Inferno

This article refers to the town. For the 4th level fire spell, see Inferno (spell).

Fully built Inferno, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Inferno, as seen on the adventure map. (HotA)	Towns
	Castle
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

Inferno is an evil alignment town with the Demoniac and Heretic hero classes. Inferno represents Eeofol.

"Inferno towns can be found in Erathian regions blighted by the emergence of the underworld on the surface. Demoniac and Heretic heroes stand in uneasy alliance with these towns. Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting devil and arch devil units can be brought into play." ^{RoE manual}

Inferno's native terrain is lava.

Inferno building tree

[Switch to Horn of the Abyss][Switch to Shadow of Death]

In Horn of the Abyss , Upg. Hell Hole requires Mage Guild Level 1 instead of Level 2.

Fully upgraded Inferno in Shadow of Death [Switch to Horn of the Abyss][Switch to Shadow of Death]

Fully upgraded Inferno in Horn of the Abyss [Switch to Horn of the Abyss][Switch to Shadow of Death]

Building Category	Cost
Common	45     40         37000
Mage Guild	25   28   25   28   28   28   6000
Dwellings	40   58  57    50   18  17      8   58300
Unique	10     5   5       14000
Total Building Cost:	120   86  85    120   51  50    28   36   115300
Troop Cost / Week:	28090 , 4

Common Buildings and Mage Guild

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
	Village Hall (existing)		Fort 20 20 5000		Tavern   5             500		Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
	Town Hall 2500		Citadel 5 2500		Marketplace   5             500		Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
	City Hall 5000		Castle 10 10 5000		Resource Silo (1 )       5         5000		Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
	Capitol 10000				Blacksmith 5 1000		Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
							Mage Guild level 5   5   10   5   10   10   10   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	25   28   25   28   28   28   6000

Creature Dwellings

Structure		Base Cost	Upgrade Cost	Creature	Max Grw	Upg Cr Cost	Cost/ Week
	Imp Crucible	5     5         300	1000	Imp  Familiar	38	60	2280
	Hall of Sins	5         1000	4 5            1000	Gog  Magog	16	175	2800
	Kennels	10             1500	4 5        1500	Hell Hound  Cerberus	13	250	3250
	Demon Gate	5     5         2000	5     5         2000	Demon  Horned Demon	8	270	2160
	Hell Hole	3000	5     5       3000	Pit Fiend  Pit Lord	6	700	4200
	Fire Lake	3   10   3     3   4000	5   5   5     5   3000	Efreeti  Efreet Sultan	4	1100	4400
	Forsaken Palace	10   20   10         15000	5   20   5         20000	Devil  Arch Devil	2	4500 2	9000 4
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Total Dwelling Cost:		40   57 58    50   17 18      8   58300		Weekly Troop Cost:			28090 4

Unique Buildings

Structure		Effect	Cost
	Castle Gate	Allows a visiting hero to portal to any friendly Inferno town with another Castle Gate.	5     5         10000
	Order of Fire	Gives a permanent +1 power to a visiting hero.	5             1000
	Brimstone Stormclouds	Gives +2 power to defending Hero during sieges.	5       1000
	Birthing Pool	Horde Building. Growth +8/week for  Imp /  Familiar	1000
	Cages	Horde Building. Growth +3/week for  Hell Hound /  Cerberus	1000
	Deity of Fire	Grail Structure. +5000 /day, +50% creature growth Causes every week to be The Week of Imp (+15  Imp /  Familiar growth).	n/a
Total Cost:			10     5   5       14000

Heroes

Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Fiona	Demoniac			Hell Hounds		Advanced Scouting
Rashka	Demoniac			Efreet		Basic Scholar		Basic Wisdom
Marius	Demoniac			Demons		Advanced Armorer
Ignatius	Demoniac			Imps		Basic Tactics		Basic Resistance
Ignatius	Demoniac			Imps		Basic Tactics		Basic Interference
Octavia	Demoniac			Gold		Basic Scholar		Basic Offense
Calh	Demoniac			Gogs		Basic Archery		Basic Scouting
Pyre	Demoniac			Ballista		Basic Logistics		Basic Artillery
Nymus	Demoniac			Pit Fiends		Advanced Offense
Xeron	Demoniac			Devils		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Ayden	Heretic			Intelligence		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		View Earth
Xyron	Heretic			Inferno (spell)		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Inferno
Axsis	Heretic			Mysticism		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Protection from Air
Olema	Heretic			Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Weakness
Calid	Heretic			Sulfur		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Haste
Ash	Heretic			Bloodlust		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Bloodlust
Zydar	Heretic			Sorcery		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Stone Skin
Xarfax	Heretic			Fireball		Basic Wisdom		Basic Leadership		Fireball

Banned secondary skills:

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Necromancy is not available for demoniacs.

