Pathfinding
| Pathfinding | ||
|---|---|---|
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Basic: reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 25%. | |
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Advanced: reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 50%. | |
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Expert: reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 75%. | |
| Terrain | None | Basic | Advanced | Expert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dirt Grass Lava Subterranean Highlands  |
100% | 95% 100%  |
90% 100% |
85% 100%
|
 Rough Wasteland |
125% | 100% | 90% 100% |
85% 100%
|
 Sand Snow |
150% | 125% | 100% | 85% 100%
|
 Swamp |
175% | 150% | 125% | 100% |
Heroes with Pathfinding as a starting skill:
Clancy the Ranger
Gretchin the Barbarian
Korbac the Beastmaster
Corkes the Captain -
Leena the Captain 
Andal the Navigator 
Celestine the Artificer
Chance to get
Out of total 112 for The Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss .
Banned skills change the probability.
| Town | Class | Chance to learn |
|---|---|---|
 Castle |
Knight | 4 |
| Castle |
Cleric | 2 (lowest) |
 Rampart |
Ranger | 7 |
| Rampart |
Druid | 5 |
 Tower |
Alchemist | 4 |
| Tower |
Wizard | 2 (lowest) |
 Inferno |
Demoniac | 4 |
| Inferno |
Heretic | 4 |
 Necropolis |
Death Knight | 4 |
| Necropolis |
Necromancer | 6 |
 Dungeon |
Overlord | 5 |
| Dungeon |
Warlock | 2 (lowest) |
 Stronghold |
Barbarian | 8 (highest) |
| Stronghold |
Battle Mage | 4 |
 Fortress |
Beastmaster | 8 (highest) |
| Fortress |
Witch | 2 (lowest) |
 Conflux |
Planeswalker | 6 |
| Conflux |
Elementalist | 2 (lowest) |
 Cove |
Captain | 8 (highest) |
| Cove |
Navigator | 6 |
 Factory |
Mercenary | 7 |
| Factory |
Artificer | 3 |
User Commentary
The usefulness of the Pathfinding skill depends on the terrain of the map. If you walk primarily on your home soil, Logistics is sufficient. However, if a map has vast territories very hard to pass (e.g. swamp), Pathfinding works decently, potentially even better than Logistics. Playing against Tower or Fortress is a reason to use Logistics and Pathfinding.
Pathfinding can always be recommended as a secondary skill for scout type secondary heroes, but it may also be valuable for the main hero(es). It should be noted that some factions' native terrains slow the enemy down very much, which gives the player a big advantage and therefore may affect the necessity of pathfinding.
Things that ruin Pathfinding
- Roads
- An army on native terrain
- Nomad's on sand terrain
- Dimension Door
- Fly
- Angel Wings
- Trailblazer
- Wayfarer's Boots
- Lodestar makes all terrains native to Cove armies
