Bonus Types

The bonuses were grouped according to their original purpose. The bonus system allows them to propagate freely between the nodes, however they may not be recognized properly beyond the scope of original use.

General-purpose bonuses

NONE

Bonus placeholder that gives no effect

MORALE

Changes morale of affected units

val: change in morale, eg. 1, -2

LUCK

Changes luck of affected units

val: change in luck

MAGIC_SCHOOL_SKILL

Changes mastery level of spells of affected heroes and units. Examples are magic plains terrain and magic school secondary skills

subtype: school of magic
val: level

DARKNESS

On each turn, hides area in fog of war around affected town for all players other than town owner. Currently does not work for any entities other than towns.

val: radius in tiles

Player bonuses

Intended to be setup as global effect, AI cheat etc.

RESOURCES_CONSTANT_BOOST

Bonus that does not account for propagation and gives specific amount of extra resources per day

subtype: resource identifier
val: - resource amount

RESOURCES_TOWN_MULTIPLYING_BOOST

Bonus that does not account for propagation and gives extra resources per day with amount multiplied by number of owned towns

subtype: resource identifier
val: - base resource amount to be multiplied times number of owned towns

Hero bonuses

MOVEMENT

Increases amount of movement points available to affected hero on new turn

subtype:
heroMovementLand: only land movement will be affected
heroMovementSea: only sea movement will be affected
val: number of movement points (100 points for a tile)

WATER_WALKING

Allows movement over water for affected heroes

val: Penalty to movement, in percent (Basic Water Walk - 40, Advanced Water Walk - 20)

FLYING_MOVEMENT

Allows flying movement for affected heroes

val: Penalty to movement, in percent

NO_TERRAIN_PENALTY

Eliminates terrain penalty on certain terrain types for affected heroes (Nomads ability).

Note: to eliminate all terrain penalties see ROUGH_TERRAIN_DISCOUNT bonus

subtype: type of terrain, eg terrain.sand

TERRAIN_NATIVE

Affected units will view any terrain as native. This means army containing these creature will have no movement penalty, and will be able to see Mines and Quick Sand in battle.

PRIMARY_SKILL

Changes selected primary skill for affected heroes and units

subtype: primary skill
additional info: 1 - only for melee attacks, 2 - only for ranged attacks

SIGHT_RADIUS

Reveal area of fog of war around affected heroes when hero is recruited or moves

val: radius in tiles

MANA_REGENERATION

Restores specific amount of mana points for affected heroes on new turn

val: amount of spell points to restore

FULL_MANA_REGENERATION

Restores entire mana pool for affected heroes on new turn

NONEVIL_ALIGNMENT_MIX

Allows mixing of creaturs of neutral and good factions in affected armies without penalty to morale (Angelic Alliance effect)

SURRENDER_DISCOUNT

Changes surrender cost for affected heroes

val: decrease in cost, in percentage

IMPROVED_NECROMANCY

Allows to raise different creatures than Skeletons after battle.

subtype: creature raised
val: Necromancer power
addInfo: Level of Necromancy secondary skill (1 - Basic, 3 - Expert)
Example (from Cloak Of The Undead King):

{
    "type" : "IMPROVED_NECROMANCY",
    "subtype" : "creature.walkingDead",
    "addInfo" : 1
}

LEARN_BATTLE_SPELL_CHANCE

Determines chance for affected heroes to learn spell cast by enemy hero after battle

val: chance to learn spell, percentage

LEARN_BATTLE_SPELL_LEVEL_LIMIT

Allows affected heroes to learn spell cast by enemy hero after battle

val: maximal level of spell that can be learned

LEARN_MEETING_SPELL_LIMIT

Allows affected heroes to learn spells from each other during hero exchange

val: maximal level of spell that can be learned

ROUGH_TERRAIN_DISCOUNT

Reduces movement points penalty when moving on terrains with movement cost over 100 points. Can not reduce movement cost below 100 points

val: penalty reduction, in movement points per tile.

