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Horn of the Abyss is an unofficial expansion on the same level as Armageddon's Blade and Shadow of Death.

Horn of the Abyss (or HotA) is a comprehensive expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic III, designed as a continuation of the classic AB/SoD expansions.

The project adds plenty of new features, but stays true to the formula and vision of the original game. Quality is of utmost importance in this addition to the game. This includes the careful balance changes and fixes, removal of the graphical imperfections left by the developers, and the addition of considerable amount of new content, such as new campaigns, playable factions, and map objects. The project is lore-oriented and attempts to keep connected with the original Might and Magic universe.

In 2024, the Cove faction from Horn of the Abyss was canonized by being officially adopted as one of the upcoming expansions for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Board Game.

Unlike In the Wake of Gods-based mods, Horn of the Abyss' new towns are added to the game without replacing any existing towns. The mod requires Shadow of Death or Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete to run.

The expansion is officially available in two languages: Russian and English. However, unofficial translations of version 1.7.1 are available in Polish, Spanish, and German.

Features[edit | hide | hide all]

New towns

Cove
Factory

New terrain types

New creatures

Cove
- Nymph and Oceanid
- Crew Mate and Seaman
- Pirate, Corsair, and Sea Dog
- Stormbird and Ayssid
- Sea Witch and Sorceress
- Nix and Nix Warrior
- Sea Serpent and Haspid

Pirates can be upgraded twice, similar to Green Dragons in Heroes of Might and Magic II.

Factory

Factory has access to two tier 7 creatures, both of which can be built in the same town.

Neutral
- Leprechaun
- Satyr
- Steel Golem
- Fangarm

Secondary skills

Balance changes to Estates, Intelligence, Logistics, Mysticism, Necromancy, Scouting, and First Aid.
Resistance is disabled by default.
New skill: Interference.

