Collected artifacts in "Heroes of Might and Magic-3". Prefabricated artifact, "Heroes-3": types and properties

"Heroes of Might and Magic-3" is a legendary strategy, into which not one generation of gamers flirted. According to many, it still remains the standard of turn-based strategies, and even the subsequent parts could not outdo the success of the third. Till now disputes on what city is better do not cease. However, many forget that the balance is heavily influenced by luck and artifacts that a hero can find. Especially strong impact on the match have prefabricated artifacts. "Heroes-3" includes three stages of development (classic, "In the name of the gods", "Horn of the Abyss") with its own characteristics.

Features

What are prefabricated artifacts? "Heroes-3" contain a lot of items, the benefits of which individually may seem zero. For example, an amulet giving a 5% bonus to necromancy. Where better to replace it with a necklace that increases all attributes by +3. However, if you play for Necropolis, it is more profitable for you to create the appropriate composite artifact. "Heroes-3" have several such items. The main advantages are:

• Saving space in inventory (just in a bag);
• Additional bonuses that the hero receives after the build.

In this case, there is one negative factor. After you dress the prefabricated artifact, "Heroes-3" blocks all the cells in which the components were to be created. For example, wearing the "Cloak of the King of evil", you can no longer use necklaces and boots.

Now, having understood the peculiarities of artifacts, let's look at the items from the classic version of "Heroes".

The Elixir of Life

The first time a player can meet this object, passing the same name campaign. It is a good help for players for the "bright" side.

• Increases the health of all creatures in the hero's army by 50%.
• It takes 3 cells.
• Does not affect undead.

To collect it, you will need the following items.

1. Ring of Life. Gives +1 health to all creatures.
2. "Ring of health." Similar to the previous one.
3. "Flask of the Life Force". Increases creature health by +2.

Quite a controversial artifact. In fact, the more basic health your troops have, the greater the bonus it gives. For example, for low-level creatures, it will be useless than using elements in disassembled form. It takes quite useful slots of rings, which could give a spirit, luck or speed, as well as a few attributes.

Cornucopia

Very useful prefabricated artifact. "Heroes-3" require a lot of resources, especially at the initial stages of the game. This artifact brings in 5 pieces of each rare material per day. For assembly requires four items (and a slot, respectively).

1. "Cloak of Infinite Crystals."
2. "The inexhaustible ring of sulfur.
3. "The inexhaustible ring of precious stones."
4. "A inexhaustible bottle of mercury." It is placed in additional slots.

Since this artifact takes up a lot of space, it's best to give it to some secondary hero and put it in a remote castle. Despite the fact that it is very difficult to assemble this object due to the fact that components are very rare, it will be relevant at all stages of the game, since no one canceled the purchase of artifacts on the black market. In extreme cases, you can buy items for resources, and then exchange them on the altar for experience.

Mage's Ring

Required to collect any hero using spells in battle. In the game "Heroes of Might and Magic-3", prefabricated artifacts are usually reinforced versions of their components. And the "Ring of the Magician" is no exception. To create it, you only need three cells.

1. "Magical collar" (necklace). Increases spell duration by one turn.
2. "The Magic Ring". Increases the duration by 2 turns.
3. "Magic Cape". Has the same effect, but for 3 rounds.

Collected artifact ("Heroes-3") allows you to increase the duration of the action up to 50 moves. Thus, wearing it on a character without the skills to increase magical power, you can let him conjure at a level roughly equal to the expert.

The Wizard's Well

Allows you to fully regenerate the mana pool at the beginning of the turn. It should also be taken into account that it is being restored in the "beginning", that is, if you click the "End the move" button and you are attacked, then the mana will not be complete. The artifact takes three additional slots, so there are no special problems with it.

1. "Amulet of Mana."
2. "Talisman of Mana."
3. "Magic Mana Medal".

Separately, these artifacts simply increase the regeneration of energy by 1.2 and 3 points, respectively.

Admiral's hat

In the "Heroes 3" prefabricated artifacts can affect not only the characteristics of the hero or his attributes, but also on movement. One of the most useful artifacts (after the "Wings of an Angel") is precisely the "Admiral's Hat". It allows you to load on ships and go down to the beach without losing points of movement and the whole game day. In total you will need two items, but they occupy a couple of important slots. If necessary, the "Hat" can simply be worn before boarding the ship.

