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Alfrike

Queen of Svartalfheim

### Effect 3

Dark Cube reduces max health from the target by 224. Max health can't get lower than 30% of the original max health.

### Effect 4

The target automatically casts Mindless Attack on a random ally when mana is full during 3 turns.

Released on April 23, 2020.

## Special Skill

### Effect 3

Dark Cube reduces max health from the target by 184. This effect is stronger against targets with boosted health. Max health can’t get lower than 30% of the original max health. Any boosted health is reduced by an additional 184.

### Effect 4

The target automatically casts Mindless Attack on a random ally when mana is full during 3 turns.

Alfrike’s Costume was released when Valhalla Forever continued on July 3, 2023.
Bastet

Eye of the Moon

50% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill:
\* Deals 70% damage to all enemies.
\* Dispels the latest dispellable buff from enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

All allies get +45% chance to dodge Special Skills for 3 turns. Each dodge gives +5% defense stack (Max: 10).

Bastet became available when Dynasty of Dunes continued on August 4, 2022.
Daemon

Avenger of the Withered

### Passive(s)

HEALTH RECOVERY ON BUFF RECEIVED:This character recovers 5% health when they receive a buff or a positive stack.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Blocks Talent Skill activation for the target for 3 turns.

### Effect 4

The target cannot cast any new status effects on enemies or allies for 3 turns. This includes stacks. This only includes status effects cast with Special Skills.

Daemon was introduced when the Clash of Knights event continued on January 9, 2024.
Cardinal Richelieu

Duplicitous Duke

### Passive(s)

DAMAGE ON SPECIAL SKILL AND COVER DAMAGEWhen this character receives damage from Special Skills or in place of a character in Cover, there’s a 60% chance of deal 20% of the received damage on all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Summon a Spy Fiend for all enemies. The Fiend damages the enemy with 45% attack every turn.

### Effect 3

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

### Effect 4

At the end of each turn, the Spy Fiend steals one of its target’s dispellable buffs and gives it to one character on the opposite team.

Cardinal Richelieu was introduced when the Brave Musketeers event continued on September 20, 2023.
Aqualith

Elemental Hoplite

### Passive(s)

EFFECTS ON SPECIAL SKILL50% chance to perform the following actions when this character casts their Special Skill:
• Deals 80% damage to all enemies.
• All allies get +21% critical chance for 2 turns.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

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

### Effect 2

1st:
• The caster gets Taunt that prevents enemies from using Special Skills on the caster’s allies for 2 turns.
• Deals 64 - 222 damage on all enemies after 2 turns, based on the damage the caster had taken while this effect was active. Maximum effect is achieved upon taking 50% of max health in damage.

### Effect 3

2nd:
• The caster gets Taunt that prevents enemies from using Special Skills on the caster’s allies for 3 turns.
• Deals 124 - 351 damage on all enemies after 3 turns, based on the damage the caster had taken while this effect was active. Maximum effect is achieved upon taking 50% of max health in damage.

Aqualith was introduced when Untold Tales - Mysteries of the Deep continued on September 27, 2023.
Atlantis Featured Hero History

## Atlantis Summon Featured Hero History

Atlantis Rises occurs on the first Friday of each month and runs for 60 hours.  When this occurs, the Atlantis Summon will include both two featured 5\*  Season 2 heroes, as well as two former Heroes of the Month.  While the next set of Atlantis Summon Featured Heroes are not known, certain patterns, or the length of time since last seen, can indicate when a particular hero's turn may come.

\*Atlantis Rises originally was set to run on the fourth Thursday of each Month and continue through that weekend. In November and December of 2019, it was changed to the third Thursday of the month due to the overlap of traditional Holidays. Then in February of 2020, it was changed to the first Friday of each month due to the release of Season 3.

a = Atlantis featured hero

p = Atlantis Featured Past Hero of the Month

h = Current Hero of the Month

f = Future Hero of the Month

g = Guess of past heroes if current patterns hold

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
Anubis

God of the Afterlife

60% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill:
\* Deals 70% damage to all enemies.
\* Dispels the latest dispellable buff from enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Inflicts the target with Greed for 3 turns. The enemies with Greed prevent other enemies from receiving friendly effects of their allies’ Special Skills.

### Effect 2

All enemies receive 486 Poison damage over 3 turns.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -34% defense for 3 turns.

Anubis became available when Dynasty of Dunes continued on March 16, 2023.
Calendar

The schedule of events and quests in Empires & Puzzles is quite complex.  There are daily, weekly, montly, and yearly cooldowns, quests, and events that each rotate regularly.