Campaigns

Restoration of Erathia

⏵ Long Live the Queen

⏷ Long Live the Queen

1. Homecoming

2. Guardian Angels

3. Griffin Cliff

⏵ Dungeons and Devils

⏷ Dungeons and Devils

1. A Devilish Plan

2. Groundbreaking

3. Steadwick's Fall

⏵ Spoils of War

⏷ Spoils of War

1. Borderlands

2. Gold Rush

3. Greed

⏵ Liberation

⏷ Liberation

1. Steadwick's Liberation

2. Deal With the Devil

3. Neutral Affairs

4. Tunnels and Troglodytes

⏵ Long Live the King

⏷ Long Live the King

1. A Gryphon's Heart

2. Season of Harvest

3. Corporeal Punishment

4. From Day to Night

⏵ Song for the Father

⏷ Song for the Father

1. Safe Passage

2. United Front

3. For King and Country

⏵ Seeds of Discontent

⏷ Seeds of Discontent

1. The Grail

2. The Road Home

3. Independence

Armageddon's Blade

⏵ Armageddon's Blade

⏷ Armageddon's Blade

1. Catherine's Charge

2. Shadows of the Forest

3. Seeking Armageddon

4. Maker of Sorrows

5. Return of the King

6. A Blade in the Back

7. To Kill A Hero

8. Oblivion's Edge

⏵ Dragon's Blood

⏷ Dragon's Blood

1. Culling the Weak

2. Savaging the Scavengers

3. Blood of the Dragon Father

4. Blood Thirsty

⏵ Dragon Slayer

⏷ Dragon Slayer

1. Crystal Dragons

2. Rust Dragons

3. Faerie Dragons

4. Azure Dragons

⏵ Festival of Life

⏷ Festival of Life

1. Razor Claw

2. Taming of the Wild

3. Clan War

4. For the Throne

⏵ Playing with Fire

⏷ Playing with Fire

1. Farming Towns

2. March of the Undead

3. Burning of Tatalia

⏵ Foolhardy Waywardness

⏷ Foolhardy Waywardness

1. Lost at Sea

2. Their End of the Bargain

3. Here There Be Pirates

4. Hurry Up and Wait

Shadow of Death

⏵ New Beginning

⏷ New Beginning

1. Clearing the Border

2. After the Amulet

3. Retrieving the Cowl

4. Driving for the Boots

⏵ Elixir of Life

⏷ Elixir of Life

1. Graduation Exercise

2. Cutthroats

3. Valley of the Dragon Lords

4. A Thief in the Night

⏵ Hack and Slash

⏷ Hack and Slash

1. Bashing Skulls

2. Black Sheep

3. A Cage in the Hand

4. Grave Robber

⏵ Birth of a Barbarian

⏷ Birth of a Barbarian

1. On the Run

2. The Meeting

3. A Tough Start

4. Falor and Terwen

5. Returning to Bracada

⏵ Rise of the Necromancer

⏷ Rise of the Necromancer

1. Target

2. Master

3. Finneas Vilmar

4. Duke Alarice

⏵ Unholy Alliance

⏷ Unholy Alliance

1. Harvest

2. Gathering the Legion

3. Search for a Killer

4. Final Peace

5. Secrets Revealed

6. Agents of Vengeance

7. Wrath of Sandro

8. Invasion

9. To Strive, To Seek

10. Barbarian Brothers

11. Union

12. Fall of Sandro

⏵ Specter of Power

⏷ Specter of Power

1. Poison Fit for a King

⏷ Under the Jolly Roger

⏵ Under the Jolly Roger

1. Pirates and Palms

2. Master of the Island

3. Devil Sunrise

⏷ Terror of the Seas

⏵ Terror of the Seas

1. Prisoner of Doom

2. Evenmorn

3. The Shores of Hell

4. The Freedom of the Nix

5. In Search of the Horn

6. Treachery

⏷ Horn of the Abyss

⏵ Horn of the Abyss

1. Frontier

2. Heart of Water

3. Horn of the Abyss

4. All Hands on Board!

⏵ Forged in Fire

⏷ Forged in Fire

1. World on Fire

2. Beyond the Horizon

3. Dead or Alive

4. Tomb Raiders

5. Deus Ex Machina

6. Tarred and Feathered

7. New Order

8. Homecoming

Heroes Chronicles

⏵ Warlords of the Wasteland

⏷ Warlords of the Wasteland

1. A Barbarian King

2. The Criminal King

3. Ultimatum

4. The War for the Mudlands

5. Siege of the Wallpeaks

6. Trapped!

7. Slash and Burn

8. Steelhorn

⏵ Conquest of the Underworld

⏷ Conquest of the Underworld

1. Cerberus Gate

2. The Boatman

3. Truth Within Nightmares

4. Twisted Tunnels

5. Jorm's Ambush

6. Old Wounds

7. The Queen's Command

8. Never Deal with a Demon

⏵ Masters of the Elements

⏷ Masters of the Elements

1. The Trouble with Magic

2. Walking on Clouds

3. Don't Drink the Water

4. Hard Place

5. The Secret in the Flames

6. The Magic that Binds

7. Birds of Fire

8. Masters of the Elements

⏵ Clash of the Dragons

⏷ Clash of the Dragons

1. The Dragontalker

2. Dragon's Blood

3. The Dragon Mothers

4. Dragons of Rust

5. Distrust

6. Dragons of Gossamer Wings

7. Dragons of Deepest Blue

8. Clash of the Dragons

⏵ The World Tree

⏷ The World Tree

1. A Distant Cry

2. Senseless Destruction

3. The World Within

4. The Roots of Life

5. Rebirth

⏵ The Fiery Moon

⏷ The Fiery Moon

1. The Endless Sands

2. The Nameless Land

3. The Sparkling Bridge

4. The Fiery Moon

5. Vorr, the Insane

⏵ Revolt of the Beastmasters

⏷ Revolt of the Beastmasters

1. Hopewielder

2. The First Law

3. By Royal Decree

4. The King's Son

5. The Ransom

6. Beyond the Borders

7. Naming a Nation

8. The First Tatalian War

⏵ The Sword of Frost

⏷ The Sword of Frost

1. Tarnum the Overlord

2. The Land of the Vori

3. A New Enemy

4. A New Ally

5. The Capture

6. Tunnels of Ice

7. The Barbarian's Wife

8. The Protectors of the Sword

New campaigns

New heroes

Cove heroes - the Captain (might) and Navigator (magic)
Factory heroes - the Mercenary (might) and Artificer (magic)
Beatrice the Knight
Giselle the Ranger
Ranloo the Death Knight
Kinkeria the Witch
Heroes with Navigation specialty are disabled on maps without water and replaced with new heroes.
Galthran, Sir Mullich, and Thorgrim are disabled by default.
Lord Haart has been re-enabled by default. The Death Knight version has been renamed Haart Lich.

Miscellaneous

Dozens of new map objects.
Several new artifacts.
Improved Map Editor and Campaign Editor functionality.
Conflux's native terrain changed to highlands.
External dwellings now accumulate creatures cumulatively, as long as they're captured.
Halflings changed from neutral to Factory.
Various changes to town balance.
Spell research System.
New Conflux building: Vault of Ashes.
New war machine: Cannon.
New adventure map vehicle: Airship.
New Keybinds.
Many bug fixes and graphical improvements.
Full compatibility with Heroes 3 HD.
Template Editor.

