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Olden Era — Patch #11: Necromancy Overhaul & Balance Pass
The biggest patch in a while reshapes Necropolis: Necromancy has been completely reworked (raise units outside your own army composition, energy costs heavily revised, new end-of-combat UI). Abyssal Communion (Schism), Swarm Summoning (Hive) and Grove all get rebalanced, Battle Magic and Summon Avatar are adjusted, and 4 new tournament templates arrive. Read the full breakdown, cross-checked directly against the game files.
Olden Era: composer Paul Romero reveals the vocal tracks Unfrozen rejected
Paul Anthony Romero, the legendary composer behind the classic Heroes of Might and Magic soundtracks, is back for Olden Era, but not everything he wrote made the cut. In an interview on the FilmGamer HUN channel, Romero revealed that developer Unfrozen turned down his vocal pieces: a song called “The Olden Era”, recorded with singer Magdalena Katanska, and even a second take featuring Grant Youngblood, who sang on Heroes of Might and Magic II. The studio's stance was simple, they didn't want songs with vocals in the game. Romero's instrumental main themes, however, were kept.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Roundup at the Hooded Horse Summer Sale
Hooded Horse looks back on a busy few weeks for Olden Era: the reveal of the early access roadmap, the announcement of the Mysterious Island PvE map (whose creator is joining Unfrozen as Level Designer), and three content patches. Patch #8 delivered a large balance pass across skills, spells and creatures plus exploit fixes; Patch #9 followed up with targeted tweaks and bug fixes; Patch #10 added saved tactics-phase formations and revamped unit-movement visuals. The game is also 25% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale.
Olden Era — Patch #10: Tactics Phase Formation Saving & Bug Fixes
Patch #10 (v0.80.24) adds saved unit formations for the tactics phase, along with a long list of bug fixes and one temporary balance change. Full breakdown on our patch notes page.
Upcoming PvE Content: The Mysterious Island
Unfrozen has announced that The Mysterious Island, one of the most popular PvE maps for Heroes of Might and Magic III, is coming to Olden Era. The map was inspired by Jules Verne's novel and created by the community mapmaker Papyjama, who is joining the studio as its new Level Designer. The announcement comes as the team continues work on its roadmap features such as Teamplay and the Advanced Random Map Generator, and it directly answers repeated community calls for more single-player and cooperative PvE content.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era – PC Preview
Thumb Culture's preview praises the campaign, skirmish and multiplayer modes for faithfully recreating the old-school turn-based hex formula, with city building and hero progression working well together once past a steep early learning curve. The review criticizes an unintuitive, dated interface with inconsistent left/right-click controls, and finds the strategic depth, diplomacy and combat customization thinner than genre peers like Age of Wonders 4 or Total War: Warhammer II. Overall verdict remains positive, calling the game enjoyable and recommendable despite some repetitiveness.
Roadmap
New game content: neutral creatures, heroes, artifacts, spells, map objects, templates, scenarios, etc.
Continuous balancing and enemy AI adjustments
Active work with player feedback
UI updates and improvements
Constant quality-of-life (QoL) improvements
Ongoing bug fixes
- Teamplay mode
- Advanced random map generator features
- Hero skill rebalancing
- Emote wheel redesign
- Elite class redesign
- Matchmaking redesign
- Spectator mode & replays
- Alternative upgrades rebalancing
- Underground terrain
- Thieves' Guild
- New tier 8 neutral creatures
- Level 5 upgrades for existing spells
- New PvP victory conditions
- Match statistics
- Map editor improvements
- Major hero specialization rework
- Towns evolving on the world map with upgrades
- Ironman mode for the campaign
- Campaign expansion: acts 2 and 3
- Roguelike PvE mode (more info coming)
- Pick & Ban alternatives in PvP
- Map sharing
- New Steam achievements & cards
Roadmap subject to change. Source: Unfrozen, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era.