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{{About|is about town type called Inferno. For the spell of the same name see [[Inferno (spell)|Inferno]]}}{{Towns}}
{{About|This article refers to the town. For the 4th level fire spell, see [[Inferno (spell)]].}}
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'''Inferno''' is an [[alignment|evil alignment]] [[town]] with the [[Demoniac]] and [[Heretic]] [[hero class]]es. Inferno represents [[Eeofol]].


'''Inferno''' is an evil [[alignment]] [[town type]] with [[Demoniac]] and [[Heretic]] [[hero class]]es. Inferno towns can be found in [[Erathia]]n regions blighted by the emergence of the underworld on the surface. Demoniac and heretic heroes stand in uneasy alliance with these towns. Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying unitsuntil the awesome, teleporting [[devil and arch devil]] can be brought into play. Inferno represent [[Eeofol]].
''"Inferno towns can be found in Erathian regions blighted by the emergence of the underworld on the surface. Demoniac and Heretic heroes stand in uneasy alliance with these towns. Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting devil and arch devil units can be brought into play."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 96|RoE manual]]''</sup>


==Structures==
Inferno's [[native terrain]] is [[lava]].
[[Image:Inferno-in.png|thumb|500px|Inferno town seen from inside]]


{{StandardBuildings|Ammo Cart|5|[[Mercury]]}}
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'''Inferno Specific Buildings'''
==Inferno building tree==
*[[Birthing Pool]] ([[Imp]] [[horde building]], +8/week))
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*[[Brimstone Clouds]] (+2 [[spell power]] to a hero defending against a siege)
*[[Cages]] ([[Hell Hound]] [[horde building]], +3/week)
*[[Castle Gate]] (Unique '''Inferno''' building, allows visiting hero to teleport to another town with a Castle Gate)
*[[Order of Fire]] (+1 [[Spell Power]] to visiting hero)
*[[Deity of Fire]] ([[Grail]] building)


'''[[Inferno creature dwellings]]'''
{| style="margin-right:20px; float:left;"
*Imp Crucible
| {{switch_content|tag1=sod|tag2=hota|content1=[[file:{{PAGENAME}}BuildingTree.png|600px|left]]|content2=[[file:{{PAGENAME}}BuildingTree(HotA).png|600px|left]]<br />In {{hota}}{{-wh}}, [[Hell Hole|Upg. Hell Hole]] requires [[Mage Guild |Mage Guild Level 1]] instead of Level 2.}}
*Hall of Sins
|}
*Kennels
 
*Demon Gate
{{switch_content|tag1=sod|tag2=hota|content1=[[file:{{PAGENAME}}-in.png|thumb|none|Fully upgraded {{PAGENAME}} in Shadow of Death{{-}}{{switchHota}}|500px]]|content2=[[file:{{PAGENAME}}-in (HotA).png|thumb|none|Fully upgraded {{PAGENAME}} in Horn of the Abyss{{-}}{{switchHota}}|500px]]}}
*Hell Hole
 
*Fire Lake
{{Town cost summary|
*Forsaken Palace
|common  = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>45||{{O}}<br>40||||{{G}}<br>37000}}
|mage    = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>25|{{M}}<br>28|{{O}}<br>25|{{S}}<br>28|{{C}}<br>28|{{Gem}}<br>28|{{G}}<br>6000}}
|dwelling = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>40|{{M}}<br>58{{-wa}}<br>57{{-wh}}|{{O}}<br>50|{{S}}<br>18{{-wa}}<br>17{{-wh}}||{{Gem}}<br>8|{{G}}<br>58300}}
|unique  = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>10||{{O}}<br>5|{{S}}<br>5|||{{G}}<br>14000}}
|total    = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>120|{{M}}<br>86{{-wa}}<br>85{{-wh}}|{{O}}<br>120|{{S}}<br>51{{-wa}}<br>50{{-wh}}|{{C}}<br>28|{{Gem}}<br>36|{{G}}<br>115300}}
|troop    = 28090 {{G}}, 4 {{M}}
}}
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===Common Buildings and Mage Guild===
{{Inferno common buildings}}
 
