Monolith

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Monolith is a common term for adventure map locations, that visually resemble gates. They can be used to instantly travel between similar, visually associated monoliths. There are two functionally different monolith types: one-way and two-way.

One Way Monoliths can only be used to travel in one direction, which means that they have entrance gates and exit gates. There can be several exit gates, in which case the destination will be chosen randomly. If an exit tile is occupied by a player's hero, other heroes are not able to teleport to that location (and heroes cannot interact, unlike the surface/underground Subterranean Gates situation). If an exit is closed by an enemy's hero, there will be a battle.

Monoliths Two Way work in a similar way, but they can be used to travel in both directions.

If an enemy hero enters a monolith at the open part of the adventure map, its exit point will be "shown" even if it is located in a shrouded area.

Monoliths cannot be located on water tiles. Water has a similar traveling method called Whirlpools, but it usually kills some of your troops.

Two-way monoliths can be repeatedly traversed, without spending any movement points, by pressing the space bar (not in Restoration of Erathia).

Restoration of Erathia and
Armageddon's Blade monoliths
Monolith One Way Entrances:
Monolith One Way Entrance1.gif Monolith One Way Entrance2.gif Monolith One Way Entrance3.gif
Monolith One Way Exits:
Monolith One Way Exit1.gif Monolith One Way Exit2.gif Monolith One Way Exit3.gif
Two Way Monoliths:
Monolith Two Way1.gif Monolith Two Way2.gif Monolith Two Way3.gif
Shadow of Death monoliths
Monolith One Way Entrances:
Monolith One Way Entrance1.gif Monolith One Way Entrance2.gif Monolith One Way Entrance3.gif Monolith One Way Entrance4.gif Monolith One Way Entrance5.gif Monolith One Way Entrance6.gif Monolith One Way Entrance7.gif Monolith One Way Entrance8.gif
Monolith One Way Exits:
Monolith One Way Exit1.gif Monolith One Way Exit2.gif Monolith One Way Exit3.gif Monolith One Way Exit4.gif Monolith One Way Exit5.gif Monolith One Way Exit6.gif Monolith One Way Exit7.gif Monolith One Way Exit8.gif
Two Way Monoliths:
Monolith Two Way1.gif Monolith Two Way2.gif Monolith Two Way3.gif Monolith Two Way4.gif Monolith Two Way5.gif Monolith Two Way6.gif Monolith Two Way7.gif Monolith Two Way8.gif

Horn of the Abyss[edit | edit source]

In Horn of the Abyss 4 one-way and 17 two-way (5 of them are for water only) monoliths were added. Player can now see the certain monolith's name by right-clicking on it. "Portal" monolith subtype was added to prevent a mess with a naming and portals have no other functions than monoliths.

Horn of the Abyss monoliths
Monolith One Way Entrances:
Monolith One Way Entrance1.gif
Blue
Pink Monolith One Way Entrance.gif
Pink
Monolith One Way Entrance3.gif
Orange
Monolith One Way Entrance4.gif
Yellow
Turquoise Monolith One Way Entrance.gif
Turquoise
Violet Monolith One Way Entrance.gif
Violet
Chartreuse Monolith One Way Entrance.gif
Chartreuse
White Monolith One Way Entrance.gif
White
Monolith One Way Exits:
Monolith One Way Exit1.gif
Blue
Monolith One Way Exit2.gif
Pink
Orange Monolith One Way Exit.gif
Orange
Yellow Monolith One Way Exit.gif
Yellow
Turquoise Monolith One Way Exit.gif
Turquoise
Violet Monolith One Way Exit.gif
Violet
Chartreuse Monolith One Way Exit.gif
Chartreuse
White Monolith One Way Exit.gif
White
Portal One Way Entrances:
Purple Portal One Way Entrance.gif
Purple
Orange Portal One Way Entrance.gif
Orange
Red Portal One Way Entrance.gif
Red
Cyan Portal One Way Entrance.gif
Cyan
Portal One Way Exits:
Purple Portal One Way Exit.gif
Purple
Orange Portal One Way Exit.gif
Orange
Red Portal One Way Exit.gif
Red
Cyan Portal One Way Exit.gif
Cyan
Two Way Monoliths:
Monolith Two Way1.gif
Green
Brown Two Way Monolith.gif
Brown
Monolith Two Way3.gif
Violet
Orange Two Way Monolith.gif
Orange
Pink Two Way Monolith.gif
Pink
Turquoise Two Way Monolith.gif
Turquoise
Yellow Two Way Monolith.gif
Yellow
Black Two Way Monolith.gif
Black
Blue Two Way Monolith.gif
Blue
Red Two Way Monolith.gif
Red
Two Way Portals:
Green Two Way Portal.gif
Green
Yellow Two Way Portal.gif
Yellow
Red Two Way Portal.gif
Red
Cyan Two Way Portal.gif
Cyan
Chartreuse Two Way Portal.gif
Chartreuse
Turquoise Two Way Portal.gif
Turquoise
Violet Two Way Portal.gif
Violet
Orange Two Way Portal.gif
Orange
Pink Two Way Portal.gif
Pink
Blue Two Way Portal.gif
Blue
Two Way Sea Portals:
White Two Way Sea Portal.gif
White
Blue Two Way Sea Portal.gif
Blue
Red Two Way Sea Portal.gif
Red
Green Two Way Sea Portal.gif
Green
Yellow Two Way Sea Portal.gif
Yellow

See also[edit | edit source]