28, 2023.
Goopy

Gelatinous Goo

When this character casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to steal the newest dispellable buff from a random enemy that has buffs. If no enemy has buffs, deals 70% damage to all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Deals additional 12% damage per each Nature shield on the board, up to 221% damage in total.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -24% mana generation, and a further 2% decrease per each Nature shield on the board foe 3 turns, up to -40% mana generation.

Goopy became available when Return to Morlovia returned on October 3, 2022.
Elizabeth

Arachnid Aristocrat

Duration of the first 3 buffs this character receives from Special Skills is increased by 1 turn.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Summons a Spider Fiend for all enemies. The Fiend damages the enemy with 43% attack every turn.

### Effect 3

The Spider Fiend absorbs healing and disappears when it has absorbed health equal to 28% of the target's max health.

### Effect 4

The Spider Fiend gives -24% mana generation for its owner for as long as the owner has Spider Fiends. This effect cannot be cleansed.

**Elizabeth** was introduced when Underwild was launched on March 25th, 2021 as one of 16 initial heroes available to summon.

## Hero Type

### Passive(s)

 Increase Buff Duration
Duration of the first 3 buffs this character receives from Special Skills is increased by 1 turn.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Summons a Spider Fiend for all enemies. The Fiend damages the enemy with 41% attack every turn.

### Effect 3

The Spider Fiend absorbs healing and disappears when it has absorbed health equal to 40% of the target’s max health.

### Effect 4

The Spider Fiend gives -28% mana generation for its owner for as long as the owner has Spider Fiends. This effect cannot be cleansed.

Elizabeth’s Costume was released when Tremors of Underwild continued on April 27, 2023.
Februus

Masked God of Purification

### Passive(s)

CLEANSE ON MINION DEATHThis character is cleansed of status ailments when a Minion owned by them is destroyed.
RESIST DEFENSIVE AILMENTS
This character has innate resistance against status ailments that affect defense. Applies also to status ailments that affect elemental defense.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Cleanses status ailments from all allies.

### Effect 3

All allies regenerate 1190 HP over 5 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.

### Effect 4

All enemies receive 815 Poison damage over 5 turns. This effect can’t be cleansed.

Februus was introduced when the Carnival of Gods event continued on November 2, 2023.
Fables of Grimforest

Fables of Grimforest is a retired Challenge Event that has been incorporated into the new Challenge Festival I that is in rotation throughout the year. Four other retired events make up this new one and will soon be renamed Challenge Festival 1 after Challenge Festival 2 premieres in August of 2022.

Many red enemies have full Elemental Barrier.

## Event Heroes

The special event heroes are all part of the Grimforest Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Grimforest Family bonus for 2/3/4/5 heroes is:

* + 3 / 6 / 10 / 15 % attack
* + 5 / 10 /15 / 20 % defense

## Event Stages

Mariamne put together some amazing graphics depicting the Grimforest enemies (state of Dec 2019):

## Forum Links

* "Fables of Grimforest" Forum Tag
Gestalt

Prince of the Eternal Deep

50% chance to perform the following actions when this character casts their Special Skill:
\* Deals 80% damage to all enemies.
\* The caster gets +19% mana generation for 2 turns.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Special Skill needs consecutive uses to reach full power, in the following order:

### Effect 2

1st:
• Deals 300% damage to 3 random enemies.
• Hit enemies became afflicted with Underwater Magma Cube.
• While afflicted by the Magma Cube the owner gets -34% defense.
• Magma Cubes explode in 3 turns doing 300 damage to their owner.
• If Magma Cube is cleansed, the owner gets -34% mana generation for 3 turns.

### Effect 3

2nd:
• Deals 350% damage to 5 random enemies.
• Hit enemies became afflicted with Underwater Magma Cube.
• While afflicted by the Magma Cube the owner gets -44% defense.
• Magma Cubes explode in 3 turns doing 450 damage to their owner.
• If Magma Cube is cleansed, the owner gets -54% mana generation for 3 turns.

Gestalt was introduced when Untold Tales - Mysteries of the Deep continued on September 27, 2023.
Guardian Gazelle

Druid of Teltoc

### Effect 1

Removes all dispellable and undispellable status effects from all allies except the caster.

### Effect 2

The caster regenerates 612 HP over 4 turns.

### Effect 3

For 4 turns all allies except the caster starting dancing the Dance of Spirits: +100% attack. Reduces all received damage by 50%. Gives immunity to new status effects. If the caster dies, the dancer receives 100% damage and their mana is reduced by 100%. This effect cannot be dispelled.

Guardian Gazelle was introduced when the Guardians of Teltoc event continued on January 8, 2020.

Guardians of Teltoc Family Bonus for 2/3/4/5 Heroes:

* +5%/10%/15%/20% defense
* +4%/6%/9%/13% healing

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Removes all status effects from all allies except the caster. Removes even status effects that are otherwise undispellable or uncleansable.

