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Heroic Roulette
During this unsettling time of day, when all true heroes are busy with important matters, the owners of the Totalizator discreetly managed to secure a transformation into a Gambling House within the Factions Council. Now, in addition to the Totalizator, there is also a Roulette. Fortunately, it's a special one – a heroic roulette.
The roulette spins every hour and is available to heroes of level 7 and above. The minimum bet is 100 gold, and the maximum bet amount for one hero on one table is 1000 * level.
Choose a hero, a group of heroes, or HeroesLAND on the field. Place your bets, and may luck and profit be with you.

The "Eternal Battle" Adventure
A new adventure, "Eternal Battle," is now available in the Tavern.
Three paths leading to the Portal that takes you home lie before the heroes. These paths vary in length and difficulty, but they all have one thing in common: once a hero steps onto them, they begin an endless battle – until their final victory. If defeated in battle, the hero is reborn at the beginning of the path.
The reward is 15 Ancient Coins.
Initially, this adventure will be available once per day.
Important:
1. All battles with monsters take place without a party.
2. After passing the last garrison, the hero will not be able to return to help their comrades.

The Influence of Artifacts on Hero Strength
The integral indicator "hero strength" is used in our calculations for determining the size of a dynamic army of monsters, evaluating the number of Hunter points received, determining the actual strength of a hero in PvP battles with different objectives, and so on. One of the components of hero strength is the assessment of the influence of artifacts. Until now, only the four main parameters were taken into account for artifacts: attack, defense, magic power, and knowledge. Now, ALL properties of artifacts will influence hero strength to a corresponding degree.
For the duration of testing this new feature (approximately until the next Monday), HeroesLAND will hold Days of Immortality: even when defeated in battles, artifacts will not break, external units will not disappear, and first-level pets will not die. The end of the test period will be announced in advance.

Alma Mater
Enthusiast archaeologists, secretly excavating virtually the entire Preserve, finally dug their way to an ancient and long-forgotten Dungeon. The only one of them who survived managed to report that the lands there were so affected by decay and desolation that all the monsters living there had transformed into terrifying Skeleton Kings and horrifying Spider Mothers. Even the army of a free Overlord, spotted there wandering near the oldest Fortress in HeroesLAND – Serbuk Kaiyu – did not escape this fate. However, it still controls the entire region and hospitably awaits those who dare to seize it.
Heroes of level 13 and higher can enter the newly discovered Dungeon through a Portal from the Preserve. The second and last way is available only to the clan that owns the Fortress there.

PS. The new monsters are more than just unpredictable, so the Council of Factions recommends that cautious heroes conduct preliminary experimental battles in the Training Room on the stuffed animals and mannequins that were timely brought there.

Adventure: "The Runaway"
A new adventure, "The Runaway," is now available in the Tavern.
Your party must catch up with a Free Cleric, who is speeding across the underground lake towards the Whirlpool. The path to the Shipyard leads through narrow caves connected by Portals and inhabited by monsters. Mobile outposts of free heroes will try to hinder you, helping the runaway to escape. All monsters must be killed, but only any two of the free heroes need to be defeated. Whichever ones you can.
The Cleric will reach the Whirlpool in exactly one and a half hours. Hurry!
In case of defeat in battle, the hero will be reborn at the beginning of the path.
Reward: 20 Ancient Coins.

For the first time, this adventure will be available once a day.
Important:
1. All battles take place without a party.
2. Free heroes are reborn after one hour.

II. Changes in the "Eternal Battle" adventure:
The adventure is now available once a week.

III. Changes in the "Cursed Mills" adventure:
The time to complete the adventure has been increased to two hours.

Ancient Fortress of Stadif
The only surviving archaeologist who gave us access to the Alpha-Mater, even while recovering his health in the Preserve, couldn't sit idly by and eventually discovered portals to the Fortress of Stadif.
This is the oldest and most peaceful fortress: no battles are possible in its vicinity. Nevertheless, it controls the entire Preserve and is quite suitable for a siege.
The clan that captures it will receive a good income and free access to the Preserve.

Ignite and provoke. New pets
Two new pet development options for level 1 pets are now available:
1. Imp-Provocateur. Has a 10% chance to reflect enemy spells. Can cast the "Berserk" spell at an advanced level five times during a battle.
2. Incendiary Dragonling. Has a 10% chance to reflect enemy spells. Can cast the expert "Fireball" spell for 400 damage seven times during a battle.

Pirates!
Disturbing news has arrived from the Naval Department of the Council of Factions: the seas in HeroesLAND have become unsafe. Previously, sailors were only threatened by the occasional ships of free heroes (from which, however, it was easy to escape by raising the sails), but now observers report pirate attacks. These attacks occur in seemingly completely clear waters. Moreover, if you're lucky, you might only lose some gold, troops, or mana. However, there is a chance that the hero's ship will be boarded by a crew of Pirate Captains, who are not only formidable themselves but can also summon crazed Pyromaniacs for help.
The only consolation is that sometimes, instead of an attack or theft, you can find something rare in the water. And that, by defeating the pirates, you can earn something interesting: there are even rumors of mythical Pearls.
Pirates ignore heroes of level 12 and below.

