Editing The Mysterious Island/Changelog (section)

== Major Patch 1.5.a (01/JAN/2026) ==
Requires new HotA version v1.8.0.

WARNING: HD Mod does not update HotA, you must manually update HotA via [https://h3hota.com/en/download the website].

- NEW Implementation of the new Bulwark faction for BLUE player.<br>
- Blue player's secondary town "Falls River" is no longer Conflux but Bulwark<br>
- All quests / accesses / heroes that had "placeholder" creatures / heroes while waiting have been updated for Bulwark<br>
- NEW Teal player can now play Conflux (or Necropolis).<br>
- NEW: special zones for "T6 specialists", similar to what exists for T4 and T5 creature specialists. Requires the black key for these new zones.<br>
- The mysterious Elite Archer specialist hero is now level 10, fully equipped with artifacts, and with creature dwellings behind him that fill up from the first week...<br>
- A new hero specialized in +350 gold with Estate is available to free in the Bloodbath area<br>
- A new custom hero makes his appearance: Hieu Tran (replaces Elmore), new speedrun record holder with 62 days (surpassing Mundus who had 64 days). If you manage to do better, you can have your custom hero. To prevent any attempt at cheating, you will need to provide me with all the saves from the Run (the daily auto-saves that can be activated via the launcher) from day 1 to day 61 or less.<br>
- Fixed Pandora boxes for T4 specialists, the artifact given is now the Torso of the Legion (instead of the Arms of the Legion).<br>
- Removed starting spell "View Earth" from hero "Ayden" (Heretic), replaced by "Magic Arrow"<br>
- Added an additional troop type to a special hero so they can properly help complete a quest (this line is mysterious, that's normal).<br>
- One of the 5 Angelic Alliance items retrievable via quest now requires 1 additional unit type for balancing reasons<br>
- Added a shrine with "Bless" next to Teal's starting town (Necro or Conflux), for balancing reasons if the player chooses "Conflux" (All other starting castles have Bless in their level 1 guild).

This is most likely the last major update for The Mysterious Island. Minor updates are planned to update the Hall of Fame, fix any text errors or minor bugs. I will soon start creating a new map...