### Effect 3

For 4 turns all allies except the caster starting dancing the Dance of Spirits:
o +150% attack.
o Reduces all received damage by -30%.
o Gives immunity to new status effects.
o If the caster dies, the dancer receives 100 damage and their mana is reduced by 100%.
This effect can’t be dispelled, but it gets removed if caster dies

Guardian Gazelle’s Costume was released January 26, 2023.
Fura

Poisoner of Svartalfheim

### Effect 2

Reduces max health from all enemies by 100. Max health can’t get lower than 30% of the original max health.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -50% decrease for any healing received for 4 turns.

Released on May 28, 2020.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 280% damage to target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

Reduces the mana of the target and nearby enemies by 15%.

### Effect 3

The target and nearby enemies get -75% decrease of any healing received for 3 turns.

Fura’s Costume was released when Valhalla Forever continued on December 15, 2022.
Fortuna

Masked Goddess of Fate

### Passive(s)

CLEANSE ON MINION DEATHThis character is cleansed of status ailments when a Minion owned by them is destroyed.

## Special Skill

### Effect 3

Summons a Corrupted Mask Fiend to all enemies. The Fiend damages the enemies with 45% attack every turn.

### Effect 4

The Corrupted Mask Fiend absorbs healing. It disappears after absorbing a healing amount equal to 22% of its target’s max health.

### Effect 5

The Corrupted Mask Fiend gives -36% attack for its owner for as long as the owner has Corrupted Mask Fiends. This effect can’t be cleansed.

Fortuna was introduced when the Black Friday event returned on November 21, 2022.

V59 (6/27/2023) changed secondary title from Goddess of Luck to Masked Goddess of Fate.
New stats are also reflected by the new version of the card at the top.
Hammertusk

Burly Bashing Barbarian

When this character casts their Special Skill, they give a Hunter’s Mark on a random enemy. The target receives 150 damage over 3 turns.If a target already has this effect, the duration will be refreshed and the damage will be increased by 150, up to 1500 damage in total.

  Special Skill Damage Reduction
This character has a 10% chance to drop the direct damage received from Special Skills to 1.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 345% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

All damage the target and nearby enemies receives is increased by +45% for 4 turns.

Hammertusk was introduced when the Covenant of Champions Summons continued on November 11, 2022.
Gill-Ra

Shallows Hunter

**Gill-Ra** is among the original Season 2 Heroes.

Interestingly, its Hero Card at first used the phrasing "*dispels* status ailments from … allies", but later (it doesn't seem explicitly mentioned in release notes) clarified to "*cleanses*".

## Special Skill

### Effect 3

Dispels buffs from all enemies.

**Gill-Ra’s Costume** was released April 3, 2023.

## Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/gill-ra
Dolrak

Overly Tanned Dwarf

When this character casts their Special Skill, all enemies receive 136 Water damage over 2 turns.

### Resist(s)

 Water
This character has innate resistance against Water damage.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The target gets -30% defense for 4 turns. The effect duration resets if the target is healed.

### Effect 3

The target gets -40% decrease of any healing for 4 turns.

Dolrak became available when Beach Party premiered on June 12, 2023.
Griffin

Invisible Man

The first time this character casts their Special Skill that does damage, additional 30% is added to its power.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The attack will always bypass counterattacks and reflection.

Griffin first was available when Underwild was launched on March 25th, 2021. There were 16 initial heroes available to summon.

## Hero Type

### Passive(s)

 Special Skill Damage Reduction
Received damage is reduced by -20% for the first 3 times this character receives damage from Special Skills.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The case and nearby allies bypass defense buffs with their attacks for 2 turns. Defensive buffs include counterattack.

Griffin’s Costume was released when Tremors of Underwild continued on November 8, 2023.
Bai Yeong

Blade Dancer

### Effect 2

The target gets -75% accuracy for 2 turns. Chance to miss also applies to offensive Special Skills.

### Effect 3

The target gets -75% decrease for any healing received for 2 turns.

### Effect 4

Element Link gives all Holy allies +30% defense against Special Skills for 4 turns. This effect can't be dispelled.

### Effect 5

Element Link affects all allies when using 2 or more members of the same family.
Legends 2020 family bonus: Healing

1 hero – 10%, 2 heroes – 15%, 3 heroes – 20%

Bai Yeong was the featured Hero of the Month for September 2020.
Gormek

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 295% damage to the target and minor damage on nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

The target and nearby enemies get -34% defense for 6 turns.

## Special Skill

### Effect 3

All allies recover 80 HP for each destroyed Minion.

Gormek’s first costume was released January 18, 2021.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Deals 225% damage to all enemies.

Gormek’s Costume #2 was released April 17, 2023.
Garjammal

Morlock Battle Master

Duration of the first 3 status ailments this character receives from Special Skills is decreased by 1 turn.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Garjammal regenerates 675 HP over 3 turns. The duration resets if hit with direct damage from a Special Skill.

**Garjammal** was introduced when Underwild continued on April 22nd, 2021.

## Hero Type

### Passive(s)

 Decrease Ailment Duration
Duration of the first 3 status ailments this character receives from Special Skills is decreased by 1 turn.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The caster regenerates 800 HP over 4 turns. The duration is reset if the caster is hit with direct damage from a Special Skill.