The "In Search of Treasure" Adventure
A new adventure, "In Search of Treasure," is now available in the Tavern.
Your party has set out to find a treasure. To obtain the treasure map, you need to collect Bottles containing its fragments at sea. The more fragments the party collects, the more detailed the treasure map will be.
Remember that Pirates hunt for those collecting Bottles, only one hero can dig up the treasure, and the number of excavation tools is limited.
In case of defeat in battle, the hero will be resurrected at the beginning of the path.
Treasure: 30 Ancient Coins or one Pearl.

Initially, this adventure will be available once a day.
Important:
1. All battles take place without the party.
2. Those who make mistakes when choosing the excavation site will be punished by the same Pirates.
3. The boat disappears when landing on the shore.

Insurance, inflation, and a return to the roots
1. A hero insurance system has been implemented in case of server downtime. Now, after the game resumes:
- The duration of the current turn in all battles with a timer that were not completed at the time of the failure is increased by at least one day.
- The lifespan of all temporary artifacts is increased by the downtime period.
- The closing of lots on the Market and Auction House is postponed by the downtime period.
In addition, the closing of auction lots for all participants in the Competition is postponed by the duration of the Competition.
2. The exchange rate of resources for coins in the "Black Market of Coins" quest has been increased.
3. The duration of the expert spell "Force Field" has been reverted to the original two rounds.

For aquaphiles and other heroes who don't suffer from thalassophobia
I. Now, all sea battles involving only heroes (AI or real players) take place on the decks of two ships standing side by side. For other naval battles, objects have been added to the battlefield.
II. By spending a Pearl, skilled creators can now guarantee an artifact with bonus additional parameters, the number of which corresponds to their profession level.

PS. Users of VKontakte or Facebook applications can expand the game to full screen using the button located in the upper right corner. Other players can do the same using the key combination Ctrl-Alt-Shift-*.

Music from DreamRadio.ru
An internet radio station has appeared in HeroesLAND. The content is provided by our friendly portal DreamRadio.ru. The player is located in the bottom right corner of the game screen.
Choose a channel you like and play with good music.

Large Treasure
Frugal dwarves, anticipating hard times, began burying their treasures in secluded places. It is said that, in addition to rare recipes, unique artifacts can be found there: Golden Anvil, Chests of Skills, Abilities, and Intelligence, as well as many other interesting things.
As usual, information about the treasure leaked into the world of HeroesLAND. The only bad thing is that the stolen Map was torn into small pieces by competitors and scattered throughout the world. Since then, there is a small chance that, in any successful hunt on the map, you can take Fragments of the Treasure Map from the monsters, from which the Tavernkeeper in the Tavern can put together a complete Map or a part of it. It has been noticed that in the New Lands and various sea locations, this chance is higher.
Adventurous heroes who have obtained the Map arm themselves with Pickaxes and go to dig up the treasures. Characteristically, after the Treasure is dug up, the dwarves immediately bury a new one somewhere.

New Pet
Gremlins, in their pursuit of inventing new pets, turned their attention to rodents living in the basement of their laboratory. And so, as a result of lengthy experiments, the Rat was born. Mages involved in pet development immediately bred a new variety – the Frightful Rat, endowing it with amazing abilities: with a 10% chance, it can reflect an enemy spell. After an attack, it returns to its original position. The opponent cannot retaliate. When attacking, it has a high chance of frightening the opponent, who will flee and skip their turn in the current round. Five times during the battle, it can summon two Ratlings to any location on the battlefield.
The Rat is obtained in the same place as all other pets. The second level is obtained in the "Pet Development" quest.

Another good news item has arrived straight from the Capital Store. A batch of Pet Treats has just been delivered to the Miscellaneous-Scrolls department. Since the price of the new item is quite high, prudent heroes can continue to develop their pets in battles.

Runeblast
Just before the New Year, an ancient and peculiar device with the enigmatic name "Runeblast" was discovered in the abandoned storage cellars of the Guild of Mages. It resembled a table with inactive runes arranged along the edge and an arrow in the center.
The very first experiments revealed an unusual property: if the central arrow is spun using the accompanying special Handle, the rune that the arrow points to after it stops will activate, and a random artifact will appear on the table. The second, even more unusual property of the device was discovered quite by accident: if the arrow is spun at least once a day, the artifacts will become better and better with each passing day. The most interesting ones appear on the fifth day.
While the mages were trying to understand the nature of the discovered device and figure out how to produce Handles for it, the device unexpectedly disappeared and was found in one of the rooms of the Gambling House, where the shrewd owners began to allow anyone who wanted to use it. The Council of Factions is currently forced to accept this situation, although it still hopes to return the device...

Once a day, each player receives one Handle. The rest are obtained in battles on the map and in other ways.