Gallery[edit | hide]

Portrait Updates[edit | hide]

Pictures for Campaigns without campaign maps[edit | hide]

Common
Cove1
Cove2
Cove3

Maps[edit | hide]


4/1			A Cold Day in Hell
8/8			A New Day Tomorrow
3/2			Air Supremacy
4/4			Around the Bay
8/8			Barren Lands
2/1			Bay of Broken Ships
8/8			Before the Storm
3/1			Beware of Demons!
4/4			Blazing Archipelago
7/7			Broken Compass
2/1			Captive
5/1			Carnival of the Abyss
2/2			Carpe Jugulum
5/1			Claws
4/4			Daggerwin Valley
3/2			Dead Man's Tales
4/4			Divide et Impera!
4/4			Divide et Impera! (Allies)
2/2			Face to Face
8/4			Fiery Riches
4/4			Fortune Favors Fools
8/1			From the Depths of Hell
8/8			Gambit
5/5			Glorious Days
3/3			Gold Rush
2/1			In Defense
4/4			Island of Dust
8/8			King of the Hill
2/2			Long Road
6/6			Maelstrom
4/4			Marsh
5/1			Mysterious Ways
4/4			Perfect Equality
6/5			Pirate's Utopia
4/4			Province
3/2			Scorched Earth
4/2			Strait of Storms - Invasion
2/2			Strait of Storms - Skirmish
3/1			Talent Shortage
3/1			Terra Incognita
6/6			The Alliance
5/1			The Challenge
8/6			The Devil is in the Detail
4/4			The Great Wasteland
1/1			Trial of Flame
2/1			Upper Kingdom
3/1			Ville'de'Porte
8/8			When Seas Were Deeper
2/1			With Sword and Fire

Wiki pages[edit | hide]

External links[edit | hide]

Factory

English links

Russian links

Polish links

Spanish links

German links

German translation (1.7.1 version; 06 October 2024)

