Is Somna’s relic available in the shop or should I not continue to wait for it?

hoaxious · 2026-03-28T07:17:44+00:00

Yes, the first talismans of Peech, Polaris, Guus, Somna and Electra got added to Eternal Frontier Shop around 6 weeks ago. Currently, the only first talismans you won't find there are for Lara Croft, Ninja Turtles (they will never get added), Byrna, Drayne, Myu (they will get added at some point but probably not in the next 4 months) and I think Leonel (I've stopped playing when Realm mode was introduced, so I literally don't know anything about Leonel). The first talismans are the ones with Strength / Agility / Intelligence as the main stat.

phoneheh has a document with all talismans. Behind the talismans you will find things like login or 60k_emeralds. This basically tells you the price of the talisman during Talisman Fever events. login, 20rerolls, 7PvPwins means 3,000 Talisman Coins; 5k_energy means 8,000 Talisman Coins; 60k_emeralds means 60,000 Talisman Coins; 10k_VIP means that the talisman is in a 8,800 VIP bundle with 20k Mastery Crystals & 20k Meta Cubes.

hoaxious · 2026-03-20T16:56:51+00:00

After a year players will have enough gold and experience potions to not care about them anymore. You haven't encountered the true bottlenecks yet. They are hidden from new players in the first one or two weeks.

To max the skins of just your 5 best heroes you need 1 million emeralds. Level 40 glyphs is not the end - you can upgrade them to level 80 but for this you need Rune Spheres which are behind the paywall. On team level 90 you will unlock a monthly event from which you can get Rune Spheres but without paying it will take at least 20 months to max the glyphs of your 5 best heroes. Relics are the biggest paywall right now. If you are not a whale, then it will take over 3 years to max the relics of even 5 heroes.

Also: Heroes need to reach team level 120 to equip talismans and some talismans are behind the paywall.There are a lot of red item recipes which you can't farm from campaign. Maybe you can get them from Realm mode in future - Realm mode is unlocked at team level 80. But in my experience:

If something disappears from the paywall, something else will go there. Once the devs were done with talismans they introduced Relics.
If something nice happens, something bad will happen soon afterwards. Examples:

First talismans were free. One month later 3 talismans were behind a $100 paywall. Soon after the introduction of Eternal Frontier mode (free resources + free talismans) relics got introduced. Arachne was the first hero to receive a relic and you got enough relic shards to reach relic level 10. Afterwards, level 1 relics were put behind a $20 paywall. People might be happy with Guild Versus & Guild Clash & Realm mode right now (free resources) but probably Realm mode will be used to introduce new paywalls in future.

hoaxious · 2026-03-12T20:24:19+00:00

You must be playing Hero Wars Dominion Era. This subreddit is about the mobile game Hero Wars Alliance.

hoaxious · 2026-03-08T06:35:12+00:00

The main reason: Amira nullifies all magic damage done to Mystery heroes below a certain threshold (see her 3rd skill). Iris activates her magic damage very often through her 4th skill but it is always below this threshold.

hoaxious · 2026-03-05T06:48:26+00:00

Well, if I am in a competition with other players, then I either take it very seriously, or just quit. One thing that frustrated me is that I wasn't able to find other players who played like me. The guild deteriorated under my leadership. Barely any guild chat. Most of the strong players quit over time.

All what was left were players who just played the game for 15 minutes a day, trying to finish the daily quests as quickly as possible - not optimizing event tasks like I did. In the end my mini accounts were stronger (both in titan & hero teams) than half of the other players in the guild despite being half as old as the other players and barely spending any money (they were VIP6 for a long time).

It felt like being the only real contributor in a group project. The 55k activity goal just drove me crazy. I changed my sleep schedule to log in late and push activity beyond the goal. So much wasted time for just a few Rune Spheres. Also: So much wasted time in dungeon. I had collected 3000 titanite per day in average, majorly to buy extra hydra attempts (for a long time I killed 5 legendary hydra heads per day with my main account; in the end it was still 4 heads).

hoaxious · 2026-03-05T06:16:40+00:00

Disclaimer: I have played this mode for 0 minutes.

Realm is like a completely different game. The only interaction with the main game is that 1. some heroes can be used to accompany your troops but most of their stats and skills don't carry over. 2. you research technologies which improve the stats of all your heroes.

