Berserk

School of Fire Magic

Level 1

Bloodlust

Curse

Magic Arrow *

Protection from Fire

Level 2

Blind

Fire Wall

Visions *

Level 3

Fireball

Land Mine

Misfortune

Level 4

Armageddon

Berserk

Fire Shield

Frenzy

Inferno

Slayer

Level 5

Sacrifice

Summon Fire Elemental

School of Air Magic

School of Earth Magic

School of Water Magic

Berserk
	School:	Fire Magic
	Level:	4
	Cost:	20/16
	Duration:	1 attack
Basic effect
Target attacks nearest troop. 1 hex affected.
Advanced effect
Target attacks nearest troop. All creatures in a 2 hex radius affected.
Expert effect
Target attacks nearest troop. All creatures in a 3 hex radius affected.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle   10 Rampart   10 Tower   16 (10*) Inferno   10 Necropolis   20 Dungeon   10 Stronghold   0 Fortress   0 Conflux   10 Cove    10 Factory    10 * Without Library

Berserk is a 4 level spell in the School of Fire Magic. It is a mind spell that makes the target attack the nearest troop whether it is an ally or enemy. This also includes war machines. If the creature cannot attack anyone, the spell expires after 255 turns.

AI cannot cast this spell (fixed in Horn of the Abyss ).

Creatures immune to Berserk:

• Golems
• Undead
• Elementals
• Mechanicals
•   Giants and Titans
•  Fangarms 

•  Gold Dragons
•  Magic Elementals

•  Black Dragons
•   Efreet and Efreet Sultans

•  Firebirds ^{*(not in Horn of the Abyss)}  and  Phoenixes

Artifacts that provide immunity to Berserk:

• Badge of Courage (not in Horn of the Abyss)
• Pendant of Dispassion
• Sleepkeeper (Horn of the Abyss)

HD mod

Fixed creature bugs while under the "Berserk" spell.

• The shooting squad shoots at the closest hex of the closest squad possible (if there are several equidistant squads, one is chosen randomly).
• In melee combat, a squad always chooses the closest enemy and hex that is easiest to reach. If there are several equidistant squads, one is chosen randomly. The squad does not pass a turn if it is possible to reach the target.
• The picture on the right shows how the bug works:

• • The Angels and Rust Dragons were both casted Berserk spell.
  • To Angels, which only take up one hex, the shortest movement to attack the Phoneix is to move back two hexes. However, the hex is an obstacle so Angels can't reach there. So the Angels wait and wait...
  • To Rust Dragons, which take up two hexes, the shortest movement to attack the Phoneix is to move to position 1. However, AI considers Phoneix's "head" as a obstacle, so actually Rust Dragons need to attack Phoneix's "back" in position 2, but that's not the shortest movement. The Rust Dragons don't know what to do, so they wait and wait...
  • As a result, both of them won't do anything and will pass their turns, even if they could reach their target.

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Berserk is perhaps the most powerful combat spell in the game. It allows heroes to defeat armies with clearly stronger forces.

See also:

• List of spells