Modifiers update Q1 2025 (#3802)

MMR gain/loss is now disabled when playing with modifiers. (Buyback option is still allowed)
New standalone modifier - Multicast
2x Multiplier: renamed to Double D; no longer improves debuff durations.
Aghanim: You no longer lose any gold on death.
Chaos new mods: Spoons Stash, Bad Design 1, Bad Design 2, Puny, Outworld Attack, Multicast
Chaos rework: Modifier will last between 2 and 5 minutes. 25% chance to change the modifier on hero kill and 25% chance to change the modifier on respawn.
Glass Cannon rework: You deal 25% more dmg but you also take 25% more dmg.
Hybrid: Spell amp per stack reduced from 3% to 1.5%; Fixed attack dmg buff duration sometimes being way less than intended when casting spells with cd less than 6s; Fixed missing icons.
Hyper Lifesteal: No longer works for Pure dmg (QoP is an exception); Fixed not being able to lifesteal/spell lifesteal while invulnerable. Now works for reflected dmg on QoP when the associated facet is selected.
Keeper of the Truth: Changed icon so it doesnt get confused with boss true sight or gem of true sight.
Ludo mods will now rarely have downsides.
Ludo new mods: Spoons Stash, Bad Design 1, Bad Design 2, Puny, Outworld Attack, Multicast
Ludo no longer has a 5% chance to change the modifier on kill or on respawn.
Magus: Oracle Fate's Edict no longer has a penalty.
Magus: The following spells can no longer proc: Chen Summon Convert, Dazzle End Projection, Eul Tornado Collector, Hoodwink End Sharpshooter, Kez Raptor Dance, Naga Siren Song of the Siren End, Nyx Assassin Unburrow, Primal Beast Begin Onslaught (sub-ability), Ringmaster Escape Act, Techies Detonate Tazer, Templar Assassin Trap (sub-ability), Terrorblade Conjure Image (when Mirror Master facet is picked)
Magus: The following spells now have 5% chance to proc: Beastmaster Call of the Wild Boar, Beastmaster Call of the Wild Hawk, Broodmother Spin Web, Crystal Maiden Arcane Aura, Dark Willow Bramble Maze, Chatterjee Electric Shield, Enigma Demonic Summoning, Eul Typhoon, Faceless Void Time Dilation, Faceless Void Time Zone, Nature's Prophet Nature's Call, Hoodwink Decoy, Invoker Chaos Meteor, Invoker Exort, Invoker Forge Spirit, Invoker Invoke, Invoker Quas, Invoker Wex, Kez Echo Slash, Kez Switch Discipline, Mirana Leap, Muerta The Calling, Shadow Fiend Feast of Souls, Phantom Lancer Juxtapose, Clockwerk Power Cogs, Shadow Shaman Mass Serpent Ward, Wraith King Bone Guard, Tidehunter Kraken Shell, Venomancer Plague Ward, Void Spirit Aether Remnant, Warlock Chaotic Offering, Zeus Nimbus and Zeus Heavenly Jump.
Octarine Soul: Cd reduction for items and some abilities is now 5 times lower than the actual bonus instead of being 0%.
Random Surprise: Can't random Moriah's Shield, Brawler and Smurf anymore.
Rend: Debuff duration increased from 6s to 7s.
Smurf: Changed icon
Sorcerer: Items in backpack now have a chance to be refreshed as well.
Speedster: Bonus move speed reduced from 50% to 30%; Bonus attack speed increased from 25% to 30%.
Splasher: Fixed sometimes randomly not working; No longer procs for reflected dmg, hp removal dmg and for dmg that cannot spell lifesteal; Radius reduced from 300 to 275; Added particle indicator so you can tell when it's working;
Telescope: Bonus attack range is now halved on melee heroes. (175 bonus attack range)
Timeless Relic: Bonus spell amp and bonus debuff duration reduced from 30% to 25%.
Updated Hyper Active, Pro Active and Octarine Soul lists of abilities that have decreased cd reduction.
Wealthy rework: Now grants bonus gold per kill (25 per creep kill, 100 per hero kill) instead of 1000+ gold per respawn.
White Queen: Changed icon and made sure it works how it's intended.


Neutral items changes (#3801)

Vanilla Trusty Shovel replaced with custom one. (elixir and creep timings adjusted a little bit)
Iron Talon replaced with Demon Stone.
Greedy enchantment replaced with custom Wise enchantment.
Pyrrhic Cloak replaced with Craggy Coat
Book of the Dead replaced with Reflex Core.
Magic Lamp replaced with Stonework Pendant.
Pirate Hat replaced with Blood Sword and Rune Breaker.
Wise (tier 5 enchantment) replaced with custom Arcane enchantment.
Serrated Shiv now deals 50% less dmg to bosses.