===Creature Dwellings===
{{Inferno creature dwellings}}


== Heroes ==
===Unique Buildings===
{{Inferno heroes}}
{{Inferno unique buildings}}
{{Herotable}}
 
{{Herotablerow Inferno}}
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|}
[[List of heroes|List of all heroes]]


== Creatures ==
==Heroes==
{{Inferno creatures}}
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{{Creature table}}
{{Inferno creature table }}
|}
[[List of creatures|List of all creatures]]


==Additional Information==
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* [[Alignment]]: Evil
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* [[Native Terrain]]: [[Lava]]
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===Pros===
'''Banned secondary skills:'''
* [[Castle Gate]]: A life-saver on maps where you control more than one Inferno town.
* [[Pit Lord]]'s [[Summon Demons|Demon summon]] ability: Lets you horde demons.
* [[Efreet Sultan]]s are very good at clearing a map: they have speed, damage, and enough health. They can also be used in a [[Dracageddon]] combo.
* As I experienced, this town has the highest chance to get the Blind spell in the Mage Guild.
* Cerberus are very powerful with Bless/Haste/Counterstrike.


===Cons===
Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from [[Scholar (Adventure Map)|Scholar]]s, [[Witch Hut]]s (except for [[Necromancy]] and [[Leadership]], if not allowed by a map-maker), [[Seer's Hut]]s, [[Event]]s or [[Pandora's Box]]es.
*[[Arch Devil]]s are very expensive.
*Lacking in the [[Heroes|Hero]] department.
*[[Imp]]s and [[Familiar]]s are incredibly weak first level units, and have no redeeming features save their speed (the [[Familiar]]s' [[Magic Channel]] ability is hardly noticable).
*The Inferno produces the least hit points per week of all the towns.
*Only one ranged unit, and small tier units have low mobility.


===Strategies===
{{ss|Necromancy}} is not available for [[demoniac]]s.
The [[Castle Gate]] is an enormous advantage. Use it. Often. One of the good things about it is that you only have to upgrade all the creature buildings in ONE town, just use a backup hero to teleport between the different towns to pick up creatures, then teleport to upgrade them all at once at the upgraded town.


Creating a Demon horde easily: Attack any creep on the map. Blind it, so the battle lasts as long as you want. Cast Fire wall/Fireball/Inferno/Meteor Shower on your Imps. When they die, raise Demons, then finish the enemy.
{{ss|Necromancy}} and {{ss|Interference}}{{-wh}} are not available for [[heretic]]s.


Another good thing about the [[Castle Gate]] is that one hero can be used to defend all towns.
==Creatures==
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After the lich the magog is the only one with atack in area but is compatible with Frenzy and Bless.
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===Town Costs===
==Town names==
["Basic" includes Citadel, Castle & any prerequisites:
Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Inferno towns will use one of these following names:
"Upgrades" also includes prerequisites]


{| class=wikitable
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align: left;"
!Resource!!Basic!!Upgrades!!All
|-
|-
|{{Gold}}||38300||32500||115300
| width=80px | Abaddon || width=80px | Acheron || width=80px | Ashcombe || width=80px | Ashden
|-
|-
|{{Wood}}||45||15||120
| Blackburn || Brimstone || Candent || Cinderspire
|-
|-
|{{Ore}}||55||20||120
| Daemon Gate || Enkindle || Firebrand || Gehenna
|-
|-
|{{Crystal}}||0||4||28
| Hellwind || Stygius || Styx || Tartaros
|-
|-
|{{Gem}}||3||9||36
|-
|{{Mercury}}||23||39||86
|-
|{{Sulfur}}||3||19||51
|-
!colspan=2| Troop cost/week: !!colspan=2| 28090 {{Gold}} 4 {{Mercury}}
|}
|}


== Discussion ==
If there are more Inferno towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.
The manual states that Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units, and are slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the devils arrive. The statement is supported by the fact that compared to their levels, many of the Inferno's creatures have relatively high speed values and maximum damage values. However, lack of flying units is untrue in the sense that efreeti and efreet sultans are definetly noteworthy adversaries. While Inferno troops are great for attacking they are not strong defenders which means that combat strategy with Inferno should be based on first strike.
 
