Talk:List of adventure map objects (HotA)

Strange lamp

Hi! On the map Pirate Utopia I came across a strange lamp. When you right-click on it, no description is displayed and the object generally appears inactive (the horse icon does not “rear up”). The design of the lamp is different from the usual one; it is very similar to the lamp from Heroes II; when the hero "steps" on him, a detachment of genies joins free of charge and without the right to choose. Does anyone know anything about this? -- Nick Bud (talk) 15:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

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Look at the Ancient Lamp article -- BasicEagleEye (talk) 16:05, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

What to watch there if the article doesn’t say anything about it? -- Nick Bud (talk) 02:51, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

This was an early version of the Ancient Lamp that could be seen in very early HOTA screenshots (like, 2008). It was replaced by the current incarnation, but wasn't removed from the game entirely. You could find it on a handful of maps still (I've also found it on Beware of Demons!). However, it looks like update 1.7.0 finally removed it from the game, since it's either been replaced with a normal Ancient Lamp or outright removed. MurlocAggroB (talk) 16:15, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

10X! It would be nice to add this information to the article of the lamp.-- Nick Bud (talk) 02:51, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Well, the lamp sprite has indeed been changed in v1.7.0, and genies no longer join for free. However, their number is not 4-7, but 25! Very interesting ) -- Nick Bud (talk) 13:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

This can be customised in the map editor now so it's probably been replaced with the normal lamp. 01:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

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