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{{Secondary skills}}
{{Secondary skills}}
{{Secondary skill
{{Secondary skill
  | B_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 25%.
  | B_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain, reducing the cost of moving one tile by 25 movement points to a minimum of {{swh|95|100}}.
  | A_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 50%.
  | A_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain, reducing the cost of moving one tile by 50 movement points to a minimum of {{swh|90|100}}.
  | E_effect = reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain by 75%.
  | E_effect = removes the movement penalty for rough terrain, reducing the cost of moving one tile by 75 movement points to a minimum of {{swh|85|100}}.
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'''Pathfinding''' is a [[secondary skill]], that reduces the [[movement penalty]] for rough [[terrain]]s. A hero with expert pathfinding secondary skills treats all terrains as [[grass]], which means that the hero suffers no penalty for crossing [[rough]], [[sand]], [[snow]], [[swamp]], or [[wasteland]]{{-wh}} terrain types. Penalty reductions from the skill level are tabulated below. Please note that Pathfinding doesn't give any additional movement points, just allows heroes to save them.
{{TerrainPenTable|float=right}}
{| cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border: 1px solid black; text-align: center; background:#{{Grey 2}};"
|+ style="text-align:left" | Terrain penalties with different levels of Pathfinding:
|- style="background-color:#{{grey 3}};"
! Terrain
! width=50px| None
! width=50px| Basic
! width=50px| Advanced
! width=50px| Expert
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[File:Dirt (s).gif|link=]] [[Dirt]]<br>[[File:Grass (s).gif|link=]] [[Grass]]<br>[[File:Lava (s).gif|link=]] [[Lava]]<br>[[File:Subterranean (s).gif|link=]] [[Subterranean]]<br>[[File:Highlands (s).gif|link=]] [[Highlands]]{{-}}{{withhota}}|| 100%|| 100%|| 100%|| 100%
|- style="background-color:lightgray;"
| style="text-align:left; "| [[File:Rough (s).gif|link=]] [[Rough]]<br>[[File:Wasteland (s).gif|link=]] [[Wasteland]]{{-}}{{withhota}}|| 125%|| 100%|| 100%|| 100%
|-
| style="text-align:left; "| [[File:Sand (s).gif|link=]] [[Sand]]<br>[[File:Snow (s).gif|link=]] [[Snow]]|| 150%|| 125%|| 100%||  100%
|- style="background-color:lightgray;"
| style="text-align:left"| [[File:Swamp (s).gif|link=]] [[Swamp]]||175%||150%||125%||100%
|}


'''Heroes with Pathfinding as a starting skill:'''
'''Heroes with Pathfinding as a starting skill:'''
* {{H2|Clancy|Ranger}}
* {{H2|Clancy|Ranger}}
* {{H2|Gretchin|Barbarian}}
* {{H2|Gretchin|Barbarian|himage=(HotA)}}
* {{H2|Korbac|Beastmaster}}
* {{H2|Korbac|Beastmaster}}
* {{H2|Andal|Navigator}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Corkes|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Corkes|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Leena|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Leena|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Andal|Navigator}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Celestine|Artificer}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Celestine|Artificer}}{{-wh}}


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{{Secondary skill chance explanation}}
{{Secondary skill chance explanation}}
{{ZET SEC SKILL CHANCE TABLE| 4| 2 (lowest)| 7| 5| 4| 2 (lowest)| 4| 4| 4| 6| 5| 2 (lowest)| 8 (highest)| 4| 8 (highest)| 2 (lowest)| 6| 2 (lowest)| 8 (highest)| 6| 7| 3}}
{{ZET SEC SKILL CHANCE TABLE| 4| 2 (lowest)| 7| 5| 4| 2 (lowest)| 4| 4| 4| 6| 5| 2 (lowest)| 8 (highest)| 4| 8 (highest)| 2 (lowest)| 6| 2 (lowest)| 8 (highest)| 6| 7| 3}}
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{{user commentary|
{{user commentary|

Latest revision as of 21:23, 3 January 2025

Secondary skills
 Air Magic
 Archery
 Armorer
 Artillery
 Ballistics
 Diplomacy
 Eagle Eye
 Earth Magic
 Estates
 Fire Magic
 First Aid
 Intelligence
 Interference Horn of the Abyss
 Leadership
 Learning
 Logistics
 Luck
 Mysticism
 Navigation
 Necromancy
 Offense
 Pathfinding
 Resistance
 Scholar
 Scouting
 Sorcery
 Tactics
 Water Magic
 Wisdom
Pathfinding
Basic Pathfinding: reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain, reducing the cost of moving one tile by 25 movement points to a minimum of 95 Horn of the Abyss100 Shadow of Death.
Advanced Pathfinding: reduces the movement penalty for rough terrain, reducing the cost of moving one tile by 50 movement points to a minimum of 90 Horn of the Abyss100 Shadow of Death.
Expert Pathfinding: removes the movement penalty for rough terrain, reducing the cost of moving one tile by 75 movement points to a minimum of 85 Horn of the Abyss100 Shadow of Death.
Terrain penalties with different levels of Pathfinding
Terrain None Basic Advanced Expert
Dirt
Grass
Lava
Subterranean
Highlands Horn of the Abyss		 100% 95% Horn of the Abyss100% Shadow of Death 90% Horn of the Abyss100% Shadow of Death 85% Horn of the Abyss100% Shadow of Death
Rough
Wasteland Horn of the Abyss		 125% 100% 90% Horn of the Abyss100% Shadow of Death 85% Horn of the Abyss100% Shadow of Death
Sand
Snow		 150% 125% 100% 85% Horn of the Abyss100% Shadow of Death
Swamp 175% 150% 125% 100%

Heroes with Pathfinding as a starting skill:

Chance to get[edit | hide | hide all]

Out of total 112 for Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss.
Banned skills change the probability.

Town Class Chance to learn
Castle  Knight   4
Castle  Cleric   2 (lowest)
Rampart  Ranger   7
Rampart  Druid   5
Tower  Alchemist   4
Tower  Wizard   2 (lowest)
Inferno  Demoniac   4
Inferno  Heretic   4
Necropolis  Death Knight   4
Necropolis  Necromancer   6
Dungeon  Overlord   5
Dungeon  Warlock   2 (lowest)
Stronghold  Barbarian   8 (highest)
Stronghold  Battle Mage   4
Fortress  Beastmaster   8 (highest)
Fortress  Witch   2 (lowest)
Conflux  Planeswalker   6
Conflux  Elementalist   2 (lowest)
Cove Horn of the Abyss     Captain   8 (highest)
Cove Horn of the Abyss     Navigator   6
Factory Horn of the Abyss     Mercenary   7
Factory Horn of the Abyss     Artificer   3


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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

The usefulness of the Pathfinding skill depends on the terrain of the map. If you walk primarily on your home soil, Logistics is sufficient. However, if a map has vast territories very hard to pass (e.g. swamp), Pathfinding works decently, potentially even better than Logistics. Playing against Tower or Fortress is a reason to use Logistics and Pathfinding.

Pathfinding can always be recommended as a secondary skill for scout type secondary heroes, but it may also be valuable for the main hero(es). It should be noted that some factions' native terrains slow the enemy down very much, which gives the player a big advantage and therefore may affect the necessity of pathfinding.

Things that ruin Pathfinding

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