Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia/Artifacts

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Bonus Information

Most bonuses are additive in this game. For example, if the hero has both the Ring of Conjuring and Cape of Conjuring, then the hero's spells will have their duration increased by 5 rounds. Similarly, for percentage bonuses, a Hero with the Amulet of the Undertaker and the Dead Man's Boots will receive a 20% bonus to his Necromancy skill.

In the case of bonuses to skills, the hero only gains the bonuses if he has learned the relavant skill.

Item Classes

Item Classes are used by the game to determine a lot of different things in the game. There are four ranks of items, and from weakest to strongest, they are Treasure, Minor, Major, and Relic. As expected, the higher the rank the item, there will be less of them available on the map, they will be guarded more heavily, and they will cost more.

Artifacts

Head

Each hero can equip one head item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Helm of the Alabaster Unicorn	Treasure	Increases Knowledge by 1 point.
	Skull Helmet	Treasure	Increases Knowledge by 2 points.
	Helm of Chaos	Minor	Increases Knowledge by 3 points.
	Crown of the Supreme Magi	Minor	Increases Knowledge by 4 points.
	Hellstorm Helmet	Major	Increases Knowledge by 5 points.
	Thunder Helmet	Relic	Increases Knowledge by 10 points, but decreases Power by 2 points.
	Crown of Dragontooth	Relic	Increases both Power and Knowledge by 4 points.
	Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment	Relic	Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 6 points each.
	Sea Captain's Hat	Relic	Increases your movement at sea, allows you to summon and destroy boats, and you are immune to the negative effects of whirlpools.

Neck

Each hero can equip one neck item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Amulet of the Undertaker	Treasure	Increases the number of creatures raised through the Necromancy skill by 5%.
	Collar of Conjuring	Treasure	Any spells you cast have their duration increased by 1 round.
	Necklace of Swiftness	Treasure	Increases the combat speed of all your units by 1.
	Pendant of Death	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Destroy Undead spell
	Pendant of Dispassion	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Berserk spell
	Pendant of Free Will	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Hypnotize spell
	Pendant of Holiness	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Curse spell
	Pendant of Life	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Death Ripple spell
	Pendant of Second Sight	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Blind spell
	Pendant of Total Recall	Treasure	Makes all of your units immune to the Forgetfulness spell
	Garniture of Interference	Major	All of your troops have a +5% chance to ignore hostile spells.
	Necklace of Dragonteeth	Major	Increases both Power and Knowledge by 3 points.
	Necklace of Ocean Guidance	Major	Increases your movement points while at sea.
	Pendant of Agitation	Major	Makes your troops immune to lightning spells.
	Pendant of Courage	Major	Increases your units Morale and Luck by 3 points each.
	Statesman's Medal	Major	Reduces the cost of surrendering.
	Celestial Necklace of Bliss	Relic	Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 3 points each.

Shoulders

Each hero can equip one shoulders item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Cape of Conjuring	Treasure	Increases the duration of all spells you cast by 3 rounds.
	Dragon Wing Tabard	Minor	Increases both Power and Knowledge by 2 points.
	Vampire's Cowl	Minor	Increases the number of creatures raised through the Necromancy skill by 10%.
	Ambassador's Sash	Major	Reduces the cost of surrendering.
	Cape of Velocity	Major	Increases the combat speed of all your creatures by 2.
	Everflowing Crystal Cloak	Major	Adds 1 Crystal per day to your resource pool.
	Recanter's Cloak	Major	Neither you nor your opponent can cast level 3 spells or higher in combat.
	Surcoat of Counterpoise	Major	Gives your troops a +10% chance to ignore the effects of hostile spells.
	Angel's Wings	Relic	Allows the hero to fly over obstacles on the adventure map.