**Garjammal’s Costume** was released when Tremors of Underwild continued on June 22, 2023.
Frida

Arctic Menace

### Effect 4

Element Link gives all Ice allies +46% defense against Nature for 4 turns. This effect can't be dispelled

### Effect 5

Element Link affects all allies when using 2 or more members of the same family.
Legends 2019 family bonus: Attack

1 hero – 10%, 2 heroes – 15%, 3 heroes – 20%

Frida was a featured Hero of the Month (March 2019) and, as such, cannot be produced in a training camp.

Bloodfenraptor's Reddit review

Grade Awarded:  B+
Grevle

Cunning Badger

### Effect 1

Boosts health of all allies by 250. If health exceeds max HP, it is added as temporary HP. Max temporary HP is 100% of max HP. Boosted health counters max HP reduction.

### Effect 2

All allies get +30% attack for 4 turns.

**Grevle** was released on May 28, 2020 as a part of Season 3

## Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/grevle-new-season-3-hero-3-nature-green-thoughts-discussion-summon-results-with-feedback/186665
	+ https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/search?q=grevle for various sub-threads
Fosco

Follower of Februus

This character's status ailments are cleansed when a Minion owned by them is destroyed.

### Resist(s)

RESIST DEFENSIVE AILMENTS
This character has innate resistance against status ailments that affect defense. Applies also to status ailments that affect elemental defense.

## Special Skill

### Effect 3

All allies regenerate 540 HP over 3 turns.

Fosco was introduced when the Carnival of Gods event premiered on July 13, 2023.
Iris

Expert Dispeller

### Effect 2

Dispells buffs from the target and nearby enemies at the end of each turn for 3 turns.

### Effect 4

Element Link gives all Ice allies +10% attack for 4 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.

### Effect 5

LEGENDS 2022 FAMILY
Heroes become stronger when teamed with other unique members of the same family.

Bonus for 1/2/3 Heroes:
· +10%/+15%/+20% attack.

Bonus for 2+ Heroes:
· Element link affects all allies.

Iris was a featured Hero of the Month (February 2022) and, as such, cannot be produced in a training camp.

12 months after release this hero will be added to the heroes that can be obtained in Hero Academy, level 10, Legendary Hero Retraining.
Glenda

Magical Godmother

This character has innate resistance against status ailments that give immunity to new buffs.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 270% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

The caster and nearby allies' Special Skills deal an additional +40% damage for 4 turns.

### Effect 3

Cleanses status ailments from all allies.

### Effect 4

Element Link summons an Ice Minion for all Ice allies with 5% HP and 10% attack inherited from the caster.

### Effect 5

Element Link affects all allies when using 2 or more members of the same family.
Legends 2020 family bonus: Healing

1 hero – 10%, 2 heroes – 15%, 3 heroes – 20%

Glenda was the featured Hero of the Month for November 2020.
Dragon Banner

Dragon Banners are a rare battle item.

## Obtaining

Dragon Banners are generally crafted in the forge.

Once you reach stronghold level 14, it is also available in the shop.

Can also be received as a reward from

* Alliance Wars
* Challenge Events
* Seasonal Events
* Titan Battles
* Wanted Missions

## Strategic Uses

Dragon Banners are extremely useful for situations where you need both turtle banners and bear banners and you do not have enough space to carry both. Kiril has a special attack that essentially acts as a dragon banner.
Food Storage

*This page is for the basic Food Storages. For the advanced ones, see Advanced Food Storage.*
Food Storages increase overall storage capacity for food after it is harvested from farms.  As you level up your Stronghold you gain the ability to build more food storages, specifically at levels 3, 8, and 15.  This means that there is a maximum of 4 storages total that one may have at once.

## Food Storage Space & Upgrade Costs

Upgrading a unit costs iron.  Each new level for the Food Storage increases the amount of food it can store.

* Food Storage
* Upgrade Costs

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Fighter

### Descri­ption

6% chance to revive with 1HP after a fatal attack. The revive is applied at the end of the turn

## Class Quests

### Quest 2:

Trials of Decimation

Fighter is a Hero Class with a passive chance to revive after receiving fatal damage.  There are two Class Quests associated with it to acquire Class Emblems, which may then be used to acquire talents within the Fighter class to further enhance the hero.  Classes are available to all heroes, although it is widely recommended not using the emblems on 1\* and 2\* heroes.

## Fighters

There are currently 110 fighters, the most heroes in any class.

## Fighter Talent Grid

Costs below are declared for 3\*/4\*/5\*.  There are four levels of emblem costs:

   Standard:  7 / 15 / 50
       Talent:  14 / 30 / 65
Expensive:  17 / 40 / 125
         Final:  35 / 70 / 250
Costs are shown in the middle column.  Talents are highlighted.  While you may choose every single option in the middle column, you may only choose the right side or the left side in-between.  This means that for your second two choices you may train *either* Defense + Attack *or* Attack + Health, but you cannot mix-and-match Defense + Health.
Frog Prince

Heir of the Throne

### Effect 2

All enemies receive 1285 Poison damage over 5 turns. The caster receives a small amount of mana each time Poison damage is applied.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -24% mana generation for 5 turns. This effect can’t be cleansed.

