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<p><strong>Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia</strong> (1999) is a turn-based strategy game, the third in the Heroes of Might and Magic series. It was developed by New World Computing, then a division of The 3DO Company, and published by 3DO<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20010417131754/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_122199.html" data-cite-title="3DO: Heroes of Might and Magic III ships for Macintosh (press release, 21 December 1999)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/heroes-of-might-magic-iii-remembering-erathia-15-years-later" data-cite-title="Game Developer: Heroes of Might & Magic III — Remembering Erathia, 15 Years Later (David Mullich, 28 February 2014)">[1]</span>. It came out for Windows in North America on 28 February 1999<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/heroes-of-might-magic-iii-remembering-erathia-15-years-later" data-cite-title="Game Developer: Heroes of Might & Magic III — Remembering Erathia, 15 Years Later (David Mullich, 28 February 2014)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/games/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii/editions/complete" data-cite-title="Ubisoft Store: Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete">[1]</span>, followed by a Macintosh version in December 1999<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20010417131754/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_122199.html" data-cite-title="3DO: Heroes of Might and Magic III ships for Macintosh (press release, 21 December 1999)">[1]</span> and a Linux port by Loki<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.lokigames.twolife.be/press/19991103.php" data-cite-title="Loki Entertainment Software: Heroes coming to Linux (press release, 3 November 1999)">[1]</span>, two expansions and the Heroes Chronicles episodes<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20010417131738/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_092999.html" data-cite-title="3DO: 3DO Expands Heroes of Might and Magic III — Armageddon's Blade (press release, 29 September 1999)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20010417135313/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_032100.html" data-cite-title="3DO: Heroes III: The Shadow of Death ships (press release, 21 March 2000)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20010613000124/http://www.3do.com/investors/pr_111400.html" data-cite-title="3DO: Next two episodes of Heroes Chronicles ship (press release, 14 November 2000)">[1]</span>. Ubisoft, which bought the Might and Magic brand in 2003<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20241231195705/https://h3hota.com/en/faq" data-cite-title="Horn of the Abyss: FAQ (h3hota.com)">[1]</span>, released an HD Edition in 2015<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/11/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-hd-edition-announced" data-cite-title="IGN: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD Edition announced (11 December 2014)">[1]</span>. In Russia, Buka published it as «Герои Меча и Магии III: Возрождение Эрафии»<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20210312091353/https://torick.ru/geroi-tri-v-rossii/" data-cite-title="torick.ru: Приключения третьих «Героев» в России (20 марта 2019)">[1]</span>.</p>
<p>The game is still played and modified a quarter of a century later. This wiki covers its <a href="/wiki/heroes-3/armageddons-blade/">Armageddon's Blade</a> expansion, the fan add-ons <a href="/wiki/heroes-3/horn-of-the-abyss/">Horn of the Abyss</a>, <a href="/wiki/heroes-3/in-the-wake-of-gods/">In
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/in-the-wake-of-gods/heroes-of-might-and-magic-35-wog/" data-wiki-page-id="21330">In
the Wake of Gods</a>, <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/era/homm-3-era/"
href="/wiki/heroes-3/era/">ERA</a>
data-wiki-page-id="22135">ERA</a>
and <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/the-succession-wars/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii-the-succession-wars/"
href="/wiki/heroes-3/the-succession-wars/">The
data-wiki-page-id="22137">The
Succession Wars</a>, the open engine <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/vcmi/vcmi/"
href="/wiki/heroes-3/vcmi/">VCMI</a>
data-wiki-page-id="22136">VCMI</a>
, and the <a href="/wiki/heroes-3/heroes3-remake/">Heroes
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/heroes3-remake/heroes-3-remake-about-the-game/" data-wiki-page-id="21974">Heroes
III Remake</a>. Current editions are listed on <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/where-to-buy-heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii/"
href="/wiki/heroes-3/where-to-buy-heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii/">Where
data-wiki-page-id="22070">Where
to buy Heroes of Might and Magic III</a>.</p>
<h2>Development</h2>
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<h2>Setting and story</h2>
<p>The game is set on Antagarich, a different continent of Enroth from the one in Heroes II<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.old-games.ru/game/1747.html" data-cite-title="Old-Games.ru: Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete">[1]</span>. Its story picks up after Might and Magic VI<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/11/heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-hd-edition-announced" data-cite-title="IGN: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD Edition announced (11 December 2014)">[1]</span>: Queen Catherine Ironfist, wife of King Roland, sails home to Erathia after the death of her father, King Nicolas Gryphonheart<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145036/http://www.student.oulu.fi/~mioja/Hum/H3Manual.pdf" data-cite-title="Heroes of Might and Magic III Player Manual (New World Computing / 3DO, 1999)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.old-games.ru/game/1747.html" data-cite-title="Old-Games.ru: Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete">[1]</span>. The king has been murdered by traitors and raised as an undead warlord<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gog.com/en/game/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_complete_edition" data-cite-title="GOG.com: Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete">[1]</span>. <a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm7/might-and-magic-vii-for-blood-and-honor/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm7/might-and-magic-vii-for-blood-and-honor/" data-wiki-page-id="22131">Might
and Magic VII</a>, released three months later, continues the main campaign's story on the same continent<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.filfre.net/2025/07/18/" data-cite-title="The Digital Antiquarian: The Year of Peak Might and Magic (Jimmy Maher, 18 July 2025)">[1]</span>.</p>
<h2>Gameplay</h2>
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<li>HD Mod by baratorch lets the original game run at any resolution above 800×600<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20100628100513/http://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/" data-cite-title="Heroes 3 HD — HoMM3 High Resolution Project (2010)">[1]</span>; its author is a member of the HotA Crew<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20241231195705/https://h3hota.com/en/faq" data-cite-title="Horn of the Abyss: FAQ (h3hota.com)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/heroes-3/in-the-wake-of-gods/">In
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/in-the-wake-of-gods/heroes-of-might-and-magic-35-wog/" data-wiki-page-id="21330">In
the Wake of Gods</a> and the <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/era/homm-3-era/"
href="/wiki/heroes-3/era/">ERA</a>
data-wiki-page-id="22135">ERA</a>
platform built on it<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/ethernidee/era" data-cite-title="GitHub: ethernidee/era — Extension for Heroes 3.5 engine">[1]</span>, which also runs <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/the-succession-wars/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii-the-succession-wars/"
href="/wiki/heroes-3/the-succession-wars/">The
data-wiki-page-id="22137">The
Succession Wars</a>, a total conversion recreating Heroes II<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://heroes2.forumactif.com/t1018-heroes-iii-the-succession-wars-v0-8-2-beta" data-cite-title="Forums of Enroth (official): Heroes III: The Succession Wars v0.8.2 Beta (31 December 2022)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/heroes-3/vcmi/">VCMI</a>:
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/vcmi/vcmi/" data-wiki-page-id="22136">VCMI</a>:
an open-source reimplementation of the engine that runs on desktop and mobile systems with the original data files<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://vcmi.eu/" data-cite-title="VCMI project site">[1]</span>.</li>
<li>PC Gamer published a hands-on with Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Remake on 26 August 2026<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/ive-played-heroes-of-might-and-magic-3-remake-and-i-still-cant-believe-were-getting-2-homms-in-the-same-year/" data-cite-title="PC Gamer: I've played Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Remake (26 August 2026)">[1]</span>. See <a href="/wiki/heroes-3/heroes3-remake/">Heroes
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/heroes-3/heroes3-remake/heroes-3-remake-about-the-game/" data-wiki-page-id="21974">Heroes
III Remake</a>.</li>
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