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"Best Tactician" Contest.
We invite everyone to participate in the "Best Tactician" contest.
The essence of the contest: win the demo battle (available without registration or SMS) and post your result in the corresponding forum thread before 00:00 Moscow time on April 1, 2019.

The winners will be determined by the size of the losses at the end of the battle - the smaller, the better. If the losses are equal, the winning move number will be taken into account - the smaller, the better. If the winning move number is the same, the result that was published earlier will be considered the best.
In the message about the result, you should indicate the composition and number of the army remaining on the battlefield, as well as the winning move number.

Each participant claiming victory in the contest must, upon request, provide:
1. A complete screenshot of the battlefield after clicking the "Finish Deployment" button.
2. A complete screenshot with the battle results window.
3. The complete text of the battle log. Please note that the battle log text is periodically cleared. Therefore, it should be copied and saved in portions.

Players who take the first five places will receive, in addition to honor and respect, any of the recipes for new creatures as a reward.

If anyone thought that HeroesLAND was over, they were wrong: HeroesLAND is doing its best to continue :о)

Here is a brief list of new features added since the last version:
Several hundred new artifacts and their sets have been added.
Several unique adventures have been added to the Tavern.
The ability to capture territory has been added, along with the associated political map of the world.
A "Blacklist" has been added to the chat. Messages from heroes on this list are not visible to its owner.
A "Games" section has been added to the "Gambling House", featuring two games: "Dice of Fortune" and "Army Competition without Hero Participation".
A new battle format has been added: 3x3.
A new title has been added: "Best Hunter of the Season". It is awarded to the top five hunters of each season.
The Mentorship system has been introduced. Mentors are obliged to help Apprentices learn the game, explain the intricacies of the game mechanics, and give advice on hero development, receiving in return a small share of all Gold income without any detriment to the Apprentices.
"Hiring Contracts" have been added - artifacts that summon a small squad of troops of a specific type to the hero's army at the beginning of each battle.
Clan maps have appeared, the creation and maintenance of which require Clan Crowns. On these maps, the clan can build special structures that help the clan: Portal Palace, Factory, Financial Chamber, and House of Effects.
A new type of tournament has been added: "Youth Duel". Heroes of players who have been in the game for no more than three months can participate in it.
A new map, "Basalt Caves", has been opened, where Dragonids live and where artifacts from the "Boiling Basalt Set" are mined.
A new hall, "Jewelry", has been added to the Grail. There, jewelers can create and cut precious stones, which are then used to decorate artifacts, endowing them with special properties.
A Feudalism mechanism has been added to the Castle, allowing its owner to attract heroes to earn resources on both sides, which are not available anywhere else.
The intelligence of monsters in battles has been significantly improved, and ways to reduce it have been added.
The "Great Hunt" event has been added, where heroes can earn discounts for their faction in the Stores and at the Auction.
New hero specializations have been added: Clone, Wrath, and Resilience.
A global game event, "Bandarlog Attack", has been added. Bandarlogs periodically capture structures on the map, from which they must be driven out, earning bonuses for heroes and their faction.
11 new abilities have been added, allowing you to improve various hero parameters - from modifying damage to the chance of reflecting enemy spells.
A Moat has been added to Castle sieges, stopping troops and inflicting damage on them.
The Gong now allows you to create custom competitions. Anyone can choose the type of competition, set the levels of participants, and offer a reward for the winner on the "Competitions" tab.
A new map, "Adamantine Mines", has been added, possessing unique properties: no restrictions apply to PvP battles on it. A new resource, Adamantine, and parts of the "Adamantine Set" are also mined there.
A new type of battlefield has been added - the Labyrinth. In the Labyrinth, archers cannot shoot, and flying units cannot fly.
Astrologers have appeared in the game, announcing "Hours of Weakness, Hours of Strength, Hours of Magic Suppression, or Hours of Expert Magic". During the hour, the damage of the announced troops is increased or decreased in battles on the map, or the spells of the declared School of Magic are blocked or become expert.
The ability to attack the maps of hostile clans with the aim of looting to obtain Clan Crowns has appeared. Looted structures that the clan could not protect will require repair to restore their functionality.
Finally, a personal Fog of War has been added for each hero, which dissipates as he moves around the map.
Automatic account creation has been implemented when the mobile application is launched for the first time. Now you can start playing without предварительной registration.