WANDERING_CREATURES_JOIN_BONUS

Increases probability for wandering monsters to join army of affected heroes

val: change in disposition factor when calculating join chance

BEFORE_BATTLE_REPOSITION

Allows affected heroes to position army before start of battle (Tactics)

val: distance within which hero can reposition his troops

BEFORE_BATTLE_REPOSITION_BLOCK

Reduces distance in which enemy hero can reposition. Counters BEFORE_BATTLE_REPOSITION bonus

val: distance within which hero can reposition his troops

HERO_EXPERIENCE_GAIN_PERCENT

Increases experience gain from all sources by affected heroes

val: additional experience bonus, percentage

UNDEAD_RAISE_PERCENTAGE

Defines percentage of enemy troops that will be raised after battle into own army (Necromancy). Raised unit is determined by IMPROVED_NECROMANCY bonus

val: percentage of raised troops

MANA_PER_KNOWLEDGE_PERCENTAGE

Defines percentage of mana points that hero gains per each point of knowledge (Intelligence)

val: percentage of mana points per knowledge

HERO_GRANTS_ATTACKS

Gives additional attacks to specific creatures in affected army (Artillery)

subtype: creature to give additional attacks
val: number of attacks

BONUS_DAMAGE_CHANCE

Gives specific creature in affected army chance to deal additional damage (Artillery)

subtype: creature to give additional damage chance
val: chance to deal additional damage, percentage

BONUS_DAMAGE_PERCENTAGE

Defines additional damage dealt for creatures affected by BONUS_DAMAGE_CHANCE bonus (Artillery)

subtype: creature to give additional damage percentage
val: bonus damage, percentage

MAX_LEARNABLE_SPELL_LEVEL

Defines maximum level of spells than hero can learn from any source (Wisdom)

val: maximal level to learn

Hero specialties

SPECIAL_SPELL_LEV

Gives additional bonus to effect of specific spell based on level of creature it is cast on

subtype: identifier of affected spell
val: bonus to spell effect, percentage, divided by target creature level

SPELL_DAMAGE

Gives additional bonus to effect of all spells of selected school

subtype: affected spell school
val: spell effect bonus, percentage

SPECIFIC_SPELL_DAMAGE

Gives additional bonus to effect of specific spell

subtype: identifier of affected spell
val: bonus to spell effect, percentage

SPECIAL_PECULIAR_ENCHANT

Gives creature under effect of this spell additional bonus, which is hardcoded and depends on the creature tier.

subtype: affected spell identifier, ie. spell.haste

SPECIAL_ADD_VALUE_ENCHANT

Modifies 'val' parameter of spell effects that give bonuses by specified value. For example, Aenain makes Disrupting Ray decrease target's defense by additional 2 points:

"disruptingRay" : {
    "addInfo" : -2,
    "subtype" : "spell.disruptingRay",
    "type" : "SPECIAL_ADD_VALUE_ENCHANT"
}

subtype: affected spell identifier
addInfo: value to modify 'val' parameter of targeted spell effects by

SPECIAL_FIXED_VALUE_ENCHANT

Changes 'val' parameter of spell effects that give bonuses to a specified value. For example, Fortune cast by Melody always modifies luck by +3:

"fortune" : {
    "addInfo" : 3,
    "subtype" : "spell.fortune",
    "type" : "SPECIAL_FIXED_VALUE_ENCHANT"
}

subtype: affected spell identifier
addInfo: value to set 'val' parameter of targeted spell effects to

SPECIAL_UPGRADE

Allows creature being upgraded to another creature (Gelu, Dracon)

subtype: identifier of creature that can being upgraded
addInfo: identifier of creature to which perform an upgrade

Artifact bonuses

SPELL_DURATION

Changes duration of timed spells cast by affected hero

val: additional duration, turns
subtype: optional, identifier of affected spells, or all if not set

SPELL

Allows affected heroes to cast specified spell, even if this spell is banned in map options or set to "special".

subtype: spell identifier
val: skill level mastery (0 - 3)

SPELLS_OF_LEVEL

Allows affected heroes to cast any spell of specified level. Does not grant spells banned in map options.

subtype: spell level, in form "spellLevelX" where X is desired level (1-5)

