What’s New?

Armageddon’s Blade is the highly anticipated expansion pack for Heroes of Might and Magic™ III.
It extends and enhances the original game with new campaigns, new scenarios, a powerful new
random map generator, a campaign editor and an enhanced map editor. In addition, Armageddon’s
Blade presents unique challenges with new creatures, new heroes and a new town type.

Here is a list of new features in Armageddon’s Blade:

New Campaigns: There are six new campaigns featuring their own story lines: Armageddon’s Blade,
Dragon’s Blood, Dragon Slayer, Festival of Life, Foolhardy Waywardness and Playing with Fire.
See page 9 for a description of the new campaigns.

New Scenarios: There are 38 new stand-alone scenarios to test your strategic ability.
Random Map Generator: Use this tool to create playable maps based on your settings for size, terrain,
difficulty, number of players and other selectable parameters. Once created, you can refine your maps
using the Map Editor and string them together with a story line using the Campaign Editor. See page
8 for instructions on using the Random Map Generator.

Map Editor: Enhancements include new adventure objects and the Random Map Generator. This tool
enables users to edit maps and also to refine maps created by the Random Map Generator. For a
complete explanation of how to use the Map Editor refer to the online Help File. To run the help file
launch the Map Editor from your start menu and press F1.

Campaign Editor: Build your own campaigns using the Campaign Editor to connect individual
Scenarios, define the story, cinematic sequences, starting options and objects that carry-over across
multiple Scenarios. Consult the on-line Help File included on the CD for complete instructions on
how to use the Campaign Editor. To run the Help File launch the Campaign Editor from your start
menu and press F1.

New Creatures: Players can now engage 23 new creatures including 10 new elemental Conflux
creatures. See page 13 for details on all of the new creatures.

New Heroes: The game features two new Hero classes, including 16 new Heroes, as well as 11 new
campaign Heroes around whom the stories revolve. See page 9 for descriptions of the campaign
Heroes and page 21 for descriptions of the other new Heroes.

New Town Type: Players will encounter a ninth town type, the mysterious elemental Conflux which has
emerged as either a harbinger of Erathia’s victory, or an omen of world destruction. See page 13 for
details on the Conflux.

Secondary Skills: Heroes that possess the Artillery Secondary Skill can now control Arrow Towers
during Siege Combat. Section II

Revisiting Adventure Map Locations: If a hero currently stands on a trigger of an Adventure Object,
players can revisit the location by pressing the Space Bar.

New or Improved Adventure Objects:
Quest Gates: Before you can pass through a Quest Gate, you must fulfill the quest that is assigned
to you.

Seer’s Huts: Several new types of quests have been added to the Seer’s Huts.
Border Gates: Border Gates are different from a Border Guard. Border Guards disappear from the
adventure map once a hero visits a Keymaster's Tent and returns with the password.
Border Gates DO NOT disappear from the adventure map. They remain in place,
continually guarding the pass. This allows certain players to pass, while preventing
others.

Hire Base Level or Upgraded Creatures: If you have upgraded your creature structures, you may now
choose to recruit either the base level or the upgraded creature. The default is to purchase the
upgraded creature.

Guard Mines With Creatures: You can drop off creatures at your mines to guard them. Whenever you
revisit a mine that belongs to you, you may choose or remove creatures to guard it. This is similar to
placing creatures in a garrison.

W H AT’S NEW?

The Shadow of Death game is an all-new chapter in the Heroes saga. The story
reveals the events that lead to The Restoration of Erathia game.

H e re is a list of new features in Heroes of Might and Magic™ III: The Shadow

of Death game:

New Campaigns: T h e re are seven new Shadow of Death game campaigns and
seven original Restoration of Erathia game campaigns. See Section VI on Page 13
for a description of the new campaigns.

New Scenarios: T h e re are 38 new stand-alone Shadow of Death game scenarios
to test your strategic ability, in addition to the 40 Restoration of Erathia game
s c e n a r i o s .

F o rce Feedback Mouse Support : We have added support for Logitech’s
Wingman Force Feedback Mouse.

Combination Art i f a c t s : C e rtain artifacts can be combined to form a new, more
p o w e rful artifact. For a complete list and description of all of the Combination
A rtifacts see Section X on Page 26.

Selectable Campaign Diff i c u l t y : You can select the difficulty level for each
Shadow of Death game Campaign Map.

M o re Special Te rrain Ty p e s : We have added eight new special terrains. See
Section VII Interface Reference on page 17 for a complete description.

Moat Damage in Siege combat: All moats now damage troops in Siege Combat.
See Section VII Interface Reference on page 17 for a complete description.

Updated Unit Statistics: For better game play balance we have updated the
statistics for a few of the combat units. See Section IX on page 24 for the
updated inform a t i o n .

Campaign Editor: Build your own campaigns using the Campaign Editor to
connect individual Scenarios, define the story, starting options, objects that
carry-over multiple Scenarios, and cinematic sequences. Consult the online
Help File included on the CD for complete instructions on how to use the
Campaign Editor. To run the Help File launch the Campaign Editor from your
start menu and press F1.
Map Editor: We’ve added many new adventure objects; mass cut, copy and
paste; and far more customization objects for heroes, objects and spells. This
tool enables users to edit maps and also to refine maps created by the
Random Map Generator. For a complete explanation of how to use the Map
Editor refer to the online Help File. To run the help file launch the Map
Editor from your start menu and press F1.

New Creatures: We have added 23 new Neutral Creatures that can be found
wandering the lands. See page 18 for details on all of the new creatures.

Secondary Skills: Heroes that possess the Artillery Secondary Skill can now
control Arrow Towers during Siege Combat.

Revisiting Adventure Map Locations: If a hero currently stands on an
Adventure Object, players can revisit the location by pressing the space bar.

New or Improved Adventure Objects:

Quest Gates: Before you can pass through a quest gate,you must
fulfill the quest that is assigned to you.

Seer’s Huts: Several new types of quests have been added to the
Seer’s Huts.

Border Gates: Border Gates are different from a BorderGuard. Border
Guards disappear from the adventure map after a hero visits a
Keymaster's Tent and returns with the password. Border Gates DO
NOT disappear from the adventure map. They remain in place,
continually guarding the pass. This behavior allows certain players
to pass, while preventing other players from passing.

Hire Base Level or Upgraded Creatures: If you have upgraded your
creature structures, you may now choose to recruit either the base level or
the upgraded creature. The default is to purchase the upgraded creature.

Guard Mines With Creatures: You can drop off creatures at your mines to
guard them. Whenever you revisit a mine belonging to you, you may choose
creatures to guard it. This is similar to placing creatures in a garrison.