1. Captain's Hat. Adds to the spellbook the call / destruction of ships, increases the range of movement on the water and protects in whirlpools.
2. "Necklace of maritime holding." Accelerates movement on water.

Statue of the Legion

Like the "Cornucopia", this artifact is better not to wear on the main character. It increases the growth of creatures in all cities by 50%. In this case, the character does not have to be in any city. But since this artifact occupies all the additional cells, it is strictly not recommended to wear it on a "combat" hero.

1. Leg Legion. +5 Creatures of the 2nd level in the castle.
2. "Loin of the Legion" gives +4 creatures 3 levels.
3. "Torso of the Legion" guarantees +3 monster 4 level.
4. "Legion's Hands" increase the increase of level 5 creatures by 2.
5. "Head of the Legion" adds 1 to the increase in level 6 monsters.

After collecting all the items, just put them in the necessary slots - and you will get the "Legion Statue". Fortunately, in the game "Heroes of Might and Magic-3", prefabricated artifacts are not necessary to receive for winning on cards. So do not be discouraged if you do not get it. Although items for this "treasure" are often found.

Alliance of Angels

This ends the "peaceful" artifacts of the classic version of the characters. It's time to consider those items that will give at least some stats. "Alliance of Angels" not only adds to the character all the attributes, but also at the beginning of the battle uses the Allied forces "Prayer". In addition, a negative morale bonus is eliminated by mixing "good" and "neutral" creatures.

1. "Sandals of the Saint" give +2 to all attributes.
2. "Wonderful armor." +1 to all parameters.
3. "Necklace of bliss." 3 to all attributes.
4. "Shield of lion's courage" brings +4 to everything.
5. "Helmet of heavenly enlightenment." +5 to all parameters.
6. "Sword of justice". +6 to all parameters.

In general, the artifact is quite powerful, but the number of slots that it occupies make us think about the advisability of using it. For example, in many cases it is more advantageous to put boots giving a range of motion.

Cloak of the King of evil

This artifact is mandatory for any hero whose army consists of undead. He not only adds a passive bonus to the necromancy skill, but also allows you to resurrect the lice skeletons in the next level.

1. "The amulet of the undertaker."
2. "Cloak of the Vampire".
3. "Boots of the Dead."

These items give this or that percentage to the necromancy skill. Together, a composite artifact is obtained, which allows the necropolis army to win most of the large maps.

Armor of the Damned

This armor is collected quite simply. You need only a few fairly common artifacts. But in the end you will get the strongest debuff of enemy troops at the beginning of the battle - weakening, curse, slowdown and failure at 50 expert moves. It is worth noting that this artifact is good only if the enemy does not have fast and immune to magic creatures (for example, black dragons). Otherwise, he will first apply the treatment or removal of spells and the whole action of the armor will go "by the tail". So, you will need:

• "Helmet-skull", giving +2 to knowledge.
• "The Sword of the Dead Knight." 3 to the attack.
• "Armor from the ribs". +2 Strength of Magic.
• "Shield of the Dead Dead" gives +3 to defense.

As you can see, the final characteristics are not too high, so this artifact is suitable only for playing against bots or at the initial stages. In extreme cases, it can be used for lack of better.

The power of the dragon's father

This armor is going very long and tedious. It requires most of the artifacts, but the result is very doubtful. Its main feature is that it gives full invulnerability to spells of 1-4 levels, including friendly ones. So the enemy will be able to quietly destroy your troops with an "explosion", and you will not have the opportunity to resurrect them. And he does not give too many characteristics. Therefore, it is not recommended to collect it simply because there are many more useful artifacts.

• "Crown of the dragon's teeth."
• "Armor from the scales of the dragon".
• "Shield of the Dragon Scale".
• "Greaves of the Dragonbone."
• "Cape of dragon wings."
• "Necklace from the teeth of the dragon."
• "The still eye of a dragon."
• "The tongues of the flame of the red dragon."
• "The frozen eye of the dragon."

Titan's crash

A unique sword that gives the owner the same spell that deals 600 damage. This value can be increased by having the "Air Sphere" and the magic skill. It takes 4 cells and gives +9 to all characteristics. Not the best ratio of utility and space, and it's going to be long enough because of the rarity of the components.