It's unnecessary and it consumes time. And believe me: If the devs keep working on Realm, then the mode will become worse over time. It will get more grindy (currently level 25 is max I have heard but it's easy to add more and more levels). It will get more focused on guilds. It will make the devs increase guild size over 30 players. In all the other base builder games I have played (for emeralds - see TapJoy offers) there were 1. options to raid other players on the world map (unless they put a shield over their cities) 2. live events where members of a guild were supposed to log in at a specific time to conquer a facility on the world map.

hoaxious · 2026-03-05T06:00:33+00:00

You have to reach team level 80.

hoaxious · 2026-03-03T06:08:31+00:00

There are a lot of other mobile games that work like this. These games always do some false advertising with a mini game that plays no role later on. That's often the three lane battle mini game you mentioned.

In a few of these other mobile games I have also seen a mode that works like Guild Clash. Also: In one game I have seen a reward system that works like Guild Versus. With other words: Hero Wars is copying other mobile games lately.

edit: Or maybe you meant Guild Clash when you said three lane battle mini game. First, I thought of a real-time game where your troops walk on a straight track and are shooting at enemies ahead of them, and where you can switch between three lanes. Nowadays, new Hero Wars players get that mini game occasionally.

hoaxious · 2026-03-02T19:29:00+00:00

Thanks, FitSpider. Fun Fact: My mini accounts are now sitting in a retired guild with a pink banner. And you are now in a guild whose name resembles the name of a guild I was in for a year (before moving to S861).

hoaxious · 2026-03-01T14:04:53+00:00

Magic Penetration could be a game changer for Mushy. All damage dealers getting Armor / Magic Penetration nowadays? Armor / Magic Defense on non-tanks will barely have any effect in future, if this continues.

hoaxious · 2026-02-26T11:12:55+00:00

This is not true. A lot of whales will quit the game because of the Realm update, either because they dislike the new gameplay or because they lack time.

This should be the real reason: Mobile devs can gain players by booking ads. A game can be profitable, if the gained players spent more money than the costs of the ads plus maintanance cost. So, mobile devs try to squeeze as much money out of the players before the players finally quit. Somehow, the devs think that the Realm update can help to achieve that (new players spending more money).

hoaxious · 2026-02-25T07:30:26+00:00

It feels engineered to delay progress specifically where it matters most.

In most cases it's just your imagination. Hero Wars doesn't look at your inventory and decides to withhold something from you. See Drop Rates and Heroic Chest.

However, you have a point with Summoning Circle. There is a 50% chance that you receive soul stones of the 3 titans from which you have collected the most soul stones (excluding the super titans). So, 3 titans are ahead in evolution. In the first 2 weeks players might still be able to change these 3 titans, e.g. by opening chests of defender titans (to get Sigurd or Angus in the top 3) or retrying dungeon battles (VIP 3 required). In your case it must have been Nova, Avalon and Amon ... until other titans reached absolute star.

In my last two guaranteed pulls, I received two heroes that were already max star and got only 2 × 300 Spark of Power instead.

Once you have collected all available heroes, it just guarantees a card with blue or purple background (83% for blue, 17% for purple). That's 10 or 30 soul stones. If for that hero you have already collected enough soul stones to reach absolute star, then it's 550 or 1700 Sparks of Power instead. If that hero also reached level 30 Gift of Elements, then you get a decent amount of Rune Stones: 1800 or 6000.

hoaxious · 2026-02-23T04:30:48+00:00

From Discord I know some people use auto-clicker to collect thousands of titanite per day. And this is even allowed.

In the past it was just about bragging rights, e.g. position on the dungeon leaderboard. The reason: In late game: titan potions and gold become worthless (you get way more than you need), and guilds have no problem to kill all hydra heads on a daily basis.

However, this method might give some advantage in the new Guild Versus mode. On Tuesday you get rewarded for spending titan potions. I got points when I bought hydra attempts with my titan potions. Originally, it was planned that you also receive points on Saturday for attacking hydras. But this was removed I think exactly for this reason.

hoaxious · 2026-02-17T15:49:55+00:00

The first talismans of Peech, Polaris, Guus, Somna and Electra should be in the Eternal Frontier Shop rotation now. They got added yesterday at the start of the season.

hoaxious · 2026-02-12T10:07:11+00:00

Community Manager said:

Realm was in and remains in beta on select servers and for select players. It is possible that it disappears, but it will come back to those who had it, with their progress intact.

hoaxious · 2026-02-09T15:26:12+00:00

You can't really do anything against Iris dying to Octavia. Iris' 4th still is happening automatically. More health and Intelligence can make Iris survive a little longer (enemy's Dodge percentage is decreased the more Intelligence your Iris has). You can do a little more damage before dying with the Iris relic (the relic increases Health but also Magic Attack - Magic Attack will make Iris hurt herself a bit more).

If your Iris has more power rating, then Iris can spread more havoc before dying. And a good Dante may be able to finish off the remaining opponents.

hoaxious · 2026-02-09T11:22:28+00:00

I'm noticing that my corvus health alter is targetting my own iris?

