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1. Recommended settings. Chill timer: 2 / 1:30 / 0:30. Competitive timer: 2 / 1:10 / 0:20. 

> Fast roads only (rightmost option), water content - none, monster strength - strong, difficulty - 160%.

> Simultaneous turns 127, tournament rules - enabled, protected saves - enabled.

2. Restart 1x111. The Red player must be the first to say whether he keeps (+) or restarts (111). The Blue player can end the turn and wait until Red makes his decision. Road block restarts are not allowed.

3. (HOTA VERSION ONLY) If you have no restart and you're missing control scrolls, or you have less than 2 Schools of Magic in the Home Bunker - you can ask for technical restart. If your opponent asks for a proof, then you must present it.

4. In order to gain access to all external zones on the map, one of Border Guards (the ones that guard entrance to the middle zone) must be defeated or joined. It is not permitted to use Dimension Door (or Fly) to jump over the Border Guard, unless it is aimed in a way that instantly initiates the fight with it. If you see that your biome is missing one of Border Guards, due to another player's actions, in that case you also gain full access to the map.

5. Retreating or surrendering during the battle with your opponent is against the rules. Doing so, means you lost the game and must admit defeat.

6. "Poorman's TP" is allowed. You can retreat from a fight with neutral guards and buy back your Hero in a tavern.

7. FF242 (Final Fight on month 2 week 4 day 2). Whoever controls the central desert town by the end of this turn - wins the game. Winning the fight with only the summoned units left on the battlefield also counts as a victory.

8. No Draws. The player who deals the finishing blow in a final fight wins the game (reflected damage from the spells like Fire Shield and Magic Mirror also counts as a last hit dealt by the player who casted these spells).

T+ specific rules.

1. Players are allowed to hire one additional Hero at the start of the game and take his army. However at the end of turn 111, one of the two Heroes must be removed. Buying more than 1 Hero is strictly forbidden.

2. Players can choose any of the three available Heroes (1 they started with and 2 in the tavern) as their main Hero that they want to keep.

3. Competitive timer: 3 / 1:10 / 0:20.

4. Restarts 2x111 or 1x112.

Complete 1 Hero gaming ruleset is available on this page: Hota Online Rules (1 Hero edition).

Full changelog can be found here: Pumpkin Overhaul.

Extensive re-balance of Heroes, Units, Skills and Spells. Changes are focused on making underwhelming things more viable, more interesting, while at the same time nerfing the stuff that was banned before in order to bring it back into the game. Highly valued bonuses that are provided by Logistics and Scouting were partially transferred to all Heroes, thus making these skills less oppressive. So you don't feel like you have to get them every time or you will lose the game.

Luck and Morale now range from -5 to +5. Luck, in addition to its standard effect, now affects the chance of random on-hit attacks (such as Stone Gaze, Aging, etc.). You can now refuse unwanted Secondary Skills. If you receive a level-up, and don't want to take either of the offered skills, simply skip the hero level-up window (by clicking the Accept button, Escape, Space or Enter) without choosing any of the options.

Control spells are no longer dependent on Air and Earth Magic. Any Magic School will give you Expert TP, DD and Fly. Mana cost of certain battle spells were re-designed in order to better reflect the actual value and impact of these spells. For example single target Slow costs 5 mana, while its mass cast is 20 mana. Duration of powerful spells like Blind, Berserk, Anti-Magic and Forgetfulness were hard-capped to last only a few turns. While Slow and Haste are now capped at 1 round duration.

Buildings re-balance includes nerfs to some popular go-to builds and buffs to the ones that are often seen as nonoptimal or too slow. Build paths have been changed in some cases too. For example Hydras now only require Serpent Fly Hive and the building's cost has been reduced. I tried to preserve the Unit / Town identity whenever I can and in this case: Hydras are meant to be these slow, bulky units, not really T7 but somewhere in between T6 and T7. So now that they have become much cheaper, it should properly reflect that identity.

This version must be played with Pumpkin Patch.

Version 3.1

Variants reworked: Fast, Slow and T7.

❖ Fast variant.

• Frequency of all randomly generated boxes in the biome has been increased to 50.

• Old Fort (400% cost for T7 upgrade) is guaranteed in the Side Bunkers.

• Home Bunker is removed.

❖ Slow variant.

• Frequency of all randomly generated boxes in the biome has been reduced to 3.

• Guaranteed boxes were reduced to 1 or 2 of each tier (T1 - T5).

• Start with 2 towns (1 topside, 1 in the bunker).

❖ T7 variant.

• Frequency of all randomly generated boxes in the biome is 25.

• T6 and T7 boxes are guaranteed. More T5 boxes.

• x1 Guaranteed Relic in the biome.