## 2022 Events & Summons Calendar

*All dates posited are to be considered tentative* *but based upon when they occurred last year, along with well established norms and official announcements.  Actual dates in-game are subject to change.*

*Rare quest dates are not included as they occur anywhere between 6 and 12 days apart, approximately once every nine days, making them both common and a little unpredictable date-wise.*

## Common Cooldowns:

### **Energy Replenishment**

* World Energy:  10 minutes
* Raid Energy:  1 hour
* Titan/Alliance Energy:  4 hours

### **Daily**

* Wanted Missions (12 hours between chests)
* Mystic Vision Cooldown (4 hours)
* New Titan appears (23 hours)
* Two new regular quests

### **Weekly**

* Two Class Quests
* Two Alliance Wars
* Weekly Raid Tournament

## Monthly+ Cooldowns

### **Monthly**

* Tavern of Legends (every 8 weeks from Thursday after Voyagers till Monday (96 hours); alternating with Ninja Tower & Tower of Magic)
* Ninja Tower (every 16 weeks from Thursday after Voyagers till Monday (96 hours); alternating with Tavern of Legends and Tower of Magic)
* Tower of Magic (every 16 weeks from Thursday after Voyagers till Monday (96 hours); alternating with Tavern of Legends and Ninja Tower)
* Atlantis Rising (every 4 weeks from Monday after ToL/NT/ToM till Wednesday (60 hours))
* Costume Event (every 4 weeks from Thursday after AR till Saturday (48 hours))
* Valhalla Forever (every 4 weeks from Sunday after Costumes till Tuesday (60 hours))
* Challenge Event (every 4 weeks from Thursday after VF till Monday (96 hours))
* Mythic Titan (every 4 weeks from Monday after Challenge Event till Wednesday (48 hours))
* Voyagers of the Underwild (Season IV) (every 4 weeks from Thursday after MT till Monday (96 hours))
* Path of Valor (every 8 weeks from Monday for 50 days)
* Mirages of Omega (every 4 weeks following Voyagers (generally) but date is not fixed yet)

### Annual

* Seasonal Events
	1. Easter (Springvale)
	2. Summer Solstice (Sand Empire)
	3. Halloween (Return to Morlovia)
	4. Christmas (Santa's Challenge)
Boril

Stout Defender

### Effect 1

Boril and nearby allies counterattack with 125% of the damage received for 5 turns.

**Boril** is one of 22  Epic Heroes of the original Season 1 / Classic Family. For a long time he was popular as a Tank.

### Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/boril
* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/pseudo-5-blue-classic-4-boril/260205

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

All allies counterattack with 60% damage received for 4 turns.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

All allies counterattack with 80% of the damage received for 4 turns. The counterattack damage increases by +20% each turn up to +140%.

Boril’s second costume was released when the Costume Chamber continued on November 26, 2023.
Atlantis

**Atlantis** may refer to one of two things:  Season 2, or the monthly summons related to Season 2, also known by the same name.

## Provinces & Coins

Season 2 was released in August of 2018.  The completion of a stage for the first time will award 3 Atlantis Coins

    when completed on Normal, and another 5 coins for Hard completion (which is only available after first completing it on Normal).  Subsequent completions continue to award loot, but only the first successful completion on each difficulty awards coins.  The total number of coins that you have acquired from any particular Province/Stage, along with the total number of coins available, is shown when looking at the Season 2 map.

Season 2 is also known for having Special Stages.  There are currently 4 kinds of Special Stages, including Poison Mist, Magic Night, Dense Fog, and Underwater.  These Special Stages have their own Mission associated with them and make it somewhat more difficult to complete than a traditional stage (for instance, the Underwater  stages penalize the use of Fire heroes).

## Atlantis Summon

The Atlantis Summon is fairly unique in that it is the only way to acquire previous Heroes of the Month.  The summons becomes available on the first Friday of the month and continues for 60 hours with the chance of awarding Season 2 heroes that are each generally considered superior to the Season 1 heroes available through the Training Camp.

The Atlantis Summon generally costs 350 gems per pull, or 3000 gems for a 10-pull.  There is also a built in system to accept 100 Atlantis Coins for a single pull, as well.

Each pull also fills a bonus chest that contains ascension materials.  For every 10 heroes summoned via the Atlantis Summon one bonus chest is awarded.

### Featured HotM

Each month there are two 5\* Atlantis heroes that are featured heroes, which improves the chances that you will pull those particular heroes.  There are also two previous Heroes of the Month that are fairly randomly chosen by SGG (i.e. difficult to predict) and possible to pull should lady luck be on your side. Some patterns can make certain heroes more likely, see Featured Hero History here.
Note that these previous HotM are considered a regular Atlantis pull, as such it is possible (though *highly* unlikely) for one to pull both a previous HotM along with the current HotM with just one pull.

