Aghanim's Scepter/Changelogs

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## Version History

VersionDescription

7.32

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for  Primal Beast (7.32).
	+ REWORKED for the following heroes:

* Beastmaster (7.32)
* Brewmaster (7.32)
* Centaur Warrunner (7.32)
* Chen (7.32)
* Clockwerk (7.32)

* Doom (7.32)
* Enigma (7.32)
* Hoodwink (7.32)
* Lina (7.32)
* Naga Siren (7.32)

* Pugna (7.32)
* Queen of Pain (7.32)
* Viper (7.32)

7.31

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for  Marci (7.31) and  Techies (7.31).
	+ REWORKED for the following heroes:

* Bloodseeker (7.31)
* Dazzle (7.31)
* Magnus (7.31)
* Morphling (7.31)

* Oracle (7.31)
* Puck (7.31)
* Underlord (7.31)
* Windranger (7.31)

7.30

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for  Dawnbreaker (7.30).
	+ REWORKED for the following heroes:
		- Broodmother (7.30)
		- Chen (7.30)
		- Enigma (7.30)
		- Spirit Breaker (7.30)
		- Underlord (7.30)

7.29

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for  Hoodwink (7.29).
	+ REWORKED for  Bane (7.28)

7.28

* REWORKED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:

* Anti-Mage (7.28)
* Arc Warden (7.28)
* Axe (7.28)
* Brewmaster (7.28)
* Dark Seer (7.28)
* Dazzle (7.28)

* Doom (7.28)
* Keeper of the Light (7.28)
* Leshrac (7.28)
* Lifestealer (7.28)
* Magnus (7.28)
* Mars (7.28)

* Meepo (7.28)
* Mirana (7.28)
* Naga Siren (7.28)
* Nature's Prophet (7.28)
* Oracle (7.28)
* Phantom Lancer (7.28)

* Pudge (7.28)
* Tinker (7.28)
* Troll Warlord (7.28)
* Underlord (7.28)
* Vengeful Spirit (7.28)
* Visage (7.28)

7.27b

* REWORKED  Ability Upgrade for  Clinkz (7.27b).

7.25

* REWORKED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Bounty Hunter (7.25)
	+ Dazzle (7.25)
	+ Juggernaut (7.25)
	+ Mars (7.25)
	+ Terrorblade (7.25)

7.23

* REWORKED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:

* Chaos Knight (7.23)
* Clockwerk (7.23)
* Dark Seer (7.23)
* Dazzle (7.23)
* Doom (7.23)
* Elder Titan (7.23)
* Enchantress (7.23)

* Faceless Void (7.23)
* Huskar (7.23)
* Invoker (7.23)
* Kunkka (7.23)
* Lich (7.23)
* Lifestealer (7.23)
* Lycan (7.23)

* Magnus (7.23)
* Necrophos (7.23)
* Phantom Lancer (7.23)
* Pudge (7.23)
* Riki (7.23)
* Silencer (7.23)
* Slark (7.23)

* Sniper (7.23)
* Sven (7.23)
* Techies (7.23)
* Vengeful Spirit (7.23)

7.22

* Can now be upgraded into a permanent status buff by purchasing a  Recipe (**2000** ).
	+ Upon upgrading, the item automatically gets consumed.
	+ Aghanim's Scepter no longer grants attributes, health, or mana, but also no longer takes up an inventory slot either.
* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for the following heroes:

* Alchemist (7.22)
* Anti-Mage (7.22)
* Arc Warden (7.22)
* Broodmother (7.22)
* Clinkz (7.22)
* Dark Willow (7.22)

* Death Prophet (7.22)
* Dragon Knight (7.22)
* Ember Spirit (7.22)
* Grimstroke (7.22)
* Io (7.22)
* Lycan (7.22)

* Mars (7.22)
* Monkey King (7.22)
* Morphling (7.22)
* Pangolier (7.22)
* Night Stalker (7.22)
* Phantom Assassin (7.22)

* Slardar (7.22)
* Spectre (7.22)
* Templar Assassin (7.22)
* Terrorblade (7.22)
* Tiny (7.22)
* Troll Warlord (7.22)

* REWORKED for the following heroes:

* Abaddon (7.22)
* Axe (7.22)
* Beastmaster (7.22)
* Brewmaster (7.22)
* Elder Titan (7.22)

* Keeper of the Light (7.22)
* Phoenix (7.22)
* Razor (7.22)
* Warlock (7.22)
* Windranger (7.22)

7.21

* REMOVED  Ability Upgrade for  Night Stalker (7.21).