Right Hand

Each hero can equip one right hand item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Centaur's Ax	Treasure	Increases Attack by 2 points.
	Blackshard of the Dead Knight	Minor	Increases Attack by 3 points.
	Greater Gnoll's Flail	Minor	Increases Attack by 4 points.
	Red Dragon Flame Tounge	Minor	Increases both Attack and Defense by 2 points.
	Ogre's Club of Havoc	Major	Increases Attack by 5 points.
	Sword of Hellfire	Major	Increases Attack by 6 points.
	Titan's Gladius	Relic	Increases Attack by 12 points, but decreases Defense by 3 points.
	Sword of Judgment	Relic	Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 5 points each.
	Armageddon's Blade	Relic	Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 3 points each. Adds the Armageddon spell to the hero's spellbook at expert level. All of your troops become immune to the Armageddon spell.

Left Hand

Each hero can equip one left hand item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Shield of the Dwarven Lords	Treasure	Increases Defense by 2 points.
	Shield of the Yawning Dead	Minor	Increases Defense by 3 points.
	Buckler of the Gnoll King	Minor	Increases Defense by 4 points.
	Targ of the Rampaging Ogre	Major	Increases Defense by 5 points.
	Shield of the Damned	Major	Increases Defense by 6 points.
	Dragon Scale Shield	Major	Increases both Attack and Defense by 3 points.
	Sentinel's Shield	Relic	Increases Defense by 12 points, but reduces Attack by 3 points.
	Lion's Shield of Courage	Relic	Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 4 points each.

Torso

Each hero can equip one torso item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Breastplate of Petrified Wood	Treasure	Increases Power by 1 point.
	Rib Cage	Minor	Increases Power by 2 points.
	Scales of the Greater Basilisk.	Minor	Increases Power by 3 points.
	Armor of Wonder	Minor	Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 1 point each.
	Tunic of the Cyclops King	Major	Increases Power by 4 points.
	Breastplate of Brimstone	Major	Increases Power by 5 points.
	Titan's Curiass	Relic	Increases Power by 10 points, but reduces Knowledge by 2 points.
	Dragon Scale Armor	Relic	Increases both Attack and Defense by 4 points.

Finger

Each hero can equip up to two finger items.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Quiet Eye of the Dragon	Treasure	Increases both Attack and Defense by 1 point.
	Ring of Conjuring	Treasure	Increases the duration of all spells you cast by 2 rounds.
	Ring of Vitality	Treasure	Increases the health of each of your units by 1.
	Still Eye of the Dragon	Treasure	Increases both Morale and Luck by 1 point.
	Equestrian's Golves	Minor	Increases your movement speed on land.
	Diplomat's Ring	Major	Reduces the cost of surrendering.
	Eversmoking Ring of Sulfur	Major	Adds 1 Sulfur per day to your resource pool.
	Ring of Infinite Gems	Major	Adds 1 Gems per day to your resource pool.
	Ring of the Wayfarer	Major	Increases the combat speed of your units by 1.

Feet

Each hero can equip one feet item.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Dragonbone Greaves	Treasure	Increases both Power and Knowledge by 1 point.
	Boots of Speed	Minor	Increases your movement speed on land.
	Dead Man's Boots	Major	Increases the number of creatures raised by your Necromancy skill by 15%
	Boots of Levitation	Relic	Allows the hero to walk over water on the adventure map.
	Boots of Polarity	Relic	Gives your troops a +15% chance to ignore the effect of hostile spells.
	Sandals of the Saint	Relic	Increases your Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by 2 points each.

Miscellaneous

Each hero can equip up to five miscellaneous items.

There is additional miscellaneous artifact called a Spell Scroll. A Spell Scroll can have any spell in the game on it, and that spell is added to your spellbook, but only while you have the scroll equipped.

