The Forests of Caldavar map has received a complete overhaul in terms of its appearance and layout. The environment is now more dynamic and includes stunning new aesthetics, tower designs, fountains, buildings and more!
Added a new major feature: AI Bots
AI-controlled Bots are now available as an integral part of the Heroes of Newerth experience!
You can now challenge the following Bots in Matchmaking or in a custom game with friends or by yourself
Revamped the Matchmaking screen to be clearer, cleaner, and much easier to use!
You can now play with Bots, either alone or with friends!
Tutorial reworked into the new Walkthrough
The game's Walkthrough has been completely revamped with an in-depth guide to better prepare first time players for the world of Heroes of Newerth
The new Walkthrough will also include Bots so that beginners can test and develop their skills before venturing into more competitive play
Herodex reworked into the new Learnatorium
This new feature will provide players with a series of videos that reinforce and explain in great detail some of the game's basic and more complex concepts and techniques
This is where you can find all information on Heroes, which includes the following:
Hero Guides: One of the key features of the 3.0 update is the inclusion of lore within the world of HoN. Discover the story behind your favorite heroes as each one has a unique tale concerning their involvement in Newerth.
Alt Avatars
Hero Usage Graphs and Stats
Learning Videos
Hero Spotlights
Developer Blogs
New Walkthrough
Casual Mode reworked
Hero kills are worth more or less based on the Hero's GPM relative to the average GPM of the game
Slightly increase passive gold per minute
Average creep gold mechanic is now in Casual Mode
Casual mode stats are now completely hidden from everyone besides yourself
4 man concede vote changed from 30 minutes to 25 minutes
Report-A-Player has been updated to version 3.0
RAP 3.0, an all new Report-A-Player system, gives the community the power to clean up and police itself while impacting the behavior of negative players
Anyone can now report regardless of account status
Reporting can be done from in-game chat, Ally portraits, Scoreboard, or end game screen
Can now report players in Midwars
Coin deposit for reporting has been removed
Wait timer for reporting after a match has been removed
Report-A-Player button removed from top toolbar
Redesigned Report Interface
New Mute Suspension
If someone is suspended for Chat Abuse they will be restricted from using any chat or voice in a match until after their suspension has been served
This is in addition to the normal account suspensions, not replacing it
New Referral System
Players can recruit friends for in-game currency and other tangible prizes!
You can now set your referrer by name when creating account OR when playing as a new or inactive friend
You will be prompted to select people you queued with as a referrer to receive coins!
You can click on an inactive friend in the friends list to send an email to bring them back to HoN
The referral info page in the Options menu has been completely redone from the ground up
The new Referral system is both in-game and on the website!
Kick vote has been removed
You can still kick players who have been tagged as AFK
AFK kick vote will now only require 2 Yes votes
30 Heroes have had their base models redone
These heroes now look better than ever as they have been redesigned with spectacular high definition graphics!
A brave Scout nearly died fighting Pestilence. Now he is remade as the ultimate stealth assassin RXR9--enhance his weapons and armor in-game to become a last-hit master!
With crazy legs and a rifle arm, Quarterback Blitz tears up the turf and will not be denied the winning score--or the ensuing celebration dance. You must protect this house!
This Groundhog Tremble fears no man, beast, or daemon! But every time he and his pet Boris emerge from the tunnels, that cursed shadow is waiting for him. Get it Boris!
When a hero cheats Death for too long, Death leaves the job to the Shadow Wraiths, the most ruthless soul repo men in Newerth. You can run, but you'll only die tired.
The Sisterhood of Sol exists to destroy evil and headstrong Hope is their Champion, entrusted with the order's lethal artifacts and a fragment from Sol himself as he ascended to godhood. She lifts.
(This Avatar is exclusive and only available through the New Referral System)
Added new Announcer Pack: Thai
Added new Announcer Pack: Thai (English)
We are very happy to add the new Thai language announcer pack! Good luck!
Releases 2/4/2013
Bug Fixes and Optimizations[ | ]
Fixed range/radius not showing up correctly in the Learnatorium
Fixed the dot in neutral camps showing up when it shouldn't be
Succubus: Mesmerize fixed so that it properly credits Succubus for the kill if Mesmerize was transferred more than one time and Mesmerize lands the killing blow on a target
Arachna Bot
Chronos Bot
Defiler Bot
Demented Shaman Bot