### Effect 4

Allies share the damage this character would receive from Special Skill attacks and normal attacks for 5 turns.

Frog Prince became available when Challenge Festival I continued on August 10, 2023.
Healers

The term "**healer**" refers to a Hero whose Special Skill replenish the health of others; at the higher levels they do more than solely heal.  Healers are crucial to any viable Teams, especially against strong enemies who would otherwise kill the Heroes faster than they would be defeated themselves.

## Quality Healers by Rarity

Below is a listing of (subjectively best) healers, sorted by rarity and element.  The top choices in each category are in **bold**, with an asterisk\*.  Alternatively see complete listing Category:Healers, without sorting by rarity or recommendation (96 heroes as of January 2023).

Since healers are somewhat sparse, the table also includes two 3\* defense buffing and damage sharing Heroes in parentheses denoted with a D.  This is because damage absorbed thus is basically an insta-heal for the percentage of the buff, serving the same purpose as the healer.

The only 1-star healer is Sharan ( Fire  Ranger, provided to every Player at the beginning), the only 2-star Sha Ji ( Holy  Cleric).

*Note 1:  The list is* **largely unmaintained since 2019** *and so likely to miss the newer Seasons, Events and Families. Speak up in the comments below if you disagree with any of the recommendations or miss a truly outstanding, top-tier Tanks.*

*Note 2:  The recommendations for 4\* and 5\* best-in-class give heavy weight to scores provided by Anchor's Hero Grading Spreadsheet. While there are many possible healers, the key here is to have two of the "top tier" tanks listed for each element rarity and element.*

*If you are most interested in the 5\* heroes and Heroes of the Month, you may also see Razor's Weekly Review for what the Top 100 are using on their teams.*
Dizzy

Gnome Entertainer

### Effect 2

Summons an Elf Minion for each ally with 10% HP and 10% attack inherited from the caster.

### Effect 3

The caster and nearby allies reflect all status effects and 100% damage back to the attacker and block all other negative effect from enemies’ Holy Special Skills for 4 turns. Status effects cast by characters, Minions and Fiends on the same side cannot be reflected.

Dizzy was released when Santa’s Challenge returned on December 1, 2023.
Edelaide

Nomad of the Wild

When this character casts their Special Skill, they give a Hunter’s Mark on a random enemy. The target receives 150 damage over 3 turns.If a target already has this effect, the duration will be refreshed and the damage will be increased by 150, up to 1500 damage in total.

  Special Skill Damage Reduction
This character has a 10% chance to drop the direct damage received from Special Skills to 1.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

All allies get +195% attack and -35% accuracy that only applies when the enemy has more HP than the attacker. The effect lasts for 3 turns.

Edelaide was introduced when the Covenant of Champions Summons continued on October 15, 2022.
Exeera

Octopod Priest

### Effect 1

All enemies receive 237 Water damage, and an increase of 33 damage per each Ice shield on the board over 3 turns, up to 633 damage. This effect is uncleansable for all Fire enemies.

### Effect 2

All Ice enemies are immune to this attack

Exeera first was available when Underwild continued on December 29th., 2021.
Esme

Archmage of the Castle

### Effect 2

Boosts health of all allies by 650. If health exceeds max HP, it is added as temporary HP.

### Effect 3

If an ally had Fiends they will be immune to new Fiends for 4 turns.

Esme was introduced with the Clash of Knights event on October 13, 2021.

Esme's special skill was changed in the August 2022 Balance Update to provide boosted health instead of just regular healing.
Frank

The Monster

When this character casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to steal the newest dispellable buff from a random enemy that has buffs. If no enemy has buffs, deals 70% damage to all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The damage is increased by 45% per each dead enemy.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -44% defense for 4 turns.

Introduced on October 26, 2020.

## Hero Type

### Resist(s)

Steal Buff - When this character casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to steal the newest dispellable buff from a random enemy that has buffs. If no enemy has buffs, deals 70% damage to all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The damage is increased by 45% per each dead enemy.

### Effect 3

 Stack (Max 10):  All Enemies receive 20 Frost damage per each killed enemy or enemy Minion at the end of each turn.

### Effect 4

 Stack (Max 10):  All enemies get -4% mana generation per each killed enemy or enemy Minion.

Frank’s Costume was released October 4, 2021.
Experience

In Empires & Puzzles, players who win battles in map stages and quests gain, beside other loot, **Experience** (or Experience Points, abbreviated **XP**). After reaching a shown threshold, they will Level Up, being granted gems, a Summon Token, increased Team Cost limit (soon capped at 130), and increased hero capacity as well as refilling all three kinds of Energy.

Experience can also refer to the XP Heroes gain through training or "feeding" until they have reached the ascension's max level; this is detailed in the article Leveling.

## Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/xp
* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/experience
Hero Academy

The **Hero Academy** (abbreviated **HA**) is an advanced building that can train 1-4 star heroes (in some respects faster, cheaper or better than a Training Camp) but also Trainer Heroes, 1-3\* troops, and retrain 4\* troops and 5\* heroes. It can be converted after reaching Stronghold final level 25 (so upgrading the HA, and related necessary storage, largely replaces it as the main building to develop in the base as the player progresses).

The Hero Academy has 10 levels, and two simultaneous actions are allowed from level 2 (similar to Alchemy Lab). The research of a new training counts as one such use, however it is not possible to combine two researches.

Hero Academy was first announced in December 2018 but added only in Version 30 in June 2020.

## Upgrade Costs

Note the steep growth of Food research costs: In particular, Level 10 requires fully leveled storage buildings – three Advanced Food Storages at Lvl 10 (873k capacity) and the remaining Food Storage at Lvl 20 (689k; the sum is just 3308k but there is the 10k starting storage capacity of the Stronghold). Level 9 is only 24k cheaper, meaning there can be just one AFS9 (853k).

## Usage

**Notes:**

Level 5 trains not only 24 standard Season 1 3 Star Heroes but (since Version 44, Dec 2021) five older RARE heroes of the retired Challenge Events; apparently all with equal probability.

Similarly, Level 8 beside 22 classic 4 Star Heroes produces 8 from Challenge events.

Level 7 produces 1 to 4-star trainer heroes. The chances of each rarity from Beta at 501 tries were 52.9 % / 37.7 % / 8.8 % / 0.6 %; later anecdotical data of several dozen runs suggest better chance for 4\* about 5 %.

Level 10 gives Season 1 5-star heroes at 95% chance. At 5% chance, it can give any non-Classic heroes, including past HOTMs that are, at minimum, 12 months old.

The complete catalog of heroes that can obtained from HA5, HA8, and HA10 is at Hero Academy/Training.

## Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/hero-academy
	+ https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/hero-academy-faq-links-guides-and-discussion/191422
Hu Tao

Blade of Bamboo

### Effect 2

All enemies get -30% accuracy for 4 turns. Chance to miss also applies to offensive Special Skills.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -50% decrease for any healing received for 4 turns. This effect can't be cleansed.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

All enemies get -30% accuracy for 4 turns. Chance to miss also applies to offensive Special Skills.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -24% mana generation for 4 turns.

Hu Tao’s second costume was released when the Costume Chamber continued on November 26, 2023.
Farsight Telescope

A marvel of engineering, allowing its user to see great distances.

Farsight Telescope is a four star ascension mat that cannot be acquired by playing the map.

All unfarmable ascension mats may be acquired by completing Wanted Missions, killing Titans, winning Wars, competing in Challenge Events, competing in raid tournaments, and reaching milestones in Paths of Adventure.

The Frostmarch rare quest also awards a Farsight Telescope.
Dölgöön

Erudite Librarian

When this character casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to give -25% mana generation to all enemies. If the Special Skill is fully charged, the chance is 100%.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100%/200% mana:

### Effect 2

1x Mana Charge:
o All allies share received damage with each other for 3 turns.
o All allies get +63% defense for 3 turns.

### Effect 3

2x Mana Charge:
o All enemies share received damage with each other for 5 turns.
o All enemies get -56% defense for 5 turns.

Dölgöön was introduced with the first Tower of Magic event on September 15, 2021.
Hero was rebalanced February 8, 2022. All stats now current.
El Duque

Exalted Gargoyle

### Passive(s)

GARGOYLE'S STONESKINEvery time this Gargoyle casts a Special Skill, their Stoneskin hardens. The next 4 times they receive damage, it is dropped to 1. This effect can’t be dispelled.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 355% damage to the target and minor damage to nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

 Stack: (Max: 10): The target and nearby enemies get -9% defense.

El Duque was introduced when Sanctuary of Gargoyles premiered on May 12, 2022.

He was buffed from the June 2022 Balance Update increasing his damage and defense debuff.
Ebba

Hunter Mercenary

When this character casts their Special Skill, they give a Hunter’s Mark on a random enemy. The target receives 150 damage over 3 turns.If a target already has this effect, the duration will be refreshed and the damage will be increased by 150, up to 1500 damage in total.

  Special Skill Damage Reduction
This character has a 10% chance to drop the direct damage received from Special Skills to 1.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Deals an additional 260% damage to as many random enemies as there are Fiends owned by enemies. The damage is reduced on each consecutive hit.

### Effect 3

All hit targets cannot cast any new status effects or stacks on enemies or allies for 4 turns.

### Effect 4

All hit targets get -54% attack for 4 turns.

Ebba was introduced when the Covenant of Champions Summons continued on October 15, 2022.
Hawthorn

Hunter Journeyman

When this character casts their Special Skill, they give a Hunter’s Mark on a random enemy. The target receives 150 damage over 3 turns.If a target already has this effect, the duration will be refreshed and the damage will be increased by 150, up to 1500 damage in total.

  Special Skill Damage Reduction
This character has a 10% chance to drop the direct damage received from Special Skills to 1.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

All allies regenerate 672 boosted health over 4 turns (can exceed max HP)

### Effect 2

All allies receive a moderate amount of mana over 4 turns.