2025

2024, a year filled with various events, is coming to an end, and a new year, 2025, is beginning.

In HeroesLAND, under the shade of festive trees, the Weary New Year Trees have grown again, periodically helping the local inhabitants with the "Curse" and "Healing" spells. Under the Weary Trees, the unusual creature Dundun Jan can be found again, reducing the health of each unit in the target stack to one with its attack.

Bands of Matryoshka Snowmen are once again pretending to be New Year Snowmen and consist of Matryoshka Snowmen, Clumped Snowmen, and Snowman Gang Leaders.

The New Year Tournament is in full swing.
As before, New Year Treasure Chests appear on the map, containing Sacks of Gifts, in which you can find masquerade costumes, Armageddon's Blade, and Charms of all kinds.
As always, in any battles on the map, you can find Sacks of Gifts, New Year Fireworks, "Snowman" Sets, and other New Year souvenirs, among which this year there is also an experimental artifact Last Survivor.
Before the New Year, another sleigh with new surprises is expected to arrive.
Thanks to a complex operation by the Heroic Security Committee, the expected monster attacks have been postponed.

For the entire New Year holiday, the Days of Immortality are declared: even when defeated in battles, artifacts do not break, external units do not disappear, and level 1 pets do not die.

We will celebrate until the Old New Year.
Happy New Year, friends.

Jewelry Making
The science and practice of jewelry making are constantly evolving. The Council of Factions reports that they have successfully created a Jewelry Drill – a tool that allows for drilling additional holes in artifacts to accommodate precious stones. It can only be used on artifacts that are already designated as being able to be inlaid. The maximum number of holes in a single artifact is three.
Such a powerful effect on artifacts has become possible only thanks to the magical emanations of various types of Blood, which are part of the Jewelry Drill Recipe. This recipe can only be obtained from the Dragonians in the Basalt Caves.
The efforts of heroes in drilling artifacts are rewarded with a new title: "Hole Maker" – awarded for 30 uses of the Jewelry Drill. Increases the hero's attack, defense, magic power, and knowledge by 3. Reduces incoming physical damage by 3%. Cannot be obtained before level 16.

Thirteen years since the project's release
And once again, February 20th is approaching – the day when, thirteen years ago, the HeroesLAND project completed its birth stage and entered its full-fledged life. To celebrate this festive occasion, heroic festivities are announced for all.

Various interesting locations become available: Vampire Bunkers, Scarecrows, Huts on Chicken Legs, and Houses of Wet Evil.
In any battle on the world map, any hero can receive a Festive Bag with gifts.
The traditional heroic fun – the Battles of Young Patriots – has already begun. Details here.
From 00:00 MSK on February 17th to 00:00 MSK on February 24th, 2025, a Competitive event is announced for all heroes from level nine in the following categories: "Hunter's Marks / Hero Level," "Victories in PvP Battles in the Competitive event," and "Objects Liberated from Baboons." Heroes of each of the 18 types who win in each category will have the opportunity to choose either a Gilded Sword or a Staff of Raging Fire as a reward, with a name, an extended set of additional parameters, and two slots for inlaying precious stones.

From this moment and throughout the holidays, the Days of Immortality are announced: even when defeated in battles, artifacts will not break, external units will not disappear, and first-level pets will not die.

Let's celebrate right now and until the morning of February 24th. Hooray!

Attacks on Capital Lands
A terrible thing has happened: the evil attention of the Dark Gods towards the world of HeroesLAND has finally materialized. And they began with attempts to organize attacks on the capital lands. These attempts are still quite primitive, but already dangerous enough: periodically, at a certain time, hordes of monsters appear in all capital lands.
The good thing is that these monsters don't live long, and they are easy to identify: they always belong to one of two Factions, different from the inhabitants of the attacked Capital. In addition, these monsters selectively allow only heroes of certain levels and races to attack them. The bad thing is that, according to rumors, powerful free heroes will soon join the ordinary monsters. And that the Dark Gods promise to inflict various misfortunes on the Faction in case of successful attacks.
The Council of Factions draws the attention of heroes to the fact that, due to the selectivity of the attackers, forces from all inhabitants of the Capitals will be required to fight them. It also undertakes to keep detailed records of all such efforts in order to honor the best defenders. In addition, the Council will issue badges for victories in these battles: Faction Defender, which can soon be exchanged in the Tavern for various interesting items, and a new title: Victor.
Intelligence reports that the first attacks will occur on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, approximately at 19:00 MSK. Heroes will be informed about this through a system message.