• Start with 2 towns (both topside).

• Biome Bunker changes: the entrance is now guarded by 9000 value guards, inside the Bunker all joins are free (75%). Secondary entrance guard is average strength, Gold Mine guard is weak. The faction of joins is random.

❖ Added Bulwark's Dwellings and Boxes.

❖ Pendant of Reflection can now be assembled.

❖ Various changes to the numbers of Pandora's Boxes.

Biome.

❖ Ancient Lamps will now spawn on Tower and Factory biomes.

❖ Pirate Caverns will now spawn on Stronghold, Cove and Fortress biomes.

❖ Red Tower will only spawn on Conflux biomes.

❖ Experimental Shop will only spawn on Tower biomes.

❖ Wolf Rider Picket will now spawn on Stronghold biomes only.

❖ Underground Factory, creature bank that spawns on Factory biomes only (reward: Dreadnoughts).

❖ Mountain Caverns, creature bank that spawns on Dungeon biomes only (reward: Manticores).

Biome.

Castle: Archer 5 / Griffin 10 / Swordsman 6 / Monk 9 / Cavalier 7 / Angel 2

Rampart: Leprechaun 2 / Wood Elf 5 / Pegasus 8 / Dendroid 10 / Unicorn 8 / Green Dragon 5

Tower: Golem 6 / Mage 8 / Genie 6 / Naga 7 / Giant 3

Inferno: Gog 5 / Hell Hound 10 / Demon 6 / Pit Fiend 12 / Efreeti 5 / Devil 4

Necropolis: Vampire 3 / Lich 8 / Black Knight 6 / Bone Dragon 4

Dungeon: Beholder 7 / Medusa 8 / Minotaur 10 / Manticore 7 / Red Dragon 2

Stronghold: Orc 10 / Ogre 9 / Roc 4 / Cyclops 7 / Behemoth 2

Fortress: Lizardman 5 / Serpent Fly 8 / Basilisk 8 / Gorgon 7 / Wyvern 4 / Hydra 5

Conflux: Fire Elemental 4 / Earth Elemental 8 / Elemental Conflux 2 / Psychic Elemental 9 / Firebird 4

Cove: Pirate 6 / Stormbird 4 / Sea Witch 9 / Nix 5 / Sea Serpent 4

Factory: Armadillo 8 / Automaton 8 / Sandworm 4 / Gunslinger 7 / Couatl 4 / Dreadnought 5

Bulwark: Snow Elf 6 / Yeti 5 / Shaman 9 / Mammoth 5 / Jotunn 5

Treasure Zones (for side zones the number is halved, with exceptions*).

Castle: Cavalier 26 / Angel 6 (2)*

Rampart: Unicorn 30 / Green Dragon 16

Tower: Naga 26 / Giant 8

Inferno: Efreeti 14 / Devil 8

Necropolis: Black Knight 18 / Bone Dragon 10

Dungeon: Manticore 26 / Red Dragon 14

Stronghold: Cyclops 26 / Behemoth 6 (2)*

Fortress: Wyvern 16 / Hydra 22

Conflux: Psychic Elemental 34 / Firebird 12

Cove: Nix 18 / Sea Serpent 12

Factory: Gunslinger 26 / Couatl 12 (4)* / Dreadnought 22

Bulwark: Mammoth 18 / Jotunn 14

Special thanks to TieuLinh_HOTA and mTrenky for sponsoring the development of this version.

Guaranteed boxes

Castle. 2 Pikemen, 1 Archers, 3 Griffins, 1 Swordsmen, 1 Monks, 1 Zealots.

Rampart. 2 Centaurs, 1 Dwarves, 2 Grand Elves, 1 Silver Pegasi, 2 Dendroid Guards, 1 Dendroid Soldiers.

Tower. 1 Gremlins, 4 Obsidian Gargoyles, 2 Stone Golems, 1 Arch Magi, 1 Master Genies.

Inferno. 2 Imps, 1 Gogs, 2 Hellhounds, 1 Demons, 1 Pit Fiends.

Necropolis. 2 Skeletons, 2 Walking Dead, 4 Wraiths, 1 Power Liches.

Dungeon. 2 Troglodytes, 1 Beholders, 1 Medusa Queens, 1 Minotaurs, 1 Minotaur Kings.

Stronghold. 1 Goblins, 1 Wolf Riders, 5 Orcs, 3 Ogres, 1 Roc.

Fortress. 2 Gnolls, 1 Lizardmen, 3 Serpent Flies, 3 Basilisks, 1 Gorgons.

Conflux. 1 Pixies, 1 Storm Elementals, 1 Ice Elementals, 1 Fire Elementals, 2 Magma Elementals.