7.20

* Ability Upgrade
	+ REMOVED for  Anti-Mage (7.20).
	+ REWORKED for  Keeper of the Light (7.20).

7.07

* REMOVED  Ability Upgrade for  Morphling (7.07) and  Tiny (7.07).

7.06

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for the following heroes:
		- Medusa (7.06)
		- Underlord (7.06)
	+ REWORKED for the following heroes:
		- Axe (7.06)
		- Bane (7.06)
		- Dazzle (7.06)
		- Legion Commander (7.06)
		- Leshrac (7.06)
		- Magnus (7.06)
		- Outworld Destroyer (7.06)
		- Silencer (7.06)
		- Witch Doctor (7.06)

7.00

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for the following heroes:
		- Anti-Mage (7.00)
		- Bounty Hunter (7.00)
		- Chaos Knight (7.00)
		- Phantom Lancer (7.00)
		- Riki (7.00)
		- Slark (7.00)
		- Sniper (7.00)
	+ REWORKED for the following heroes:
		- Crystal Maiden (7.00)
		- Meepo (7.00)
		- Skywrath Mage (7.00)
		- Zeus (7.00)

6.87

* Reduced health bonus from 200 to 175.
* Increased mana bonus from 150 to 175.
* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED upgrades for the following heroes:
		- Bloodseeker (6.87)
		- Mirana (6.87)
		- Oracle (6.87)
		- Storm Spirit (6.87)
		- Winter Wyvern (6.87)
	+ REWORKED ability upgrades for the following heroes:
		- Earthshaker (6.87)
		- Gyrocopter (6.87)

6.86d

* REWORKED  Ability Upgrade for  Chen (6.86d).

6.86

* Ability Upgrade
	+ ADDED for the following heroes:
		- Bristleback (6.86)
		- Drow Ranger (6.86)
		- Kunkka (6.86)
		- Magnus (6.86)
		- Shadow Fiend (6.86)
		- Tidehunter (6.86)
		- Ursa (6.86)
	+ REWORKED for the following heroes:
		- Earth Spirit (6.86)
		- Legion Commander (6.86)
		- Luna (6.86)
		- Pudge (6.86)
		- Sand King (6.86)
		- Sven (6.86)
		- Treant Protector (6.86)
		- Vengeful Spirit (6.86)

6.85

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Batrider (6.85).

6.84

* ADDED the  Aghanim's Scepter Synth innate ability.
	+ Aghanim's Scepter has an active ability when it is equipped by  Alchemist.
	+ Removes the item from his inventory upon casting on ally heroes while granting them the  Ability Upgrade as a buff. Can only be cast once on each ally hero, including Alchemist.
	+ The buff grants all of the items' stats and is undispellable.
	+ Cannot be cast on illusions, clones and creep-heroes.
* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:

* Centaur Warrunner (6.84)
* Legion Commander (6.84)
* Lifestealer (6.84)
* Lone Druid (6.84)
* Morphling (6.84)

* Naga Siren (6.84)
* Nyx Assassin (6.84)
* Tusk (6.84)
* Weaver (6.84)
* Wraith King (6.84)

6.82

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Earth Spirit (6.82)
	+ Elder Titan (6.82)
	+ Phoenix (6.82)
	+ Sven (6.82)
	+ Timbersaw (6.82)
	+ Treant Protector (6.82)

6.81

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Keeper of the Light (6.81) and  Shadow Demon (6.81).

6.80

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Tinker (6.80).

6.79

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Disruptor (6.79)
	+ Enigma (6.79)
	+ Rubick (6.79)
	+ Skywrath Mage (6.79)

6.78

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Ancient Apparition (6.78)
	+ Omniknight (6.78)
	+ Silencer (6.78)

6.74

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Ogre Magi (6.74).

6.73

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Visage (6.73).

6.72

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Beastmaster (6.72)
	+ Dark Seer (6.72)
	+ Gyrocopter (6.72)
	+ Meepo (6.72)

6.69

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Enchantress (6.69).
* REWORKED recipe.