### Effect 3

All allies reflect status ailments and negative stacks for 4 turns.

**Hawthorn** was introduced with the Covenant of Champions Summons on September 18, 2022.

## Forum link

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/hawthorn
Fizzcoil

Goblin Troupe Violinist

40% chance to perform the following actions when this character casts their Special Skill:
\* Deals 90% damage to all enemies.
\* All enemies get -25% accuracy for 3 turns.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Wither: All enemies get -160 attack and -160 defense.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -30% mana generation for 3 turns. If the effect is removed before the duration ends, the mana of the target with the effect is reduced by -5% mana.

Fizzcoil was introduced when Goblin Village continued on November 13, 2023.
Farholme Pass

Farholme Pass is a rare quest that appears once every eight weeks.  It consists in 5 stages of increasing difficulty.  It occurs twice during the rotation, each time with different rewards.

## Stages, Enemies and Bosses

The two versions of Farholme Pass are identical except for the rewards for the final two quests.  The first version awards Fine Gloves & a Tome of Tactics, while the second one awards a Compass and a Damascus Blade.

Special thanks to Mariamné for the excellent graphics.

* Farholme Pass (1)
* Farholme Pass (2)
Grazul

The Fiery Healer

### Effect 3

Element Link gives +4% mana regeneration for all Fire allies for 4 turns. This effect can't be dispelled.

### Effect 4

Element Link affects all allies when using 2 or more members of the same family.
Legends 2019 family bonus: Attack

1 hero – 10%, 2 heroes – 15%, 3 heroes – 20%

Grazul was a featured Hero of the Month (September 2019) and, as such, cannot be produced in a training camp.

The February 2023 balance update buffed Grazul's healing from 15% to 22%.
Hypnos

Master of Sleep

This character has innate resistance against status ailments that affect Defense. Applies also to status ailments that affect Elemental Defense.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana:

### Effect 2

1x Mana Charge:Deals 220% damage to all enemies.
All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 2 turns.

### Effect 3

2x Mana Charge:Dispels buffs from all enemies.
Deals 320% damage to all enemies.
All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 3 turns.

### Effect 4

3x Mana Charge:Dispels buffs from all enemies.
Deals 385% damage to all enemies.
All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 4 turns.

**Hypnos** was featured during the Summer Solstice Summon that premiered on June 1, 2022.

All heroes of the Styx family bonus as well as passive was changed in the November 2022 Balance Update to

* This Hero has innate resistance against defense status ailments and elemental defense status ailments.

Hynos also had his damage buffed during the update by 50 % in every charge.

## Forum link

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/hypnos-5-fire-red-from-tower-of-styx/272240
Farm

*This page is for the basic Farm. For the advanced ones, see Advanced Farm.*
   Farms produce food.  As you level up your Stronghold you gain the ability to build more farms, specifically at levels 3, 5, 8, 11, 15, and 20.  This means that there is a maximum of 9 farms total that one may have running at once.  Once harvested, the food is then stored in a base wide storage which is determined by the quantity and level of your Food Storages.

## Farm Production & Upgrade Charts

Farms halt production when their local storage is full.  Farms require iron to be upgraded.

* Food Production
* Upgrade Costs
Fianna

Forest Trapper

When this character casts their Special Skill, they give a Hunter’s Mark on a random enemy. The target receives 150 damage over 3 turns.If a target already has this effect, the duration will be refreshed and the damage will be increased by 150, up to 1500 damage in total.

  Special Skill Damage Reduction
This character has a 10% chance to drop the direct damage received from Special Skills to 1.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 225% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

Summons a Bone Trap Fiend for the target and nearby enemies. The Fiend damages the enemy with 45% attack each turn. The damage increases by 8% each turn, up to a maximum of 93%

### Effect 3

The Bone Trap Fiend absorbs healing and disappears when it has absorbed health equal to 30% of its owner’s max health.

Fianna was introduced when the Covenant of Champions Summons continued on November 11, 2022.
Hawkmoon

Ascendant Shaman

October 2022 V52 brought a new card with "updated" artwork.

## Costume

Ascendant Mender

October 2022 V52 also brought a new card with "updated" artwork and a new title.
She is no longer Ascendant Chief, she is now Ascendant Mender.
Here is a temporary card until I can procure the fully leveled version from the Costume Event.
Featherino

Anxious Rapscallion of Owl Tower

### Effect 1

Attacks the target and nearby enemies with Moonrise Strike, dealing up to 700 damage. Deals 20% more damage if the target is Holy.
• Base damage: 350
• Damage scales depending on the attacker's attack and defender's defense.
• Maximum damage: 700
• Minimum damage: 175

• Growth and Wither affect damage scaling.
• Buffs and status ailments affecting attack and defense do not affect damage scaling.

Featherino was introduced when the Owl Tower event premiered on December 19, 2023.
Goseck

Insidious Gargoyle

### Passive(s)

GARGOYLE'S STONESKINEvery time this Gargoyle casts a Special Skill, their Stoneskin hardens. The next 4 times they receive damage, it is dropped to 1. This effect can’t be dispelled.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The less HP the caster has, the more damage they deal up to 650%.