Necromancy and Interference  areis not available for heretics.

Creatures

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Imp   Imp		1	2	3	1	2	4	5	15	50	50
Familiar   Familiar		1+	4	4	1	2	4	7	15	60	60		Magic channel
Gog   Gog		2	6	4	2	4	13	4	8	159	125		Ranged (12 shots)
Magog   Magog		2+	7	4	2	4	13	6	8	240	175		Ranged (24 shots), Fireball attack
Hell Hound   Hell Hound		3	10	6	2	7	25	7	5	357	200
Cerberus   Cerberus		3+	10	8	2	7	25	8	5	392	250		No enemy retaliation, 3-headed attack
Demon   Demon		4	10	10	7	9	35	5	4	445	250
Horned Demon   Horned Demon		4+	10	10	7	9	40	6	4	480	270
Pit Fiend   Pit Fiend		5	13	13	13	17	45	6	3	765	500
Pit Lord   Pit Lord		5+	13	13	13	17	45	7	3	1224	700		Summon demons
Efreeti   Efreeti		6	16	12	16	24	90	9	2	1670	900		Flying, Fire immunity, Hates Genies
Efreet Sultan   Efreet Sultan		6+	16	14	16	24	90	13	2	2343 1848	1100		Flying, Fire shield, Fire immunity, Hates Genies
Devil   Devil		7	19	21	30	40	160	11	1	5101	2700	1	Teleporting, No enemy retaliation, Luck -1, Hates Angels
Arch Devil   Arch Devil		7+	26	28	30	40	200	17	1	7115	4500	2	Teleporting, No enemy retaliation, Luck -2 1 , Hates Angels

Town names

Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Inferno towns will use one of these following names:

Abaddon	Acheron	Ashcombe	Ashden
Blackburn	Brimstone	Candent	Cinderspire
Daemon Gate	Enkindle	Firebrand	Gehenna
Hellwind	Stygius	Styx	Tartaros

If there are more Inferno towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.

The Inferno

The following is a short story that was written by a New World Computing employee and published on the now-defunct fansite "The Nether Gods".

"My friends, in all my studies of Erathia, there is but one thing that fills me with dread more than the silent, cold death of the Necropolis, and that is the twisted, black-hearted evil of the Infernos. Foul creatures, ripped from the depths of the Hells and beyond, are bound into the service of the Demoniacs and Heretics who call them forth. They serve unquestioningly, and without fear, but are always looking for the one chance to break free from their master. Fortunately, I have never actually seen one of these creatures loose.

None of the creatures of the Inferno cities are native to this land. Because of this, there are few actual dwellings to be found. Instead, a great number of altars, halls, towers and pyres need to be erected in order to summon the Inferno's armies.

The lowliest creature to be found here is the Imp. Honestly, they are like rats, and no matter how many times you think you have killed them all, more seem to appear. Through research I was able to determine that once an Imp becomes a Familiar, it can create a dimensional rift within the city, allowing an even greater influx of these vermin.

After the Imps come the summoning halls of the Gogs and the furnaces of the Hell Hounds. Both appear in great numbers, though fortunately nothing near the influx of the Imps and Familiars. The Hell Hounds, when properly summoned, can not only take the form of a stronger Cerberus, but in the best cases can also be summoned in greater numbers.

As many of you have asked, there are in fact Demons to be found in Erathia. They, along with the weaker Hell Hounds and the stronger Pit Fiends, seem to make up the bulk of many armies of the Infernos. Strong alone, and deadly in great numbers, these creatures make even the holiest and hardiest of souls tremble.

Yet there are two creatures that outclass those that I have already mentioned. The first, summoned from great towers, are the Efreet. These monsters bear a striking similarity to the Genies, riding about on great waves of fire that always surround them. However, even the Efreet Sultans quiver with fear in the presence of the purest of all evil creatures, the Devils. Though they pledge their service willingly (for the right price, of course), it always seems like they come to this land for their own reasons.

Fear these creatures, friends, for they represent all that opposes Good. So ends today's lesson."