Bloodseeker Bloodrage with scepter now deals 50% less dmg to bosses.
Phantom Assassin Fan of Knives now deals 50% less dmg to bosses.

Spider boss and Vlads Grimoire nerfs (#3800)

Spider Boss attack dmg reduced from 5000 to 4000.
Spider Boss BAT nerfed from 1.2 to 1.7
Spider Boss base attack speed increased from 100 to 150.
Spider Boss Rage no longer grants 500 bonus damage.
Spider Boss Rage now improves BAT to 1.5.
Spider Boss Spidershot impact dmg reduced from 1000 to 50.
Spider Boss Rage lifesteal reduced from 25% to 20%.
Spider Boss Spider Egg armor reduced from 25 to 20.
Vladmir's Grimoire dmg reduction against bosses reduced from 20/24/28/32/36% to 18/20/22/24/26%.

Alternate map lightning update (#3799)

Some balance changes (#3798)

Removed status resistance from Shade Staff
Nerfed Gyrocopter ult dmg and q dmg at OAA lvls
Snapfire aghs cd and cast range buffed
Meepo aghs and shard cd buffed
Nerfed Dagger of Moriah, Greater Power Treads and Shivas Guard spell amp
Nerfed bloodseeker aghs dmg
Nerfed alchemist innate gold a little bit
Alchemist Dividends buffed slightly - game doesn't let us merge the facets.
Nerfed Pugna ult dmg at OAA lvls.
Bounty Rune spawn interval increased from 3 to 4 minutes.

Mark For Sell bandaid (#3797)

Mark For Sell option will no longer work for items that have core points cost. (Normal selling still works)

Neutral Creeps fixing and refactoring - part 1 (#3710)

HERO CHANGES:
Chen Holy Persuasion shard upgrade and Doom Devour with Gluttony facet now increase the creep ability lvl only by 1.

GENERAL CHANGES:
Added new water creeps to some camps.
Neutral Creeps abilities now upgrade every 7 min. (Known Bug: Helm of the Overlord doesn't give increase the levels of neutral abilities)
Reduced average gold value of ancient camps by 25%.
Reduced average gold value of hard camps by 20%.
Reduced average xp value of ancient camps by 4%.