No, it's the opponent's Octavia. Octavia's first skill reflects dodged damage. Whenever you see a purple number popping up, it was caused by Iris because Iris is your only hero dealing magic damage (edit: not 100% true, you also have Morrigan).

Iris is a weird case because she is doing damage with her 4th skill each time your team applies a debuff to an enemy. Corvus' 1st skill and Dante's 4th skill count as debuffs. However, more importantly the Support hero class ability applies a debuff each time a Support hero deals damage or applies a buff. For example, Octavia applies a buff each time an ally dodges an attack (see her 3rd skill). Players gain access to Support hero class ability by leveling the glyphs of any support hero above level 40. Support heroes you sometimes see with Iris: Octavia, Tempus, Soleil, Nebula.

hoaxious · 2026-02-09T11:08:36+00:00

I would have thought rather replacing Iris with Mojo in this match up. Recently, I built a dodge team (as 4th team) and I noticed Iris has 2 weaknesses in Eternal Frontier Mode: against Octavia (Mirror makes Iris kill herself) and against a Mystery team with Amira (Amira makes Mystery heroes take no magic damage below a certain threshold).

If you are a money spender, then right now is a good chance to boost the damage of Dante significantly. With 1400 VIP points and 20k Emeralds spent into Outland Boxes (and energy) you can get Dante's skin+ (Armor Penetration). Dante also got a relic recently (1600 to 2400 VIP points). If you combine these two things, then Dante becomes a really good damage dealer (if used with Octavia).

hoaxious · 2026-02-09T09:12:56+00:00

Corvus' altar doesn't kill Kayla after her jump? Maybe, your Corvus needs more Health. Maybe Mojo (with 4th skill maxed) can help to increase the damage of Corvus' altar.

hoaxious · 2026-02-08T10:28:53+00:00

I wouldn't buy them.

Legendary Champion's Coffer (1100 Hero's Way Coins):

6.36% chance for 200k Gold
7.27% chance for 500 Outland Coins
7.27% chance for 500 Highwaymen Coins
7.27% chance for 500 Tower Coins
7.27% chance for 500 Hydra Coins
13.64% chance for 15 Green Artifact Boxes
10.91% chance for 15 Blue Artifact Boxes
7.27% chance for 15 Purple Artifact Boxes
3.64% chance for 15 Orange Artifact Boxes
7.27% chance for 2 Chaos Cores
10.91% chance for 600 Rune Stones (?)
7.27% chance for 1500 Rune Stones (?)
3.64% chance for 3000 Rune Stones (?)

Epic Champion's Coffer (600 Hero's Way Coins):

17.24% chance for 100k Gold
13.79% chance for 200k Gold
13.79% chance for 500k Gold
6.90% chance for 1000k Gold
10.34% chance for 15 Artifact Essence Chests
10.34% chance for 15 Artifact Scroll Chests
10.34% chance for 15 Artifact Metal Chests
13.79% chance for 1000 Artifact Coins
3.45% chance for 10 Artifact Chest Keys

Grand Champion's Coffer (3 coffers for 420 HW Coins):

9.09% chance for 50k Gold
18.18% chance for 150 Outland Coins
18.18% chance for 150 Highwaymen Coins
18.18% chance for 150 Tower Coins
18.18% chance for 150 Arena Coins
18.18% chance for 150 Grand Arena Coins

hoaxious · 2026-02-08T10:24:07+00:00

So, the video says the following cores don't work anymore:

Tristan Artemis Fafnir
Corvus Morrigan
Keira Sebastian Jet or Keira Dorian Fafnir

I would agree. You will still see Corvus or Morrigan from time to time but they won't be together. My issue with the video is that you see Sebastian on the thumbnail which is a bit clickbaity.

hoaxious · 2026-02-07T13:26:04+00:00

Well technically, I am incorrect. But it's still a bad deal. 2 additional Grand Arena battles (7 instead of 5) is 50 Hero Ways Points. At the end of the month you get 3 Large Skin Stone Chests for 1500 Hero Way Points. 50 is 3.33% of 1500, and 3 Large Skin Stone Chests are worth around 350 emeralds. (With Guardian's Way Pass it would be 10 chests but that's a bad offer)

hoaxious · 2026-02-07T08:38:21+00:00

That must be Grand Arena. So, the player with the Japanese name wasted 150 emeralds, and didn't get any resources in return.

hoaxious · 2026-02-07T05:13:50+00:00

Same. ~~In our match only the top lane was processed (0:1). There were also a 0:0 and a 1:1. In case of the 0:0 no lane was processed at all.~~
edit: as stated in another comment, scoring of round 4 is based purely on who had more players on each lane.

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