1. "The Thunder Helmet."
2. "Gladius of the Titan".
3. "Titanium Breastplate".
4. "Shield of the sentry".

All items give just a huge bonus to one of the characteristics, but they take a little from the other. Thus, they conveniently close the "holes" in pumping the character, but do not use as the main artifacts.

Sniper's Bow

This is the last composite artifact. Allows the shooters in the hero's army to shoot when there are enemies nearby and removes all fines (distance and obstacle). It only takes 3 additional cells. But given that the strongest creatures in the game are fighting in hand-to-hand combat, the effectiveness of the subject tends to zero.

1. "Onion from the cherry tree of elves."
2. "Bow of the unicorn mane."
3. "Arrows from the feathers of an angel."

In their "normal" state, these artifacts increase the skill of shooting, but only if it has a character. Thus, these items are useful only to heroes with specialization, in contrast to the same "Cloak of the King of evil", which resurrects the fallen soldiers even in the absence of "Necromancy."

Armageddon Blade

In prefabricated artifacts ("Heroes-3") "Armageddon's Blade" is very conditional. Those who played in the corresponding campaign may think that this artifact can be collected in single missions, similar to the previous ones. However, it is not. "Blade Armageddon" is collected exclusively in the campaign, and in solitary can appear immediately in the assembled form. To avoid misunderstanding, we present a list of items that need to be collected in the course of missions.

1. "Shield of the Damned".
2. "Sulfur armor."
3. "Sword of Hellfire".

The ax of the ferocity of the Lord of the Barbarians

Be careful, this item is only available in version 3.58f (WoG). Prefabricated artifacts from previous versions can also be collected from old recipes. "Ax" adds to all creatures (except shooters) an additional melee attack. Thus, the monsters begin to beat twice, and those who already had a double attack (the Crusaders) begin to beat three times.

1. "The punishing club of an ogre."
2. "Tar of the furious ogre."
3. "Tunic of the King of the Cyclops."
4. "Crown of the High Magician."

The subject bears a clear direction for the heroes of Bracada (the barbarians). It is ideal for players who take a number or do not use magic. Other new prefabricated artifacts ("Heroes 3: WoG") you will not find.

Pendant of reflection

In the latest update, released in 2013, there were new prefabricated artifacts. "Heroes-3: The Horn of the Abyss" added to the game not only new creatures and the city, but also as many as four assemblies. "Pendant of Reflection" increases the resistance of troops to spells by 50%. It is collected from three familiar items with the same, but smaller bonus.

1. "Necklace of inaccessibility."
2. "Mantle of balance".
3. "Boots of opposition".

The essence of the artifact is simple - an increase in the total bonus. Good against opponents with high "Strength of Magic".

Golden goose

Prefabricated artifacts ("Heroes-3: HotA") continue to please with its consistency. The next subject - "Golden Goose", is a reasonable continuation of the "Cornucopia" and is collected from artifacts that bring gold.

1. "Inexhaustible moshna."
2. "The inexhaustible sum."
3. "Inexhaustible bag".

Total, you get an item that adds 7000 gold to the daily income of the owner. This amount of money will always be useful, regardless of the stage of the game and the development of your hero.

The mantle of a diplomat

Remember a set of fairly useless items that allow you to bargain with neutral monsters? Now they can be combined in the "Mantle", which allows you to pay off when defending cities, and even from neutral monsters.

1. "Medal of the diplomat".
2. "Ring of the diplomat".
3. "Tape of the Ambassador".

Iron fist fence

Unfortunately, the updates "In Wake of Gods" and "Horn of the Abyss" are not installed at the same time. Remember the recipe from 3.58f? So it is also applicable to the HotA version. However, the result is slightly different. In the "Horn of the Abyss," this artifact uses allied creatures in combat spells: acceleration, thirst for blood, fire shield and counterattack.

Finally, in the game "Heroes-3" prefabricated artefacts (sets) ended. Is it worth it to look specifically and immediately put on a character? Hardly. There are a lot of different artifacts (139 in the "Armageddon Blade"), which perfectly replace the sets and are much easier to get. In addition, most prefabricated artefacts block cells for such useful artifacts as "Angel Wings", spell books, rings, increasing movement and many, many others.