## Atlantis Hero Families

Each Atlantis hero belongs to a particular family and will receive a small buff when they are placed on a team with another member of their family.  The three Atlantis families are:

*(Image thanks to Razor at TitanMafia )*

## Atlantis Rises

Once Season 2 was completed SGG amplified the experience surrounding the Atlantis Summon by releasing Atlantis Rising.  The timing coincides with the availability of the summons (first Friday of the Month and runs for 60 hours).  It also:

1. Reduces the energy cost of Season 2 stages
2. Increases the loot reward for all Season 2 stages

It originally was the fourth Thursday of the month, but was changed due to the release of Season 3 in February of 2020.
Arfanias

Shadow Assassin

### Effect 3

The caster gets +75% chance to dodge Special Skills that deal damage for 3 turns.

### Effect 4

Element Link gives all Dark allies +10% defense 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.

Arfanias was a featured Hero of the Month (June 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.
Aouda

Kind-hearted Princess

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Deals 500 extra damage if the target has boosted health.

Aouda first was available when Underwild continued on July 15th, 2021.

## Hero Type

### Passive(s)

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Deals 1140 extra damage if the target has boosted health.

Aouda’s Costume was released when Tremors of Underwild continued on September 7, 2023.
Dante

Adventurer of the Underworld

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana:

### Effect 2

1x Mana Charge:
\* Deals 105% damage to all enemies.
\* The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks.

### Effect 3

2x Mana Charge:
\* Deals 125% damage to all enemies.
\* The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks.
\* All enemies receive 120 Burn damage over 4 turns.

### Effect 4

3x Mana Charge:
\* Deals 205% damage to all enemies.
\* The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks.
\* All enemies receive 160 Burn damage over 4 turns.

Dante was introduced when the Tower of Styx event premiered on September 21, 2022.

All heroes of the Styx family's passive was changed in the November 2022 Balance Update where their passive was changed to

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

Prior passive was

* The duration of defense status ailments this Hero receives from Special Skills is decreased by 2 turns.
Cobalt

Cobalt is a 5 star Ice Ninja from Wizard Class with his katanas. He looks like the Ice Ninja of Mortal Kombat Sub-Zero of Lin Kuei brothers: Bi-Han and Kuai Liang.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100%/200%/300% mana:

### Effect 2

**x1 Mana Charge:**  • Deals 290% damage to the target
  • The attack has a 60% chance to bypass defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks

### Effect 3

**x2 Mana Charge:**  • Deals 325% damage to the target and nearby enemies
  • The attack has a 85% chance to bypass defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks

### Effect 4

**x3 Mana Charge:**  • Deals 360% damage to all enemies
  • The attack has a 100% chance to bypass defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks

Cobalt was introduced with the Ninja Tower event on October 2020.
Bonecrusher

Silverback Chieftain

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.

  Hunter's Vigor
When this character casts their Special Skill, they get +20% attack for 3 turns. This effect can be active in addition to other effect that alter attack.

## Special Skill

### Effect 3

 Stack (Max: 10): The caster gets +15% attack against the weaker element.

Bonecrusher was introduced when the Covenant Quest continued on March 3, 2023.
Dark Lord (boss)

*This page is for the boss fight in Dragonian Cave (Province 23). For the hero, see Dark Lord.*

The Dark Lord is the main antagonist of Empires & Puzzles season 1. He often appears as part of the story between provinces. He has horns and glowing red eyes. He always wears plate armor, a cape, and carries a book and twisted staff.

You fight the Dark Lord for the final stage of the season 1 map, as the final level of Province 23. The stage consists of 2 Doomed Lords and the Dark Lord himself. The Doomed Lords have Vampiric Touch as a special skill while the Dark Lord has Deathstrike. But, at the beginning of the game, it consists of 2 Doomed Warriors and the Dark Lord against Commander Grey. But, The Dark Lord defeats Commander Grey and steal the elemental stones.

The first time you defeat the Dark Lord, you can claim a reward under missions:

* 1  Epic Hero Token
* 2  Epic Troop Tokens
* 3  Summon Tokens

## Recommended Strategies

    Bring mana controlling heroes such as Chao, Li Xiu or Leonidas. Time Stops will also help, as does stacking multiple Holy heroes. Antidotes are also useful in cleansing lingering damage over time effects from each of their special skills.

While it is possible to win the fight with just 3\* heroes, it is challenging enough that well-leveled 4\* heroes is recommended.

The Dark Lord's special, Deathstrike, is what makes this fight so dangerous and difficult.  As such, one should avoid awarding him mana through judicious tile matching, focusing efforts on killing the two Doomed Lords first, then using those lanes to ghost tiles, killing the Dark Lord via heroes' specials rather than tiles. *(More info here)*

An ideal team would include heroes like Kiril, Li Xiu, and Chao.  Here's a full list of Mana Reducers who can assist in enemy mana manipulation.
Aramis

Romantic Musketeer

### Passive(s)

DAMAGE ON SPECIAL SKILL AND COVER DAMAGEWhen this character receives damage from Special Skills or in place of a character in Cover, there’s a 60% chance to deal 20% of the received damage on all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 375% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

Boosts all allies’ health by 40% of damage dealt.