OLD  *Aghanim's Scepter*
Recipe:  Staff of Wizardry +  Blade of Alacrity or  Blade of Alacrity +  Ogre Axe or  Ogre Axe +  Staff of Wizardry (**2000** ),  Point Booster (**1200** ),  Recipe (**1100** )
Total cost: **4300**
NEW  *Aghanim's Scepter*
Recipe:  Staff of Wizardry (**1000** ),  Blade of Alacrity (**1000** ),  Ogre Axe (**1000** ),  Point Booster (**1200** )
Total cost: **4200**

6.68

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Outworld Destroyer (6.68)
	+ Razor (6.68)
	+ Tiny (6.68)
	+ Viper (6.68)
	+ Warlock (6.68)

6.67

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Puck (6.67).

6.66

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Earthshaker (6.66) and  Undying (6.66).

6.65

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Axe (6.65).
* REMOVED ability effects on all heroes with item equipped, except  Leshrac.

6.63

* Updated  Ability Upgrade ability tooltips.

6.60

* Heroes with  Ability Upgrade now have the information about the upgrades they would get on their ultimate abilities' tooltips.
* REWORKED recipe and stats.

OLD  *Aghanim's Scepter*
Recipe:  Mystic Staff (**2700** ),  Soul Booster (**3300** )
Total cost: **6000**
Intelligence bonus: 30
Health bonus: 500
Mana bonus: 500
NEW  *Aghanim's Scepter*
Recipe:  Staff of Wizardry +  Blade of Alacrity or  Blade of Alacrity +  Ogre Axe or  Ogre Axe +  Staff of Wizardry (**2000** ),  Point Booster (**1200** ),  Recipe (**1100** )
Total cost: **4300**
Strength bonus: 10
Agility bonus: 10
Intelligence bonus: 10
Health bonus: 250
Mana bonus: 150
* Ability Upgrade
	+ REMOVED for  Ogre Magi (6.60).
	+ ADDED for the following heroes:

* Abaddon (6.60)
* Bane (6.60)
* Brewmaster (6.60)
* Clockwerk (6.60)
* Chen (6.60)
* Dazzle (6.60)

* Faceless Void (6.60)
* Huskar (6.60)
* Invoker (6.60)
* Jakiro (6.60)
* Juggernaut (6.60)
* Night Stalker (6.60)

* Pudge (6.60)
* Sand King (6.60)
* Spirit Breaker (6.60)
* Techies (6.60)
* Vengeful Spirit (6.60)
* Windranger (6.60)

6.55

* REMOVED  Ability Upgrade for  Keeper of the Light (6.55).

6.53

* Fixed issue with selling item.

6.49

* Can now be dropped, disassembled, sold and destroyed.
* Item now updates accordingly to the new heroes'  Ability Upgrade in Deathmatch mode.

* Reduced  Mystic Staff cost from 2900  to 2700  (total cost decreases ▼ from 6200  to 6000 ).

6.41

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade visual effects for the following heroes:
	+ Keeper of the Light
	+ Lina
	+ Ogre Magi
	+ Pugna
	+ Queen of Pain
	+ Shadow Shaman
	+ Zeus

6.39

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Doom (6.39).

6.35

* Increased health bonus from 450 to 500.
* Increased mana bonus from 400 to 500.

6.31

* Can now be bought by every hero, instead of only those who have an upgrade.

6.28

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Witch Doctor (6.28).

6.19b

* Updated  Ability Upgrade ability tooltips.

6.11

* Can no longer be dropped, sold and destroyed.
* Fixed item being undroppable on  Courier.

6.10

* Can now be dropped, sold and destroyed.
* Ability Upgrade
	+ Updated item tooltips.
	+ Now correctly reflects the created hero's upgraded ability tooltips.
	+ Now lists the available heroes that have ability upgrades.

6.09

* Increased  intelligence bonus from 25 to 30.
* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Ogre Magi (6.09).

6.04

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Keeper of the Light (6.04).

6.00

* REMOVED upgrades for the following heroes:
	+ Medusa (6.00)
	+ Ogre Magi (6.00)
	+ Keeper of the Light (6.00)

5.80

* Ability Upgrade
	+ REMOVED for  Doom (5.80).
	+ ADDED for  Luna (5.80).

5.79

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:
	+ Doom (5.79)
	+ Keeper of the Light (5.79)
	+ Necrophos (5.79)
	+ Ogre Magi (5.79)

5.71
  HAPPENED BETWEEN 5.69 AND 5.71
* **Item cost** changes:
	+ No longer requires a  Recipe to build (−50  cost).
	+ Soul Booster no longer requires a  Recipe to build (−1  cost).
	+ Total gold cost decreases ▼ from 6251  to 6200 .