{{user commentary|
* Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting [[Devil and Arch Devil|devils]] can be brought into play, as well as strong and fast [[Efreeti and Efreet Sultan|efreet]].
 
* [[Castle Gate]] is a significant advantage of Inferno. It enables to only upgrade creature dwellings in one town, and use the gate to transfer them to be upgraded between towns. However, it's useless if the map has only one Inferno, where Castle Gate is possible.
 
* Creating a Demon horde easily: Attack any creep on the map. Blind it, so the battle lasts as long as you want. Cast Fire Wall/Fireball/Inferno/Meteor Shower on your Imps. When they die, raise Demons, then finish the enemy.
 
* Another good thing about the [[Castle Gate]] is that one hero can be used to defend all towns.
 
* After the [[Lich and Power Lich|Lich]], the Magog is the only one with attack in area but, unlike Lich, is compatible with Frenzy and Bless (the latter not present in Inferno).


Another weakness in Inferno's army is lack of shooters. Gogs and magoges are the slowest creatures in Inferno's arsenal, which makes them a somewhat liability considering the mobility of heroes. Additionally, usefulness of magoges' special ability to throw fireballs is controversial as they may inflict damage to allied troops as well.  
* The manual states that Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units, and are slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the devils arrive. The statement is supported by the fact that compared to their levels, many of the Inferno's creatures have relatively high speed values and maximum damage values. However, lack of flying units is untrue in the sense that Efreeti and Efreet sultans are definitely noteworthy adversaries. While Inferno troops are great for attacking they are not strong defenders which means that combat strategy with Inferno should be based on first strike.


=== Additional Information ===
* Another weakness in Inferno's army is lack of shooters. Gogs and Magogs are the slowest creatures in Inferno's arsenal, which makes them a somewhat liability considering the mobility of heroes. Additionally, usefulness of Magogs' special ability to throw fireballs is controversial as they may inflict damage to allied troops as well (fixed in Horn of the Abyss as they can target any hex).
* [[Alignment]]: Evil
 
* [[Native Terrain]]: [[Lava]]
* A good tactical idea is to use only Arch Devils and Efreeti, cast [[Anti-magic]] on Arch Devils and then [[Armageddon]]. It would also ruin your opponent's [[Dragogeddon]] tactics as Arch Devils are faster than [[Green Dragon and Gold Dragon|Gold]] and [[Red Dragon and Black Dragon|Black Dragons]].


'''Pros:'''
'''Pros:'''
* [[Castle Gate]]: A life-saver on maps where you control more than one Inferno town.
* [[Castle Gate]]: A life-saver on maps where you control more than one Inferno town.
* [[Pit Lord]]'s [[Summon Demons|Demon summon]] ability: Lets you horde demons.
* [[Pit Lord]]'s [[Summon Demons|Demon summon]] ability: Lets you horde demons. Consider using [[Marius]] whose specialty is [[Demon]]s as your main hero if using this strategy (she will increase Demons' speed as well). If using this strategy, there is almost no need to spend time and resources to upgrade Imps and Gogs or to even build the upgraded buildings since the upgrade does not increase their health (see [[Summon demons]]).
* [[Efreet Sultan]]s are very good at clearing a map: they have speed, damage, and enough health. They can also be used in a [[Dracageddon]] combo.
* [[Efreet Sultan]]s are very good at clearing a map: they have speed, damage, and enough health. They can also be used in a [[Dragogeddon]] combo. Consider splitting them into many stacks of 1 unit only in the early game without carrying any other creatures to reduce losses and to increase your hero's [[movement]] points.
* As I experienced, this town has the highest chance to get the Blind spell in the Mage Guild.
* This town has the highest chance to get the [[Blind]] spell in the Mage Guild.
* Cerberus are very powerful with Bless/Haste/Counterstrike.
* Cerberus are very powerful with Bless/Haste/Counterstrike.
* Both Devils/Arch Devils and Cerberi have no enemy retaliation. The [[hate]] between [[Angel and Archangel|Angels]] and Devils gives a slight advantage to the latter, since Devils don't have retaliation, unlike Angels.
* Moreover, hate between [[Genie and Master Genie|Genies]] and Efreeti is also useful to Inferno, because Efreeti are much stronger.
* The -2 Luck decrease of enemies' Luck is a lot more useful in {{Hota}} than without the mod because it introduced negative [[Luck]]. Negative Luck gives every stack a chance of 1/12, 1/6, 1/4 with -1, -2, -3 luck to do about half damage only. Assuming the opponent has 7 stacks, on average 0.58/1.17/1.75 stacks will only do about half damage every round if the opponent has -1/-2/-3 luck. This is a significant advantage. Additionally equipped with artifacts that decrease the opponent's luck, this can prove to be devastating, especially against wandering creatures who do not have a hero increasing their luck through artifacts.
* Familiars have 7 Speed. You can give them to secondary heroes to increase their movement points without affecting your primary hero's army strength. If you want, you could even hand out Cerberi for a speed of 8.
* The Inferno's slowest upgraded troops, [[Gog and Magog|Magogs]] and [[Demon and Horned Demon|Horned Demons]], are speed 6, higher than the lowest speed of upgraded troops of most towns, except [[Cove]] and [[Factory]].