SPECIFIC CREEP CHANGES:
Alpha Wolf Invisibility cd reduced from 20 to 20/19/18/17 seconds.
Alpha Wolf Invisibility duration rescaled from 20 to 16/18/20/22 seconds.
Alpha Wolf Invisibility fade time rescaled from 1 to 1.1/1/0.9/0.8 seconds.
Alpha Wolf Packleaders Aura (Alpha Wolf Critical Strike Aura) crit dmg increased from 200% to 200/225/250/275%
Alpha Wolf turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Ancient Black Dragon Fireball dmg reduced at lvl 1 from 85 to 45.
Ancient Prowler Shaman Desecrate dmg rescaled from 200 to 125/250/500/1000.
Ancient Prowler Shaman Petrify cd reduced from 15 to 15/14/13/12 seconds.
Ancient Prowler Shaman Petrify dps rescaled from 100 to 50/100/200/400.
Black Dragon Aura bonus armor rescaled from 5 to 3/4/5/6.
Black Dragon Fireball cd increased from 10 to 15/14/13/12 seconds.
Black Dragon Fireball mana cost increased from 100 to 200/180/160/140.
Black Dragon turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Centaur (small) magic resist reduced from 5% to 0%. (still has Cloak Aura)
Centaur (small) turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Centaur Conqueror War Stomp hero stun duration now scales: 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9 seconds.
Centaur Conqueror magic resist increased from 5% to 25%.
Centaur Conqueror turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Fell Spirit Vex silence duration now scales: 3/3.5/4/4.5 seconds.
Fell Spirit magic resist increased from 0% to 25%.
Fell Spirit new ability: Vortex (active, point target aoe)
Ghost Frostburn attack speed slow increased from 25 to 25/35/45/55.
Ghost Frostburn health restoration reduction rescaled from 25% to 20/25/30/35%.
Ghost magic resist increased from 5% to 25%.
Ghost new ability: Curse (active, single target)
Ghost no longer has Cloak Aura.
Ghost now has 300 mana.
Ghost turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Harpy Scout base attack speed reduced from 125 to 110.
Harpy Scout magic resist increased from 0% to 25%.
Harpy Scout turn rate improved from 0.5 to 1.0
Harpy Stormcrafter Chain Lightning initial dmg reduced at lvl 1 from 100 to 75.
Harpy Stormcrafter Chain Lightning max jump targets increased from 4 to 8.
Harpy Stormcrafter Null Field Aura magic resist reduction rescaled from 17% to 15/17/19/21%.
Harpy Stormcrafter Null Field Aura no longer affects banished enemies.
Harpy Stormcrafter base attack speed reduced from 125 to 110.
Harpy Stormcrafter magic resist increased from 0% to 25%.
Harpy Stormcrafter turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Hellbear Smasher Thunder Clap attack speed slow increased from 25 to 25/35/45/55.
Hellbear Smasher Thunder Clap dmg rescaled from 150/250/500/1000 to 110/225/450/900.
Hellbear Smasher Thunder Clap move speed slow increased from 25% to 25/30/35/40%.
Hellbear Smasher base attack speed reduced from 100 to 90.
Hellbear Smasher magic resist increased from 0 to 25%.
Hellbear Smasher new ability: Death Throe Power (passive, on death)
Hellbear Smasher no longer has Cloak Aura.
Hellbear Smasher turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Hellbear base attack speed reduced from 200 to 190.
Hellbear magic resist increased from 0% to 25%.
Hellbear new abilities: Mana Burn (active, no target aoe) and War Drums Aura (passive, accuracy aura)
Hellbear turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Kobold Foreman Warcry bonus attack speed rescaled from 50 to 30/40/50/60.
Kobold Foreman Warcry bonus dmg rescaled from 20 to 15/30/60/120.
Kobold Foreman Warcry cd reduced from 30 to 30/25/20/15 seconds.
Kobold Foreman Warcry mana cost increased from 25 to 75.
Kobold Foreman mana increased from 150 to 300.
Kobold Foreman turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Kobold Soldier Death Throe Rush bonus attack speed now scales: 120/130/140/150.
Kobold Soldier new ability: Disarm (active, not passive)
Kobold Soldier now has 200 mana.
Kobold Soldier turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9
Kobold move speed increased from 290 to 550.
Kobold new abilities: Dig (active, channel, point target) and Evasion (passive)
Kobold now has 200 mana.
Kobold turn rate improved from 0.5 to 1.0
Mini Roshan Root chance rescaled from 25% to 17/20/23/26%.
Mini Roshan Root dmg rescaled from 50 to 30/60/120/240.
Mini Roshan Tenacity aura armor rescaled from 5 to 3/4/5/6.
Mini Roshan Tenacity spell block cd rescaled from 15 to 16/15/14/13 seconds.
Mud Golem Shard Split attack dmg percentage increased from 75% to 75/85/95/105%.
Mud Golem Shard Split hp percentage increased from 75% to 75/80/85/90%.
Mud Golem Shard Split number of splits increased from 2 to 2/2/3/3.
Mud Golem base attack speed reduced from 100 to 90
Mud Golem magic resist increased from 0% to 25%.
Mud Golems Hurl Boulder cd rescaled from 20 to 25/20/15/10 seconds.
Mud Golems Hurl Boulder dmg to heroes reduced from 150/200/400/600 to 75/150/300/600. (it's double against creeps)
Mud Golems Hurl Boulder: Fixed level of Hurl Boulder always being max on small Mud Golems.
Ogre Mauler Frost Armor attack speed slow rescaled from 22/24/26/30 to 20/40/60/80.
Ogre Mauler Frost Armor bonus armor increased from 4/5/6/8 to 5/6/7/8.
Ogre Mauler Frost Armor move speed slow rescaled from 22/24/26/30% to 20/25/30/35%.
Satyr Tormenter Shockwave dmg rescaled from 160 to 120/240/480/960.
Warpine Raider Seed Shot cd reduced from 15 to 15/14/13/12 seconds.
Warpine Raider Seed Shot dmg increased from 100 to 100/120/140/160.
Wolf Intimidate cd reduced from 16 to 16/15/14/13 seconds.
Wolf Intimidate duration now scales: 4/4.5/5/5.5 seconds.
Wolf new ability: Cripple (passive)
Wolf turn rate improved from 0.5 to 0.9

Nerf morphling

Khanda buffs (#3789)

Khanda 1 recipe cost reduced from 1500 to 600.
Cooldown reduced from 12 to 12/11/10/9/8 seconds.
Debuff duration increased from 3 to 3/3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds.

Devastator tweaks (#3790)

Active armor reduction decreased by 1 at all lvls.
Active move speed slow reduced from 20/30/40/50% to 20/25/30/35%.
Active damage rescaled from 150/300/525/825 to 200/300/500/800.