Image	Name	Item Class	Description
	Badge of Courage	Treasure	Increases Morale by 1 point.
	Bow of Elven Cherrywood	Treasure	Increases a hero's Archery skill by 5%.
	Bird of Perception	Treasure	Increases the hero's Eagle Eye skill by 5%
	Cards of Prophecy	Treasure	Increases Luck by 1 point.
	Charm of Mana	Treasure	The hero will regain 1 extra spell point per day.
	Clover of Fortune	Treasure	Increases Luck by 1 point.
	Crest of Valor	Treasure	Increases Morale by 1 point.
	Glyph of Gallantry	Treasure	Increases Morale by 1 point.
	Hourglass of the Evil Hour	Treasure	Negates all Luck bonuses in combat for both you and your opponent.
	Ladybird of Luck	Treasure	Increases Luck by 1 point.
	Legs of Legion	Treasure	If the hero is in a town, this will increase the number of level 2 troops generated per week by 5.
	Mystic Orb of Mana	Treasure	The hero will regain 3 extra spell points per day.
	Speculum	Treasure	Increases the hero's scouting radius by 1.
	Spirit of Oppression	Treasure	Negates all Morale bonuses in combat for both you and your opponent.
	Spyglass	Treasure	Increases the hero's scouting radius by 1.
	Stoic Watchman	Treasure	Increases the hero's Eagle Eye skill by 10%
	Talisman of Mana	Treasure	The hero will regain 2 extra spell points per day.
	Bowstring of the Unicorn's Mane	Minor	Increases a hero's Archery skill by 10%.
	Emblem of Cognizance	Minor	Increase's a hero's Eagle Eye skill by 15%.
	Inexhaustible Cart of Lumber	Minor	Adds 1 Lumber per day to your resource pool.
	Inexhaustible Cart of Ore	Minor	Adds 1 Ore per day to your resource pool.
	Loins of Legion	Minor	If the hero is in a town, this will increase the number of level 3 troops generated per week by 4.
	Torso of Legion	Minor	If the hero is in a town, this will increase the number of level 4 troops generated per week by 3.
	Angel Feather Arrows	Major	Increases a hero's Archery skill by 15%.
	Arms of Legion	Major	If the hero is in a town, this will increase the number of level 5 troops generated per week by 2.
	Endless Purse of Gold	Major	Increases your income by 500 gold per day.
	Endless Bag of Gold	Major	Increases your income by 750 gold per day.
	Everpouring Vial of Mercury	Major	Adds 1 Mercury per day to your resource pool.
	Golden Bow	Major	All of your ranged troops do not take the penalties from either shooting at an opponent too far away or an opponent behind an obstacle.
	Head of Legion	Major	If the hero is in a town, this will increase the number of level 6 troops generated per week by 1.
	Orb of Driving Rain	Major	Increases the damage done by water spells you cast by 50%.
	Orb of the Firmament	Major	Increases the damage done by air spells you cast by 50%.
	Orb of Silt	Major	Increases the damage done by earth spells you cast by 50%.
	Orb of Tempestuous Fire	Major	Increases the damage done by fire spells you cast by 50%.
	Shackles of War	Major	Neither you nor your opponent may retreat or surrender in combat.
	Sphere of Permanence	Major	All of your units are immune to the Dispel Magic spell.
	Vial of Lifeblood	Major	Increases the health of each of your units by 2.
	Endless Sack of Gold	Relic	Increases your income by 1000 gold per day.
	Orb of Vulnerability	Relic	In combat, any innate creature immunity, resistance, or reduction from spells is ignored.
	Orb of Inhibition	Relic	This orb prevents all spell casting in combat.
	Tome of Air Magic	Relic	While equipped, the hero has all Air Magic spells in his spellbook.
	Tome of Earth Magic	Relic	While equipped, the hero has all Earth Magic spells in his spellbook.
	Tome of Fire Magic	Relic	While equipped, the hero has all Fire Magic spells in his spellbook.
	Tome of Water Magic	Relic	While equipped, the hero has all Water Magic spells in his spellbook.
	Vial of Dragon Blood	Relic	All dragons' Attack and Defense stats increase by 5 points.

Combination Artifacts

Combination Artifacts can be made from certain artifacts. To form a Combination Artifact, you must equip all artifacts needed on your hero, and then right-click on one of the component items. You'll then get a prompt to make the artifact. A Combination Artifact gives all the bonuses of the component parts, plus an extra bonus. However, even though it is displayed as only one item, it will still take up all the slots the component parts used. If you wish, you can disassemble a Combination Artifact back into the component parts by right-clicking on the artifact. There is no limit to how many times you create or disassemble a Combination Artifact.