### Effect 3

All allies are immune to new status ailments for 3 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.

Aramis was introduced when the Brave Musketeers event premiered on December 13, 2022.
Areax

Half-Horse Ice Mage

This character has innate resistance to status ailments that block Special Skills.
 Water
This character has innate resistance against Water damage.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The attack chains through all enemies who are adjacent to any hit enemy.

### Effect 3

The target receives 374 Frost damage over 2 turns.

### Effect 4

Element Link gives +10% mana generation for all Ice allies for 4 turns. This effect cannot be dispelled.

### Effect 5

LEGENDS 2023 FAMILY
Family Bonus inactive until end of 2023.
Legends 2023 family bonus: TBA

1 hero – 20%, 2 heroes – 25%, 3 heroes – 30%

Areax was a featured Hero of the Month (September 2023) 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.

Per E&P developers, element rotation change from Dark to Ice is deliberate.
Class Emblems

Class Emblems are used for acquiring a hero's class talents  and are found under the General tab of one's Inventory.  Emblems may only be invested into talents when a hero  is fully leveled, ascended, and has their special skill maxed.
Each of the 10 Hero Classes has a corresponding emblem.

## Emblem Acquisition

Emblems can be obtained from the following, ordered from most common to least common source:

* Class Quests
* Wanted Chests
* Weekly Raid Challenges
* Alliance Wars
* Rare Titans
* VIP (1 per day)
* Mystic Visions

## Reset Emblem

While reseting a hero's Talent Grid may always be done at a reasonable gem cost, this also involves the loss of 5% of the emblems invested.  The Reset Emblem accomplishes this same task, but returns **all** invested emblems.

This is an extraordinarily rare emblem. Use it wisely.

This item can be received as a reward from Wanted Missions, Rare Titan Battles, Alliance War Chest, and Class Quests (see [1]).

## Golden Emblems

**Golden Emblems** are unique emblems that allow players to unlock talents without cost of class-specific emblems, food, or iron. These can only be obtained through Tome of Emblems.

## Emblem Images

Below is a gallery displaying the emblems for each class.  Click on the emblem to view the class in question.

Barbarian EmblemCleric EmblemDruid EmblemFighter EmblemMonk EmblemPaladin EmblemRanger EmblemRogue EmblemSorcerer EmblemWizard Emblem
Costume Chamber

**Costume Chamber** is a type of Summons featuring only Costumes together with their respective (standard, Season 1) Hero. Costumes are summoned using Costume Keys or Gems: five Keys for one Summon, or 350 Gems (3000 for a 10x summon). While the Chamber is active, Costume Keys can be won at the concurrent Costume Quest.

After the March 2021 Calendar reform, the Costume Chamber and Quest open every fourth Thursday at 7:00 UTC and run for 48 hours. In 2021, these are the weeks numbered *4n+2* (starting with the 10th, then 14, 18, 22, 26 etc.), i. e. first Thursday in May and June, both first and last in July, last in August etc. The next available summon is May 10, 2022.

Upon release of secondary costumes for Classic Heroes in September 2022, pulling a hero with two sets of costumes gives the player both costumes. These costumes will also become available through HA10 retrainings, though only one will be received at a time.

Every other month offers two Featured Legendary Costumes that have an increased chance of being summoned. Each costume summon has a 1.3% chance for a bonus draw of the Hero of the Month.

Costume Summon Chances
 Epic 4\*
 non-featured Legendary 5\*
 featured Legendary 5\*
Celimene

Bard of Illusion

Reduces the effect of attack ailments by 50%. This effect applies to all enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 400% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

The target and nearby enemies can’t get their status ailments cleansed from Special Skills for 3 turns.

### Effect 3

The target and nearby enemies get -44% defense for 3 turns.

Celimene was introduced when the Challenge Festival II event continued on June 15, 2023.

## Forum link

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/search?q=celimene
Carmenta

Masked Goddess of Spiels

### Passive(s)

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Spreads all of the target’s cleansable status ailments to nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

The duration of the status ailments is reset for target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 3

Deals 495% damage to the target, and minor damage to nearby enemies.

Carmenta was introduced when the Carnival of Gods event continued on September 14, 2023.
Challenge Festival I

**Challenge Festival I** is a Challenge Event that has incorporated 5 of the original events into one new one. It premiered on December 14, 2021 and will be in rotation with the other events throughout the year. Five new 3 star heroes were added, one to each family in the event, and 3 costumes were featured, as well. More costumes will be added over time. The original event is retired but they all live on together. The summon portal features only heroes from the five families and the Hero of the Month.