Minor balance and fixes (#3791)

Some kv fixes and updates
Arc Warden Tempest Double mana cost removed.
Earth Spirit Rolling Boulder cd reduced at early lvls from 11/9/7/5 to 10/8/6/4 seconds.
Faceless Void Time Dilation dps per stack reduced at max lvl from 80 to 60.
Faceless Void Time Dilation health restoration reduction decreased by 5 at all lvls.
Hoodwink Level 15 Talent +100 Bushwack Damage reduced to +90.
Hoodwink Sharpshooter: Fixed dmg not being reduced by 25% when taking Hipshot facet.
Invoker Alacrity attack range reduced at first 4 lvls from 70/75/80/85 to 50/60/70/80.
Invoker Cataclysm cd reduced from 75s to 60s.
Invoker Chaos Meteor: Fixed travel distance not getting improved with Exort facet.
Invoker Cold Snap duration reduced at lvls 15-17 from 7.4/7.8/8.2 to 7.2/7.4/7.6 seconds.
Invoker Deafening Blast disarm duration rescaled from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25/3.75/4.25/4.75/5.25/5.75/6.25/6.75/7.25/7.75/8.25/8.75/9.25 to 1.5/2/2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.25/6.5/6.75/7/7.25/7.5/7.75 seconds.
Invoker Deafening Blast knockback duration rescaled from 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/3.0/3.2/3.4 to 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2/2.1/2.2/2.3/2.4/2.5/2.6/2.7 seconds.
Invoker EMP cd reduced from 27s to 25s.
Invoker EMP: Fixed dmg per mana always being improved with Aghanim Shard instead of only with Wex facet.
Mars Spear shard dps rescaled from 15/25/35/45/90/135 to 25/30/35/40/80/120.
Nightstalker Void dmg with Voidbringer facet increased at OAA lvls from 640/960 to 720/1040.
Tiny Tree Volley number of created trees reduced from 4 to 3.

7.38b (#3793)

Map fixes March 2025 (#3792)

* Fixes and improvements for Seasonal, Alternate, Bigmode, and Tinymode maps.
* fixed some props and trees trapping players
* reduced image file size

Kez facet scaling (#3794)

Bloodstone improvement (#3784)

Chatterjee 7.38 adjustment (#3785)

Base dmg increased from 32-37 to 40-45.
AGI gain improved from 2 to 2.3
No Current Facet Electric Shield bonus attack dmg increased at max lvl from 165 to 220.

nerfing everything (#3786)

mars arena shouldn't kill everyone
morph facet less insane
troll shard + ult less good
less dagon damage
less brooch damage

Madstones update (#3787)

Madstone bundle drop chance doubled (same as Infinity Bottles now).
Every hero will now get at least 4 madstones at the start of the first duel.

hotfix (#3788)

Nerfed dark seer & jakiro innates
Attempting to fix Magnus Shockwave facet dmg display

Vampire Fang nerfs (#3780)

Now shares cooldown with Satanic.
Cooldown increased from 16s to 20s.
No longer provides 11/15 armor.
Lifesteal now works for any non-pure damage attack but doesn't lifesteal from seperate damage instances applied with attacks (e.g. works for MKB, Rev Brooch and Muerta ult but not for Mjollnir, Arcane Orb etc.).
Bonus status resist reduced from 20/22% to 16/18%.
Active lifesteal reduced from 235/250% to 200%.
Active bonus damage during the night reduced from 100/140 to 100.

Fixed extra lvl abilities (#3781)

7.38 (#3778)
more 7.38 (#3779)

Update luna_lunar_orbit.txt (#3774)

* Update luna_lunar_orbit.txt

* techies reshuffle

bring back damage talent, move custom damage talent to level 20, move good 20 talent to 15

* Update tinker_march_of_the_machines.txt

Grendel, Wanderer, Dire Tower Boss (#3773)

Changed attack sounds for Big Bird Boss, Carapace (Weaver) Boss, Killer Tomato Boss, Melee Twin Boss, Wanderer, Spooky Ghost Boss and Uriel to be more noticeable.
Dire Tower Boss attack range reduced from 1200 to 800.
Dire Tower Boss Glyph bonus attack range increased from 200 to 500.
Dire Tower Boss Glyph bonus attack speed reduced from 110 to 10.
Dire Tower Boss Glyph cooldown increased from 15s to 20s.
Dire Tower Boss Glyph: Fixed the buff not blocking all dmg.
Dire Tower Boss Glyph: Maybe fixed effect sound being global.
Dire Tower Boss Radiant Creeps duration increased from 20s to 25s.
Dire Tower Boss Radiant Creeps: Maybe improved their AI.
Fixed Temple Guardians missing a pedestal model.
Grendel spawn and wander locations are now dependent on the score point difference.
Point Aversion dmg now works against non-hero units. (still doesn't work against wards)
Wanderer Sticky Blood proc dmg threshold changed from 50 after reductions to 300 before reductions.
Wanderer Sticky Blood will now proc on the player-controlled non-hero non-ward units too. (It will proc on the main hero as well)
Wanderer now also takes less damage from the team with more Points. (part of Point Aversion ability now)

More model precache (#3772)