Goseck was introduced when Sanctuary of Gargoyles premiered on May 12, 2022.
Firmin Richard

Upstart Patron

This character receives 10% health each time a status ailment expires or is cleansed, removed or reallocated from them. This effect can activate only once per turn.

### Resist(s)

 Attack
This character has innate resistance to status ailments that affect Attack.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Stack (Max 10):All allies get +20% attack.

### Effect 3

Stack (Max 10):All allies get +20% defense.

Firmin Richard was introduced when the Secrets of the Opera premiered on November 30, 2023.
Iron

Iron is a basic resource that is required in order to upgrade most buildings and to craft various battle items.  It is acquired as a reward for successful completion of any stage on the map, Wanted Missions, titan battles, and raids, along with it being generated by the watchtower and each mine in your base.

## Sources of Iron

The primary source of iron is mines and the watchtower.  Iron is generated at a specific rate per hour (detailed on each building's page).  Each upgrade will increases the amount generated.  While mines are the primary source of iron, the watchtower, with enough outposts under your command, can provide the equivalent of up to 2 mines worth of iron and should not be neglected as a valuable iron source.

Completing stages on the world map also proves to be a significant source of iron.  Stages in later provinces award more iron than in earlier provinces.

There is also a quest that awards a great deal of iron, appropriately called "Mine Iron".

## Iron Storage

The buildings, Iron Storage and Advanced Iron Storage, increase the amount of iron that one may hold in reserve.  Tapping the iron icon will show one's current maximum.  Upgrading the Iron Storage buildings increases maximum possible reserves.

## Spending Iron

There are currently only two uses for iron in Empires & Puzzles:

1. Upgrading buildings
2. Crafting battle items in the Forge or the Hunter's Lodge.

While food is a resource that one can never have too much of, iron is so integral to the base building process that once done upgrading all of the buildings, one generally has an extreme excess of iron.

## Most Commonly Crafted Items

Referencing this poll, taken in December, 2018, the five most commonly used items in titan battles that require iron are:

1. Arrow Attack
2. Tornado
3. Axe Attack
4. Turtle Banner
5. Time Stop
Hulda

Head of the Moles

Duration of the first 3 buffs this character receives from Special Skills is increased by 1 turn.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Summons a Larva Minion for each ally with 31% HP inherited from caster. The Minion recovers 11% health of its owner at the end of each turn.

### Effect 2

The Larva minion gives +24% mana generation for its owner as long as the owner has Larva minions. This effect can’t be dispelled.

### Effect 3

The Larva minion gives +54% defense for its owner as long as the owner has Larva minions. This effect can’t be dispelled.

Hulda first was available when Underwild continued on March 24, 2022.
Hunter's Lodge

The Hunter’s Lodge is used to craft 5\* Battle Items using Titan Parts, which drop from a defeated or escaped titan as rewards after using Giant Harpoons.

It is the first available of Advanced Buildings, at the level 21 Stronghold (together with the advanced upgrades of standard storage and production buildings).

(It also requires any at least level-5 building that can be "converted" into it; usually a Forge is used. Like with other Converted buildings, you may re-convert the Lodge back into the original and back once again, for no cost, though you do need to have a builder available for the 10-second conversion. Changing a different building into the Lodge may be done at no additional cost, though you may only have one lodge at a time.)

## Crafting, Research and Upgrade Costs

A new Item is unlocked every level. Each item requires that research be done to learn how to craft it first. It must be noted that due to the high cost of research (starting at 2771k), the Lodge can be used only after having at least one Advanced Food Storage (708k capacity at Level 1; four 20-level Food Storages fall just short: 689k \* 4 = 2756k) and leveling the rest up appropriately.

* Items
* Research Costs
* Upgrade Costs

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Fine Gloves

A pair of high quality gloves

Fine Gloves is a three star ascension mat that cannot be acquired by playing the map.

All unfarmable ascension mats may be acquired by completing Wanted Missions, killing Titans, winning Wars, competing in Challenge Events, and reaching milestones in Paths of Adventure

Every second Farholme Pass rare quest rewards Fine Gloves.
Director Zuri

Master of Circus

### Effect 1

Recovers 65% health for the Ally with the lowest remaining HP. All other allies recover 42% Health.

### Effect 2

Summons a Clown Minion for each ally with 15% HP and 22% attack, inherited from the caster.

### Effect 3

Cleanses status ailments from all allies.

Director Zuri was introduced with the Starfall Circus event on June 10, 2021.
Hero was rebalanced February 8, 2022. All stats now current.
Inari

Nine-tailed Spirit

### Effect 2

All allies get +56% chance to dodge Special Skills for 3 turns. Each dodge summons a Sakura Fox minion

### Effect 3

Sakura Fox Minion has 8% HP and 30% attack inherited from the caster. It adds 7% mana to its owner at the end of each turn

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Summons a Sakura Fox Minion for the caster and nearby allies. Sakura Fox Minion has 12% HP and 30% attack inherited from the caster. The minion adds 7% mana to its owner at the end of each turn.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -40% accuracy for 3 turns. Chance to miss is also applies to offensive Special Skills.

