Monolith
Monolith is a common term for adventure map locations, that visually resemble gates. They can be used to instantly travel between similar, visually associated monoliths. There are two functionally different monolith types: one-way and two-way.
One Way Monoliths can only be used to travel in one direction. If a hero enters an entrance gate, they will be transported to a corresponding exit gate. There can be several exit gates, in which case the destination will be chosen in a fixed order 
randomly 
. If an exit tile is occupied by a player's hero, other heroes are not able to teleport to that location (and heroes cannot interact, unlike the surface/underground Subterranean Gates situation). If an exit is closed by an enemy's hero, there will be a battle. If a hero enters an exit gate, the following text will display "This structure is obviously a travel gate, but it no longer appears to be functioning."
Monoliths Two Way work in a similar way, but they can be used to travel in both directions.
If an enemy hero enters a monolith at the open part of the adventure map, its exit point will be "shown" even if it is located in a shrouded area.
Monoliths cannot be located on water tiles. Water has a similar traveling method called Whirlpools, but it usually kills some of your troops.
Two-way monoliths can be repeatedly traversed, without spending any movement points, by pressing the space bar (not in Restoration of Erathia).
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Horn of the Abyss[edit | hide | hide all]
In Horn of the Abyss, 4 one-way and 17 two-way (5 of them are for water only) monoliths were added. Player can now see the certain monolith's name by right-clicking on it. "Portal" monolith subtype was added to prevent a mess with a naming and portals have no other functions than monoliths.