SPELLS_OF_SCHOOL

Allows affected heroes to cast any spell of specified school. Does not grant spells banned in map options.

subtype: spell school

GENERATE_RESOURCE

Affected heroes will add specified resources amounts to player treasure on new day

subtype: resource identifier
val: additional daily income

CREATURE_GROWTH

Increases weekly growth of creatures in affected towns (Legion artifacts)

value: number of additional weekly creatures
subtype: dwelling level, in form creatureLevelX where X is desired level (1-7)

CREATURE_GROWTH_PERCENT

Increases weekly growth of creatures in affected towns (Statue of Legion)

val: additional growth, percentage

BATTLE_NO_FLEEING

Heroes affected by this bonus can not retreat or surrender in battle (Shackles of War effect)

NEGATE_ALL_NATURAL_IMMUNITIES

Negates all natural immunities for affected stacks. (Orb of Vulnerability)

subtype:
immunityBattleWide: Entire battle will be affected by bonus
immunityEnemyHero: Only enemy hero will be affected by bonus

OPENING_BATTLE_SPELL

In battle, army affected by this bonus will cast spell at the very start of the battle. Spell is always cast at expert level.

subtype: spell identifier
val: duration of the spell, in rounds

FREE_SHIP_BOARDING

Heroes affected by this bonus will not lose all movement points when embarking or disembarking ship. Movement points are converted depending on max land and water movement range.

WHIRLPOOL_PROTECTION

Heroes affected by this bonus won't lose army when moving through whirlpool

Creature bonuses

STACK_HEALTH

Increases maximum hit point of affected units

val: additional hit points to gain

STACKS_SPEED

Increases movement speed of units in battle

val: additional movement speed points

CREATURE_DAMAGE

Increases base damage of creature in battle

subtype:
creatureDamageMin: increases only minimal damage
creatureDamageMax: increases only maximal damage
creatureDamageBoth: increases both minimal and maximal damage
val: additional damage points

SHOTS

Increases starting amount of shots that unit has in battle

val: additional shots

Creature abilities

Static abilities and immunities

NON_LIVING

Affected unit is considered to not be alive and not affected by morale and certain spells

MECHANICAL

Affected unit is considered to not be alive and not affected by morale and certain spells but should be repairable from engineers (factory).

GARGOYLE

Affected unit is considered to be a gargoyle and not affected by certain spells

UNDEAD

Affected unit is considered to be undead, which makes it immune to many effects, and also reduce morale of allied living units.

SIEGE_WEAPON

Affected unit is considered to be a siege machine and can not be raised, healed, have morale or move. All War Machines should have this bonus.

DRAGON_NATURE

Affected unit is dragon. This bonus proved no effect, but is used as limiter several effects.

KING

Affected unit will take more damage from units under Slayer spell effect

val: required skill mastery of Slayer spell to affect this unit

FEARLESS

Affected unit is immune to Fear ability

NO_LUCK

Affected units can not receive good or bad luck

NO_MORALE

Affected units can not receive good or bad morale

Combat abilities

FLYING

Affected unit can fly on the battlefield

subtype:
movementFlying: creature will fly (slowly move across battlefield)
movementTeleporting: creature will instantly teleport to destination, skipping movement animation.

SHOOTER

Affected unit can shoot

CHARGE_IMMUNITY

Affected unit is immune to JOUSTING ability of (ie. Champions).

ADDITIONAL_ATTACK

Affected unit can perform additional attacks. Attacked unit will retaliate after each attack if able.

val: number of additional attacks to perform

UNLIMITED_RETALIATIONS

Affected unit will always retaliate if able (Royal Griffin)

ADDITIONAL_RETALIATION

Affected unit can retaliate multiple times per turn (basic Griffin)

value: number of additional retaliations

JOUSTING

Affected unit will deal more damage based on movement distance (Champions)

val: additional damage per passed tile, percentage

HATE

Affected unit will deal more damage when attacking specific creature

subtype - identifier of hated creature, ie. "creature.genie"
val - additional damage, percentage