'''Cons:'''
'''Cons:'''
*[[Arch Devil]]s are very expensive.
* If all buildings can be built, Inferno costs the most gold to fully build up. ([[Castle Gate]] alone costs 10,000 gold and is not essential; Furthermore, Imps' and Gogs' upgraded buildings are not necessary when using the Demon Farming Strategy).
*Lacking in the [[Heroes|Hero]] department.
*Lacking in the [[Heroes|Hero]] department. (When using Demon Farming, Marius is not terrible at least, and Octavia gives gold when playing at Difficult/Impossible Difficulty).
*[[Imp]]s and [[Familiar]]s are incredibly weak first level units, and have no redeeming features save their speed (the [[Familiar]]s' [[Magic Channel]] ability is hardly noticable).
*[[Imp]]s and [[Familiar]]s are weak first level units, and have no redeeming features save their speed (the [[Familiar]]s' [[Magic Channel]] ability is hardly noticeable). (But, they can be sacrificed to be raised as Demons).
*The Inferno produces the least hit points per week of all the towns.
*The Inferno produces the least hit points per week of all the towns. (But it can [[Summon Demons]] which partially makes up for it. Also, it has a 20% chance of getting [[Resurrection]] in the Mage Guild).
*Only one ranged unit, and small tier units have low mobility.
*Only one low-level ranged unit, and [[Gog and Magog|Magogs]] are ambiguous due to their opportunity to kill your own troops (which, on the other hand, may help in Demon farming).
 
*No [[Bless]] spell in the Mage Guild, while Cerberi have a very big damage range (if they are [[curse]]d, they are very weak).
===Strategies===
* Lava which is Inferno's [[native terrain]] doesn't give any [[movement penalty]] to the enemy.
The [[Castle Gate]] is an enormous advantage. Use it. Often. One of the good things about it is that you only have to upgrade all the creature buildings in ONE town, just use a backup hero to teleport between the different towns to pick up creatures, then teleport to upgrade them all at once at the upgraded town.
}}{{end of user commentary}}
 
Creating a Demon horde easily: Attack any creep on the map. Blind it, so the battle lasts as long as you want. Cast Fire wall/Fireball/Inferno/Meteor Shower on your Imps. When they die, raise Demons, then finish the enemy.
 
Another good thing about the [[Castle Gate]] is that one hero can be used to defend all towns.


After the lich the magog is the only one with atack in area but is compatible with Frenzy and Bless.
== See also ==
* [[Town Comparison]]
* [[List of creatures]]
* [[List of creatures (HotA)]]
* [[List of heroes]]
* [[List of heroes (HotA)]]
* [[Inferno (spell)]]


[[Category: Towns]]
[[Category: Inferno]]
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Revision as of 01:31, 4 September 2024

This article refers to the town. For the 4th level fire spell, see Inferno (spell).