Polish menu
Spanish menu

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 [[File:Horn of the Abyss.png|frame|right]]
-'''Horn of the Abyss''' (or '''HotA''') is a comprehensive fan-made mod for ''Heroes of Might and Magic III'', designed to continue classical ''Heroes III'' add-on series of [[Restoration of Erathia|RoE]]/[[Armageddon's Blade|AB]]/[[Shadow of Death|SoD]].
+'''Horn of the Abyss''' (or '''HotA''') is a comprehensive expansion for ''Heroes of Might and Magic III'', designed as a continuation of the classic [[Armageddon's Blade|AB]]/[[Shadow of Death|SoD]] expansions.
-The aim of the project is to create an add-on for Heroes III with lots of new features, but stay true to the formula and vision of the original game. The main focus is the quality of every single aspect of the modded game. This includes the careful fixes of the original game balance, removal of the graphical imperfections left by the developers, and a considerable amount of new content, like new campaigns, new map objects and new playable factions. The project is lore-oriented and attempts to keep connected with the original ''Might and Magic'' universe.
+The project adds plenty of new features, but stays true to the formula and vision of the original game. Quality is of utmost importance in this addition to the game. This includes the careful balance changes and fixes, removal of the graphical imperfections left by the developers, and the addition of considerable amount of new content, such as new campaigns, playable factions, and map objects. The project is lore-oriented and attempts to keep connected with the original ''Might and Magic'' universe.
+In 2024, the Cove faction from Horn of the Abyss was canonized by being officially adopted as one of the upcoming expansions for ''[[The Board Game|Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Board Game]]''.
 Unlike [[In the Wake of Gods]]-based mods, Horn of the Abyss' new towns are added to the game without replacing any existing towns. The mod requires ''[[Shadow of Death]]'' or ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete]]'' to run.
+The expansion is officially available in two languages: Russian and English. However, unofficial translations of version 1.7.1 are available in Polish, Spanish, and German.
 == Features ==
 ;New towns
-* [[Cove]]
+* {{town|Cove}}
-* [[Factory]] (upcoming)
+* {{town|Factory}}
 ;New terrain types
-*[[Highlands]]
+* [[Highlands]]
-*[[Wasteland]]
+* [[Wasteland]]
 ;New creatures
 * Cove
-** {{Cn|Nymph|noname=}}{{Cn|Oceanid|name=Nymph and Oceanid}}
+** {{Cnu|Nymph|Oceanid}}
-** {{Cn|Crew Mate|noname=}}{{Cn|Seaman|name=Crew Mate and Seaman}}
+** {{Cnu|Crew Mate|Seaman}}
-** {{Cn|Pirate|noname=}}{{Cn|Corsair|noname=}}{{Cn|Sea Dog|name=Pirate, Corsair, and Sea Dog}}
+** {{Cnu|Pirate|Corsair|third=Sea Dog|Pirate, Corsair, and Sea Dog}}
-** {{Cn|Stormbird|noname=}}{{Cn|Ayssid|name=Stormbird and Ayssid}}
+** {{Cnu|Stormbird|Ayssid}}
-** {{Cn|Sea Witch|noname=}}{{Cn|Sorceress|name=Sea Witch and Sorceress}}
+** {{Cnu|Sea Witch|Sorceress}}
-** {{Cn|Nix|noname=}}{{Cn|Nix Warrior|name=Nix and Nix Warrior}}
+** {{Cnu|Nix|Nix Warrior}}
-** {{Cn|Sea Serpent|noname=}}{{Cn|Haspid|name=Sea Serpent and Haspid}}
+** {{Cnu|Sea Serpent|Haspid}}
-Pirates can be upgraded twice, similar to Green Dragons in ''Heroes II''.
+Pirates can be upgraded twice, similar to Green Dragons in ''Heroes of Might and Magic II''.
-* Factory (upcoming)
+* Factory
-** {{Cn|Halfling (Factory)|noname=}}{{Cn|Halfling Grenadier|name=Halfling and Halfling Grenadier}}
+** {{Cnu|Halfling|image=Halfling (Factory)|Halfling Grenadier}}
-** {{Cn|Mechanic|noname=}}{{Cn|Engineer|name=Mechanic and Engineer}}
+** {{Cnu|Mechanic|Engineer}}
-** {{Cn|Armadillo|noname=}}{{Cn|Bellwether Armadillo|name=Armadillo and Bellwether Armadillo}}
+** {{Cnu|Armadillo|Bellwether Armadillo}}
-** {{Cn|Automaton|noname=}}{{Cn|Automaton|name=Automaton and UPG. Automaton}}
+** {{Cnu|Automaton|Sentinel Automaton}}
-** {{Cn|Sandworm|noname=}}{{Cn|Olgoi-Khorkhoi|name=Sandworm and Olgoi-Khorkhoi}}
+** {{Cnu|Sandworm|Olgoi-Khorkhoi}}
-** {{Cn|Gunslinger|noname=}}{{Cn|Bounty Hunter|name=Gunslinger and Bounty Hunter}}
+** {{Cnu|Gunslinger|Bounty Hunter}}
-** {{Cn|Dreadnought|noname=}}{{Cn|Juggernaut|name=Dreadnought and Juggernaut}}
+** {{Cnu|Dreadnought|Juggernaut}}
-** {{Cn|Couatl|noname=}}{{Cn|Crimson Couatl|name=Couatl and Crimson Couatl}}
+** {{Cnu|Couatl|Crimson Couatl}}
 Factory has access to two tier 7 creatures, both of which can be built in the same town.
@@ Line 48: / Line 52: @@
 ;Secondary skills
-* Balance changes to [[Mysticism]], [[Estates]], [[Intelligence]], [[Logistics]], and [[Necromancy]].
+* Balance changes to [[Estates]], [[Intelligence]], [[Logistics]], [[Mysticism]], [[Necromancy]], [[Scouting]], and [[First Aid]].