SPELL_LIKE_ATTACK

Affected unit ranged attack will use animation and range of specified spell (Magog, Lich)

subtype - spell identifier
value - spell mastery level

THREE_HEADED_ATTACK

Affected unit attacks creatures located on tiles to left and right of targeted tile (Cerberus). Only directly targeted creature will attempt to retaliate

ATTACKS_ALL_ADJACENT

Affected unit attacks all adjacent creatures (Hydra). Only directly targeted creature will attempt to retaliate

TWO_HEX_ATTACK_BREATH

Affected unit attacks creature located directly behind targeted tile (Dragons). Only directly targeted creature will attempt to retaliate

PRISM_HEX_ATTACK_BREATH

Like TWO_HEX_ATTACK_BREATH but affects also two additional cratures (in triangle form from target tile)

RETURN_AFTER_STRIKE

Affected unit can return to his starting location after attack (Harpies)

ENEMY_DEFENCE_REDUCTION

Affected unit will ignore specified percentage of attacked unit defense (Behemoth)

val: amount of defense points to ignore, percentage

GENERAL_DAMAGE_REDUCTION

Affected units will receive reduced damage from attacks by other units

val: damage reduction, percentage
subtype:
damageTypeMelee: only melee damage will be reduced
damageTypeRanged: only ranged damage will be reduced
damageTypeAll: all damage will be reduced

PERCENTAGE_DAMAGE_BOOST

Affected units will deal increased damage when attacking other units

val: damage increase, percentage
subtype:
damageTypeMelee: only melee damage will increased
damageTypeRanged: only ranged damage will increased

GENERAL_ATTACK_REDUCTION

Affected units will deal reduced damage when attacking other units (Blind or Paralyze spells)

val: damage reduction, percentage

DEFENSIVE_STANCE

Affected units will receive increased bonus to defense while defending

val: additional bonus to defense, in skill points

NO_DISTANCE_PENALTY

Affected unit will have no distance penalty when shooting. Does not negates wall penalties in sieges

NO_MELEE_PENALTY

Affected ranged unit will deal full damage in melee attacks

NO_WALL_PENALTY

Affected unit will deal full damage when shooting over walls in sieges. Does not negates distance penalty

FREE_SHOOTING

Affected unit can use ranged attack even when blocked by enemy unit, like with Bow of the Sharpshooter relic

BLOCKS_RETALIATION

Affected unit will never receive retaliations when attacking

SOUL_STEAL

Affected unit will gain new creatures for each enemy killed by this unit

val: number of units gained per enemy killed
subtype:
soulStealPermanent: creature will stay after the battle
soulStealBattle: creature will be lost after the battle

TRANSMUTATION

Affected units have chance to transform attacked unit to other creature type

val: chance for ability to trigger, percentage
subtype:
transmutationPerHealth: transformed unit will have same HP pool as original stack,
transmutationPerUnit: transformed unit will have same number of units as original stack
addInfo: creature to transform to. If not set, creature will transform to same unit as attacker

SUMMON_GUARDIANS

When battle starts, affected units will be surrounded from all side with summoned units

val: amount of units to summon, per stack, percentage of summoner stack size
subtype: identifier of creature to summon

RANGED_RETALIATION

Affected units will retaliate against ranged attacks, if able

BLOCKS_RANGED_RETALIATION

Affected unit will never receive counterattack in ranged attacks. Counters RANGED_RETALIATION bonus

WIDE_BREATH

Affected unit will attack units on all hexes that surround attacked hex

FIRST_STRIKE

Affected unit will retaliate before enemy attacks, if able

subtype:
damageTypeMelee: only melee attacks affected
damageTypeRanged: only ranged attacks affected. Note that unit also requires ability to retaliate in ranged, such as RANGED_RETALIATION bonus
damageTypeAll: any attacks are affected

SHOOTS_ALL_ADJACENT

Affected unit will attack units on all hexes that surround attacked hex in ranged attacks

DESTRUCTION

Affected unit will kills additional units after attack

val: chance to trigger, percentage
subtype:
destructionKillPercentage: kill percentage of units,
destructionKillAmount: kill amount
addInfo: amount or percentage to kill