Towns
Castle Castle
Rampart Rampart
Tower Tower
Inferno Inferno
Necropolis Necropolis
Dungeon Dungeon
Stronghold Stronghold
Fortress Fortress
Conflux Conflux Armageddon's Blade
Cove Cove Horn of the Abyss
Factory Factory Horn of the Abyss

Inferno is an evil alignment town with the Demoniac and Heretic hero classes. Inferno represents Eeofol.

"Inferno towns can be found in Erathian regions blighted by the emergence of the underworld on the surface. Demoniac and Heretic heroes stand in uneasy alliance with these towns. Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting devil and arch devil units can be brought into play." RoE manual

Inferno's native terrain is lava.

Inferno building tree

Building Category Cost
Common
 Wood
45 		   Ore
40 		       Gold
37000
Mage Guild
 Wood
25 		 Mercury
28 		 Ore
25 		 Sulfur
28 		 Crystal
28 		 Gem
28 		 Gold
6000
Dwellings
 Wood
40 		 Mercury
58 Armageddon's Blade
57 Horn of the Abyss 		 Ore
50 		 Sulfur
18 Armageddon's Blade
17 Horn of the Abyss 		   Gem
8 		 Gold
58300
Unique
 Wood
10 		   Ore
5 		 Sulfur
5 		     Gold
14000
Total Building Cost:
 Wood
120 		 Mercury
86 Armageddon's Blade
85 Horn of the Abyss 		 Ore
120 		 Sulfur
51 Armageddon's Blade
50 Horn of the Abyss 		 Crystal
28 		 Gem
36 		 Gold
115300
Troop Cost / Week: 28090 Gold, 4 Mercury

Common Buildings and Mage Guild

Halls Fortifications Miscellaneous Mage Guilds Banned spells
Village Hall Village Hall
(existing) 		Fort Fort
Wood
20 		Mercury
 Ore
20 		Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
5000
Tavern Tavern
 Wood
5 		           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 1 Mage Guild level 1
 Wood
5 		   Ore
5 		       Gold
2000
 Bless
Town Hall
Wood
 Mercury
 Ore
 Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
2500
Citadel Citadel
Wood
 Mercury
 Ore
5 		Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
2500
Marketplace Marketplace
 Wood
5 		           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 2 Mage Guild level 2
 Wood
5 		 Mercury
4 		 Ore
5 		 Sulfur
4 		 Crystal
4 		 Gem
4 		 Gold
1000
Death Ripple Ice Bolt
City Hall City Hall
Wood
 Mercury
 Ore
 Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
5000
Castle Castle
Wood
10 		Mercury
 Ore
10 		Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
5000
Resource Silo Resource Silo (1 Mercury)
     Ore
5 		       Gold
5000
Mage Guild level 3 Mage Guild level 3
 Wood
5 		 Mercury
6 		 Ore
5 		 Sulfur
6 		 Crystal
6 		 Gem
6 		 Gold
1000
Animate Dead Frost Ring
Capitol Capitol
Wood
 Mercury
 Ore
 Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
10000
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Wood
5 		Mercury
 Ore
 Sulfur
 Crystal
 Gem
 Gold
1000
Mage Guild level 4 Mage Guild level 4
 Wood
5 		 Mercury
8 		 Ore
5 		 Sulfur
8 		 Crystal
8 		 Gem
8 		 Gold
1000
Prayer
Mage Guild level 5 Mage Guild level 5
 Wood
5 		 Mercury
10 		 Ore
5 		 Sulfur
10 		 Crystal
10 		 Gem
10 		 Gold
1000
Summon Air Elemental Magic Mirror Summon Water Elemental
Total Common Buildings:
 Wood
45 		   Ore
40 		       Gold
37000 
Total Mage Guild:
 Wood
25 		 Mercury
28 		 Ore
25 		 Sulfur
28 		 Crystal
28 		 Gem
28 		 Gold
6000