Cove. 2 Oceanids, 2 Crew Mates, 1 Pirates, 1 Ayssids, 2 Sea Witches, 1 Sorceresses.

Factory. 2 Halflings, 3 Mechanics, 3 Armadillos, 1 Sandworms.

Bulwark. 3 Kobolds, 2 Mountain Rams, 2 Snow Elves, 1 Yeti, 1 Shamans, 1 Great Shamans.

Capped boxes

Castle. 2 Marksmen, 1 Crusaders.

Rampart. 1 Wood Elves, 2 Pegasi.

Tower. 2 Master Gremlins, 2 Iron Golems, 0 Genies.

Inferno. 1 Magogs, 2 Horned Demons, 0 Pit Lords.

Necropolis. 0 Vampires, 0 Vampire Lords, 0 Liches.

Dungeon. 1 Harpies, 1 Harpy Hags, 3 Evil Eyes.

Stronghold. 0 Thunderbirds.

Fortress. 3 Lizard Warriors, 0 Mighty Gorgons.

Conflux. 1 Sprites, 0 Air Elementals, 0 Water Elementals, 2 Energy Elementals, 0 Earth Elementals.

Cove. 2 Corsairs, 1 Sea Dogs, 0 Stormbirds.

Factory. 2 Halfling Grenadiers, 0 Ogloi-Khorkhoi.

Bulwark. 2 Steel Elves, 1 Yeti Runemasters.

Dwellings (Triple Build)

Biome.

Castle: Swordsman 6 / Monk 16 / Cavalier 10 / Angel 1

Rampart: Elf 5 / Pegasus 8 / Dendroid 18 (red & tan biomes) / Unicorn 13 (blue & green biomes) / Green Dragon 5

Tower: Golem 6 / Genie 10 / Naga 10 / Giant 2

Inferno: Pit Fiend 12 / Efreeti 4 / Devil 4

Necropolis: Vampire 2 / Lich 8 / Black Knight 9 / Bone Dragon 8

Dungeon: Minotaur 12 / Manticore 11 / Red Dragon 2

Stronghold: Roc 3 / Cyclops 13 / Behemoth 2

Fortress: Gorgon 7 / Wyvern 3 / Hydra 9

Conflux: Elemental Conflux 2 / Psychic Elemental 14 / Firebird 5

Cove: Pirate 5 / Stormbird 3 / Sea Witch 16 / Nix 5 / Sea Serpent 5

Factory: Sandworm 3 / Gunslinger 12 / Couatl 4 / Dreadnought 7

Bulwark: Snow Elf 6 / Yeti 5 / Shaman 10 / Mammoth 5 / Jotunn 5

Dwellings (Double Build)

Biome.

Castle: Swordsman 6 / Monk 16 / Cavalier 12 / Angel 2

Rampart: Elf 5 / Pegasus 8 / Dendroid 22 (red & tan biomes) / Unicorn 16 (blue & green biomes) / Green Dragon 6

Tower: Golem 6 / Genie 12 / Naga 12 / Giant 3

Inferno: Pit Fiend 15 / Efreeti 5 / Devil 5

Necropolis: Vampire 2 / Lich 11 / Black Knight 10 / Bone Dragon 10

Dungeon: Minotaur 15 / Manticore 14 / Red Dragon 3

Stronghold: Roc 5 / Cyclops 16 / Behemoth 3

Fortress: Gorgon 9 / Wyvern 5 / Hydra 12

Conflux: Elemental Conflux 3 / Psychic Elemental 17 / Firebird 6

Cove: Pirate 5 / Stormbird 3 / Sea Witch 20 / Nix 6 / Sea Serpent 6

Factory: Sandworm 5 / Gunslinger 15 / Couatl 5 / Dreadnought 10

Bulwark: Snow Elf 6 / Yeti 5 / Shaman 13 / Mammoth 6 / Jotunn 6

Treasure Zones (for sides the number is halved, with exceptions*).

Castle: Cavalier 34 / Angel 5 (1)*

Rampart: Unicorn 44 / Green Dragon 16

Tower: Naga 32 / Giant 8

Inferno: Efreeti 12 / Devil 8

Necropolis: Black Knight 20 / Bone Dragon 18

Dungeon: Manticore 46 / Red Dragon 16

Stronghold: Cyclops 42 / Behemoth 6 (2)*

Fortress: Gorgon 22 / Wyvern 16 / Hydra 28

Conflux: Psychic Elemental 50  / Firebird 14

Cove: Nix 14 / Sea Serpent 12

Factory: Gunslinger 42 / Couatl 14 (3)* / Dreadnought 24

Bulwark: Mammoth 18 / Jotunn 14

Click here to see changelogs.