LIMITED_SHOOTING_RANGE

Affected unit can use ranged attacks only within specified range

val: max shooting range in hexes
addInfo: optional, range at which ranged penalty will trigger (default is 10)

FEROCITY

Affected unit will attack additional times if killed creatures in target unit during attacking (including ADDITIONAL_ATTACK bonus attacks)

val: amount of additional attacks (negative number will reduce number of unperformed attacks if any left)
addInfo: optional, amount of creatures needed to kill (default is 1)

ENEMY_ATTACK_REDUCTION

Affected unit will ignore specified percentage of attacked unit attack (Nix)

val: amount of attack points to ignore, percentage

REVENGE

Affected unit will deal more damage based on percentage of self health lost compared to amount on start of battle (formula: square_root((total_unit_count + 1) * 1_creature_max_health / (current_whole_unit_health + 1_creature_max_health) - 1). Result is then multiplied separately by min and max base damage of unit and result is additive bonus to total damage at end of calculation)

Special abilities

CATAPULT

Affected unit can attack walls during siege battles (Cyclops)

subtype: spell that describes attack parameters

CATAPULT_EXTRA_SHOTS

Defines spell mastery level for spell used by CATAPULT bonus

subtype: affected spell
val: spell mastery level to use

MANUAL_CONTROL

Hero can control war machine affected by this bonus

subtype: creature identifier of affected war machine
val: chance to control unit, percentage

CHANGES_SPELL_COST_FOR_ALLY

Affected units will decrease spell cost for their hero (Mage). If multiple units have this bonus only best value will be used

val: reduction in mana points.

CHANGES_SPELL_COST_FOR_ENEMY

Affected units will increase spell cost for enemy hero (Silver Pegasus). If multiple units have this bonus only best value will be used

val: increase in mana points.

SPELL_RESISTANCE_AURA

All units adjacent to affected unit will receive additional spell resistance bonus. If multiple adjacent units have this bonus only best value will be used

val: additional resistance bonus, percentage

HP_REGENERATION

Affected unit will regenerate portion of its health points on its turn.

val: amount of health points gained per round

MANA_DRAIN

Affected unit will drain specified amount of mana points from enemy hero on each turn

val: spell points per turn to take

MANA_CHANNELING

Affected unit will give his hero specified portion of mana points spent by enemy hero

val: spell points to give, percentage

LIFE_DRAIN

Affected unit will heal itself, resurrecting any dead units, by amount of dealt damage (Vampire Lord)

val: percentage of damage that will be converted into health points

DOUBLE_DAMAGE_CHANCE

Affected unit has chance to deal double damage on attack (Death Knight)

val: chance to trigger, percentage

FEAR

If enemy army has creatures affected by this bonus, they will skip their turn with 10% chance (Azure Dragon). Blocked by FEARLESS bonus.

HEALER

Affected unit acts as healing tent and can heal allied units on each turn

subtype: identifier of spell that will be used for healing action

FIRE_SHIELD

When affected unit is attacked, portion of received damage will be also dealt to the attacked. Units immune to fire magic will not receive this damage. Only melee attacks will trigger this bonus

val: amount to deal in return, percentage

MAGIC_MIRROR

If affected unit is targeted by a spell it will reflect spell to a random enemy unit

val: chance to trigger, percentage

ACID_BREATH

Affected unit will deal additional damage after attack

val - additional damage to deal, multiplied by unit stack size
additional info: chance to trigger, percentage

DEATH_STARE

Affected unit will kill additional units after attack. Used for Death stare (Mighty Gorgon) ability and for Accurate Shot (Pirates, HotA)

subtype:
deathStareGorgon: only melee attack, random amount of killed units
deathStareNoRangePenalty: only ranged attacks without obstacle (walls) or range penalty
deathStareRangePenalty: only ranged attacks with range penalty
deathStareObstaclePenalty: only ranged attacks with obstacle (walls) penalty
deathStareRangeObstaclePenalty: only ranged attacks with both range and obstacle penalty
deathStareCommander: fixed amount, both melee and ranged attacks
val:
for deathStareCommander: number of creatures to kill, total amount of killed creatures is (attacker level / defender level) * val
for all other subtypes: chance to kill, counted separately for each unit in attacking stack, percentage. At most (stack size * chance) units can be killed at once, rounded up
addInfo:
SpellID to be used as hit effect. If not set - 'deathStare' spell will be used. If set to "accurateShot" battle log messages will use alternative description

