Editing Grail (section)

== Grail Buildings and their special bonuses ==
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When the Grail is taken to a town and the visiting hero with the Grail "visits" the Town Hall ([[Town Hall|Village Hall/Town Hall/City Hall/Capitol]]), a town-specific Grail Building will be built. It can be the second town building per turn, but nothing can be built on the same day after it. Also, Grail can be built in an allied town, which can be helpful if you don't have your own [[Tower]] or [[Conflux]]. All unique Grail building features will be effective for allies (except [[Castle]], [[Rampart]] and [[Necropolis]] buildings).

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| '''Town''' || '''Picture''' || '''Name''' || '''Effect''' || '''Notes'''

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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Castle fort.gif|x75px|Castle|link=Castle]]
| [[File:Grail Castle Colossus.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Colossus'''
| Increases the [[morale]] of all of the owner's heroes by 2.
| Although the documentation states that it increases all allied heroes morale,<br>this appears to be wrong.

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Rampart fort.gif|x75px|Rampart|link=Rampart]]
| [[File:Grail Rampart Spirit Guardian.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Spirit<br>Guardian'''
| Increases all owners heroes' [[luck]] by 2.
| 

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Tower fort.gif|x75px|Tower|link=Tower]]
| [[File:Grail Tower Skyship.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Skyship'''
| &bull; Reveals the entire map for the player who owns it<br>&bull; Increases the [[spell points]] of the defending hero by 150,<br>replenishing immediately after the battle.
| Does not cancel out [[Cover of Darkness]].

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Inferno fort.gif|x75px|Inferno|link=Inferno]]
| [[File:Grail Inferno Deity of Fire.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Deity<br>of Fire'''
| Causes every week to be The Week of Imp (+15 [[Imp]] / [[Familiar]] growth).
| External dwellings are not affected by this special week. 

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Necropolis fort.gif|x75px|Necropolis|link=Necropolis]]
| [[File:Grail Necropolis Soul Prison.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Soul<br>Prison'''
| Increases the [[Necromancy]] skill of all the owners' heroes by 20%.
| Although the documentation states that it increases all allied heroes Necromancy skill,<br>this appears to be wrong.

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Dungeon fort.gif|x75px|Dungeon|link=Dungeon]]
| [[File:Grail Dungeon Guardian of Earth.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Guardian<br>of Earth'''
| Increases [[spell power]] skill of the defending hero by 12.
|

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Stronghold fort.gif|x75px|Stronghold|link=Stronghold]]
| [[File:Grail Stronghold Warlords' Monument.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Warlords'<br>Monument'''
| Increases the [[Attack]] of the defending hero by 20.
| 

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Fortress fort.gif|x75px|Fortress|link=Fortress]]
| [[File:Grail Fortress Carnivorous Plant.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Carnivorous<br>Plant'''
| Increases the [[Attack]] and [[Defense]] of the defending hero by 10.
| 

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Conflux fort.gif|x75px|Conflux|link=Conflux]]
| [[File:Grail Conflux Aurora Borealis.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Aurora<br>Borealis'''
| Fills the town's [[Mage Guild]] with all [[spell]]s<br> {{withhota}} Allows learning spells up to the level of the currently built [[Mage Guild]] only<br>and doesn't allow learning spells that are never available in Conflux.
| In earlier versions, any hero that enters the town learns all spells that are in the game,<br>including [[Titan's Lightning Bolt]][[Talk: Titan's Lightning Bolt#Titan's Lightning Bolt from Aurora Borealis|<sup>*]], and not considering the [[Wisdom]] level.<br>Fixed in the [[4.0|complete edition]], {{ab}} patch [[2.2]] and {{sod}} patch [[3.2]].

|- style="background-color: #{{gold 0}};"
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Adventure Map Cove fort (HotA).gif|x75px|Cove|link=Cove]]
| [[File:Grail Cove Lodestar.gif|border|150px]]
| '''Lodestar'''
| Makes any terrain [[Native terrain|native]] to all [[Cove]] units<br>(No [[movement penalty]], +1 to [[attack]]/[[defense]]/[[speed]],<br>ability to see and ignore [[land mine]]s and see [[quicksand]]).
| 

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{{fanopinion|
*Castle: One of the less impactful grails, which is often made redundant by Knights' [[Leadership]] skill. The bonus can be seen as Advanced Leadership without needing to waste a skill slot.
*Rampart: Similar to the Castle grail, but even less impactful. It is generically useful and should be picked over any defensive or faction-restricted grail buildings available to you if you're looking to end the game.
*Tower: Having this building gives a massive tactical advantage, and any player will be perfectly able to spot any attempt of siege or attack not only to this town but to all friendly heroes and buildings.
*Inferno: The problem with Inferno's Deity of Fire is that typically grail buildings are built long after the imps, low tier creatures, are useful. However, the scrupulous Inferno player can turn this into an incredibly powerful advantage. A high level Marius equipped with any of the extra hitpoint artifacts can turn these extra imps into more demons with pit lords. A vial of lifeblood makes conversion 50% more efficient, requiring six imps per demon as opposed to nine. This means with the addition of the grail, birthing pools and castle, one can expect an additional 11 demons per week. <!-- 74.75.4.12 02:19, 31 May 2019‎ -->
*Necropolis: Typically grail buildings will be acquired long after skeletons have already been farmed from neutral encounters, but the 20% boost is still appreciated for whatever fights there are. It's also completely worthless for non-Necro opponents, which is nice. Notably, this is the only source of Necromancy that wasn't halved in [[Horn of the Abyss]], making the boost even more significant.
*Dungeon: Having a +12 Spell Power boost together with 5 level of [[Mage Guild]] allows to cast tremendous spells like [[Chain Lightning]] or [[Implosion]] dealing horrific damage, or to make essential spells like [[Slow]], [[Haste]], [[Bless]] or [[Curse]] everlasting.
*Stronghold: This bonus gives an absurd damage bonus, able to increase the damage output of even the highest leveled creatures by about 50%, any hero holding a town with this building is nearly unbeatable except by an overwhelming army or an opposing hero with a very high level.
*Fortress: This boost is considered to be the best in terms of siege defense, not only does it make all units tanky but also gives them a powerful damage steroid, this is particularly useful for the [[Fortress]] creatures, who have somewhat low stats (but extremely powerful and annoying abilities) and allows them to achieve a powerful combination of destruction, tankiness and annoyingness.
*Conflux: Arguably the best Grail building. Having guaranteed access to [[Town Portal]], [[Dimension Door]], and [[Fly]] by itself is already incredible. Getting every single other spell is just bonus. Even with the nerfs in Horn of the Abyss, this Grail is still the most powerful.
*Cove: Effectively provides a global buff to all Cove units while preventing [[movement penalty]] with mono-Cove armies. The speed is particularly appreciated given how sluggish most Cove units are.
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