These are the events that are part of this new one.

1. Pirates of Corellia
2. Riddles of Wonderland
3. Fables of Grimforest
4. Guardians of Teltoc
5. Knights of Avalon

## Conditons

  Avalon |  | * All direct damage from Special Skills is reduced by -20%.
  Wonderland |  | * The element of all Heroes changes to a different element every 3 turns. (Element rotation: Holy -> Dark -> Fire -> Nature -> Ice -> Repeat)

## Forum Links

* "Challenge Festival" Forum Tag
* "Challenge Festival I" Master Thread
Common Herbs

Various herbs commonly found in the wild.

Common Herbs one of the ingredients used in the forge to create Minor Healing Potion and Healing Potion.  It is common and can be found on any level.
The description reads, "Various herbs commonly found in the wild."

Bonus Drop Chance:

* S1: Province 1
* S1: Province 8
* S2: Province 9
Acidfire

Goblin Necromancer

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 1

Deals 355% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

Wither: The target and nearby enemies get -225 attack and -225 defense.
· Modified Ability Scores remain even if the character is defeated.
· Modified Ability Scores can't be removed with dispels or cleanses.
· Additional Wither and Growth effects modify the Ability Scores further.

· Ability Scores can be increased to a maximum of 170% of their original value.
· Ability Scores can't be reduced to lower than 30% of their original value.
· Other buffs and debuffs are applied to modified Ability Scores.

· This effect is less effective when activated by monsters and titans.

### Effect 3

The target and nearby enemies reflect status effect buffs to a random character on the opposing team for 3 turns.
· Only dispellable buffs are reflected.

Acidfire was introduced when Goblin Village continued on December 10, 2023.
Ephyra

Nereid Princess

### Passive(s)

EFFECTS ON SPECIAL SKILL50% chance to perform the following actions when this character casts their Special Skill
● Deals 80% damage to all enemies.
● All allies get +21% critical chance for 2 turns.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

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

### Effect 2

1st:
● Summons a Jellyfish Minion for each ally with +37% HP and +42% attack inherited from the caster.
●  Stack (Max 10): All allies get +5% inherited HP for new Minions they summon.

### Effect 3

2nd:
● Replaces all Fiends on all allies with Jellyfish Minions.
● Summons a Jellyfish Minion for each ally with +37% HP and +42% attack inherited from the caster.
●  Stack (Max 10): All allies get +5% inherited HP for new Minions they summon.

Ephyra was introduced when Untold Tales - Mysteries of the Deep premiered on June 7, 2023.

Stats were buffed on July 2023 Balance Update.
Cao Cao

Warlord of Wei

### Effect 2

Summons a Wei Soldier Minion for each ally with 20% HP and 25% attack inherited from the caster.

### Effect 3

Each hit from a Wei Soldier Minion dispels all dispellable buffs from the target.

### Effect 4

All allies get +30% defense for 4 turns.

Cao Cao was introduced when the War of the Three Kingdoms event continued on July 18, 2022.

Cao Cao's special skill was buffed in the August 2022 Balance Update
Gramps

Halfling Elder

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Each fallen ally has a 33% chance to get revived with 23% HP.

### Effect 2

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

Gramps 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 1

Each fallen ally has a 33% chance to get revived with 23% HP.

### Effect 2

All allies regenerate 324 HP over 4 turns.

Gramps’ Costume was released when Tremors of Underwild continued on November 8, 2023.
Azmia

Tough-as-Nails Tavern Keeper

60% 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.
\* Cleanses the latest cleansable status ailments from all allies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

The caster and nearby allies counterattack with 100% of the damage received for 4 turns. The damage of the counterattack increases by +5% with each counterattack, maxing out at 130%.

Azmia became available when Dynasty of Dunes premiered on April 21, 2022.

Azmia's stats were reduced in May 2022 Balance Update.
Damascus Blade

A blade of supremely crafted materials.

Damascus Blade is a four star ascension mat, used to ascend 5\* heroes, which 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.

Every second Farholme Pass rare quest awards a Damascus Blade.
Chat

The Chat button enables and disables a bubble in which the beginning of the most recent messages are shown.  Clicking on that bubble opens up Chat.

## Channels

   If you are a part of an alliance you have access to two separate tabs:

1.  **Global**
* General
* Peer Support
* Alliance Recruitment
* Experienced (Lvl 20+)
* Off-Topic

2.  **Alliance**

To change rooms within the Global tab, tap the word "Room" and select from the options presented.  This is also where you change the chat language, should you prefer to do so.

## Text Colors & Sizing

While the chat interface is rather simple, it does support emojis and text colors.