SPECIAL_CRYSTAL_GENERATION

If player has affected unit under his control in any army, he will receive additional 3 crystals on new week (Crystal Dragons)

NO_SPELLCAST_BY_DEFAULT

Affected unit will not use spellcast as default attack option

Creature spellcasting and activated abilities

SPELLCASTER

Affected units can cast a spell as targeted action (Archangel, Faerie Dragon). Use CASTS bonus to specify how many times per combat creature can use spellcasting. Use SPECIFIC_SPELL_POWER, CREATURE_SPELL_POWER or CREATURE_ENCHANT_POWER bonuses to set spell power.

subtype: spell identifier
value: spell mastery level
additional info: weighted chance to select this spell. Can be omitted for always available spells

ENCHANTER

Affected unit will cast specified spell before his turn (Enchanter)

val - spell mastery level
subtype - spell identifier
additionalInfo - cooldown before next cast, in number of turns

RANDOM_SPELLCASTER

Affected unit can cast randomly selected beneficial spell on its turn (Master Genie)

val - spell mastery level

CASTS

Determines how many times per combat affected creature can cast its targeted spell

val: number of casts available per combat

SPELL_AFTER_ATTACK

subtype - spell id, eg. spell.iceBolt
value - chance (percent)
additional info - [X, Y, Z]
X - spell mastery level (1 - Basic, 3 - Expert)
Y = 0 - all attacks, 1 - shot only, 2 - melee only
Z (optional) - layer for multiple SPELL_AFTER_ATTACK bonuses and multi-turn casting. Empty or value less than 0 = not participating in layering. When enabled - spells from specific layer will not be cast until target has all spells from previous layer on him. Spell from last layer is on repeat if none of spells on lower layers expired.

SPELL_BEFORE_ATTACK

subtype - spell id
value - chance %
additional info - [X, Y, Z]
X - spell mastery level (1 - Basic, 3 - Expert)
Y = 0 - all attacks, 1 - shot only, 2 - melee only
Z (optional) - layer for multiple SPELL_BEFORE_ATTACK bonuses and multi-turn casting. Empty or value less than 0 = not participating in layering. When enabled - spells from specific layer will not be cast until target has all spells from previous layer on him. Spell from last layer is on repeat if none of spells on lower layers expired.

SPECIFIC_SPELL_POWER

value: Used for Thunderbolt and Resurrection cast by units (multiplied by stack size). Also used for Healing secondary skill (for core:spell.firstAid used by First Aid tent)
subtype - spell id

CREATURE_SPELL_POWER

value: Spell Power of offensive spell cast unit, multiplied by 100. ie. Faerie Dragons have value fo 500, which gives them 5 Spell Power for each unit in the stack.

CREATURE_ENCHANT_POWER

val: Total duration of spells cast by creature, in turns

REBIRTH

Affected stack will resurrect after death

val - percent of total stack HP restored, not rounded. For instance, when 4 Phoenixes with Rebirth chance of 20% die, there is 80% chance than one Phoenix will rise.
subtype:
rebirthRegular: Phoenix, as described above.
rebirthSpecial: At least one unit will always rise (Sacred Phoenix)

ENCHANTED

Affected unit is permanently enchanted with a spell, that is cast again every turn

subtype: spell identifier
val: spell mastery level. If above 3, then spell has mass effect with mastery level of (val-3)

Spell immunities

LEVEL_SPELL_IMMUNITY

Affected unit is immune to all spell with level below or equal to value of this bonus

val: level of spell up to which this unit is immune to

MAGIC_RESISTANCE

Affected unit has a chance to resist hostile spell and avoid its effects

val: chance to trigger, percentage

SPELL_DAMAGE_REDUCTION

Affected unit receives decreased damage from spells of specific school (Golems)

val: reduction to damage, percentage
subtype - spell school identifier

MORE_DAMAGE_FROM_SPELL

Affected unit receives increased damage from specific spell

val: increase to damage, percentage
subtype: spell identifier

MIND_IMMUNITY

Affected creature is immune to all mind spells and receives reduced damage from Mind Elemental

