HoMM 3 – Did You Know? #211–220: Final Edition 2026
‘Did You Know?’ is a collection of small bits of information, interesting facts, and bugs from Heroes of Might and Magic III. All entries are valid for the Shadow of Death and Complete editions of the game.
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Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Did you know?
nr. 211 – 220
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- A hero on a boat can visit and pick up objects floating on water. However, AI heroes never collect Ocean Bottles.
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- AI behavior when searching for the Grail depends on difficulty: at Easy it never searches, at Normal it starts after revealing at least half of the puzzle map, at Hard after 25%, and at Expert or Impossible after uncovering just one piece.
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- Wraiths drain 2 spell points per round from the enemy hero, and the effect is applied per stack. This means that if you split them into 7 stacks, they will drain 14 spell points per round—as long as all stacks remain alive.
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- Hypnotize spell can be dispelled from a friendly unit with Cure, but only at Basic or Advanced level, since Expert Cure does not remove it. Hypnotize can also be dispelled with Dispel, Berserk or Anti-Magic spell.
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- Weakness spell specialists Cuthbert,Olema and Mirlanda also increase the Weakness effect cast automatically by the Armor of the Damned.
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- The ability to manually control castle arrow towers during sieges using the Artillery secondary skill was introduced only in the Armageddon’s Blade expansion. This information appears on page 4 of the manual.
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- Crystal Dragons do not generate any crystals with their Crystal Generation special ability while they are stationed in mines or garrisons.
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- Behemoths’ defense-reduction ability has higher priority than Frenzy. As a result, when a frenzied creature attacks a Behemoth, only the remaining defense is used for the attack bonus and damage calculation. 60% against Behemoths and just 20% against Ancient Behemoths.
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- Any combat that takes place on a tile adjacent to water will always use sand as the battlefield terrain regardless of whether the surrounding adventure map terrain is snow, swamp, lava, or anything else.
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- Creatures with a base Health value below 4 (Peasants, Pixies, and Sprites) do not benefit from the Elixir of Life’s 25% Health bonus, because it is rounded down. They only gain +4 HP provided by the artifact’s components.
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