5.65

* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for  Pugna (5.65).

* **Item cost** changes:
	+ Now requires a  Recipe to build (+50  cost).
	+ Soul Booster now requires a  Recipe to build (+1  cost).
	+ Total gold cost increases ▲ from 6200  to 6251 .

5.62

* REMOVED  Ability Upgrade for Conjurer. []

5.59

* Ability Upgrade
	+ REMOVED for  Pudge (5.59).
	+ ADDED for  Medusa (5.59).

5.53

* Reduced health bonus from 500 to 450.
* Reduced mana bonus from 500 to 400.
* Ability Upgrade
	+ REMOVED for Flame Lord. []
	+ ADDED for  Zeus (5.53).

5.52

* Increased  Energy Booster cost from 850  to 1000  (total cost increases ▲ from 6050  to 6200 ).

5.50
  HAPPENED BETWEEN 5.40 AND 5.50
* REWORKED recipe.

OLD  *Aghanim's Scepter*Recipe:  Null Talisman (470 ),  Ring of Basilius (650 ),  Soul Booster (3150 ),  Mystic Staff (2900 ),  Energy Booster (850 )

Total cost: 8020

NEW  *Aghanim's Scepter*Recipe:  Soul Booster (3150 ),  Mystic Staff (2900 )

Total cost: 6050

* Can now only be bought by heroes who have an upgrade.
* REMOVED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:

* Anti-Mage (5.50)
* Bounty Hunter (5.50)
* Brewmaster (5.50)
* Chaos Knight (5.50)
* Chen (5.50)
* Clinkz (5.50)
* Doom (5.50)
* Dragon Knight (5.50)

* Drow Ranger (5.50)
* Faceless Void (5.50)
* Juggernaut (5.50)
* Lifestealer (5.50)
* Luna (5.50)
* Lycan (5.50)
* Magnus (5.50)
* Medusa (5.50)

* Naga Siren (5.50)
* Night Stalker (5.50)
* Nyx Assassin (5.50)
* Phantom Assassin (5.50)
* Razor (5.50)
* Riki (5.50)
* Slardar (5.50)
* Sven (5.50)

* Techies (5.50)
* Terrorblade (5.50)
* Troll Warlord (5.50)
* Vengeful Spirit (5.50)
* Viper (5.50)
* Visage (5.50)
* Wraith King (5.50)
* Zeus (5.50)

5.40
  HAPPENED BETWEEN 5.37 AND 5.40
* Can no longer be dropped.
* Now grants 500 health.
* No longer grants 10 armor bonus.
* Reduced  intelligence bonus from 30 to 25.
* Reduced mana bonus from 600 to 500.
* REMOVED  Energy Burst.
* ADDED  Ability Upgrade.

*Upgrades the ultimate of all heroes.*
Notes: Except for  Sniper,  Omniknight,  Morphling and  Death Prophet.
* ADDED  Ability Upgrade for the following heroes:

* Anti-Mage (5.40)
* Bounty Hunter (5.40)
* Brewmaster (5.40)
* Chen (5.40)
* Crystal Maiden (5.40)
* Chaos Knight (5.40)
* Clinkz (5.40)
* Conjurer
* Dragon Knight (5.40)
* Drow Ranger (5.40)
* Doom (5.40)

* Faceless Void (5.40)
* Flame Lord
* Juggernaut (5.40)
* Leshrac (5.40)
* Lich (5.40)
* Lifestealer (5.40)
* Lina (5.40)
* Lion (5.40)
* Luna (5.40)
* Lycan (5.40)
* Magnus (5.40)

* Medusa (5.40)
* Naga Siren (5.40)
* Night Stalker (5.40)
* Nature's Prophet (5.40)
* Nyx Assassin (5.40)
* Phantom Assassin (5.40)
* Pudge (5.40)
* Queen of Pain (5.40)
* Razor (5.40)
* Riki (5.40)
* Shadow Shaman (5.40)

* Slardar (5.40)
* Sven (5.40)
* Techies (5.40)
* Terrorblade (5.40)
* Troll Warlord (5.40)
* Vengeful Spirit (5.40)
* Venomancer (5.40)
* Viper (5.40)
* Visage (5.40)
* Wraith King (5.40)
* Zeus (5.40)

5.35

* Reduced  intelligence bonus from 75 to 30.
* Increased mana bonus from 300 to 600.