SPELL_IMMUNITY

Affected unit is completely immune to effects of specific spell

subtype: identifier of spell to which unit is immune

SPELL_SCHOOL_IMMUNITY

Affected unit is immune to all spells of a specified spell school

subtype: spell school to which this unit is immune to

RECEPTIVE

Affected unit can be affected by all friendly spells even it would be normally immune to such spell.

Spell effects

POISON

Unit affected by poison will lose 10% of max health every combat turn, up to val. After that, effect ends.

val - max health penalty from poison possible

SLAYER

Affected unit will deal increased damage to creatures with KING bonus

val: skill mastery of Slayer spell, only creatures with lower or equal value of KING bonus are affected

FORGETFULL

Affected unit has its ranged attack power reduced (Forgetfulness)

val: if 0 or 1, damage is reduced by 50%. If greater than 1 then creature can not use ranged attacks

NOT_ACTIVE

Affected unit can not act and is excluded from turn order (Blind, Stone Gaze, Paralyze)

subtype: spell that caused this effect, optional

ALWAYS_MINIMUM_DAMAGE

Affected creature always deals its minimum damage

val: additional decrease to unit's minimum damage, points. Can not reduce damage to zero

ALWAYS_MAXIMUM_DAMAGE

Affected creature always deals its maximum damage. If unit is also affected by ALWAYS_MINIMUM_DAMAGE then only additional bonus to damage will be applied

val: additional increase to unit's maximum damage, points

ATTACKS_NEAREST_CREATURE

Affected unit can not be controlled by player and instead it will attempt to move and attack nearest unit, friend or foe

IN_FRENZY

Affected unit's defense is reduced to 0 and is transferred to attack with specified multiplier

val: multiplier factor with which defense is transferred to attack (percentage)

HYPNOTIZED

Affected unit is considered to be hypnotized and will be controlled by enemy player

NO_RETALIATION

Affected unit will never retaliate to an attack (Blind, Paralyze)

Others

NEGATIVE_EFFECTS_IMMUNITY

Affected unit is immune to all negative spells of specified spell school

subtype: affected spell school

BLOCK_MAGIC_ABOVE

Blocks casting spells of the level above specified one in battles affected by this bonus

val: level above which spellcasting is blocked

BLOCK_ALL_MAGIC

Blocks casting of all spells in battles affected by this bonus

GENERAL_DAMAGE_PREMY

Affected unit will deal more damage in all attacks (Adela specialty)

val: additional damage, percentage

DISGUISED

Affected heroes will be under effect of Disguise spell, hiding some of their information from opposing players

val: spell mastery level

VISIONS

Affected heroes will be under effect of Visions spell, revealing information of enemy objects in specific range

val: multiplier to effect range. Information is revealed within (val * hero spell power) range
subtype:
visionsMonsters: reveal information on monsters,
visionsHeroes: reveal information on heroes,
visionsTowns: reveal information on towns

BLOCK_MAGIC_BELOW

Blocks casting spells of the level below specified one in battles affected by this bonus

val: level below which spellcasting is blocked

BIND_EFFECT

Dummy bonus that acts as marker for Dendroid's Bind ability

SYNERGY_TARGET

Dummy skill for alternative upgrades mod

THIEVES_GUILD_ACCESS

Increases amount of information available in affected thieves guild (in town or in adventure map tavern). Does not affects adventure map object "Den of Thieves". You may want to use PLAYER_PROPAGATOR with this bonus to make its effect player wide.

val: additional number of 'levels' of information to grant access to

LEVEL_COUNTER

Internal bonus, do not use

DISINTEGRATE

When a unit affected by this bonus dies, no corpse is left behind

INVINCIBLE

The unit affected by this bonus cannot be target of attacks or spells