 * [[Resistance]] is disabled by default.
 * New skill: [[Interference]].
 {{campaign navigational box|hota=expandex|underthejollyroger=expanded|terroroftheseas=expanded|hornoftheabyss=expanded}}
 ; New [[campaigns]]
@@ Line 56: / Line 61: @@
 * [[Terror of the Seas]]
 * [[Horn of the Abyss (campaign)|Horn of the Abyss]]
+* [[Forged in Fire]]
 ;New heroes
 * Cove heroes - the [[Captain]] (might) and [[Navigator]] (magic)
-* Factory heroes - the [[Mercenary]] (might) and [[Artificer]] (magic) (upcoming)
+* Factory heroes - the [[Mercenary]] (might) and [[Artificer]] (magic)
-* {{h|Beatrice|0=the Knight}}
+* {{h|Beatrice|Knight}}
-* {{h|Giselle|0=the Ranger}}
+* {{h|Giselle|Ranger}}
-* {{h|Ranloo|0=the Death Knight}}
+* {{h|Ranloo|Death Knight}}
-* {{h|Kinkeria|0=the Witch}}
+* {{h|Kinkeria|Witch}}
 * Heroes with [[Navigation]] specialty are disabled on maps without water and replaced with new heroes.
 * [[Galthran]], [[Sir Mullich]], and [[Thorgrim]] are disabled by default.
@@ Line 71: / Line 77: @@
 * Dozens of new map objects.
 * Several new [[artifact]]s.
+* Improved [[Map Editor]] and [[Campaign Editor]] functionality.
 * [[Conflux]]'s [[native terrain]] changed to [[highlands]].
 * External [[Creature dwelling|dwellings]] now accumulate creatures cumulatively, as long as they're captured.
-* [[Halfling]]s changed from [[neutral]] to Factory. (upcoming)
+* [[Halfling]]s changed from [[neutral]] to Factory.
 * Various changes to town balance.
 * [[Spell research]] System.
 * New Conflux building: [[Vault of Ashes]].
 * New [[war machine]]: [[Cannon]].
+* New adventure map vehicle: [[Airship]].
 * New [[Keybinds]].
 * Many bug fixes and graphical improvements.
-* Fully compatible with [[Heroes 3 HD]].
+* Full compatibility with [[Heroes 3 HD]].
 * [[Template Editor]].
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery mode="packed-hover">
+File:Horn of the Abyss Menu.png
+File:Horn of the Abyss Menu no buttons.png
+File:HotA Loading Screen.png
+File:Horn of the Abyss Couatl.png
+File:Horn of the Abyss Couatl no buttons.png
+</gallery>
+== Portrait Updates ==
+<gallery mode="packed-hover">
+File:Hero portraits SoD-HotA.gif
+File:Creature portraits SoD-HotA.gif
+</gallery>
+== Pictures for Campaigns without campaign maps ==
+<gallery mode="packed-hover">
+File: Cmap hota nomap 4.png|Common
+File: Cmap hota nomap 1.png|Cove1
+File: Cmap hota nomap 2.png|Cove2
+File: Cmap hota nomap 3.png|Cove3
+</gallery>
+==Maps==
+{{Map table}}
+{{Horn of the Abyss map table}}
+|}
 == Wiki pages ==
 *[[Cove]]
 *[[Factory]]
-*[[List of heroes (HotA)]]
+*[[List of heroes]]
-*[[List of creatures (HotA)]]
+*[[List of creatures]]
-*[[List of artifacts (HotA)]]
+*[[List of artifacts]]
-*[[List of maps (HotA)]]
+*[[List of maps]]
 *[[Horn of the Abyss (Changelog)]]
-*[[Horn of the Abyss (Documentation)]]
-==External links==
+== External links ==
 ;Factory
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTXUglrxUQc Factory]
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 ;English links
-* [http://h3hota.com/en/documentation Documentation (h3hota.com)]
+* [https://h3hota.com/en/documentation Documentation (h3hota.com)]
+* [https://h3hota.com/en/download Downloads (h3hota.com)]
 * [http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=39830 Official Heroes Community Thread]
 * [https://www.facebook.com/pg/h3hotaofficial/posts Official Facebook Account]
-* [http://h3hota.com/en/faq Official FAQ]
+* [https://h3hota.com/en/faq Official FAQ]
 ;Russian links
-* [http://h3hota.com/ru/documentation Documentation (h3hota.com)]
+* [https://h3hota.com/ru/documentation Documentation (h3hota.com)]
+* [https://h3hota.com/ru/download Downloads (h3hota.com)]
 * [http://forum.df2.ru/index.php?showforum=90 Official DF2 Thread]
 * [https://vk.com/h3hota Official VK Account]
 * [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_III:_Horn_of_the_Abyss Wikipedia]
-;Polish links
+; Polish links
 * [http://www.hota.acidcave.net Acid Cave]
+* [https://heroes.net.pl/ Jaskinia Behemota]
+* [https://github.com/coffeegreg/HoMM3-HotA-PL/releases Polish translation (1.7.1 version; 23 August 2024)]
+;Spanish links
+* [https://www.torredemarfil.es/foro/fuentes-de-la-revelacion-general-sobre-clasicos-homm-y-mm/homm3-horn-of-the-abyss-hd-mod-en-espanol! Torre de Marfil]
+* [https://www.mediafire.com/file/bzlo2715mfhvaiw/H3_HotA_Spanish_1.7.1._%252819-agosto-2024%2529.zip/file Spanish translation (1.7.1 version; 19 August 2024)]
+;German links
+* [https://github.com/heroesiiifan/HoMM3-German German translation (1.7.1 version; 06 October 2024)]
+<gallery mode="packed-hover">
+File:Polish.jpg|Polish menu
+File:spain.png|Spanish menu
+</gallery>
 == See also ==
 [[Horn of the Abyss (artifact)]]
+[[Category:Expansions]]
 [[Category: Horn of the Abyss|*]]
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+__NOTOC__