80 Years Since the Great Victory
On May 9th, we will all celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which the Soviet Union concluded in 1945 by defeating Nazi Germany and all its allies. I really hope that we will always do this – no matter what difficulties we face. We must remember, thank, and honor all those who won this victory at a terrible cost. Happy Victory Day, friends. In HeroesLAND, more than ever hoping for revenge, in their Bunkers, the Vampire Bats have been resurrected, supported by the evil Zomboshteyns from their Portals. Until the morning of May 12th, those heroes who can remind the enemies what the truth is will receive Badges of Victory over Vampirism, which can be exchanged in the Tavern for regular or anniversary Badges of Victory.

"Wrath of the Griffons" Training
At the очередном gathering of HeroesLAND warriors, the usually stoic Royal Griffons suddenly erupted in an angry speech. It turned out that over the past six years, since the suppression of the "Dark Alliance" uprising, they had been accumulating their royal irritation.
"What kind of additional attack is that!" - the eagle-lions grumbled. "A counterattack is what matters!". "And if anyone with a pot on their head and a knife in their paws dares to object, let them come out for a fair fight!". No one volunteered.

To resolve the situation, the Council of Factions organized the "Wrath of the Griffons" training. They created the appropriate artifacts, with which they additionally armed the previously captured messengers of the Dark Gods, and invited all willing heroes to participate.

In these challenging exercises:
1. Heroes of level 12 and higher are allowed to participate.
2. The number of attempts for each hero is limited to ten.
3. Recruiting neutral and third-party troops into the army is not allowed.
4. It is allowed to organize both solo and joint campaigns of heroes from different factions, with a maximum level difference of two.

The Council of Factions hopes that two weeks will be enough to evaluate the new artifacts. For each victorious battle, heroes will receive a small amount of Gold and a random Charm. The ten best participants in the training will be awarded artifacts, and the three best clans will receive Clan Chests.

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Anniversary of the start of alpha testing
On May 29, we will celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the start of the open alpha testing of HeroesLAND.
In this regard, until the morning of the following Monday, June 2, firstly, the Days of Immortality are declared: even if defeated in battles, artifacts will not break, third-party units will not disappear, and first-level pets will not die. Secondly, as a reward for any successful battle on the world map during this time, Alpha Bags may appear, opening which, heroes will receive gifts.
Happy holidays, friends.

Spell Modification
In the world of HeroesLAND, only basic attacks and defense are as fundamental as basic spells. Therefore, no one has even considered the possibility of modifying spells.
However, this did not stop a group of young masters in the laboratories of the Council of Factions. They decided to start with area-of-effect damage spells, hoping to give them additional tactical bonuses. As a result, it became possible to implement a pushback effect for the spells "Ice Ring", "Meteor Shower", and "Fireball": units that take damage are moved one tile away from the center of the spell's application, if possible.
This feature is currently planned to be implemented in the corresponding specializations, as well as to be added to the Rings of Conflict and the Rings of Discord.
So that heroes can appreciate the innovation, the Council of Factions has allocated the necessary resources to give the pushback effect to any spells of the specified types until the next Monday.

Brothers
When the work on breeding and introducing new pets reached a complete dead end, something small and wearing a helmet spontaneously appeared in one of the laboratories. When one of the scientists, in frustration, mentioned that it would be humane to euthanize it so it wouldn't suffer, something much larger, but also wearing a helmet, appeared out of nowhere and looked intently at everyone present...
As a result, a new pet appeared in the world of HeroesLAND - Little Brother. This pet differs significantly from others in that it mainly prefers not to fight on its own, but calls for help from Big Brother, who can cast the expert spell "Quicksand" three times per battle, and whose very presence on the battlefield imposes the "Big Brother's Gaze" aura on opponents, reducing all parameters of their units by one. Both brothers have a 10% chance of reflecting an enemy spell, are immune to the "Clone" spell, and have a retaliatory strike.
You can obtain Little Brother in the "Pet Development" quest.

