Unused content

This page contains unused content found in the game files. The Forge town was planned, but then scrapped earlier on in development. Also, see Cut content trivia for some little known facts!

Restoration of Erathia

Adventure Map Objects

Certain maps include Market of Time (e.g., Titan's Winter, Warmongers in RoE 1.0).
Alternative Windmill
Alternative Gnoll Hut (present in Gelea's Champions scenario)
Alternative School of Magic
Alternative Campfire
Red Obelisk for underground terrain ^{*(realized in Horn of the Abyss )}
Alternative underground hole (in-game graphic is only a placeholder)

Adventure map versions of Ballista, Ammo cart, First Aid Tent, Spell book, Grail and Catapult, however only with placeholder graphics

You can still easily add these Adventure Map objects into your map editor. Map with this objects will work correctly even for players without these objects enabled. For SoD simply put this Objects.txt in your "data" directory or insert it in H3Bitmap.lod using Grayface's MMArchive. For HotA (1.6.1 and prior only, this will crash your editor on 1.7.0 and above) put this EdObjts.txt in your "data" directory or insert it in HotA.lod using Grayface's MMArchive. All unused objects can be found under "Towns" category.

Unused creatures animations and sounds

Spell casting animations for Zealots
Centaurs have unused shooting animation and unused shooting sound (HoMM2 leftover).
Centaur Captains have unused shooting animation and unused shooting sound (HoMM2 leftover).
Spell casting animations for Dendroid Soldiers
Spell casting animations for War Unicorns
Spell casting animations for Efreet
Spell casting animations for Efreet Sultans
Spell casting animations for Vampire Lords
Spell casting animations for Dread Knights
Spell casting animations for Harpy Hags
Alternative Beholder's death animation and death sound ^{*(realized in Horn of the Abyss as a result of death from a spell)}
Alternative Evil Eye's death animation and death sound ^{*(realized in Horn of the Abyss as a result of death from a spell)}
Spell casting animations for Minotaur Kings
Spell casting animations for Cyclops Kings
Alternative Gold Golem death animation ^{*(realized in Horn of the Abyss as a result of death from a spell)}

Spellcasting sounds for:
Unused sound of Magog's Fireball
Devils' moving sound
Alternative Liches' melee sound (HoMM2 leftover)
Leftover HoMM2 shooting turret sound

Alternative spell effects and sounds

The game contains alternative animations of Berserk, Bless, Curse, Stone Skin, Cure, Dispel, Forgetfulness, Frost Ring. They're very similar to the final animations, just slightly slower coming up and fading out.
Leftover sounds from HoMM2 for Armageddon, Elemental Storm, Cold Ray, Cold Ring, Death Ripple, Dragon Slayer, Fireball, Haste, Magic Arrow and Mirror Image. Also unused sound from HoMM2 called PROTECT and Leftover sound of ending creature teleporting from HoMM1.
Alternative Fire Shield sound