Inari’s Costume was released May 3, 2022.
Guardian Chameleon

Elementalist of Teltoc

### Effect 2

Changes the element of all enemies to the element they are strong against for 4 turns

### Effect 4

All allies get +36% critical chance for 4 turns

Guardian Chameleon was introduced when the Guardians of Teltoc event continued on January 8, 2020.

Guardians of Teltoc Family Bonus for 2/3/4/5 Heroes:

* +5%/10%/15%/20% defense
* +4%/6%/9%/13% healing
Edwin

Cunning Butler

When this character casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to steal the newest dispellable buff from a random enemy that has buffs. If no enemy has buffs, deals 70% damage to all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks.

### Effect 3

The enemies can’t get their other status effects cleansed from Special Skills for 3 turns. This effect also prevents cleansing of itself.

Edwin became available when Return to Morlovia returned on September 25, 2023.
Gunnar

Protector Knight

## Costume

Brave Blacksmith

    Upon activating this special skill, all allies will be given a "Spirit Link" buff with a unique icon along with a defense up buff. All allies that have this buff will share the damage they take in equal quantities. For example, if five heroes have the buff and one of them is dealt 50 damage, each will take 10 damage, and this 10 damage will then be reduced by the defense up buff. This allows heroes to take extremely small amounts of damage and increase their survivability.

Note that damage dealt by damaging status aliments like poison is not shared. The "Spirit Link" buff can be dispelled just like any other, making the sharing less effective as then there aren't so many heroes to share the hits with. If the enemy that attacked a hero with the "Spirit Link" buff has a chance to miss, many things can happen. If the enemy misses its original target, no damage will be dealt to any hero. If the attack hits the intended hero, for every hero the damage is shared with, the miss chance will be applied again, sometimes resulting in some heroes being hit and others staying unhurt.
Dynasty of Dunes

Introduced on April 21, 2022, Small Giant Games unlocked 3 provinces to the fifth season, Dynasty of Dunes. Completing stages for the first time rewards 3 Dunes Coins on Normal difficulty and 5 on Hard difficulty. The Season 5 map becomes accessible after reaching Season 4 Province 5.

The Dunes Map will be updated as new provinces are released.

## Provinces & Coins

Season 5 stages all feature elite enemies in every wave, with their own Special Skill and passive abilities or innate resistances to a variety of debuffs.

Players are able to advance through the stages through the use of a new object called amulets. Amulets provide a small buff to Heroes during battle in any stage. They can be obtained through completion of specific provinces that have them, alongside the slots that the amulets are placed.

## Event Heroes

As of Version 49, using Dunes Heroes in any stages within the Season V Map gives them a +20% stat bonus that is exclusive to this map.

### Families

Families give bonuses for each unique Hero of the same family in battle.

 The families are called the “Sun Family” and the “Moon Family” which have the below effects:

 Bonus for 1/2 Heroes:
 • 10% / 20% chance to make a cast -35% accuracy for 2 turns and X Burn damage over 2 turns on an enemy who deals Special Skill damage to this character.
 • If the enemy’s Special Skill defeats this character, the chance is 50%/75%
 Values:
 X = 98 for Legendary Heroes
 72 for Epic Heroes
 Heroes become stronger when teamed with other unique Heroes of the same family.
 Bonus for 1/2 Heroes:
 • 10% / 20% chance to make a cast -24% defense for 2 turns and X Water damage over 2 turns on an enemy who deals Special Skill damage to this character.
 • If the enemy’s Special Skill defeats this character, the chance is 50%/75%
 Values:
 X = 98 for Legendary Heroes
 72 for Epic Heroes
 56 for Rare Heroes

## Judgment of Dunes

In late November 2023, as part of Version 62, Judgment of Dunes was released and revealed as a special event in conjunction to the arrival of the Dunes Summon. All World Energy across the Season V Map received reduced cost to replay, alongside the chance to encounter the new rare Dunes Scarab in place of a common enemy for the stages.

Dune Scarabs have the chance to drop 2 to 10  Dunes Coins but are limited to the appearance rate of 15 per day the Event is active. Players that purchase a Monster Lure have the cap increased, the chances of scarabs to replace enemies in battle, and the amount of coins obtained from the defeated scarabs.

## Forum Links

* "Season 5" Forum Tag
* FAQ - Season 5 "Dynasty of Dunes"
* Portal Stats & Summon Results - Season 5 "Dynasty of Dunes"

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Season V "Dynasty of Dunes" Out Now!
Hathor

Goddess of Motherhood

50% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill:
\* Boost the health of all allies by 10%. Boosted health can exceed max HP.
\* All allies gain a small amount of mana.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Boosts health of all allies by 480. Boosted Heath can exceed max HP.

### Effect 2

All allies are immune to new status ailments for 4 turns.

Hathor became available when Dynasty of Dunes continued on December 21, 2022.