The new properties have significantly affected the magical and physical foundations of combat, so the Council of Factions declares unscheduled Days of Immortality until Monday: even when defeated in battles, artifacts are not broken, external units are not lost, and first-level pets do not die.

July Modifications
1. For spell specializations:
- mana cost for the specialization's primary spell is reduced by 25%;
- if the hero's spellbook already contains the specialization's primary spell, its quantity increases by a number depending on the spell's level;
- the "Inferno" specialization has been replaced with the "Burning" specialization, which fully functions for "Inferno" and "Fireball" spells.
2. The parameters of the "Magic" skill have been changed from 10 / 15 / 20 to 10 / 20 / 30.
3. A new unit ability has been added, reducing the attack of the attacking unit. This ability is now granted to the hero's troops by equipping Rings of Unlove and Paired Rings of Hatred, which reduce the attack of attacking units of the corresponding race or all races, respectively.

Orders for repelling raids on faction lands
The Council of Factions is closely monitoring the efforts of our brave heroes, who daily repel monster raids on faction lands. To reward these efforts, it was decided to create a set of Orders, while simultaneously introducing new items into the game:
1. Order of the Last Survivor. Grants hero units the "Last Survivor" property: once per battle, a defeated unit survives with one health point.
2. Order of Unity. When any friendly unit is defeated in battle, it significantly increases the health of the remaining units in the army until the end of the current round.
3. Order of the Exorcist. Increases the physical damage of hero units against any summoned creatures.
4. Order of Fury. In battle, increases the attack of units by a percentage of their hero's Magic Power. Incompatible with the Order of Resilience.
5. Order of Resilience. In battle, increases the defense of units by a percentage of their hero's Knowledge. Incompatible with the Order of Fury.
Orders can be exchanged in the Tavern for "Faction Defender" tokens. The parameters of the Orders and their exchange rate may be modified.

The Battle of Kulikovo 2025.
September 21st is approaching – the day when, in 1380, the decisive battle between the united Russian army led by the Grand Prince of Moscow, Dmitry Donskoy, and the army of the Golden Horde’s temnik Mamai took place on the Kulikovo field.
In HeroesLAND, two annual festive Tournaments are timed to coincide with this date: the Grand and Small "Battle of Kulikovo" Tournaments, which will start on September 15, 2025, and last for the next two weeks. Heroes of level 7 or higher are allowed to participate in the Tournaments, and their army must consist only of either Russian (Peresvet, Russian Warriors, and Russian Battle Haystacks) or Horde (Chelubey, Horde Warriors, and Horde Battle Barrels) units.
Those who wish can purchase the corresponding packaged units in the Capital Store, in the "Scrolls" section.
In the Grand Tournament, heroes can use everything they have acquired during the game, with the exception of rare artifacts and some Medallions. The spells "Explosion" and "Summon Elementals" are prohibited. Mana is limited by the hero's "Knowledge" parameter.
In the Small Tournament, the charisma, intelligence, skills, and abilities of heroes are limited to standard values. Also, all additional parameters obtained for achievements, added by the Creators, Masters of Names, inlays, Charms, etc., are not taken into account.
At the end of the Tournaments, the winners will be awarded commemorative medals of the first, second, or third degree, and all thematic troops and packages will be removed.

Order of Tactics.
A new Order has been added, obtainable by successfully defending against monster raids on faction lands: "Order of Tactics".
Increases the attack, defense, magic power, and knowledge of the hero by 1. For direct attacks, it increases the physical damage of the hero's units when striking from the side or behind.
Additionally, the "Faction Defender" now doubles the hero's mana reserve when used.

Dragons demand and receive
Inspired by the example of the Rusty Dragons, the other higher Dragons demanded that their ancestral abilities be restored. No one dared to object, and from now on:
Azure Dragons, by their mere presence on the battlefield, impose an Aura of Terror on enemy troops, causing them to potentially skip their turn.
Fabled Dragons have gained a chance to cast Chain Lightning.