Creature Dwellings

Structure Base Cost Upgrade Cost Creature Max
Grw 		Upg Cr
Cost 		Cost/
Week
 Imp Crucible 
 Wood
5 		   Ore
5 		       Gold
300
             Gold
1000
Imp Imp
Familiar Familiar 		38 60 Gold 2280 Gold
 Hall of Sins 
     Ore
5 		       Gold
1000
   Mercury
4 Horn of the Abyss5 Shadow of Death 		         Gold
1000
Gog Gog
Magog Magog 		16 175 Gold 2800 Gold
 Kennels 
 Wood
10 		           Gold
1500
       Sulfur
4 Horn of the Abyss5 Shadow of Death 		     Gold
1500
Hell Hound Hell Hound
Cerberus Cerberus 		13 250 Gold 3250 Gold
 Demon Gate 
 Wood
5 		   Ore
5 		       Gold
2000
 Wood
5 		   Ore
5 		       Gold
2000
Demon Demon
Horned Demon Horned Demon 		8 270 Gold 2160 Gold
 Hell Hole 
             Gold
3000
   Mercury
5 		   Sulfur
5 		     Gold
3000
Pit Fiend Pit Fiend
Pit Lord Pit Lord 		6 700 Gold 4200 Gold
 Fire Lake 
   Mercury
3 		 Ore
10 		 Sulfur
3 		   Gem
3 		 Gold
4000
   Mercury
5 		 Ore
5 		 Sulfur
5 		   Gem
5 		 Gold
3000
Efreeti Efreeti
Efreet Sultan Efreet Sultan 		4 1100 Gold 4400 Gold
 Forsaken Palace 
 Wood
10 		 Mercury
20 		 Ore
10 		       Gold
15000
 Wood
5 		 Mercury
20 		 Ore
5 		       Gold
20000
Devil Devil
Arch Devil Arch Devil 		2 4500 Gold
2 Mercury 		9000 Gold
4 Mercury
  


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Total Dwelling Cost:
 Wood
40 		 Mercury
57 Horn of the Abyss58 Shadow of Death 		 Ore
50 		 Sulfur
17 Horn of the Abyss18 Shadow of Death 		   Gem
8 		 Gold
58300
Weekly Troop Cost: 28090 Gold
4 Mercury

Unique Buildings

Structure Effect Cost
Castle Gate Allows a visiting hero to portal to any friendly Inferno town with another Castle Gate.
 Wood
5 		   Ore
5 		       Gold
10000
Order of Fire Gives a permanent +1 power to a visiting hero.
 Wood
5 		           Gold
1000
Brimstone Stormclouds Gives +2 power to defending Hero during sieges.
       Sulfur
5 		     Gold
1000
Birthing Pool Horde Building. Growth +8/week for Imp Imp / Familiar Familiar
             Gold
1000
Cages Horde Building. Growth +3/week for Hell Hound Hell Hound / Cerberus Cerberus
             Gold
1000
Deity of Fire Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day, +50% creature growth
Causes every week to be The Week of Imp (+15 Imp Imp / Familiar Familiar growth). 		n/a
Total Cost:
 Wood
10 		   Ore
5 		 Sulfur
5 		     Gold
14000

Heroes

Banned secondary skills:

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Necromancy Necromancy is not available for demoniacs.

Necromancy Necromancy and Interference Interference Horn of the Abyss are not available for heretics.

Creatures

Town names

Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Inferno towns will use one of these following names:

Abaddon Acheron Ashcombe Ashden
Blackburn Brimstone Candent Cinderspire
Daemon Gate Enkindle Firebrand Gehenna
Hellwind Stygius Styx Tartaros

If there are more Inferno towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.