5.34
  HAPPENED BETWEEN 5.33 AND 5.34
* Increased  Energy Burst mana cost from 500 to 650.

5.32

* Now requires 1  Mystic Staff (**2900** ) to build instead of 2 (total cost decreases ▼ from **10920**  to **8020** ).

5.31

* Fixed.

5.30

* CREATED

## Patch History

Patch
Description

13 Jun 2023

* Added item-related critical strike backend strings.

30 May 2023

* Fixed ability interactions between   Fireblast and  Aghanim's Scepter.

25 Apr 2023

* Fixed  Aghanim's Scepter still granting  Normal Punch upon selling the item.

14 Sep 2022

* Ability Upgrade
	+ Updated ability upgrades UI elements.
	+ Granted abilities with cooldown and mana cost in their descriptions now display their cooldown and mana cost like regular abilities.
	+ The ability upgrade UI now shows the upgraded ability traits and their upgraded values upon  `Mouse` hover.

30 Mar 2022

* Fixed selling item before disconnected granting the hero's  Ability Upgrade.
* UPDATE 2
	+ Fixed  Ability Upgrade exploit between disassembling item and resetting upgraded abilities' cooldown unintentionally.

24 Mar 2022

* Updated and redesigned  Aghanim's Scepter tooltips on abilities.

18 Aug 2021

* Aghanim's Scepter now displays the tooltip for the hero's upgrade on hover when equipped in backpack.

07 Jan 2021

* Fixed  Starstorm and  Skewer still being marked as having an  Ability Upgrade.

23 Dec 2020

* Fixed  Aghanim's Scepter still reducing  Vacuum cooldown to 12 seconds.

17 Dec 2020

* RENAMED **Ultimate Upgrade** to **Ability Upgrade**.
* Aghanim's Scepter and  Aghanim's Shard upgrades can now be directly viewed from the hero HUD, between the heroes' abilities and inventory.
	+ Hovering over the Scepter /Shard  symbols shows the hero's upgrade.
	+ When acquiring Scepter/Shard, their respective symbols in the HUD glow up.
	+ `Alt`+ `Left Click` on the symbols announces to the team if that hero has Scepter/Shard.
	+ Consumed Scepter via  Aghanim's Blessing no longer appear as a permanent status buff.
	+ Added a player-only sound effect that plays upon acquiring Scepter/Shard.

13 Jul 2020

* Updated icon.

08 Aug 2019

* Reworked  Ability Upgrade tooltips and how they appear on the abilities descriptions.

24 May 2019

* Added a new visual effect under heroes that have  Aghanim's Scepter or its buff.

08 Feb 2018

* Fixed the new  Aghanim's Scepter updates icon not showing up in the pre-game screen.

05 Feb 2018

* Heroes page now has a custom new icon for  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade details rather than using the default item icon.

01 Feb 2018

* Fixed consumed  Aghanim's Scepter having outdated values in ARDM mode.

19 Sep 2016

* Added a Permanent Buffs column in the post-game screen, tracking consumed  Aghanim's Scepter.

19 May 2016

* Fixed many outdated  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade tooltips.

24 Mar 2016

* Fixed where the item tooltip doesn't show the bonus attribute it provides if you don't own it.

16 Dec 2015

* UPDATE 5
	+ Fixed non-ultimates always displaying  Ability Upgrade tooltip, even when you didn't have the item.

06 Mar 2015

* U Fixed heroes with undroppable Aghanim's Scepter being able to gain their upgrades from  Aghanim's Scepter owned by other players.
	+ Earth Spirit
	+ Timbersaw

27 Feb 2015

* Fixed heroes with undroppable Aghanim's Scepter being able to gain their upgrades from  Aghanim's Scepter owned by other players.
	+ Meepo
	+ Ogre Magi
	+ Treant Protector

01 Oct 2013

* Item can no longer be disassembled by the following heroes:
	+ Meepo
	+ Ogre Magi

12 Jul 2012

* Updated tooltip to show when item is purchased on heroes without  Ability Upgrade.

05 Jul 2012

* The  Ability Upgrade information is shown in the ability itself while equipping item.

20 Jun 2012

* Updated the item store preview.

14 Jun 2012

* Purchasing item now updates the ability tooltip with the  Ability Upgrade information.