Admiral's Hat

The hero does not take any penalties from boarding or unboarding a ship.

Items Needed Necklace of Ocean Guidance (Neck) Sea Captain's Hat (Head)

Angelic Alliance

Allows you to mix Good and Neutral town creatures (i.e. Castle, Rampart, Tower, Conflux, Fotress, and Stronhold) without taking morale penalties. Additionally, all of your troops will have Prayer cast on them at the start of every battle.

Items Needed Armor of Wonder (Torso) Celestial Necklace of Bliss (Neck) Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment (Head) Lion's Shield of Courage (Left Hand) Sandals of the Saint (Feet) Sword of Judgment (Right Hand)

Armor of the Damned

All enemy units have Curse, Disrupting Ray, Misfortune, Slow, and Weakness cast on them at the start of every battle.

Items Needed Blackshard of the Dead Knight (Right Hand) Rib Cage (Torso) Shield of the Yawning Dead (Left Hand) Skull Helmet (Head)

Bow of the Sharpshooter

All of your ranged troops ignore the penalties for shooting at a target too far away and for shooting at a target behind an obstacle. Also, your ranged troops will do full damage in melee.

Items Needed Angel Feather Arrows (Misc) Bow of Elven Cherrywood (Misc) Bowstring of the Unicorn's Mane (Misc)

Cloak of the Undead King

Allows the hero to convert 30% of killed units into Skeletons at the end of each battle. If the hero has the Necromancy skill, he instead gains an extra 30% creatures from his Necromancy skill. Also, instead of Skeletons, he will raise Zombies with basic Necromancy, Wights with advance Necromancy, or Liches with expert Necromancy.

Items Needed Amulet of the Undertaker (Neck) Dead Man's Boots (Feet) Vampire's Cowl (Shoulders)

Cornucopia

This artifact will add 4 Crystal, 4 Gems, 4 Mercury, and 4 Sulfur per day to your resource pool.

Items Needed Everflowing Cloak of Crystal (Shoulders) Everpouring Vial of Mercury (Misc) Eversmoking Ring of Sulfur (Finger) Ring if Infinite Gems (Finger)

Elixir of Life

All of your units gain a 25% bonus to their base health values, and they gain the regeneration ability, which will fully heal the top unit of the stack when they act. This artifact will not benefit undead or unliving creatures.

Items Needed Ring of Life (Finger) Ring of Vitality (Finger) Vial of Lifeblood (Misc)

Power of the Dragon Father

Increases Attack, Defense, Power, and Knowledge by an additional 6 points each. Additionally, all of your troops are immune to all level 1 through 4 spells.

Items Needed Crown of Dragontooth (Head) Dragonbone Greaves (Feet) Dragon Scale Armor (Torso) Dragon Scale Shield (Left Hand) Dragon Wing Tabard (Shoulders) Necklace of Dragonteeth (Neck) Red Dragon Flame Tongue (Right Hand) Quiet Eye of the Dragon (Finger) Still Eye of the Dragon (Finger)

Ring of the Magi

All of your spells have their duration increased by 50 rounds.

Items Needed Cape of Conjuring (Shoulders) Collar of Conjuring (Neck) Ring of Conjuring (Finger)

Statue of Legion

When equipped by a hero in the town, growth for all creatures is increased by 50%. The 50% bonus is calculated off what the Castle would generate before any bonuses are applied.

Items Needed Arms of Legion (Misc) Head of Legion (Misc) Legs of Legion (Misc) Loins of Legion (Misc) Torso of Legion (Misc)

Titan's Thunder

The hero with this artifact equipped can use a special spell called Titan's Lightning Bolt. This spell does 600 damage, and costs no spell points. If the hero does not have a spellbook, one will be given to him permanently at no cost.

Items Needed Sentinel's Shield (Left Hand) Titan's Curiass (Torso) Titan's Gladius (Right Hand) Thunder Helmet (Head)

Wizard's Well

The hero will regenerate all of his spell points each day.

Items Needed Charm of Mana (Misc) Mystic Orb of Mana (Misc) Talisman of Mana (Misc)