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Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units and are only slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the awesome, teleporting devils can be brought into play, as well as strong and fast efreet. Castle Gate is a significant advantage of Inferno. It enables to only upgrade creature dwellings in one town, and use the gate to transfer them to be upgraded between towns. However, it's useless if the map has only one Inferno, where Castle Gate is possible. Creating a Demon horde easily: Attack any creep on the map. Blind it, so the battle lasts as long as you want. Cast Fire Wall/Fireball/Inferno/Meteor Shower on your Imps. When they die, raise Demons, then finish the enemy. Another good thing about the Castle Gate is that one hero can be used to defend all towns. After the Lich, the Magog is the only one with attack in area but, unlike Lich, is compatible with Frenzy and Bless (the latter not present in Inferno). The manual states that Inferno armies have great hand-to-hand attack units, and are slightly hampered at the lower levels by a lack of flying units until the devils arrive. The statement is supported by the fact that compared to their levels, many of the Inferno's creatures have relatively high speed values and maximum damage values. However, lack of flying units is untrue in the sense that Efreeti and Efreet sultans are definitely noteworthy adversaries. While Inferno troops are great for attacking they are not strong defenders which means that combat strategy with Inferno should be based on first strike. Another weakness in Inferno's army is lack of shooters. Gogs and Magogs are the slowest creatures in Inferno's arsenal, which makes them a somewhat liability considering the mobility of heroes. Additionally, usefulness of Magogs' special ability to throw fireballs is controversial as they may inflict damage to allied troops as well (fixed in Horn of the Abyss as they can target any hex). A good tactical idea is to use only Arch Devils and Efreeti, cast Anti-magic on Arch Devils and then Armageddon. It would also ruin your opponent's Dragogeddon tactics as Arch Devils are faster than Gold and Black Dragons. Pros: Castle Gate: A life-saver on maps where you control more than one Inferno town. Pit Lord's Demon summon ability: Lets you horde demons. Consider using Marius whose specialty is Demons as your main hero if using this strategy (she will increase Demons' speed as well). If using this strategy, there is almost no need to spend time and resources to upgrade Imps and Gogs or to even build the upgraded buildings since the upgrade does not increase their health (see Summon demons). Efreet Sultans are very good at clearing a map: they have speed, damage, and enough health. They can also be used in a Dragogeddon combo. Consider splitting them into many stacks of 1 unit only in the early game without carrying any other creatures to reduce losses and to increase your hero's movement points. This town has the highest chance to get the Blind spell in the Mage Guild. Cerberus are very powerful with Bless/Haste/Counterstrike. Both Devils/Arch Devils and Cerberi have no enemy retaliation. The hate between Angels and Devils gives a slight advantage to the latter, since Devils don't have retaliation, unlike Angels. Moreover, hate between Genies and Efreeti is also useful to Inferno, because Efreeti are much stronger. The -2 Luck decrease of enemies' Luck is a lot more useful in Horn of the Abyss than without the mod because it introduced negative Luck. Negative Luck gives every stack a chance of 1/12, 1/6, 1/4 with -1, -2, -3 luck to do about half damage only. Assuming the opponent has 7 stacks, on average 0.58/1.17/1.75 stacks will only do about half damage every round if the opponent has -1/-2/-3 luck. This is a significant advantage. Additionally equipped with artifacts that decrease the opponent's luck, this can prove to be devastating, especially against wandering creatures who do not have a hero increasing their luck through artifacts. Familiars have 7 Speed. You can give them to secondary heroes to increase their movement points without affecting your primary hero's army strength. If you want, you could even hand out Cerberi for a speed of 8. The Inferno's slowest upgraded troops, Magogs and Horned Demons, are speed 6, higher than the lowest speed of upgraded troops of most towns, except Cove and Factory. Cons: If all buildings can be built, Inferno costs the most gold to fully build up. (Castle Gate alone costs 10,000 gold and is not essential; Furthermore, Imps' and Gogs' upgraded buildings are not necessary when using the Demon Farming Strategy). Lacking in the Hero department. (When using Demon Farming, Marius is not terrible at least, and Octavia gives gold when playing at Difficult/Impossible Difficulty). Imps and Familiars are weak first level units, and have no redeeming features save their speed (the Familiars' Magic Channel ability is hardly noticeable). (But, they can be sacrificed to be raised as Demons). The Inferno produces the least hit points per week of all the towns. (But it can Summon Demons which partially makes up for it. Also, it has a 20% chance of getting Resurrection in the Mage Guild). Only one low-level ranged unit, and Magogs are ambiguous due to their opportunity to kill your own troops (which, on the other hand, may help in Demon farming). No Bless spell in the Mage Guild, while Cerberi have a very big damage range (if they are cursed, they are very weak). Lava which is Inferno's native terrain doesn't give any movement penalty to the enemy.

See also

• Town Comparison
• List of creatures
• List of heroes
• Inferno (spell)