User commentary

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.
  • Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting devils can be brought into play, as well as strong and fast efreet.
  • Castle Gate is a significant advantage of Inferno. It enables to only upgrade creature dwellings in one town, and use the gate to transfer them to be upgraded between towns. However, it's useless if the map has only one Inferno, where Castle Gate is possible.
  • Creating a Demon horde easily: Attack any creep on the map. Blind it, so the battle lasts as long as you want. Cast Fire Wall/Fireball/Inferno/Meteor Shower on your Imps. When they die, raise Demons, then finish the enemy.
  • Another good thing about the Castle Gate is that one hero can be used to defend all towns.
  • After the Lich, the Magog is the only one with attack in area but, unlike Lich, is compatible with Frenzy and Bless (the latter not present in Inferno).
  • The manual states that Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units, and are slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the devils arrive. The statement is supported by the fact that compared to their levels, many of the Inferno's creatures have relatively high speed values and maximum damage values. However, lack of flying units is untrue in the sense that Efreeti and Efreet sultans are definitely noteworthy adversaries. While Inferno troops are great for attacking they are not strong defenders which means that combat strategy with Inferno should be based on first strike.
  • Another weakness in Inferno's army is lack of shooters. Gogs and Magogs are the slowest creatures in Inferno's arsenal, which makes them a somewhat liability considering the mobility of heroes. Additionally, usefulness of Magogs' special ability to throw fireballs is controversial as they may inflict damage to allied troops as well (fixed in Horn of the Abyss as they can target any hex).

Pros:

  • Castle Gate: A life-saver on maps where you control more than one Inferno town.
  • Pit Lord's Demon summon ability: Lets you horde demons. Consider using Marius whose specialty is Demons as your main hero if using this strategy (she will increase Demons' speed as well). If using this strategy, there is almost no need to spend time and resources to upgrade Imps and Gogs or to even build the upgraded buildings since the upgrade does not increase their health (see Summon demons).
  • Efreet Sultans are very good at clearing a map: they have speed, damage, and enough health. They can also be used in a Dragogeddon combo. Consider splitting them into many stacks of 1 unit only in the early game without carrying any other creatures to reduce losses and to increase your hero's movement points.
  • This town has the highest chance to get the Blind spell in the Mage Guild.
  • Cerberus are very powerful with Bless/Haste/Counterstrike.
  • Both Devils/Arch Devils and Cerberi have no enemy retaliation. The hate between Angels and Devils gives a slight advantage to the latter, since Devils don't have retaliation, unlike Angels.
  • Moreover, hate between Genies and Efreeti is also useful to Inferno, because Efreeti are much stronger.
  • The -2 Luck decrease of enemies' Luck is a lot more useful in Horn of the Abyss than without the mod because it introduced negative Luck. Negative Luck gives every stack a chance of 1/12, 1/6, 1/4 with -1, -2, -3 luck to do about half damage only. Assuming the opponent has 7 stacks, on average 0.58/1.17/1.75 stacks will only do about half damage every round if the opponent has -1/-2/-3 luck. This is a significant advantage. Additionally equipped with artifacts that decrease the opponent's luck, this can prove to be devastating, especially against wandering creatures who do not have a hero increasing their luck through artifacts.
  • Familiars have 7 Speed. You can give them to secondary heroes to increase their movement points without affecting your primary hero's army strength. If you want, you could even hand out Cerberi for a speed of 8.
  • The Inferno's slowest upgraded troops, Magogs and Horned Demons, are speed 6, higher than the lowest speed of upgraded troops of most towns, except Cove and Factory.

Cons:

  • If all buildings can be built, Inferno costs the most gold to fully build up. (Castle Gate alone costs 10,000 gold and is not essential; Furthermore, Imps' and Gogs' upgraded buildings are not necessary when using the Demon Farming Strategy).
  • Lacking in the Hero department. (When using Demon Farming, Marius is not terrible at least, and Octavia gives gold when playing at Difficult/Impossible Difficulty).
  • Imps and Familiars are weak first level units, and have no redeeming features save their speed (the Familiars' Magic Channel ability is hardly noticeable). (But, they can be sacrificed to be raised as Demons).
  • The Inferno produces the least hit points per week of all the towns. (But it can Summon Demons which partially makes up for it. Also, it has a 20% chance of getting Resurrection in the Mage Guild).
  • Only one low-level ranged unit, and Magogs are ambiguous due to their opportunity to kill your own troops (which, on the other hand, may help in Demon farming).
  • No Bless spell in the Mage Guild, while Cerberi have a very big damage range (if they are cursed, they are very weak).
  • Lava which is Inferno's native terrain doesn't give any movement penalty to the enemy.

See also

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