Text Colors are accomplished via the use of Hex Color Codes.  This is accomplished by placing the hashtag and six digit hex code inside brackets:   [#229954] is green, for instance. In the in-game chat, using the brackets & hex code will color any text thereafter that color. To accomplish a multi-color text, one must simply place a new set of brackets and hex code before the text that you wish to be the new color.

You may also alter the size of text by putting [%150] to enlarge it to 150% of the default.

## Emojis

Schmosby updated the list of emojis possible within the game.  To use emojis you simply must type a specific word with one colon on each side such as:   :smile:

You can even use these emojis in your Team names!

## Chat Bans

The chat ban is a temporary ban which will automatically expire in 7 days. You may see a red message on your chat message field. Once the ban expires, you will be able to chat without any restrictions once again.
Carol

Santa's Little Helper

### Effect 3

The target receives a Gift Bomb. After 3 turns the Gift Bomb explodes and deals 374 damage to the target and nearby enemies. The Gift Bomb also explodes when the target is defeated.

Carol was released on December 1, 2020

Gift bomb damage was buffed on July 2023 Balance Update. Carol was also given the ability to summon elf minions.
Barbarian

### Descri­ption

6% chance to apply bleeding from any normal attack. The effect deals 60% of the damage done and lasts for 5 turns. This effect stacks

## Class Quests

### Quest 2:

Trials of Survival

Barbarian is an offensive Hero Class with a passive chance to cause a bleed effect on each attack.  There are two Class Quests associated with it to acquire Class Emblems, which may then be used to acquire talents within the Barbarian 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.

## Barbarian 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* Attack + Health *or* Health + Defense, but you cannot mix-and-match Attack + Defense.
Aino

Summer Maiden

When this character starts a turn with low health for the first time during a battle, they recover 15% health and receive 15% mana.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Cleanses status ailments from all allies.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -24% mana generation for 4 turns. Against Nature characters, this status effect becomes uncleansable and lasts 2 turns longer.

**Aino** became available when Legends of Kalevala premiered on June 20, 2022.

## Forum link

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/aino-5-ice-blue-from-legends-of-kalevala/273657

## Hero Type

### Passive(s)

 Power of Sisu
When this character starts a turn with low health for the first time during a battle, they recover 15% health and receive 15% mana.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Cleanses status ailments from all allies.

### Effect 3

All enemies get -20% mana generation for 4 turns. Against Nature characters, this status effect becomes uncleansable and lasts 2 turns longer.

Aino‘s Costume was released when Legends of Kalevala returned on August 7, 2023.
Adalinda

Princess of the Hunt

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 395% 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 every 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 35% of its owner’s max health.

### Effect 4

The target and nearby enemies get -56% defense for 4 turns

Adalinda was introduced with the Covenant of Champions Summons on September 18, 2022.
Boom & Fang

Reckless Duo

50% 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 1

Summons a White Boar Mega Minion with 65% HP and 200% attack inherited from the caster.
· A Hero can have only one Mega Minion.
· Mega Minions replace all existing minions and Fiends.
· Additional minions or fiends can't replace Mega Minions.
· Effects that destroy minions instead deal damage equal to 50% of the Mega Minion's max health.
· Any other effects affecting minions won't affect Mega Minions.

### Effect 2

When summoned the White Boar Mega Minion gives its owner the ability to counterattack with 100% of the received damage as long as the owner has a White Boar Mega Minion. This effect can’t be dispelled.

Boom & Fang was introduced when Goblin Village continued on October 16, 2023.
Ahhotep

Mummy Warrior

60% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill:
\* Deals 70% damage to all enemies.
\* Dispels the latest dispellable buff from enemies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Deals 340% damage to the target and minor damage to nearby enemies.

### Effect 2

If the target is defeated in the next 3 turns, all caster’s allies get +20% mana.

Ahhotep became available when Dynasty of Dunes premiered on April 21, 2022.

## Forum link

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/ahhotep-season-5-hero-4-dark-purple-thoughts-discussion-summon-results-with-feedback/269063
Anastasia

Apprentice Summoner

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 Summons Grimoire Minion for all allies with 13% HP and 20% attack inherited from caster.

### Effect 3

2x Mana Charge:
o Summons a Grimoire Fiend for all enemies. The Fiend damage the enemy with 43% attack every turn.
o The Grimoire Fiend absorbs healing and disappears when it has absorbed health equal to 40% of its owner’s max health.
o Does 235% direct damage to all enemies.

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

Morlock Chieftan

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 2

Deals 280% damage to the target and nearby enemies.

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

A reliable compass.

Compass 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 Paths of Adventure milestones.

Every second Farholme Pass rare quest rewards a Compass.
Griffex

Modifier of Reality

Passive Skill as defending character:
This hero receives less elemental damage from Troops of stronger element.
\* Received elemental damage: -10%

### Effect 1

Reduces the mana of all Holy enemies by 100%. Reduces the mana of the other enemies by 50%.

### Effect 2

Increases the mana of all Dark allies except the caster by 30%. Increases the mana of all other allies by 15%.

Griffex became available when Contest of Elements continued on May 22, 2023.
Arges

Potion Merchant Cyclops

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

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana:

### Effect 2

1x Mana Charge:Deals 165% damages to the target and nearby enemies.The caster and nearby allies get +30% attack for 3 turns.

### Effect 3

2x Mana Charge:Deals 215% damages to the target and nearby enemies.The target and nearby enemies get -34% defense for 3 turns.

### Effect 4

3x Mana Charge:Deals 365% damages to the target and nearby enemies.The caster and nearby allies get +50% attack for 3 turns.The target and nearby enemies get -44% defense for 3 turns.

Arges was introduced when the Tower of Styx event premiered on September 21, 2022.

All heroes of the Styx family's passive was changed in the November 2022 Balance Update where their passive was changed to

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

Prior passive was

* The duration of defense status ailments this Hero receives from Special Skills is decreased by 2 turns.
Class Quests

**Class Quests**, also titled as **Trials** (**of** a given property), appear under the Quests button twice a week, on Wednesday and Sunday (morning UTC, for 24 hours). Each Trial only permits Heroes of two related Hero Classes; thus the ten Trials join Classes into two rings of five members each and use logos of the Class named first (at least in te list below). The Trials are the most reliable source of Class Emblems to improve the Heroes' Talents, the reward being the same number of emblems of both Classes.

Class Quests are available from Player level 15, with higher stages at 20 and 30.

## Trial Costs & Rewards

 Medium
 Challenging

The third stage of each trial also awards a 3\* Trainer Hero (of the element related to the class), and about once a month a reset emblem; since late 2021, this is shown in advance in the map.

## Forum links

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/class-trials
Cristóbal

Charms Professor

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 Deals 250% damage to the target.
o Deals 500% damage if the target has more than 50% health remaining.

### Effect 3

2x Mana Charge:
o Deals 215% damage to all enemies.
o Deals 430% damage to enemies with more than 50% health remaining.

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

* VO
* VF

***Expiation*** est un roman écrit par Ian McEwan en 2001. Ce livre est souvent reconnu comme étant l'un des meilleurs écrits de cet auteur.

Un film est réalisé plus tard, une adaptation du roman : *Reviens-moi* de Joe Wright. L'actrice Keira Knightley y joue le rôle de Cecilia, et l'acteur James McAvoy celui de Robbie.

## Synopsis

Sous la canicule qui frappe l'Angleterre en ce mois d'août 1935, la jeune Briony a trouvé sa vocation : elle sera romancière. Du haut de ses treize ans, elle voit dans le roman un moyen de déchiffrer le monde. Mais lorsqu'elle surprend sa soeur Cecilia avec Robbie, fils de domestique, sa réaction naïve aux désirs des adultes va provoquer une tragédie. Trois vies basculent et divergent, pour se recroiser cinq ans plus tard, dans le chaos de la guerre, entre la déroute de Dunkerque et les prémices du Blitz. Mais est-il encore temps d'expier un crime d'enfance ?

Tout en s'interrogeant sur les pouvoirs et les limites de la fiction, Ian McEwan restitue les frémissements d'une conscience, la splendeur indifférente de la nature et les tourments d'une Histoire aveugle aux individus.

Source : Quatrième de couverture du roman de poche *folio*.
Desmond

Blade Alchemist

Passive Skill as defending character:
This hero receives less elemental damage from Troops of stronger element.
\* Received elemental damage: -10%

### Effect 1

Deals 480% damage to the enemies of the edges of the enemy formation. If there is only one enemy alive, the damage is doubled.

### Effect 2

Boosts the caster’s and nearby allies’ health by 20% of the damage dealt.

### Effect 3

For each Ice enemy, the boosted health is 40% of the damage dealt to them.

### Effect 4

The enemies on the edges of the enemy formation is silenced for 3 turns. Against Ice characters, this status effect becomes uncleansable and lasts 2 turns longer.

Desmond became available when Contest of Elements continued on January 1. 2024.
Gaillard

Astute Gargoyle

Every 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

All allies are immune to incoming negative effects and damage from Fiends for 4 turns.

### Effect 3

All allies are immune to new Fiends for 4 turns.

Gaillard was introduced with the Black Friday Summons event on November 23, 2021.

Was originally named Herzog.

Sanctuary of Gargoyles premiered on May 12, 2022. The card has been replaced with a new one that has the Gargoyle Family icon present.

The May 2022 Hero Rebalance added the family to the card and increased attack, defense and health stats.

Changed in May 2022 Balance Update:

Added to the Gargoyle Family (previously did not have a Family)

Attack: 836 → 842, Defense: 718 → 725, HP: 1444 → 1458

Changed in June 2022 Balance Update:

Direct damage: 490% → 540%
Cleric

### Descri­ption

7% chance to resist any negative mana effects or effects that prevent the use of special skills

## Class Quests

### Quest 2:

Trials of Piety

Cleric is a defensive Hero Class with a passive chance to resist mana effects and special skill locks.  There are two Class Quests associated with it to acquire Class Emblems, which may then be used to acquire talents within the Cleric 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.

## Cleric 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* Health + Defense *or* Defense + Attack, but you cannot mix-and-match Health + Attack.
Covenant Quest

**Covenant Quest** (also known as ***Covenant of Champions***, which technically is now just the name of its Special Rule) is a bi-monthly unique event (it runs 3 days, Monday to Thursday morning) on the Quest screen that features 10 stages against various non-Classic Heroes fought in one single wave. Similar to Raids, battle items cannot be used and the Heroes are set within formations. It was added in September 2022 (Version 51).

## Event Stages

The composition changes/rotates, so below are just past examples (Costumed Heroes denoted with lowercase "c."). The ten Stages require 4 to 10 World Energy and Team Power between 3200 and 5000.

* September 2022
* March 2023

## Covenant Summon

Stages reward 15 to 60 **Covenant Coins** (a summon for 100) as well as 5 Emblems of various Hero Classes (10 for two especially featured in Stage 1 and 6). However, the **Covenant Summon** runs independently on the quest itself, following only some time later (and lasting 4 days).

For a complete listing of featured and available heroes in every Covenant Summon, see the master forum thread for "Covenant of Champions".

## Forum link

* https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/tag/covenant-of-champion
	+ https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/master-covenant-of-champions-faqs-team-discussion-portal-stats-summons/277466
Ares

Deity of War

### Effect 4

Element Link gives all Fire Allies +15% attack and +15% defense for 6 turns. This effect cannot be dispelled.Element Link affects all allies when using 2 or more members of the same family.
Legends 2017 family bonus: Mana Generation

1 hero – 5%, 2 heroes – 10%, 3 heroes – 15%

Ares was a featured Hero of the Month (August 2017) and, as such, cannot be produced in a training camp.

## Hero Type

### Passive(s)

 Cleanse on Special
On Special Skill cast, cleanse the newest status ailment from all allies.

## Special Skill

### Effect 1

The caster and nearby allies get +45% attack for 4 turns. The attack increases by 5% each turn, up to 60%.

### Effect 2

The caster and nearby allies counterattack with 90% of the damage received for 4 turns. The counterattack damage increases by +10% each turn, up to +120%.

### Effect 3

The caster and nearby allies regenerate 672 boosted health over 4 turns. Boosted health can exceed max HP.

### Effect 4

Element Link gives all Fire allies +15% attack and +15% defense all for 6 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.
Legends 2017 family bonus: Mana Generation.
1 hero +5%, 2 heroes +10%, 3 heroes +15%.
Element link affects all allies. Bonus for 2+ heroes.

Ares’ Costume was released March 20, 2023 as part of the Tavern of Legends portal.
Darkfeather

Adept Eagle Trainer

50% 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

Growth: All allies get 180 attack and 180 defense.

### Effect 3

All allies have 50% chance to deal 240% damage to a random enemy after any subsequent allied Special Skill is cast for 3 turns. Damage is dealt on the first Special Skill cast of each character per turn.

Darkfeather was introduced when Goblin Village premiered on September 18, 2023.
Goblin Village

**Goblin Village** is a special quest introduced as part of Version 60 that feature new Goblin Heroes.

## Goblin Family

The Goblin Family has a bonus against boosted health.

Family bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:
Each time this Hero takes damage from the enemy’s Special Skill, removes 30%/60%/100% boosted health from all enemies.

## Event Stages

Zartanis put together graphics depicting the levels and enemies in Goblin Village.
Advanced House

**Advanced House** is the Advanced form of House, available at Stronghold level 21. (Only one can be converted.) Beside larger capacity, it produces recruits from nothing, supplementing or even partially replacing battles as their source.

Similar to Iron Mines and Food Farms, this produce is stored (housed?) "separately", so must be "harvested" regularly and transferred to the "main" storage capacity shown in the status bar at the top of the Base screen, or the production will stop: when more than 10 % storage capacity has been produced, a recruits icon appears above the Advanced House (yellow when the house is full). After clicking on it, the number of recruits gained is shown in an animation of them flying up to the storage overview at the top of the screen, like with other resources.

While the Advanced House produces "people" at a discrete slow pace of at least 12 minutes for each, comparable with the Training Camps, it is much more like the other resource buildings: the production can't be accelerated with Gems, nor is there any progress bar to learn when another recruit will be available.